Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......July 11, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor | The Evening Star Newspaper Company Businesa Office 11eh St and Pennevivania Ave New York Office: 110 East 32nd St Chicazy Ofife Buildthe Buropean Office nt St., London, b Eng R | The Evening Sta edition. 15 city at’ 60 ents per nth with the Sunday morn rs within | aily only. | 20 cents Tor | vy | month N at the end of each > | Rate by Mail—Payabl Advance. | Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday =840 aily only 3600 Sunday’ onls $2.40 1sr 1y 1y All Other States. Daily onty oo 01 35 SE2:00 Member of the Assocl: 1o the use f Datehes. cre fted in 1 nirk of spe vaper 1 he 1l Al news ts of publication spatches herein are also reserved. | The Traffic Bureau Change. the last Just | sed an act creating a depart- traffic under the District Com- missioners, with a director at its head, for the purpose of a more effective regulation of traffic in Washington. The administrative powers of the di- rector, subject to the Commissioners, to be ly, ef. fected th gh the police force, which zed by the same act for that The police co-operation with and service under the director of traf fic vested in an inspector, who e responsible to the director execution of orders and the regulations. session held ¢ ment ¢ were rgely indeed maij was enla purpose was was n for th enforcement of imissioners appointed a di trafiic careful ration of all available persons, & man whose qualifications have been recogniz munity after a most :d and accepted by the com After several weeks it found that there was lack of co-opera tion with him on the part of the in spector who after a long period of service in traffic work had been assigned to that post. The Com- 1sly decided upon s it was of police, a missioners un a change in perso; unfortuna required the demotion of the inspector to a captaincy. They nnounced that this change had been made “for the good of the service,” without details re garding the nature of the failure of co-operation with the director on the part of the inspector An agitated discussion has followed this change in personnel, friends and partisans of the demoted inspector de- manding a hearing for him. The Com missioners, for whose action in mak- ing this change without trial or hear- ing there is abundant precedent, have declined to reopen the case, replying to a resolution adopted by one of the civic organizations that in their judg ment a full publication of all the facts upon which their administrative acts are based would not be in the public interest It is much to be deplored that this heated discussion has arisen. The Commissioners are vested with re- sponsibility for the execution of the law. They found that the adminis- tration of the new law required a change of personnel, which they or- dered. They are entitled to confidence in their good faith, in their justice, and in their judgment. If the com- munity cannot give them that confi- dence in this matter it cannot give it to them in any other matter of munic- ipal administration There is nothing in this case to war- rant a failure of public confidence in the Commissioners. They had select ed affic of exceptional | qualifications and ability They were in duty bound to give him a police representative as his aide who would give loyal and efficient co-operation. In making a change to this end they were compelled to impose a loss of and pay upon an officer whose had been excellent and whose services had been valuable, but who, in the present conditions, did not meet the requirements of his assignment. There is nothing in the law or in the pr: the Police Department requiring hearings trials in the case of of higher rank where only change of status is I | the Commissioners were compelled to grant he: to conduct trials whenever and subordinate nime a change whic ely specifi ns or in a director of t rank record or office involved. ngs or the rank pay of any officer of the District gov- involved, they would |n‘| with quasi-judicial responsibility would be which is iide to detailed ad Their affairs ernment are overwhelmed duty. Their divided with public not an infallible ministrative action tration of District hampered and re ent they have made in reaching a decision ommenc they laws Misunde: complete or incorrect garding this has led to a discus- sion which cannot helpfully serve the officer demotion or the community, the security of which is at stake in the officient administra tion of the traffic law. A tion of that discussion will not effect change situation the >pinion adminis- would be In this pre: no mistake upon the those arded rec- whom of the ations for upon rely the execution inding based upon in information re case who has suffered continua- the | in the or serve iblic welfare. v ——— An upor ev enduring topic has fixed this time by Col What- may be said on the subject evolu- will never be as completely for- gotten as “16 to 1. been Bryan. tion ——— Independence Day Losses. Compilation of the tragedies incident the observance of Independence day places the deaths at over 250 and the injuries of more than 400, not counting the Boston cabaret disaster, which itself took more than 40 lives. This is probably an incomplete record. This fact is indicated by the statement that Illinois reports 57 dead and over 100 injured, more than onefifth of the mortalities and one-fourth of the disablements. The compilation was effected within Chicago. Actually the record for ilinois was more complete to ! {vield a very | Tramc enumeration in all of the States would much larger total of casualties than that reported. appears to have been the chief cause of these holiday tragedies. There were collisions between ma- chines, and there were also grade- crossing accidents which took a heavy toll of life. The use of the motor car was exceptionally heavy throughout the country. As Independence day fell aturday advantage was taken of an extended holidaly period from mid- Jay on Friday until Monday morning. veral million people were on the voad. The highways were