Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1925, Page 6

-6 THE . With Sunday Morning WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........May 15, 1925 EVENING STA Rzm noble! What better hero could any sdition, | 12d have set up in the secret shrine of his boyish soul than Allan Quater- | main, the old elephant hunter, who, in {all his manifold dealings with Euro- pean and native alike, veri table Bayard, without fear and with- out reproach? How many persons | have lain awake trying to imagine just what “She” looked like. Rider Haggard, going into South Africa at a time when that part of the world was ¥ much it | alws had been; when Cetewayo, {nephew of Chaka himself, with Tt S ok | savare impis, was defying the powe ay. besont by 1 of Great Britain, and when thousands L 1ot living could recall the Great Trek, has come pretty close to immortalizing that portion of the dark continent. For more than 20 years scarcely a season passed without a | novel from his pen, some of them en- | tirely imaginative, others historical, | but most of them dealing with some {part of Africa. Some were better than others, but all were good. This former colonial officlal , was made a knight in 1912. Although of world-wide renown as a maker of fic | tion, he gained during his life the highest sort of reputation in the field jof practical agriculture, and wrote lmost many esteemed books on jthat subject as he did novels of doughty deeds under the Southern advanced that this | 5 s = ench debt to th about to be reopened reach was a ‘l“_HEDDORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offie sl Penas i Office - Tow. e Ave nd St Tding Londc 11th St ¥ Buropein i 4% vs The Freains Star \e Sunday morn irriers. within nionth daily only M the end of persons Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily only S [H.00° 1 mo. 1y 1 mo.. 8 1 mol Lmol Daily and Sunday Daily only Sunday only Assoe Press. Member of the The Associated Pross to the e for rep it patches credited 1o 1t oF fted W thix paper and published hercin. Al of special dispatches herein are also re The French War Debts. Offici Paris ul announcement is made in R that France will at once take up tion the question of the in-{ d debts recently question : United States i with a view t of settlement laux puts the Franc Until -dit seric 1t dent patches that Fran of the . | accomplishments. the world, which loves brave acts | bravely told, he was knighted for | those stories that were finished by so | many readers long after midnight - +——— The Tied-Up Ships Problem. The problem of the laid-up mer- the present dis-| chant vessels owned by the United wills ab thileed ahe | States which the limelight has ment of her debts|been turned by Henry Ford's offer to thie of Ger-| buy 400 of these idle ships, chiefly for yments. In other | “SCrapping,” is one that must be han unless and until Germany un-| dled sooner or later. The Shipping good faith to carry out | Board has never yet been able to hor obligations France can-)reach a decision in regard to these e hoe hish ahe nearly in number, it curred. In v f the appears, as p gen quarrel th, land But in the eves of a definite basis ance Cail upon the ground of s need to re-establish her credit the debts are adjusted French | must ur ze of that nation. Minister n unstable, to the is ev rom on must, seek a set to other nations on basis man reparations p: words, dertakes own war s in- | ships. 0 now extreme strin so far ¥ of French funds there can be no | scrapping. Judging from statements emanating from members of the board, that body is likely to split vigorously over the proposal There are many of the laid-up ships which should be retained by the Gov ernment, if they cannot be sold ad vantageously for operation under the They will be the ve: being used in the many ser tained by the Shipping Board and its ents of them will be im- installation of Diesel eng they must be retained as a reserve for both commercial and { tional defense But ther 10| nany others which in all probability duction of | will never be used for any purpose Those are the vessel disposed of for scrapping if they can- not be used for anything else. While the President’s committee, called, the merchant marine problem last year to make ommendations to President Cool idge, the question of the laid-up fleet was considered. | ties were compiled which { that about of the arco vessels. would { either for national | commerce. Two themselves to with France his score on | various part nations, Eng- | and th, It is rou that the first annual repa 158,600,000, one-ha French share of the rations be of $79, debt now payment which 300,000 will approxin ¥ or} the | France is | tof d in this coun- | reparations A F will be able American flag. needed United States for replacements of els now App! 00 annually ices main- the army stock det try. T made f the payment Some the is 1S expect woul el present | st rate anc proved by have the about $100.000, to apply nes; American obligation. The inte ave a sufficient amount annual 1 e na problem is to arrive at an that will 1 effect a the ne are aterial rincipal. much as a portion 1 reparations payments will be in the form of goods, the question arises how much of this material France can | mar and at what It has| been heretofore thag the | Fre h ment might seek an ad- justment on the basis of a payment | in part by a direct of miaterials received fre It is hardly 1 that ment will consent t kind valves i of the Ger-! | was studying et, prices. e igures in goods indicated m ( laid-up nany Gov 520 ships s this not payr or for defense The question of appraisals in