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6 ~THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY June 18, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newshaper Company \ Rusiness O Fenmaivania Ave The ast end st e Theer Bl 16 Regent St 11ty s xel2th an. . TLondon, The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- Ing edition. is deliversd hy carri the city at G0 cants per month: 45 cents per m. g per ‘monen. Or telentione Main carrter at the »nd of each month Rate by I—Payable Advance. nd and Virginia. 1 vr. SRAD: W, - 00: 1 mo! Daily ime Sunday only . All Other States. Daily and Sunday...1yr. $10.00 Daily only Sunday’ on Patches credite] to it or not o + and also 1) 1 ANl rente of publication o also reserved. The Crisis in China. Closely following a reply by the Brit ish Peking to a Chinese note of protest over the shooting of a f Chinese last week in an at- the British concession at occurred the killing of at Shanghai by road- side sniper ¢sumably Chine: and the wounding of his companion. This crime is likely to increase the tension hétween the Bri rnment and China; and may le vention b legation at numbe tack upon Hankow, Rritish subject 1 gov the forcign governments. The present troubles in China are developing in a sinister parallel to those of 1900 when the Boxer rebellion occurred. It is definitely an anti- toreigner outbreak. There is, a difference between the situa- tions. In 1900 China had an estab- lished central government at Pekin, Today the central government at the capital is nominal in its authority be- vond a close radius. China has been ten up virtually into a number of provincial, army-ruled areas of govern- ment. Twenty-five yea v for the allicd Western powers nize an expedition to penetrate Peking and relieve the legations there besieged. The old empi in effect destroyed. A new China ap- peared, a China of varying fortunss, much suffering, some progress and with rich possibilities for exploitation by foreign interests. This present turmoil in China has stacted from a strike of cotton wor ers at Shanghai, rebelling against the rule of the Japanese owners of large mills there. That this strike and the subsequent demonstrations of anti- foreignism have been promoted by Russian agents is definitely charged, 1=, indeed, virtually acknowledged by representatives of the bolshevik gov- ernment at Moscow, though denied in China. The situation It has the possibilities of warfare not in China' but elsewhere. It the more serious because of the lack of a strong central government at Teking. Unless the Western powers definitely withdraw from China, yield- ing the international concessions and submitting to the outrages that have been committed upon their nationals without any attempt at punishment or correction, a policy of firm resistance must be adopted by them. Thkeir pres- ence in China is practically the {ssue of this present murderous agitation. Their withdrawal would not solve China's problem, would, Indeed, aggra- vate it. It would undo the work of many decades and leave China In a state of helpless turmoil. It would seem as if the parallel with the Boxer rebellion of 1900 would have to be con- wo s ago it became nec essa 0 or is undeniably Julius Kruttschnitt, who died yes- terday in New York., was one of the outstanding figures in the transporta- tion world, though he was not greatly in the public eve. It was characteris- tic of him to remain unnoticed, though' intensely busy in the discharge of his important duties. He began his rallroad career in 1878 as a construc- tion engineer in the South. A few vears later he joined the Southern Pacific Company, and was one of the most important factors in the develop- ment of that system, with which he was {dentified during the remainrder of his life. He was a practical rail- road man, with a broad vision. An efficient executive, a clear-thinking, practical railroad administrator,” he ‘was recognized by the transportation ‘world as an eminent authority. He as- * serted-a strong influence in shaping the railroad ‘policy of this country. He wae in agreement with the prin- ciple of Government regulation, but stoutly opposed to public ownership, belleving that through private initia- tive and administrative endeavor could the transportation system of United States be brought to its highest efficiency and its greatest service to all the people. —— Every now and then an element of Mexican citizenship asserts itself that reverts to the ancient idea that its government is not duly active unless involved in a quarrel with its neigh. bous. —ree ‘The antagonists of Senator Wheeler revive as their motto the old nursery rhyme, “Try, try agein.” ——— The Bond Street lcndt News comes from London of an- other social eccentricity which re- minds one that history repeats. This new thing which the cable tells of is the Bond streét bend. It is said, “Ob- servation of people walking in the so- clety haunts of London reveals the fact that G0 per cent walk with a bend, hunching their shoulders for- ward, bending their knees and walk- ing in the form of a.question mark.” A fashionable woman, asked why she walked that way, said: “Oh, I don't know. Fashion, I suppose. One simply can't have the old-fashioned figure. One simply has to droop.” Some years ago there were in Wash- ingtdf many examplee of ths Grecian d to dctive inter-; howaver, | grave. | the | | bena. Women normay tn contormation | twisted themsclves out of shape and | walked in an unnatural and unusual ! way. Persons not stricken by the so- 1 tad laughed at it, but it has been | proved that a fashion cannot be !laughed out of fashion. It must run | 1ts course. Not long ago many girls of | Washington walked with a strange | gait called the debutante slouch. Per-! | Eaps there have been many styles of walk between the Grecian bend and | the Bond street bend, but the person | who has no time and little: inclination to Leep up with fashions cannot re- call them. A good many g'ris hav, put on the athletic stride, and it is welleved that few men have the heart to find fault with that. It tends to show that young women's minds turn to athletics, and that they think it de- | sicable to walk erect with a free swing It is thought that this is a satisfac- tory style of walk and something liks { the gait which nature meant healthy persons to have. It is becoming to women. A good many young women are now carrying canes. There is nothing the | matter with their teet or legs. It is a ous style. The young women are lame, and do not need canes to help sustain them. They do not need walling sticks In Washington to ward {off tramps, because the police attend to that.