Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 6, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building Buropean Office: 18 Regent St.. London, England. The Ervening Star. with the Sunday morn- Ing edition, is delivered by carmgrs within the city at' 60 cents per month: daily onl: 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 ces Per month. Orders may be went by mall or felephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and s . §8.40: 1 mo.. Bally Sat, Sundss- 24600: 1 mo.. Sunday only . $2140: 1 mo! 700 All Other States. Daily and S ..1¥r.$10.00: 1 mo., Baily = gt $7.00: 1 mo.. Sunday only ... $3.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- Dpatches credited fo it or not otherwise cred- itad {n this paper and also the local news All righits of publication n are also reserved. 80c 1yl 25¢ A Possible Postal Deficit. Postmaster General New foresees a $40,000,000 deficit in the operation of the postal service at the close of the new fiscal year. Let that shudder its way home in these days of persistent economy and tax reduction talk. The Postmaster General qualified his esti- mate by saying that it was a ‘‘mere guess,” based on figures for the postal service in June, and since the new law increasing wages and rearranging the rates on mail service went into ef- tect. A deficit in the postal service is nothing new. But an increase in the ter mind,” the ideal leader, is simply the most terrifying member of the gang. The very nature of criminal gang business breeds disloyalty and jealousy. In later days gang control has become more difficult because of the ease with which rivalries are set up, with weapons and motor curs free- 1y obtainable. Chicago has been suffering from gangship for a long time. These re- cent ‘murders have, however, given the law-abiding residents of that city some hope of ultimate relief from the terror of the professional marauders, thieves, thugs, swindlers and all.round crooks who prey upon all members of soclety. The amazing part of this situation is that apparently the police of Chicago are well acquainted with the personnel of these gangs, know their headquarters, know the leaders, and yet do little or nothing toward breaking them up. The other day a woman announced herself as candi- date for the mayoralty nomination in that city on a vlatform of promises, including a pledge to enforce the laws, drive out the gangsters and the crooks, and to purge the municipal administration of corruptjon. There is evidently need of cnnvo&raled and continuous war upon politRal as well as criminal gangsters in that city. s s Refurnishing the White House. Critics of the furniture and furnish- ings of the White House have dis- turbed a good many citizens of Wash- ington. Most people had understood that the White House was well fur- nished, and even ‘“commodiously fitted up. Perhaps it was not thought that the White House was as up-to date in all its appointments as many of the new houses and flats in the northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast sections of the city, but it was believed that a family living in deficit to $40,000,000, from a point where it was expected to shrink to $5,000,000 at the close of the fiscal vear 1925, is something to think about Wisely, the policy of the Government has been to build up the postal service for the benefit of the people, making quick communication with all parts of the country possible and aiding in the dissemination of knowledge. The feel- ing has been that the people are will- ing to pay for such benefits. The mail service, however, is far beyond the experimental stage. It is a service that almost staggers the imagination in its vast size ame ex- tent. It is a wonderfully efficient Rerv- ice, used frequently as an argument that the Government, after all, is capa- ble of handling a business satisfac- torily. The hope of many heads of the Post Office Department has been that the deficit would be curtailed to the limit and even wiped out. And, as the business of the post offices has increased in volume the country over, there has been reason to hope for such results. The time has come, indeed, when the question arises properly “Why should not the people pay for the service which they receive For years there had been a demand for an increase in the pay of éhe postal employes. Many of them w&re under- paid, and it was just they should have an increase. The new law grants a total increase of about $68,000,000. President Coolidge, in his efforts to bring about economy in the govern- mental expenditures, was unwilling to saddle this additional sum on the tax- payers. He vetoed the pay bill, and made it clear that unless steps were taken to increase the postal revenues to ofset the proposed wage increases he would continue to oppose the measure. So a joint bill, providing the same pay increases, and increasing some of the postal rates, was put through Con- gress. It has, it seems, worked all right so far as the pay increases age concerned, but has falien short of pro- viding the needed revenue to offset those increases. The entire questiow is to be studied by a joint congresstnal commission during the recess of Congress. This commission, headed by Senator Moses of New Hampshire, is to hold its first meeting here July 20. An itinerary has been arranged under which the committee will visit many parts of the country, taking testimony. Its re- port and recommendations must be submitted to Congress next Decerber. It is no secret that the bill finally passed by Congress differed very greatly from that originally put for- ward by the joint Senate and House committee. Increases in rates pro- posed by the committee were cut down. Increases in rates naturally are not popular. But the question is: ‘Shall not the people directly benefit- ing from the service rendered bear the cost?"” ——— Book sellers report a great demand for the works of Darwin, Huxley, Spencer and other writers on biology. Mr. Scopes may not be permitted to teach evolution to his classes, but he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has stimulated study in ad- vanced lines among the masses. — e Women have asserted not only the right to vote, but the right to dress comfortably in July while leaving the men to swelter in antiquated garb. —.