difficulties. theref adjustment cne of cash payme courses st mar It that v complications and not to France any the investig cith is rezard to these ships be will other expected, | effect basis One was an Gl than s ungder foreign merchant marine sales, pro ed five of the members of the Ship {ping Board agree to ther {other was to sell the ships for ping. » ot manu-| If the shi act classifying | count, they ce flags. The act permits such ————— The Opium Complex. take ium question out o rnational politics s are sold for foreign ac- 1 scarcely be regarded sing competition for the | American merchant marine, since they !are not suitable for the services main | tained by the United States. Such | would bring in more money to the Government than sales for scrap. ping only. The laid-up merchant proach to the an e zate it 1 uestic we as a benefactor of incre: of int the ankind rnational con production of still issue of inter. potitics. It dec that ! Britain would provoke a revolu- | | e recent tailure ences limit leaves it i is ared sales India if of the d be Great interests growing sl shibited fleet is @ 1 cial BODDY agricultura would he s American vesor and co marine; it it ca the shipping business of States. These gaunt. vessels, rusting and deteri- in our rivers and harl em to declare that America’s entry into the shipping busine; has been absolute failure. As vith 300 ships sailing of the world, carry considerable of the of the United States, the Shipping Board vessels are today giv zood account of them But as long as these surplus left to lie and rot, the pic- ture of failure remains. e ——— eriously affected, and these ar interests now overtop the tion of the of opium It has fallen to an to take first of t tic o the | flection | the Unitea ghostlike orating moral ques on use American cit in the en the syntt stey direction " production of opium | Herma of the Ci the offe the [ Metz, for New ¥ a priz PODDY overseas \nnour an matter of fact | to all the ing 1t a $100,000 to corner rocess prod very sha synt > opium a low en commerce it India to wipe Poppy-growing tries of A cesstul i o general man te be and China ver: offer should give hd ifacture under cof ing a condition of the that the ves. ventor up his | vessels are process permit o Aburniles Pairiters and paperhangers have end- ed their strike. The tenant who wants the flat redecorated will now have a harder argument with the landlord than ever, in spite of the fact that eventually he foots all the biils. internatio; That would 1ed for sult of being rel land now poppics ultural orating casier ased for « purposes without vhTue pertec det tneir the ents | e Deception and Driving Permits. ' of a consolidated Traffic stem under the new regula- shown by the discove of cases of deception on the part of ap- plicants for driving permits. Under the new law persons who make m in applying for per mits may be prosecuted. Recently in four instances police inquiry has re. aled that the applicants have given se data. 10 of the mitted ontrol evils | %l "h enerally gatas Burcau sy A gleam | plan pro a relief from the whicn the he value but at the ‘mocal tions is e s visual in the posed by Mr. Metz apiun civilize gEEi Same representations Somewhere in the e ™ a chemist whos | whrld there must | mind can evolve a | | wess of synthetic manufacture, of che Cer-| offer of a prize of $100,000 | g a el $tS of | Any person who gives a wrong name the world put on their thinking caps | { or address, or who otherwise falsi A this award but| . vocords respecting himself or his asting henefit upon mankind. | g pus is guilty of a fraud which of itself should cause his rejection as a driver. He might be perfectly com- petent physically and mentally drive, yet his initial purpose is to de- | ceive, to evade the law and to lay the | toundation for escape from the conse- | quences of misbehavior. starts wrong With respect to the responsibil- ity of a driver. It is most important that every ap plicant for a driving permit should be definitely known and identifie¢. In the enforcement of the traffic regulations much depends upon the character of the people who drive cars. 1t has been frequently proposed that permits be refused those who cannot establish read with bated breath of the deeds of | character and moral dependability. Sir Henry Curtis, white and noble, | The near moron, the physically de- ind of Umslopogaas, black and just | ficient and the morally defective have tainly the a is caleulated to make only o capture S i the talking privileges, but it looks as if they were | zoing to find Vice ident Dawes a | hard audience i e itors enjoy most of to ———e———— Rider Haggard. Jn tne death of Sir H. Rider Hez gard the world lose: uthor whose shelf-ful of published we ! largely fiction, combined all the thrills of a dime novel series, only infinitely better told, with the romance, idealism and historical background of the chroniclers and poets of the Middle Ages. How many boys, and men (oo, have mn Tong his | | osnition of his eminent agricultural | rmitting sale for | which should be | and statis. | be required ! sted | their | sale, if possible, for operatign abroad ! merchant | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, MAY 15 192 1o place in the streets as the handlers of dangerous vehicles and complicated machines, Checking up on applicants for per- mits to drive should not stop with the newcomers in the traffic field, but should be carried back as far as pos- sible through the lists of those already licensed. It will probably found that many people are driving cars who have never been actually identified, and who, in the case