~It used to be that some men would carry a slender Malacca walk- ing stick “to have something in the hand” and to lend grace to their gait. Our girls d» not mesd an art a to grace. As the Bond str has broken out in London it i cectain that we will have a number of cases of this bend in Washington. al ot most e o Tax Returns Show Prosperity. Prosperity in the United States i reflected in the preliminary report on the income taxes. paid during 1924, made public by the Bureau of Inter- nal Revenue. The report indicates, furthermore, that prosperity is wide- spread. It covers the tax reiurns for the income vear 1923, and the com- parison with the figures given for the iyvear 1922 shows a decided improve- ment—an improvement that it is be- lieved will be continued to a still greater extent in the returns for the income vear 1924, when they shall be lable. The figures for 1923 show that 900, 000 more persons, or 13.42 per cent, made returns than in the preceding vear. The taxpayers received the ben- |efit of the 25 per cent flat reduction |in the income tax, and the report shows that while the net income was $5.000,125,313 greater than in 1922, the totai tax collected was $157,095,143 less than in the earlier year. The American people should be en- couraged. It is evident that they are making more money, and that the Federal taxes in 1923 took a very con- siderable drop. It is apparent, that while the tax rate has been re- duced, the total tax paid has not been reduced in the same ratio as the re- duction in the tax rate. There ha been more income to tax. For exam- ple, the flat 25 per cent allowed in in- | come taxes for the vear 1923 resulted not in a 25 per cent reduction of the total tax paid, as compared to the tax paid for the vear 1922, but in a reduction of only 18.24 per cent. The more widespread the industry, commerce and properity of the coun try, the more it is possible to reduce the tax rate and to lighten the bur- den on individuals who pay taxes. Ths contention of Secretary Melion, back- ed up by President Coolidge. has been that the less heavily the taxes are levied on business generally the great- er will be industry, commerce and prosperity in the United States. Prosperity without business In this industrial and commercial age is an impossibility. The contention of Sec- retary Mellon is borne out by the re- port now published. In the coming session of Congress still further re. ductions in the Federal taxes are promised. Already those who support the Secretary of the Treasury in his line of reasoning—and they include Democrats as well as Republicans— are preparing for the fray. The slo- |gan will be “success should not be penalized.” The more a business can earn, the more it can pay its em- widely distributed. The total number of persons mak- ing income tax returns for thelr in- come in 1923 was 7,698,321. Their total income aggregated $26,336,337,- 843. The total paid was $703,962,165. The people of the District of Colum- bia did their full share in the pay- ment of the Federal tax. Of the total population of the District, 75,796 made returns showing a net income of $284,622,234, and a total tax of $8,- 083,050. This tax was greater than that paid by 34 of the States. RSt TP S A season of regular June weather was cheeringly promised by the Gov- ernment experts. On sedend thought June weather may have its torrid mo- ments and still be reasonably regu- lar. | e 1t is hoped that Amundsen is walk- ing his way to safety. In a crisis of this kind any hope is better than none. L ie— A School of Aviation. A gift of $500,000 to the New York University by Daniel Guggenheim to establish a school of aeronautics has just been znnounced by the chancellor of that institution. Mr. Guggenheim'’s letter of bestowal sets forth his rea: sons for this munificence in terms that give great encouragement to those who hope for a more rapid American development of aerial navi- gation. He calls attention to ma- terial progress that has been made in the air mail, in the use of airplanes in surveying, in photography, in the prevention of forest fires and in fish- ery, to indicate the great possibilities for extending the usefulness of avia- tion outside of war-time employment. He feels that the time has come for the establishment of aviation definite- ly as a branch of scientific research, and he, therefore, gives this ricn en- dowment to start the procedure. It is appropriate that America, where the airplane was first devel- oped and put to practical use in peact time, should be the scene of an edu- cational. movement to advance its value. That it is & future means of practical tra Y bend | | wedding, too, | ployes and stockholders, and the more | prosperity and contentment can be! i j 8cod at least by | plicated I'he i T The experimental stage has passed. It Is not yet a perfect device. It still has its limitations. But won- derful advances have been made in the last few years to increase the safety of heavier-than-air navigation and to adapt it to practical daily uses. It naturally follows that ‘other schools will be endowed. No one in- stitution will be the scene of exclu- sive sclentific educational work along this line. Mr. Guggenheim's gift is an inspiratign that will doubtless prompt others until schools of aviation are established throughout the coun- try to give the youth of America the fullest possible opportunity to par- ticinate in this branch of learning and practical science, ——— A great degl of international embar- evident, ) | rassment might have been avoided if the question of evolution could have been taken up ahead of soclalistic scheming and plans for world domina- tion. The scientists might have done showing how a com- question can be argued on lines of logical cande e = Psycho-analysis is being tried in At- lantic City as a means of determining the fitness of taxi drivers for their work. The system may