Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY. September 28. 1925 THEODORE W, NOYIS... The Evening Star Newspaper € » sineas Offiee With fhe Spndar morn ered hy warriers Rate by Mail—1" Maryland and Vivz v and Sundas I only » Al Oth duy b . vie and su I i mo B 1 mo Press. exs 16 exclusively entitled ation of Al news die Jot otherwise cred Jocal news Vicatior anrved Member of the Assoel in this a he and also the AN cihits of o hos The Interparliamentary ‘Union. The cause of international peace be fostered at an important gath th s of the world in of men of parliamen Washing twenty-third ers this week. the con nee of the Interparliamentar: This tary fation is important Union vol e=pecially hecause educational achicved elbow experience rough touching of the me: at whic advancement of d by largely o enact laws for forty os a for cld peac e those deter legisla its peoples 1 in the matters end through who must mine these held the 18 Interparliamentary Union irst conference in Paris at of the world exposi in g0. The meeting here which will be Thursday the six v Was 1 nste uled on is second United States. time of 1 uis at the 1904 the exposition there in 'f the earlier gathering borders. T = ill mark the entry of republics into these repub thin our meeti e this yed union. will be American [ ences has be ates A Fourteen of represented ipation in the confer n confined to the United ‘anada joins together for a brief of governments nations of the The League other hand, brings embly the the executive governments of member nations both for discus- sion and action on matters affecting the League and the countries included in the League. Among the important questions which will occupy the attention of the Un at its session here the codification of international law. The of codification has be- more and more apparent, particularly in view of the estab- of the Permanent Court International Justice—the World Court—to which all the members of the League of Nations have adhered, and to which the adherence of the T'nited States so earnestly advocated by President Coolidge and many other Americans. nator Borah of Idaho. chairman of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee, has insisted that until interna- tional law has been codified and de- ned the World Court cannot really as a court of justice. The :ssion here next week is expected 10 zive impetus to the movement for odification of international law. An ddress by Elihu Root, former Secre- of State, will be the basis for the of this topic Another subject set for considera- at the conference is the crim inality of aggressive war, which has been the of international rerican and « The U space n the legislative of. the world for branch of the nportant the together the on is need such ome is now scussion tion menace peace since there have been nations. | The hope of the peace advocates has been that some day the world would =0 frown on a; ve war that a na- tion would be barred from this crime by the weight of world opinion. line with the pre for the “outlawry of war.” The meetings will be held in the «apitol, the first time that building has bLeen used for business other than that of the Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States. For a week the Unfon will occupy the hall of the House of Representatives, and Eng lish, French and German, the official languages of the conference, will al- ternate in the delivery of addresse ent-day demand Not ago Euro- peans seemed a trifle proud of their Jack of information concerning United States politics. Now they know every move. e very many years - It has been shown by Col. Mitchell that enthusiastic popular demonstr tions are available to official figures as well as to motion picture stars and ball heroes. hase e Smith in the Limelight. v. Al Smith of New York, hope” of and the standing the Democratic party today, drew a crowd of 100,000 people in Chicago yesterday. This was not surprising, even though Chi- cago is many miles from Broadv'gy Chicago, like New York, has “wet” juclinations. The gentlemanly John W Democratic nominee for President last year, stirred the Chi- cagoans to enthusiasm when he declared for “personmal liberty, which mesat “beer” to them, al- theugh Mr. Davis had something else B mind. The Governor of New York, how- ever, who recently cleaned up Mayor Hivlan and his backer, Willlam Ran- dolph Hearst, in the New York City Elections and now stands on the top of the heap in the Empire State, failed to mention prohibition or beer pr Hearst in his talk yvesterday. This repression is interpreted some lquarters as an Indication that the overnor is taking serfously again ih',‘ suggestion that he make a bid white the out- figure “wets' in Davis, nofsy of thel Heretofore | of Nations, | representatives | Tt s | for the presidency in 1928. Perhaps the most important part of the gov- ernol visit to Chicago, after all, was nce with Democratic lead- several States, who had the purpuse of discussing ‘ans for the future with G Smith. E. the Demwcratic boss of 1llinois, put on the show for and did it well address Gov. Smith sou; the reputation President Coolidge ttained. sovernor, of deral Government's W the confe Lers from [ come for eorge Brenn: the governor In his to undermine economy which has the ms his administration that many ind ‘e inferred