Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1925, Page 6

3 E T THE EVEN — e THE EVENING STAR! '-—d“.i_l\ll Si m‘llry Vx\l-lll‘l!illg F.dilifln.’_ WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY...........May 8, 1925 5] The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustuess Office 11th &, ond Pennaylvania A New Yotk Office: 110 East Chicago Office: Tower Building Euiopean Office: 16 Regent St., London, Eogland. 1 i The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- 105 edition, je deiiverad by cacriers within The city at’ 60 cent th: daily only, 5 cents per month 20 cents per month - Orders ma mail or 1zlephone Main 5000, made by «drrier at the end of each month. HECDORE W. NOYES. . .. Editor i Is | v only. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. iy and Sunday. ...1yr., $8.40: 1 mo., aily on 11yr.$6.00: 1 mo. Sunday 131, $2.40: 1 mo. 70c | B0 | 20¢ only’ All Other States. 1yr.$10.00: 1 mo 13137000 1mo 15 $5.00: L mo 85¢ e | Se | T and Sund. ¥ only . Member of the Associated Press. od Press is exclusively entitled puhlication of Al news dis- ed to it or not otherwise cred paner nd slso the local news All rights of publication re also reserved The Associat 1n use f Rum Row Blockaded. three frmed « close cordon of aft has been drawn between “rum and the shore off New Work, in an effort to foil the smug- glers who have for many months been flouting the laws of the United States @nd supplying to law-breakers ashore. Tt ed that so effective s this siege that no liquors have been Jdanded in that time, that some of the smuggler ships have left anchorage for their ports of departure and that wihers will evidently, to judge from wbservable signs, soon leave also. Meanwhile the price of “bootleg” in New York and the vicinity has risen, An some instances to double the rates ©f a week ago, and is continuing to wise. Not a shot has been fired, not a ship %as been seized, not an arrest has been made. The “war” is being waged as was never war waged before. Silently the sentries of the law are guarding the coast, while scouts ply through. Yhe fleet of smugglers, watching every wiove and sign. This blockade of the New York hore line is not the only feature of the intensive Government enforcement campaign which has, after long prep- eration, been started. A similar block- &de is being conducted on the North- ern frontier, across which heretofore great quantities of liquor have been run by motor cars. The Great Lakes also are being patrolled against rum runn Retailing establishments in New York are being “mopped up. These moves were made after whole- sale changes had been effected in the personnel of the guard forces. Sus- pected men were shifted to other duties, or dropped. Crews were ex- changed. New combinations were made. So far as possible a depend- able enforcement organization was mecured. That it is efcient is evi- denced by the rapidly rising scale of bootleg prices. A heavy investment of capital is Tepresented in the cargoes of the ships now lying off New York. If it can- not be liquidated—a suggestive word in this connection—by sales the%oss will fall upon the smugglers and their backers, as did the losses in the case of the British bootlegging baronet. The maintenance of idle ships off the port of New York, awaiting a chance to land the cargoes, is expensive. While the blockade is costing the Gov- ernment heavily, it is costing the law- breakers proportionately more heavily. This is a demonstration from which much good may come, in the discour- agement of the lawless forces that heve been seeking to set at naught the” Constitution and the statutes of the United States. Bootlegging may 1ot be wholly prevented, but it will be stiade so expensive that the trade will be no longer the profitable enterprise 1hat it has been for some time past. ———s A reduction in income tax rates ap- farently requires less argument than = reduction in telephone rates. If Sec- Mellon could spare the time he iwould doubtless prove a handy man on B utilities commission. days a row liquor B - There is a difference between econ- | omy and hoarding. At this juncture §n world affairs the parable of the 10 | alents is woithy of respectful atten- gion. - Dean Inge's Picture of America. Tho “gloomy dean” of St. Paul's Paints a bright and hopeful picture of America. He does not visualize, in his comments on the country, the WUnited States in a state of revolution, metwithstanding the croakings of oth- <f's who have seen the overthrow of zovernments by labor. He does not fnd in the United States the same «auses which have led to such revolu- ions elsewhere. He does find that “comfort is too widely diffused, and %he intelligence of the people is too great” to admit of a revolution here. /The picture presented i3 an ex- 4remely Interesting discussion of America as he found it—although ad- mittedly ho saw only one corner of | the country—unmistakably is painted by Englishman, by one who be- wholeheartedly in the Anglo- Saxon eivilization. e pays America | the eompliment of saying that the fu- e of Anglo-Saxon civilization, which 1o him s civilization, rests in this countr One Rev. William Ralph Inge descries on the horizon, nd that, too, is from the Anglo-Saxon point of e fears a foreign conquest of the United States through immigration of ron-English-speaking people, particularly those from south- ern and eastern Lurope, and through the large families which these people raise, while the families of the people | of Anglo-Saxon strain become smaller and, smaller. He sees the colonial | homies, the towns ‘and villages laid out | by.the earlier Americans, passing into | the hands of people of other blood. America of today, while steadfastly | adhering to the principles of freedom | and independence which developed with the ages of Anglo-Saxon civiliza- tion, is the product of the toil of many an Tieves cloud, however, view. and the sons and daughters of wany | through the rock surface of the earth | nations entered the portals. The blood of millions of Americans to- day had its sources in many aif- ferent stralns. The danger, however, of admitting aliens who may continue to remain aliens, though residing their entire lives in the Great Republic, is real. America’s entry into the World War and the conditions found to