Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. . .April 16, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. Busine 11h St. and P New York Office Chicago O Furopean Office the city at' 60 conts dadly only, 45 cents per month nday only, 20 cents per month. Orders may he sent by mail or talephone Main 5000. Co on is made by carrier at the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginiz. Daily and Sunday 15yr.,$8.40: 1 ma Daily only .. 1313600 1 mo nday only 15r.,$2.40; L mo., 2 All Other States. Daily and Sunday Peik o Sunday only $10.00: 1 mo 1 mo Lmo 1y £3.00 Member of the Associated Press. The French Ministry. Pending the and partisar citizenship has b and the record cl anathema to ma ticularly to Cleme refused to receive because 1 shaking less, C: financial this critical finances t as a st ment o1 mier. The or, , the acing problem ir n¢ s that of the fina government | has n tremt the br bankruptey for time. inflated the currency by th large quantities of francs, even in ex- cess of the legal limitations. A bill these issues was pending < defeated and has§ t through both chambers of the most urgent re old-time fi his hand who 1 and his French is hailed d judg-| o hez pre- It no easy ta: financ 1. stabilize may not 1 regard relating t admittedly for this renc able to d 1 other c erations political record, he is ablest man in He I e as mi the sk. prefaced his ster of finance uncement that he will not vor the imposition of a capital levy. This statement has disappointed the of the Left bloc, but has won support of the Conservatives. Caillaux is a moderate Socialist, and the members of that group stand ready to support him and the min- istry on the financial program which bas been tentatively outlined. Effort to enroll Aristide Briand as a member of the Painleve ministry, with the portfolio of foreign affairs signifies that the new premier is seek- ing the strongest possible combination to meet the is. Painleve himself s a statesman of experience and broad views. He is regarded as per- haps the best equipped man for the If President Doumergue the reins of administrative power in his hands, with a ministry comprising Briand and Caillaux, he will have met the crisis in perhaps the most effective way in all the cir- j cumstances; France survive this present menace. It will be singular if that survival is in part the result of the services of a man who was tried for treason and who escaped death on the scaffold by a narrow margin. ——— will Authorities in Atlantic City express doubt as to their ability to regulate bathing costumes. The question of attire has become unimportant. Clothes do not make the man, and t materially lal status of the girl. o John John Sir fea His works, and will delight to will sce th those at Amer once a who to . too, the spark of an inspiration who 1 genius. The begir tife Breater rway from mlways Mr. elf as an and the end of his irope; indeed, the of hig life was spent the United States. But Sargent regarded him- American, and it is as an American that he stands in the very Yorefront of the array of great paint- ers the world has produced. He was born in Florence, that center of art for centuries, and it was there he first handled a brush, though it was to Paris he went eventually to study and work and to come into promi- hence while still a very young man. Mr. Sargent’s parents were both Americans, his father, Dr. Fitzwilliam Sargent of Boston, a famous physician and author. It was Boston that Mr. Sargent frequently visited during his trips to this country, and some of his most famous mural decorations ere to be found in the Public Library @nd the Art Museum of that city. His claim to pre-eminence, how- ever, lies not in his mural decora- tlons, but his portraits. As a paint- er of portraits he made for himself in the course of his long and busy lite a place in the world or art that is unique. His portraits are treasured today in many countries, and picture men and women of many nationali- were I part ¥s | that what Mr. | ot 1 1if one did a great deal of his most im- portant work, and where he died. He has been greatly honored by the people of England, as well as In | America and France. In the great tional Gallery in London, a spe- cial room was set aside for an ex- hibition of his portraits of Wert- heimer family. This was a de- parture from the rule of the Na- tional Gallery, which, prior to the hanging of the Sargent portraits, had never admitted thg work of living artists, Art and its value to humanity are becoming more highly regarded in America, where the energy of the people at first was devoted to win- ning a nation from the wilderness and then to the upbuilding of & ma- terial prosperity that has been a| wonder of the world. Sargent has played his part, and a very great one, in this advance by the American toward an appreci of art. people ation e “Brothers of the Angle.” Fishermen here and everywhere will rejoice to learn that Presi- dent Coolidge was misquoted as to a conviction that fishing Is a pastime appropriate only to childhood and as to lack of comprehension as to why grown men spend their vaca- tions on fishing expeditions. It seems Coolidge really meant was that he himself, with own youthfus ana adwt prefer- in had thought hing as a sport connected with childhood. which is quite a different matter. There are thousands of peo- ple wuo will understand and sym- pathize with the President’s clarified and corrected comments. On the other hand, there are many thous- ands who are totally unable to appre- clate the fadt that “once a fisher- man” does not mean “always a fish- erman. Fishermen are born, not made, and is so born, a fisherman he remains to the end. Nearly every one has fished at some time or other; that does not mean the person is & fisherman. The Chief Executive him- self dropped his carefully spat-upon kle in the brool and ponds of Plymouth when he was & lad, but it evidently did