Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING ST With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....May 13, 1825 THEODORE W. N | OYES The Evening Star Ne: Business Office’ 11th St. ana Pen Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Ehicago Office - Tower Building. Buropean Office: 16 egent St., London. Engtand. The Ereninz St {th_the Sunday morn- | ng ~ s delivered by carriers within the city at’ 80 cents per month: dails enly, 45 cents per month: Sunday only. =0 cents month. Orders may, be sent by muil or telenhone Main 5000. Collection is made by earrier at the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dailr and § 8.40: 1 mo., 70¢ iy Doy ndey- - 13T 3800: 1 mo. b0c Sunday ouly 1vr.$2.40:1mo., 20c All Other States. Daily and s yr.$10.00: 1 mo., 8B¢ i1y ooty U N ] T %5900 1 mo e Sunday only .. 150 $5.00: 1 mo.. 35¢ Member of the Associated Press. Tha Associated Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwiso cred- ted in this paper and a'so the local news published herein. All rights of publication of anecial disnatches herein are also reserved. ——e e District Estimates and Taxes. The Commissioners are taking up the cstimates and putting them in shabe for submission to the Budgzet| Buvear ~nd to Congress, and in th connection they are sounding public opinion concerning the amount of the estimates, the favored items of large expenditure and the principle and policy upon ch the estimates shall be based. Some of the guestions which thus arise have alrcady been answered by « direct expression of organized local public opinion or by the action of Con- gress. Thus the question whether the estimates should be framed on the basis of acceptance of the lump-sum payment plan is answered in the nega- tive both by Congress and by petition- ing Washington. It was proposed by the House that the Commis might estimate on the lump-sum pay- went plan, but the Senate opposed. and in the end Congress negatived the proposition and it was dropped from the appropriation bill. The community has repeatedly indicated that in view of the obvious benefits of the definite proportionate contribution plan it will never voluntarily abandon that basis f Capital maintenance for the lump- sum pavment plan, and that if the lat- ter is ever made permanent substan- tive law by Congress there will be no nee in advance on their part to encourage the making of the| chan, The petition of the ci ens'} fiscal committee against the | um payment plan sets forth | the benefits which ‘the com-| munity derives from the definite pro- | bution plan, and the portionate con! ative charvacter of the sign-, repres ers of the petition indicates that the | thoughts which it expresses are} backed Ly organized Washington. This | petition is printed elsewhere in The Star today as pertinent to the present discussion Not will through the Commissi fuse to base the estimates on accept-| ance of the lump-sum payment pian, | but there will he the same wisdom in | refusing to accept nine million dollars as the fixed maximum of appropriation | under & possible continuation for an- | other period of the temporary tentative | zood-for-one-year-only lump-sum pay- | ment plan. the communi ners wisely re only If there is to be even on a tempo- | rary basis further experimenting with | the Ilumpsum payment plan the | be | lump sum should be | | bject to be increased the require- amount of the left flexible and 10 meet the equities or ments of existing law The evil and danger of any other tem of appropriation are em- phasized by what happened last year and is liable to happen this year in | n with the National Capital Commission law and its appro- | The law creating this com- | stamped the project as conn at mission tinetly national, and enacted that ex- pense should be met on the definite proportionate maintenance basis, but nnder the actual conditions of the ap- propriation every cent of it was raised by local taxation. And if the conditions are not changed every cent of the mil- on-dollar appropriation for next year | and for years after for this commis- | will increase the burden and| raise the tax rate of the District tax-| pavers. | n dis- sion s o Ceseetees Considerable interest is manifested | in the question of whether Hinden-| Lurg regards it as his mission to make the worid safe for the Hohen-! sollern family. s attacking science Bryan demonstrates that tearless and eloquent. S ol Short Sessions. Vice President Dawes shows good judgment in declaring his support of the proposal that short or “lame duck’” sessions of Congress be abol- ished. Twice the Senate has put hrough .a resolution proposing an mendment the Constitution, so that the newly elected Congresses would enter upon their duties in Jan- vary following their election, and the uewly elected President and Vice President would be inaugurated in the same month. But twice the res- olution has failed of action in the House, Republican leadership in that hody being responsible for failure to press the measure to & vote. The elimination of the short ses- sion of Congress, which begins in w. Col. he By I still a to Tecember and ends the following March 4, has been urged as a cure for the flibuster in the Senate, since Vice President Dawes launched his attack upon the Senate rules. The Vice President, while expressing his approval of the plan, frankly says that he does believe that “the abolition of the short session of Congress will afford proper protection against the power of o minority or individual Senator, under the Senate not | burg and those who participated with | scene. Tt is related that the coun- | tenance of Admiral von Tirpitz beamed | with satisfaction, and that the fea-| great, or small, is far more effective in the short sessions of Congress, when the leaders realize that they | must give the right of way to the annual supply bills of the Govern- ment or force an extra session of a new Congress. At a long session of fthe Congress dilitory tactics by n minority may be exhausted by a de- termined majority. But even o, the subjugation of a minority under the present rules’ of the Senate becomes a test too often of physical endu ance, with long night sesstons, which undoubtedly have shortened the lives of Senators in the past. The loss of time and the frequent necessity of compromising when