Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 46

2 THE SUNDAY' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., JUNE 14 1925—PART 2. 1 THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. BUNDAY. . June 14, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Penneylvania Av New York Office: 110 East 42ad Chicago Office: Tower Butlding Turopean Offce: 18 Regent St.. London, Eogland. The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- g edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: dafly only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 .ents er month. Orders may be sent by mail or elephone Main 5000. Collection 1s made by earrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Fuv and Sunday. ...1yr., $8.40: 1 mo., 70c dde 80c iy only 6.00; 1 mo.! aily only S0 i unday only . 1yr.$2.400 1mo., All Other States. aily and Sunday...1yr. $10.00 aily only 15r. $7.00 Sunday only 1yr., $3.00; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Preas is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cre ted in this paper and aiso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of apecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Respect for the Flag and the Law. This is Flag day, the anniversary of the creation of the National em- blem. It is a day dedicated to observ- ances of respect for the symbol of the American Republic. It should be a day dedicated to resolution by the people of the country to observe, and respect as well, the laws of the land pf which the flag itself is a token. Flag day should be marked by a renewed determination by all good citizens to practice the principles of democracy, chief of which is the sanc- tity of the laws enacted by chosen representatives of the people. This Government is founded upon the rule of the majority, with regard for the rights of the minority. The majority makes the laws through Congress. The majority and the minority alike must obey them or social chaos re- suits. Claimants for the protection of the flag, for the security guaranteed by the Constitution, have no right to ex- pect that protection and that security if they do mot scrupulously observe and obey the statutes. Yet today there are many Americans who, clam orous always for the preservation of the natfonal honor, elect to break the statutes with impunity and expeot im- munity in their lawbreaking. The flag means law and order. It means the safety of the home, the security of the state. It means or- derly processes of administration and constitutional methods of lawmaking and law enforcement. It dees not mean personal liberty to pick and choose among the laws, to the end of ereating every person his own judge. No matter how harsh may seem to ba & particular law, or how serio; it causes inconvenience, or how griev eus the privation it may entafl, ft commands respect and obedience until 1t i3 repealed or amended. Repeal and amendment are not properly to be ef- fected through irregular methods, by violations, individual or general. Those who established the Republic based their action of revolt from the undust rule of England upon the prin- ofple of the ““consent of the governed.” They adopted an emblem that signified the principle of union. They wrote a Constitution which recognized that only through the action of regularly constituted authorities, under regu larly enacted laws, could the Republic survive and develop and justify itself @s an expression and a guarantee of human iiberty. Soctety is engaged in a constant struggle againet the lawless, the crim- inals, the violators of the established rules of conduct. There is no differ- ence between those who break the Jaws which safeguard property or life and those who ignore and break the laws which represent the wish to es tablish rightecus standards of living entertained by the majority The man who takes his hat off to the flag when it passes in review is meraly perfunctory in his demonstra- tion of respect if he is enguged in any fnfraction of any law which has been, written under its folds. He ls not frnest to himself or to his coun- try. He lacks in the essentlal of cit- 4zensbip, subordination of himself to Sheaules of conduct written by those wha have been chosen by the major- Ity of the people for that purpose. Tet Flag day be a day of dedica- tlon by all citizens to the principle of observance of those mandates which have been given form by the estab- lshed procedure of government. ‘American society will be safer and sounder, happler and more prosper- ®©us through such a manifestation of Kincers regard for the emblem which in today the object of Nation-wide re- Epeaty ——aen— Americans are said to be the great- Aot bathers in the world. This makes it more remarkable that the Capital ®©f the U, . A. should find itself in Summer without a bathing beach, o The Passing of a Pastime. A couple of vears ago this country experienced an invasion from the Far East, A game of chance, or skill, ac- tording to the point of view, was introduced from China, calied by vari- ous names, such as mah-jong and pung-chow, a pastime that has been in vogue in the land of mystery for benturies. It was a picturesque game, plaved with rather decorative pleces &nd with a quaint phraseology. It re- quired some “learning,” for it was tomplex, and, furthermore, it was wide in its differentiations. Rule books were printed and instruction ‘col- umns” were published in newspapers, Rl different, according to the particu- Jar province of China from which the pame was brought. The game gained for a time a firm pold upon public favor. Much money was made by the manufacturers, who provided sets ranging widely in price from the cheapest, at a dollar, made 3t crudely printed wooden blocks, to beautifully decorated ivories at sev- eral hundred dollars. There was a set for every purse. Special tables were even produced. Sets of the apparatus were packed in traveling cases spe- tially made for the purposs of easy elaboration about the sport. Large sums were invested in the manufac- ture of the game appliances. Then after a time the fad waned. Mah-jong, or pung-chow, or whatever else it was called, palled on the public taste. The sport was a bit too com- plicated, the rules too diverse, the “actlon” too slow for the average player of games, whether for stakes or for “love.” Radlo drew off some of the patrons of the sport. Cross- word puzzles took their toll of the pleasure-seeking public. Others went back to bridge and pinochle and other card contests less intricate and more familiar and not so exotlc. The other day a large advertise- ment appeared in ome of the New York papers calling attention to an auction sale of the $100,000 bankrupt stock of a firm manufacturing the im- plements of this game, including 10.