———— Chicago’'s Gang War. The sixth notorious gangster to die in a feud war fell in Chicago yester- day. He was the third brother in a single family who has been ‘“nicked off” within a short time. The Chicago police are inclined to suspect that this latest death of a Genna is due to civil war within the ranks of the Genna gang. They are, of course, seeking the slayer, even as they sought the slayers of the preceding victims of this warfare. But there is a feeling in Chicago that perhaps the commu- nity will be better off if the law of vengeance is allowed to run its course. 1f the gangsters concentrate their murderous activities upon themselves they may effect a sufficient elimina- tion to relieve the pressure from which Chicago has been suffering for some time. These gang wars are due to two causes, rivalry for crimfnal privileges and betrayals of faith. That “there is no honor among thieves” is true in the case of these organized crook gangs that infest large cities of this country. Biscipline and loyalty are maintained through fear. The - the White House could be quite com- fortable if it were not for the number of callers. All families in Washington are annoyed by too many rings at the doorbell and calls to the telephone, but these evils must be borne with grace. All persons desire that the White House shall be fitted up as becomes a most important home, and that is the idea of the architects and decorators, but there seems to be some disagree- ment between them as to what is the best style of furniture. Some hold out for the American colonial style and others seem to have a slant toward the kind of furniture used by certain kings of France and England. There are also modernists who feel that the ‘White House should be fitted up in accord with the best style of 1925. The average man cannot give much help in this matter. He is not inter. ested in whether a bed belongs to the period of Louis XIV, George III or Patrick Henry. The main thing with him is that the bed be comfort- able to sleep on. Generally a man nowadays wants a hair mattress with springs instead of a feather bed on slats, and he prefers a bed which he THE- EVENING STAR,. WASHINGTON,. D. C, THURSDAY, JULY -9,.1925. soul and heart and spirit. Now, it appears that it has another virtue, the development of the beautiful knee. If the Spanish artist is correct, it out- strips golf, tennis and swimming, and even the “dally dozen,” in this re- spect. In the old days when the knee was a thing to drape, the challenge of ‘the Spaniard might have passed without concern. But the times have changed and with them styles, and the knee, fat, thin, knocked or bowed, is seen almost as much as it is concealed. Perhaps the American flapper could with benefit to her appearance, as well as her soul, take a leaf out of the Spanish malden’s book. —_— e Stripping for Action. William Jennings Bryan took his coat off almost immediately on ar- riving at Dayton, Tenn., and, accord- ing to one report from that present judicio-religio-intellectual center of the country, he removed his collar the next day. There is something more than a desire for personal comfort in this stripping for action by the great commoner. He is really get- ting ready for the greatest fight in his career, and is disgarbing accord- ingly. It is to be hoped that the weather will moderate somewhat dur- ing the trial of the evolution case lest this process of elimination go to unseemly lengths. Coincident with the removal of the collar Mr. Bryan announced that this Scopes trial at Dayton is only a skir- mish in the great war that he is sbout to wage. Whatever the out- come of the Dayton case, he will start at once upon a nation-wide campaign for the adoption of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the teaching of evolution in any institution of learning in this country. This amend can sit on and take off his shoes and socks to one which needs a stepladder to get into. Modern man has had so much of the open-window theory talk- ed into him bv his family doctor that he can get along without curtains on four sides of the bed and a blue-and- gold canopy above it. The up-to-date man wants clean sheets and pillow slips and can get along without the bolster and embroidered pillow shams. Few up-to-date Washingtonians now have old Uncle Ned rub the sheets with a warming pan before they turn in. In the matter of wall paper and car- pet the 1925 taste is different from the taste of the best people when the White House was built. Some men prefer a rug to the best body Brussels, and there are men who prefer a gen- uine machine-made oriental rug to the best handmade rag rug, as seen in pictures of ancient homes. In the matter of light fixtures a man would now rather shave with the aid of an electric light than with the flicker ofa candle set in the most artistic candle- stick. There are also modern fellows who think better of a white-enameled bathroom with a first-class shower than they do of a tin foot tub and kettle of hot water brought into their cham- bers by a faithful old family retainer. It.is believed, however, that the au- thorities have these things in mind and that they will fit, up the White House during the President’s stay at Swampscott so that when he comes back the old place will be comfortable. It seems surprising that the archi- tects, furniture men and interior deco- rators in their discussion as to how the White House should be arranged have not called to their help a com- mittee of young Washington wives. 