congested. There was much carelessness. The number of deaths and injuries ue to fireworks was small. The direct servance of the anniversary did not on & lin itself take a heavy toll of lite and limb. Much has been gained in this re- Had the old conditbons pre vailed last Saturday and Sunday, how- ever, with unstinted use of deadly ex- plosives by “celebrants” of all ages, and with the motor car as freely in the total of casualties in the name of Independence day observance would have been appalling. spect. use, e Seeking to Aid China. “Not a Chinaman's a ng that epitomizes the treatment accorded China for years by world powers. chance” is sl expression Three years and more ago representatives of nine of the great countries of the world, assembled in Washington, negotiated two treaties dealing with China and adopted half a dozen separate resolutions proposing to improve conditions for the Chinese. The underlying purpose of these treat- ies and resolutions was to give China a chance, a chance to help herself. The tr ing to China have been ratified by all the powers except France, and the mber of Deputies within the last day or two has finally put its seal of approval on them, and it expected that the French Senate will follow suit. The powers involved in the treaties, besides France and China, are the United States, Belgium, the British Empire, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Por- tugal, all of which are keenly inter- ested in problems of the Pacific Ocean. It worth while at this date to utter words of regret because France has not been more expeditious in her action on these important treat- ies. The fact is that France, for one reason or another, did delay. Condi- tions in China, which at the time of the negotiation of the treaties in 1922 gave promise of improving if the pow- ers acted in good faith and in accord- ance with the provisions of the treat- ies, have grown worse. Today the fat is in the fire. It will be far more dif- ficult, perhaps, to make headway in the satisfactory adjustment of Chinese relations with foreign nations than it would have been three or two years or even one year ago. The two treaties relate to principles and policles to be followed by the na- tions in regard to China and to Chi- nese customs tariff. It may seem strange to Americans familiar with the tariff question at home to know that the Chinese are not allowed by the foreign powers to establish such cus- toms tariff as they desire in their own country. But such is the case and has been for years. The control over the customs has been wrung from the Chinese under one guise or another, and the duties have been kept at such a low rate that China has been unable to raise sufficient revenue to maintain a strong government. Extraterritoriality is another ques- tion in which the Chinese are vitally interested, the power of foreign gov- ernments to establish courts of thelr own within Chinese territory to try their nationals. The Washington con- ference proposed that this should be studied carefully, with a view to the ultimate abolition of extraterritoriality. The United States has been tradi- tionally a friend of China. At the Washington conference this country stood China’s good friend in the nego- tiation of these treaties. Much was won for China at this conference, and it is to be hoped that finally steps will be taken to set in motion the ma- chinery then proposed to help China help herself. President Coolidge is to hold an im- portant conference with Secretary Kel- logg of the State Department on the Chinese question. His aim is to aid China, and to use the good offices of the United States to bring about a settlement of the present difficulties in China. If the President s success- ful in his efforts he will have accom- plished much toward peace in the world. aties rel French ( is is scarcely —————— Whenever an accident occurs atten. tion is concentrated on making that particular spot more safe, which helps to account for the fact that the next accident occurs at some other point whose needs of safeguarding have been neglected e r———. Kindness to Animals. The American Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals has brought legal action against an ime porter of wild animals, and charges him with cruelty to Polar bears. The charge is that the man kept 21 Polar bears seven months in cages in which they could not turn around and could not stand. An agent of the society re- ported that the bears were emaclated and crippled by confinement in the crates in which they were shipped from Germany and England last Fall. Even more distressing details are set forth. It seems unnatural that an im- porter of animals should be cruel to the point of reducing the sale value of ais stock. It would be reasonable that & man, even though without heart and feeling for dumb creatures, would seek to keep them in as good condition for sale and profit as he could. In advance of the court proceedings the officials of the soclety have said that it is the worst case of dumb-brute mistreat- ment handled by them in 50 years. It is a praiseworthy thing, creditable to our civilization, that there are per- sons who will give time to taking the part of animals against men who mal- treat them. The man who will save a dumb beast from suffering has some- thing finer in his spirit than the man who is indifferent. Animals suffer be- cause of the cruelty, coarseness and ig- than for the other States, and the dis- norace of some men, and they cannot .