Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morniog Edition. C. WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY. THEODORE W. NOYES. . .Editor Star Newspaper Company Businass Office - 11th St. and Pennaviva New York Offca: 110 Fa Tower Build Chicago Office: 3 Eiropean Office: 18 Rezent St.. Loudon. England The Evening fa Ave at 10 The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn Inc edition. ja deliver tha city at 60 cents ner month: dail 5 cants per manth: Sundar onlv. 20 cants Per montl - Ordes mav ha asnt by mail felenhona Main 5000. Collaction is mas carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mall—Pagable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and s e $R40: Tma. Daily anlv 1yr &K00° 1 mo Sunday only 13 $240: 1 mo.. All Other States. Dafle and Sunday vr.$10.00 DT anySundar: o} 7r- 94260 funday only. ... J1¥r. $3.00 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusivaly entitlad fo the us. for renuhlication of all news dis- ~hes credited to it ar not otherwise cred- in this paper and also the local news ublighed herein. Al riehts of publicatior of soecial di-natchea heroin are also reserved. 1mo 1wmo. Progress Toward Settlement. France's first proposal for the set- tlement of the war debt to the United States is not acceptable to the mem- bers of the American Debt-funding Commission. Admittedly, however, it would be a miracle to hit the bull's ave with the first shot fired. The French proposal must, after all, be re- zarded as in the nature of a trial bal If it were considered as final. it weonld amount to an ultimatum 1o the United States, and x round-the-table conference of the representatives of the two countries would be an idle meeting. Various reports have been made in regard to the terms submitted by M. Caillaux, the minister of finance and head of the French commission. One h it that the French propesal noked to the cancellation of the interest on the French debt since the close of the war, and another that there should be paid only what amounts to the princi- pal sum, without interest, for the sixty-two-year period over which the payments are to be made. The accu- mulated interest on the French debts since they were made will amount by November 1 to about $343,000,000, al- most a billion. One encouraging feature of the ne- gotiations is the rapidity with which the negotiators have tackled the prob- lem before them. France has made her initial offer, and today it is expect ed that America will state the case as it appears to her, after the debt com missioners have taken counsel with the President and his cabinet. The French have not come here iznorant of the attitude of the Cool- 1dge administration and the Congress toward the war debts owed the United States. They naturally seek the best terms they can obtain for their own nation. It is of such vital importance to France and to Europe that these war debts be settled, however, that, as the French minister of finance has intimated, there must be a give and take interchange of ideas before a final settlement can be reached. France and European nations generally need money, need cash, to aid in stabilizing their finances and balancing their bud- zets. The one gteat money market of the day is the United States, It would he impossible to expect America to look with favor on additional loans, so much needed, if the old loans are not funded. It is unthinkable that the French commission will leave these shores without a settlement of the war debts having been reached. e o Unsettled. September 15 is the traditional date | for discarding straw hats. This year the 15th was marked by high temper- atures, and for several days there- after the thermometer ranged high, in the nineties. Some brave persons of the male persuasion, resenting an arbitrary tyrannical dictate of fash- fon, undertook to cai on with straws beyond the accepted period for thelr discontinuance. They even talk- ad of organizing an independence league for straw-hat wearers. But fust as they got in motion toward this objective Nature took a hand in the game and rendered a decision. The temperature dropped ne: 40 de- grees In a few hours and even the stoutest declarers of independence were quick to shy their Summer lids into the discard. Some of them con- tributed them to the trash heap at the ball park. Others merely hung them up in the closets at home, with “the fond hope that next veaw they might “do.” But the chill winds did the business. Here and there a straw s seen atill, just as, occasionally, & man is obaserved strolling about with- out a coat. Perhaps it is unfortunate that the cool wave came 8o soon after the 15th. There was no time to settle the question of the right of man fo wear what he wants when he wants to. Toon. .. .September 25, 1925 | really an achievement of merit. Last vear's race In the American League jwas for the better part of the season between three clubs, Washington did ot win until the end of the season, was regarded as only the runner-up {until almost the last four or five games. This year's race has been un- til the past {wo wecks a neck-and- neck contest between two evenly balanced teams. Not until Labor day did Washington get the definite ad- i vantage by defeating that rival twice. Kor a twoclub competition the 19 pennant race was remarkable for its length and closeness. That this year's championship team {is better than last vear's is indicated !by the greater margin on the day of | decision between it and its meavest | competitor, and by the higher per- { centage of victories it has scored. It achieves the mathematical certainty sufficiently ahead of the world se to permit recuperation from the strain of pennant winning. 