Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1925, Page 6

= ob THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. .. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY August 6, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 43nd St. Chicago_Oftice: Tower Buildink. Buropean Ofce: 18 Regent St.. London. x g The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- Jne edition. 1s delivered by carriers’ within the Sty 360 dents per month: dajls oniy. 45" canls Sper month: Stinday oniy. 0 cents e “month Ordars may be sent by mail or telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payab) Maryland and Daily and Sunday....1yr Duily only . 1yrl Sunday only .. T All Other S(n‘l:%.n Pally and sundas -s10.00 Sunday only $3.00 Member of the Associated Press. " The Associated Press is sxclusively entitled 10 the use for republication of all news dis- tohes credited fo 1t or not otherwise cred- 1ed in this paper and also the local news Published herein. All richts of publication @f mpecial dispatches herein are also reserved. in Advance. irginia. $8:40: 1 mo., 00’1 mo.. i1mol 700 A0e 20c 8he Ao 25¢ 1mo.. 1 mo. 1mo. The Nine-Power Treaties. Formal deposit of ratifications of the two nine-power treaties relating to China, negotiated at the Washington conference, which took place yesterday at the State Department, carries into &ffect agreements which should go far foward the improvement of conditions in China. The negotiation and final ratification of these treaties is a diplomatic tri- . umph for the United States, which for years has sought to bring about a more equitable treatment of the great Far Eastern nation by the powers. It is_regrettable that ratification of the treaties was not concluded sooner— they were negotiated three and a half vears ago. Had the treaties been in effect, and steps been taken to carry “ut their provisions, the recent dis. turbances in China might well have been avolded. The ratification of the treaties should make for a better era of feeling and understanding in the Far East. The Chinese Minister, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, aptly describes the hoped-for change in_conditions when he says: *Force, intimidation and oppression, ‘which have hitherto been the weapons of the strong against the weak, are to give place to reason, co-operation and ®ood will."” Adherence to the principles laid down {n the Chinese treaties, Minister Rze insists, will bring peace and order in the Far East. The contracting pow- ers agree to respect the sovereignty and the territorial and administrative integrity of China; to provide China the fullest opportunity to establish a stable government; to use their in- fluence to maintain the principle of the open door in China, and to refrain from taking advantage of conditions in.China in order to seek special privi- leges abridging the rights of others. One of the two treaties relates particu- larly to the Chinese customs, and pro- poses that China shall have the right to levy customs duties more nearly adequate to finance a stable govern- ment. It behooves the eight powers which Joined with China in the negotiation and ratification of these treaties now 10 see that they are carried into ef- fect. A treaty, unless it be lived up 1o in letter and spirit, becomes, indeed, a.mere “scrap of paper.” The failure to abide by international agreements in' the past has led to great disaster. In the Far East the stage is set for tremendous strides within the next haif century. Upon the fulfillment of thelr pledges by the other nations, and by China herself, will largely depend the course in that section of the world. A conflagration there could scarcely, under present world conditions, fail to have its effect in Europe and the West- ern Hemisphere. -The way is opened through the nine- power treaties for active steps to help China help herself. The powers signa- tory to these pacts, in addition to China, are the United States, Belgium, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal. True, neither Russia nor Germany is included in the agreements. The power of Germany in the Far East, which was very great prior to 1914, was broken during the World War. The feeling exists that when Russia has adttled down to a stable parliamentary government it, too, will see its way clear to join with the other nations in giving China a chance to develop as she deserves. e A successful candidate for office finds it difficult to express his heart- feit gratitude in terms that do not remind his auditors of something they have heard before. ————— The Klan Parade. There is no occasion for alarm or anxiety on the score of the parade of the Ku Klux Klan in this city on Sat- urday. Even though the numbers of the marchers rise to the point of 30,000, as now indicated by reports of special trains chartered to bring the members of the organization to the Capital from nearby and even distant fi&file‘!. the occasion is altogether Jikely to be one of good order and law- ful procedure. Agitation on the score of possible violence is uhwarranted by any of the known factors in the case. Permission for this parade was granted by the District Commission- ers. on condition that the Klansmen march without masks. The fact that otherwise they wear the costume of the order is not of any more impor- tance or significance than the march- ink of uniformed organizations of any £escripuon. The Commissioners could not discriminate between applicants for the right to use the streets for parading purposes, and their action in Zranting this permit was not only ju tified but required. Just why the Klan wishes to parade in_Washington at this particular time is open to public discussion and spec- ulation. It may be an effort to dem- onstrate that the “hooded order” still strong in numbers and is influ- ential as a political and social factor. First announcements were that there would be 150,000 men in line. Later it was stated that the parade would be only a local affair, with merely 5.008 er so marching. Then suddenly “his come the report of apecial trains 1 f 'brlnglns a multitude to the city. Just why