- 000 sets made of a superior quality of synthetic material, 00 pounds of unassembled set blocks, 75,000 in- struction books, 20,000 dice, 5,000 racks and 3,600 score meters. The sale will take place during this present week. There is no sign to indicate whether there will be any bidders or buyers. Mah-jong and pungchow will doubtless continue to be played, by some devotedly and by others occa- sionally and with gradually waning interest. But, as this auction adver- tisement indicates, the “craze” has run its course. America has had its fling with the Chinese game, which, some who are versed in Far Fastern matters aver, was never, in fact, quite correctly interpreted and explained to Western plavers, and it will now be ready to pick up some new pastime with the avidity which always marks the adoption of a novelty. ST Dawes to Crusade for Reform. Vice President Dawes, it is an- nounced, will probably make a tour of Western cities following a speech he is to deliver at Denver on the 24th of July. He will talk in continuation of his argument for a change in the rules of the Senate to permit more expeditious legislation. No itinerary has been arranged thus far, but there is in prospect an enlivening series of speeches in his vigorous style in a manner to arouse public interest in this subject. hus tar the public response to Gen. Dawes’ criticism of the Senate rules has been unmistakably favorable to his contention that the rules of the upper house of Congress should be changed. Senatorfal sentiment on the subject 1s divided, but the general re- action outside of congressional circles is altogether one of sympathy for the proposal. The country is evidently convinced that the “freedom of speech” and the “rights of the mi- nority” in the Senate are not going to be put in jeopardy by an amend- ment which will enable the Senate whenever the majority of that body may choose to put an end to debate and bring about a vote. This reform may not he brought about at once. Perhaps Gen. Dawes himself does not expect immediate action. But this, like all other mo- mentous changes, must be started, and the present start has been decidedly a good one. The purpose of the Vice President in appealing to the country, as his present program indicates, 1s to arouse a sentiment that will react upon the Senate. There is no direct way of “instructing” Senators. In the early days of the Government States frequently sought to give them orders through the votes of the Legislatures by which they were chosen. Senators, as a rule, resisted these instructions, and several notable contests and con- troversies arose in consequence. Now that Senators are elected by direct vote of the people Legislatures have no ground for assumption of authority to direct the course and vetes of the State's representatives in the upper house. Public sentiment, however, has its effect, even though the connections are indirect. While only one-third of | the Senate is elected at one time, those who are candidates for office are amen- able to the pressure of opinion among the voters. Between elections public feeling has its influence upon the course of the Bemate as that of the House. Thus, if the Vice President evokes a promounced expressian of support for his proposal in the course of his projected tour West he will have galned materially in his crusade for the betterment of the rules for the sake of speedler action in Con- gres s Even though evolution is taught in the public schools there may be the same reluctance about accepting all the story in absolute faith as has been shown about accepting some of the circumstantial details of Homerw “Ilfad." —r————— The fact that the Chinese are en- gaged in dissension éncourages some of the Russians to assume that they are in some degree In a receptive mood for bolshevism. e One advantage about the airplane 1s that in case it becomes useless it will be easier to junk than one of the old battleships. Broadcasting and Royalties At a meeting of an association of music dealers held in New York agree- ment was expressed that the eventual effect of the broadcasting of popular songs by radio is to check the sales of sheet music. The concensus was that, whereas for a very short time after a new song is printed the radio reproduction stimulates the demand for the printed copies, the constant repetition of the same number from station after station causes the radio audiences to tire of the tune and the sales quickly decrease. Hence, the dealers formally pledged their co-oper- ation with the music publishers in their efforts to have radio broadcasting subjected to the same copyright and royalty regulations as are other forms of public performance. There is surely no equity in permit- ting the unauthorized use of a copy- righted song by radio broadcasters when stage performers are not allowed to sing it without specific permission or upon payment of rovalty. In each case the singer sends his voice out t anspertatien. There was.a deal of D audlencer Thesilsaeudisice DIYR admission. The radio audience “listens in” free of charge. The stage singer 1s paid for his work. The radio broad- caster often is not paid. But the com- poser of the song and its publisher and the dealer who sells it are all deprived of their proper profits If repetition stales its appeal and lessens the de- mand for it. Broadeasting is conducted as a busi- ness, not as an unselfish means of public entertainment. It is promoted by the manufacturers of radio appa- ratus to stimulate the sales of their ‘wares, and by commerclal establish ments to advertise themselves. It is a legitimate enterprise. It should pay for the materials used, and, indeed, for the services of those who do the work. Whether the singers are paid or not is a matter between them and the broad- casting agencles. But the authors and composers and their publishers and the