of an accident able t ugh license number and recorded place of residence, may be found to answer for their fault. be. 5 trac e not Washington's Fountains, All Washington, and especially all pre-war Washington, will at the orders just issued whereby foun s and reservations in parts of the city will play for a part of each day Since 1918 these fountains have remained in desuetude due to drains on the Capital's water supply, now, at least in part, happi relieved. To the mature resident of the Dis trict the fountains are reminiscent of olden days; of the city of horse- vehicles, including the dies; of soft asphalt, my cles, rejoice leisur iads « # perpetual last-place team and brilliantly unif organizations. What is more { Washington's famous Summer corchers” than the sight and the sound of running or spraying water And that part of the fountain which receives and retains the limpid store of this city’s favorite of the four stock “elements” like a magic crystal ball to him who pauses and 1looks down. To the fixed g | Who, tied all his life to a ledger or a departmental desk, yet longed to go to it can become a | miniature To the boy bred near a lake, or even a rural mill pond, it seems the glorious sheet of water of his youth. One man imagines a limber trout in its depths, with eye upturned for surface insect: Another an almost see a chunky bass tawny pickerel. He whose way: been base ball 'med militia refreshing on one is a has always a ocean. or have with waterfalls or ees in the spray a associated | rapids the prismatic | showers of long ago and far away In the fountain strikes some chord of memory: bring: to mind something pleasurable ant pated when Lady Luck Seen through the | the horizon becomes ro: | depths perspective, contrary to the pronouncements of science, is not dis | torted, but is again made straight Louis XIV, with his extravagant pen- {chant for innumerable fountains, was & [ very human old gentleman and though he robbed his construct these after all great deal of pleasure. of Washington, richer ains than communities, | once more quote with | the verse of Robert Louis Stevenson, i each observer shall smile ain. fine spray is subjects to jets and repaid with ‘The children by far in foun elaborate he most soon can propriety ve 3 that prince of children, which runs: “We can see our colored faces Floating on the shaken pool Down in quiet places, Dim and very cool e Sngland is on a gold basis, and rai. ! no question as to debt payvment. Jc { Bull bhas always proceeded the that the punctilious preserva a nation’s credit on tion not policy. represented only good morals but wise public e Many people in this country would i be perfectly willing to let Sir Th ! Lipton win the America’s cup, if he not good a | profit by any conceded advantage | were too »ortsman | When | Henry ¥ | pected to solve almost every except the parking problem { he | ) = any serious conditicn He problem for which arisc 4 is appealed to, is ex- is chiefly responsible. -t - Hav tors, to ships and airpianes, with a view to | filling the ocean and the ng crowded the land with mo. sky. bl | as d publisher | Franklin is admiringly r { Philadelphia as the Cyrus his time. an editor Ben ed to in Curtis of er SHOOTING STARS. | 2 i ! BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Perspective. We read of epic glories | 'S remote And marvel at the stories That po s bravely wrote. We stand in deep dejection Recalling battles fought Within our recollection nd shudder at the thought. The ken hearts and lonely Are sad because they know That war is splendid only In tales of long ago. stri Obsolete Traflic. “Would you think of such a thing as buying vot rtainly not Sorghum. “Out my wa politics %0 systematized aren’t any more for sale. ed Senator they've got that there Sorrows of the Artist. ef is assuaged—although, of cour A broken home is sad, At least she knows with each divorce She gets another ad. e, . Jud Tunkins get in a circus parade and ride down the street without risk of trouble with a traffic cop. The Pleasure of Disapproval. “Did you enjoy the theater? “That is not a fair question,” re- plied Miss Cayenn “The play was one of the kind that everybody attends for the sake of seeing what makes it 80 shocking.” Educational Paradox. We seek educational care And yet with its methods we quar- rel. Col. Bryan is here to declare That Science is highly immoral! “Dar’s one thing in favor of de mule,” said Uncle Eben. “If h takes & notion to balk dar ain’ gineter be no of the man | while in the | after all, | Henry Ford turns his attention | says he wishes he could | Old as well as new gardeners wi | pleased with “The Gardener,” by L. H. Balley, just published by the Mac millan Company. 1t is described on the title page as “a hook of brief directions for the growing of the common fruits, vegetables and flowers in the garden and about the house, This volume will perienced gardener because it packs within its 260 pages so much that is familiar to him, renewing his acquain- tance with so many old friends among growing things. The pape are a delight The newcomer to will find this book, with its simple, good title, a sort of sublimated cata logue of plants, arranged in alphabeti 1 order, helped out by short articles on annuals, basket plants, bedding, biennials, borders, flower beds, liwng nd grounds, vegetable garden, vin weeds, window garden, ete, Prof. Bailey has succeeded in mak- ing a mere list of fruits, vegetables and flowers interesting even to the rawest amateur simply becaiza be- hind e brief! tien description lies the life love of the author. No man can write of what really