this change of estimates, this sexsaw, 13 also a matter of public spec- ulation. Perhaps the reduction of the figure first named was to allay appre- hension, Possibly the alternation has been to enhance the mystery of the proceeding. Saturday will tell its tale as to numbers and possibly with re- gard to the purpose of the assemblage. There will be no disorder on Satur- day unless disorderly elements out- side of the marching organization start trouble. As far as can be ascertained the purpose of this band of white-cos- tumed people is to establish a higher standard of citizenship, to inculcate higher respect for the law. It is in- conceivable, therefore, that the march- ers themselves will foment friction. If all others maintain as good order as the marchers are likely to preserve, the occasion will be one of peace, what- ever the size of the parade. | Certain spectacular features of the | Ku Klux Klan have given it a perhaps unmerited sinister significance. Its name, a revival of an institution which immediately followed the Civil War, and which caused grievous suffering in the South and led to wild lawless- ness directly and through imitation, has an unpleasant meaning. The rather absurd nomenclature of the or- der, and particularly the masks und concealment of identity, have lessened rather than increased the influence of the organization. The fact that now in this parade, one of the greatest, it may prove, in the history of the order, the members will march without maske, may indicate a change of pol- icy which is to be welcomed and praised if this organization is to be maintained as an influence for good citizenship and not as a secret force tor the fomenting of race and religious prejudice contrary to the spirit of the American Constitution. RS True to Precedent. The coal strike preliminaries are cunning true to tradition. The usual course is being followed. There have Yeen negotiations between representa- tives of the mine owners and of the operatives, and they have falled. They usually do fall. Then, these meetings being adjourned, the union scale com- mittee of forty members has now voted to place full authority for the calling of the strike in the hands of a sub- committee of six. That is also the |customary practice. The position of the president of the organization has been indorsed unanimously, which likewise the common course of proc l dure. Members of the small subcom mittee of six are granted additional authority “to meet any emergency in accord with their judgment,” which ‘means to resume negotiations and to co-operate with the owners to prevent the flooding of the mines in case of a strike. This also is the ordinary prac- tice. Thus it will appear that the case is altogether normal. 1In every respect the “strike menace” is running true to form. In every preceding crisis of this character responsibility and au- thority have been vested in a small group of union representatives. In \the same manner the mine owning in- terests are concentrated in a small | group of representatives. Thus about ten or twelve men are for the present the arbiters of the public’s welfare in re- spect to the supply of fuel. When it comes down to cases probably two men, one on each side, will have the final say as to whether or not mining will be continued or interrupted, the president of the union and the chair- man of the operators’ organization. In one respect the people who burn anthracite are much better off in this present emergency than usually here- tofore. Formerly the hard coal min- ing contract dated from April 1, which is about the end of the season of fuel consumption. As a result of the latest strike, the date was shifted to Sep- tember 1, approximately the beginning of, the period of Fall and Winter con- sumption. This is a much better time for the sake of the coal consumer, for by the 1st of September surplus stocks are accumulated, assuring some meas- ure of supply, whereas on the 1st of April the reserves have usually here- tofore been exhausted. Thus in only this one particular does the hard coal strike situation differ from precedent. There is still a chance that during the next three weeks and a half a settlement will be effected that will in- sure continued mining and a sufficient supply of fuel for the Winter. ——————— If Mr. Scopes is wise he will se- cure a good publicity man before his associates in the evolution controversy get all the desirable lecture engage ments. | ————— If the trafic plans of Eldridge make &ood it will be only a short time be |fore some larger municipality tries to win him away ———— The coal consumer has to pay for | a large amount of dialogue between operators and miners which he does not find particularly entertaining. 'he Watermelon. Kind words for the watermelon were written in a letter printed on this page lately. It is sweetly refreshing to have an apostle of the watermelon stand to the fore and sing a paean to the watermelon. Its virtues are known, but public recognition of its | greatness is rarely made. Poets with singing pens have chanted ‘of the peach, the apple and the grape, but seldom has the watermelon stirred their muse. Men will speak with van ity of the grapefruit, shaddock or | pomelo they had at breakfast, but |1t they tell of a watermelon at din- ner they speak with the air of cod- fession as though the watermelon were unworthy of them. Yet no longer 18 the watermelon a cheap- skate. In the happy days of yore a Potomac watermelon would come upon the table and brighten the feast with crimson for ten cents. Now a watermelon demands a dollar for that service. The watermelon is African and it is thought that its seeds came o the land of the free in a slaver. The watermelon: found here a home it came to love, and the American melon is grander and more luscious than its forebears or its kindred in Guinea and Senegambia. The Potomac water- melon, born and bred on the Eastern " THE EVENING Branch and in Prince Georges, Charles and St. Marys Countles, is the water- melon supreme. Some quite respecta- ble watermelons grow in Virginia, arnd @ devoted son of that mighty State would