retailers of their wares should not suffer because of the enterprize of those who are engaged in what is, after all, no less.than a business enter prise and which should be conducted upon business principles. ———————— Sturgeon. A power boat in New York Harbor struck a big fish and passed on. The crew thought the obstruction a sunken log. Returning soon over the same courss one of the boatmen, according to'the report, “saw a big fish flounder- ing.” The fish could not be handled with a boat hook, and slipping a line over it the men towed the fish to a wharf. It was 63 feet long and weighed 400 pounds. Men of the Hud- son and East Rivers, the Narrows and the lower harbor gathered, and some sald it was a whale calf and others thought it & shark, mackerel hound, sea hound or porpoise. Capt. Willlam Carmichael, who had fished long in those New York waters, sald he be- Heved it was a sturgeon. A fish dealer from a market was sent for, and he said it was a buck sturgeon and was worth 50 cents a pound in a delicates- sen shop. He paid the boatmen $218 for the fish. He sald that If it had been a roe sturgeon he would give them twice as much ‘Though the fishing industry h: de. clined, almost disappeared, in the Potomac River, it is not believed that a crowd of Potomac watermen would debate whether a flsh wers a whale calf, mackerel hound, shark, porpoise or a sturgeon. The sturgeon, though mot well known, Is remembered. Once it was u famillar fish in the Potomac and famous fish with some persons, though many others passed it by be- cause being such a common fish it lacked flavor, delicacy and other table qualities. There are those who re- member when a 6-foot sturgeon in the Washington market was not exraord!- nary. There were many in the river, and a sturgeon catch was common. That was some time ago. Now and then one hears of the capture of a big sturgeon in our river, but not often. ————— Madison Square Garden, the scena of one of Col. Bryan's memorable demonstrations, has been torn down. However, the colonel is alwaya re- =ourceful, and is willing to met his stage in a zoological garden or even in the Garden of Eden, —— Business conditions are ocertain to £0 forward toward even greatec im- provements. A contrary opinion would imply that our most able after- dinner speakers have no economic in- fluence. ——— It muy be possible for Canada to finance Arctic territory to advantage, although many people believe that if there were such & possibility Dr. Ceok would have discovered it. —— e By some oversight the highly ener- getic Riffs were not included in the list of those held up to public atten- tion for non-membership in the League of Nations. —_— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JORNSON. Butterfly Chasing. Pursuing butterfliea, through life we stray. The idle boy upon a Summer day Follows the beauteous thing frem place to place, Yet fears to catch it and destrey its srace, Pursuing butterfiles, as years extend, A fos we ses in one we thought a friend For whose destruction toll we must employ Ere he our hopes can ravage and destroy, Explosive Possibilities, “Are we going to have a safeand- sane Fourth of July this year?” “I think we’ll be able to regulate the firecrackers and Romen candies,’ answered Senator Sorghum. “I don’t undertake to prophesy about the speeches.” Planning s Pilgrimage. Next Winter, when the air is chill And snow is eddying fast T'll seek an oldtime Summer ¢thrill To chesrme, ‘mid the biast, Tl think of Junetime skies so clear ‘Whence heat waves came anew, By that Klosk I'll shed a tear Down on the Avenue. Jud Tunkins says so far as his own obligations are concerned, if there is to be any proposition for debt cancel. lation he's perfectly willing to make it unanimous, Wild West, “I thought you said there was going to be some old-fashioned trouble in Crimson Gulch.” “Stick around,” said Cactus Joe. “Tt had to be postponed, owin' to the fail- ure of the camera man from Holly» ‘wood to arrive on time.” Each in Turn. The world's & fleeting show, we hear, In every clime and age. The Chimpanzee is drawing near The center of the stage. “De difference between de old- fashioned bartender an' de bootleg Education Department Idea Opposed by T. R. Marshall (This article iz one of a series ap- pearing in The Sunday Stor for several vears. Mr. Marshall, who died June 1, 1925, had prepared a mumber of in- atallments for later publication. They will all be printed.) THOMAS R. MARSHALL. (Former Vice President of the United States). The high tide of mass action ap- parently has not yet been reached. In- ‘stead of growing better it seems to be growing worse. Evidence of this is not hard to find—new organizations everywhere, colleges crowded with so. cleties of one kind or another, po- litical, social, economic; civic clubs too numerous to mention. Whenever two or three like-minded persons are met together, discovery instantly is made of the necessity for a new organiza- tion to take charge of some phase of public affairs. Boards of trade declare what shall be the economic policy of the Government? The labor unions do likewise. Conventions meet all over the land. Talk! Talk! Talk! Resolu- tlon after resolution is adopted. Every problem of the universe is ana- lyzed, discussed, solved. Congress is then told what to do. Senators and Representatives are bombarded with telegrams. 1If this trend continues, need for a Constitution will have pas- sed; Congress might as well disband; the only business of the President will be to sit in the White House and listen to marching delegations as they &0_howling by. What is worse, many an organiza- tion which was formed for a logical purpose, is drifting away from its original purpose and plunging with others into the business of reforma- tion. Only recently a convention de- voted to social welfare agreed that no one untrained in welfare work should take a hand in it. Originally, organi- zatlons such as this one sought to stir up public opinion and to prod the conscience of the individual as well as that if the public to proper social conditions and children's care. They did not pose as professional bodies of trained and paid workers. Mass ac- tlon of this kind is of doubtful value to the republic. Drifting Away. The Parent-Teacher Association of America, one of the finest organiza- tions