he. 2d - lop the F spenditure: He o recent mii dollars Bl shing- key The largel if he were in htly Republican ton vi . sued built the Ty Coolidge popularity is jupea economy and duction taxes. His plan, it seems, is o out- Coolidge Coblidize in the matter of ve In New York State Gov ngularly people f{ trenchment | Smith was successful i | persuading th that he real friend | taxpavyer, at th | the Republican was the of econumy and the and its to his Legislature | leaders into o Whether »sition it | ures he can people other X similar beliet is another thing Gov ates to A s visit to Chicago serves to keep him in the limelight, {and o d that light far beyond the confines of New York [ He 1 tion of the !next Democratic national convention the idential nomination- the 0dds are against it—but his in it serves exte not be the sele { for e in {will be an important voice in the {choice of the party nominee Truck Regulations. Director Eldridge appeals to of Washington to serupulous in observance of the regulations relating to such vehicl so that damuge o the streets will be He asks that truck loads icted to the carrying capacity, and brakes be kept in good “nd that the speed be kept timit “Tratlic i the truck owners be in minimized be resi that tir conditic within Truck owr | tal should heed this appeal ot of {dollars should not be ruined by the | operation of heavy vehicles in defi- of the law. Regulations gov- {erning trucks in Washington are rea- | sonable. Both the speed limit and the [load limit have approved such bodies as the Bureau of Stand- {ards and the Bureau of Public Roads. | Director Eldridge is wise in taking this step not come officially under h traffic regulations do, and he is of the belief that rigid observance of the latter will eliminate the for- mer. It is apparent also that obedi- nce of regulations will promote safe- ¥ o other users of the street. | If the appeal of the traffic director is not acted upon, and arrests by the traffic squad do not break up the practice of overloading and speeding, it would seem that Mr. Eldridge would be justified in reducing limit on both. Present-day streets cost too much and, especially in Washing- ton, are too hard to get, to have them put out of commission by one class of street user. It is evident that the director would be reluctant to take this action, realiz- ing that the truck as a commercial vehicle has attained tremendous popularity throughout the world, but it may become necessary if the ruti- less destruction of the highways con- tinues. So it is up to the truck own- ers and operators to obey the law and co-operate, so that there will be no need for such a drastic rule. ———s If Flortda land prices become pro- nibitive there will still be the comfort of knowing that there is an immense amount of valuable real estate in the outlying r the jcosting hundreds thousands jance been does {office e T | While negotiations concerning in- | ternational debt bring the State De- partment into the foreground, the Sec- retary of the Navy continues to be the busiest of cabinet officials. - While California and Japan have their differences, they are compelled to sympathize on the earthquake | auestion. e Security for France. With the possible exception of the | London conference which accepted the Dawes plan for reparations pay- ments, there has not been held in Eu- rope the peace was signed a more vita'ly important gathering than the comi g security pact conference. If the conference is successful the last really serious obstacle to Euro- pean recovery will have been re- moved. If it fails, almost anything may happen. The question of security for France has been at the root of most of the continent’s post-war difficulties. It was confidently believed by the French that all this had been ar- ranged at the peace conference, but when the United States, and conse- lquently Great Britain, declined to ratify the three-power security pact negotiated at Versailles France found herself in a position where she felt exposed the revenge of her late enemies and dependent upon her own resources for safety. Twice since then efforts have been made to'safe- guard France from attack, both pro- posals having failed. If the effort now making should suffer a like fate France probably will feel that it is hardly worth while to try again. The outlook is more hopeful today than it les been previously, because Germany has come to a realization that some such agreement is as neces- sary to the reich as it is to France. The problem would be comparatively easy were only the French and Bel- glan frontiers of Germany involved, as Berlin is fully committed to the permanent loss of Alsace and Lor- raine and the other western lines as established at Versailles. But Ger- many is not reconciled to her eastern boundaries as established by the peace treaties and subsequent proceedings under them, and France, on the other hand, feels that she cannot afford to assure her own safety while leaving Poland and the nations of the little entente exposed to German attack. For the first time since the armi- since to 2 i persuade the | { { | | Building. | n s of the National Cupi- | Streets | i by {vears died toda Although damasze to streets | THE EVENING rmany will enter the coming conference on an equal footing with the other powers, and this ought to