exist in various communities were a warn- ing and an exposition of what was happening in this respect. Amertca has been awakened 'to the peril and steps are being taken to eliminate it, both by @ restriction of immigration and by more adequate training of aliens who enter in the principles of American citizenship. § Tt was natural that the Dean of St. Paul should lose his heart to the towns {and villages of New England, where the Anglo-Saxon atmosphere is par- ticularly strong, as natural, probably, as that an Englishman should refer to the duties collected on avticles pur- sed abroad and imported by the buyers into America as “fines,” and as natural as his description of Liberty in New York Harbor as the “French Statue of Liberty.” But Dean Inge is a kindly eritic. He sees the friendship of America and “ngland stronger than ever. He be- lieves firmly in such friendship and he sees the growth of democratic ideas and standards in his own country as one reason why the nations are in a position the better to understand each | other and to trust each other. —ate— Landmarks Lost and Saved. An effort to save one of New York's historic landmarks, the house in which James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, lived for some time prior to 'his death, and in which he died, has failed. The building standing at the corner of Prince and Lafayette streets, has been sold to a private interest, which will raze it and erect in its stead a large loft structure. For some time past an or- ganization of patriotic pereons bhas tried to raise a sufficient fund to buy the property for preservation. The sum of $300.000 was required, but de- spite strenuous endeavors and urgent appeals the subscriptions lagged, and now the building goes into the hands ! of the wreckers and will merely a memory. will be placed upon the wall of successor to-mark it as one of the historic spots in the metropolis. In this city the hame of James Mon roe has been fortunately spared from destruction. A local organization, the Arts Club of Washington, purchased the bullding for its home some vears ago, and has resolved to preserve it permanently and to maintain it as far as possible in its original form. Its preservation is especially to be de sired, inasmuch as it was the home of Mr. Monroe while he was Secretary of State, and therefore his residence at the tine of his election as President. When' he took the oath of office as President the White House was not vet ready for occupancy tated by the burning of that building during the War of 1812 not having been completed. Hence Mr. Monroe continued to occupy his own private residence as Chief Executive for some months. Thus the building, 2017 T street, was in fact the “White House” of the United States for a period. It is gratifying to bear this fact in mind in view of the loss of the Monroe house in New York. American his- toric landmarks are precious and should be preserved. Washington has lost some in the progress and develop- ment of this city, but in the main an cient and distinctive structures have been treated with exceptional sideration. The preservation of the “Octagon House™ at Eighteenth street and New York avenue, which, like the Monroe house on I street, was once used as the “White House" by Presi- dent Madison, has been due to the in- terest of private patriotic and artistic organizations. It is now the home of the American Federation of Arts. Thus two organizations, devoted to the maintenance of art standards at the Capital and in the Nation, have con tributed to the preservation of signifi cant features of the Federal City. T — The Prince of Wales is a linguist He spoke to the South African people in their own language. His grammar and his pronuneiation are not His audiences were charmed by the entiment, and were not disposed to magnify considerations of technique. soon be = ———— Alcohol is demoralizing. The “rum fleet” off the Atlantic coast makes a shabby- showing in comparison with the buccancers of old romance. 5 s Destruction of Madison Square Gar- den will not be lamented by the Demo- cratic party. Politically speaking, it | Was no mascot. ———— Exploration. Not much of the land surface of the earth remains the subject for ex- ploration, but the polar regions, hav- ing been reached by a few adventurous men, more less exploration has been entered on, and in time those parts of the world at extreme North or and South will be as faithtully mapped | as th& regions more genial to man. The exploring spirit will not be stilled. At a late oceanographic conference at Washington it was resolved that inter- national work be entered on for the exploration of the seas to determine depth, character of bottom, cause and course of currents, temperatures, salinity and food resources, continuing | on a grand scale the work begun by the American Maury. Geologists have long turned thoughts | toward possible exploration of earth depths. Theorizing as to the interior of the earth has been carried on ever since, geology became a science, and weory has given way to theory in ratner fast succession. could be had from deep borings, vol- cano craters and the deepest clefts in the earth from voleanle rupture or stream erosion have heen studied, but the greatest depth so far reached is | but a pinprick in what is belleved to be the thickness of the stone envelope or lithosphere. The depth.of the litho- sphere has been increased by succes- sive geologists as the height of the atmosphere has been raised. It does Perhaps a tablet | fts the repairs | con- | Such data as | to find what lies within, but it is well to think of what wonders have been done in a century toward exploratton of the sky. Almost every week a mew sun, no doubt the center of a stellar universe, is found by an astronomer, measured, its distance from the earth determined and itw light anelyzed. Science is rest- less and progressive. The airplane re- connaissance of a section of the Arctic which will be carried out this Sum. mer will largely increase human knowledge, and in that enterprise many Washington men are prominent. It curious to think of the part Washington people play in sclence, or better, in the advancement of science. In the major sciences, such as as- tronomy, geelogy, chemistry, botany and othefs, and in all the subjects that have grown