not ‘take.” Some men who never landed a fish 1 they had reached middleage have discovered, none the less, that they were born fishermen. A true angler's love of his art—for art it is—cannot be explained to a non-angler; one can never get the viewpoint of the other. Fishing is a sport of childhood, but not of “childhood only. A boy can do it, but a man can do it better. That there is in essence nothing childish about it—that it is a real man's game—is evidenced by its pursuit at the hands of such men as Grover Cleveland, Zape Grey, Christopher North, Emer- son Hough, Henry Van Dyke, Joseph Jefferson, Dr. Henshall, Will H. Dilg, Earl Grey of Fallodon eand dozens of others who will come readily to mind. Some of these men caught fish ranging in size all the way from 6-inch speckled trout in New Eng- land meadow or woods brooks up to broadbill swordfish which, in battles of many hours' duration, severely taxed the physical stamina of thelr captors, and it would be hard to say which end of the gamut they en- joyed the most. Some one once said that the thrill of hooking end playing a game fish persists with mankind longer and in the face of more physical disabilities than any other pleasure. Diminution of a man's strength, eyesight or hearing may bring him to the point at which no field sport except fishing is possible. But as long as he is able to sit in a boat or on a bank and hold a rod, nature holds in store for him pleasurable hours, provided al- ways, of course, that he himself be that work of nature, a born fisherman. ————— It is not remarkable that the man convicted in Hanover, -Germany, of 14 murders should go to the guillo- tine coolly. He was evidently a de- ficient of the type that lacks respect for human life, whether his own or that of others. —————— For political purposes the mild ex- clamation, “Helen Maria,” was suf- ficient to create @ sensation. It would not have made a ripple in the current a to convey his ence mind. always drama. —————— John S. Sargent painted much In his declining years, but exhibited little. Like most artists, he was in- different to the art of salesmanship. In many .cases a cabinet appoint- ment brings up the old question, “Where do we go from here?" The New Postal Rates, The new postal rates took effect yes- terday, having been established by act of Congress to provide additional rev- enues wherewith to pay the postal workers higher wages. The changes that chiefly affect the public are the addition of one-half cent to the rate for sending circulars or advertising material in unsealed envelopes, the addition of a penny for the transport of all souvenir and private mailing post cards and an increase of from 10 to 15 cents for special delivery of parcels. The hopeand prayer of the Post Office Department today are that the mail- ing public knows or will remember these changes, else there will be much confusion, and there will also be some delays in the delivery of mail in these classes. It has been stated that mail matter with deficient postage under the new rate will be delivered subject to collection from the re- ceivers. This will be rather hard on the recipients of advertising cir- culars, and, to some extent, of sou- venir post cards. It should be noted for the benefit of all mail users that the old-style Government-printed post cards are still 2 penny aplece and will be car- ried without change of rate, so that post card habitues who like to crowd much literature into a small space for a penny transport will still be ties. Among the famous Americans whom he painted were President Theodore Roosevelt and John Hay. Although Mr. Sargent lived in many fands, it was in London where he finally mede his home and where he able to communicate with their friends cheaply. One phase of the new rates fis perhaps not of very general interest, but nevertheless deserves attention. All parcels containing Dewin betshed chickens must be mailed with 25- cent special delivery stamps in ad- dition to the postage for weight. Thus, baby chicks sent through the mall will be given all the considera- tion of first-class mall. It is not of- ficlally announced what will happen to them If senders forget the 25-cent stamps. N Lincoln and the Cherry Trees. Fellcity of phrase and significance of sentiment marked the first public utterance of Ambassador Matsudalra, the envoy of Japan to the United States, after his arrival in Washing- ton. He was speaking at the annual banquet of the Washington Adver- tising Club and, taking his text from the blossoming of the cherry trees in Potomac Park, gift of his govern- ment to the people of this country, he linked them, as the symbol of the civilization, with the noble memorial to Abrabam Lincoln, for which they serve as a giorious Spring setting. This assoclation, said the Ambassador, demonstrates a spir- itual union between the two nations. It would be well, as Ambassador Matsudaira said, if his countrymen could witness the inspiring spectacle of the memorial to the great Ameri- can environed with the trees which have become one of the glories of the Capital of this Nation. They would doubtless then more fully understand the genuine friendship of the Ameri- can people for Japan. A sincere ad. miration for Japan prevails here. The gift of the government at Tokio of these trees was gratefully accepted as a token of the sentiment felt th of appreciation for the services of the United States in aiding in. the devel- opment of Japan as & great national power. They bower the American people’s tribute to the man who is held in the highest esteem as “the man of the ages,” as the Ambassador declared. It s gratifying to hear such sincere words from the new representative of the western nation with which the American people have so much In common. They augur for the better- ment of relations. They bespeak an understanding of the American spirit on his part which will be of valuable service during his stay at this