1t will go into that contest on equal terms with its rvival for world honors, who gained its pennant assurance only one day earlier. Comparisons are now in order Dbetween the two teams that will meet on the 7th of October for what may be a seven-game ser Pittsburgh fs a fast, hard-hitting. smart ball team. Washington is fast, extraordinarily clever in defense and perhaps not quite as vigorous in offense. Both pitching staffs are of the best ma- terial. Washington has the advantage of recent experience in world series games and of veleran boxmen. It has, moreover, a title to defend. which will inspire it to do its best to refute those who contend that it won both league pennant and world championship title merely by good luck. c————— The New Chief of Police. Retivement of Maj. Daniel Sullivan as superintendent of police, and the appointment of Edwin B. Hesse, chief clerk and assistant superintendent. as his successor, come with slight public preparation, as, although it was known that Maj. Sulivan's health has been impaired and he has been con- templating vetirement, there was no intimation of the imminence of a change. After thirty-six years of service in the Police Department, the veteran chief of the force, who has in every respect been successful in his final assignment in command, will en- joy respite from duty with the high esteem of all Washington and its gratitude for a valuable service ren- dered with modest efficiency through- out his career. In selecting Asst. Supt. Hesse for the vacant chiefship the Commission- ers return to the practice of placing at the head of the Police Department one who has not been himself a patrol- man or who has not seen active duty in the ranks. This practice was con- tinued uninterruptedly for half a cen- tury'or more, Maj. Sullivan being the first superintendent to be chosen from the ranks in that period. Return to this practice, however, is not in any wise a reflection upon the now retir: ing chief or the success of his admin- istration of the department. It is a recognition of the outstanding merit and obvious qualification of Mr. Hesse, who has been identified with the Po- lice Department of the District for thirty-two years, as clerk, as secretary to the superintendent, and, since 1907, the chief clerk of the department. By a provision in the current appropria- tion bill he was upon the initiative of members of Congress designated as assistant superintendent, an office to be held by him as chief clerk and to lapse with his retirement from that position. The new superintendent is thor- oughly acquainted with the Police De- partment in personnel and in practice. During his many vears of duty as chief clerk he has come to know it intimately, and he now will take the chietship, which has been assigned to him without solicitation, with an ex- ceptional qualification. In his admin- istration he will have the confidence and, without question, the support of all the members of the department. The Commissioners are to be con gratulated upon their admirable selec- tion, and particularly upon effecting it without delay and protracted discus- sion and competitive advocacy of can- didates, a process which invariably arouses jealousies. Maj. Hesse will take office on the 1st of November with the best wishes of Washington and the best chance of complete suc- cess in his new duty. The U. S. Navy naturally looks on the recently invented airplane merely a juvenila intruder who may he useful when he has been taught his All statisticians agree that Wash- ington, D. C., is destined to be a city enough 1o be worthy of its base bail club. John T. Scopes subsides into the role of a student. He is evidently too idealistic to hold his own in competi- tion as a glory grabber. v ————— Tt might at least be desirable to get a report from the insurance under- writers before sending a dirigible into a storm area. »—oo— Another Washington Pennant. Successful defense of a base ball championship battle is not quite so thrilling as the winning of highest henors for the first time in the local history of the spart. but Washington nevertheless gets a “'big kic! out of the 1925 achievement of the home team, which ~as assured yesterday by a double victory on the home ground while the nearest competitor was los- ing. From day to day for some time past the base ball public has been r minded of the mathematical con- tingencies of the race. Yesterday it was necessary for Washington to win three more games in order to be abso- lutely assured of another champion- ship. To effect that in one day was unlikely, but it {8 the unlikely that happens in base ball. It happened vesterday, and those who saw the con- tests here got almoat as much of a thrill as was afferded by last vear's triumph, achleved in Beston. The victory of 1324 was regarded bv same skeptice as a fluke. The triumpB of 1925 shows that it was A Long-Drawn Game. A checker game started eleven years ago has just ended in a draw. This Is an extraordinary announce- ment, but then, it was an extraordi- nary game. It was played between Ernest Jackson of York, S. C.. and James MacGregor of New South ‘Wales, Australia, each in his own home, 13,000 miles apart. Started in 1914, it was conducted by cerrespond- ence. proceeding uninterruptedly, each player anneuncing his moves by .nall. As it takes about 2 month for a letter to reach New South Wales from South Carelin: each Dplayer made about six moves in a vear, and. therefore, sixty-six moves in all be- fore the contest wore itself out in a te. 1t weuld be intereating te know whether the checkerboards were kept “set” throughout the whole period of eleven years, 1f. they were, they must have been most jealeusly guard- ed. Perhaps Mrs, Jackson and Mra. MacGregor—if such persons exist— have had something to say about cluttering up a house during all this time. The little Jacksons and the lit- tle MacGregors—if there are anv— mnst have been under the strictest injunction met to m‘ddll. But possi- THE EVENING ‘bly these boards were kept locked |away between moves. Or perhaps the | rds were set up whenever the mail cams in from the antipodes. 