in- | lterests him without being interesting |to similar minds—and many others, While he may not hold the attention of all those having no liking for the {thing of which he writes. or those do not agree’ with him, he will succeed in attracting his own fter all, what more can any author please the ex- garden making hose who love the little outdoors as found in the average home garden, whether in city, small tow coun- try, will greet this dignificd listing of growing things with affection 3 While the amateur n not find in tit just exactly all the e plicit direc tions which kht have hoped for from its subtitle, he will be able to get many good pointers, and always have at hand succinct descriptions of all | the plants he will ever grow. The book is astonishingly complete AT “Like the love of music, picture the love of gardens comes with culture and leisure and with | the ripening of the home life,” says Prof. Bailey in his introduction, which he says, was written a quarter of a centur ago, as reface to “The | Amateur's Practieal “Garden Book,’ which this new volume replaces | “The love of gardens of every other beautiful and retining thing. must increase to the end of time,” the author continues. “More and more | must the symputhies enlarge, © o Life ever becomes richer. Gardening is more than the gr inz of plants, it is the expression of desire.' Personally, I have neve expression of this with its likening of hooks and | - seen matter the 1 bet than love of 1 be | tently an audience of plant lover: | before they crowd and into good | tensely ). THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. will listen to the most commonplace de respecting the cultivation of nts with which they have been al vs familiar.” Another note that will please most of us is that struck when Prof. Bailey declares: *““The gardener is one who grows plants, particularly one who grows them for the love of it. He may not be an artist. He may be skiilful as a gardener, and not have a handsome place. * 1 is quite another abiity that arranges plants into landscape harmonies and color pletures. Other and special skill is required for those delightful enter prises. But it is always essential first to be able to grow good plants.” This is a needed note, now that many women have taken to writing about gardening. Gards ng is ail the better for its woman writers, but it must be confessed that they verge upon one danger: that is, overwriting the esthetic side of it. The danger in this i acquainted pérsonally with the solid delights of the garden are likely to get the idea that gardens are essentially feminine, when, as a matter of ¢ are the perfect expressicn of the of masculine and feminine ele Just as the real home is sturdy, plain book, without . is o man's garden book as woman’'s manual This Prof. Bailey's conc 1ecinet a statement of actice asx may b that many un This flourishe well as a xemplified in inz advice, as good garden | found “Keep them going—this is the watchword of the good gardener. Al low the plants to suffer no check from start to finish; transplant seedling well red soil; see that the plants are tll frequently: prevent i crust from forming on ground when necessary p down look for the first s of bugs diseases and apply proper remedies with diligence als, remove the seed pods as soon as the flowers begin to fall, in fruitplants thin the fruits punctually; have new plants on the way to take the pla of the old ones; at every step watch and act; if vou like vour plants in. they will respond. The good gardener grows plants in all kinds of weather: that is his job. iy The articles on lawns and the cure f plants are the most elaborate in the book and will found in their reg ular alphabetical place, this book need ing no index, since it is, in fact, all index. Tven the experienced will find pointers in these them, as at several other volume, I'rof. Paile certain tones against placing flower beds prey well thinned arden maker places in the speaks in no un the practice in law gardens to the love of and pictures. It is true, especially for us city dwellers. The one big thing in which ! apartment house living falls down with a terrible smash is in its lack | of a garden Living i very decided advar elty. Some day I hope them. But what such tation does not have, n have is a level und, dirt in which Erow thir house > and music, books | rtment has some | izes in a to treat 1 form of habi 1 scarcely ever outlet to the one may dig in aps an 1t his hon dweller has to give up | &0 back into an apart ment. what he most misses about hi: house is the garden | Wherefore it comes about that the garden is the ripening of the home | life. A garden is the blossoming of the home. it is the soul of ft, and the perfect expression of it Nor does such a garden have to be | large or elaborate. | “I would emphasize t | home gar members of the auth n this | “I wou'd preach the oeauty common lints and the familiar | ings are never old have noted how in mas President Coolidge lentirely to ban polities while |cation in New England ious Re. publican leaders will be entertained {at White Court and invited to tarry a |day of two in Swampseott. Amonz | those whom the President has already asked to visit him is Senator Curtis, dministration chieftain in the Senate. | Benator Curtls will pass most of July and August on the New England st as the guest of a married daughter. who lives in Providence, R. 1., and has a Summer place by the | sea. The astute chairman of the Sen- late committee on rules comes up for| re-election in 1926. He is not letting any of the Kansas A grow un- der his feet. There are 100 counties