8ich a committee’ might bear a little hard on Louis XIV and George 111, but they would give valuable sug- gestions on sanitary, labor-saving, | economical, modern housefurnishings. —— e Assertions are freely made that Coolidge can have another term if he desires. In the meantime some of the most eminent lights of the Democratic party are too busily engaged in scien- tific discussion to give attention to the work of political reorganization. ——————————— Dayton, Tenn., is hoping Col. Bryan, as an expert realtor, will show it how to turn its present publicity to perma- nent account instead of wasting so much good advertising on a transient boom in soft drinks and sandwiches. s The Riffs have no hesitancy about asserting themselves as a militaristic nation just at a time when peace is the great object of the civilized world. It is the privilege of the small and weak to make trouble for the strong. —rate- Prayer and Beautiful Knees. A challenge has been flung to the young women of America. Jose M. Vidal Quadras, Spanish portrait painter, has come to this country maintaining that the knees of the Spanish women are the firmest and most beautiful in the world. He at- tributes this perfection to the fact that the women of Spain pray more than those of other countries. Their frequent genuflections exercise the muscles and perfect the contour of the knee. Prayer is a wonderful thing. When made in reverance and honesty of purpose prayer is a developer of the ment, he declares, will put the Bible into the fundamental law of the land. The majority of the people, he says, are against evolution, and they can be relied upon to write this basic law into the American magna charta. Inasmuch as the Tennessee law was the result mainly of Mr. Bryan's own personal endeavors with the Legisla- ture of that State, it is appropriate that he should be now, sans coat, sans collar, fighting for its maintenance and laying plans for its extension. In point of fact, the personnel of the case at Dayton has shifted. It is not Scopes, the teacher, but Bryan, the preacher, who is on trial. ———— et In addition to its other controversies the Darwinian theory has aroused a quarrel among the town boosters of different communities desirous of being the scene of the trial. What- ever may be his proper position in zoological relationship, the ape may have to be accorded some credit as a publicity promoter. ——e———__ Caillaux has survived previous un- popularity, and is, therefore, to be re- garded as one who can discuss cur- rency plans, any one of which is likely to bring down an avalanche of protest from “Vox Populi” and especially “Taxpayer.” S There are still a few old-fashioned politicians who find it hard to under- stand a President of the United States who would in all sincerity rather study problems of taxation than go fishing. o Mussolini has composed a drama. If, as D'Annunzio asserts, a poet may be- come a politician, it is only reasonable to infer that a politician may become a poet. ———— As the chimpanzee is not really ac- cused of crime, Mr. Darrow will be able to conduct his defense without the aid of psychoanalysis. ———— Dayton, Tenn., is ambitious, and is prepared to welcome Col. Bryan as | one of the country’s most able rm-‘ tors. ————. Paris statesmen who discuss econ- omy receive no encouragement what- ever from the Deauville press agents. o e Efforts of Mussolini as a dramatist will never measure up to his success as a “leader of the mob” in real life. N Earthquakes offer both sides of the Pacific a subject for mutual sympathy. ——— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Again the Kiosk. It's wrong to wish for any form Ot wild, destructive woe; And yvet when Summer days are warm With a relentless glow I contemplate with growing ire The record sadly true Which that Kiosk bids us admire Upon the Avenue. T wish a conflagration small Would sweep that spot with care; T wish an earthquake would befall— Not more than three feet square. ‘When the thermom so grimly creeps To torrid heights anew T'd lose that old Kiosk for keeps From off the Avenue! Jud Tunkins says sympathy is gen- erally a polite means of reminding a hard luck vietim of how glad you are that you're not in his place. The Immmediate Rejoinder. “The monkey was in days gone by Your ancestor, or, brother!" And then there comes the old reply So promptly, “You're another!” More Study! ‘What do you think of evolution?" “I'm sorry the discussion ever start- ed,” answered Senator Sorghum. It a public speaker has to understand all the scientific tems of biology, poli- tics is going to be even a er game than ever.” ‘“Have you read the latest novel?” “I don’t know how to answer,” said Miss Cayenne. “If I say ‘no’ you'll think I'm behind the times and if T say ‘ves’ you'll think I have wretched tast “De improvement of humanity,” said Uncle “Eben, “is shown by de number of arguments we is now able to have without startin’ a sho’-nuff fight.’ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. How shall one begin the morning? Some get up “on the wrong side of the bed,” as the saying is, conse- quently 'spoiling their day not only for themselves but also for all their home folks, friends and acquaint- ances. Others grouch along until they have had their breakfasts, then suddenly begin to expand under the soothing influence of hot coffee and bacon, o that by the time they reach their office they are more or less normal human beings. till others take setting-up exer- cise: some cold baths, others “bawl out” the children or reserve their srudge for the street car conductor or_the office boy. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Ro- man_emperor, lived 2,000 years ago, but he, too, much as you and I to- day, found it necessary to-consider this question of how to get up in the morning. Opening the second book of his “Meditations,” Marcus Aurelius said: “Begin the morning by saying to thyself, ‘I shall meet with the busy- body, the ungrateful, arrogant, de- ceitful, envious, unsocial’ All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and_evil. “But I, who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautlful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong that it is akin to me, not only of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in the same intelligence and the same portion of the divinity, I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can 1 be angry with my kinsman nor hate him. “For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another, then, is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.” * ok ok % There you have advice from a mas- ter. Marcus was a patrician, but he lived like a plebeian. He was a man who had many problems, many sor- rows, which he met the best he could. One of his helps was his brain, a triend most of us have handy, and yot—r, It is a shame we do not use it more! Aurelius discovered for himself that thinking about problems helped him meet them. One of his biggest wor ries was the busybody. Another was the ungrateful man; another the con- ceited, arrogant cuss, who strutted the streets of Rome in a purple toga and imagined he was just a bit better than every one else in town. Those men worried the emperor, because he was just a human being and longed to be happy. After he met them he always felt unhappy. Today every one of us has much the same experience as Aurelius had in_Rome between 121 A.D. and 180 A.D. We, too, meet the deceltful, the | unsocial man who does to envious, the not know how others. It we wonder “how do they get that way,” it will be helpful to recall that all these bad traits are theirs because they are in reality ignorant of what is good and evil. The fact that a man has had an education, or has not had it, does not make much difference. The big thing is whether he has “seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly No one who has could be “stuck on himself.” No one who knows good from evil will be envious. But, no matter, we have to accept people as we find them in this world and make the best of them. There- fore, it is up to him who desires to “get out of bed on the right side” to consider briefly, as he puts on his collar and tle, that all the mean fel- lows he will encounter an hour or so later are in reality akin to him. Not only are all men created free “get along” with | and equal, at least under the law, but all are children of the most high God and, theoretically at least, should co. operate. Some one has to begin the good work or it would never be started, so why shall it not be us? It we steadfastly refuse to allow their enviousness, their jealousy, their busybody ways, their arrogance, their ungratefulness to hurt our feel ings, we will be helped considerably, for we will not be taken by surprise. It is in this thing as with the gen- tleman who fired off a .38-caliber re- volver on Independence day at un- stated intervals. He knew when he was going to pull the trigger, there- fore mentally braced himself to ward off the shock. But his cannon took the rest of us by surprise each time, making us jump considerably. Forewarned is forearmed, indeed; s0, if we go downtown each morning more or less primed for the nasty actors, we will not mind them so much. Marcus modern! Aurellus is surprisingly * Kk ok % “Clear away the clouds from thy mind,” he tells us next, after a dis- sertation on his favorite theme that anything which is conformable to na- ture is O.K. “Remember how long thou hast been putting off those things,” he says, ominously (but he was chiding himself, remember, not us), “and how often thou hast received an oppor- tunity from the gods and yet dost not use it. “Thou must now of what universe art a part and of what administ r of the universe thy existence is an efifux, and that a limit of time is set fp- thee, which if thou dost not use for ciearing away the clouds from thy ming, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will not re- turn.” Paraphrasing that in language of this so-called *jazz age.” we get something along this order: Remember how long you have been fighting shy of doing what you know vou ought to do, you shrimp; to yourself; go to the ant, gard, you human representative of the sloth family, and think of the opportunities you have had to “do your stuff.” But have you taken a one of them? Most certainly you have not! You go dawdling along in your light six as if rolling around town were the end and aim of creation as summed up in_your beautiful carcass. Surely gome day you are going to get wise to the fact that this a pretty big world you are in and that you are a part of a real super-govern- ment—not the kind you read about, but the real thing—and that you are not going to last forever, as much as you would like to think you are. There is a time limit put to your grand existence, buddy, and if you don't hump yourself while the hump- ing is good there is no telling what is going to happen to you Clear those cobwebs out of your brain or you will wake up some fine morning ‘and find yourself gone. “Give thyself time to learn some thing new and good,” Marcus Aureli admonishes such a one, “and cease to be whirled around.” 'I wonder if he had the automobile in mind! He ends his second ook in melan- choly’ mood, reminiscent of the famous close of the Book of Eccle- siastes. “Of human life the time is a point,” he tells us, “and the sub- stance is a flux * * * and the soul a whirl, and fortune hard to divine, and fame a thing devoid of judgment. “And, to say all in a word, every- thing which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream and vapor, and life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.” Philosophy is the only thing that able to conduct a man, and phi- consists, he says, of being with God at last perceive BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. It requires too much time to keep in close touch with all current events. The average reader is wont to excuse his lack of detailed familiarity with the state of the world by saying, “I have my living to make, and it takes considerable of my time to do it.” While the daily dis- patches are loaded with news (any one item of which may hold the destiny of a nationl, who but a “news editor” can possibly digest it all? This is a busy world—seemingly never S0 busy as it is today, Taking a cue from Charles F. Horne's book, “The Technique of a Novel,” how should the story be told? Horne says: “A story is not an exact repetition of life. No story could be that; be- cause in life many million things are happening all around us, all at once; and of these