make for better feeling and the pro- motion of understandings. As the negotiations will include the proposal that Germany join the League of Na- tions, the scope of the gathering is widened to a very considerable ex- tent. While the difficulties to be over- come before an allaround agreement reached are undoubtedly for midable, the fact that Czechoslowakia {last week proposed a treaty of arbi- tr with suggests that they are not necessarily insoluble. | b Harrison Dingman. The memory of many old Washing touched by the death of Harrison” Dingman. old guard. One by one th fassceinted with the small and in different Washington of vears ago drop from the ranks the m jous Dingman Un who settfed in Washington at the of the Civil War, whic the of was a can be tion Germany ——— tonians will be He was one of men a Harrison die bourne. n sol- pass to was @ is part many of man of s excellent fon in of wa history He been l ot very our irit sold Washin | old citizens. had was his ¢ and That | ton an thousands War re the scar of an ugly among the Civil He be wound received in action, of the fie 4 bloody actions of the early part of the war, Malvern Hill June 30, 1862 of the serious fi in MeClellan's campaign fl Richrond by the James River route. At Malvern Hill more than 2.300 Con federates were killed, and the Union loss, though heavy, was not so Harrison Dingman. a jovial and companionable man, found, side of bus his means for expr asonry, and sonic record was long and full those honors and offices which fall to faith- ful Masons. Many old-timers remem ber him as a part of the firm of Clum & Dingman, collection and claim agents, with an office in the Atlantic That was back in the 90s. 1900 he was of the firm of Ding- man & Jenkins—Allison €. Jenkins— stock brokers, 930 I street. Soon aft er that, certainly as early as 1904, he ! when not remu history. W in one one to at. active out self ion Ma in his ibecame a clerk in the Indian Office, |and in that employment he grew old {He had been in the world eighty-five | vears, and his interest in Masonry and in other earthly things was keen al most to the moment of the coming of the great summons. His wife of fifty a little more than twenty-four after Mr. Ding man’s death. hours e En1% After studving in Baltimore John { T. Scopes will have to decide whether it is his duty to try to convince the college professors that Darwin, while he may be right in Maryland, i 1 wrong in Tennessee. e | =~ Washington, D. C., ought to change its name, according to the business men of Washington, N. C.. in order to avoid post office confusion. As the moude said to the elephant, “It is your move.” n. ——— A great hit might have been made by France's distinguished representa- tive had he dropped a delicate hint that he selected this particular time for his visit in order to see the world series. N 1t will be a great relief if it can be shown that the problems of the Ship. ping Board can be definitely solved simply by reducing salaries. ——————— A quarrel involving Army, Navy and Afr Service implies the threat of another of those eternal triangles. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Condensed Economics. When pages long great minds prepare For use in print or speech, We study them with ‘patient care To learn just what they teach. The student bends his weary head And with a thoughtful frown Observes the scrolls before him spread And tries to “boil ‘em down.” The page becomes a paragraph; The paragraph a line, Which may with ease be cut in half To leave a phrase so fine. The phrase grows fainter, by and by, And when at last he's through, He finds the problem stated by The letters, “I O U." As Far as He Gets. “Have you decided what you are going to say in your opening speech next Winter?" ‘Up to a certain point,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I have positively decided that when the roll is called 1 shall say ‘Present.’ " Big Figures. When penny ante folks would play In hours of long ago, The game of life was rather gay. But now we find it slow. For most of us must quit the pace In envious regret, Unless we have the means to place A Dbillion-dollar bet. Jud Tunkins sa; the reason he likes base ball better than politics is that when the argument is over some- thing is decided for keeps. Attenuated Attire. “You say vou are willing to buy your wife all the clothes she wants?" | “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton. “My difficulty is that Henrietta refuses to wear as much as I want her to.” The One Certainty. The coal strike is a great event That brings the selfsame rumors Of further cash that must be spent By ultimate consumers. Strictly American. “Why should we go to Paris for our fashions?” exclaimed the young man. ‘We don't,” rejoined Miss Cayenne. like a totem pole.” “It's easy to find fault,”” said Uncle Eben. “You can't expect no reward, son, foh de discovery of anything so common,” A { boy | Filling ex-soldiers | I messenge: | only traditions they know are the ones “Your new sweater makes you 1ook | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. What becomes of the office and mes- senger hoys when they grow up? This paper some time ago carried an interesting series of articles show- ing that many of its old carrier boys had become citizens of influence in this and other cities A like