in our land, is giving a sign of drifting away from iis original and admiral purpose of bringing together parents and teachers for the better- ment, physical, mental and moral, of children. This organization is inter- esting itself in the proposal for a Fed- eral department of education to be presided over by a secretary who shall Sit in the President’s cabinet. Leaders of the wssoclation are denying that this innovation would infringe upon the rights of States in which educa- tional activities now are centered. They are arguing that the general Government would eradicate flliteracy by substituting centralized schools with motor transportation for the pupils for our little red schoolhouse, most of which already have disap- peared. They are assuming that the future progress of the Republic and it's security are dependent upon the amount of knowledgs which may with Government ald be imparted to the children of America. From the standpoint of the home and family and from the standpoint of the State many reasons exist why activities of education should not ba centered in the general Government. I need not reiterate them at this time. In passing. I merely wish to as- sert that every objection to the trans- fer of our educational system to Wash- THE ZONTA CLUBS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN The annual convention of the Con- federation of Zonta Clubs has recently been held in Toledo. To this went representative business women from cities located in all sections of the United States. 'For this is an organiza- tion of women founded on much the same principles as the Rotary Club. In each city whers there is a Zonta Club the memberehip is filled with great care. The aim is for quality and net quantity. Some of the clubs grow very slowly, but each member has the satisfaction of knowing when she is slected to membership that she is con- sidered representative of the highest type in her particular class. Like the Rotarians, only one repre- sentative of eaoh business or profes- sion is admitted to each club. It is necessary that the proposed member devots at least 60 per cent of her time, and derive 60 per cent of her in- come from the particular profession or business which she represents. Also she must be the owner of her own bustness, or at least a recognized ex- scutive. Minor employers are not eli- gible. She muet h: earned a fair measure of success and establizhed a reputation In some line of endeavor. ‘While only one representative of any profession may be admitted, in this day of specialization it was felt that tke classifications should be subdlivid- ed. Therefore, in one club the law is represented by a patent attorney, a general practitioner and one who only handles claims against the Govern- ment. The burden of deciding the classifi- cations is placed upon the business methods committee of the Confedera- tion of Zonta Clubs. This committes is made up of capable women who ‘have made a study of classification and ‘who readily recognize an old one un- der a new name. Also they appreciate the need for new classifications and the weeding out of old. In other ‘words, they are always on the alert to see that the classification rules keep pace with the progress of women in business. Membership Not Solicited. No person may solicit membership in a Zonta Club. Recommendation for membership is presented in writing by two members in good standing to the business methods committes. Accom- panying this should be as complete a statement as possible concerning the ‘woman and her business or profession. A woman is never invited to member- ship until after her name has been proposed and she has been duly ap- proved. In this way she is spared any embarrassment she might feel if e knew that her name had been pro- posed and rejected. The name Zonta is from an Indlan ‘word for honest, trustworthy, and the club slogan is “Fair, square, every time, everywhere.” The code is one which might well be followed by oy one, whether a member of this organi- zation or not, for a Zonta takes this pledge: “To honor my work and to consider it an opportunity for service. “To increase the measure of that service by constant self-improvement. “To remember always that success is my goal and that a good conscience must accompany me all the way to- ward it. - “To be ambitious for the develop- ment of the business in which I am employed and for the improvement of its standards. “To be convinced that unscrupulous means of gaining material advantage can bring nothing but fallure to me and harm to others. “To have toward all men and wom- en the same attitude of fairness and square dealing that I have toward ‘members of the Zonta Club. - ington is as potent as it was when our Constitution was formulated and adopted. Manifestly, however, we are not go- ing to be satisfied until some new de- partment of government 18 create We have not created one since 191 What sort of government is this, I can hear men ask, that can go along for 13 years without creating in Wash ington some new department with a secretary, corps of assistants and in- umerable’ employes? It would seem that as a nation we are not as speedy as we are supposed to be in the matter of providing skilled workers to take charge of the affairs of our people. There has grown up in some quar ters a belief that a man is a mere in- tellectual machine of whom or of which it may be said that the more he knows the greater will be his output. Being nothing to man except his brain, he is just a thinking device regardless of heredity and his environment. He is not responsible for what he thinks, and, as thinking leads to conduct, he is irresponsible so far as his cnoluct is concerned. Therefore, no man should be held liable for anything he may do inimical to peace and good order or in injury to & fellow man, provided he can show that his act resulted from thinking he had a right to do what he did. So, in brief, modern thought in certain quarters runs. Trend the Other Way. This line of reasoning naturally has produced its own antidote in the belief in other quarters that it might not be a bad thing if people knew less, thought not so much and felt more. Plato and Aristotls eould not save Greece from its ruin by the intellsctual training which they gave the Grectan people. Marcus Aurelius, notwith- satnding