prove practi- cal, although the dizzy displays on the beach might have been more attrac- tive material for research concerning the erratic impulses of which the hu- man mind is capable. = S ; A Cincinnati man sold tickets to his including dancing and r freskments, for a dollar each. As a resplt of the argument with the bride was fined $30. Only can commercialize their matrimonial cere- montes with security artists - ——.et France's minister of upon the nation to pra sincere thrift and self-denial in order to save the franc. And saving the franc means saving the country. A nation’s credit 1s one of its most important elements of greatness. finance c: e - Pasture conditions indicate the Department of Agriculture that the supply of milk will decrease. It is not casy to produce enthusiastic acclaim. for economy when so many econonites force themselves upon the public auto- matically. ————— Zinoviev, head of the Russian Com- munists, is sure t the Chines revolutionists are ready to march un- der the red flag. As a skilled politician, though a destructive one, he mako:s it a rule to “claim everything ————— Frequent Intimations that Japan is looking for some kind of a figit render the situation In China one of especial significance. The fight is at hand and ready made. ————— The still resourceful Dr. ( ages to utilize every polar explogation as a relief expedition to rescue him from obscurity. close ——— Bolshevigm is represented as being | at the bottom of Chinese disturbance. If no other use can be found for Trotsky he might be sent to Peking to take charge. e Parisian fashion dictators are now engaged in an effort to provide for more ample clothing, at least to an ex- tent that will warrant a charge for the material. ..... e s Much that Darwin wrote has not vet been published. His antagonists are more than likely to elevate his books to the commercially enviable prominence of best sellers. ————————— There 1s no immediate inclination on the part of Hindenburg to assume, that it is his mission to make the world safe for the Hohenzollerns. e Any man who could kidnap a stal- wart movie star ought to be eligible to film exploitation on his own account. S SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON 0ld Kiljoy Junetime with the roses: Junetime with the show'r, As each day discioses Beauty every hour. Junetime gently straying Where the blossoms meei— But that Kiosk keeps on saying, “Junetime With the Heat!" Commercialized Talents. “You are not as voluminous in your speeches as you used to be.” No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Several things I contributed to the Congressional Record merely threat- ened to get me into trouble. If I get anything interesting hereafter I'm go- ing to sell it to the magazines.” Reminder of Pink Lizards. He saw a sweater which displayed All colors in delirfous glee, And as he faltered, all dismayed” He murmured, “How can such things be! “In days of old, take The pledge queer; And, for our mental comfort's sake I'm glad that prohibition’s here strong men would on seeing things so Jud Tunkins says he has no objec- tion to an egotist who is willing to keep quiet and not interfere with other people’s egotisms. > Naturzl Aspiration. “Why do You supposq Canada wants to own the North Pole?” “1 don't know for sure,” said Uncle Bill Bottletop. “But if all they say about the big beverage supply up there s true I should think a chapce to control the earth’s greatest refrig- erating plant would naturally look at- tractive.” Taken Too Serfously. Much disputation loud and free Is self-promotion chat. ‘Why can't they mark it ADV Ang let it go at that? “Like other kinds o' hard work,” said Uncle Eben, “reform fis some- thin’ everybody likes to talk about foh nsportation is piainly} others without doin' much his k man- HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. THIS AN An old, standard ancedote runs af- ter this fashion: A nervous gentleman retired for the evening, only to be awakened about midnight by the roomer on the floor. ow he will drop his right shoe, as groaned the nervous gentle- man, waiting anxiously for the ex- pected thump. Bang! Sure enougfi, the man over- head had dropped his 'shoe, as he had done thousands of nights before. The man below settled himself to await the impact of the left plece of footgear. Seconds went by, minutes passed into the great void of time past, yet no thud followed. It finally became more than the nervous = gentleman could stand. Leaning out the window, he velled, “Drop the other shoe, drat you!" This story- has struck, and will continue to strike, a sympathetic chord in the hearts of thousands, who have been annoyed at times by per- | sistent, repeated noises. The occasional noise, no matter how loud, has no such ability to “get on the nerves” as the sound repeated ad nauseum, hammered away at time ?t:r tln;‘e,hunllllthe quiet listener eels as e could wi y foRls anit illingly murder Thrice happly are those so consti- tuted that their nerve ends are hid- den away from these rude buffets by sKin of more than ordinary thickness, or. perhaps, whose very nerve fibers themselves are less sensitively con- | stituted. 5 Such are, perhaps, not annoyed now —but they may be later! Time has a | peculiar knack of turning the laugh on all of us. . ¥ o ox % The sensitive sympathy in this often she—is not those whose mental makeup s lines. Thus the world of men may almost be divided ginto two sections, accord ing to whether or not they are nor- melly or acutely sensitive to outside physical stimuli. The normal man hears well, for Instance, but not too well. That is where he is lucky. His olfactory organs function well enough for all ordinary uses, but his sense of smell does not bother him. He is in no danger of swooning over the odor of a rose. The unusually sensitive person, on the other hand, has ears so acute that | they hear sounds which are inaudible | to the other. Kells at night beat in upon him so powerfully that the other thinks he is a fool if he at tempts to describe the sensations. The sensitive person has powers of smell like an animal. A bit of | drifting smoke, in the night, entering his chamber window. will wake him instantly. The other, being insensi- | tive to this stimulus, says it does not exist. Yet