| Corntossel. THE EVENING The best they can do is to show wounds, sores, evidence of hunger und frightened, haunted eyes. Sometimes they make timid and appealing cails to us, but they seem to feel that it is alnrost g forlorn hope to seek food or shelter from a man. Their experience with human nature has been hard. It s remarkable that so many per- sons professing love of nature, rever- ence for its author and many fine sentiments concerning civilization, cul- ture, uplift and all that are indifferent or ruthless to wretched, helpless crea- tures. A crippled, starving dog may excite no compassion. A poor cat, eloquent with signs of struggle, hunger and varied forms of misery, is driven off without a bit to eat or a gentle word. Sometimes a person will say, as though to excuse a hardness of nature, “I don't like cats anyway.” Another may say, “Only a tramp dog.” That is the particular reason the dog needs a helping hand. There is credit in being kind to the creature that needs it. Kindness to the creature that does not need it is often but mean flattery. The more forlorn the creature the more good in helping it. These New York men and women set a good example In taking the part of the Polar bears. More and more people are looking with pity on caged animais, and are insisting that they shall be well treated. In public zoos, and in our own especially, one feels that everything that s kind and wise is done for the good of the animal and that they pass their days in com- fort and more security than they would in the wild state. R A war against flirting in the streets of Washington is to be declared. The fictitious Mikado “who decreed in words suceinct whoever flirted, leered or winked, unless connubially linked, should straightway be beheaded.” was altogether too severe. Yet he appears to have had the germ of a fine idea. s Russians who assume that the fight in China is a fight for sovietism dem- onstrate the willingness of human am- bition to assume any kind of dis- creditable responsibility rather than be out of camera range. ———— The country is now consuming more oil than it produces, which® means that it will eventually be producing more automobiles than people can supply with fuel. The parking prob- lem may vet solve itself. O — Publicity works in curiouss wa; The recent earthquake will deter no- body from going to Santa Barbara, and has called attention to its advan tages of natural beauty and enterpris- ing citizenship. S An increase in the cost of next Winter's anthracite is feared. This will enable the average citizen to know precisely what he is going to do with any money saved to him by tax reduction. —_— e The Riffs are not eminently power- ful as warriors, but they have im- pressed themselves as strategists by prolonging the difficulty and making it expensive to France. —_— e At the Dayton, Tenn., rally Col. Bryan will not be interrupted as he ‘was last Summer by an unruly gallery that insists on singing “Sidewalks of, New York.” T SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILA IlFK‘J:fl_\‘SfiN Honeysuckles. Blossoms climbin’ 'round the gate, Smilin’ at the sky, ‘Where the honeysuckles wait As the hours go by. Palaces are reared in pride, Fortresses are made To command the reverence wide Which to pow'r is paid. Yet such splendor’s incomplete ‘Wheresoe’er you goam. Blossoms with a fragrance sweet ‘Whisper, “Here is home.” Intellectual Turbulence. “After all,” remarked the solemn soliloquist, ‘“when a man has the Bible and Shakespeare he possesses the thoughts that are most worth while.” “And yet,” replied Senator Sorghum, “what are you going to do? If you quote the Bible, you are lable to collide with Darwinianism, and if you recite Shakespeare you risk a con- troversy on the Baconian theory.” Commercial Advantage. The Arctic voyager takes heart, Yet often dwells in sad neglect. The iceman drives his little cart And gains both profit and respect. Jud Tunkins says when a man buys clothes now he's got to take his choice between appearing unfashionable or looking funny. A Yearn for Autocracy. “If there should be another war would you be willing to see property conscripted as well as men? “I surely would,” answered Farmer “Nothin' would please me better than to have the power of the state step in with full military au- thority an’ settle this here cussed mortgage its own way.” The Truth and Nothing But! Although the politician seeks To shun words of asperity, The truth our weather man still speaks 3 And risks unpopularity. STAR, WASHINGTON, . D, C. SATURDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Now that the holiday season is here, it may be well to note that Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, did not much believe in “going away to the seashore for the Summer. Human nature was astonighingly the same 2,000 years ago as it is to- day. What men do now they more or less did then, only they had chariots instead of automobiles and arenas instead of speedways and theaters. Listen to Marcus make out his case, not so much against vacations, of course, as for ‘retiring into one's self. Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, seashores and mountains, and thou, too, t wont to desire such things very much. “But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it I in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. “For nowhere, either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts. that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity “And I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind" So Marcus. Aureliug, in the opening passages of his fourth book, which I am relating today to the modern world, to help remove, if possible, the feeling of some that his “Meditations,"” from which the above is selected, is a strange, old book. It is an old book, certainly, but as much up-to-date as the latest novel, because it deals with the most up- to-date thing in the world—human nature ¥ The retreat into one's basis of more than eme philosophy, anclent and modern; let us listen as the good Emperor tells how it is done £ then give to thyself 2 ; elf; “And let thy principles be brief and fundamental (Mr. Bryan, please note), which, as soon as thou shalt recur to them, will be sufficient to clear the soul completely, and to send tk back free from all discontent with the things to which thou returnest.” Surely America today needs this warning. Almos every one seems discontented with something or some- body or some conditions or other. Dis- content is divine, it is true, but even the divine may be overdone. “For with what art thou tented?” asks Marcus Aurelius. the badness of men? “Recall to thv mind this conclu sion, that rational animals (men) ex ist for