the measure up for consideration is good are other reasons why a change in the rules to prevent prolonged filibusters should be made. ‘The short session of Congress, dur- ing which an old Congress, frequent- 1y a defeated Congress, is called upor. to enact laws for the country for months after its successor has been chosen is a curlosity in 1 parlia- mentary form of government. There is no good reason for it today, what- ever may have been the situation in the early days. Men who have been turned out of office by a vote of the people, whether executive office o legislative, should not in power longer than is actually neces- sary to install their successors. —— e The Ceremony at Berlin. I President von Hindenburg, who took the oath of office vesterday at Berlin, meets only the opposition which was manifested by the Com- munist Deputies in the Reichstag at the beginning of the ceremony he will be indeed fortunate, for it was a sin- gularly futile proceeding. It was bare- 1y more than a formula of protest. The following s one of the descriptions of the scene: Hardly had Von Hindenburg mount- ed the platform, a central figure in the mass of statesmen and generals and government officials, than a ragged group of Communist Deputies arose in 4 body and shouted: “Down with the Monarchists! Long live the Soviet re- public!” Then they filed out chuckling. It was a sort of goose-step maneuver. The French would call it a gesture. That last word in the paragraph just quoted suggests, however, that it was with @ somewhat surprising sense of bumor that the Communists of the Reichstag filed their demurrer against the republic and its newly elected President. Heretofore there has been no such element in German politics. They take life very serfously over there and communism s no joke. However, if the Communist Deputies actually left the Reichstag hall chuckling they are entitled to their bit of fun It would seem from the accounts of the ceremony that the joke, if joke | was meant, was lost upon Von Hinden- | continue him in the solemn ceremonial. No trace of a smile marked his coun- tenance., which has been called the face of a graven image. He was the personification of official military dig-| nity. He swore solemnly to cherish | the ideals of the republic, to support | its laws and to administer its affairs aithfully. He attested to his belief in the strength of the German character. | Yet smiles were not absent from the | i tures of Von Ludendorff, usually set in | lines of the deepest gravity, actually 1elaxed into a pleasant expression. For the occasion of Von Hindenburg's in-| duction into office of President of the republic is unquestionably regarded by ? the militarists and Monarchists of Ger- | many with the utmost satisfaction as | the beginning of a new era, or rather as the resumption of an old one. ———e— “Gay Paree” is a phrase of the past; one which will not regain its significance until Parisians are able to cease pondering with anxiety on the daily fluctuations in the value of the franc. e If it two functions, that of presiding offi- cer of the United States Senate might easily be found more important than that of Vice President. ——— I Trotsky has returned to Russian | politic This does not imply that he has returned to the power which he shared with Lenin. e The First Fishhook. Discovery of the oldest fishhook in the world is joyfully announced by Prof. S. H. Langdon of the Field fuseum-Oxford University expedition, which has been excavating at Kish, Mesopotamia. Fishing with hook and line was supposed to be virtually non- existent in Babylon and Assyria, states the explorer, and the find of the hook makes necessary a change in the his- tory of fishing. *“This is the oldest fishhook ever discovered, and is evi- dence for the discovery of fishing with ‘hook and bait before 3000 B. C.” says the report issued by the expedi- tion. The statements regarding the use of hook and line in Mesopotamia may be, and probably are, true. But there are grounds for the successful contradic- tion of the description of the recent | find as the “oldest fishhook ever dis-| covered.” Thousands of years before the dawn of history the men of the Somme Valley in France were using a slightly curved and double-pointed gorge with a groove in the middle, which presupposes a fish line. Not yet was this @ hook, but developments first in stone and then in metal finally brought about a bronze barbed hook, which, according to the late Alfred M. Mayer, scientist and collector, is “nearly as perfect in form as those used by anglers of our own day.” Such implements, both in double and single form, have been #und in the debris of the villages of the prehis- toric Iuropean lake dwellers. curious point is that some of those thus recovered are in size all out of proportion to the size of the fish found in those waters today. It is inferred by scientists, therefore, that many rules, to thwart the majority in its constitutional right to legislate.” Doubtless the abolition of the short gession would be a step in the di- rection of preventing fllibusters, how- w~er. The oneman filibuster, or any kind of a fillbuster by a minority, thousands of years ago the aquatic were possible to separate the|. And aj in the collection show all stages of the manufacture, from the first hole laborfously bored in a hard shell, which was later to become the curve, down to the finished article. In fact, the opinion is held by a number of archeologists that man used first of all the spear in adding fish to his bill of fare; second, the hook, line and bait, and last of all the more com- prehensive net. The ancient lake dweller did not fish primarily for sport, ut rare sport he must have had when, anchored in his dugout, the temptingly baited bronze hook he dangled at the end of his sinew line was seized by some monstrous lake trout. Probably he yelled, and undoubtedly, if the prize got away. he wearled the ears of his relatives and friends with his tale of woe that night, after the long cause- way leading shoreward had been made impassible to unfriendly neighbors. - Amy Lowell. Amy Lowell established herself in literature before she developed the style of poetic expression with which: her name is now chiefly associated. Born to the purple, so to speak, Miss Lowell began her literary career with rich gifts