it person gets little world. ~He—more understood by and physical along entirely different does. Flower odors, to a| dog or cat, are baneful. whereas vou | and I, with less sensitive smelling apparatus, find them enjoyable. Approach a Bouquet to a cat. He is interested, at first, wriggling his nostrils inquiringly—until he gets one good sniff. Immediately he backs | away and if you attempt to hold his| head to the flowers will struggle | mightily to break loose. | It is all a matter of species, df kind, of sensitiveness within the in dividual, and clearly comprises a| case where every one is a law unto | {himself. In this matter, as in many others, one cannot judge of others from himself. * oo Of all the noises anathema to the | nervous man, the regular, monotonous | | Renewed interest in American trade associations has been aroused by two recent events—one a decision of the United States Supreme Court and the other an action by indictment result- ing from prosecution by the Govern- ment. The court decides that activi-| ties of the hardwood flooring and ce- ment companies, acting through their | organizations, do not constitute con- spiracy in restraint of trade, while the Government in its new proceedings contends \that furniture and refrigera- tor manufacturers have violated anti- trust laws. The effect of the furniture case upon home-makers impresses the Brooklyn Eagle, which remarks: “Every young couple contemplating matrimony, if tolerably sensible, counts the cost of home-making, &nd if it is found practi- cally prohibitive, acknowledges the sit- vation. If a marriage takes place, it is with a view to living in a boarding house or in furnished rooms. The ‘home’ in too many instances has fo Ibe left for future consideration, be- cause furniture is so high. That is a misfortune to our civilization which can be removed or minimized if legal proceeding can be made to keep down the middleman’s margin on manufac tured furniture.” the great tobacco, oil and steel c savs the Chicago Daily News, “have the Federal courts been called upon. to deal with a case under the Sherman anti-trust act that approaches in theoretical and practical importance the proceedings instituted by the Attorney General of the United States against 263 manufacturers of furniture. It is desirable that the Su- preme Court be afforded an adequate opportunity to review the Sherman law in the light of such new develop- ments as the rise and functioning of hundeds of trade associations, the radi- cal change of national policy in trans- portation—where combination is de- mended—and the encouragement of consolidations and co-operation in in- dustry for foreign competitors. B\&lk ness is said to need a new charter. * ok K ¥ The relation between the cement de- cision by the court and the furniture prosecution by the Government is { emphasized by the South Bend Trib- 4 une, which states that the one “no doubt will have a bearing” on the other. “Large and important com- panies will know more definitely what they can do in exchanging informa- tion without violating the -anti-trust Jaws,” the Tribune believes. The ef- forts of Secretary Hoover to make American manufacturers_more eff- clent are cited by the Birmingham News, which continues: that the trusts will need a bit closer watching. It may be that some who would like to monopolize certain prod- ucts may delude themselveg into be- lieving that they will have greater opportunities hereafter for practices clearly against the public interest. But assuredly there is nothing in the court’s decision to warrant such pre- sumption.” The Sherman law,” explains thd Newark News, “was aimed at unfair price fixing in restraint of trade. That danger is present in business organiza- tions and has been recognized by the Supreme Court in many cases. If that danger is avoided the association is legitimate under the new decision.” The basis of ts is considered by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Tdmes. “We know now,” it says, “that the big profits are not secured by restriction ot production and fixation of prices at unreasonable heights. Producers must soll their goods. Thelr concern is the expansion of markets.” “Organization and the trade asso- elation,” -according BY CHARLES E. ‘to. the St.. Paul the raflrosd 1 Joy D THAT TRACEWELL. TUESDAY. ones quite take the cake, especially if they are made by human agency. I recently heard a man fuming be- cause some young fellow in a window several floors down in the office build- ing was whistling at a girl. Time and time again the boy whis- tled to attract the young lady's at- tention. If he were successful or not does not matter here. Presumably he was not, since he whistled so persist- ently. What mattered to the elderly man above at his work was the annoying regularity with which he emitted his rather silly whistle. 1t was a frag- ment of a tune, repeated over and over again. There’ would come a pause, when one would think he had given it up. But not he™ Hades would freeze over, as the eaying has it, before he would stop. At least it seemed that way, although it was a very hot day—one of the warmest of the new Summer. Tweet-tweet! There he was at it again. “Some one ought to kill him,” grated the man above. e Children possess the ability 6f keep- ing at @ noise perhaps better than any of their elders, as all parents know. Few mothers there are, and certainly no fathers, but have been annoyed at some time or other by the noise- making proclivities of little Johnny. It is not so much the depth of noise that Johnny 1nakes that breaks father's temper as the tremendous persistence of it. Johnny i8 throwing abuse at a playmate down the street. “Old Billy, he's no good,” screams Johnny. = “Old Billy nounces shortly “old Bl e's no good.” comes again in 15 seconds. He could not time it better with a stop-watch. Old Billy, he's no good. By this time father is aware that Eilly is distinctly N. G., 2t least in the mind of his offspring. The neighbors know all about Wil- liam'’s shortcomings, too. “Old Billy, he's no good,” clamors again through the atmosphere “Old Billy, he’s.no good.” There is not a halrbreadth’s difference in the phrasing, or the time. The opening words are pitched at a similar height, the words following in a sort of de- clining