hold that the Virginia melon is king, but there would be local pride and prejudice in that opinion. It is the Maryland melon which pours out the most splendid flood of nectar when stuck. There are some who play the harp in praise of the Georgia and the Texas melon. Without wishing to clip a single laurel, bay or olive leaf from the crowns that have been wrongly placed on the green brows of those melons, people here respect- fully couch their lances under the triumphant banner of the Potomac products. The best watermelon paiches of Africa were not known to the Romans. They knew Egypt, Cyrene, Numidia, Mauretania. Caetuli snd the Libyan Desert, just on the fringe of the watermelon belt, but it must be that at the lawn fetes in the garden of Lucullus walermelons embalmed in mountain snow were brought in by the famull. The very word melon suggests melody and sweets. There is art in gathering and eat ing a watermelon. Boys were once the true and just judges and their verdict, rendered many vears ugo, was that & melon should be gathered from a farmer’s patch at night, horne to & grassy spot where the moon shone above locust trees and cedars and there sacrificed. 1ts heart should be taken lovingly in the hands. The juice should joyously splash the face. The habit of some adults in carv ing a poor melon into thin and stingy slices and eating it with knife and fork is to be deplored. Men who were boys 50 years ago know that this is no way 1o treat a watermelon. S IR Psychoanalysis has introduced = new term to protect a prisoner from cross-examination. 1t is called “'cell shock.” 1t sounds like a slight varia- tion from ‘‘shell shock.” Great minds often turn to trivial diversions, and it sounds as if our psychoanalysts were in danger of becoming punsters. ———— A large percentage of the traffic trouble was caused by Henry Ford. Nevertheless he has been seriously mentioned in politics. Which shows that while republics are undoubtedly ungrateful, they are also extremely torgiving. ———ee—a ¢ citizen should be willing to encourage the Ku Klux Kian so long as it limits its activity to so harm- less an endeavor as holding a parade without disguises. The advent of young Mr. La Fol- lette into the political arema may furnish interesting suggestion as to whether the new generation is able to take up the burdens of the old. Interest in the average exploring party centers at first on whether it will reach the Pole, and then for a much longer period on whether it wiil get back alive. = . Clarence Dar after in Dayton, Tenn. The enmity he aroused makes for the boundless repetition of his name, whether-in-ad- miration or in scorn. e It appears to be Calvin Coolidge's policy to go ahead and do his best while paying as little attention as pos- sible to opponents who are doing their worst. ———om—a England has a rubber business which is liable to fret the American motorist almost as much as that ancient and highly significant tea tax. R A previous generation inclined io quaint queries gayly asked “How old is Ann?" Now we put the question offhand, “'How old is the earth?” e Having tried all kinds of modern music available, the public eagerly awaits radio transmission of what the Eskimos are singing. ———s The motto “Safety first” spected by earthlings, but absolutely nothing to an aviator. still re- it means exhibition e Sa— Much is said about Champion Jack Dempsey’s neglect of opportunities to arrange a fight. It is an adage that prosperity makes a man conservative SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Autocrat of the Seasons. August! Emperor of the veai: You go vour way Through blossoming gay Toward hope of comfort and of cheer. Hearts are filled with joy and fear As we await The harvest fate, August! Emperor of the year. Revisions. “Don’t you think the Senate ought to be revised? “Certainly T do,” said Senator Sor shum. ““But there are so‘many things that need re Why pick on the Senate rules? rules A Moment for Generosity. At all hypocrisy T laugh— Yet, when you write my epitaph Please stretch a point in my behaif Jud Tunkins says the theory of evolution appears to him to draw a sonial distinction according to wheth- er you are descended from a smart, thrifty organ grinder, or an honest, hard-working monkey. It's a Cruel Game. “You have had several proposals of marriage. “‘Several,” replied Miss Cayenne. “And you have refused them all.” “An” “Why?” “I wish to establish confidence. Men have a mania for proposing. I shall maintain a reputation of habitual re- fusal until some really desirable per- son inadvertently falls in line.” “De world is gettin' better every day.” said Uncle Eben; “but worse every night.” r row got what he went | A STAR, WASHI THURSDAY, THIS AND THAT “The habits of the cat have always | interested me, because this animal seems to be automatically healthy. You will never see a cat taking gymnastic exercises, or sweating over a golf course, yet the creature seems to be In the best of trim all the time. If we sat around “doing nothing’ as much as a cat, we wouid be ill | half the time, but Tom or Tabby seem to be none the worse for their chosen quietude. Cats never go swimming—if they can help it—vyet there is no cleaner animal. They are seldom ill, and when they do get sick manage to pull out of it in record quick time How does the cat do it < After intensive sfudy of felines, || belfeve I can answer that question. to some degree, at least, leaving further observation to catowning readers of this column, whose remarks on the health habits of cats will be welcome. First of all, the cat is an outdoor animal, During the past few vears | there has been a revival of man's in- | terest in the “great outdoors,” s it has become more und more realized that Nature made man and fresh air 10 go together. This movement, of course, ix some, core of years old. and to its steady srowth is attributed the decline in the death rate from consumption and other diseases. The cat, however, has known all | that for thousands of years, and has never been swayed from his allegiance to fresh air by hix occupation in civi lization. He is called “house cal.” but his prime interest lies outside the walls of_dwell; Ralse a window in a room, and the moment the fresh air touches his sen- sitive nostrils. he will sniff éager-| 1y. “The air tastes good,” as Walt | Whitman said N * ox ok Cats are not afraid of either! They love o be out beneath the moon, soaking in the health elements in cool, fresh air, so that when they come into the house at 6 a.n.