of inheritance. Freed from all material cares, she was in & posi- tion to devote herself to the develop- ment of her talents as writer. Her work was unusual at the outset. her earlier writings containing the germ | of the new form which has been given the name “vers libre.” Quickly this | developed Into a veritable literary cult under Amy Lowell's leadership. Tt was not precisely new. Walt Whitman had employed the same idea of form- less verse, or semi-rhythmic prose broken into short lines to simulate prosody. The long lapse of time between Whitman and Miss Lowell has seen many changes in literary styles. Whit- man’s verse was never accepted by the public at large, was in fact ridiculed, and save for a few who recognized its peculiar value and merit was con- sidered as an individual freak of ex- pression. Attenuation of thought and utter disregard of established poetic forms were the chief characteristics of the Lowell style. It started many imitators, who went to extremes in disjointed typography and eccentric phraseology. Indeed, the vers libre mode of expression became a camou- flage for the commonplace. These movements in literature, such as the vers libre cult which Amy Lowell promoted if she did not actual- Iy originate, have their value in the stimulation of interest in literary trea- tion. They leave but little impression, however, upon the literary body of the period. They offer little that is crea- tive, though much that is suggestive. | Affectation flourishes in such an a mosphere. Incompetence and imma-| turity are emboldened. Out of the whole product of vers libre of the past decade, ephemeral in the main, has come exceedingly small product of liv- ing value. Yet it may be that it has served as a literary leaven. Amy Lowell's career, which closed | so suddenly 'vesterday, reached its| climax in a work that has challenged | the attention and elicited the praise of critics as have few literary produc- tions of late years. Her life of John Keats, the product of four vears of labor in research and writing, will| stand as her memorial. She will be re- | ‘membered by it when the world has | forgotten her versifying, which was not poetry, or. if it better please the | devotees of vers libre, which was | poetry if it was not verse. ———— Henry Ford has been so successful | in other matters that there might be | some popular enthusiasm if he were to apply his abilities to a solution of | the parking problem. r——— offered for the arrangement of a peace conference between rum run- ners and prohibition forces. et Hindenburg's election has revived the question of twhether the goose step wes more or less in the nature of a faux pas. ToL e In theoretical warfare the Hawaiian Islands are hard to defend. Practical diplomacy should make solicitude as to their defense unnecessary. e B Europe used to be puzzied by Amer ican politics. The situation is now the other way 'round. ——————————— French opinion inclines to a belief that the only real pacifist in Germany is Grover Bergdoll. R e T 'SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Dreaming. I dreamt & dream of Heavenly joy. No harp, in fancy, brought content; No streets of gold bade me employ My fiiv with paces diffident. I dreamt a dream of Heavenly bliss. Vo jazz framed a melodious lark. ‘What brought most happiness was this; I had abundant space to park. Filibustering. “Is there anything to be said in favor of filibustering’” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It relieves the mind and puts the real strain on the vocal cords.” Jud Tunkins says the white-collar man is an optical illusion. He looks like a boss, but seldom exerts any de- cisive authority. Getting Adjusted. “What has become of Mesa Bill?” “He has jolned a circus,” answered Cactus Joe. “Bill got chased out of one town after another until he de- cided to get & job where he could move on as a part of his regular business.” Mars As a Financier. Grim-visaged War asserts anew The old precarious plea And seeks to tender “I. 0. U." Instead of “C. O. D.” “Bootleg licker,” said Uncle Eben, “js de reason why a consid’able num- ber of famblies is goin® wifout shoes.” { there is no doubt at all that the ladies | have men backed clear off the interna- No practical suggestions have been | si BY CHARLES E. An arresting sentence in the news columns of this paper recently spoke of “the age-old struggle to make the world kinder and cleaner for the moth- ers of men.” It was a good sentence, one that placed in bold relief the characteris- istics of kindness and cleanness, in which women, as a class, excel men, as a class. creeps out there! Surely, all the travail of creation, in ‘which men have a prime part, has not been in order that man creatures might adorn the world. It has been, and is, rather, in order that mankind might advance, if it has any reason at all. As women are kinder and cleaner than we are, so they stand closer to the eternal purpose that works through soil and air to cleanse the world and bring anew quite fresh crops of wholesomeness and gladness each year. My notebook has contained a note for many months, Women neither the best nor worst of humanity,” which thoyght arose on reading Addison to the effect that they are the best part of creation. Some day 1 hope to treat of this, for. to my way of thinking, it is extremely problematical whether women can be id to be the “best” of humankind. bat they distinctly are the kinder and cleaner, however, there can be lit- tle question. * ok ok % The outstanding characteristics of modern civilization are the very two we have chosen as the distinguishing marks of womankind. Think over life as we live it, as it has progressed in this country during the past 50 years, you will readily see that the great features are simply more kindliness, greater cleanliness. Some have even gone to the extent of declaring that these two, especial the former, bid fair to tear down again the civillzation we have so perilously built up, in that we are protecting THIS AND THAT be kind to them. The factors that have led to these great tralts in woman- kind do not mitigate against them all, but only reinforce them. If it were not for kindness and cleanness, none of year! we are able to patronizingly refer to The care and attention women spend simply revel in their “step-ins” and their