pitch, ending in a sing-son; If only Johnny would modify his tone, change his tune, as it were— but there is not a chance in the world. Unless father issued forth and puts summary end to the proceedings it will continue for hours, evidently “Qld Billy, he's no good: Old Billy. he’s no good; Old Billy, he's no good—"" he's no good.” he an- The persistence with which some children can drum upon a window or continue in some other mechanical nofse making is simply marvelous. Once started, their fingers seem un able to stop. The restless listener later life the little the same tenacity, the same ability to stick to a think. If the average young man worked as steadily at his lessons as he did at beating upon the garage door, as a boy, there would be no failures in the world. Of course, the little ones are not the only noise makers In a big city Our atmosphere is full of sounds, day #nd night, coming from automobiles, trucks, steam ehovels, street cars, merrymakers, music makers and what not. Life and noise seem inseparable, so there is little chance for the nervous {ndividual, except in so far as he can accustom himself to it. Traffic Di- rector Eldridge, however, has taken @ step in the right direction in order- ing trucks to keep their muffiers on. The traffic in the ear needs regu lating. ones will show Furniture and Cement Cases Revive Interest in Trust Law Pispatch, “give industry a dangerous power to control supply and demand. On the other hand, the economic ai vantages arising from elimination of waste and of duplication are self-ev dent.” Referring t6 the adverse de. cision of the court in the hardwood association case of three years ago. the Rochester Times-Union notes that “the cburt evidertly has decided to take the view that there must be defi- nite proof of monopolistic purposes, in explaining that “the recent judg-- ment is virtually a reversal of the earlier one.” Agreeing to this con- tention, the Sioux City Tribune states that the decision “clarifies the Sher- man law,” while at the same time the Tribune ‘warns that “some combina- tions are used for the principa pose of gouging the public.’ all,” the Wichita Beacon adds, Supreme Court reflects public’ opin- jon, and its decisions are prob- ably in line with a reactionary pub- lic opinion which has become evi dent in the past three or four vears. As to the facts In practice, the Asbury Park Press asserts that “there re. sults from many of these associations an odd uniformity of prices which suggests that ‘competing’ companies are competing less than the public would like.” Commenting upon the furniture in- dictments, the Fresro Bee Indicates their scope with the statement that the “proceeding is one of ,the- most sweeping of its kind ever ‘instituted under the act, for the concerns in- volved are said collectively. to havi an annual output of $110,000,000. The Indianapolis News quotes an As- sistant Attorney General as stating that “there never has been a time when rigid enforcement of anti-trust laws was more needed. Loree Making Place In Railroad History A vital figure in the transportation world today, and one likely to assume greater importance as the Interstate Commerce Commission proceeds with its plan of railroad merger, is Leonor Fresnel Loree. As president of the Delaware and Hudson he i3 actively engaged in promoting a consolidation of geven smaller railroads wast of the Misslssippi, and as chairman of the board of directors of the Kansas City Southern he is likewise seeking to merge several Southwestern lines into a strong system. If these plans work out Loree is likely to assume a place in railroad history possibly along with the young Van Sweringens, beside such-stalwarts as Jay Gould. Jim Hill, Harriman, Shaughnessy, Stuyvesant Fish and Commodore Vanderbilt. Just now- Mr. Loree is prominently befors the public through the project of his group to build a new 344-mile line the length of the State of Penn- sylvania, and also because of his pro- test against the absorption by the Ilinols Central of two small roads which invade the Southwestern terri- tory west of the Mississipp! in Louisi- ana. Both matters are to come up shortly before the Interstate Com- merce Commission. L. F. Loree is a veteran of nearly half a century’s service in the rail- road game, but he is still in his vig: orous 80s. While much of his efforts today are directed along financial lines, he ever has been and still is a practical raflroader. — Louieville Courier-Journal. ———— That Familiar Crossing. . ¥rom the Lynchburg News. A fool and his gutomobile part et hopes that in | JUNE ¥, 1925. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM I. G. M. THE TREASURES OF TYPHON. 1“”(“ Philipotts. The Macmil- lan Co. Had “The Treasures of Typhon,” Eden Phillpotts’s new romance, been zet in the present it would have of- fered as its initial motive no more than the familiar picture of a father and mother bewildered and distraught over their output in the way of off- spring. A stranger in the house. That curious alien strain, separating so many a sire and son, which is the prime source of widespread parental concern. The hen that hatches the duckling, the goose that brings forth a swan, are in the ineptness of their rearing fair examples of those human fathers and mothers who so frequent- 1y find strange fledglings in the home nest. Now parental love bulks large with personal vanity. Its ways are al ways the right ways, the ones for chil- dreén to follow without question or demur. Its deepest wounds come when a child repudiates these ways of right- eousness, when. it refuses the family outlook, when it turns away from the clearly marked path spread out before it through the richness of parental wisdom._Such rebellion is a common- place in'these days of a new freedom that reaches out in every direction. Therefore, the world is filled with anxfous parents running hither and thither calling upon God and man for light on the ways of their own chil- dren, for means of herding them back into the safe family close. They call upon the school for help and upon the church, and upon the multitudinoug means of child culture that hordes of barren people are inventing for the succor of humanity. A literature has sprung up around this rebellion of the youngsters. Stories