| they positively reek with ozone Friends of cats who will take the trouble to smell a cat's fur after a night in the_open will easily recog- nize the pungent odor of ozone, con- gealed there, as it were, by the effect of the electricity in the fur. The second cardinal health habit of the cat is that of alternating its muscles between tension and relaxa- tion. The most apparent tension of | its muscles is seen in stretching, | which it does with real enjoyment | several times a day Such stretching comes about as near “exercising” as the cat lakes. hut is so simple and elemental that it does not come within classification as a “settinz up'* exercise of the bore. | some kind which men inflict upen | themselves 1 The cat invariably stretches every muscle in its body after a good snooze. | The secret of its supple, elastic mus: | cles, T am convinced, lies in the slight tensing to which they are subject all the time it fs awake. The cat Is a wary animal. It is| ever ready to move quickly, being | able to jump from an easy, seemingly relaxed posture into Intense action upon a second'’s notice | To do this its muscles are always | v. In other words, the cat is| 8 on its toe: lterally and fig uratively, except when it is asleep. “night air BY PAUL} At the Tnstitute session in nations, particularly the Unlted States | of America, are warned that the time | s coming when Italy will speak with | “the silent, determined voice, seeking | the solution of her problem of over population.’ | It was Senator Antonio Cippico, the | Fascist, of the Italian Parliament who thus warned that “Italy’s policy was the result of ‘iron necessity’ of her overpopulation and her geograph- ! ical position, and that other nations! must eventually supply her with col-| onies or arrange to let Ttalian immi- grants live and work in foreign lands as Italian groups, without forfeiting their Ttalian citizenship and without cutting _off their political ties with| Italy.” ~ Similar threats were made in recent | times by the Kaiser, who demanded a | “place on the sun"--or was it in the | sun? Likewise, a late lamented Jap-| anese minister warned our present ad- ministration of the ‘“grave conse- quences” of refusing to take orders from his Emperor as to the terms on which Japanese might be permitted to immigrate into the United States.| Once that principle were accepted, any nation which considered its boun- daries Inadequate for its population | would have the conceded right to “enter and possess” such portions of any coveted territory of other nations as it desired, and sovereignty of the nation o invaded would pass into “in nocuous desuetude.’” ok % x ¢ Politics now, iny Willlamstown. Mass.. the | Senator Cippico argues that al though conditions in Italy are very prosperous, owing to the Fascist gov ernment. and agriculture and indus- iry have made very rapid progress, |and the unemployed number only 100,000, vet, if population continues to increase as it has in the last 50 years, conditions will become serious: and if | other countries refuse to provide for Ttalian immigration, while permitting the immigrants to remain Italian citi-| zens, “a very serious and even crit- ical situation may arise, affecting not Italy alone, but the whole world.” He adds that in 1881 Italy had a popula- tion of 28.000,000. and now has 41, 000,000. “The territory of Italians” comprises 114,000 square miles of good land, plus much mountainous and mtch marsh land, and, besides, “a figure which would be much higher if we take into consideration the con- | siderable number of Italians whom poverty has driven to migrate. Interpreting that last expression, then, all territory in foreign lands. in- cluding the United States. where Ital- jan immigrants have settled, becomes Ttalian territory, since the Italians re- tain their allegiance to Italy, accord- ing to the Fascist Senator. The Halian invasion of the other countries would amount to an army of half a million a year. Tt iz recalled that it took nearly two years after our entry into the World War for the United States to | transport two million men across the sea, even in that critical emergency. Italy would thus transport over.the oceans a great army yvearly.and inter minably, thereby taking possession of foreign territory while relieving the economic pressure upon her own pen- insula to feed and clothe her -increas- ing population, * * In reply to the remarks of the Ital- ian statesman, Prof. East;ehairman of the Round Table; reminded him that the Malthusian law applied to Italy as well as to other growing peoples. It is to the effect that population tends to increase with irresistible force upon the means of subsistence, but when by that increase the subsistence be- comes limited and the struggle to liv becomes moré intense, it tends to le: sen the increase of population. Prof. East added: “Count Cippico grants this to be the fact when he says, “The truth is that her (Italy's) territory is insufficient to support her popula- tion.” " Ttaly points with pride to her his- tory and the great men’ she has pro- duced,.but Prof. East retorts that she BY CHARLES E. | fNice | out by her economic pressure. {and keep them in repair. TRACEWELL. Combined with this slight tension is perfect posture, so that every organ, every bone. is held just as it should be. You will see no pot-bellied, round- shouldered cats. P ‘ats eat maturally. iven a chance, they will eat flesh, as Nature intended them 10, since they belong to the carnivori. Milk, peas, beans, eggs and other 0ods high in protein content are ac- ceptable, although they prefer raw meat. In other words, the cat eats ac- cording 1o its nature, of a very limited lst_of foodstuffs. Cats are clean Owlng to the necessity