out of these sciences and developed into speclal sciences, Wash- ington men take an important part. A great deal is said about the “beauty of Washington,” and perhaps not nf Washington. Abd-¢l-Krim’'s German Aides. Reports from the *seat of war” in | Africa indicate that the Rifflan tribe: men under Abd-el-Krim are not the usual sort of Moorish army. They have modern equipment and are adopting strictly modern tacti They are equipped with at least three air- planes and two tanks, and they have the services of trained Europeans for these features of their offensive. It is @lso stated that three German artil |lerists were captured by the French. | The Rifflans are “digging in" afte the most approved style of the Great War and are evidencing much skill in the selection of positions The presence of German specialists in the Riff ranks is naturally a cause of much irritation to the French. Yet they canuot make an fssue of the matter. These German artillerists, and probably aviators and tankmen, are serving Abd-elKrim as individ- uals. They are “soldlers of fortune.” France has supplied such fighters to allen causes in the past, as has Eng- | land and the United States. They go { unoficially, “on their own hook. Marshal Lyautey finds fhe situa- tion so grave that he has asked for more troops. It is stated In one of the dispatches that he has only 12,000 active troops, while Abd-el-Krim has about 22.000. Heretofore the Paris government has been dh!lnclihia to increase the army in Morocco. The Socialist forces in the chambers are likely to protest a program of en- larged warfare in Africa, but the sit- uation at Fez may compel such a move, to prevent a disaster which {Would be a crushing blow to French colonial prestige. | 1 ————— In a few brief remarks Vice Presi- dent Dawes shattered the tradition of serene quiescence that the United States Senate has cherished regarding its presiding officer. There is a cer tain amount of amazement that s0 much action should have been scecured by so short a speec — e Ettrope subsides into a discussion of financial problems, while this country is left to settle those of prohibition, eugenies, feminine costume and ma: culine objurgation as best it can. ———s Having reached the age of 89, Uncle Joe Cannon is prepared to testify that bard work and worry, if conscientious- ly directed, do not necessarily shorten life. ———— Agitation i3 gradually subsiding {among Frenchmen who were disposed to regard the election of Hindenburg as equivalent to a declaration of war. | oo SHOOTING STARS. 1 BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. H The Unexpected Happens. ald Granddad, “Let mb sit and think and pass the time away. It's wonderful to see how much happening today. We thought the telephone was just a | mercenary fake, | And aeroplanes were simply deemed a pitiful mistake. | S | | ticized. | Now women have their rights—and lefts—all plain to public view. The Prohibition Party has no further work to do. | A lady uses swear words while she superintends the biz, And everything we said could NEVER BE at present I8, | i Eloquence Unheard, “Demosthenes practiced his orations n solitudd.” #That's nothing new,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Even those who sit through a fllibuster are so near aslcep that they're not worth con- sidering s an audience.” | | Jud Tunkins says one sensible way to economy is to avoil getting fined for parking overtime. | | | 3 Kindness. “Why don't you have a ‘be kind to animals week’ in Crimson Gulch?” “We don’t need it,” answered Cactus | Joe. “The dogs and hosses are treated |fine. What we nced is some under- | standin’ to Keep us human beings from shootin’ up one another Educational Test. There are m®n running.flivvers who can't read and write. | And this leaves the streets in a ter- rible plight. {1t is awful to know a mechanic so strong May go riding along when his gram- mar’s all wrong! Hereafter, when any a motor would stéeer, Let him pass an exam that is very severe. | Be patient and meek, and no license ] card seek, It the officer finds that vou can't do your Greek. “I has gone along wif several fishin® parties,” said Uncle Eben, “dat looked like dey was usin' poker chips foh pecples. Its doors were thrown wide, I not sccm possible that man Will cut | bait.” ” A enough is understood about the brains | is| G Give me the people who speak to me all the time or never! Deliver me from the moody géntleman who sa “Hello" one day and the very next cannot “see” me, either literally or figuratively Such a man makes me tired. -As far as 1 am concerned he can save him- | =elf the trouble of ever speaking to | me, unless he can be consistent about | it. This is one case in which Limerson | was wrong. : Consistency in this matter is a jewel of great price. Great minds, as well a8 little minds, are properly offended when uequalntances fail to observe this fundamental courtesy of civilized | life, 3 This primary rule of courtesy is simply 1o speak pleasantly to those you know and at no ‘time omit the duty. For it is a duty. Because many { have gotten into the very bad-habit o { shirking it is no reason at all for as suming it to be a matter of individuai caprice, In some regards our common life is degeneratings, and this is one of the lesser regarded features that has suf fered severely in recent vears. As far as 1 know this is the first time the matter has been treated in print Yet any one who stops to think about it for a second will realize that the truth of the matter is as stated. There are far too many acqualntances passing each other daily without the formality of speaking. It is in this thing as it is in refusing to get up to give women®your seat in the street cers. We keep our seat, | along with the remainder of the male passengers. and vet we are ashamed | of ourselves every time we do it Ladies, we blush fnteriorly. openly, every last man’of us. It v a beautiful old custom, and, although many of you never deserved the seats You got, the so-called lesser half of humanity was glad to stand. Like all courtesies, it helped the one giving it more than it did the re. ciplent of the attention. There lies the beauty of courtesy. No man or woman who observes the niceties of | civllized society but is the better for | it. | 1 { { It is just there that