and reports, are piling high around recalcitrant youth. Realistic litera- ture, all this, neglecting no part of the literal truth of the sad matter, ignor- ing not one of the calamitous se- quences of this lawless odyasey of the children of a runaway Meantime, yvouth goes blithely on fts way, no different from the youth of any other age. It appears here in “The Treasures {of Typhon" that more than 2,000 years ago parents were having precisely the same torments over their children as these of today are having. Then, as now, the young folks refused to stay put. Then, as now, they were dis- coverers finding worlds of their own, determining for themselves the nature of their own crusades, setting values where the fathers saw only folly, out- lining dreams that were passed upon as mere moonshine. The Greek boy, Typhon, was.of this same unconform- ing pattern. Luckier, however, in his parents than most boys, either of that day or this one. For, while these two yearned deeply to have the son follow their own fair and successtul ways, they at the same time realized it every human being is a sanctity hose essence must remain inviolate In their distress they, happily, betook themselves for guidance to a wise man, Epicurus. And Epicurus, look- upon the comely lad, divined at e that he was not wrong, only different. Pelng different is no sin, though it is commonly as such. And Epicures took Typhon. Then he set him upon a long pil- grimage, with nothing to help him on the way save the power to hold {converse wifh all the growing things {around him—with the grass and the {trees, with plants of every habit and device for holding on to life by way {of adapting themselves to each turn |of their own environment. A few ":m!t, a few men along the way, but Typhon's chief companlon was the world of nature spreading long and inviting vistas, setting un barricades against his progress, arresting him by the profound wisdom of their lives, by the plain simpilcity of their course, by their unmindfulness of a thousand daily useless diversions, by their one- ness and constancy and ultimate fruition. The point of this pilgrimage was (o find a strange plant, Soter by name. And Typhon sought it far and wide. And at last he went boclk to Epicurus to say that he had failed in that search. He had not found the plant, Soter. PBut he had, you see, because in the long ways of Soli- tude and peace and time for thought he had found himself, which, as Epi- curus told him, was that which he had been sent out to find. self was the -rize, own seeking. A story of deep wisdom and great beauty. Its wisdom springing from the sound philosophy which it pro- jects, a philosophy that refuses the world of cluttering futilities and holds fast to the few and simple verities. Its clear beauty comes from a perfect fit- ting of this high theme with living words of true and poetic revelation. Cast in that long past and steeped in the glamour that distance yields. the tale reads like a parable. Yet it is as real, a§ immediate, as pointed upon the present in its interpretation of youth and age seeking adjustment as if it were some story drawn off from yesterday, or tomorrow. The post Phillpotts. the poet and philosopher, has for this fine and high discourse set aside Eden Phillpotts the faithful chronicler of Dartmoor, and Phillpotts the occasional mystery weaver. = % % % PALLIETER.. Felix Harper & Brothers. Perhaps you don't know Timmer- mans. Clearly your loss, but not an irremediable one since the easily win- ning “Pallieter” is at hand to set up an acquaintance which Hendrick Wil- lem Von Loon offers in a few words about the creator of “Pellieter,” What does Timmermans do with himself? “‘He writes and he draws and some- times he plays a little music. Often he does nothing at all but sit and smoke and think. Sometimes he just sits and smoke: And sometimes he fust sits “—Van Loon talking to make this enviable picture of Timmermans. And what about “Pallieter” himself? He is the man who goes fortl to meet the world with a smile. And now and then the smile breaks into the loud broad laughter of an honest man “‘whose pocket is empty, whose soul is free of care, and who has noticed that the birds sing for rich and poor alike.” A little Flemish village and the small world roundabout it is the home of Pallieter, the background of all this happy to-do. And the interests that %0 engross him are the shining sun —a miracle of every morning, except when it rains and then that is a miracle, too. And to wake up in the night to rémember that right then the sun is shining on the otper side of the world, on China, maybe, and that tomorrow it will shine again on the fair valley of the Nethe, the home of Pallieter. Is not that an amazing thought? It surely is, when you stop to think of it. And Pallieter always stopped to dream about these wonders coming along almost any hour of the day /or night. And “when the first glimmer of daylight showed through the eastern sky and a' cock crowed, Pallieter sprang out of bed, threw off his shirt, and ran down to the river mother-naked.” And when he came back there was the excitement of feeding the hens and smiling over the lordly airs of the big red rooster, of letting the doves out of the cotes, of attending to the morning needs of the geese and the splendid peacock. And creeping out from the little house came the “blessed smell” of the cof- fee. The days opened just this way and widened in no other fashion. Just simplicity itself turned to the “joy of living” in the body of Pallieter who becomes great and momentous by vir- tue of the fact that every day, and all the di he is keenly allve to the beauty and Wonder of the simple life for Sour hand: = Jovely outisek upon your . » lm.worw for your heart. . 5 Timmermans. nd plays, studies | generation. | looked upon | He him-| the Soter of his| ANSWERS i Q. Is Carlsbad still a sort?