step-outs, etc., etc. TRACEWELL. us grand creatures would last our first Inasmuch as we have been the ) reciplents of kindness and cleanness, Cleanliness is married to kindness. on their underwear shows this latter trait in them to perfection. A man slips into his XYZ unfon suit and thinks no more of it, but the ladies Does any mere man think this shows their vanity? Not on their sweet life! It shows their regard for cleanliness. These things are concealed from the ordinary sight of day. The laces on the flounces, or the flounces on the laces—er—er— the laces and the flounces, and the er—er—flounces and the laces seem to serve no particular purpose. But they were put there by the universal love of women for cleanli- for popular ed in MAY 13, 1925. Politics at Large BY N. Therefore the merit its bearing on party and the work of the next Con- Bres, as the spokesman of the administra- tion on tax-reduction affairs. his return from Jackson, Miss., where bhe addressed the annual of the Mississippi Bankers' Associa- tion May 5, there has been renewed speculation in_official circles over the administration’s plans reduction outlined by him. Attention is especially drawn to Sec- Mellon’s admission Secreta, retary 0. MESSENGER. Reduction of Federal taxes, especial- ly the income tax, is a subject in which the average man can take in- terest, because the pocket-nerve thrills to the touch in discussing it. you talk lower payment of the voter's income tax you will “speak guage of his tribe.” he can visualize, something tangible. | lower taxes ve for the months to come Every Republic the administration’s plans and policies, not only on account of the intrinsic fecting his own pocketbs ‘When the lan It is something and administration’s plans | 4% is Mkely to fill the n leader is interest- of the subject as af- . but for| the prospects of the level. y Mell is regarded ry on Is rega) Co Since convention | level. s to taxation A that the Q. Which Presidents had mothers living at the time they were inau- gurated”—H. G. A. The Presidents whose mothers lived to see their sons receiv est honer in the Nation's gift wert ‘Washington, Madison, Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Polk, Johnson, Grant, Garfield McKinley. Those who did the high- not | Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren, W. H. Harrison, Tyler, Ta Flllmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln. | Hayes, Arthur, It was not so good in the use of that | the “mothers of men,” as though the |\ 1" ork of sharpening the phrase, “the mothers of men.” Why |importance of that sex comes from | inife for the slicing is getting under| not the mothers of daughters, too? |the latter rather than from the former |y, ; | Harrison, The old, blatant boastfulness of men | word: 7 HGTEaR lor, | Cleveland, Benjamin Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, | Harding and Coolidge. Q. Is there an altitude at which an exE can't be boiled?—k. W A. The Geological Survey says tha taccording to science there is an alti- tude at which water would not boll; however, no one has ever reached that point, as it is t bout 20 miles above seu While it is not impossible to n egg hard at the top of Pikes Peak, it takes longer to do it. boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea Water but on Pikes Peak it boils at G He says: ple began coming to Mexico they found about 180 degrees Fahrenheit. Q. I have been told that was derived from the word “Greek.” Can this be possibls “Gringo” Weeks inclines to this view. When English-speaking peo. ness. They are cleaner, on the Inside, where nobody sees, than men are on the outside where the world looks. A man wears the same old sult day ther issuance propgsed insistence upon a constitu- tional amendment inhibiting the fur-| ties will be abated. | contac x-¢ t securi- of tax-exemp! mEL e The administra- ct Ze. just as they themselves v the people with whom they came in understand their e unable to in and day out, and if it is of the proper color it will not show dust. A woman, if she can, has as many changes as possible, and she i3 always washing them. ‘This fondness for “clean things” is not due to extravagance, as many mis- guided husbands think, but solely arises as the result of this sex urge for cleanness, which never ceases to whisper in woman's ear: “Clean up! Paint up!" * ¥ % % What man of us would indulge in “housecleaning” in the Spring—or at any other season? What - gentleman believing in “ef- ficiency”—whatever that may be— would ever think of washing the blankets of his own volition? that such an adopted, but is not stitutional ame! tuted. enterprises by taxes which eve non-productive The existenc and municipal 000,000 a year, a menace Wl tion has not relinquished be accomplished now. feasible method than the passage of a resolution for submission of the con- The administration will to attract capital back into productive been so high as to drive capital into tax-exemption securities, mostly State growing at the rate of about $1,000,- ich should have been eliminated several years ago, but the’ u can: quit its Dbeliet amendment should be convinced that it can- A more to be substi- seek ndment a readjustment of sur- er since the war have fields. e of $13,000,000,000 of | tered- bonds, which sum is . is held to constitute ness, and keeping alive the unfit. Into that phase of the matter there is no call to go here. It but em- phasizes the Kkindness of the age. There can be no doubt that men are kinder today than ever in the history of the world, and this despite a huge amount of dregs still left in the cup of life in the form of cruelty, crime, sin. wickedness. The total result, however, is more indness than ever before. And wom- en are responsible for it, closely asso. What would the manufacturers of electric_ washing machines do for a living if they had only male readers of their ads? ‘What dirty hands, dirty face little Johnny would sport, to be sure, if “daddy” was in sole charge of the kid's bringing up! Dusty streets, smoky skies, are tes- timonials in most cities to the lack of regard for cleanliness among the men, who, to date, have had the manage- jadministration recognizes the futilit in view of the ommendation sues of tax-exe basis for the t ‘The adminisi eral secure legislati hoping for restrictions on further