under which they are of being free from odor, so that the mouse will not smell them, ts have evolved a very elaborate rite of washing themselves Our ideas of a bath. of course, are different from those of our cats. but the cat-bath is just as good for the cat as our baths are for us. A cat even washes carefully inside its ears, something that not one small boy in a hundred will do voluntarilv Cats do not eat when they are ill. No one has ever told them that they must “eat to keep up their strength,” so when they become ill— maybe from eating too much canned salmon—they retire to a secluded place and abstain from all food until well. Aside from a bit of grass, Nature's medicine, they eat nothing, depending solely upon the healing power of Na- ture to bring them around An integral part of their system, let me point out, seems to be the re- tirement Cats have enough sense to rest when they get sick They sare under no compulsion to “keep going.” feel no necessity of “showing up at the of have onhly one boss 1o please— Natu Hence ihe et hed when he gets sick. thus allowing all his vital forces to work together toward spaedy healir zoes 1o *, % Cats take life esasy They do not foam over the land- scape in motor cars. nor in a hundred other ways strain their nerves. Their life is orderly, in the main calm. free from tensfon other than that of the muscles Cats are Appreciatc sing! When a cat is happy, he purrs vigorously. This purring is a form of ong, a long-drawn-out drone bass, or melody on one note. The cat has been slandered enough by those who say he has no gratitude. There is not a day goes by but that vour cat sends up his honest gratitude 1o God for life. This is his way of being an Appre ciator. not a knocker, or a “kidder, or a kicker. The cat thus puts himself in tune with the universe, such mind as “e has been in a receptive, not a hostile, They actual- 1y | state. What can we learn from this? 1If we are willing to take some pointers from our little friend. we will 1. Be outdoors as much as possible. 2. Stretch frequently, and stand straight. 3. Eat naturally. 4. Keep clean. Eat as little as possible when ill Rest when really sick. Take life easy Be grateful BACKGROUND OF EVENTS . COLLINS. has not been sending as emigrants men of the class of her Michel- angelo, her Galileo or her Leonardo She has been dumping her ‘“dregs’ upon the world, while the “Grade A’ men of Lombardy are not squeezed Citing again the laws of Malthus, he points to the conclusion that “emigration re lief is temporary. There is immedi ate birth release, and the harassed people are again back in the same situation. His conclusion was 1o the effect that Italy should develop her own re- sources, and that o long as she fails 10 do so the Malthus law will permit her population to increase only to the maximum which she can support, and nio more. "The Malthus law assumes that there will be migration throughout the world until all the world is equally populated according to resources; then it will be stabilized. just as the oceans flow into each other until all are at the same level * ok x % According to officials in the office of | the immigration commissioner of the United States, the present immigra- tion restriction law, enacted in 1924, is working more satisfactorily than did any previous law since we began fmmigration control. It not only has cut down the number of immigrants admitted, but it is bringing a much better class, and there are fewer tragedies in the wav of disappoint- ments after would-be immigrants have crossed the ocean only to be re- jected at the port. This is owing to the fact that our consuls are exam ining them on the other side of the ocean before issuing their visas. Nevertheless, there are opponents of the present law who object to its basis of mationality being artificial in standards, and they argue for stand- ardization upon three points, regard- less of nationality — physical fitness. literacy or general intellizence and moral character. They would have all immigrants ad- mitted tentatively for five years, with the provision that they could be de- ported at any time within that limit if the status upon which the admis- sion had been gained was changed or found incorrgct. Furthermore, they argue that it is intelligence that counts: high moral types, whether from Germany or Spain, Greece or England; strong physiques like those of the sturdy Swiss‘or the industrious Hollander, even though they come from Sicily. Migration is not a matter of nationality, they argue, but of. per- sonality, and so long as we have un- occupied territory or have industries needing workmen, every immigrant of the right standard is an added asset to the American Nation. Such is the argument of Maurice R. Davis, Ph. D.. assistant professor of the science of society, of Yale Univer- aity in his A Constructive Immigra- tion Policy. In that pamphlet he says: “We recognize the great service they (the immigrants) have performed in developing our country, and the aid ! they have rendered in making it one of the leading industrial and commer- cial nations in the world; and we know, furthermore, ‘that their exclusion would seriously cripple most of our basic industries. It is said that im- migrant workmen today mine three- quarters of our output of iron and coal; they constitute the majerity of the laborers in our lumber camps; they are used almost exclusively to lay our railroad tracks and to build our roads In all forms of construction activities they pre- dominate. “They bake one-half our bread, re- fine one-half our sugar, prepare four- fifths of our leather, make 50 per qent of our gloves, shoes and silks and 95 per cent of our clothing, and consti- tute 60 per cent of all the employes of our packing houses.” * X % ¥ Lest Americans should arrogate to themsetves pride of pure blood de- scent from -the “eriginal American colonists,” the cgnl\x;o}l!!fl reminds AUGURT- 6. 