one another, and that to en dure is a part of justice, and that men do wrong involuntarily; and con sider how many eady, after mutual enmity, suspicion, hatred and fight ing, have been stretched dead, re- duced to ashes, and be quiet at last In other words, we more or les: have to put up with persons we do not care for, much as they have to tolerate us. “I pray you, brethren, tolerate me, id “the clergyman, upon his election, and that is the prayer of all mankind. “I pray you, brethren, tolerate me." Aurelius continue: “But perhaps thou are dissatisfied with that which is assigned to thee out of the universe Ah! There he self is the a strikes the note of universal discontent. Harken, all ye who own $10,000 houses, and want $15,000 houses, who have $500 auto- mohiles and want $5,000 car “Recall to thy recollection,” Aure- lius tells all and sundry, “this alterna- tive: Either there is providence or atoms (fortuitous concurrence of things); or remember the arguments world s a kind of political com- munity, and be quiet at last.” His argument here, it seems, is that either we are all the result of Providence assigning us our places, as well as our houses, cars, etc., or merely the result of chance, and that in either case we cannot much alter results, and that the world is a huge ward in which the Boss Politicians have control, “and so stop your kick- ng."” ‘With this argument we may regis- ter some dissent, remembering the chaotic years in which our author wrote, when the old gods were van- ishing. * ok ok ¥ It pain and pleasure worry one too much, Marcus says, making one dis- contented, he should realize that in the mind, it he has a workable one, he possesses a means to subdue them To me it has always give a thrill to remember that the mind does not sweat. No matter how one’s bones ache, the trusty old brain does its best to function, and generally does so to the best of its ability. Maybe the desire for fame one, our philosopher b £ soon evervthing is forgotten he con- tinues, adding a striking sentenci “Look at the chaos of infinite time on each side of the present.” He pictures the present as a moun tain peak, set in the middle of a great plain, or, better, a great sand dune in a waste of beach, with time past on one side, and time to come stretch- ing away on the other—and the dune itself moved with the winds. Now hear the conclusion whole matter: ““This, then, remains: Remember to retire into this little territory of thy own, * * * and look at thin man, as a human belng, as a citizen. Our perturbations come only from the opinion which is within, he says, recalling the biblical injunction, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” “Life is opinion,” says Marcus Aure- lus, and it takes one many, many years of living to even begin to find out that he was more or less correct. “Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, ‘I have been harmed.” Take away the complaint, ‘I have been harmed,’ and the harm is taken away.” He who will inwardly digest that, to the best of his ability, wiil have one of the best helps that thinking can give him to go through this world happily. I hasten to add that there are, of course, other helps than the mind. Sometimes a large application of dollars soothes beyond all words. X% % “Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, or such as he wishes thee to have, but look at them as they are in truth.” In modern words, do not let some mean guy, out of his nasty disposi. tion, hurt vour feelings by reason of his nastiness, and implant in you the same nasty feelings and motives that he had. This is only common sense, in the last analysis, but most uncommon sense, too, In practical application. Marcus Aurelius knew it; that was why he wrote about it. Sometimes even he was driven to the doctrine of indifferencs ““Many grains of frankin- cense on the same altar; one falls be. fore, another falls after; but it makes no difference.” He gets back, in self-defense, to his favorite doctrine, which he could not tell himself too often, nor we our. selves: “While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.” ee how of the Country-Wide Air Routes Believed to Be Near at Hand High hopes of an early extension of air mail service to principal S the country over have been aroused by the spectacular inauguration of night-line planes between New York and Chicago. From a novelty of just a little while ago the air postman has become a practical reality, and talk now turns confidently to rapid de- velopment which will give the United States a network of alr routes and revolutionize the postal service. “Flying 700 miles over a great white way that makes Broadway look like a flickering smudge,” savs the Phila- delpkia Bulletin, “the air night mail between New York and Chicago has realized Rudyard Kipling's dream 7 vears ahead of the date he anticipated. American aviators have blazed the way for transcontinental routes. Rain or shine, snow or hail, the intrepid aerfal postman is to be confidently counted on hereafter.” In the vision of the Chicago Daily News, “‘mail soon will be exchanged overnight between hundreds of cities a tMousand miles apart,” and “the drawing together of all sections of the country by speedy communication brings to the Nation increased physical and moral strength, better understanding, higher efficiency and greater prosperity.” S “America has the planes and the men, and it is rapidly learning to use them,” remarks the Baltimore Sun, which declares that in the inaugura: tion of the New York-Chicago night ice “‘aviation takes on a different guise in the United States as the postal flyers start their regular night trips through the air, whose dangers, until recentl; were thought too great to permit regular flights by day.” The difficulties overcome in the en- terprise impress the Atlanta Journal. “So apparently simple is the establish- ment of the regular night service be- tween the cities that difficulties in- volved escape notice,” says the Jour- nal. “There were difficulties a-plenty, however. Night flying is fraught with many dangers, yet these have