his fine philosophy, could not stop the decay of the Roman peoplg. Yet John Knox, with his cry of “Give me Scotland or I dfe!” so touched the hearts and consclences of the Scotch people that they today are as strong and virile both in body and mind as any race which inhablits the earth. The time may come when we shall Erow weary of knowledge and crave for sen. timent and finer feeling. If the progress of the Republic real- Iy demands the creation of a new de- partment of Government in Washing- ton, let it be a department of public morals rather than a department of education. And let it be conducted by officlals who believe that in man is something more than his cold, cal- culating, logical brain; who believe that the Government can not be pre- served through mere intellectuality, who belfeve that love of country and love of one’'s fellowmen are essentials, who believe that men are not mere thinking machines, but humans, chil- dren of the seif-same God, and who belleve that democracy demands of all of us that we shall prove our faith in this brotherhood by our works. This department of public morals could investigate why a people who undoubtedly are all right at heart, nevertheless produce instances of ju. venile crime which shock the world. It could inquire whether or not too much stress has been placed upon the mere possession of knowledge: whether too much time has been de- voted to convincing young boys that they will be splendid machines when | they grow up: whether too little at- tention has been paid to the immor- tality of souls; whether it would not be advisable to reorganize our public school system in order to foster the bellef that it does not matter so much | how one thinks as how he feals and acts toward his fellows and towards his country. (Copyright. 1925, by 2ist Century Press.) men should do unto you, do v S0 unto them." > i The Zonta Clubs are“primarily lunch- eon clubs which meet once a week. Each member is required to attend regularly, or If she is unable 1o come she must send in writing her reasons for not doing so. Any member who tails to attend this weekly luncheon (hree successive iimes and sends mo Xcuse is automatically dre g v y dropped from Each club has its own ane permanent fund, generally raised by assessment, Which 1s devoted to any cause which is favored by the particular club. In Washington it has been decided to use :h:- r(‘im? in assisting voung women ¥ho desire to begin profess: business careers. » iialion Much Needed Assistance. That s, they must have their education and be ready aeiyei: to go into business for themselves As every one knows, the . organizations and asseetations wris are willing and anxious to lend & helping hand to the ambitious young man Just etarting out. but the young b nds it mors diMMicult to ascure er. the broposed ‘Washington Zonta Club .’yflnifi-fi:— an of 21 or ‘more who has shows evidence of business or profassione) abllity may apply for n loan. Gjer application will be considered o fully and inquiry made as to her chac. acter, reputation and abllity. 1 spe Is found to meet with all the comir. tons set she will be granted a logy, of approximately $400_at g moderate rate of Interest. This plan tu so now that as vet no applications have beey No doubt, however, it will have more it can take care of. It {s underst about a thousand girls. Othe; have annual Christmas p.nfud'}fifi the poor children of their citles, year one club gave dolls. Ba away seven Clties Seek Conventtons. \ scramble on the of each city to have the homor of belng host. Washington is now be. ginning to make plans for having the confederation meet here in 1927. At A recent meeting a chairman of the convention committee was appointed. She is to have entire charge of all the work connected with obtaining this honor for her home town. The member who suggested that such a chalrman be appointed made the state- ment at that time that she pitied the Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY The congressional apostle of the great outdoors is Representative John D. Clarke of New York, who after hearing for many months as a mem- ber of the agriculture committee some 57 varieties of opinions on reforesta- tion measures said: “I was inevitably induced by these hearings to reach the conclusion that these United States in their forest policies were a good deal like the June bug—the light all be. hind, and speeding us to @ treeless Chinafied United States.’ So centered have we been in our own plans and work in the today, Representative Clarke points out, that we seem to have forgotten that there is_ever going to be a tomorrows. “What we need is a real awakening of the conscience and a clearing of the vision,” he says. “Such a vision as is bed by Kipling to Cecil Rhodes in those words written on the monument erected in his memory at the top of Motoppes Hill, South Africa, where a veritable ampire he foresaw spreads out at his feet: There till the vision he foresaw Splendid and whole arise, And Unimadined empires draw To'council neath his skies “We need men and women,” Repre sentative Clarke contends, “whose hearts and minds are atuned to the idea of service to humanity; the kind of service described by Kipling when he said: And no one shall work for money, and no one ‘shall work for fame But each for the joy of working, and each {0 hix separato star Shall paint the thing as he sees it for the God of things as they ars. Representative Clarke urges that we should bring back to our hills the ing anywhere from 94 and MEN AND BY ROBERT What do a couple of enthusiastic, young pugilists think about on the | very edge of a battle which may land one or the other of them under the crown of heavyweight champion of the world? Let us take young Mr. Gene Tunney and the somewhat less voung Al Tommy Gibbons for example. They meet at the offices of the New York State Boxing Commission on a Friday afternoon. Within a few hours they are to be at grips in the squared circle. Do they glower at each other: | do they hiss curses under thelr breath: do they shout maledictions, one upon | the other; do they look daggers; do they skulk and scowl, or bark and growl? They do not. Here is a stenographic impression of what occurred. “Hello Tom,” said Gene. “Hello Gene,” replied Tom; “how's | your game?” | >retty good, Tem; how's