1t is hard to get excited over a con- test that lasts eleven years and ends in a draw. A chess game is unemo- tional, but a long-distance checker ®ame of the correspondence school of play is about the last word in static sport. However, {t seema to have en- tertained Mr. Jackson and Mr. Mae- Gregor quite adequately for more than a decade. But it will hardly be- come the fashion. Perhaps we may have radio checker matches some time | with quicker action and more contest- ants. R Half a Million! Half a million by the 1st of October! That is the promise for Washington of the Census Bureau, which on the lat of Juily estimated tha Capital's population at 437,906, with a normal vearly growth for the decade ending January 1, 1920, of 10,970. If this rate has continued and is msaintuined up 1o that date the actuaries compute that by the 1st of October the District will have 500.64S. In 1920 the census count fer Washington was 437,571 That represented & considerable diminution, due to the reduction of Government forces after the armi- stice. The actual population here at the peak of the war period was prob- ably halt a million. if not more. Wash- ington, however, has never claimed to be a half-million city on the score of that extraordinary and temporary en. largement of its population. But many of the war-time comers have remained. The departmental forces are greater by from 35000 to 40,000 outbreak of the war in rope. Thess additional forces are themselves only a part of the new inhabitants. Mem bers of their families and participants in business enterprises daveloped through the increase of population swell the total. The rate of increase between 1910 and 1930, placed at 10,970 as the average of the dacade, was probably not excessive, inasmuch as the war peak had been reached and the ebb had almost ended when the census enumeration of 1920 was taken. A population of half million in the District at this time means undoubted- Iy at least 600,000 within what may be called the metropolitan district, in- cluding the suburban portions of Maryland and Virginia which pertain to Washington's business system. Re- cently a population of a million within this metropolitan area was predicted. With half 2 million in Washington at this time, and probably 100,000 in the suburban circle in addition, it is easy to conceive that the milllon mark will come within & very few vears, will probably be shown by the census count of 1940 to have been attained prior to that date. ——— In case Gen. Mitchell should suc- ceed in forcing a separate department for air service it would be necessary to give him only one guess as to the man who ought to be at its head. The general is mot inflicted with any - feriority complex. N P. T. Barnum said the world liked to be humbugged. He was an artist in that line. In political activity casual entertainment there is nothing more depressing than the efforts of the amateur humbugger. ——e Even so rich and powerful a man as Henry Ford cannot have his way in all things. The old-fashioned dances have not been revived to any perceptible extent. ———— It is being demonstrated that the presence of the United States Senate is not absolutely necessary to the con- duct of a more or less thrilling in- vestigation. e . SHOOTING STARS. PHILANDER JOHNSON. ! BY Conservative Male. Unto his garb a man should cling In spite of all temptation To meet the fashionable fling In rude retaliation. He says, “‘Although an impuise strong 1s in my bosom throbbing T shall not wear my back hair long Because her locks she's bobbing. “Her former style I shall not ape Although she steals my ralment, No toga around myself I'll drape (Obtained by monthly payment). | With ankles nude 1 shall not test The nerves of friends observing. I'll stick to pants and coat and vest With loyzity unswerving.” Registering Profound Thought. “I suppose yon are going to make some great speeches before next Win- ter is over.” “No.” answered Senator Sorghum. “I'll say as little as possible. 1 am convinced that the only way for me to make an impression is to keep quiet and try to look as if T had something serious on my mind.” Bad Show. The coal strike is a big affair Fo: which I'll have to pay my share, And [ begrudge the same becau 1t brings no laughter or applause. Jud Tunkins says his family spends !30 much time at the motion pictures he thinks the landlord ought to be re- quired 16 make a rebate on the rent. Athletic Advancement. “How's your boy Josh doing at school “He's doin’ three Rs,’ tossel. “Readin’ “No Runnin’, time.” pretty good with the answared Farmer Corn- ‘Ritin® and 'Rithmetic?" Rasslin’ an’' Rag- Cost of Conversation. We're often told that talk s cheap; Yet much depends on whether Expense accounts don’t get too deep When statesmen talk together. “Some men,” said Uncle Eben. “is like deshere micrabes. . De more trou- ble dey makes, de more successtil dey teels.” { than at the normal peak prior to the | STAR, WASHING THIS AN BY CHARLES E. TON, ickly pass the glories of 1 recently had the pleasure of buy- ing some volumes, printed in 1879 by D. Appleton & Co., in which the pub- lishers had made use of the blank pages at the end to print advertise- ments of other works. What particularly struck me was the page devoted to a library of American fiction, when Christian Reid was in her heyday. 1 have never read a one of this author's works, and perhaps [ have missed some- thing, but 1| imagine I am not alone in thix case. These “select novels’ the following order Valerie Aymler 1 were given in ) { “The Lady of the Ice,” by James De Mille: “Morton House,” by the author of lerie Aylmer”; “Righted at Last": “Mabel Lee by the author of “Morton House": “Doctor Vandyke,” by John Esten Cooke: “Ebb-Tide a Other Stories,” hy the author of “Morton House”: “An Open Question, by James De Mille; “Spicy,” by Mra. Martha J. Lamb; “Lakeville, or Sub. stance and Shadow,” by Mary Healy; “Nina's Atonement and Other Stories,” by Christian Reid, author of “Morton House,” etc.; “A Daughter of Bohemia,” by Christian Reid: “Hearts and Hands,” by Christian Reid; “Little Joanna." by 'Kamba Thorpe; “Bressant,” by Julian Haw- thorne; “The Land of the Sky," by Christian Reid; “After Many Days,” by Christian Reid; "G Julian Hawthorne; “Bonn) by Chris- tian Reid. Ten of these nineteen novels ara by the indefatigable author of “Mortom House,” who also wrote Summer I1dyl” ‘and_“A Question tomor.” Christian Reid was one of the “best sellers” of her day—-but 18 an- other generation of “popular writer now, and hor works are all but for..