been re- duced to a minimum. The most haz- ardous part of the journey is over the Allegheny Mountains. In these heav- ily timbered mountains five landing fields have been cleared and will be maintained to meet such emergencies as may arise.” Pointing to the significance of this service as the forerunner of others, the Louisville Courier-Journal ob- serves that the development “is impor- tant in that it marks the spreading out of new air routes, which sooner or later will form a network throughout the country,” and adds: “It is too much to say that the ultimate has been reached in eliminating distance. It is enough to remark that aviation as a commercial factor is rapidly coming into its own.” * k ok X The Memphis News-Scimitar calls at- tention to the possibility of forwarding mail by airplane from the Tennessee July Discontent. “Our prayers for rain were an- swered.” Yes,” answered the man with the wilted collar. “We didn't go strong enough. We ought to have prayed for snow." “A bootlegger makes money so easy said Uncle Eben, ‘“dat he hasn’t yet worked up a plan to hold de undertaker up foh commissions.” —_——— School Yards for Parking. From the Portland Press Herald. Speaking of parking space for autos, why not make use of the schogl yards when the Summer tourist husiness (pssiag conclusion is (hat as full an ! tell in words of their distress and painy) peging to demand. Al city early in the afternoon so as to reach Chicago in time to make connec- tion with the New York plane. Such service, the News-Scimitar says, “would be worth annually many hun- dred thousands to the Memphis banks alone; it would be valuable to other business interests proportionately.” Another community which looks for- ward to extension is Wichita, Kans. On a map of the Middle West today,” the Wichita Beacon reminds us, “is a heavy black line running southwest- ward from Chicago to Dallas. It has four intermediate stopping points, and these are Moline, Kansas City, Wichita and Oklahoma City. It is the route of the new Government air mail line. This means putting Wichita in close mail connection with New York and other Eastern points. It means other important developments.” The care involved in Jaying out the New York-Chicago course is empha- sized by the Anaconda Standard, which states that “it was necessary to ac- quire and light an airway with 46 emergency landing flelds and 56 bea- cons, at an expense of $500,000.” As to the future, the Standard believes it is “only a question of time before the air mail service will be extended in all directions.” Remarking on the public interest in crossing the continent by air, the Des Moines Tribune tells how “thousands on thousands of Des Moines people went to the vicinity of the air mail field to see the arrival of the first plane of the regular transcontinental alr mail service with mail for the city."” The Charlotte Observer, however, be- lieves that “ten years hence the peo- ple will be accepting the air mail with the same lack of concern with which they now receive the mail by railroad train.” Aside from the direct importance of developing the postal service, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram_sees great sig- nificance in the night routes as a means of expediting “the development of commercial aviation in the United States by private individuals and cor- porations, through making available technical data concerning night opera- tion over an illuminated airway.” Evi- dence of the notable progress of sci- ence also is found by the Springfield, ©Ohio, News, which believes recent de. velopments presage much for the fu- ture. A Huge Success. If the managements of the New Haven or the New York Central were asked what branch of business was the best and what new development in_transportation was proving the most profitable, both would agree that the excursion department was & feature and the Montreal run more profitable than operating three. cylinder locomotives or auto trucks in place of freight trains. Last week end these two roads car- ried s0 many hot and arid New York- ers on an education excursion to the famous old Canadian metropolis for $10 a head, up and delivered back, that both refused for several days to make public the number of excursion. ists for fear an envious public might demand excursions every day. The two roads took 2,003 persons on that first experimental excursion. l The trains were operated on fairly fast schedules, but not as limited trains, and the cars were all day coaches, but the eager tourlsts didn't mind that at all. They returned Sun- day night the same way, arriving in New York Monday morning, and {minded the trip back even less. Crews of the excursion trains reported no trouble and a great deal of harmony. —Wall Street Journal. One for the Radio. From the Baltimore Sun. The radio has one advantage over a phonograph. It doesn’'t perpetuate popular songs. Vocabulary Less Voluble. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. An adjective doesn’t sound old and threadbare to the man in whose com- plimentary write-ups it appears. One of the Lost Arts, ° From the Baker (Oreg.) Democrat. » There may be a few darning needles left in the world, but they won't be found in the modern hope chests, $ by which it has been proved that the JULY 11 THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. This is the age of the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, the movie mechanical, highly speeded-up age. Can it by any possibility also be a poetic age? Is good poetry now writ- ten, published and read? The Book- lover will not attempt any general an- swer to these questions, but will con- tent himself with presenting some con- crete evidence for an affirmative an- swer, in the shape of an anthology of American and English poetry which bears striking testimony to the vital- ity of poetry today. This anthology is the well known “Home Book of Verse,” and its recent extension, “The Home Book of Modern Verse,” both compiled by Burton E. Stevenson. N Tt is believed that the history of this enterprise affords convincing proof of the vast body of good