service remains to be per formed for all the hundreds of youths who vearly turn themselves into “of fice boys” and so-called “‘messenger " in big busines ablishments. Often an_executive finds himself looking at these boys with some such question in his mind as opened this article. The youngsters are so full of life, 50 Intensely human, yet so irre sponsible, sometimes luzy, that superior officers with philosophical turns of mind often wonder as to their future careers Many of these “boys’ are almost men, being around 18 years of age, or even olde Yet they work for very small wages, at jobs with no particu lar _Vulun-. Most of the hoys, after performing well or indifferently the asks assigned them, disappear from the offi s0 i ho' leave realize time has come for them to their life work, whatever it paste pots and nds is not a life work ing this discovery, the oflice hoy often decides to buckle down to the study he formerly shirked, and so there is hope for hin Some of the boys manage to work themselves up in the ranks, but their number is not large, since all such . the pages of modern busi- ness. work under one tremendous handica Once that take may be. running er After mak- the to ‘“Jimmie the messenger boy,” one is likely Iways to be Jimmie the messenger in the eves of those Who have the disposition of the higher positions » the wise office boy finally strikes out in new fields where he can hegin all over again. *ow % % | Perhaps this is too sober a view | ke of the life of the average mes. | senger boy. Usually he is a light. | hearted youngste who cems o | spend much of hix time trying to get ou of work He scutfles with his mat opportunity, is very apt to be among the missing when most wanted and | has a penchant for the consumption | ;.r foodstuffs at the most unlikely | hours, 1 knew a messenger boy once the weighed about 180 pounds) who nor mally topped off his lunch with a dozen bananas. He, too, disappeared from the office and has been lost to my sight 1 these many years. wonder, when 1 stop to recall I do now. what he is doing. er he is and whatever he| akes his present walk in life, there | s one thing I am sure of—and that is that every lunch finds Lim imbibing | bananas. ~ When bana once get | thelr grip upon man or boy they never | ose it I any reader is inclined to think | that the probiem has been overstated, | let me cite the following story told | me by a young business man the other day. He related as an in- stance of the lack of forethought common with these boys | The messenger in question was 18 vears old. He was making $10 week, $4 of which he paid to his| grandmother, with whom he lived. for | his “board and keep.”; $1 he turned | over weekly to the savings fund which | the office had instituted. Recently he came to the young huus-“ ness man and made known his desire | to withdraw from the savings fund | plan. As this system paid an interest | '8 at every a popular mak call Mr. Ford' | worth far beyond the banks and an ultimate return almost preposterous, in the light of modern business, the superior naturally asked the boy his reason for withdrawing his $1 deposit a week. “I want to buy an automobile,” re- plied the boy, naming “a small car of " as the papers often well known automobile. “You want to purchase an automo- bile,” said the other, calmly enough, although gasping inwardly. “Why do you want to do that?" “All the other boys have automo- biles,” replicd the messenger boy, now on the defensive. And how much would you be re- quired to pay weekly Five dollars,” the boy can do that easy enough stated. 1 if 1 don't have to put the one buck into the sav- | these med ings account.” Now, let's see,”” helped the business man. “You pay mother and you pay $5 4 week on the wut of the savings plan, you then would have $1 left out of your salary’ “Yes, sir,” confirmed the boy “What are you intending to do with the car after you get it? Oh, take my girl out riding. Oh. take your sirl out riding. Do vou think you can run the car on $1 o week?" “Well— 'And how about buying vour girl soda, now and then? You would e to do that, wouldn't you?" Yes, sir,” smiled the blushing mes “Do you think you could buy gaso line and soda on a dollar a week? X HE % “I never thought of that,” said the | 1ad. He thought dntently “I tell you what.’ he brightened. “I could get a job as night work, and earn enough money to run it.” ‘If vou did that.” smiled the other, when would you have time to take your girl out riding?" Ho had never thought either. But he was not at We never are. “Well, I could use it to come rik in, and to g0 home in The young business man, with pity and anger fightinz for mastery, re plied, calmly enough And do you think would be while giving up your savings taking on a night job. foregoing visits to your girl and handing out $: week for the next two years, just for the pleasure of having a machine to come to work in?’ “I never thought of that,” s boy. completely floored But he gave up his job just the same. No doubt he went to another place where no one would bother a feller when he wanted to buy a car like all the other fellers got! The problem of the future of our messenger and office boys is a seri ous one problem to which too many officials give too little thought, of ba that, vet to w id the | it seems to me. Yet the divine spark of discontent in all of us exists in our office boy too, and what with good health and out right in more—or less—sure. Certainly the office boy “gets in on the ground floor” of modern Ameri- can business. That is some compen- sation. If he grows into a young man with the “looks,”” brains and push he can get somewhere. Perhaps this is where the *“college of hard knocks™ matriculates its students. the end, one may feel WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “Aviators is aviators” is a saying they have in both the Army and the Navy What they mean is that| aviators are innovators. They have a fine contempt for precedent, these | fiying men like “Billy” Mitcheil. The | they create, almost from flight to| flight. Ask them the schoolboy ques tion in geometry—"what's the shortest distance between two given points and they're certain to answer: “The airplane route.” Bearded admirals and graying generals have told the | Coolidge Air Board that America's | young eagles of the Mitchell breed are | constitutionally impatient with pros ress that is deliberated before achiev- | ed. Their motto is: “Let’s gol” Armies | and navies have existed since Caesarian times. But flying, as| “Billy"” Mitchell knows and practices it, is a fledgling of barely 15 years. Bleriot staggered the senses by flying the English Channel, a span of 21 miles, in 1910. Today a Rodgers wings his way from California to Hawali, a span of 2,100 miles. It is because aviation is developing by such lightning leaps that men like Mitchell want to scrap methods and systems that have been centuries in the making. * % ok K How the American tariff prevents Furope from selling goods in the United States may be an issue before the Caillaux-Mellon duel is finished. If the French finance minister is of the same mind he was on the verge of leaving Paris, he holds that France can only pay America if America per- mits France to pay partially in goods. It is the Caillaux theory, in other words, that sooner or later French payment must represent a trade bal- ance in French favor—an excess of ex- ports over imports. The French had to acknowledge the soundness of that argument when Germany's “capacity to pay” under the Dawes plan was fixed. They don't see why sauce for the German goose should not be sauce for the French gander. Calllaux con- veved the impression in Paris a few weeks ago that if the American settle- ment dldn’t take these considerations into account, any agreement signed at Washington would have the force only of a platonic bargain. o) e o Punctuality is said to be the priv- ilege of kings. To remember, it would appear, is the prerogative of queens ‘A Washington lawyer, William W. Bride, is at any rate ready to take the stand and testify that royal Marie of Rumania_does not forget. Two years, ago Mr. Bride, who went to Bucharest on behalf of American financial inter- ests, was the guest of the King and Queen at luncheon in their palace. Somewhere between the monarchical soup and nuts, the Washingtonian suggested that an autographed photo- graph of Kurope's most beautiful crowned head would be an appropriate souvenir of a memorable occasion. Last week it arrived. Mr. Bride re- cently was appointed Rumanian con- sul general for the area of Maryland and the District of Columbia. * kK ¥ ‘Washington’s smart set, especially its hostesses, read deep significance into President Coolidge's innovation in entertaining the French and Amer- ican Debt Commissions at a White House dinner ‘“for men only.” ' There is wonder as to whether a precedent has been established. Woe will take its way through the ranks of Capital society women if that is so. They “adore” luncheons and dfnners at which high politics is on the menu. | ing, selling real estate to each other. they have sold so much of it they have a boom on. Many of them pride themselves on President once told a prominent Re- publican leader that Mrs. Coolidge s the ideal wife for a politician and public man. “She has always left all of the politics of the family to me, he is quoted as saying. PR A constituent of this column writes. I see that one of our prominent railroads is now running a fast train out of Washington called the “Liberty Limited.” Congress beat the ———— to it eight vears ago, when it adopted the eighteenth amendment. Liberty been limited ever since. * ok % % and Frank Whiting of creators of the gigantic $35,000,000 American Agricuitural Mart, which has enlisted President Coolidge’s interest, are young Indiana men. They hail from Peru, in Miami County, and are alumni of the Uni- versity of Chicago. Lawrence Whit- who told of the mart at the White House the other day, is a blond giant who was captain of Stagg’s famous 1912 foot ball team. In 1917, before the United States en- tered the war, Frank Whiting was an aviator in the Royal British FI ing Force, in which he served tw years. President Coolidge is going to Chicago for the meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which will take place on December 7. 