Capital in promoting the good will of America. for Japan. They constitute a most hapry introduction to what, it is hoped, will be a long association Japanese oo Safety at the Pole. Capt. Amundsen 1s quoted in a dis- patch from Norway as saying that he would feel safer in an afrplane over the North Pole than in an automobile in @ crowded Oslo street. There is surely no traffic congestion in the sky over the North Pole. No infor- mation is at hand as to traffic con- ditfons in Oslo, but automobile nature is, perhaps, much the same the world over, and riding in an automobile in Oslo may be as dangerous as nearer home. 1If the streets of Oslo are verilous for automobilists, how must it be for those poor wretches called pedestrians? In a fair city many degrees south of Oslo's latitude and 75 degrees west of Greenwich there are many persons who will not dis- pute Capt. Amundsen's statement. And If it is safer to be in an airship over the North Pole than in an auto in @ city street, how very much safer a pole aviator must be than a pedes- trian on the sidewalk or a crossing! Although Amundsen is right, and an airplane over the North Pole s safer than e car in the city, the thought comes that flylng above the Narth Pole may not be altogether a safe job. —_— . There {s not much hope that Wash- ington's housing problem can be solved by dismissing Government workers. The demand for homes is created by people who like the city as a place of residence and think they will be able to puy the price. (- Moscow is expected to legalize the sale of Intoxicating liquor. In de- tense of the erraticisms of a Soviet government it must be sald that it strives to please. ——— France in estimating the value of statesmanship is compelled invariably to bring the value of the franc into the calculation. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Cherry Tree. A Dbit of snowstorm seems to be Entangled in the cherry tree, As memory magic we employ To make past ill seem present joy. The soldier boasts of danger past. Lost love may bring e smile, at last. The Winter hardship now we sec In bloom, upon the cherry tree. Catching the Faney. “What I want to do,” sald Senator Sorghum, ‘“4s to reach the woman voters.' “You must use print.”” “Of course. But you must have the readers. What's the use of trying to discuss politics in the fashion magazines?” Social Discrimination. Even Misfortune draws the line And caste is still admired. The high and mighty may ‘“resign.” The small fry just “get fired.”” Jud Tunkins says @ hose is man’s friend; but he's more friendly when you hitch him to a plow than when you bet on him in a steeplechase. Marked for Sacrifice. “Mesa Bill says he's got his -elec- tion ae sheriff cinched.” “He has,” enswered Cactus Joe. “Bill is so blamed unpopular already that bein’ sheriff can't make no dif- ference to him.” Master of Dialogue. The old canal boat is no more. The skipper of those stalwart days, ‘Who stoutly swore, has come ashore And is engaged in writing plays. “Don't envy de man dat looks like he was loafin’,” sald Uncle Eben. “It's most likely dat he's terrible wor ried 'bout de time when it b Glacovared dab ke THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1925 _—_— THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. St. John, old Buddy, we now em- bark upon the translation into prose of the tnird epistle of Alexander Pope's “Essay on Man,” which some say s hard to understand in the original rhymed couplets. Let's go! Those who preach or pray ought particularly to keep in mind the great truth that the Universal Cause of all things has one great design in mind, although He takes various means to_that end. No matter how healthy we ate— and, therefore, feel as if we could never die—or how stuck on ourselves, or puffed up because we have a little money in the bank, we ought to re- member that: There i5 a sort o' chain of love binding all creation together. Mod- ern sclence shows us that the little atoms cling together. Vegetables die to sustain the life of man. By turns each one of us catches the 'vital spark of life and then dies. We are like bubbles in & sea of mat- ter, bubbles that rise, and break and return to the sea again. Can't you see that there fs an all- preserving soul that connects each living thing in the universe to the next? Everything is served by an- other, and serves some other thing. Nobody stands alone. We see the chain, but we do not see the other end of it. that s all, Do you think that God, you simple- ton, has created the whole universe simply for you, your fun, your sport, rour clothing, vour food? Well, you" ot another think coming to you if you do! If the Lord feeds the cow for your table, well, he just as neatly spreads the meadow for the cow, don't forget that. Do you think it is for you that the lark files and sings? Rats, man! Joy makes him flop his wings and sing like that. Do you think that the robbin chirps Jjust to please you? Bunk! He has a girl of his own. When you ride u horse, the steed gets as much pleasure out of the ride as you do. De you think you alone will get the benefits out of that grass seed you just sowed in the back yard? Don't fool yourself! The sparrows are out there eating it up now. The hog plows mnot, neither doee he spin, but you dally carry him his grub. No, siree, Nature takes care of all her children. The fur that you make into a great coat to keep you warm was intended by Nature to keep a bear warm, not you. Strut around and cry out, “See everything for my use Honest, Tom, your cat will laugh up his paw say, “There's the fellow who s supply me with fish and R The happiness of all created things is more or less mutual, although it takes us a lifetime or more to learn it. en the animals we are going to eat we make happy until we eat them. We give them their feast of life first, then kill them. rbe heaven treats us much in the same way; we, too, must perish, when our feast of life ia