in the Sunflower State. Since the ad-| journment of Congress Senator Cur-| tis has visited 23 of them. and will| gradually shake hands in all of them. | His speech-making activities have been temporarily curtailed by his doc tor's orders, but he will deliver a ke note on Memorial day at the end this month. does not intend | on va Will Rogers has est polit 1 slogan irn The cowboy humorist was recently | asked where he gets all his a | jokes about national aff: and no- tables. “1 watch the Government and report th rts,” said Rogers. ‘i’lwi | Service Leugue, just formed at | i Washington as an afliliated branch of| |the National Civil Service Reform League, has officially adopted that| sage observation as its motto. Its new stationery is duly emblazoned | with it, with due credit to the lassc swinging, zum-chewing wit from the | plains inspired the new- Washington. | e In recent appointments to high diplomatic posts there is quiet hut eloquent evidence that the adminis- tration has not been able entirely to liberate itself from the pressure of spoilsmen. Since time immemorial professio politicians have consid ered the foreign service of the United States the ‘happiest of hunting groun The Rogers law has gone far toward curbing raids on diplo- matic and consular appointments as party plums. Mr. Coolidge, too, ha: pursued the practice, to the politi- cians' dismay, of promoting “‘career men” to ambassadorships and minis- terships. But, within the past few weeks. men have been appointed. re- spectively as Ministers to Parnguay, Finland and Albania, who. while meri torlous, are green to diplomacy and owe their selection mainly to the right kind of backing. The President and Secretary Kellogg don’t fancy this rt of thing. The aspiring younger men in the foreizn service like it still less, but there are plainly times when the politicians are irresistible. e Edgar L. G. Prochnik. who has just become the first Minister of the Re- public of Austria to the United States, has had nearly 20 years' experience in this country as an official of his gov- ernment. Besides, like so many Buro- pean diplomats, he has an American wife, who was formerly Miss Gretchen Sterling James of Boston. M. Prochnik married Miss James when he was in charge of Austro-Hungarfan consular affairs in the Northwest, with head- quarters at St. Paul. He first came to our country in 1905 as an attache of the consulate at Pittsburgh, and served | s Derby | highly resolve that the M | election “If flowers are home picture freely distri planting or of shrubbery. lowable to pla lawn in k Flow o he * he says, * ute amc edgin It rou f ever, a the the - for nal care park that Just pur un animals ofessi kept in editic ¥ be improved, including in each an answer to every legiti n of the an Such and this book is written for him—wants and the m minute advic H to know 1 the case of each plant, whether it should be watered—and how often and how much. It will not do to say Water when necessary He want know mulch conserves the moisture, All the garden books say to muick but none explai just why such cedure conserves it The Gard garden two books The scription wants 0 just why a is a useful ture, and one the hich every new gardener sess. 1 hope to review the other soon and later was first Austrian delegation at the peace con- fere: St. Germain. He was sent to Washington in 1920, before we made e with Austria and Hungary, liquidate the affairs of the old Das: f the dual monarchy, and served charge ffaires until ac. credited as Minister a few days ago. The Prochniks have sired ‘a high position _in the Washington official world. The Minister is still a young man and a very tall one. * ok x secretary of the s em- ac a William G. again and is clans gatheri Derby at One of h ington, Re son, has McAdoo is heading East one of the lions of the ng for the Kentucky Churchill Downs tomorrow closest friends in Wash ar Admiral Cary T. Gray joined the McAdoo party in Louisville “W. G.” is availing him self of the opportunity to glad-hand Blue Grass Democrats, who have al ways been fond of him, and after he will go to Frankfort respects to Gov. William One of the McAdoo high Jouett Shouse, who has a legiar to Kentucky and nsas, among the faithful who Adoo s scendant » pay h Fields command, dual K shall ‘yet be in the s Simon National at the Michelet, president t-Out-the-Vote Club, say recent German presidential is a disconcerting lesson to the United States. “It is not cause for congratulation in this republic.” d clares Mr. Michelet, “that 112,000,000 people cast fewer votes for President, tne highest office in the Nation, than an Old World country having a popu- lation of possibly 65,000,000. Tt show Americans that, though they ‘may boast supremacy in most fields of human activity, they are not as pa- triotically zealous in the national cause of electing a President as German. which for centuries has lived under an imperial monarchy Michelet adds that years since as much American voters went to and voted for President. The por. centage has been steadily declining since 1880. In the Hindenburz-Mars election on April 26, 31,000,000 Ger- mans, or about 80 per cent of the qualified electorate, voted. 