your's?” | ot %0 good, Gene. 1've been mak 10 a 100 able to i 1 lately and don’t seem to be break 90 to save my soul.” “My game's about the same, Tom. I played eve day up at Baratoga Lake. The course was fine, the weather great, but when it came to breaking 90 I simply couldn’t do fit. By the way, Tom, have you tried put- ting off your left leg? Gene didn't say ‘“cuttin left leg; he sald “‘putting. “No,” replied Tom. “Well,” sald Gene, trick from a crafty off your player down in trees, and with the trees the birds, and fill our woods again with game and wild life. He would see our streams filled to the banks, and In those streams let the trout and bass play, and so protect them that no profane hand will again annoy or destroy. He calls the great poet Bryant to paint the picture— Botors thase flelds were shorn and y1l'd, Full to the brim our rvers flow'd; Tha melody of waters fll'd The fresh and bhoundless wood And torrents dash'd and rivulets played And fountains spouted in tha shade. Representative Clarke belleves that these warm Summer days should bring home to the people of this coun try the need for conserving the wood- lands, our springs and streams, and make sanctuary of certain spots where nature undefiled can still be visited by the people to their physical and spir- itual rejuvenation. Such work is being done about the Natfonal Capitol by our park commis- sion, by the proposals for preserva- tion of the banks of the Potomac to and above Great Falls and by the res- ervation of the Skyland Natlonal Park ¥k w The *“poor prune” is an anachronism Mark ve how very fruitful is this country of ours. Americans have been prone to speak flippantly of the “poor prune” who are unaware of the real fact that the same prune is a top-liner in foreign trade, which shows in a most conclu sive and practical way that it is held in high esteem throughout the world Analysis of America’s export trade by the department of foreign com merce of the Chamher of Commerce of the United States shows that the shipment of prunes abroad has in- creased 50 per cent in the last three vears and now totals upward of 221, 000,000 pounds, with a valus of $3.218,000 The prune goes far to paying Amer- Ica’s banana bill, which came to more than $22,000,000 last year, the balance being easily paid for with apples and oranges. We sent abroad last vear 1.881,000 harrels and £.719,000 boxes of apples, valued at about $25,000,000. We exported 2,564.000 boxes of oranges, valued at $8,655.000. Would vou believe it—we sent broad- cast throughout the wérld nearly 35.000 miles of moving picture films last year * ok w Remember the “meatless days” of war time? Well, in the last six years we have been speeding up again on our meat consumption—but we should check up a bit, because Uncle Sam's sleuths in the Department of Agricul- ture give warning that there will be a somewhat curtailed supply of meat for the next couple of years. Just think, the average per capita con- sumption now 1s 165 pounds, exclusive of nearly 16 pounds of lard. * F ok % Food costs are on the upgrade again, according to official figuring by Uncle Sam’s specialists in the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost of clothing is about the same as a year ago and the cost of shoes has slightly increased. There has been a cheering. even though slight, de- crease in the cost of fuel and lighting and in building materials and house furnishings. * o ox % Gen. Isaac R. Sherwnod of Ohin, who will be 90 vears old in August, and who on Memorial Day gave such inspiring example of devotion to his old comrades in arms that he arose from a sick bed to attend the me- morial exercises, suggests that the ‘World War {s the only one of our six great wars that has produced no Presi- dent of the United States. He be- leves it would be a great impetus to patriotism if some veteran of the World War, and preferably & privgte “who stood beMind the guns,” might be selected for Chief Executive. He re- calls that the Civil War produced five soldler Presidents in succession, cover- ing a period of & quarter of a centu: —Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley, “all soldiers with creditable battle records, and all dorn in Ohlo,” he comments. “We had 478 generals in the World War,” he emphasizes, “but heroism and self sacrifice do not belong ex- clusively to rank. We had plenty of herolo soldiers in the World War, who & not wear stars, who are worthy and avallable for President.” BN Muny people think that because Congress is not in session all mem- bers of Congress are off the job and not busy about their constituents’ business, which is a supposition very wide of the mark. The big majority of the members of Congress keep their offices open and are daily transacting much business for people ‘“back home. Miami last Winter. Why, the fellow nearly putted me to death. Twenty and thirty foot putts were easy to him. It improved my game tremen- dou: Try it next time, Tom.” “I'll do that, Gene. Good-bye. you later.” Some hours later the referee See was tand | controversy | I learned the | AFFAIRS T. SMALL. ferent. Every man seems to think he has a right to discuss whether or not he descended from an ape-like ani- mal or whether he was built up over- night out of a1 lump of clay. The writer has found virtually unanimous opinion that the discussion is bound to do a lot of good and to result in # new interest in religlon, for the dis- cussion has reached persons and places where the church perhaps has had no particular appeal evolutionist is found ta firm believer in God. He bes s that evolution is the work of God and should he respected as suchy To call evolution a contradiction of the Bible they regard as a very nare row interpretation of the sacred book, The discussions unquestionably have awakened a new interest in evoltion aroused a desire to learn more and more of the s The radicals on t sides of ths seem be in the vast minority. They remind one of the parable of the two hungry men and the buskets of fruit. The first man discovering the first basket ate all the fruit and finding it so good he gobbled up the basket as well. The | g00d of the fruit, however, was offset {by the ensuing pains caused by eat | ing the basket. The second man, mors cautious, perhaps, took a taste of the {fruit. Then he tasted the