over. Did you ever stop to look at it that way, old top? Created things, whether operating according to instinct or reason, seem to enjoy the power that suits them the best, As a matter of cold fact, since God created the instincts, what more does any created thing need, if it really, fully, follow these instincts? Reason often has to be drafted for our service, but honest instinct is a ready volunteer, and knows just how far to shoot. Often by following in- stincts one is able to find happiness, where solemn reasoning would miss it. Ain’t that the truth? Who do you €uppose, Buddy, taught the animals to avoid poisons, and se- lect their food? In instinct, it is God that directs; in man, often it is faulty reason. How do you imagine a spider ever learned to make those mathematical designs with his web? And who guides the birds when they make their long migrations? The Creator does it, Buddy, and we know it. They couldn’t do it by them- selves. But He did not frame the uni- verse for just one kind of being, but created a tremendous whole. Eternal order was mixed up in the works from the very first. Each sort of being not only loves itself, but loves another, and the two of them love themselves in their children a third time. When this cycle of life is run the animals forget their par- ents, but among human beings there is honor for old age. Our idea is that the state of Nature was a pure reign of God. Men and beasts walked together. The Biblical account of the Garden of Eden up- holds this idea. Men and birds sang praises to God together, while the animals looked on quietly. They didn’t have any Joy-riding then, or petting parties, or psycho- analysts, or bootleggers, or & thou- sand and one daffodillies that future ages were to see. No, sir, they learned industry from the bees, and how to build dams from the beavers, how to spin from the spiders and how to plow from the moles. They watched the animals eat grass when they were sick, and so learned the art of medicine. Generally speaking, they had one grand old time when Love was lib- erty, and Nature was law. * ok K % What occasioned the grand break- up? Well, it was something like this? Our old friend Might, as opposed to Right, got in his dirty work, and conquests made infmical laws. Su- perstition then took a hand in the game. She buflt hell on spite and heaven on pride, and generally messed up things. Now see how neatly it all works Self-love impelled Caesar, for in- stance, through just means and un out | Just, to bestride the world like a Colos- sus, until the very love, in others, completed them to call .a halt on him So men have been forced into be- ing tolerably good through seif-de- fense. Today, although we are urged to action through self-love, we find our private good in the public good. Do you get m The Patriot and Wise Man arose, and taught the necessity of law and order, based upon the full consent of the governed, and that {n proportion as one blesses another, so is he blessed. Ah, St. John, let the new bar- barians desire to tear down the gov- ernment which has been a success for many, many years; they are fools, that s all. That government is best that is the best administered. Let the zealots fight over faiths. My bellef is that no man's faith i{s wrong if his life is right. Judging from the way the world of men has acted to date, mankind is going to keep on disagreeing over the moot subjects of faith and hope. Some believe one thing, some another; some have hopes of a future life, and others call it the bunk. 1me power, self- Our big concern should be just Charity, or, as the revised version has it, Love. Anything that hinders Love must be false; anything that tends to bless or heal mankind must be of God Proposed French Capital Levy Regarded as Folly The proposed French levy on capi- tal, which came to the front in_the late days of the Herriot administration, has been extensively discussed by American newspapers apart from the political incidents which accompanied the failure of Herrfot’s cabinet. The comments relate largely to the nearly bankrupt condition of the French gov- ernment and the desperate necessity for reduction in government expenses. “Nothing but despair—unless it be sheer audacity,” says the San Fran- cisco Bulletin, “couid have prompted such a panic proposal as that of a levy on capital. A forced loan is a dangerous experiment in a monarchy in a republ it is almost certain to spell disaster. Its mere proclamation is calculated to paralyze industry; to suspend new enterprises and_cause widespread unemployment. French industry needs all the capital it has, and if a large amount is to be diverted to the government, production must be curtailed.” The Pittsburgh Ga- zette Times thinks France is in no mood to tolerate‘such unnecessary ex- actions as a levy on capital. “The re- sult,” declares the Gazette Times, “would be another demonstration of the truth Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been broadcasting—super- burdensome tax levies will not yleld adequate revenues.” On the other hand, a capital levy is recognized by the Detroit News as a desperate expedient to meet a des- perate situation. “The government must have funds,” the News belleves. “If its prints more paper to meet its obligations, it invites a further fall of the franc; and if such a course is persisted in, there comes eventually the suffering and collapse of business that Germany experienced when she printed marks by the billions and tril- lions, which were finglly worth zero."” R Two disadvantages in a capital levy are noted by the Peoria Transcript, which explains that although it would not apply ostensibly to ‘“‘earned” capital, it would be violently opposed by the business interests, “and it could not be put into operation in time to supply the trensury and the Bank of France with bank notes so urgently needed.” The Transcript also calls at- tention to the fact that capital levy