concurrent incidents only a very small fraction have any clear connection with our tale. Per- haps a dozen of them are in fairly close and interesting relation to it. But there is always just the one de- tail that is for the instant most valuable, most vital. The majority of tale-bearers manage to Keep within the range of the dozen or so of re- lated ideas; it is only the genius that strikes always and inevitably upon the one.” Out of the “million things that are happening all at once,” one may select the “dozen,” and leave to the rare genlus of the reader the privilege of striking the inevitable “one” item which is today the turning point, or the climax, of human endeavor. This is not a “summary of the news of the week,” but a dirigible view in one sweeping look, in which individuals are not seen, but only masses, moving slowly, persistently, sometimes un- cannily. The world is a great Ferris wheel, and it turns nation after pation up to visibility from the point of observa- tion in our seat in the zenith. * ok KK Tirst in view is Great Britain, whose boast is that the sun never sets upon her domain. One sees a mass of 1,100,000 idle men in England’s “tight little island,” and the taxpay ers are paying these unemployed a dole of $5 each weekly, which is quite enough to sustain life without work- ing. Why work? Why should the time-honored policy of non-protection of home industry through free trade be disturbed now, even though the foreign market for English products is shot to pieces? asks the Briton. There is a greater percentage of unemployed today in England than existed in America in 1920, with our 4,000,000 idle. A statisticlan, pointing to the figures which show that before the war England's forelgn trade was only $6,500,000,000, while now it is $11,000,000,000, challenges the state- ment that her foreign market is less. But how about the comparative pur- chasing value of money, the unit of measure? That dole of $5,500,000 every week produces nothing—nothing but human degeneracy! Five years of such dole and no solution in sight to the Conservative or Labor govern- ments! England was one of the first to rec- ognize the Soviet government of Rus- sia; her need of the Russian market impelled recognition. Now England is warning the soviets that recogni- tion will be canceled if Soviets do not desist in leading China into anti-Brit- ish agitation. A “stern note” from the British cabinet will remind the Soviets of their scrap of paper agree- ing to stop anti-British propaganda in consideration of recognition. The British arrest in Hongkong of a Rus sian agitator meets retaliation in Mos cow, where no more visas are given to British over the Trans-Siberian Railroad. This will be followed, according to rumor, by the forced break of the Peking Chinese government with the Soviets, as demanded by Britain and Japan. It has hastened our new Min- ister to China, Mr. MacMurray, on to his arrival in Peking. * W x That situation in China links up closely with President Coolidge’s urge for a conference of the powers inter- ested in the Pacific Ocean, and in the peace of China especially, with its open door, and with the withdrawal of the whole world’s extraterritorial- ity in China and encroachments upon Chinese autonomy and sovereignty. Japan is said to be opposed to such a parley. Japan hopes to dominate the Far Fast, and that domination depends upon non-agreement among the other powers with the liberal tra- ditional policies of America. At a conference on trade relations held at Honolulu last week a distin- guished Japanese said: “America is Japan's best customer, and the Jap- anese nation knows it does not pay to_kill our best customer.” The present Chinese unrest and fighting is based on Chinese hatred of foreigners, because foreigne especially British and Japanese—have encroached on their territory and lib- erty. Soviet leadership imperils all foreign nationalities in China. The soviet hope is to carry the Chinese war down into India. China and India with Russia comprise more than half the world’s population. Can that mass be organized? * K Kk ok Our Ferris wheel continues to re- volve, and now France is seen most clearly. Its war in northern Africa with the savage Riffs is not prosper- ing. The Riffs are said to be armed by the soviets, and they have been taught modern war tactics. French are withdrawing troops from the German Ruhr only to hurry them off to fight the Riffs—50,000 reinforce- ments to the fi Several African tribes who had been supporting the French have gone over to the Riffs. In a short time France will have 250,000 French soldiers fighting in Africa. The objective at present is the possession of the strategic city of Fez. Some disagreement between France and Spain as to the joint attack on Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Riffs, ham- pers the offensive. It even jeopard- izes, according to Caillaux, minister of finance, the pending new gold loan floated by France. The franc is now worth only about a quarter of its nor- mal or face value—5.12 cents. * K K K France, Belgium and Italy seem to be crowding each other to get into line for parleys with Uncle Sam as to terms for funding their respective debts. Before Autumn all Europe will have signed “on the dotted line,” as Uncle Sam points out the place, But one botheration is England's in- sistence that whoever pays America must simultaneously pay England in proportion. America has money to borrow when crbd&i! re-established. Why Women Do Not Succeed in Congress To the Editor of The Star: One of our few Congresswomen, and & most womanly woman, remarked in a personal conversation to a man newspaper friend, but not for publica- tion, that Congress was no place for a woman—she did not fit in. The newspaper man agreed with her. This particular Congresswoman was easy on the eyes; she had made a place for herself in social Washington far beyond the average; she was truly @ helpmate to her husband in the po- litical world; but as a successor to her husband she could not adequately rep- resent her congressional district, nor was she, us she