1In the Coolidze-Davis-La Follette election in November, 1924, only 53.7 per cent of American voters exercised the right of suffrage of it is over 40 the polls o R R Bdward Vail. a_ prominent mer- chant of Wichita, Kans., called at the White House this week to thank the President for appointing him on the annual board of visitors to the Naval Academy. He has served twice in [ that honorable capucity. Western members of Congress who are instru mental in securing these appoint ments for constituents are asked | scores of times to recommend candi dates for West Point. where they are asked only once to recommend aspirants for Annapolis. This indi- cates that the Army is more popular in the West, where so many of its traditions are rooted, than the Navy, which is a stranger to most plains. men. So when Senators from the open spaces are asked to have lead- ing citizens appointed official visitors to Annapolis, they rejoice at such opportunities to give the Navy an subsequently at. Cleveland and Chi- cago. During the war M. Prochnik was In the forelgn office at Vienna, advertisement 'in- parts where it is little known. (Copyright, 1026.) fact, | border | Luthor | pro- | ddition | the s 80 per cent of | Law of Averages And Bridge Hands o the Editor of The Sta Your interesting Sunday Star, entitled Bridge Hand,” hds come to my atten tion. The caleulation of the chance of such a bund being dealt has long ibeen a fairly well known problem in the caleulus of probabilities, and the solution will be found in any one of several books on the subject; the so lution of several similar problems, one by the present writer. will be found in the American Mathematical Monthly for May-June, 192 Speaking o little more accurately than the editorial, there is one chance in 635,013,569.600 for a perfect hand; the chindé of four perfect hands being dealt simultaneously is, Ontrar; to the statement in the editorial, also easy to determine, being roughly one in 16,777,216 followed by 40 ciphers. The actual occurrence of a perfect hand twice in such a short period of time does not, however, invalidate the ed v average: The 1w of averages” is deceiving merely because its true meaning is frequently misunderstood. The theory of prob- abilities s utterly powerless to pre dict what will happen in any one in dividual case; and the “law of aver ages” is meaningless when applied to only few cases: but nothing is more certain when large numbers of cases are involved. On the or_in the long run, out of g » numbe of case th laws of bility are lways verified with uncanny accu reey out of a ely small num he f cases, they be very far indeed from the t Now where the chance of an is x0 extremely «mall as that of a perfect bridge hand, a tremendous number of individual cuse say, in this in ance, about « thousand times six hundred billion — would be required before the “law of averas would begin to hold with ceuracy. Moreover, an actual oc rence of the event is without influe on the chance of its occurrence in any subsequent trial; and just because the chance of an event is small, does not mean that it may not occur at any momer The entire insurance founded on the theory of probability, and--h ng such e ptional dis. turbing factors as the great influenza pidemic—there is no business more ertain and solid; but an insuranc company would soon cease to operate if it depended on only a few dozen policyholde for then the la of average: 11d not apply 1. The bonding nies can out of many thousands of indivic how many are going to turn dishonest next vear, but no one can say anything about one given perse editorial in The “The Perfect business is we comy WOOLARD. Two Notable Contests. m the New ¥ nizht were helc contests n and girls, first and last i part. Seven participuted at | the apex of the pyramid which looked {down upon President Coolidge and {upor the justices the Court, the ju the | This series has not excited Ipopular interest as th |“world series” in Washington | October. but it is of greater {tance. not only because it | volved a vast number o | tici but also because it has touched a matter of vital concern t {our public life. The subject whic | these 1400000 boys and girls dis- | cussed was the Constitution of th United States, and this meant that evers them had to have some 1eq Wh in the scho rk in 1 Last finals tional Washington the series of n which 1.400.000 in a taken speaking A national last impor- in- tive par h, one of aught” 1¥. and in many St statutory requirement, this instruction gives every con- testant a personal interest, He must make it his own possession in order tell others about it. He become: 1+ maker and a supporter of the Con- stitu his_own person. Mc over child of alien pare: ifferent native parent an interpreter of the Consti- to them. I is difficult to co of a more effective means the rising generation ac- with that document whose nce should be of concern to Los Times, which bezan th it has started thing that ouzht to become an annual series along with our national sames. And when the national plan is well Jlished it should be expanded into an international contest. The one held last night in the Town Hall here, under the auspices of the Fran- co-American branch of the American Good Will Association, is a step in | that direction. The winners will get a trip to F ter acquaintance and friendly rela- tions, a similar contest being held in France and the winning competitors to visit America. One sees the pos- sibility of developing a series of con- tests in which the boys and girls of many nations will not only become mode of in or of comes tution | ceiv maki 1uaint mainzen . The be- of les pective form ernment, but {of ordered liby s of constitutional gov- also learn of the ways ¥ in other countries fand together assist in finding the institutions by which to place in- ternational relations upon the same sure foundations.” —r———— X War on Gunmen. Chicago war on operation {that a against waged drastic brought authorities have declared the pistol toter, and, in co- with the courts, announce comprehensive campaign weapon carriers will be Judges promise to impose sentences on every - person before them on charges of carrying concealed weapons. It is to be hoped that other cities in the country will adopt the same plan. | Never 4 day goes by but what some tragic shooting is reported and in innumerable cases murders are simply the result of some hot-blooded person having a gun handy when he is angered { There is no excuse for unauthorized sons and a weak policy toward gun toters is the hest kind of help for banditry. If authorities in every municipality throughout the country would co-operate in a drive against the gunman and pay more attention to his activities than they do to minor and trivial violations of local ordinances, there would be a les of major crimes.