1925 NOW AND THEN By David Belasco. One wonders, in these days of scien- | tific amusement marvels, what our! Young folk would do were they trans- | ported suddenly back into the condi- tions of my boyhood, away from radio, from automobiles, from the countless comforts of ultra civiliza- tion, and dependent largely on their own inventive genius for play ap- paratus. £ Truly the youth of today is a citl- 7en of another world when one uses as a basis of comparison conditlons obtaining but six short decades agof| 1 often wonder whether the vouth of today has the slightest appreciation of the marvels which surround them. The daily papers tell of Comdr. Donald MacMillan sending radio re- ports of his progress into the Arctic wlilds. The good ship Arcturus is just back from a voyage in which pholok- raphy and exploration of ocean depths played an important part. Air- planes whizz overhead at terrifying speeds, and automoblles buzz along the highways. There are mechanical and electrical playthings and -con- veniences, the amusement parks, the motion pictures in addition, all for the delectation of humans with suffi- cient leisure and money to avail themselves of them. Belasco as a Boy. In my day a boy possessed of & Jjackknife, the whrgels and springs out of an old clock Znd, luxury indeed, a box of water-color paints, was lav- ishly supplied with playthings. Did he want a kite? Then with knife, string, paper and home-made flour paste, he manufactured one. A base ball? Bits of rubber, string and leather ffom shoe tops or old gloves provided the needed materials. Like- wise he made a bat. Sundays were devoied to church and Sunday school. Evenings ordi- nari meant brief sessions with a | semi-religious book in the weak light of a smoking oil lamp. Bedtime was 9 o'clock at the latest and, if he ever went out at night, it was to 8o to some “social’ or other neighborhood event originated entirely for the pleasure of his elders. The world has moved. Civilization has come on apace. Each passing vear has brought something new for the amusement, education and edlfi- cation of the public. We live today in an age where the “press-a-button” stage has succeeded the genie of the lamp. Our boys and girls are learn- ing a luxury one fears they do mnot thoroughly ~ appreciate, and the thought often comes that we would do them a great justice If these un- derstandings were impressed on their minds more thoroughly. Would Succumb to Ennui. Remove the girl or boy from radfo, the telephone, furnace heat, the automoblle, the librari movies, and other forms of amuse ment and comfort—give them merely a jackknife and nature's unchang- ing wonders for amusement, and how would they fare? I fear me ennui would claim them for its own and that they would fare ill until returned to their accustomed habitat of con- venience and plenty. Is too much luxury, too ready means of amusement, taking the truly American spirit of pioneering and invention out of the personal ties of our children? Are we soften- ing them mentally and _spiritually because we do not make them under- stand and appreciate what civiliza- tion is doing for them as compared | with those of but a few generations {agone? One hopes not—but the fact remains that the voungster of the late eighteen hundreds was a pretty self-reliant American citizen, who appreciated his few conveniences and who was_prepared to make others for of today Q. What is the name of the staty on the Sixteenth street side of Merid- A. “Serenity” Is the mame of the| figure. Jose Clara is the sculptor. kind of trousers are known | —E. M. A " is an_old vulgarism for trousers. Oxford University students now apply the term to very wide trousers usually made of flannel. Q. What birds build the most beau- tiful nests’—B. C. C. A. Humming birds build the most delicate and beautiful nests known, while the most remarkable nests are those of the American orioles and of the weaver birds of Africa and the East Indles. Q Are Pullman cars named ac | cording to a system?—FP. N. A. A definite system has iately been adopted. For Instances, sleeping cars have such names as Point Agams, East Aurora, etc. To a railroad man a “Point” car or an “East” car car- ries 2 meaning s to its capacity—the number of sections, drawing rooms, Q. Should the spelled with an R. G A. It depends upon the meaning. The white of an egg is “albumen.” while the proteid in the serum of the blood, or in milk, muscle or other animal or vegetable substances s spelled “albumin. . Q. What day is i A. The 2d of August is regarded as a speclal time when greetings of friendship may be exchanged. Q. Is an indoor ord “albumin” be I or an ‘“‘e"?—Y riendship day’ or outdoor track compartments, | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. anfa. Other mining operations, quar rving, road building and agricultural pursuits account for a large per centage of the remainder. Q. Why shouldn’t coal oil be used thinning paint?—A. K. S A. Coal oil is & non-drying oil and doex not evaporate fast sepough 10 Justify its general use in paints. in Q. In what country do the most tor nadoes occur?—C. R. A. This type of storm is more com man in the interior of North America east of the Rocky mouptains than anywhere else in the world. Q. Who was the first man to shave” —M. E. P. A. The custom of shaving ced back to antiquity. The Egyp tians commonly shaved except wher fn mourning. In Greece, Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to she off their beards so that their enemies might not seize them by them. The custom was introduced into Rome about the same time. In Europe raz ora were used in France and Spain jand in England hefore the eighteentn century. QW was the original name of a % Col. By, started « A a British army e the first settleme: was_called Bytown for abo vears. The name was changed Ottawa when the city Mwas incorpo rated in 1854. It was sélected as the capital of Ontario by Queen Victoria in 1858. Q. What thal infests 1 be done for weet peas?—.J. T A. In garden culture of sweet peas a green aphis, the clov phis, is not considered faster for —a. 7 middle distanc The outdoor 4 track is generally considered fasibr Q. What color and consistency nicotine?