confessed in the con- versation with the newspaper friend, of much service to the country as a whole. There were two chief reasons, she said, why she nor any other woman for that matter could do the position justice. She said that statesmanship requires long years of training in eco- romic affairs as well as political his- tory and a natural bent for political leadership, and that one must have done something before one got to Con- gress in order to command the atten- tion of other members of Congress. That there is an occasional exception to the rule only goes to prove the rule. Most of us have a very hazy idea of the machinery of government. Most of us seem to think that a “gift of gab” is the earmark of statesman- ship. But one has only to bear in mind that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson rarely made a speech, and that both were very in- different talkers; vet both were con- summate statesmen. On the other hand, Daniel Webster, on being com- plimented for an able speech he had made, replied t he had been 40 vears In preparing himself for that speech. Lincoln is known to have been an omniverous reader—his short Gettysburg speech is the classic of the ages. Still Webster and Lincoln had spent their whole lives in the study of events and men. They had been in the tdick of the battle for human rights—and leaders most of the time. * x ok % Willlam Jennings Bryan, in modern, times, is credited with being the most constant talker and President Cool- idge the least inclined to talk. But Bryan has keld only one or two minor political offices and one major office for a brief period where he did not fit in, although he has been seeking major national offices since memory S not to the contrary, while Cool has continuously held political office since he reached voung age. Bryan has been a jack-of-all-trades; Coolidge has specialized. Probably the hardest working man in Congress today is Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. He's almost dumb as a clam when it comes to talking poli- tics on or off the floor of Congre but in committee work in the Repub- lican party management and in Con- gressional committee work he is one )f the acknowledged leaders. Another great force in American political life, but of an entirely different tvpe from is Senator Oscar Underwood, who the other day said he would re- tire at the end of his present term. Underwood could talk and did talk on sion, and as a leader on the floor of the House and Senate as well as in party councils has had few supe- riors. % study of the political lives of these men from Washington and Jef- ferson down to Smoot and Underwood will show that they started early to master the profession of statesman- ship. It will further show that no truly great orator has ever been President, with the possible exception of Lincoln—but even Lincoln will not go down in history as an orator, but as a sublime debater. It is also true these men rarely or never lost contact _with their early political party affiliations—they grew with the evolution of their party’s political philosophy. They won their “spurs’ v laboring in the ranks—they were ommissioned” only when they had “done deeds of valor.” They achieved leadership only when they forced themselves into leadership over their and peers—usually after long ce as ‘“buck priv in their precint, ward, city, county and State. And they held leadership only so long as they were “available.” * k% K Speaking in the parlance of base ball, the game of politics is a hard- boiled business. Bucky Harris and Walter Johnson are heroes today and dubs tomorrow—what the base ball fan wants is a_winner—so does the taxpaver. Walter Johnson's wife will never get a job on the Washing- ton team simply because she is Wal ter's wife, vet she may know ever so much about the game of base ball and is “easy on the eyes. In the game of politics the person who aspires to leadership must show his ability_and prove the party in- tegrity. Though a man proves his ability and proves his right to leader- ship, such as Roosevelt did, vet he loses out when he chases strange gods. La Follette, with all his ability and constancy to an ideal, failed to reach the goal of his desire simply because he chased strange gods. A man may be said to have reached within striking distance of the high- est office in the land when he becomes a Governor of a State, a United States Senator, or a member of the House of Representatives. But it is a certainty that when a man reaches Congress he is among the “top-notchers” in the political game. There he meets hard- boiled campaigners who have survived the contest of wits and fortune. Kind- Iy men, honest men, patriotic men, but slaves to expediency, bound by custom to precedents that have be- come as much a part of our political machinery as the Constitution itself. The new member is not asked who his father is, what social strata his wife belongs to, how much money he has— but he is asked (figuratively), What party do vou belong to? What have vou done for the good of the party? Then he is assigned to the most un- desirable Congressman’s private office, the least desirable seat on the floor of Congress and the lowest round on the most unimportant committee—then he is entirely forgotten, execpt that he is watched with suspicion. Then it is up to the new member. If the whirligig of politics in the “sticks” has cast him into the arena of Congress without preparation and without special fitness to do his stunt in the rough-and-tumble game of state- craft, where honors are reluctantly accorded to the best, after long and arduous service the new Congress man finds himself a “dud” if not a dub. No woman can stand that. GROVER WARREN AYERS! Has England? Europe is now pay- ing to America three times the inter- est that America ever had to pay Europe. R The arrival in Berlin of Ambassador Schurmann brings much assurance of restoration of good will. This is emphasized by Germany's proposal of a security peace agreement between Western European nations. With such a peace pact, Germany offers to enter the League of Nations without any mental reservations, and she ap- proves President Coolidge's recent Cambridge speech—so disapproved in England—rebuking Europe for the continuing race friction and threaten- ing attitude. Yet Lord Balfour gives assurance that no dispute could arise between France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain which could not be settled by arbitration. That is what President Coolidge urges, and on only such a foundation péct could America give “any encouragement for a dis- position to attempt to flnance a re- vival of Burope.” (Copyright. 