—Springfield News, Daily PSS R 4 Health Greatest Aid. “Health plays a great part in the lives of successful men.” This statement was made I ard Washburn Child, former Ambas- sador to Italy, in an address at St. Louis, in which Mr. Child told of the great ‘men he had known intimately. here is nothing nmew in what Mr. Child said. Health workers have been saying it over and over, preaching it daily ‘in every State in the Union, teaching it in the schools and re- minding the people of it through the newspapers, And vet it cannot be told too often. Thousands of men have failed, just at the time when success was almost in their grasp because their health failed and they were unable to continue their vhysical climb to the top. To have what Mr. Child calls the “clear mind to carry him over the line,” a man must have a sound body.—Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. A coreless apple is progress, but it is going to mean a lot of homeless worms.—Detroit News. Rich- had | Supreme | persons carrying guns on their per- | ening | Q. How Cathedral many rooms are there in Mansions?—M. €. H A. The Wardman Construction Co. says that there are 1,425 the 476 apartments. Q. What is the cost of operating a play yard center?—W. W. A. A play yard serving 900 people for one month costs from $75 to $100. preserve A. acre tract of land along the Mississippi River. Congr in 1924 passed a law preserving land from drainage for a breeding and feeding -place for ducks. There been two or th land in this vicinity ha for agricultural purposes and found absolutely useless. It was throug the efforts of the Izaak League that this land was pre Q. Is women?—A. A, A. Woman’s Medical Coliege Pennsylvania js the only one in the United States exclusively for women. there a medical school fc Q. Where do most berries come from?>—1, A. Out of a of our TR total of 29,964 acres of anberries in the United States 14,000 are in Massachusetts and 13,000 in New Jersey. Cranberries are little Erown of the United States About cres are being cultivate in Nova Scotia and they have been tried with iittle success in Norway the Netherlands and Denmark. cran Q. What is sarcology?” H. K A. Sarcology ns literally study of meat or muscles. Another term is myology or muscle study. J Q. How long h: known?—J. F. W, A. The Public Health Service that vellow fever s the human race. Q. ays is probably as old Is it possible for an eleetric light ihite " gasoline or gas fumes? It is not possible if the light and wiring are in good condition. 1f break should occur in such a way to produce a spark there might danger. Q. Is chestnut J. H A. There is reidity green | we, I tion Q. Does water when it is being boiled?—F. J A. The Department of Agriculture says the results of r experiments how that if {loses weight slizht {lowed to remain {time (several he om this it see a as be there mor wood or in dead chestnut? pproximately th in dead chestnut timber as in chestnut. The dead timber less, which makes the propor. of acidity greater same ny enter an e it for som ains we s reasonable 1o ¢ pass i but if during allowed several hours in the {amount will pass to t { boiled | iside of the great | eaning of the phrase us curant —W A M The trans from the s follows: Like (ailme. by like (remedies). This 6f homeopathy in medic tion Latin s) are cu is the motto Q. What is the most »sque in Cairo, Egypt A 'he Gami Sultan Hassan in 1356, in point of splendor foremost among the mosques of Cair The Mehemet Ali Mosque is structure of considerable arch merit Q. How rapidly lege enrollm A. While_the increasing 7 enrollment and college Q. beautiful B. begu sta m ectural e high school and increasing?—A. H population has been r high scho has inc enrollment 346 pe nt Please outl wble for Memorial A. Invocation Forever.” Sousa: reading, “Make |of the Flag,” Franklin Lane: music, | “America the Beautiful” (sung by the {children to the tune of “Jerusalem the addres “My Debt to America”; pledge of allegiance to the | Flag: music, “America;” benediction Q. Please give the names English dynasties—T. S. T. | A. Beginning with King Egbert | the Saxons and Danes ruled until the {time of William I, who founded the House of Normandy. The other dy | nasties are the houses of Plantagenet { Lancaster, Tudor. Stuart, Hanove program H. M and suit H | Golden™) of ance in promotion of bet- | | | The . United States ¢ the rum fleet off the ) ast holds the attention of the country, and the at- {tempt of rum row to defy the author- tity of the Government is universally condemned without reference to the merits or demerits of prohibition. As expressed by the Boston Transcript, “Sinister flouting of our laws by for. eign crews at the very door of our principal seaport is a spectacle not to be regarded with equanimity by good citizens.” There is no denial of the difficulty confronting the Government forces