these self-im. | portant ‘persons who are so wrapped up in their own affairs that they can- not speak to others fall down with & terrible thump that is heard by all ex- | cept themselves. ‘ Speaking to others—if you are going to play the game—is not something which may be laid aside at will. This custom. Which demands that if you know some one you should speak to him, is no¢ a personal garment to be | cast aside, | It belohwt to all of us, precious #hing to be treated ind fferently. | and observed, Those who is a not =0 thoughtful world, although in their| own estimation they may think they | are quite some pumpkins. g . They are, however, like the bounder | in the bow tie with the scarf pin stuck | in his shirt just beneath. He thinks his style is nifty, whereas the prop- erly clothed know it is ugly and use. less, therefore very hideous, indeed. To suit oneself in the matter of | speaking to friends and acquaintances | shows the world that one has not been exactly accustomed to polite obsery ance, is not at home in it, in other | words. One wonders if such customers eat | peas with @ Knife, sit with their | socked feet on the porch railing or ' | Vice President Dawes is not going to have it all his own way in taking the cause of Senate reform to the! people. The case for the defense will| be opened at Syracuse, N. Y., tonight | Ly Senator George H. Moees, Repub- | lican, of New Hampshire. Addressing | the national convention of his Dart- mouth fraternity, Psi Upsilon, Moses | intends going for the new Dawes plan hammer and tongs. Himself the third | ranking majority member of the com mittee on rules, Moses holds they are adequate rules, and he violently and vehemently opposes any tampering | with a masterpiece. Senator Moses is | in heavy demand for political speeches | throughout the country. He will ac- cept those for which he has time. In nearly all of them he will take occa sion to assail Dawes' scheme to curb senatorfal verbosity. On June 2 Moses will deliver the commencement ad- dress at the Washington College of Law, when he is expected to train <ome more big guns in the Vice Pres dent’s direction. The New Hampshire Senator was in conference with Presi- dent_Coolidgs this week. and he Jeft the White House wreathed in smiles of contentment. * | | John Joy Edson. who is_sometimes called the first citizen of Washington began life here 64 years ago as a mes. senger in the Treasury Department when Salmon P. Chase was Secretary | of the Treasury under Lincoln in 186i. Mr. Edson ever since has evinced the liveliest interest in the welfare of Gov- ernment clerks, and is active in the movement just launched to put frosh life into the activities of the National Civil Service Reform League. -When Mr. Fdson was a Treasury messenger there were no woman employes of the Government in Washington.. Today about one-half of the 60,000 or 70,000 | Federal employes in the Capital are | women and girls. The leader of the District of Columbia bar, Frank J. Hogan, also worked for Uncle Sam in his early days. He was a clerk in the War Department, and stullied law at night. *x x % Mr. Coolidge has' one little sar- | torial eccentricity. He will not let | his tailor put cuffs on the presiden- | tial trousers, and possesses no nether | garments thus equipped. Investiga- | tion in competent quarters disposes of the theory that cuffless pants are | the result of the Coolidge economy | program, because cuffs neither add | to nor subtract from the cost of | trousers. Anyhow, Mr. Coolidge's trousers have always hung without | folds at their terminals. Double- breasted coats, cut rather short, are another of the President's preferences in clothes. He has a full wardrobe | of such suits, mostly In blue and gray. B ek Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who has just become president of the Carnegie Fudowment for TInterna- tional Peace, is busily. planting “In- ternattonal ind Alcoves” through- out the libraries of the United States and the World. Books which form an international mind alcove deal with the daily life, customs and his- tory of the various countries of the world. Those chosen are popular in character and such as will interest the general reader. These books are | sent to libraries in small communi- ties, after assurance has been given that the several librarians will en- courage, through the local press, per- sonal recommendation and other means the reading of the books by as large a_number of persons as| possible. Three or four new books are-sent every three ‘months to be added to the alcove shelves, thus keeping the Interest alive and stead- ily bullding up the collections. Each book bears a plate with the imprint of the Carnegie Endowment. There are now 103 “International Mind Al- coves,” including 81 in the United Btates (distributed among libraries THIS AND. THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. | heaven-born i do | Ital |Fre RIDAY, MAY 8 ‘ Langley’s Mark Lauded. indulge in similar cute little tricks. We should not be surprised! Some, of course, regard these things a8 non-essentials. Some men never get up when o woman comes into the room. “Why should they?” Wall, it is Just a pleasant old custom, if nothing more—one that added and adds muck It, and many other customs, should be followed mor they are. We get up scrupulously upon the approach of those we do not know very well, but fail upon the approach of “home folks." Wherefore we are just to that ex- tent Knuckling down before the Gioths and Vandals of soclety, those who “never had nothing and don't know » and don’t want to, | 10 life ax we live it. ok ok k Yet fuilure to speak to others one <nows iséa much greater sin, a much leeper bowing of the knee to the torces that work with devilish inge ty to drag us down into the dirt. Oh, he is so enthusiastie. about his work that he failed to see you. unk. And yet more bunk. If en- thusiasm is really responsible, then we do not think as much of that quality as we formerly did. One cannot “pass the buck” on to enthusiasm 8o easily, however. En- thusiaem is one thing and courtésy another. Enthusiasm_finds time for courtesy in everyday life. Under stress and strain of polar adventures, warfare, etc., men may be forgiven for faillng to observe the little amenities of lite, for there ¢ivili-| i anially