1025, by Paul V. Collive.y ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How many golf courses has Hone olulu?—M. B. A. There are four courses on the island of Oahu, upon which Honolulu is situated. Q. What 18 the extent of the fishing industry in Alaska?- N. A. In 1923 the finvestment in the fishery industries of Alaska was $6( 039,677, the total value of products | was $38,678,825 and the number of | persons employed was The output of canned salmon was 241,713, 456 pounds. Q. Is it correct to spell “judgment’ with an “e”—*judgement A. While “Judgment” is the pre- ferred spelling in the United the variation “judgement” is a able. In fact, while “‘judgment” from 1652, the spelling ‘“judgement” appeared as early as 1617. Q. When were Sunday base ball games first scheduled? V. R. A. The first time Sunday games were scheduled for all clubs was in 1892, Q. Where can one get information on how to pack goods for foreign ship- ment?—H. T. A. A. The Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce {ssues an elaborate hand book on packing for export markets. g% he designed the Vatican?—R. 1. A. A. The Vatican is not the work of one architect. It was built and added to during a period of many vears Pope Symmachus was the first to build a residence on this site. Nicho- las V (1447-55) began a systematic pol icy of improving the Vatican and this was continued by the succeeding Popes. The palace covers about: 13 acres and is said to contain over 1,100 rooms. The buildings are of different styles and epochs and were joined to. gether by many architects. Among the most noted architects and artists rep. resented are Raphael, Michelangelo Bramante, Bernini, San Gallo, Peru- fino, Da Volterra, Vasari, Varese and Fontana. Q. Where is the largest Quaker col lege in the United States?—C. H. A. Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., is the largest. It is co-educational and has about 500 students. Q. How many officers were there in the Regular Army when the World War began?—R. F. C. A. There were 6,000. The increase in size of the Army to 4.000,000 meant | increasing officers to 200,000, since in our Army there is one officer to ever; twenty men. Q. Who was the first woman America to demand a vote?’—O. S. A. This distinction belongs to Mar- garet Brent of Marvland. in Q. How many physiclans are there in China?—C. O. M. A. Only an estimate is available. Tt is belleved that there are about 4,000 trained native physicians and 1,500 foreign doctors. | Q. Who was the first major general | appointed by the Continental Con-| gress?—B. T. N A. Artemas Ward. Q. Was mica or isinglass known to the Indians?’—G. O. J. A. Mica was well known in prehis- toric America, and traces of its u are widespread. It was in general u. by the Indians east of the Gre Plains and was mined in many pa of the Appalachian highlands. It w: used for making personal ornaments and also for ceremonials. Sheets of | mica were often placed over the dead in burial. Q. Are there more men than women in the United States? How do th compare in England?—B. B. B. A. According to the last census (1920) of the United States there are ,220 more females in this country males. In Great Britain the census of 1921 shows that the pre- dominance of females over males is 1,720,802. Q. Is there any duty on aluminum ware sent to Scotland; and if so, may it be prepaid>—D. M. E. A. The Department of Commerce says that there is no duty on alumi- num ware going into Scotland. The duty on any article must be paid by the receiver. Q. Is there any Federal law against the use of the American flag for ad- vertising purposes?—F. M. A. The act of Congrt approved February 8, 1917, provided that the American flag should not be used for advertising purposes in the District of Columbia. This law declares that such use of the flag is a desecration, and imposes for violation of it a fine not to exceed $100, or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. While this law does not affect the States, 38 of these have passed similar laws. Q. To settle an argument, will you third says they may be eaten wit either a spoon or a fork.—J. . C A. It fs custgmary to cat ve with a fork. This applies in the of peas. Q. What kind of sound does give off if a streak in a cliff wel be struck with some sharp instru like a pick? What color wou e ? 3. K A. The Geological Survey says ths it has never heard of a usy sound being given off when locatir a streak of gold in a rock or a cliff When gold is found it may be neat any color, depending upon the exis conditions. Q. Is it possible for an oyster to change its sex?—J. R. K. A. Some modern scier clined to belleve that oyster may c ts are in the sex of an en birth and Q. Will you please tell gin of ti ion_** ord a chance to reco s or to pl fair. It is derived from the game of marbles, an alley being a large and choice pla ing mark the 1 Q. What country produces literature on the subject of provement?—C. ( A. In a speech made at Philadelph in 1924 former Attorney G H lan x ment: * r with ature the U row annually produces more pri pages relating to the subject of improvement t\in all the rest of tf world combired.” Q. Is Twain considered good 3 ‘A. From the standpoint of the & thor, Mar “Life of Jo: of Arc” was his favorite book. H torically it is regarded as valuable - of Joan of Arc M how is “The ur, compare Q. As regards size, Horse Fair,” by Bonh with other canvases?