poetry on which the anthologist may draw, of the rapid production of good poetry in recent rears and of the demand for poetry by the public. The first edition of “The Home Book of Verse” was pub- lished in 1412, The compiler's aim was to_include the best short poems in the English language from 1580 to the date of publication. Notwith- standing the limitations of copyright which caused the omlission of some poems desired for inclusion, the book ran to more than 3,700 pages. Only by the use of India paper could it be comprised in a single volume. The editor records that there was a tenta- tive agreement with the publisher that the anthology should be revised and enlarged from time to time, pro- vided the demand for the book should justify the expenditure. It proved a success from the start, due in part to the fact that it was published when a poetic revival was gathering force and when public interest in poetry was in creasing to a remarkable degree. But this situation both compelled and jus- tifled the revision of the anthology to include the new .generation of poets, such Masefield, Alfred Noves, Frost, Robinson, Lindsay and Walter de la Mare, so that within five years from the first publication a new edi- tion was issued with nearly 600 addi- tional poems. With the fifth edition, published in 1922, the book Had been swelled to more than 4,000 pages, a fat, bulky volume, since there is a limit to the thinness even of India paper. But present day poets are not to be held in leash by any such limita. tlons. Many of the older members of the guild have gone on doing better work, and a still younger generation has been coming on bringing much of solid achlevement. To give proper representation these later poetic offerfngs, Mr. Stevenson has prepared an extension of the older book in the form of a separate volume, “The Home Book of Modern Verse.” This, too, already makes a rather formidable tome, extending to nearly 1200 pages and containing more than 1,200 poems by more than 400 writers. %ok Too much emphasis has been put on mere bulk in what has been said of this anthology Big as both volumes are, the exceedingly skillful and dis- criminating anthology emphasises the facts that three or four times as much material was assembled as could be used, that the poems finally selected had ‘survived repeated readings and repeated winnowings, and that their survival was due solely to their con- { tent and quality and not at all to their authorship. In the case of both vol umes the results have been highl satisfactory, whether the reader is in | search of the full text of old favorites, | whether he wishes representative se- lections from_specific poets, or_just good verse. The arrangement of the books is likewise excellent and sery- iceable. Grouped by subject accord- ing to an interesting classification that sequence, the librarian-compiler has furnished each volume with tables of | contents, indexes of authors, of first lines and of titles, thus making the volumes of the utmost value as books of reference. In quality and execution “The Home Book of Verse” and its modern extension to cover twentieth century verse fully deserve their popu- larity. = * ¥ It seems almost as if May Sinclair must have had some compunctions, or perhaps some complaints from her readers, after she wrote “A Cure for Souls,” which made her, in justice to the English clergy, hasten to assure the public that they are not all like the selfish, ease-loving rector in “A s or Souls.” In “The Rector of 3 she has drawn an exactly op- posite type, a saint and yet so real a man that we suffer with him in the undeserved troubles which make him old before his time. His is no life of luxury and self-indulgence; of eating sun-ripened peaches in his garden be- fore breakfast, of driving out for pleasure on fine days and reading and dozing by the drawing room fire on bad days, of finishing each day with the dinner of an epicure. The days of John Crawford, rector of Wyck, and his devoted wife, Mattie, ar> spent in visiting the sick, feeding tbe hungry and trying to reclaim sinners. When they sit down together Ly the evening lamp they are both go tired that often they are equal to no occupation ex- cept talking about their two children, Milly and Derek. There is never enough money to provide delicate food, modish clothes or beautiful home fur- nishings. Whatever can be spared must always be spent on the poor of Wyck and on saving for the educa- tion of the two children. Even the little pony cart has to be given up after John's drunken brother Charles departs for America, leaving his wife and children for John to support. And the Summer trip to Switzerland, Southern France and Italy, which John and Mattie have talked of ever since before they were married, is never taken. The satisfaction from their children which might perhaps have been expected to follow their un- selfish devotion, does not come. Milly is always “so good” that her mother and every ome else wonders at her, but her goodness develops into self- righteousness, and in doing her duty to the world she entirely neglects her parents. Derek leads his father and mother into the Valley of Humilia- tion, when they discover that the son whom they have believed so clever, so wonderful, is a drunkard. Yet the life of the rector of Wyck is mot en- tirely a story of Job. He is absorbed in his parish and his work, the de- voted love between himself and his wife is unimpaired by time or trouble, and nothing even seriously disturbs the deep faith and peace in his soul. * % %k X A biography which fails to satisty the curiosity, or call-it legitimate in- terest, of the reader is Ernest Bren- necke's “Life of Thomas Hardy.” Mr. Brennecke seems far more interested in comment on Hardy’s novels and poetry than in the facts of his life, yet a biography should be concerned with a life. *““The Dynasts,’ "’ he says, ““can be compared to mnothing of our own day and only to the greatest of other days,” but he tells us very little of Hardy’s methods of work and the circumstances of his life while he was creating *The Dynasts” and his great novels of Wessex. Only about 30 pages are given to the period of 28 vears in which he wrote practically all of his fiction. Hardy bas had many literary friendships and asso- ciations, but we are given few glimpses of them in this book. Probably the fact the subject of the biography is still living has limited the biographer both in his freedom and in the ma- terial available. LTSI L e e The One Sure Thing. From the Indianapolis Star. No one can get a reputation as a wrophet by predicting the downfall of '8 European cabinet. heightens the pleasure of reading in| ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Q. What salary do the president, secretary and treasurer of the Ameri- can Legion receive?