—D. G. A. Nicotine is a colorless. intensely poisonous liquid. If exposed air, it absorbs oxygen and becomes brown and ultimately solid. The quantity of nicotine contained in to- bacco varies from 2 to § per cent, the coarser kinds containing the larger | quantity, while, the best Havana cigars seldom contain more than 2 per cent, and often less. Nicotine does not appear in tobacco smoke. It is =plit into pyridine and collodine. Of these, the latter is said to be the less active and to preponderate in cigar smoke. while the smoke from {pipes contains a larger amount .of | pyridine. Q. What river system’ A. It refers to such a system of | tidal rivers as the Hudson. Delaware, usquehan: Potomac and. James, wherein the trunk valley and its is meant by 2 g T a “drowned ‘| branches were submerged by the sea entering their lower parts because of a sinking of the edge of the continerr This has made possible wonderful harbors at the mouths of these tidal streams. Q. How long should the grow before a lawn is cut?—B. J. T. A. The cutting of the lawn should begin as soon as the lawn mower will clip the ends of the grass when it is set as high as possible and should follow at sufficiently frequent inter- vals to permit the clippings to remain on the grass. Short clippings left on the lawn will quickly work down to the surface of the ground, where they will aid materially in maintaining good conditions for grass growth. Q. What is considered the inal package ?—M. R. S A. In American constitutional law this is the package in which soods are shipped from one State to another. grass “orig himself if he needed them. (Copyright. 1 ——— : Loadivng Plalformg i And Motor Traffic To the Editor of The Sta Just a word in appreciation of vour common-sense editorial in Tuesday's Star, “Loading Platforms and Traffic.”” Allow me to add a word or two from the viewpoint of both driver and pe- destrian. Most drivers, if Jeft unre. strained. would soon become so care less than life on the streets would not as are the present loading platforms, are necessary for the safety of life {and Limb. They command respect through the fear of the driver for the safety of his car, if not from any other motive. Remove these barriers and paint the entire safety zone all the colors of the rainbow, it will not prove of value, for in a painted line or strip there is no protection for the pedestrian. When standing upon a platform one has a feeling of security. standing within & painted zone. In the interest and for the welfare of the many who ride on the street cars— not forgetting the large number of visitors our city has each dav—and for the welfare of our beautiful city, do | not abolish the loading platforms. Speed is not the only essential. WILLIAM R. WALTON. e An American Nobility. How shall that big foreign debt to the United States be pald. if the debtor nations are unable or unwill- ing to pay it? If it is merely a quea- tion of getting money back into the United States Treasury to pay off the war bonds and bring taxes down to a peace basis, says an ingenious American, the thing can be managed easily enough. Gef the money from American multi-millionaires by sell- ing them titles. American regard for titles of no- bility is well known, especially among wealthy women. Why should these women have to go abroad and marry impecunious noblemen to get their coveted titles? Captains of industry and retired capitalists and the heirs of such could easily afford them. Sell 20 princedoms at $50,000,000 each, 108 dukedoms at $40,000,000 each, 300 marquisates at $20,000,000 each, 500 earldoms at $10,000,000 each and 1,000 baronetcies at $5,000,000 each. That, says the proposer, will bring in $21,000,000,000, wipe out the foreign debt and keep our socially ambitious women at home. We shall have the money, the heiresses and the titles. Of course, it,would be unconstitu- tional, but what's the Constitution Dbetween debt-collectors and title-wor- shipers? Now let somebody propose that in Congress next Winter. Just let them'—Johnson City Staff-News. us that of our total population of 105,- 710,620, only 68,421,957 were ‘‘native born of native stock,” and 36,398,958 were either forelgn born or native born of foreign parentage, or of mixed parentage—one parent being foreign born. The rest, numbering 10,889,705, were native born of negro descent, and about 244,000 Indians and a few Asi- atics. In’ the last 20 years we have admitted 110,000 negroes born in Africa. i § The third generation of natives, born of foreign or mixed parentage, are counted as ‘‘native Americans of pure American descent,” so that even the 58,000,000 “natives of native par- entage” do mot all trace their lineage to the Mayflower or to the founders of the American colonies, who sought America for idealistic motives of lib- erty of conscience. (Copyright, 1925, by Paul ¥, Cofins.) be safe at all, and actual barriers. such | One cannot say the same thing while | Q the Pala . M. | "A. This is the retable of the high {altar of St. Mark's in Venice. It is | probably the finest existing specimen | of Byzantine metal work. What d'Oro?- E. is | Q. How cold is the water in the | English Channel>—M. L. K A. The mean annual surface tem perature increases from about 52 degrees Fahrenheit at the Straits of Dover to over 53 degrees Fahrenheit at the western entrance. The mean maximum temperature of 61 degrees Fahrenheit is found under the Eng- lish coast from Start Point to the Strait of Dover about the first of September. In the western area the maximum temperature is about 59 degrees Fahrenheit. Q. What is dynamite used for in peace times T. M- A. In this country it is estimated that almost half of the dynamite is used in the coal fields of Pennsyl American opinion is virtually unan- imous in acclaiming the wisdom of the French and Belgian iwithdrawal from German territory in the Ruhr, !however wide apart may be the differing views of the occupation in the first place. Noting' that church bells in the Ruhr “chime because French troops {are going out.” the Milwaukee Jour- inal remarks that it was “a foolish thiAg for France to oceupy this region,” but adds: ““We forget that when France took these measures, Germany was squirming and dodging pavment of the she had promised