The Omaha World-Herald points to the fact that the coast line of the United States is a long one, “with in- numerable spots favorable to smug- gling operations,” and observes that if the dry mavy succeeds in perma- nently driving away the rum fleet “it will have accomplished something.” The importance of the present ef- {fort by the Government is empha- zed by the Spokane Chronicle. “If ful in this attempt,” states Chronicle, “prohibition” enforce- ment officers will have removed one of the biggest menaces and will have laid the foundation for the task of en tirely cutting off the supply of boot- leg liquor.” The Dallas Journal con- siders the prospect good that “the rum runner may ask some one to iship him east of Suez. * K ok % “The effectiveness of the blockade,” | notes the Brooklyn agle, is attested by the rise in the price of bootleg Scotch, The Canadians are reported indignant at the ‘shoot-to-kill’ or- der, claiming it violates the ‘one- hour's-steaming treaty with Great Britain. Against their contention that transporting liquor is not illegal under the British flag must be ar- rayed the fact that smuggling is il- legal along all coasts. The Britis shot to kill when ferreting out ex- cise-tax evaders and rum runners along their own consts.” The Chicago Daily News believes that “the business of smuggling liquor henceforth will take on more trouble- some aspects for the smugglers.” The News adds that “the insolent denizens of rum row ought to be ef- fectively prevented .from peddling Dbooze openly to all comers within easy reach of the American coast. * * ¥ % Referring to critics who have pro- tested the cost of the expedition, the Indianapolis News say ““The feel- ing grows that the expedition will be worth all it costs, if it convinces the scofflaws that disobedience to law is unprofitable and bad citizenship. The ‘men whose ships.are on rum row are outlaws.” The Charlotte Observer, also taking notice of rum row's de- this | have | e instances where | grows 1 beeh drained | Walton | | Pensacola, s yellow fever been | Stripes | the ANSWERS TO QUESTION BY FREDERIC rooms in | J. HASKIN and Saxe-Coburg, Windsor. Q. How may lawy the United States’—. A. In 1920 the census on occupa- tions, under the heading of lawyers, Jjudges and justices, reported 122,519. Q. now changed to rs are there fn H. N. Where sphere leave ¢ sphere_be A. The does the eastern hemi f and the western hemi E. R meridian the 20th west of division interferes continents Q in used This t cenerally is Greenwich but slightly asons when the huir R M. faster uri 1, and warm Admiral ¥ the Civil wi hip during Admiral Farragy nd of the f were the Br Mississippi Arragut’s War in com rd. With Richmond, Va 8 H him oklyn, una, imber of boats. Iroquois and a 1 will knol H a damp cloth in whiti smeared Q. 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The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for return post- 106 vil odious Blockade of Rum Fleet i Holds Attention of U. S. better acqainted with their own re- | |fiance and threats of meeting armed | force with armed force, remarks: *“In | other words, the violators of the pro- | hibition laws at sea propose to con tinue in the unlawful traffic if thev | have to shoot at the American flag This flag has been both insulted and fired upon, and the warlike attitude developed on the part of the rum fleet puts it beyond the pale of de- fense. The whisky fleet has been moved to action in desperation which |can mean only its extermination.” Now that the Government has un dertaken this thing with armed forces at sea, it “must fight it out” in the opinion of the Springfield, (Mass.) Union. In this connection the Pitts burgh Chronicle-Telegraph is satisfled the Government at last is prepared for the job. “The enforcement officials have long been sorely handicapped by lack of proper vessels with which to combat the lawbreakers’ activities vs the Pittsburgh paper. “They have not had enough craft of the right kind. Now those whose duty it is to enforce the law can say, in the words of the old Jingo song, ‘We've got the men, we've got the ships, we've got the money too.’ " * ok ok % “The country at large,” observes the Duluth Herald, “will watch this battle with mingled emotions _that will depend on the viewpoint of the observers. The hootleggers, who wait to deliver these illiclt cargoes to their customers won't enjoy it, nor, perhaps, will their custoniers. The foreign folks who have been getting rich swittly will not like it. But the great majority will enjoy it and applaud it.”" Reports that the liquor supply in Eastern cities is diminishing rapidly are quoted by the Roanoke Times, which comments “The. game is a daring one and thel stakes are high. The next move will be awaited with interest.” A curious feature of the affair is noted by the New York Times, which says that “‘probably this is the first time in hi tory that a fleet is engaged in block- ading another fleet in the open sea.’ * ok ok % The Louisville Courier-Jourmal sut~ gests that “it is a big order that the Government has taken on, one that will cost millons of dollars in a single Summer, and to be effective it must be more than a_periodic_ display of force.” The San Antonio Express also concedes that “Tt is no one-sided per- formance E “Rum row is the most flagrant de- flance of constituted authority Ameri- ca has ever witnessed,” declares the Harrisburg Telegraph, and the Ashe. ville Times is sure ‘it is unthinkable that there can be other than one out. come.” “No effort should be spared te scatter the fleet to the four winda,” concludes {he Ann Arbor Times-Nevws, 12 i g 1