is- sought next Winter. * & K K futile attempts ering of the high surtaxes to a ma- fate of its former rec- on the subject, of empt securities as a ax reform that will be tration has made sev- in the past to on warranting the low- clated with that eternal urge for de- cency which distinguishes both the sons and daughters of men in the last analysis. Without the refining influence of women this world of men would still be carrying clubs and sporting facial adornments worthy of the gorilla, or. rather, to shame an honest anthro- poid. Women are kind. Let no man pop up here with tales of the meanness of some woman or women. I do not say they are perfect. I would not dare assert there are no | mean women, no cruel women, no vile | women. | | ment. ment of cities. When Uncle Sam gets married, as the title of a recent book by u woman demands, maybe we will see the two great feminine characteristics, kind- ness and cleanliness, enter govern-} Then, boys, watch out! Men will be told to go outdoors| and play while the women do a little Spring housecleaning in _city hall. The old spittoons will be polished until they shine—and then hidden in the garret. Musty rooms where cobwebs cling will be treated to large baths of hot water and plenteous soap. “rom | terial degree, only grudging speech, that there is stitutional ame, of investment avoided. This and the only o Secretary “*Consequently. here is no immediate remedy for the situation within the power of the Con- | gress except a readjustment of the surtaxes on a basis that will attract | T o Tate orodnctive businecs |0 the usefultiess of cottanseed oll and keep it from exhausting itself in tax-exempt securities or from taking advantage of the many other matters | (URFRETTR B KOS rude cotton- seed oil were made at Natchez, Miss., in 1834, and at New Orleans, 1847. but Congress provided relief. In his Jackson Mellon admitted no counting on a con- ndment for the present. " he went on to say, | | by which taxes are | is the second course ne now open to us.” ble to understand that of ‘the Mexi- When addressed by a native naturally they used the famillar expression, “That is all Greek to me." The word Greek in Spanish is (pronounced Gree-aye-go), more natural than that the Mexicans, hearing this word used so much, came to speak of the foreigners as - aye-goes,” came corrupted into “gringoes.” expression was heard wherever Eng- lish-speaking foreigners were encoun- and what which easily enough be- This Q. What kind of insurance is it that Germans have to carry?—D. W. S. A. Germany has for many years had a system of social insurance, which includes workingmen'’s accident, sick- invalidity and other forms of compensation. employes are obliged by law to con- tribute to the funds. that more than 50,000,000 policies are in force. Q. Why are butterflies so called LJJ A. The origin of the term butterfly is probably due to the popular be- lief that these and milk. Q. How long did the Baltimore fire last?—J. W. C. A. The great Baltimore fire com- menced on February burned for 30 hours. Q. When was cottonseed oil first iexu’acled in a mill?>—M. R. B. A. Public attention was first called Both employers and It is estimated insects steal butter 1904. It iby the London Society for Encour- jagement of Arts, Commerce in 1783. Manufactures and The first record- Taking the sex generally, however, tional map when it comes to this| estecmed quality of just plain, every- | day, ordinary kindliness. | of places. city hall physical cleanness will be extended to the streets, to all manner Then will come the great Spring cleaning of government itself, and, at | form the back under ta “It is obvious,” the Secretary said later in his address, rates to a point that will bring wealth hat we must re- | 'stem by lowering the | xation and force it to Nefther was successful. successful attempt at crushing the seed in a Aldige of New Orleans in 1855. the North a mill was started at Prov- idence, R. I, 1855-5 The first Paul In mill was made by * k% w They have been bred to it for gen- erations, vou sa: Granted. When you bring up babies | you have got to keep them clean and hie man who made Coolidge | President,” has just left Washington. | His name is Wallace McCamant of Oregon. He was a guest at the White House. Some authorities think he may be the next Solicitor General of the United States. Judge McCamant was the delegate who placed Mr. Coolidge in nomination for the Vice Presidency at Chicago on June 12, 1920. The day was hot. The Republican convention had reassembled for the afternoon ses- jon at 4:46 o'clock, pursuant to recess and perspiring freely. Harding had, not vet been nominated for President, | but his victory on the tenth ballot. | about to ensue, wasessured. The pow ers that put the Ohio Senator over had determined that his running mate should be his brother Senator from Wisconsin, Irvine L. Lenroot. The late | Medill McCormick, Senator from Illi-| nois. wus assigned the task of plac- ing Lenroot in nomination. He did so in a speech that lasted only 90 sec- onds. Suddenly, after Kentucky, Ar- kansas, New York and Ohlo in turn had seconded Lenroot's nomination, a tall man from Oregon secured the floor. He was Wallace McCamant of Portland. { % %ok The official proceedings of the 1920 convention make the following laconic remarks at the end of Judge Mc- Camant’s very brief speech, which named “for the exalted office’ of Vice President, Gov. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts’: This nomination received an out- burst of applause of short dura- tion. but of great power, being jolned in Ly the Massachusetts and @a number of other delegations. Michigan, Maryland, North Dakota and individual deiegates from Arkan- sas, Kansas, Connecticut and Penn- Sylvania seconded Coolidge’s nomina- tion. Delegates from Illinois, Nebras-| ka. Nevada, Vermont and New York| did likewise. Henry J. Allen of Kansas and Henry W. Anderson of Virginia having been also one ballot en: placed in nomination, sued, and: Coolidge won 1y. Republicans have al- ‘McCamant of overwhelming] ways said that/it was “ Oregon,” who “did it * ok ok K ing of former Gov. Allen of flower State, his brother Kan- Jardine. told a good story of the Wichita editor-politician in Philadelphia the other night. The hew Secretary of Agricultire was the guest of the rock-ribbed G. O. P. or- ganization of that city, the Union League. He very much amused his audience by telling it that no real dirt farmer could also be an orator. “Henry J. Allen,” said ‘Dr. Jardine, “is the orator of Kansas, and he's no better dirt farmer than I am an ora- tor.” Nevertheless, Jardine made a deep impression on the distinguished audience of Philadelphia business and professional men who met him for the first time. E. Pusey Passmore, presi- dent of the Union League, writes this observer that Jardine ‘seems to us the best qualified and most sensible head the Argicultural Department has had for a long time.” * % * It isn’t merely the Nation's trials and tribulations that are discussed at Cab- inet meetings. Every once in a while the President and his official family talk about their private troubles, and. it will comfort this disfranchised com- munity to learn, they sometimes con- Speak the Sun san, Willlam M WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. |nesota that if the Supreme Court's last, the cleaning of the hearts of men. Only then, it seems to me, | will the world have reason to cor rectly use any such phrase as “the mothers of men.” for then men will be worthy of their mothers. i carry its share % an Mayor Hylan, whose candidacy for a_ third term R. Hearst, is and along swimmingly, wafted by a favor- ing breeze in the support of William cross current of resistance. from a Democratic source of impor- of the burden.” as mayor was going getting into his first It came The Women's tance power. them was priced at what the cabinet| officer considered from two to three |: Ma | May { mayor the op times its actual worth. * & % % These days of congressional recess are the times when members of both House and Senate put in a good deal of quiet work on behalf of constituents in Washington. Some statesmen have not left Capitol Hill since the adjourn- ment. Others have returned for short stays. Those who come from nearby States make frequent visits to Wash-| ington. They have business with the departments, ‘‘respects to pay” at the | White House and various axes to grind in both places on behalf of people “back home. Federal jobs are the goals at which many Congress- men are aiming during the legisla- tive breathing spell. A certain Sena- tor hus been camping out on the Poto- mac for seven weeks in patient quest! of a plum for a deserving supporter. * F ok % President Coolidge told the audience | the National Oratorical Contest finals” that the country had passed a | solemn verdict on the Constitution at | the last election. A United States| Senator from a Northwestern State, | which was counted “sure for La Kol- | lette” by a lot of wiseacres, says that without a doubt it was Dawes who threw the most successful scare into the Northwestern country about the Constitution. i that one assertion of Dawes in AMin- nesota cost La Follette that State’s electoral vote. “The Republican vice presidential candidate,” the Senator explains, “told the farmers of Min- authority was not left intact, Con- gress might some day pass a law telling people what church they must g0 to. That bogey made tens of thousands of votes for Coolidge. that ously were mortga; | Follette.” T e * k% % become head of the perma of the British foreign office 1n' Longeer is well known in Washington. Tyrreli was private secretary to Sir Edward Grey, while the latter was British foreign secretary in 1907 to 1916. Sir Williams Tyrrell, who has just | barrier as This is the sal | tion which fought William R. Hearst's as He: nomination Mr. r Hylan The organizat potential in sibility agalnst the when the unio: mith, thereby inferentially repudiat- Gov. Smith is tion declared fred E. Smith. on h faith in his in our readine: earnestl: cratic victory election in No victory which country that harmonious le: | fore, urge the women who wi and give assu the party occas his all; party does not en in the He also sway ma Coincident Democratic Union has thrown | fivst cratic women who are prominent and the party. rumblings a week or so ago of the pos- of their swinging into line These were confirmed last Monday, ing and emphatically record as supporting Gov. Alfred E. ing the mayor, whose renomination achievements of our great leader, Al- distingu service and assure him anew of our s to follow it.” The Democratic { resolution went on to say that they State is united and triumphant under of municipal government. This e n\'-xvg:,r.‘:\‘;g;:; oagsvh high standard that will be glad to follow them to vic- i tor: Which would seem to be by way of putting up the bars against Mayor Hylan, in view of the present rift in upon renomination, and the threat of Mr. Hearst, to run him as an independent candidate New York Democratd do not under- estimate the importance of this drive of such prominent Democratic women as constitute the union against Mayor Hylan's candidacy. presuge a counter attack by the wom- the | cross the Hylan pat! me Democratic oppos governor three vears arst’s alignment with has transferred to the position of the union. ion consists of Demo- There were i | mayor’s renomination. n had its annual meet- placed itself on A opposing. The resolu- “We are proud of the We congratulate him hed record of public imitable leadership and women in their re a complete Demo. in the New York City vember. It must be a will be a signal to the the Democracy of this Or to adership. We, there- nomination of men and ill thus unite the party ance of the best type We call for independents alike sioned by his insistence if his nominate him. own It is thought to Q. Where is the highest point in Europe?