—E. C. A. The American Leglon says that the national commander receives $7. 200; national adjutant, $7,500; national treasurer, no salary. Q. What is the difference between a fog and a cloud?—A. S. A. It is a difference of height from the earth. Fog is a cloud on the earth; cloud is a fog in the sky. Q. When were diamonds first found in South Africa?—RB. D. C. A. They were discovered in 1867. South African diamonds constitute more than 90 per cent of the world's supply. From their discovery to the present time they have yieided 90, 000,000 carats. Q. Who was the first boxing cham pion of England?—G. T. G. A. James Figg was the first recog nized champion of England. No da of Figg's birth is obtainable, but it is supposed to have been about 1695 Figg weighed about 185 and stood close to 6 feet. He was born at Thame, in Oxfordshire, England. He died December 8, 1734. Previous to 1719 Figg was known as a fir swordsman, cudgeler and box ‘was considered more adept as swordsman than a pugilist, but later he took more to boxing, defeating every man he met in stand-up fights. Q. Who gave name?—E. T. A. Capt. John Smith traveled the as far east as the Penobscot River ard south as far as Cape Cod in 1614-1616, made a map of the r glon, and suggested the name of Ne: England. -A new charter was drafted in 1620 under this name. Q. How much water-power developed fn the United State A. Charles P. Steinmetz calc on the basis of collecting ever drop that falls in the United and all the power it could produce on its way to the ocean, being developed, that there would be possible about 300,000,000 horsepow his repy sents about the present annual con sumption of coal. Q. How does the density of Betel geuse compare with that of the shn? A. While this star has a 300 times that of the sun, it has a den- sity of not more than one-thousandth part of that of the air in a room. The sun is 1.4 times as dense as water, England” its Q. Can an ex-British ing a pension from the British gov ernment become an American citizen and still retain his pension—T. J. J A. The British Library of Inform: tion s that an ex-British does not forfeit his pension by ing an American citizen. soldier recef soldier becom Q. Who were the George Washington's |w. L. | A. Cols. Little, Sims, Payne, W sin, Ramsay and Marsteler. pallbearers at funeral? —G. '3 Q. In how many states can matter exist?—F. C. » A. It exists in liquid and gaseou: Q. What was the largest of the old clipper ships?—J. O. T. A. The Great Republic, which was three states—solid, depth of hold of 37 feet. was 4,000 tons. Th capac Q. Do more men or women remarry There is a genuine enterprise active in Washington, and the police are not interfering in the least degree. (“If this be libek—make the most of it") s Certain bankers are interested in the profits—John Joy Edson, in- stance, is the chairman of the board— and the gains are certainteed to be more than sat ctory to every in- vestor in the “‘preferred stock.” While | the scheme is not a land investment rivaling Florida, it has a certain i terest in headquarters located not far from the famous hut of Joaquin Miller in Rock Creek Park. There, hidden by the forest, like a moo shiner's still, the headquarters are shielded from public view so effectu- ally that none but an experienced “revenooer” is likely to discover In fact, there is a steady procession of automobiles passing within a quar- ter of a mile of the hidden camp, with not one of the pleasure-seckers suspecting its proximity. Yet, many a traveler is mystified when he catches rippling through the trees and echoing amid the hills the merry laughter of 150 children splashing of water punctuated with shouts of diving boys or paddling girls. That is the “dividend” which is declared daily by this remarkable “blue-sky” enterprise, which even the police are winking at and bankers are underwriting with such comfidence. Blue sky? Some of the 150 partici- pants never had seen so much blue sky in their 10 or 12 years of life as they are seeing now daily in Camp Good Will, in Rock Creek Park. It is the best investment in Wash- ington and vet there is an opportu nity for large or small investors to get in on the ground floor by apply- ing to the Summer Outings Commit- tee, Social Service House, 1022 Elev- enth street northwest. Stock is sold at par In any quantity, share is backed by some boy or girl whose heart is filled with joy over a two-week outing, which would have been impossible otherwise. Some of the shares are supported even by working mothers, who, with their children, are there in the wood: in the tented camp, actually resting. Rest in hot weather for some of the mothers of Washingto: Rest under the whispering trees! Rest in the woods before dawn when the bird choir is chirruping high C and low G and the morning breeze is so heav- enly There in the camp is a baby house, presided over by a trained nurse and a “practical nurse,” who know all about how to carry babies through their second Summer and make them fat and jolly. The nurses not only bathe and feed the babies just right, but they teach their secrets to the mothers. And the babies sleep—sleep— and wake up laughing over their baby dreams. That is the “extra dividends” on the stock. How scientific handling of babies has changed the statistics! A few years ago a quarter of the babies born in Washington died of wrong feeding, before they were 3 