—A. S. F. A. ‘Before the war, Carlsbad was probly the most famous spa of Fu- rope, and 70,000 visitors a year jour- neyed there. After the war Carls- bad became Karloby Vary of Czecho- slovakia. Nearly 50,000 visitors stay- ed there last year, which was more than twice as many as the vear be- fore; five times as many Americans as English were there, a number eight times larger than the number of { French. Q. Can a stepmother get her step- son’s compensation”—H. T. A. Under section 607-C of the ad justed compensation act. a step- mother Is entitled to the adjusted compensation in the same order of TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN popular re- | have been the first to serve ice cream at the presidential receptions, nd thus have popularized in this coun try a delicacy that had been known for at least half a century in England. Q. Which of the Great Lakes ranks next to Superior in depth?—R. G. A. Lake Michigan is the second in depth. Its extreme depth iz 870 feet while Superior is 1,180: Huron, 750 Ontario, 738, and Erle, 210, Q. Has the co-operative principle of producing. marketing, buving and sell ling. etc., developed in other conntries 10 the extent that it has in the United States”—L. O. H. A. Co-operative societies are much more developed in foreign countries than here. There are outside the | United States more than 60,000 socie preference as the mother. Q. At what intervals are the guns fired for a 21-gun salute? What does it cost?—D. B. L. . g A. A 21gun salute is fired at 5 second intervals. The cost depends upon the size. For a 3-pounder, the cost of each shot would be 50 cents, for a 6-pounder 75 cents. Q. How W. E. A. The word bhas been anglicized and the final “t” is sounded. The French do not sound the “t,” the.'’e having the sound of the English long “a.” is “valet” pronounced” Q. Are there more cows now than there were in 19207—W. D. K. A. Although there are now more dairy cows, the total number has de- creased slight In 1920, there were 23,72 tle and 43,398,000 and 126,000 beef 24,675,000 dairy cattle. Q. What was the origin of the ol custom universally practiced, of di viding a choir in two?—F. T. C. A. Adrian Willaert, founder of the netian School of Musfe, went to Venice to live in 1266. He was made chapel master of the Church of St. Mark, which had two organs facing each other. This circumstance led Willaert to divide his choir in two. He thereby established a custom which ultimately became universal. Q. When was armor most generally used?—M. F. A. The suit of armor reached complete development under Henry VI of England (1422-1461) at about the time that the English were driven out of France (1453). The armor the body and limbs. Q. Did_Dolly cream?—R. K. ( A. To Dolly Madison, wife of the President of the United Stat sometimes given the credit for in- venting ice cream. It is further as. serted that It was another woman, Nancy Johnson, wife of a young naval officer, who Invented the ice cream freezer. However, ice cream was in- troduced to the English aristoc the late eighteenth century by a don confectioner named Gunton, who may or may not have been its in- ventor. It is quite possible, of course, that among the many mistresses of the White House, Dolly Madison may Madison invent ice is i BY P Congress, backed by public senti ment, has shown appreciation of the obligations from a great nation to. ward the men who sacrificed body or health in the World War. There are two phases of the prob lem of care of the veterans which are not vet fully solved. One js the rais ing of the $5.000,000 endowment fun with which to educate and care for the orphans of deceased veterans That fund is being raised by popular subscription all over the country. and the response is generous and spenia | neous. The other is vocational train- ing to enable men whose injuries in- capacitated them to continue ! pre-war occupation to equip them- | selves for some other vocation adapt- {ed to their condition, rather than be- come members of soldiers’ | of hospitals. i The law providing for vocational training assumed shat by June 30. 1925, all who were eligible and worthy would have applied, and that by June 30, 1926, such training could cease without neglecting any one, for 1926 would be eight years after the war. But it is found that the end is not vet nor will it be for many years. All who have been in contact with the situation have discovered many unexpected lessons of war's long trail One of these is that eight or twice eight years after the war, veterans who have been in hospitals slowl struggling back to health and strensth into the world again and work. pro vided the right work be found for them. 4 * % ox There are today more than patients in the veterans' hospitals. Some are emerging therefrom almost daily; some Will never come out fo take up life’s burdens again. Outside of hospitals there arg thousands more who have been fighting against dis- ease all these eight weary vears: but. as the years go on, their wounds or other causes have increased their in- ability, though they have fought so bravely. The law, as it now stands, says to these that unless they begin training within the next two weeks the doors will shut against them for- ever. The law says, in effect, that what they lack in completing thei courses by June 30 next year, they will never recelve from the Govern- ment, and their eight vears' struggle will be penalized rather than reward- ed for their brave efforts. It is the recommendation of Gen. Hines, director of the Veterans Bureau, that the law be amended abolishing the time limit and per- mitting the late-comer to have the same support in training as did the earlier comrades. Much of the train- ing is given in commercial shops where the men are taken as appren- tices without wages and supported y Government allowance. Educa- tional training is given in regular schools and colleges, so that no cost- Iy institutions are specially main- tained for the vocational trainimg. | The training which has been given in the past eight vears has cost only 4 per cent for administration. all the rest going to the trainee for his sup- port * x % Occasionally, unworthy or unambi- tious trainees take advintage of the allowance and simply live on it with- out serfously studying and endeavor- ing to arrive at fitness in the proper time; but such cases are exceptional and do not prove that the Govern- ment effort has been in vain or too costly. It was a costly sacrifice given by the veteran which put the obliga- tion on the Government, and many have proved remarkable products of the system of training. A few in- stances are significant: There was Ralph E. Updyke, a trainee