bulaing a ser ation is not, to a certain extent “You first, Alphonso,” might be absurd at the It is distinctly in in_Washington, D. C Folks, we are not engaged in polar expeditions. We. are living at the seat of a great republic, where life progresses anely and orderiy, under the guiding influence of the Consti- tution When in the wilds let us do as the heathens do, but while in Wash- ington let us live all the time ac- cording to the dictates of this vur more or less civilized life. Let us, if you please, be scrupul ous in speaking to our friends and acquaintances, and not rush by them even in office as if God Almighty had ufgent business with us Perhaps He has, but, it so, He will not ask us to be rude about it. Be- fore we keep the appointment is time to be decent. After all, fs not that the crux of the matter? Is there not something sneakingly mean in the behavior of place, however | the man who makes himself the cri- of when, he shall speak? of thinking of his terion Instead pre other fellow. What do we care for in the home than | there | ! Injustice | tion {no handehaker, treat it brind themselves before the | Cious self, he ought to think of theldidn't care a rap for his precious enthusiasm if it need- | lessly hurts? For this much is true. that in bein ourselves we also are being ofiended against him because of others. If he fails to speak to us, he will pull the mame trick on others. We | passed, long ago. the stage when we Imagined we were singled out for abuse. You cannot catch us on that! We know now that what we do, others do: what we get, others get what we feed, others feel. Wherefore we say, in this matter before us tu- day Speak as though vou mean it the time, or do not speak at all! all WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE in 32 § world. es) and 22 elsewhere in the A % ok Representatite Martin L. Davey, Demoerat, of Ohio reports “big re- Eults” from what he ealls his “home service policy.” launched two year ago. Mr. Davey, who is a tree sur- geon in private life, conceived the idea of going either personally or sending his secretary at regular pe- riods to each town in the Representa- tive's district. Notice was sent In advance to local newspapers teiling when Davey would Le there and the hotel at which he would be ready to meet Individual constituents who had grievances to air or axes to grind. Since May 1, 1923, Davey as- serts that more than 12,000 individual | constituents matters of have heen served in personal importance to them. Incidentally, the Representa- tive's office work has been exactly trebled. * * The most useless quinquennial of the women at the International Council of Women in Washington are | a group appointed to serve as officlal interpreters. They have nothing to but wear impressive badges and smile helpfully. They'd expected to find the women of Germany, I'rance, Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium and all other points east, south west tongue-tied in a region where only American is spoken. But these cultured forelgners, virtually with- out exception, command the language of Shakespeare and Lincoln as flu- ently as any United States delegate at the quinquennial. * * The members of the 16 ‘“elec. tive” medical societies which have just ended the thirteenth triennial con- gress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington were sub- limely indifferent to publicity. They decided that the real purposes of their | sclentific discussion would be promoted by keeping them to themselves. Any- how. the jaw-breaking terminology in which doctors ’transact their profes- slonal affairs is beyond the grasp of ordinary mortals, so nothing much has ‘been misced by newspaper read. ers. Not every M. D. is entitled to attend these sessions. They are open only to members of the respective specialist assoclations, which on their part accept only the cream of their colleagues. The number is limited and the selection highly exclusive, (Copyright, 1925.) ——— ight Cars Indicate Condition of Business One of the most rellable barometers of the Nation's business is the unro- mantic freight car. It is obvious that when the country makes and sells goods it must move them from the fac- torles and the wholesale centers to the consumers scattered though 48 States. Therefore, when the car loadings show a great velume the country is doing a brisk business. Z Statistios compiled by the Railway Age show that the number of tons of freight carried one¢mile in January was 10 per cent greater than that of the corrseponding month last year. In February the total was a litle less, owing to the fact that the month was shorter, In March I6kdins were larger in every week than in. March, 1024, Shipments of merchandise have been larger this year than ever before. In the week ending March 28 a new high record was made of 282,575 carloads. In the same perfod shipments of for- est products were larger than ever. These figures prove beyond doubt that production and commerce are in a highly satisfactory condition. There is no cloud on the horizon and all signs point to continued prosperity.— Seattle Times. offended against him for | | men and had no time for rel ial, i | | and | lis the most important peint in dis- | to do so|8ttained, | heavier-than-air machines. { but land there were very jand all others in the field of | further. | common {to him alone {ing principles that are now followed | | | [ the cost of the same number of rooms { houses and apartmen 1925, Credit for Discovery of Princi- . ples of Flying Given Him. To the Editor of The Star: The newspaper controversy con cerning originators of flying ma chines, so far as 1 have followed it,| fails to mention what seetns to me pute: Who discovered and expressed | with mathematical accuracy the | rules and specifications governing | flight of heavier-than-alr machines” | Was it Langley or some other i vestigator? Afier years of research in a new and unknown fleld thi tireless. investigator, Langley, pro- claimed that his objective had been that the formula to be followed by constructors and me- chanics had been established and it only remained for them to proceed in their department, accept the for- mula for their work of construction and commercial heawier-than-alr machines would be operating in 10 years. However, he was