—W. H. B. | "'A. The highest point in Europe is |Mount El Bruz, in the Caucasus, |having an elevation of 18,465 feet. | Some authorities do not include this mountain within Europe and give | Mount Blanc, 15,781 feet, as the high- | est point. Q. What is the origin of such food names as bologna, frankfurter, wis- ner, salisbury and hamburg 7—W. A.F. A. Bologna and frankfurter sau- sage derive their names from towns of Bologna and Frankfort, where these sausages were first made. Wiener is a German word for Vi- enna sausage, deriving its name in a similar way. salisbury and hamburg have come |into use similarly. Q. What is the name of the largest glass works in the world>—W. K. the It is probable that It is difficult to answer without Pittsburgh, Pa., ille Wright the Wright plane to a British museum instead of the Smithsonian Institution, the American public is aroused over several questions. or the Wrights invent the that could fly” chine materially finally flew? the plane to be taken out for a test? Whatever may be the answers, most of the newspapers commenting think the historical facts should be definitely established. and that the Wright plane belongs in the United States. “A goodly number of the patriotic will be disturbed,” remarks, “by the announcment from Dayton that the soon be housed in London. aeroplane built by the Dayton men, the machine which proved the age- 0ld dream of human flight to be a practicable_achievement, doe long in a British museum. be in the National Museum at Wash- a specified basis for comparison. The slass Industry says that it is prob- able that the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., is the largest count; judging 6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN from the standpoint of capital in- vested and value of product. Its capital is $48,500,000, or possibly more. It is just possible that there may be larger concerns in Europe, but it is not thought so. Q. Is the Bunker Hill Monument on Bunker Hill or Breeds Hill—F.B A. It stands on Breeds Hill, where the battle actually was fought. _Q. How long has it been since the King of England has vetoed a meas ure?—H. R, S. A. In England the veto is a ren nant of the more extensive powe formerly exercised by the King, but which has gradually’ been cut dow: until only the negative power of dis approval is left. Since 1708 the righ: has never been exercised. Non-use however, does not imply that the power does not exist at the preser time, although the system of respor sible cabinet government makes use out of piace. Q. How long ago did Steve Brodie make his famous leap from Brook lyn Bridge?—C. M. C. A. It was in 1886. He was the first man to accomplish the feat. It made his name a byword for daring Q D. A. Some of the foods in this class are the following: Spinach, {beans, cabbage, lean beef {strawberries, tomatoes and carr 5 What foods are rich in iron? Q. Who owned the Moore House. which was used as headquarters dur ing the siege of Yorktown’—H. C. 1s A. The Moore House was occupied by Gen. Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette and Count Rochambeiu during the siege of Yorktown, Va.! In the program of the Yorktown centennial celebration, October, 1881, it is stated that the “Moore House' was 5o called because it was occupie by a widow named “Moore,” but the property was that of Gen. Nelson At the time of the centennial cele- bration the house was in the midst of grounds which were a part of property then known as “Temple Farm.” Q. Is there any difference in the appearance of two lines on a pho nograph record’—G. E. C. A. Authorities say that ther a difference in the appearance of lines on a phonograph record, Lu that such is only perceptible throu a microscope. An exception to t would be two lines reproducing ex actly the same sounds i Q. Is it a general custom to eat ham or bacon on Easter Sunday”— J. W A. The custom of eating a “gam mon of bacon” still exists in certain parts of England. and, rding to Aubrey (1679). was established D the people “to show their abhorrence |to Judaism at that solemn commem |oration of our Lord's resurrection | Q. How long a time elapsed between the appointment of a codification com mission in Germany and the date upon which the German civil code went into effect>—P. S. A. The civil code took effect in 1900 &he commission was appointed 25 | vears before. Q. How many members has the Mormon Church and the other church’ of kindred faith’—E. L. G. A. The Federated Churches estimated in 1922 that the Mormon or Latter Day Saints had about 492,000 members. The other de nomination to which you refer is probably the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which has about 95,000 members. Q. What were Lincoln's favorite songs?—R. L. M. A. Songs popular in Lincoln's time ouncil of and of which he was fond were “Annie Laurie,” “Mary of Argyle” and “Auld Robin Gray.” However, the one he liked best above all others was “Twenty Years Ago” a simple air, the words to which are supposed to be uttered by a who visits the playground of his youth. Q. What is celluloid>—E. R. K. A. Celluloid is the trade name of & mixture of nitrocellulose and cam- phor. (Let the Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty first and C streets northwest, answer your question. The only charge for this service is ® cents in stamps for return postage.) Orville Wright’s Stand Raises Many Questions says he will send original air- brothers’ and Did Prof. Langley st plane Was the Langley ma- changed before it Was it wrong to permit the Newurk News Wright plane may The first s not be- It should ington. Whatever steps are neces- et vores azation, WhO |sary fo_bring this about should be 3 S ork | {aken. It is mot the time for animosi- * ok ok ok with this outbreak ‘When Grey functioned as special am- bassador to the United States i 1519 and 1920, Tyrrell was with him and was of speclal value because Grey's sight was gone, and Tyrrell was to a large exter® his eyes, as well as his right-hand man. = Sir William been in the British diplomatic service throughout his mature life. He is a native of India, where his father was {a judge of the high court in the north- western _province. Tyrrell is a grad- uate of Balliol College, Oxford, the in- cubator of British prime ministers, (Copyright, 1925.) Theater Guild Lauded As Achievement in Art The Theater Guild is that rarest of phenomena, a pioneer come to full| success, yvet retaining all the old zest for adventure. Its small beginnings in this box of a theater seem far away in face of the delightful galace in Fifty-second street, yet the spirit of the guild was formed then and has i never changed. It has been through- .oul this period the leader of the new theater in this region, and it is still the leader. That movement is now as sider the woes of Washington. The housing situation engages the cabi- e L fauna of those lakes were of vastly greater bulk. In the New National Museum here are hooks made of shell which were found in California and are considered of great