graduate In law, in the year 1923. He built up a- practice in Indianapolis and last Fall was elec. d to Congress. It is said that there are now several members of Congress who owe their education had earned on the battlefield. With- out that training they might toda bevinmates of a soldiers’ home or some’ hospital. e Plicher, who usied There is to be an ber in the Bureau b l its | was | forged of thin steel and made to fit| their | homes or | finally recover sufficiently to go out| 30,000 | to the vocational training which they | ties with a membership of more than 125,000,000 persons. There are 1472 societies in the United Kingdom Q. Who was the god of cunning theft and perjury’—G. £ A. Hermes was their cording mythology, when few hours old, he stole 50 oxen from | the sacred herd of Apollo, drove them backward and forward to confuse |their tracks and then walked back | ward, herding them backward, and concelead them. Apollo forgave him and made him a part owner of ihe herd. | patron. Ac s “Little Women: Q. When w writ ten?—B. H. K. A. It was written in 1887, published in 1868, and sold to the number 60,000 coples the first year Q. S. L. A. The manufacture of ale or was known to the Egyptians. Her otus ascribes its invention to Isis an | savs that the liquor, called zuthos | was fermented from barley Q. Which States in the Union ha the greatest number of playgroun and community center W.S. H A. New York has the greaies: number, with 85% Massach: second, with 706, and Pennsvlva third, with 687 | When was beer first made | heer 1 6 Q. Has the welght of the W worth Building been estimated .0, A. The an estimated pounds. Woolworth weizht Building ha of 205,000 400 | (The Star has taken the services Frederic J. Haskin in Washinglo 1. c., for its readers. It is the great est persomal service in the coun We will feel repaid for maintaining this elaborate organization if | readers will feel that their o and use it. You can get all i information you 1want on any from suggestions for a Nun to the relative prices of wheat anu where in the world. No matter what your work is or where wour interest lies, Mr. Haskin can open up to uou all ‘the information available on that subject. Write to The Star Informa tion Bureaw, Frederic J. Haskin, d rector, Twenty-first ¢ streets northwest. Send a stamp fo reply and your amswer will come you as a personal letter.) mer party and 2-cent BACKGROUND OF EVENT ULV . COLLINS. His training pate from and Printing impossible he took th he will grac Michigan there is who had never of schoolinz Engraving made of { wounds tinue 1 fand this n the University of Out in Kansax Vlacksmith four months | wounded and lost one ey s 41 months in vocational trainin ig scholastic education. In 1 three and a half years he completed | his grade course. the h “hoo! course and full college course, i | gether with specializing in mathe- | matics in the college. Now he goes n high school as Instruc tor of mathematics. He could e {have continued blacksmithing on | count of his semi-blindness and other wounds. It Is claimed that adults progre: in studies much faster than |do children, and in all schools and | colleges the trainees have invariabl carried off the homors former had b He ws He spent {to a Michi | There was a bank clerk who wis receiving a vear: he was trained in accountancy and Vo $4,420. A toolmaker was $1152: he is now a purchasir getting $2,880. Another |earning $1,200 is now shop instructor getting $3.024 borer was getting $480: h stationary engineer receis % % At present there are men in training, aside from 1,155 sick or leave: in 1921 and the nur exceeded 120,000, T numbe have successfully completed traininz is 91360. Some have dropped |after being partially tgained. findin: | the course distasteful or not adapted to their requirements. or after train ing they have found it p ible to re | turn to their former vocations rec receiving agent olmaker a h Commenting_on the work, Gen | Hines says: “There can be no choice between the contemplation of thou sands of broken. discouraged, impov erished men, left neglected throush out the country to work out their own salvation, as must have been the case without voeational training: and the spectacle today of these thousands re stored, self-reliant, contented and hopeful, marching along, step by step and shoulder to shoulder with their comrades and competitors in all branches of the commercial, indus trial and professional world. This ix a result so tangible and so lorious that it cannot be measured in terms of mone * ok % % Self-reliance, the knowledge that he can azain face the world; is better than medicine. The therapeutic effect of manual occupa tion has long been known to medical | doctors, but had been comparutivels little used prior to the Worl |In modern hospitals occuns therapeuties are practiced as There is no literature on the suhfec although its value has been taught since 1300 A. D. After the war doc tors called for its use. and the hos pital teaching today of carpet weav ing, of basketrv, of metal workinz and" wood working is no longer fust usy work” to help the patients p: the time. It is definitely prescribed as medicine. The weaving of carpeis has a soothing effect upon deted nerves, as does other work. , In the Veterans' Bureau this week fhere is a sclentific exhibit: of the so called occupational therapy. which is very enlightening. The articles made by patients are not there for sale, bu: are there as a scientific demonstra tion. ot all patients are given the same task: the work is prescribed ac- cording to the patient's particular need, and the effect is daily noted. There is nothing in modern medicine or surgery more interesting than “vocational therapy” as now practiced, and daily “miracles” of rehabilitation of broken men are being greatly aided by this old yet newly revived science of the nerves. In our grandmother: day nervous women knit for hours, though they never knew that that was “occupational therapy. Veterans do not knit—-they avoid feminine tools but the principle is the same, when they get busy weaving carpet. making | baskets or tables or leatherwork or i silverwork. The value of the product ‘h_nsgflmb{ but the effect on their bodies is invaluable. 3 (Copyright, 1935, by Paul V. Comitas) stimulation