so far in advance with his work that after having discovered and furnished to the world the original and requisite data for the guidance of construc- tors, mechanics and all others in the | field of mechanics, for good measure he conducted a lot of supplementary | experiments. But the principles in- volvad and the specifications mathe- matically expressed, which must be followed in construction, were already history when the public learned that | he was engaged in building a fiying | machine. He was an impatient man. | Only a few mechanical geniuses | could follow the specifications, work of conatruction lagged, and while waiting for the. manufacturing world to adopt his formula, for mechanies | to be trained who were available and others to be born and trained, he simply prolonged his experiments, in- mod- | els and parts, all of wh un-{ necessary for the attainment of his original object, for that had been at- | tained, but useful in the world of mechanics which never had built | The path was opened, the way was shown to those who cared to follo atill tiey made slow progress few to take up Langley stopped y's interest was purely scien- To grapple with the problems in this new field and solve them that the engineer, the mechani pplied mechanics would have rules, data, etc., to gulde them in construction— that was his object. But he went because the constructors weré slow, or too conservative. And #0 his later efforts were brought into comparison with the work of commercial concerns, which was an to Langley. The very qualit this man out of the affairs of a everyday existence into the| unknown field of air naviga- made him exceptional. He was had no press agent, the financial rewards that success com- and in the pursut of any ob- Was unsparing of help, exact- in all his relations with other tion on of sentiment. With- he wi human—and a great in- tellectual. And now when I read about claims for originating anything pertaining to fiving machines, 1 have only to turn back some pages in the book of memory, When it was my privilege to serve this man in 2 most humble capac . when none were present but the great Langley. one technical assistant znd two unskilled helpers. T believe the records which he kept over a period of years and the published results are vouchers that will convince ar doubter that is due the honor of dis- and application of the govern- rork where which carried 1 then or other mands seet ing or the expres i | | cover i In construction of ajr ships. is dead, but his work Iives. many alone, Eret. Langiey T passed | days near him, when we were | ind left his service with GEO. L. —_ e “Back to Farm” Urged. ENIDER, | Benefits of Living in Suburbs Are Cited. To the Edifor of The Star The rent-paying people of W ton seem to be alarmed at the pros. | pect of having to pay more for their X 8 when the Rent Commi&sion ceases to function. This is. indeed, a serious matter, especially | for the »'.n\'r‘rnmi'h( workers and oth. ers receiving small salaries. There i& an inexorable law which governs matters of this kind—the law of supply and demand. If tenants in- | &ist on living in the city they will have to pay the penalty for such seif-in dulgence. President Coolidze sized up the situation the other day with sin- | gular accuracy when he told the auto mobile men that the motor cars, in- stead of encouraging the owners to| seek homes outside the cities, were | actually operating to make them crowd | more than ever into the great centers | of population. At least a partial solution of this | problem can be found by consulting | the advertising section of The Star, where many columns are filled with offers of suburban homes for sale or | rent at reasonable prices. Many of | these homes, can be hought at a fizure lower than the rent of a city home, | and others can be rented at about half | in town. Some modern improvements ave now lacking in these cheap homes, but the improvements are on the way. Many of them now have electricity and. the Washington Suburban Sani tary Commission is extending water and sewer connections as fast as pos- sible, while fine new high schools and other educational buildings are going up in many plac Many of these homes provide plenty of land for a garden and chickens (the two being separated, of course), and some are large enough to keep a cow and pigs. Of course, this means work outside of office hours, but it also means: A chance to lower the cost of living by providing. with a little extra work. plenty of fresh and delicious vegeta- | bles and small frults as well as eggs | and poultry for the family table as well as some to sell. if desired. Ther is no better land anywhere for strav berries, raspberries, etc., as well as arden stuff, than nearby Virginia and aryland, and there are the best of experts close at hand in the United States Department of Agriculture to give first-hand information about their culture. Good, wholesome exercise. A lady told me she had grown so much stronger since she went to the suburh that no inducement could bring her back to clty life, and she had saved b0 cents per day in food bills by hav- ing a small garden. This means a great deal to the desk worker with a small salary and with children to sup- port. Many of these suburban homes are within easy walking distance of a one-fare line from the city. Profit on the investment. The aver-y age buyer of Virginia and Maryland suburban property will realize an an- nual profit of at least 10 per cent on the rise of real estate values. Many have done much better than that. The | bullding of bridges, improvements of outlying parks and the wise and en- ergetic measures of the Washington Suburban _Sanitary Commission for extending ‘modern improvements are all operating in favor of the develop- ment of suburban Washington. I have no quarrel with the landlords of Washington. Labor is high and going higher, and bullding materials are not going down in price. But their exactions will suffer a reaction if there is a general exodus of tenants 1 | i | | | many more. | Times, |far as | Empire are hailed by ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Q. Are Boy Scouts admitted to the ball gamés free?—R. 3. 4 A. In Washington they are admit- | ted free on ¥riday afternoons | Q. TIn there any record of an asto: | motile having gone more than 40,000 | miles without the motor being taken | down for repairs?