| sotten. “y Kate, ok k= Spicy.” by Martha J. Lamb. hath | a right spicy sound: methinks it is a bit better than some of our modern movie titles. One would like to know if the novel, which was published in paper at 75 cents, and in cloth at $1.25, was altogether as peppy as fis | title: but it is far too much trouble to look the old story up and, anvway, in all likelihood its contents wers &s harmless as a custard sarth.” by Julian Hawthorne. perhaps the only novel in that list | whose title will be familiar today to| any sppreciable number. and of that number not very many will have read even it. Rhoda Broughton was anoth author then. Some of her = “Not Wisely. But Too “ometh Up as a Good-bye. Sweetheart' “Red as a Rose Is She ! Rhoda liked nothing i turesque titles. { Those who imagine that “etiquette” | books are a new thing under the sun | bave distinctly “another think,” as| the saying is, coming to them. People were all stirred up about right social usages in 1879, too. Here is‘a volume, “Social Etiquette of New York,” author not given: 18 mo., cloth, gllt edges; price. $1. The table of contents is interesting: “The value of etiquette—Introduc- tions, solicitations, strangers in town, debuts in society, visiting and visit- ing cards for ladies, card and visiting is and if not pie customs for gentlemen, morning re- ceptions and kettle drums, giving and atiending parties, balls and Germans; dinner giving and dining out, break- fasts, luncheons and suppers, opera and theater parties, private theatricals and musicals, etiquette of weddings, christenings and birthdays, marriage anniversaries, New Year day in New York and funeral customs and seasons of mourning.” We would chiefly in ord: like to get that book, * to find out about those kettle drums! “Morning receptions and kettle drums’—now I wonder hat on earth that means? Did they really have kettle drums at these functions, and were the guests sup- posed to beat upon them in some cere- monial way? Or did “kettle drum’ mean something entirely different? 1f 50, we must confess ourselves clearly unfashionable—at least, in the mean- ing of 1879 “A frank and sensible epitome of | Ty pe D. FRIDAY, D THAT . TRACEWELL. ood society in the first city of America,” sald the Boston Commgnwealth. in the appended boosts. The Hartford Courant said: “A very sensible and—if we may say it of a hook—well bred volume. It gives the rules that arve observed in the metropolis. These sometimes seem artificlal, but are usuaily founded on reason. The Naw York Evening Post car- rvied off the prize with its diplomati sentence concerning *Misericordia by Ethel Lynn Linton, published in the “newghandy volume series’ ““We are not sure we like anything by Mrs.sLinton better than this.” and the astute Evening Post iewer. Those who have the duty, pleasant and otherwise, of reviewing baoks, ought 10 copy out this sentence for use fn an emergency. The “new handy volume series” ve- terred to was something our own day and age sadly lack These books were £0ld at 20 to 30 cents, mailed to any address in the United on receipt of the price.” The “in large type, of a size con- venient for the pocket. or suitable for the Hbrary shelf, bound in paper covers, The paper-covered book filled a wanl, a want which exists today. Any one who has purchesed a modern novel at $2. 1o read once, knows the truth of these words. Many writers have tried to give the impression that lerman Melville's stories are a “find” of.our day, but in these adverlising pages, printed in 879, 1 find the following addenda to “The Arab Wife," a romance of the Polynesian Seas': ““The Arab Wife' is a plcturesque and gomantic story. of a kind to re- call to many readers those brilliant books of 30 yvears ago—Melville's nd ‘Omoo. R0. some 45 years ago. Melville was not forgotten. * % % % The demand for heaith books, too, seems to ha been active in those days. Nor is preventive medicine quite the new thing that some would like to have us believe. It seems that in those days Dr. Richard McSherry, professor of principles and practice of medicine University of Maryland, member of the American Medical As- soclation and president of the Baltl- more Academy of Medicine, published a book on “Health, and How to Pro- mote It,” in which the first division was headed: Hygiene the Betier Part of Medi- cine." It seems {0 me that some of those who have bean accusing the A. M. A. of backwardness in preaching pre- vention might with benefit look up this old work. An interesting division head from the work is: “Chewing and Smoking Should Be Forbidden in School.” Just what long-past evils a ferred to would be hard to say, with- out reading the book, but they proba- bly refer to just about what the words say. Ours has been a hardy republic; no doubt Dickens was right when he censured us for tobacco chewing. Happily, however, as our little ones take up their school duties this week, the problem of chewing among puplls, even in high school, is practi- cally no problem at all. As to smok- ing, that is another matter. Some of the books advertised in these old pages, however, are with us vet. The passage of time has not swept them away. Nor will it. Here are the “Essays of Ella,” by Charles Lamb, 30 cents, with the following lfrom the Philadelphia North Amer- can: “The quaintness of thought and ex- pression, the originality and humor and exquisite elaboration of the pa- pers have made them as much a standard as any of the writings of Addison and Steele, and far more the cumtoms of re- 1so. we have ads of Marryat's novels, of which “Midshipman Easy is the only one widely read today the Waverley novels, in various ed: tione, one at 25 cents a volum “Charles Dickens’ Work: editions, ending with one in pape at from 15 to 35 cents a _cop: and James Fenimore Cooper's im- mortal Leather-Sitocking romances and “world renowned sea tales.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “A grand seigneur”—a French- man's supreme tribute to a fellow man—was Joseph Calllaux's descrip- tion of Andrew W. Mellon following their first meeting at the Treasury. What the French call a “rapproche- ment” instantly ensued between the two finance ministers. Caillaux said he was “charmed” with the character and personality of Secretary Mellon. of whom he had made a rather ex- haustive long-range study before leav- ing Paris. The men had never met before, although Mr. Mellon almost annually visits Paris. Caillaux, who knows the importance of psyvchology in great diplomatic negotiations, went to great pains before coming to Amer- ica to X-ray the men he would have to deal with here—Coolldge, Hoover, Kellogg, Smoot and the others. He formed high opinions of their capacity and he finds they measure up to his | expectations. * ok ok % Senator Henry Berenger is physi- cally and fiscally the biggest men in the French debt delegation. though not the wizard of finance