agitation is said to have been largely responsible for the flight of French capital during the first quarter of the present vear.. The suggestion that patriotism might be effective in obtaining sup- port for the levy on capital fails to impress the Chicago Daily News, which finds in the crudeness of the idea reasons fer opposition on the part of both conservative and radical groups in Parliament. “Discussion of the bizarre compromise,” argues the Daily News, “should give its oppo- nents an opportunity to disclose supe- rlor and more courageous qualities of statesmanship. Perhaps some French group will be bold enough to_ propose rigorous public economy and higher taxation of all elements in preference to a disguised levy on capital.” The French government's failure to approve another disarmament confer- ence is citedby the New Orleans Tribune in its criticism of unneces- sary expenses for army and navy establishments. The Tribune also feels that “‘the idea of taxing them- selves heavily enough to make a real dent in their debts and running ex- penses may itself make them un- happy; but they will get over that in time, for the process will cure the necessity for continuing it.” * k ok % Indorsement of Herriot's stand for sound .money is n by the Kansas City Journal, which deolares that this policy was in line with the statesma (denly. Journal also declared: ‘“The Herriot government had done more to main- tain friendly relations with the other nations of Europe and to re-establish economic stability at home than any government since Clemenceau's. It was inevitable that he should be more successful in the former than in the latter. Economic stability cannot be restored in a day. And Briand did not even keep peace with Britain.” The Buffalo News asserts that it is “a question of submitting to taxation to raise revenue wherewith to balance the budget or of going into bank- ruptey.” Political jugglery is seen by the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which re- marks that Herriot was “risking his political life as if upon the fiip of a coin.” The Ledger continues: ‘The only real solution lies in drastic taxa- tion, which no government in France will dare impose. Poincare presented a financial program and fell. Now Herrlot's turn has come. Such is the custom in French politics, and it is not likely to be abandoned in our day. But each recurring crisis brings its struggle between political giants — such as they are—and the prosaic shadows over which they contend are forgotten.” * ok ok X A plan for more drastic taxation is held by the Providence Journal to be the logical remedy for conditions, and it charged that in the matter of the capital levy the Herriot govern- ment was’ constantly “trying to find a label that would make the bitter medicine seem more palatable.” France is having a rude but in- evitable awakening, in the opinion of the Chattanooga News., which con- cludes: “She is beginning to realize that those who dance must compen- sate the fiddler. In other words, France is coming to understand that world-power, ambition is expensive, and that the cost of its gratification cannot simply be called down out of the air.” . Talk and More Talk World’s First Needs A professor of practical theology from Cricago University, Dr. Theo- dore G. Soares, told an audience of women here in our own city that what the world needs most today is —talk! He did not say “sensible talk," bupt just plain “talk.” Surely this is strange advice. Talk has seemed to be about the most abundant thing in the world. Too much, rather than too little, is what most of us would have sald we have. / "*Yet there is something in the tea of the visiting professor. For, with all our talking, we do not under- stand one another any too well. In international matters there fs undoubted value in talk—provided some one doesn't shut it off too sud- Conferences and more con- ferences are needed. They offer a wonderful opportunity to exhaust steam without doing any very serious damage. Other clashes besldes international ones can frequently be staved off by means of talk. Quarrels between labor and capital, for example. Even personal quarrels are the less disastrous when they break out into speech than when they eat away at the heart in silence. Yes, it's a grand idea to talk things over. Getting it out of the system helps immensely. That s one reason the citizens of a fre country insist upon freedom of speech. Itis u safety valve that often prevents o hed Dennelory suivbiseds Khe Sisasizave sxpisaigna—Eosion 3 Traveley, THE NORTH WINDOW BY LEILA MECHLIN. The recent placement of the Eustis memorial panel by John Gregory in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the temporary exhibition of the paint- ing by George Inness, jr., entitled “The Only Hope” bring to mind the relation of art to literature. The Eus- tis Memorial is essentially an illus- tration, the Innes painting the visual- ization of an idea; both are subjective. There has for some time been strong prejudice against works of art pos- sessing what has been termed literary flavor. The story-telling picture and the f{llustrative work in sculpture have been taboo and to such an ex- tent that to venture into this realm required a certain hardihood on the part of an artist. Yet some of the greatsst works of art have been of this sort. Obviously painting affords a simpler medium for illustration tsan sculpture, but in the Middle Ages, as all know, sculpture was generally put to this use. For instance, the wonder- ful carvings on the great French ca- thedrals lilustrating Bible history, and the story of the gospel. Because these works were {llustrative they were no less to be reckoned great as art, and even fragments of them are today treasured because of their artistic value. The great wall paintings of the Renaissance were almost invarfably illustrative. For instance, Michael Angelo's decorations in the Sistine Chapel