—H. E. G | A. One man says he has run a car | pver- 100,000 miles and expects to £o | ! Q. Why isn't such a lacquer as! Chinese licquer made in this country —W. H. M | A. The Chinese lacquer is prepared | from the sap of a tree found only in | China. Q. how much should be sent?—('. A. About & pound is sufficient. as | | Q. Are sponges and coral classed | as animals or plants?—M. | In sending soil to be anal zb}«\l A. They are classed as animals. Q. Have astronomers ever heavenly bodies collide?—I7. ¢ A. The Naval Observatory says no | collision of heavenly bodies has ever been obgerved. One of the conse- quences would be an enormous devel- | opment of heat and light. The so- | called novae or new stars—really old stars which suddenly increase many | hundred times in brightn nd then gradually fade—may possibly their sudden flare-up to collision with nother body: but the latter has in no case been seen. Q seen two owe What association does I stand for’—D. E. L. A, F. A. 1. stands for Aeronautique International a governing party in aeronautics, w headquarters in Paris, France. We aeronautical records are confirmed by this association X Y Federation which Q. When were the Grant half-dol lars igsued?—I. N. B. A. The Grant haif-dollars were di tributed through the Grant Memorial Centennial Association, 1012 Traetion Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. This coin was authorized under the act of Con- gress, February 1922, There were 100,061 pleces coined to the amount of $50,030.50, as of June 30, 1823 Q. How long does to hatch?—W. M. P. A. Tt takes about t take quail eggs three weeks. Q. What law excludes women in the line of succession to thrones”’— J.H A. The Ealic law gives preference to males in inheritance of land and was especially applied France to the exclusion of women from the throne. Gold Standard Praised. n Press Lauds Britain for Return. Great Benefit Seen. The announcement b Winston Churchill, British chancellor of the ex- chequer, of the return of his country to the gold standard is warmly ap plauded in this country where the pol icy is recognized as creditable to Great Britain _and beneficlal to the entire world. Much emphasis is placed on the sacrifices of the English people that have made this step possible. “One of the most important actions by a leading government since the armistice,” is the verdict of the Pitts- burgh Gazette-Times, which sees cause for congratulation in the fact that the | election in Germany failed to delay re- turn to the gold basls in Great Britain The completeness of Churchill's state | ments of financial policy impresses the | Birmingham News. wWhich suggests that he “has enough American biood in his veins to make him amazingly frank.” The News predicts that as a result of this action an industrial re 1 will be brought to the British people. Discussing the effect upon the world arge, the St. Paul neer Press 1sa “The return of England to the | gold standard marks the safe passage of the world through one of the grav- lest dangers which beset it after the iwar. For America in particular is the |event of the utmost importance.” The {Dallas_Journal also notes that “the fact that $300,0000,000 of American money is back of the program gives proof of our interest in the matter and strengthens the psychological f the British action on the world at large.” The effect upon Europe, esr . 15 analyzed by the New York which concludes tLat “in so the restoration of the gold standard implies a general stabiliza- tion of exchange transactions, the re- sult is sure to be felt in France.” - ok % at The United States and the British the Chicago Tribune as the stabilizing systems of the world today, and the Tribune sees evidence that “the area of financial and commercial stability has been ex- tended, and the trade of the world released in great measure from the painful checks and costly uncertain- ties of the period following the war." What England has done other nations of Europe can do, asserts the Los Angeles Times, “provided they are willing to make similar sacrifices.’ The Springfield Republican feels sure that “several other countries will follow Great Britain in returning to gold,” and says of the result in that count The jingle of the suinea or rather of the sovereign, will soon again be heard, and it will sound plegsant to English ears, more accus- tomed than our own to the clink of coin.” “The pound is returning to par be- cause realities have been accepted and no one has dreamed of a miracle from heaven which would wipe out the national debt, restore industry and bring riches without human effort.” the Toledo Biade observes. “After all, it is the way in which obligations are met and discharged that makes the true test of credit, whether ,among individuals or na- tions,” is_the judgment of the Charleson Evening Post. “The chan- cellor’s budget speech indicated satis- factory conditions in other respects and it would seem that the Engiish people have reason for optimism so i far as government finances are con- cerned,” says the Providence Bulle- tin. British statesmanship is con- gratulated by the Spokane Spokes man-Review, for the important serv ice it has rendered, and this paper adds: “Undoubtedly the British man- ufacturers are eager to do their part in the fmportant work of restoring the country’s forelgn trade. * kR K The New York Evening Post be- Jieves the era of depreciated curren- cies is near the end and that “normal ity is brought nearer.” It ia the best sign of Europe's return from war to peace conditions, in the opinion of the Grand Rapids Press. “Our apprecia- tion must be accorded a people that has fought for honesty and integrity against such odds,” says the Detroit News. “The gold standard may be a matter of sentiment, has more effect upon such unsenti- mental matters as trade and com- merce than this world dreams of,” is the comment of the Hartford Times. “England is at this moment exert. ing a stabilizing influence throughout the world scarcely less than that of the United States itself,” the Harris- burg Telegraph declares. ‘“The mass of humanity less devoted to or ac- quainted with the technicalities and intricacies of international finance are none the less able to appreciate the toward the suburbs. This will oper- ate more effectively than any written law. LINDSAY S. PERKINS. tone of improvement of international business and credit which resounds from Mr. CHurchill's declarations,” =1 but sentiment | c J. HASKIN Q. I have heard that steam pipes passing through floors have set them on fire. Can this be true?