that Caillaux is. Few Parliaments in the world con- tain a politician just like M. Berenger, who is strictly non-partisan. He is al- ways with the government, no matter what its complexion in @ party sense. For many years he has been in the Senate for Guadeloupe, one of the French West Indles. His forte is elucldating tax and revenue questions with a clarity that even the most un- tutored mind can grasp. The result is that when Senator Berenger supports roposition in the Senate the Senate by an-overwhelming majority is for it. Thus, it the Caillaux delegation agrees upon a funding settlement with the United States, Berengers ap- proval of it will carry weight enough to assure ratification in the French upper chamber. It is as if President Wilson had taken the majority leader of the United States Senate with him to Paris in 1918. made a treaty that | the leader liked. and then enjoved that leader's support when the Senate was asked to “advise and consent. World history might have been re- made if Wilson had taken a Berenger to Versailles. * o ok % ‘There's a member of the House of Representatives — Mever Jacobstein, Democrat, of Rochester, N. Y.—who! has taken a leaf out of William T.) Sherman’s notebook and positively, absolutely and utterly declined to run for a certain offiece. The Democrats this Autumn have a chance to capture the city administration of Rochester because of a split in G. O. P. ranks there. They moved heaven and earth to induce Representative Jacobstein 1o accept the nomination for mayor. Everything short of physical pressure was used. But: he withstood the as- sault and made his friends under- stand that his duty is to the slectors who rolled up & record-breaking ma- Jority for'him last November. Jacob- stein also was unwilling to impose upon the thirty-eighth New York dis- trict the expense of a special election. Empire State Demecrats have their eye on the veung pelitical aconomist who achleved the miracle of capturing a congressional district that went heavily for Coclidge and running far ahead even of Gov. same occasion Al Smith on the * ok x Henry P. Fletcher, American Am. bassador to Italy, is coming home io be at Secretary Kellogg's right hand when the Italian debt commission clears for action in Washington. This is expected to be on or about October 20. Italy’s obligation of $2,138.000,000 presents as many funding difficulties as any which is owing to the United States Treasury. It promises to be one of the toughest of the proposi- tions that have to be faced. Mussolini and his people are not in the kindliest of moods toward America. Our new tariff policy has hit Italy hard, and our restrictive immigration Jaws, hard- er still. Now on top of it all, the Italians envisage us as demanding our money at & moment which finds them hardly struggied to their feet after the ravages of war and the convul- sions that accompanied the advent of Fascismo. Signor de Martino, the Italian Ambassador, is now back in Washington after a Summer at Rome. He is watching the progress of the French negotiations with an eagle eve. * X % % Imagine the emotions of distinguish- ed Frenchmen when sitting down to & prohibition state dinner at the White House! When they give gala ban- quets as much attention Is bestowed upon the choice of wines as upon the menu of food. When a Parisian in- vites you to a meal, at home or in & cafe, he bids you not primarily to break bread, but to have drink as well as edibles. M. Caillaux and his confreres are, of course, in no peril of going thirsty in Washington. The cellars of Ambassador Daeschner embassy are probably stocked with as fine an assortment of France's still and sparkling products as any man- sion in Paris. * ok ok ¥ W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, in charge of the Air Mail Service, enlivened procsed- ingsat the Air Board inquiry by saying that the aviation branch is the Post Office Department’s “fifth cousin. Glover is full of merry quips. He a born comedian and imitator. The vaudeville stage is minus a star as long as he is content to live the dreary life of a Government efficial. During the past two or three years suceessive Postmasters General have sent Mr. Glover across the country to ‘‘sell” the postal service. He is a combina- tion of wit, humor and elaguance not often encountered. He can even make statistics human. * k% % Wilfrid Flelsher, a young American newspaper man who has been en duty in Tekio for the past feur er five years, is the latest rperuit to theranks of Washington newspaper correspond- ents. He says he's amused and amaz- od to find 80 many Americans, even in high position, talking and thinking about the possibility of war with Ja- pan some unhappy day. Fleisher call- ed on a cabinet minister this week. Before he had heen in Mr. Secretary’s presence 30 seconds the dignitary wanted to know ‘“‘how many airplanes Japan has.’ R (Copyright. 19%8.) SEPTEMBER 25, 1 923, ‘LABOR SEEKS LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY By William Green, Pres.. American Federation of Laber. In the beginning it was ordeined that man should live by the sweat of his brow. The Bible records that God, in the exercise of His wisdom, or- dained that man shall earn his bread by the swaat of his brow. God sald, “In 1l sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” There can be no escape from a compliance with this Divine command. We must work and strug- &l and serve in order to sustain and prolong life. It is significant that with this man- date there was planted within the human breast a longing for the en- Joyment of w higher material and spiritual life. Discontent ha. ever been the basis of human endeavor It has caused men to dream. to plan and to achleve. It has moved men and strengthened their purpose and determination to succeed regardless of cost or consequence. No m&n or §roup,of men actuated by motives of intelligent and constructive dis- content will count the cost or meas- ure the sacrifices which must be muds in reaching out for the realiza- tion of an ideal or the achievement of a noble purpose. Who will say they are not inspired? Do men who are not moved by lofty purposes face privation and distress and death wearing the amile of undaunted cour- age and exultant heroism? The Di- vine command requires the sweat of the brow in return