—C. E. B. A. The painting to which ¥ is said to be the executed by a ps ou refe “The Wha Q. Somewhere I have read of Road of the Loving Heart.” is it L A. “Alo Loto Alof of the Loving Heart, from Apia to V cost of the hi Nataafa chiefs as soon 2 from p: of Stevenson for The ro: " or “The Road’ was a roa The 1 were borne b as they were Robe Louis e for them. home. Q. In what States has the city manager plan been adopted mc ly? Is it confined the towns?—L. T. A. Michigan leads with manager cities, followed by Ca Six cities with a p 100,000 have vote re Cleveland, yton, Grand Ra A. Th s tember while not 7 the world's history, exce other in loss of life and prope rea affected W 1 degree Nearly 600 103,733 wor Q. What is the length of 17—A. B. M s 103 mi Ca Is Americ A. The “March Kin the fact that he is n Q a Bava . been in America s first Sousa came as an explorer, as an emigrant, as the band leader explains. is the Rue S. Honore A. This, in English, is the Stre Honoratus. He was the s Romano-Gaulish nok was clected Bis (The Government is spending your money to find out how to do things The Star, through its Washingto Information Bureau, is ready to fte you what the Government has found out. There is information availabls on practically cvery subject aff the daily life of the American ¢ Experts of the highest order are voting their entire time and energ to this great work of promoting th pubdlic welfare. What do you wa to know? What question can {l bureau answer for you? This servica tell me the correct way in which to eat peas? One person says they are always eaten with a spoon, another that a fork should be used, while a is free. Just inclose a 2-cent stam to cover the return postage. The Star Information Bureau first and C streets northuwe: Famous Old Fighting Ships Again Stir Nation’s Pulse’ Two famous American ships—the ancient frigate Coastitution, or “Old Ironsides,” and the battleship Oregon of Spanish War days—again are in the public eye and the subject of re- newed expressions of sentiment. Sep- arated by nearly a century in their days of active service, the historic fighting machines survive as visible reminders of the glory of the Navy. “0ld Ironsides,” relic of s: and wooden hulls, awaits on the New Eng- land coast the raising of funds for her preservation, while across the continent the veteran of the earliest steel-armored first-class battleships has passed into the custody of the State whose name she bears. “Oregon for the Oregon,” exclaims the New York World. “The most fa- mous_of American battleships since the Constitution has found her final resting place in Portland harbor, where the local pride of the Pacific coast will see that the slow processes of decay are as long as possible resist- ed and that no impious hand shall ‘tear her tattered ensign down.'” * k ¥ ¥ Recalling the popular thrill in the Spring of 1898 when the Oregon steamed around Cape Horn to aid in giving battle to the Spanish fleet, the Syracuse Herald calls the feat “a novel Sheridan's ride of magnified and prolonged dramatic appeal to fit the mighty stage of two oceans,” and asks: “Is there no American poet who can glorify the Oregon as Oliver Wendell Holmes did ‘Old Ironsides’?” ~The Astoria Budget says: “Would that Sam Simpson, the sweet singer of Oregon, were alive today to pay a final tribute to the old battleship on the occasion of its last voyage, just as he did when it was launched for its maiden trip.” Of this early period of achievement, the Portland, Oreg., Journal declares: “Ships are like men. Some are vivid with heroism, virile in action, and in themselves their own monuments. Of such is the battleship Oregon. On the memorable night when the Maine was sunk the Oregon was in dry dock, the ship's hospital. It was as if she leaped from her sick-bed to rally to the na- tion’s defense. There has not been such another race around the Horn, such battling with storm, such out- maneuvering of hostile warcraft and such victory over them as were put into the undying record of the Ore- gon's prowess.” Further tribute comes trre: the Bellingham Herald with the thought: “The old Oregon, though in outward appearance little changed, no longer surges with life Yet nothing can daunt the spirit of the famous battleship. That will live always, and America, with sentiment which thrills at the story of ‘Old Iren sides,’ will not forget the Oregon.” % % * An_impressive incident is seen 1 the New Orleans Item Tribune as 't} Oregon ‘bulldog’ of the Americ Navy, holder of all records, victo Santiago, goes to her last ancho Inspiration ever is found story of the Constitution—"Old Iro sides.” “American youth for more than three generations has been i spired and thrilled by the story of Old Ironsides,” s the Utica Observer Dispatch. *“No single ship in Amer: can history has ever occupied the unique place held by this famous frig ate. One of the last bills passed b, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Navy to receive private donations to pay for the work that must be done on this ship to preserve her for an- other generation or two. It is pecu larly appropriate that the appeal should be made to the school children of America. The Terre Haute Star recalls thal, “When Nelson's flagship, Victory, was threatened with the fate which has menaced the Constitution, Great Brit in hastened to raise funds that stone drydock might be devoted to the preservation of this famous ship.” The Star adds that “the Constitution means as much to the United State: as the Victory means to Great Bri ain,” and expresses the opinion that the Daughters of 1812, who are as ing in raising the fund, “will f Americans full of patriotic feeling fo ‘that deck once red with heroes blood.” " n i TR A call for the Oliver Wendell Holmes of today is uttered by the Louisville Post, which asks: “Has not the Navy a few pennies it can spare to preserve the ‘Constitution’?> It spent millions for ships that were junked in accord with the terms of ‘the 5.5-3 treaty Why not a few thousands’ for ‘Ofd Ironsides’?”” Rather than let the ship “go to the scrap pile” the Corninz, Leader would follow the poet's ad vice— “Set every threadbare sail And {:v‘ her to the god of storms The lightning and the gale."