representing “The Creation,” Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting in Milan representing ‘“The Last Sup- per.” Later still we find Rembrandt, one who ranks among the greatest ar tists of all time, painting and etchin, Biblical subjects, employing his art, in short, for illustrative purposes Kl Kenyon Cox, painter, sculptor and writer, says in his admirable book, “The Classic Point of View,” that the illustrative painting went out of vogue because “painters have told stories that were too trivial, have told stories that, though important and interesting {n themselves, were {llfit- ted for pictorial narration, and have told storfes badly.” In other words, he impresses upon his reader that the great artist must choose, if he at- tempts an illustrative work, a theme having universal significs and that he must set it forth foreibly." It is the unfitness, he continues, “of many stories for tell- ing in the language of painting that makes so many historical pictures al- together unsatisfactory and dismal.” He reminds us, however, that art from its beginnings among the cave men has always told stories and that its twin purposes of fllustration and deco- rations have always gone hand in hand. According to this standard, Mr. Gregory’s Fustis Memorial conforms with the best. The theme is essen- tially one which has universal sig- nificance. It represents death and grief, common experiences, and it in- terprets both with great simplicity and dignity. In death Sir Launcelot, the embodiment of gallant, chivalrous manhood, is beautiful, and the grim horror of death is lost in a sense of peaceful serenity. So, also, does the figure of his brother, Sir Ector, typify grief which is not without hope. This panel ‘illustrates one of the great works of literature, Mallory's “Le Morte d’Arthur,” but it is not depend- ent upon it for significance, and Mr. Gregory has rendered his theme as Mr. Cox says an artist should, “fully and foreibly,” recognizing the princi- ples uvon which all great art is built and summoning to his aid his trained craftsmanship, which is of a high or- der; his sense of fitness and his own esthetic impulse sufficiently restrain- ed. To do this is a much more difficult thing than to merely produce a work of art which, through fine proportions, rhythm of line and nice adjustment of light and shade, charms the eye and appeals to the senses. * ok k¥ Daniel Chester French did somewhat the same, and likewise did it beauti- fully, when he designed and modeled the Milmore Memorial, to be erected over the grave of this young sculptor of Boston, who died so much too soon He chose as his subject death staying the hand of the young sculptor, and he produced a work of surpassing beauty. one which has had a message for many and which by artists, con- notssen nd the public alike has been held in high esteem. And what of Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial, erected opposite the State House in Boston, in which are mingled history and allegory, one of this master's most successful and famous works? What—to step back over the cen- turles—were Ghibert{'s bronze doors for the baptistry in Florence but il- lustrations? The pity is that we do not have more such works today— works rendered with consummate art, vet carrying to all a great message. S The painting by Mr. Inness was of a different character. As was said before, it visualized an jdea; it em- ployed art for this purpose, but not illustrative in the common sense of the word nor produced with the ob- ject of satisfylng esthetic impulse. Just as the poster maker employs art to “put over"—using the vernac- ular of the day—an idea, for Instance, the purchase of Liberty bonds, contri- butions to the Red Cross, selling mer- chandise, so Mr. Inness employed his painter's gift to teach a great les- son-—the lesson of divine love lead- ing to universal peace. He, too, told his story “fully and foreibly” so that none who saw his picture could fail to understand its meaning. A less ac- complished artist could not have done this. e o Thornton Oakley, who is one of the foremost illustrators of our day, writing some time ago of illustration, said: “Broadly spetking, all pictures may be divided into two classes, those whose purpose is to delight the eye, and those whose purpose {s to de- light the mind. True illustration lies in the latter group. I have no quarrel with the first class. It has its pur- pose, but the latter is supremely great. It lives when the other des: speaks to millions, the other speaks to few. With its dreams and visions it thrills mankind, leads ever on to- s he purpose of a great picture,” he claims, “is to re- veal the spirit, the ideals of life.’ 'Art,” he says, sion—by any means whatever—of painter architect or sculptor, by brush or stone or pen or pencil, of ideals in the hearts of men.” “Those who scorn the subject picture do not re- member,” he says, “that beyond the beauty ‘of visual things lies that infinitely greater beauty of ideals and visions, aspirations of men's lives.” ExiE This is not to say, of course, that all works of art should have literary significance—far from it. It is suffi- cient if a work of art iInterprets beauty found in that which one sees —in short, possesses inherent beauty. There is a glory of color, a fascina- tion in line, a joy in beautiful com- position, an allurement in the treat- ment of textures and in surface finish which transcend, oftimes, interest in subject and must, in certain measure, be added to such interest to attain the highest result; In other words, in every work of art art must dom- inate, otherwise it has no excuse for being. What can be told better in words should not be told in painting or sculpture; the photograph which witnesses to facts does not satisfy the demands of the artist. But undoubt- edly if the artist is capable of apply- ing his art to set forth a great theme he has accomplished a great end. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Q. Have noticed that several pa- tien:s have died of smallpox in the District lately? Had any or all of gxeae victims been vaccinated?—H. A. The Public Health Department says that of the number of people who have died in this epidemic only one had been vaccinated and that was 50 years ago. Q. What colleges here have night classes?—C. B. W. A. George Washington University, Georgetown University, Washington Law School, the Y. M. C. A. and St. John's College hold evening classes. Q. What was the first steam-heated hotel? C . A. The first hotel in America to be steam heated, using small wrought- iron pipe to convey the steam, was the building in Boston then known as the Eastern Exchange Hotel. It was completed about 1845, Q. Which way does House face?—T. M. C. A. The White House faces north. In the days of its construction it was regarded as also facing south, since the river front of a house is always as important as the one on the corre- sponding side of the bullding. Q. Do snakes charm birds?—R. W. A. Snakes do not charm birds in the understood sense of the word “charm.” ' The instinctive fear that a small bird or animal, such as a rabbit has for a snake paralyzes the cles of the bird or the animal and prevents its escape from the snake. the White Q. Where is Fort Terry? Is it an | airplane or submarine base?’—P. G. A. Fort Terry is on Long Island Sound, 13 miles from New London, Conn. Tt is a Coast Artillery station. New London {s a submarine base. Q. For whom was Shreveport, La., named?—J. 8. A. Shreveport, La., was named in honor of Hen: Miller Shreve (1785- 1854), a native of New Jersey, who, in 1816, ascended the Mississippl and Ohio Rivers to Louilsville in the En- terprise, the first steam vessel to make the trip. Q. Please give me the Indian name for bew and arrow?—M. F. A. In the Tewa language, spoken near Santa Fe, bow is called a, pro- nounced ah, and arrow is su, pro- nounced soo. Q. How long does bonds from the Treasur which have bes tration?—H. B. S. A. About one week or 10 days ust ally elapses before one receives bo from the Treasury Department af having sent them for registration providing the books of the loan are not closed. The books of the loan are closed for one month preceding the interest-payment date. Any bonds re- ceived during that month would be held. take to get Department sent there for Q. Why are flatirons called * frons?—D. S. V A. The word “sad,” used in nection with iron, means heavy weighty. It is derived from the An- glo-Saxon “‘saed” meaning “full” or “sated.” and therefore implyin “weight."” ad” con- or Q. Who invented mustard gas A A. A British subject by the na f Gutherie was the first to describe 4 of | J. HASKIN stard gas. This was in 1860. Victor Germ: was the first to a_careful investigation of the . This was in 1886. The mustard s first used on a large le as sive at Ypres. Q. In ancient times, who corre- sponded to the modern music conduce uu;. and how did he indicate the time? —D, 8. T. The Greeks called the conductor rphoeus,” meaning “principal,” and the Romans applied the term “‘Pedar ' or “Pedicularius.” These Latin terms arose from the custom of em- e foot to beat time. The s wore sandals of wood or metal, in order by their percussion te render rhythm more marked. Was ught the Paris Ferris over to Chicago for Fair?—J. S, Ferris wheel erected at the World's Columbian Exposition wa: not the same, though similar to the one in Paris, whee the Q. What,was the total attendance at the first Moody and Sankey meet- ing in Philadelphla’—F. O. A. It was estimated that in nine weeks about 900,000 people gitended. Q. Who wrote the first limerlcks?— B W A. Limericks composed b; Lear occasioned the voi varfety of nonsense; publi they were < |4 ement o Earl of Derby Edward for this hed in 1846, nposed for the zrandchildren of the Q. What | Westminster Abbey? A. The Coronati clally termed the Cc aint Peter. Q. How is the value of a place tick et on the races determined, since bo the horses running first and second must be figured?—J. E. A. In establishing winning $2 place ticket, 5 for the racing association is ed from the total of the pla ol. Then the total of the place money wagered on the horses finishing first and sec- ond is deducted. Next, the sum re maining is_divided into two equal parts, and then one part is divided by the number of place tickets horse that won and the of divided by the r on the horse {gives the net value of the $: ticket on each horse. the place pool is §8,000 was b 1 the wi $1,000 on the horse t ran he net pool would be $5,000. Di parts, each would be $2 1,000, the on the win each’ be wagered the num | be $5, plus the S. ue of a per cent Q. Had some r: How can I cook the . W. P. is easter to cook them after are sheiled. They may be ro: an in a moderate oven, sooking in deep fat. |case stir peanuts occasi; sample until satisfactory. W. P. Let The Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twen first and C streets morthicest, ansie wour question. The only charge fo this s is 2 cents in stamps ireturn postage. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL ¥V The men who cast thelr first votes at the last election were riding in perambulators when, on December 17, 1903, the first airplane took the air and demonstrated that a heavier- than-air machine would overcome gravitation. Automobiles had been in practical use only about a decade. The man who invented automobiles died the other day. The man who has become the richest person in the world through producing more auto- mobiles than all other ombined sailed his first commercial airplane few days ago preparatory to begin- ning quantity production of atter the manner of his turning out so many automobiles per second. He has already established his own commer-| clal freight route via the clouds—: “‘bee line’ go, and is as ballast or freight in a qu: A the time that the railroads require. Two pianos and eight men sailed from Long Island in ome airplane last week. Scientists have been di miracle of a moving moun had slid a few rods, and some have been skeptical as to its being more than a local landslide. they conclude &s to the moving of the whole Pacific coast and the Atlanti by air mail, so that they are toda only one-twenty-fourth as far apart as they were when men still living were born? In 1850 rapid transit across the continent meant 3 day: by rail and 21 plus ol by stage In 1860 it was 21z days by rail and 8 days by pony express. In the centennial year it was 100 hours by special train. Today it is 91 hours by train, or 26 hours by air mail, or for a racer without cargo about 18 hours. 