for daily bread. Have the words of God been given & new meaning and a new definition which requires not only the sweat of the face, but the blood of the heart? Striving for Happine The workers yearn and strive for "happiness and the realization of fixed ideals. They know that there are many privileges and biessings which they do not have. Their longings for the enjoyment of the blessings which they are daily denied are deep and intense. They have vision and they though perhaps dimly, the golden rays of promise and the radiance of hope. Gazing into the future, they see dawn of a new day, a day in which dreams will come true and disappoint- ed hopes will be fully realized. Hav- ing glimpsed the unmistakable evi- dences of that new and better era to which sil creation moves it is but nat- ural that they should seek to bring about acceptance and enjoyment of this better day and better life. Christ said: “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” When these words were uttered He was speaking to the Pharisees, bui He was referring to His followers. Many of them were workingmen, and the com- mon people heard him gladly. We are permitted to know that He lived in a humble home and that he was known us the Carpenter. It is fair to assume that during His early manhood He worked and served as 2 laborer and experienced the lot of a workingman. We cannot believe that the Master had in mind a life degraded and dwarfed by poverty and unreasonable toil. Such a life is not an abundant life. Nor do we belleve He meant that through such a mode of living we could develop the higher and more abundant spiritual life. We believe that the Master meant that through the application of the principle of jus- tice and fair dealing, which He re- peatedly announced, the great mass of the people, through all the genera- tions which were to come, would be permitted to enjoy life and to enjoy it abundantly. Physical Needs Not All Life, as He interpreted it, meant the satisfying of the physica! needs and the development of the spiritual forces of the soul. It is significant that He was mindful of the physical needs of the people in that He fed them before ! He preached. Life without a full and complete satisfaction of hunger and the desire for clothing and physical comforts is wholly incomplete. But that is not all. The intellectual. the cuitural and the spiritual phases of our lives require opportunity for com- plete.development. The material and the spiritual elements of life so in termingled that they are inseparable. | The highest attainment of our spirit- val lives can be reached only through the establishment of humane living conditions. Life is precious and potential. One cannot Uoperlv measure or appraise the value of 2 human life. As a flower untolds its petals to the sun, diffusing fragrance and portraving beautv. so life expands and grows beautiful in the warm sunshine of golden oppor- tunity. With reverent care. let us consider the language of the great Teacher. "I am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” Men and women who toil in the mille, fac- torfes and mines of our Nation are fighting. struggling and sacrificing for the realization and enjovment not only of life, but of life abundantly. Sound judgment, common sense and the interests of all° the peop! throughout the land call for the| manifestation and exercise on the part | of all the elements which form indus. trial life, of a spirit of co-operation. understanding and good will. It is to the' achievement of this purpose that organized .labor is irrevocably com- mitted. It is only through the exercise of these virtues and qualities that the great mass of mankind can be brought nearer to the enjoyment of life. Not a life of oppression, of limi- tation, of ignorance, of want life of drudgery and excessive toil; not a life from which is exacted every ounce of vitality and energy. but an abundant life—a life of freedom, of self-expression. of spiritual beauty. of educational advantages and opportu- ity for honest toil. with leisure, rec- tion and material blessings. This is the life the Lord declared He brought to us, the life for which we strive amd- pray. (Coprright. 1925.) — - Population and Food. ‘Will the United States be able to feed itself when its population in- creases to 300,000,0007 Some of the statistical sharks have been figuring out just how long it will be until the United States is filled with population to the overflow point, and just how long the popu- lation can continue to increase before it gets to the point where there will not be food enough to go areund, to say nothing about helping to feed the rest of the world. as we have been do- ing for several generations. Some of them have figurad that within a century or two or three, we'll have to begin to starve to death some of the folks in order to give the rest of us enough to eat. Others have figured that we'll be able to feed 300,000,000, and still others have figured that we already are dangerously close to the 50-50 point in good production and population. Apologists for war are telling us that the world will have to go to war about once in so often to prevent the population frem crowding itself off the face of the earth. Some are even telling us that all our efort to conserve child life is only making the world more crowded for the rest of us by increasing the num- ber of those .who live out the allotted span instead of passing quickly eut of the way. A lot of whieh is sheer nonsense, but all of which gives us food for thought ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Q. When was an insane asylum first established in England?—G. R. M. A. The earliest insane asylum was Bethlem Hospital, later corrupted to Bedlam. It was founded in 1247, men- | tioned as a hospital in 1330 and known | to be used for the housing of lunatics | in 1403. There seems to have been a home for Junatics at Charing Cross, London, before that but no trace of it could be found, and there is men- tion of another in the parish of Bark- ing in 1370. Q. Why was the Bridge of Sighs 50 | called?