antiquity. The various items Selection Made Easier. From the Baltimore Sun. One way to select the suit you want is to find & clerk who isn’t s good net's attention periodically. The other day one of thg members held forth vigorously and vehemently on the problem of finding a moderate priced house in or near the Capital. He waxed warm and even wroth as he narrated that his wife had looked at more than a hundred homes, new broad as the land, and its touch, upon plays, upon scenery, upon acting. upon against the m: quarters on th [} | “Tam jhis attack fro cies and shorts administration that Gov. Smi complaint, night the leo spots and this stfong, pure, startling chary clals in New this amount citizen was g that it is necessary to enlist volun- teers for this paign. The the attitude of audiences, is one of the outstaniing achievements of ma- turing art in America. The Theater Guild richly eserves the stanch and understanding; sup] of its friends and the magnificent and fitting house Another vigorous attack publican quarters was made at the same time by cles was an attack from Republican of Republicans Représentative Ogden L. Mills opened a vigorous fire on v Hall and Hylanism." has | his address Mr. Mills quickly shifted ual to Tammany Hall as an organ- ization and held that the discrepan- or for seven years without a word of but predicted that with the aisclosures of inefficiency in of- fice of Hylan and his associates Tam- many Hall would get rid of Hylan and try to create the impression that over- government could change itself into a Representative every year $400,000 in patronage and said that if the leaders were getting imagination” to see what the common York Republicans alone cannot win, he insisted, but “we will have to fill the ranks with outraged citizens.” ayor in Democratic eir- e mayor. At a meeting. In m Hylan as an individ- | | comings of the mayor's were those of Tam- Mr. Mills pointed out th had backed the may- pard could change his purely “Tammany Hall efficient_government.” tles, on no matter which side. It not a matter of personal feelings. It is * ok k% On the other hand, the Kansas Clt‘)' Post concedes that “it is Mr. Wright's business what he should do with the airplane. England the keeping of any one of the American museums that have asked for it, there is no one to prevent him.” The underlying reason for the Wright decision is recognized by the Muncie Star, with the statement general publis terested in the mastery the two brothers, our National Gov- ernment showed an indifference to their discovery, and they had their first encouragement from France and England. Ir, under the circumstances, the surviving brother feels that he owes no debt to Washington institu- tions, who can wonder?” ‘One might naturally suppose, the ————— If he prefers to send it to rather than to give it into several “Whiie the ic was tremendo@sly in- of the air by Mills made the ge that Tammany offi York City are taking it would “stagger the etting. Mr. Mills said civic, non-partisan cam- regular army of New fare. * ok % % m Re- Harold G. Aron, chair- salesman, and old, only to learn that each of port B clared that not a spade full of dirt had been turned nor a dollar been ap- jpropriated by the Hylan administra- Ition for the construction of the sub- way line which had originated with or been begun by Mayor Hylan, and the present board of estimates. dicted that any subway constructed by the Hylan administration would require the imposition of a e pre- 10-cent * K K ¥ The incidents of this week show that the “fur is beginning to fly’ the mayoralty situation and that there is every increasing in of the | bitterness, as well as strife between &Mm‘u T o in rl’o‘w! of a campaign intensity and factional Charlotte Observer argues. that an American museum would be the proper place for preservation of this historic airplane. The Observer adds: “But all is not lost. In the town of Manteo, across from Kitty Hawl natives yet treasure several relics ¢ plane and inventors. = * x There hardly seems to be good rea son for fearing that Mr. Wright's ma chine wouldn't be properly cared for if put in the National Museum as historical relic, in the opinion of th Springfleld Republican. “A ereatc | danger,” in the judgment of that pa | per, “‘seems to be that the distributic | of credit between Prof. Langley and the Wright brothers as air pioneers may not be made and perpetuated witi entire accuracy. Every effort should 1be made to prevent such ment.” “All credit is due the Wrigh {brothers, but nevertheless Langley's work cannot be overlooked, and sure 1y none will begrudge him' the honor that is_his,” says the Louisville Courier-Journal. “To determine the flying ability of the Langley planc was certainiy of enough importance to justify the Smithsonian Institutior in permitting it to leave the museum and to sanction whatever min changes or repairs were necessary to the St. Paul Pioneer-Press This controversy should be righted at once; there is quite enough glory for Langley, physicist, and for the Wrights, marvelously gifted in- ventors,” the San Antonio Express suggests. “While we are squabbling over Rem- brandts and causing anguish abroad by our raids upon the Old World's treasures of the past we let this treas- ure of the future escape us.” laments the Parkersburg News. “There are other good museums in the country. and, moreover, the Smithsonian might be induced to revise the objectioneble label on the Langley machine,” the Boston Traveler proposes. * X X % “It is true” states the Cincinnati Times-Star, “that we Americans are not as respectful of the past as we should be. Our past is glorious, but comparatively there is not very much of it, and it lacks that great cumula- tive effect of the centuries. The Lang- ley machine was but an initial step in the path of progress. It is so nearly cotemporaneous that we have not yet become grateful to it. The plant is too busy flowering to be cognizant of the debt to the seed.” Restoration of articles in museums is considered by the Quincy Whig-Journal as necessary and commendable, in order to give the public a correct opinion of the original appearance and construction “It becomes objectionable,” adds thé Quincy paper, “only when it is dis- guised and the restored article is rep- resented as the unaltered originaly”’ a develop-