3 Astronomers reckon distances by the number of years it takes light to travel it. In like manner commercial measurements may be counted most practically, not in miles, but in min- utes, just as the primitive peoples have al done, when saying that the distance is so many days’ journey. So San Francisco. which used 1o be 24 days’ journey from New York, is now only about 1 day off, or. when the nerial traffic policeman is off duty, only three-quarters of 1 day. * ok k¥ The air mail has been running strong for more than a year. In the first year the mail carriers traveled 2,000,000 miles and delivered the let ters at the speed of about 140 miles an hour without a single loss of life or any serious accidents; then one ac- dicent cost five or six lives. Since last July the air mail has traversed 1,500,000 miles with but one fatality. How many lives have been lost through rafiroad accldents in that time, or_ in that distance of “man mile’ How many lives have been Jost on the streets of every city through automobile accldents? ~Or through falling out of windows or slip- ping downstairs? Lloyd's insurance rates today for precious packages— jewelry or money—carried by air are the same as when sent by rail ex- press. We have passed the ultra-ex- perimental stage of air commerce more speedily than we did with au- tomobiles or with steam rallroads. America invented the airplane; Amer- ica holds all the records of flight—in speed, in altitude, in world circum- navigation, by long-distance mail serv- ice, by regular night fiying of malil planes, and it is about to open the new chapter of progress by installation of airplane quantity production and commercial use. * %k ¥ The Post Office Department has in- stalled a vast system of continental lighting and service to make through fiylng, night and day, practicable. Such fiights are made daily across the continent, in both directions, but only one plane each way flies per day. The overhead expense for those two planes’ is the same as it would be if there were planes ten times as numerous. ‘The cost, wuse of that heavy over- head, is $3.4Q per ton mile. Col. Paul < arrying automobile parts planes | i from Dearborn to Chica- rter of | cussing the | in, which | But what will | ’. COLLINS. Henderson, Second master General, who is in ¢ | the Air Mail Service, h mputed the cost per ton mile possible under full service of 10 planes each way to be only 30 cents in place of §3.48 pe ton mile. The economy is not merely The present cargo ca of an at mail plane is 500 pound When th capacity is increased in the indefl future of inventio 10,000 pour the cost will be on cents per | mile. That is impossible today, bu is possible to car 0 pounds. owing Assistant Post rge of heoret rtion of the cost would remain stati the service muyltipliec While no re would be upply mail to the amount of capacity p: there is no reason why pa: hould not rise to full ca that on th dally, averagir plane, the cost would be 3. mile enger. R it 4 cents a4 mile alr travel is already an economic bility. City suburbs the miles in radius about a mitting the commuter one ing and night for his trip than many a clerk reguir home, standing in the crowden ais a street car. Why swe n the nings in a city, when one may upon the mountain peaks 100 around? The fare—35 cents mo and night—would be more than by savings in rent A large prop hence live niles ning ‘The period been amazingly c greater scandal o with the | manufa with billions squande: ment of new ideas and new no planes were pre be of service before armistice. That s authoritatively contradicted. Before the armistice we had shipped abroad 950. planes, of which 320 were in serv- ice at the front, according to the aviation officers of the Ar: How long prior to thé armistice is not al leged. but it is asserted that a total of 14,000 planes had been made, all but the 960 being used in our train- ing camps. At that time there was a capital investment in airplane facture -of- §100,000,000, with men employed. Since the war there has been spent by the Army and Navy no less than $350,000,000 on_aeronautics, vet to- experin now in use exceeds a million dollars each. Today not more than 00 employes are engaged in plane manufacture outside of F¥ord works. the * % ¥ X Under the new law known as the Kelly law the Postmaster General 1s authorized to contract with private parties to carry the air mail overany routes where he sees the practicabil- ity of making it pay. The contrac- tor will receive four-fifths of the post- age paid, and the minimum rate will be 10 cents an ounce or fraction thereof for the first zome of 1,000 miles, 15 cents for a distance up to 1,500 miles and 20 cents for greater distances. Only American-made afr. craft may be used in this service, and there is mno restriction carrylng passengers or expre: the same planes. Thus a new for private enterprise is opened which will not only invite investment but will have as great an influence upon social conditions as had the railroad, the telegraph and telephone, the automobile and the radio. No one belleves that air trafic will de- stroy surface traffic; it will create new needs and change living condi- tions. (Coprrishte 1035, by Pasd Y. Collinad 1