—-A. N. | A. The Bridge of Sighs in Venice | spans the Rio della Paglia, and con- | nects the ducal palace with the car- ceri or prison. It was so called he- | cause prisoners were led from judg- | ment in the palace over the bridge 1o | the prison. Q. How old are Knute Rockne and Pop Warner and how long have they been coaching foot ball>—A. R. R. A. Glen Warner, the Leland Stan ford coach, is 54 years of age and has been coaching foot ball for 30 years. Knute Rockne, Notre. Dame, 8 37 years of age and has been coaching foot ball for.12 years. How are ice mines sccounted e cave’ appears to be a ow shaft sunk ifo the rocks, in which there are fairly open air pas- sages. Apparently during the Winter the air is drawn into this opening and into the rocks, cooling the rocks to a low temperature; during the Summer the air current is reversed and goes out of the rocks into the shaft, becom- ing cooled in its passage through the crevices that had been cooled during the preceding Winter, so that in com ing into the shaft they are cold enough to freeze water dripping into it. The geologist cannot ssv to what extent these winds may be drying winds dur- ing the Summer and_the phenomenon due to the cooling effect of the evapo- ration. This may. however, play a considerable part in the formation of the ice. : Q. What ix the oldest breed of dogs? ' —D. 0. C. A. Shepherd or sheep dogs are re garded as the most ancient breed of domestic dogs and have existed since prehistoric times. Darwin stated that all of our domestic dogs have descend- | ed from a few wild forms: namely. | wolves, jackals and possibly dingoes. | Q. Wera hooked rugs used in co- | lonial days? If so. were they used in living rooms or bedrooms?—J. R. E. | A.~ Hooked rugs were used exten- | sively at that period. Occasionally | they were placed in the living quar- | ters, but more often in the sleeping apartments. Carlisle House in Alex- andria, Va., is a fine example of a | home of colonial days, and in its resto- | ration wonderful qid hooked rugs are | finding places in various rooms. Q. Whe di pan_ would ca R. S. A." This was an old notion. attrib uted to no one in particular. The Bu- | reau of Entomology says that there is | no foundation for such a belief. covered that beating a | e bees to pitch?’—C. | Q. When did England change from an absolute to a limited monarchy?— | A.R. S, A. Absolute government in England ceased with the execution of Charles 1 and the revolution of 1688. Q. ‘What is meant by the phrase “to thumb the hat"?—W. C. R | A. This is a nautical term used on | board fishing vessels to determine the | order of standing watch by all hands grasping @ hat by the brim, and the captain counting out every seventh thumb appearing on the rim Q. Is the sting of = davil's darning | needle poisonous?—B. L. §. A. Drugon-fiies, or devils darning | needles, are harmiess and do not sting, although these insects are ofien | na | bellowing sound. © J. HASKIN. them. 'This explains same of the strange names snd accounts for be- liefs that exist ameng people. It often heard that if & darning needle gets into one's hair, the most dis- agreeable things happen, the least of which is the mewing up of the ears The folk-lore of Hurope and the Orient abounds fn superstitions and savings in regard to these innocent but firece-looking insects. Q. In traveling from New York to France, what would be the fewexi miles of water that could he crossed” A. The only wav te sveid as much ocean travel as possible would be to 80 10 Alaska. cross the Bering Strait 10 Asia, and then cross the continent {o Europe. 1f this method of travel were possible, only 40 miles of waier would have 1o be croxsed. since the bering Strait is 40 miles wide in s narrowest point Q. Please give a short history of Langdon Smith’s evolution poem?— I P M. A. Langdon Smith, the writer of “When You Were a Tadpole and ¥ was a Fish” was an American und was born in 1858 and died in 1918, Ile was a newspaper man. In 1895 a few verses of his evolution poem were published in the Sunday New York Herald. 1In 1897 he filed the rough copy of the poem and, struck wiih its incompleteness, added some stanzas. Later he amplified it even more, and Charles Russell published it in ite present form in the Morning Journal. It had a great popular suc cess. Q. What wild animals are there in southwestern Missour?—H. 8 A. Deer. hears, wolves, bobcats and gray foxes sre some of the wild ani- mals founé in that locality. Q. How did =G, V A. The bugle was originally a bull s horn. the word being derived from the Latin “buculus’—"a voung hull The tip was cut off 10 produce ‘he The Anglo-Saxon hunters made their signals by means of a horn of this kind, and the He- brews had a corresponding instru- ment known as the “shofer.” Buglex were used in Rome for military pur- poxes. In the British Museum there is a bugle dating from the bronze age In Denmark the Dbugle origi- Q. What States have more women than men?—H. 8. A. The Bureau of the Census savs that the States having a larger n ber of women than men sre: Masss- chusetts, Rhode Island, New Yo North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor- gia. Alabama and the District of (‘o lumbia. Al other States have more men than women m- Q. Where is the new bridge over the Hudson to touch the Jerses W. N. B. A. The Hudson River Bridge will he between One Hundred and Seventieih and One Hundred and Eighty-fifth streets, in Manhattan Borough. New York City, reaching a point approxi matelv opposite the borough at Fort Lee, Bergen County, N..J. The con struction of this bridge has been au- thorized by Congress and it should be commenced within three vears, and should be completed in seven vears | from the date of the passage of the act, March 2, 1925, (Have e had the pleasure of ser- ing you through our Washington in- formation bureau? Canmot we be of some_help to you in your daily prob lems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative information, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested Send your inquiry to The Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. director, Twenty-first and C streets morthwest.) feared by persons unacquainted with Smith Bigger Figure Through Triumph in Primary. Fight Gov. Smilh's spectacular and suc- | cessful fight for his candidate in the New York City mgvorally primary seems (0 have strengthened his posi- tion as 2 Natfonal and State figure | without radically affecting opinions of political observers as to the out- look for the next presidential cam palgn. The