basket. And, because the hasket was bitter and dry, | he kicked both fruit and basket into the sea, deciding that neither could be of any good. * x % % The whole country has had out s spyglasses looking for Dayton on the unabridged maps of Tennessee. Thev have found the little town a scant 49 miles north of Chattanooga on tha main line of the Cincinnati, New Or« counting 10" of Gibbons, while Tunney paced with tiger tread about the fallen foe. * ook ok The traveler through the country finds that the Scopes case down in Dayton, Tenn., is causing more se- rious discussion and more serious thinking today than any controversy placed before the country in a series of decades. The gold and silver con- troversy, back in 1896, had the coun- try by the ears, but few of those who met at the street corner and talked of 16 to 1 had any real idea of what it was all about. The question of America’s entry into the World War naturally caused momentous discus. sion, but the people s a whole mere ly walted for Washington to reach a decision, and then the drift was all one way. With' this evolution thing it is dif- This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. “Give a dog a bad name—" so goes the old saving. Why not give a dog a good name? The latter procedure redounds more to the credit of the canine, car- tainly, and at the same time gives one that pleasurable feeling insepar- able from a good deed Recently, in this column, I ga detalls of the adventures of a cer- tain airedale, among them being the exploit of knocking two quart hot tles of milk off a back porch. “He slid his tan and black body up the porch steps, snuffling as he went,” the account declared. “Turn- ing, he knocked two quart bottles of milk off the porch. Wham! Neighbors who looked out saw an amazed dog looking down at two cas- cades of milk flowing over the con- crete steps.” The recital went on to say that the dog seemed quite conscfous that all was not according to Hoyle, and eased himself off the porch quicker than he had ascended. Now comes C. E. G., with a letter which puts a different light upon the matter. He says “Aw, say, now: I say that airedale operate one morning, and he has a system that satisfles his stomach as well as his playful disposition. “I saw him deliberately knock a quart bottle of milk down the steps, look sad when the bottle broke and then lap up the one ‘cascade of milk' with, mind you, & wagsing tall, “He's daep, that fellow 1s.” Ak o 80 my old friend, the airedale in question, is given a bad name, where I iried to give him a good one. Personally, 1 haven't the slightest deubt in the world that the roguish fellow does manage to get himself a good drink of milk, now and then, in the manner described. That he did not drink the better part of two quarts the morning I saw bim was perhaps due to the fact that I was leani: out the window, watching the performance and he saw me up there. At least he had enough shame, or fear of consequences, to walk away when he saw some one watching him. Dogs are like that. They know ex- actly when they have violated the man-made laws which hedge ‘round. A dog faces, as does man, not only the laws of Nature, especially its own nature, imposed upon him from both within and without, but also the laws made by his friend, protector and ally It 18 not lawful for a dog to do many things that its nature tells him to do. Just why prohibitions exist at one place and do not at another must be a source of constant wonder to & dog. get they do prevall, and the faithful dog does his best to observe them. In the case under discussion, the dog undoubtedly recognizes, in his doggy way, that knocking milk bottles off the porch is unlawful. Yet he does {t! The dog wanted some milk, saw the bottle, and had enough sense to know how to get it. Maybe he reasoned it out something like th “I will knock that bottle over, and This is the result of recent legisla- tion which has multiplied the work of a Congressman’s office by bringing thousands of people in each congres- sional district in touch with the Gov- ernment, which had formerly been a great institution set apart as far as they were concerned. Al this is well illustrated in the ex- perience of Representative Martin L. Davey of Ohio. Two years ago he inaugurated a new system of personal service in his district. He either went himself or sent his secretary regularly to each town in the district, so that the constituents who had problems with the Government about which they wanted advice or assistance could convenlently consult their Representa- tive. unlucky one, as certainly by 1927 she Wwould be the most unpopular member of the club. She felt doubly sorry for the unlucky one when she found that she herself was elected to this office. These Zonta Club meetings give the business and professional women of a locality an opportunity of getting acquainted and becoming friends. This contact stimulates in each the de- sire to be of service and quickens her interest in the welfare of her com- munity. ————————— . * Repairing the Lexicon. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A dictionary maker wants to add 22 new letters to the alphabet. The “To keep ever befors me the best of |cross-word puzziers have worn out In this two-year period more than 12,000 individual constituents have thus been served in matters of im- portance to them—but it has trebled Representative Davey's office work. It has made the people have a closer feeling of partnership in their Govern- ment, which Representative Davey feels is well worth all the effort it has cost him. In these later years the Government has reached out in many channels, all of which open up more work for the willing Congressman. This wider field of service includes problems of the Federal income tax, Government bureau dealing with war veterans, the immigration law and various other new Federal activities. Representa- tive Davey counts himself fortunate ‘to have such a zealous 'and efcient co-worker a8 his secretary, Charles R. if nobody looke, I will drink the milk. It anyboedy looks, I will appear very much surprised. A dog is so human! * X % ¥ Rogue dogs are always up to tricks. Some years ago sheep breeders were given much trouble throughout the country by half-wild dogs that broke in_at night and killed the sheep. These dogs could jump the highest fences and do an amazing amount of damage before the morning, when the shepherd would appear to find many of his woolly charges torn to bits. Lesser rogues eat eggs, upset gar- bage cans, steal milk and perhaps a succulent chop or two when given the opportunity. Dogs indulge in these little escapades more out of a spirit of fun than anything else. They are so brimful of life they must show it. They run, jump, bark, chase all strange men with ladders or other implements that come up the alley, and generally enjoy life. Every puppy must chew up a slip- per or a leather belt before its edu- cation is at all complete. 