years old; now only 1 out of 82 so perishes. In Camp Good Will the babies of the scrubwoman and of the seamstress have the same scientific treatment that only much money can insure in the homes of the favored rich. How much is bid for stock in this blue sky corporation of Good Will? The Kiwanis Club made a run on that stock some time ago and now holds three of the principal “skyscraper” buildings of the camp—the baby house the dining house and head- quarters’ house. But it shall not cor- ner the market. A patriot named Wardman has run a close second by building, at cost, a swimming pool, 30 by 50 feet, where the youngsters perform great feats in water from 2 to 4 feet deep. On the opening day, after Chairman Edson had sent up some oratorical eagles, a boy swam clear across the lue stock for diameter | 325 feet long, 53 feet beam, with a | rily | it. | or the | and every | C J. HASKIN. after they D. J. C. A. A report Census have become widowed? of the Bureau of the vould indicate that more men remarry. According to this report, in 1920 there were 1,758,308 widowers ir the United States and 3,917,625 widows. Q. Was there much difference be tween the actual cost of the Arm: camps in the United States during the World War, and what ¥ been esti mated to have been a proper cost H. D. J A. According to the report of a sub committee of Cong charged with Investigating the expenditures of the War Department in connection with | the construction and nidntenance of amps and cantonments, the actua t determined fro; War Department ecords was $206,632,920, while the es | timated proper cost was § | The lack of preparedness_of war costs to m excessive because of the haste with which the work has to Q. Do Je | Christian coll i A. The Federal Council | has recently issued the statement tk ring in Protes minaries on race tions as exchange professors. Gh tian re speaking at Jew | nstitutior the brot erhood of races. bis are lec Q |any the U and crea A. A report from |says that exports of ( and fresh n; to the K illons and fresh m General the off 29 over ents Monr | @ |take th | he first. Tk red to hin arch 4, 1817 b sonal touch with time in and long xercises by chopping wood close pe stady doubt ask Frederic T director of The Star's Wash ington Information Bureau. He offer. himself as a target for the question of our'readers. He agrees to furnis) facts for ail who ask. This is a large contrac that has mnever been filled before. It would be possible only on and- only to one who a lifetime in locating information Haskin all the things that peo- ple ask him, but he knows people who do know. Try him. State your ques- tion briefly, write plainly and in 2 cents in_stamps for return postage Address Frederic d | The Star Information Bureau, Twent | first and C streets northwest.) in Wash has | sources of not X BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. pool under water where it was onl feet deep, and there was not a ma present who could have “bested” him There are misers in Wash who just gloat over their divi | of happiness which their shrewd | ients in such blue sky | brings to them. There is no law to | control such 2" in gratitude | ana rt of it all rner pos sible in that market exploitation is i costs ar average of $1 g Tl g overhead, for such for the vacationless, and th t 1 160 vacat | camp is not ¢ misers alr vestments tential what has o but be investors they not under missing. tood how sha or childre There ought to be a traffic cop Rock Creek Park on Beach road and Military road, ordering every trave! to “stop” and “det through Cam Good Will. There will be a total of 1,100 children cared for there before the Summer is ended—two weeks each. Only children under 12 years and their mott One mother wrote: please let us have | Good Will, a cause T cannot childr How Someboc “it pays is to advertise res in the love of “Could _you 1 vacation at Camp I never have any, bef afford it? I have six could $7 a a mother e: day—S$1 a she gets a tent free, and all the iren received, too, in Camp Good There are many others like that. Free tent, free board, nothing to worry about, real rest, entertair ment for two weeks. It's like heaven! It reminds one of the story of the tired mother whose work was never done, and she complained whimsically that when she died she knew thar Gabriel would blow his trumpet the very next day, so she could nev have one full day's rest. Mothers are like that—working, working an seldom resting. Ought to be a mi lion Camp Good Wills. There is one other. It is located at Blue Plaine beyond Congress Heights, and is for colored children P ‘The Washington Associated Char- ities is interested in & variety of good works. Tt has divided the city into six districts, with in each. It is affiliated with the Tuberculosis Society. At the Tuber- culosis Hospital children with early indications—such as underweight— are taken in hand by experts and fed up and treated before it is too late One boyv patient came in welghing gnly 82 pounds and in 23 weeks added over 19 pounds. At headquarters is a card index of over 100,000 familles which have either beel cared for by the Asso ciated Charities or other affiliated organizations, within the last 15 or 20 years. Several organizations rel: on that Invaluable card index of the dependents and their family relations The Associated Charities is also in touch with similar organizations all (over the country. A reciprocal agreement binds all such organiza- tions to co-operate by hunting up relatives, or records of persons appiy- ing for help. Rellef 1s not given 1o any applicant without reasonable in- vestigation. If a transient applies for help in reaching another city, where, he claims he has employment waiting for him, the telegraph is set in operation through. the local affili- ated organization. If the case proves worthy, a half-fare ticket is pur- chased, by virtue of the co-operation of all the railroad companies. to unload a burden, but real and in- telligently applied aid is given. (Copyright, 1925, ¥z Paal V, Collise) headquarters ' No onw, ‘ | is shunted on to the next city simply |