Democratic Louisville Courier-Journal views the result as without important national bearing.” although the Albany Knickerbocker Press (independent Republican) thinks Smith’s “political _stature is in- creased,” and the Richmond News- Leader (independent Democratic) sees him as “the most powerful popular leader among Democrats today; for that matter, much the most popular leader of either party in the United States. So far as New York State is con cerned. the Buffalo Evening News | (Republican) daclares that ‘“not only in the State, hut throughout the Na tion, his victory must be accepted as formal notice that headquariers for the Democratic party in New. York State will be found in the executive chamber at Albany. with ‘a branch office in historic Tammany Hall.” The Syracuse Herald (independent) mays: “Smith's triumph was creditable from every viewpoint of civic duty and pride,” while the New York World (independent Democratic) em phasizes the point that “only Smith working with the Tammany machine had the mastery of practical politics” required for the struggle. The Roch- ester Times-Union (independent) re- marks upon the luck of Tammany, which in contributing te the defeat of Hylan “steps out from under and escapes the criticism which has been directed sgainst the man who was twice elected mayor of New Yor * ko * ““The governor risked much. the Oakland Tribune (independent publican), “but, having won out, the verdict will leave no doubt of his good judgment,” while the Baltimore Sun (independent) observes: “Gov. Smith has the satisfaction of know- ing that the victory was his. Tt was a demonstration of political courage and leadership that is all too rare and which deserved the splendid in- dorsement it received.” 1t was a victory for personal honor and official capacity and rectitude.” in the opinion of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch (independent). “‘the greater part of the cltizenry of New York, regardless of party afiliations, are threwing up hats and cheering Al Smith,” says the Milwaukee Journal (independent), and the victory “Is an expression of the confidence of the people in the leadership of Gov. Smith and of their loyalty to him.” adds the Hartford Times (independent Democratic). F The Newark News (independent) re- marks that “Smith emerges, despite tactics he employed that made his friends sorrowful, a bigger figure than_when he went in.” In fact, as the Portland Telegram (independent) e little bit to the sum total of knowl- edge and human capacity and to the making of the old world a little better for our having Hved -and labored .in if we are at all interested in doing a definite part in making the world bet- ter for the generations to come aft- er us. At the same time we are not without reasen in eencluding that if we ° right along doing the best we ean our day and generation to add our it, the future will take care of those who will follow us. It 18 not the good which we do in the world which is going to make life mere difficult for the future genera- |a continuance of an | the puts it. “The governor emerges with a firm grip on the national leadership of the party which he honors. or disgraces, as you may view it,” while the Si. Paul Dispatch (independent) says: "It is less of u victory for Tam. many than a personal triumph for Gov. Al Smith.” s the New York BEvening Poat (independent) sees it, “The gap through which Calvin Coolidge wnd the Republican party ripped their way in 1924 is as wide as ever in the Democratic front.” The Akron Beacon Journal (Republican) even thinks ““the result has created s new sot_of antagonisms,” which will be ar- rayed against Smith as long as he remains in public life, and the Nash ville Banner (independent) is impress ed with the thought that the posi- | election comment is little betier than lection bitter- ness and mudslinging. £ ¥ * » Even with a victory to his credit, Indianapoli= News (independent) suggesis, it might be that factional strife will develop and provoke h bitterness as (o remove the governor from the presidential possibilities The further belief that “‘the mere fact | that he helped deteat for a third nomi- nation a mayor of whom New York City tired and wanted to be rid of, along with the Hearst influence, does not seem 1o go very far,” is expressed by~ the Charleston Dally Mail (n depéndent Republican), and the Spring fleld Unlon (Republican) insists “Mr. Smith’y" prospects remain about .y same—good enough. doubtless, but ner good enbugh o insure him & seat in the Senate or occupancy of the ‘White House." Nevertheless, “the voice of York™ having been heard. the Hou Chronicle (independent) asserts Smit® therefore is a formidable candidate for the presidency, and the Charlotte Of server (Democratic) says the result set Ues the question, “'if there had been any question, about his candidacy for the presidential nomination in 1828.” The Roanoke Times (Democratic) adds that Smith “is apparently headed straight for the United States Senat~ -perhaps even higher.” The New Orleans Item (independent Democratic) also believes that “the result greail: advances Mr. Smith's prospects ax « figure in the national party,” while the Lansing State Journal (independ ent) recognizes strengthening of the w Yerk governor “in the way of party leadership.” The Kansas Citv Post (independent) says Smith big swath before and now will cut a bigger on ‘The Charleston Evening Post (independeni. Democratic) ok- serves that the primary resuit at least was a progressive step in the elimination of Hylan. * %k % * Typical of the opinion that the re- sult was without natlonal significance is the comment of the Savannah Press (Democratic), which concludes “It shows only thaf the candidate of s well organized political force, with years of experience behind if, cani®t be beaten by one who fslls’ outsifle the breastworks and makes an inde- pendent fight.” The Lynchbm;z' ows tindependent Democratic) says New York fight had no ap; ble effect on the -national situation, aithough the Memphis cimitar (inde- pendent) thinks “Hyland was used as a sort of a clay pigeon for the govern. tions, hut the avil which leaves itx sinister tratl behind us.—Port Huron Times-Hegald. © or to practice his marksmanship on in preparation for the time when he will shoot again for the presidency.”