to pay. Well mav the chimes ring out—not because the Germans are happy to see the French g0, but because the marching feet of French troopers mark a new day in international affairs. Heretofore, on whatever pretext land was seized. it has been the habit of nations to stay on until ejected forcibly by other wars.” ok ok ¥ ‘The end of Poincare’s “'inept venture to mine German coal with bhayonets” is hailed by the Louisville Post with the judgment that “history has dis- closed how foolish was the policy that sent French troops back into Germany, an act deplored at its in- ception by all the world except the French Nationalists.” The French people “Mave occasion to be sick of their Poincares and Millera: says the Des Moines Tribune-News, which sees as the net results to France of the. program of Poincare “a larger debt, delayed economic restoration, heightened distrust in the rest of Eu- rope and heightened hatred of Ger- many.” The Philddelphia Public Ledger also contends there was no need for the occupation. “It was ruinous for Germany,” says the Ledger: “it in- Jjured France; it made the task of post-war rehabilitation more difficult than it might otherwise have been. The principal mistake involved & misjudgment of France's position at the end of the war, a failure to com- prehend the vital importance to her of the unsettled issues of reparations and security. The second blunder in- volved a misjudgment of French temper.” ““We had a suspicion that they never intended to withdraw from that stronghold of German military re- sources,” comments the Burlington Free Press, and it adds that ‘“Euro- pean peace is now more promising than at any time since the World ‘War began in 1914." The economic strengthening of Germany is seen by the Buffalo News, which believes that “coming at a time when a security ' pact is nndergs_culmq. ‘the-evacua- 10 the| French Evacuation Pleases American Observers extreme | debts | infrequently found, but spraying with tobacco extract. nicotine or kerosene emulsion will usually destroy ther Plants that are frequently syr | with cold water Wre seldom infe with insecte Q. 1s horses draw other animals more true than called “John Barley lightning |—F. W. A A Horses do not draw lightr |any more than any other animals The fact that horses are struck frequently i probably due to these animals seeking protection from rain under trees. If they hover near fences they are also more likely to be struck [ Q. Why is whisky Barleycorn"?—G. W. Mc | A. The name ‘“John |used as a personificatic |liquor is derived from ar |tract of old date entitled | raigning and Indicting of Sir John | Barleycorn Knt.” printed for Timot¥ | Tosspot. Sir John Barlevcorn |pears as a person in a numbe: | similar ballads by John Burns | Q. How are lighthouse keepers aj | pointed”—E. R. 8 A. Such positions are filled by spe cial examination and come under 1he Bureau of Lighthouses of the Depa ment of Commerce Q. Who were the missionaries 10 the Indians who were recently beatified” —D. L. A. Pope Pius XI beatified eight n | who sacrificed their lives in carrying |the gospel to the American Indians They were Father Isaac Jogues | Brother Rene Goupil, John De T |Lande, Charles Garnier, Noel Chs banel, Anthony Daniel, Father Bre beuf and Father Lalamand Q. How long does it ordinarily take |to make the passage through the | Panama Canal?—W. H A. A vessel proceeding directly | through the canal without delay re | quires only from 10 to 12 hours far passage. Of this time three hours ix occupied in being lifted and lowerad through the lock; Q. How far from a house should & T. 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Has- kin, Director, and streets northw of Rubr Frederic Tuwenty-first ' tion quickens the | Europe.” hope of peace in Germany's future rests tirely her own Hands.” the New York mes says, with the further | suggestion that “on her good ith | rests her credit and her ability to re store friendship with other nations | The complete withdrawak’ as viewed {also by the Chicago Eribune, “‘will a: st German economijc restoratio | which will help all concerned in F rope. in spite of the certainty that | German industry will soon he a formidable competitor in the markets of the world.” * k% ¥ ‘an Both France and Belgium “are al most as glad to get their troops oii of Germany as Germany is o get rid of them,” states the Butte Daily Post | which finds the signficant fact to be that “for the first time since the war Germany and France have really agreed upon something and carried it out in good faith on both sides.” Ger many’s remarkable recuperative pow ers are recognized by the Tampa Times, with the comment that ‘as long as she observes good faith she should be let alone to work out he own destiny.” A “Economic sanitv is reappeari fortunately the crisis in European fairs seems at last to be passed.” (D Salt Lake Deseret News observes “Germany and France need one an other—and the world needs then both,” adds the Duluth Herald. “It i= to be hoped that the two powers whose quarrels have kept the world on edge for a decade are both vislding to common sense,” {s the view of the Portsmouth, Va., Star e, As summarized by the Atlanta Jour nal, the situation is: “France entered the German region avowedly to en force payment of a just debt long overdue and indifferently treated by Germany. There was rather a prev alent feeling that the tricolor would never come down unless dislodged hy force. That conditions have so de veloped and events s0 moved as to warrant France’s voluntary retire- ment from a treasure-filled corner of her late enemy's realm is most re- markable. It is nothing less than a triumph of reason over impulse and force.” It turnishes, according to the Shreveport ~ Journal, . ‘“‘proof that France, today the strongest military power. in Eurdpe, with the world's finest army in her hands, lately feared as a second Prussla, is turning again to a pacifist policy under leadership wiser than Poincare Subslitution of co-operation for warfare, concludes the Morgantown New Dominion, “ls infinitely better for both, and batter for Burope-and ali the world.”