1 remember a bulldog that got interested in & pillow and tore it to bits, looking very sheepish, indeed, when he was discovered in the midst of an ever-widening circle of feathers. This same dog appeared immensel bored when found with feathers banging from his mouth, while a flock of chickens squawked nearby. The evidence was entirely circum- stantial, but. like much of such evi- denoe, sound, over the prostrate form | them | leans and Texas Pacific Railway, onca the Cincinnati Southern, |and now operated as a part of the | Southern Raflway svstem | This is one of the most interesting | railway lines in the worid. It is the only interstate steam raiiroad, so far |#s the writer knows, that is owned {by an American city. The Cincinnatt | Southern is owned outright by the |city of Cincinnati. It was financed and built by cinnatians as a | Southern trade outlst some 40 or 50 | vears ago and it is leased by the city |to the Southern Railway. | Those who are expecting a stzzling time under a tent at the Scopes trail {in mid-July will not get much comfort | out of the fact that one of the nearest {villages to Dayton is Bakewell. An | other nearby point chances to be | Rathburn. | (Copsright, 1025.) iknown as Fifty Years Ago . In The Star Apprehension of Germany as a dis- turber of the peace of Europs and of . the world was felt and Aggressive cxpressed 50 vears ago. Germany. nearly 33 years befors that power actually in- itiated the Great War. That was shortly after the Franco-Prussian War, in_which Germany was_victori ous. In The Star of June 8, 1875, 18 an editorial article which quotes from another newspaper with regard to tha |srowth and the strength of the milj- tary party in Germany, virtually sounding a warning of future peril to BEuropean peace: “The New York Herald prints a let- ter from Berlin in reference to ths situation in Germany, written at a time when Paris end London were frantic over their apprehensions of a general war. The correspondent savs the idea that Germans would gladly lapse into pursuits of peace when ; had conquered the French: that y were really a ‘simple, idvllic and studious people,’ caring only for peace and science and tranquiliity, s er- The fall of France meant the rise of Germany, and not stmply the confederation of the states, caring only for their internal improvement and the protection of their frontiers, but as a mighty, aggressive, military power, who, having overthrown France, stood ready and only anxious to combat with the rest of the world. According to this correspondent, Ger- many is now controlled by absolutism, taking its source not from the throne, but from the prime minister. “Since the war there has grown up a military party, which proposes that Germany, having found union by the sword, can only retain it by the sword This party now embraces the chancel lor, Prince Bismarck, the Crown Prince and all the royal family hut the Emperor, who is 00 old a soldier and far t0o old a man to care about risking his gray hairs in a new cam- paign.” The German military party has frequently alarmed Europe at the danger of war. It every day publishes warlike articles. It interferes with Italy and the Pope, and is constant in complaints of angry and foolish French priests who mourn over the prisoner of the Vatican and the per- secutor of Varzin. The conviction of this military party is that the la war was imperfectly finished; that un- less Germany renews it now and over | whelms France she will be compelled to fight in later days under mors dis advantageous circumstances. The fact is that such a party exists in Ger- many, that it is as powerful as repre- sented in the higher ranks of the new empire, that so active a man as Prince Bismarck commands it and that thera is probably more than justice in the fear that France is arming for & war of revenge, gives constant valus to the situation on the continent.” * * x President Grant was quite deficient in the sense of music. This character- President Grant istic is related in an item printed and the Bands. in The Star of June 9, 1578 “President Grant has no ear for music, and can hardly distingutaheons tune from another. That this is so 18 borne out by the following anecdote, vouched for by one who kdows: About three yvears ago the President and cabinet were invited to Boston to par ticipate with the Masonic fraternitv in the laying of the corner stone of a public building. An immense proces sion was formed of commanderies of Knights Templar. Each division had a band, and as the procession was over 2 ‘miles in length thers was no lack of music. When the presidential party approached the ~ procession opened order and allowed the distin- guished guests to pass through. Fach band had an air to play in compliment to the President, and naturally enough it was ‘Hail to the Chief.” About 10 commendéries had been passed, and as many times had been played ‘Hail to the Chief,’ when the President, turning to one of his cabinet officers who was with him in the carriage, said: ‘It strikes me there is a great similafity in the band music.’ ‘Oh yes,’ said the Secretary, ‘they are all playing “Hail to the Chief” in campli- ment to you.’ “The exercises of the day concluded, the presidential party were driven to the St. James' Hotel. Upon the portico stood a large crowd, around a crack band of the ‘Hub.' As the President and party loomed in sight the band struck up ‘Hail to the Chief.” About two bars of the music had been gone through when the President seemed evidently pleased. Turning to one of the cabinet he said: ‘Well, I declare, it is a relief to meet a band who have & new tune, to relieve the monotony af the one we have heard all day*