—R. 8. A. Steam pipes in domestic heating rarely attain a temperature of 250 de grees Fahrenheit, which entire! oo low to ignite wood. Ignition may occur if oily rags or some material Jiable to spontaneous combustion, such as bituminous coal dust, oakum, saw- dust, etc., be piled around the pipe Q. Was the constitution ol s country?—M. G A. It was promulgated in 1889 and was formulated by Prince Ito, who after investigating the constitutions of the various nations, d the constitution of Japan largely a Prussian. It is divided into 76 and provides for a_ law-making be of two chambers, the House of Peers and the House of Representatives. The Emperor convokes and closes the Diet, has all exc thority, and all laws are sut him for sanction Q. Will you concerning the cal work to be undertaken by Sicily?—S. L. D. A. A temple on the Acr Selinus s to be re-erected. C it was 230 feet long by 85 feet Six columns decorated the fron the side. This particular temple o | cupied the most prominent place ¢ | the Acropolis. To whom it wa | cated is not known | Q. Who were the guards when Lir {coln lay in state in Washington?- | H other mode! opens Capt. 0. H. Oldroyd, famous Oldroyd ollection, say cord of the names of stood guard over Lincolr | while he lay in state In Washing | The men were Regular Arm s food Is spoiled, car ell, taste or look nerally shows an unpleasant It may with orga use Q. | tected | A. Food {is spoiled taste or smell contaminated make it unsafe for | still appears good | (To know on a subjec as true kno 1t T where to find informat is, according to Bosu« ledge as to know the su ject itself. Perhaps “your drop of i Talling on a thought will make a thou sand think." Submit yowr perplezing questions to The Star Information Bu reau. Fr J. Haskin, directo Twenty-first and C streets northuwest Send a 2-cent stamp for direct repiy Raps D. A. R. Stand. Writer Thinks D. C. Vote Should Have Been Backed. me years ago Plymouth, the United Sta home, following of his countrymen s impressions ¢ America He had reared i L that tars and Stripes was to be representative government in its and broadest aspects, b he ever learned inde ns of the United States have no at at the Capital of the N: tion severs ndred thousand seer ingly respectable and orderly sumably de ans were denie ground of resider City, any right of ernmental affairs posed on them political d galling, perhaps, as were helpless minorities i nical era of Brit 2 onted with this very anamolous situation he could not recencile it | with his idea of what the Amer | Republi¢ represented. and so W | never able to fix accurately in I | mind the &tatus of the City of Wash {ington. In his book, therefore. ir the effort to make the best of a ver abnormal and, to his Englis . shocking condition of political des dation, to present for glaring an inconsistency in a repre sentative governmemt, and to remos |if possible. such a stigma from th | Nation at large. he in effect Paradoxical as y seem, of Washington, although the C: ital of the United States, is not | | United States, but is in the 1 of Columbia | A few days ago, charming ar |liant representatives of the womanhood of America held their | nual, colorful conclave in the D. A | Hall' at Washingto Polished | manner, stately in be: bea {in physical ributes learning, esthetic in t. the traditions coming d glorious days of their Revolutionar ancestors, throbbingly reveren the history of their coun | ing with love of freedor {of the rizhts of Americ tizen | they presented a spectacle tha | lighted the eve, pleased the fancy { quickened the patriotism and filled | with hope of better things the breasts | of these who, denied the privileges citizenship, except to bear its burdens had best be called “Inmates of the Dis | trict of Columbia." the Revolution: heroes | blood mow courses in the pure | veins of these distinguished ladies had offered their lives on the altar of lib |erty; with a iine scorn of material { things, they had ruthlessly breweid | saltwater tea and served it to the fishes in Boston Harbor; they had | “fired the shot heard round the world, and won the right for all coming ger erations of Americans—except the living in the District of Columbia not to be taxed without representa tion: they had, indeed, brought the world—except the District of Columbia —a new era of blessed freedom. With such a background, and v brating with lofty, patriotic impulses, the worthy female descendants of Rev olutionary sires determined that th 500,000 native Americans in the Capi al City of the Nation ought to be “free nd independent’” to pay taxes, to perform military du and to shoulder all other responsbilities and obligations of citizenship without ing any voice whatever in the determi nation of the question so gravely and seriously concerning them 0_question of mere politics, but broad principle of fundamental jus tice and Americanism was involved in the resolution presented to the Con Zress of the D. A. R. in behalf of the disfranchiséd ” “inmates” of the Dis trict. Tf the Daughters are true to the principles _of their forbears, the founders of the Republic, they must believe that taxation without repre sentation I8 tyranny. In refusing to indorse that principle as affecting the City of Washington, perhaps they be. lieve with the one-time ~may Plymouth that, “Washtgton, a though the Capital of the United States, is not in the United States, but isin the District of Columb MES W. MURPHY. been the true. freest as 1 W en i tif ste whose Dblue —_———— suggests the Morgantown minion. The Indianapolis News points to the lesson for other countries, saying, “The same victory can be won by others, but only on the same terms.” “The worth of gold today rests,” in the opinion of the Boston Transcript “In the last analysis upon its accepted place as the monetary, standard of all the major nations. THe risk that any considerable group of those nations will withdraw their support has today been exterminated.” New Do