8 and 9. The Whitings are hopeful that he will find time to inspect the riverside site of the Agricultural Mart while hobnobbing with the farmers. * ok k% From the New Jersey State Post- masters’ Association comes the sug- gestion that postmasters of all grades, irrespective of their terms of service, ought to be pensioned like other postal emploves of Uncle Sam. Hav- ing been traditionally regarded as political appointees, the postmasters are not eligible to the retirement al- lowances which are granted to post office employes after at least 15 years of service. Railway mail clerks reach the pension age soonest at 62. Postal clerks, mechanichand general clerical workers come in at varying periods after reachfng 65 and 70. ok Kk K B. W. Fleisher, founder, editor and publisher of the Japan Advertiser of Tokio, an _American-owned, American- edited and American-ideal daily news- paper of nearly 20 years’ vintage, is a visitor to Washington. A member of the well known Philadelphia_fam- ily of manufacturers and philan- thropists, Mr. Fleisher has become one of the real factors in Far East- ern politics. His newspaper is re- garded, without in any sense being official, as an authentic organ of Amer- ican opinion. Its physical existence was demolished by the earthquake of 1923, but it sprang into being again six months later, bigger and better than ever. Fleisher specializes in call- ing spades spades in Japan, especially when they are American spades. His courage, "independence and fairness consistently compel the respect of the community in which the Advertiser is published. (Copyright. 1825.) A Mutual Market. Lawrence Chicago. From the Savannah Press. Down in Waycross the natives are And The Grand Rush. the ability to keep the swiftest con-|From the Boston Traveler. versational pace on those occasions. Another danger is that of being MONDAY, SEPTEMBER | white 1('nnl:1h| lof the Presidents, in brot $i to vour grand-| | There | would 28, 1925. Proposed Fountain for l Lafayette Square To the Editor of The Star: In Lafayette Square, just south of the Jackson monument, facing Penn- sylvania avenue, opposite the Execu- tive Mansion, is a plat of ground 35 feet square, more or less. be an ideal location for a fountain; the same to consist of a basin about 20 feet in diameter; the basin in height should be about 20 inches, similar in style to that of the Dupont Circle, and should be composed of red, or blue granite, polished. White marble is subject to stains, etc. In a continuous girdle around the basin there should: he introduced plaques, either oval or round, each to in basrellef, portrait of one The bas North and Maj. of the pedestal relief portraits of Col Walker n the rear of the Von Steuben statue would be excellent patterns. On the face of lions, around the portrait bust, should be an inscription, thus, “Andrew Jackson President of the United s 1825, that being the vear in which he became President should be no other inscription on the face of the medallion. The date on that of Harrison would be 11841 and the same date would appear | jon the medallion of Tyler, he having | | succeea rrison a few weeks after | { his inaugura The plaques should | be so attached to the face of the basin that they may be readjusted, as for instance. every four = ye there be an addition. There the United States Mint at Phila a series of medals containing in elief of all the Presidents from Washington down to the nt day, consisting of 29 that is, of individuals who had been President of the United States at some time { Verde antique would make an ex cellent background for these bronzes but this stone is not durable. Afte a while it integrates, and the color fdes. There is a quarry in Si loud, Minn., that produces a beauti- ful pink granite, susceptible of a high | polish The brim should be about 8 inches in width, projecting about § inches lon the interior of the circle. Unds this projection there should be a con- | tinuous tube or pipe Lo contain a row of jets set at such an angle that when | { discharging water and on falling In { the center of the basin it would form, {4 canopy. There might be introduced into the center of the busin a bubbling | fountain, discharging water not over | |8 inches high | i in being on a level 1 of not over 2 feet and a half from the | | ground, it would not interfere with | | the view of the White House or the vista up Sixteenth street. It will be i remembered that on this spot it was {proposed to place the Lafayette monu L and a foundation was con | structed, but this plan was changed | {for the reason that a view of the ! | White House from the Square would | be somewhat obstructed, and as | decided to put it in the southeast lcorner of Lafavette Square. Over { the ginal foundation there w in- | troduced a bed of flowers, but as it is | lmuv, »sed that the flowers that bloom | sring might interfere with the | removed blast- | and | w this fou in th view, after | ing foundation was drilling and to grade this considerable It was leveled | the usual run o' luck will bring them | sodded down so that it now conforr unding ground, The | { water supplying this fountain should | be introduced by hydraulic ram, or | electric pump, placed in a subter- {ranean cavern in proximity. | { The object of this electric pump is {that the water from the spillway or {overflow returns to the pump andi [to the sur close thus it can be used over and over, after the method used in the Dupont | { Circle, thus saving a great deal of { water from waste i | In the basin there should be placed ! water lilies, vellow, white and pink | There also is a hybrid water lly of | i blue, purple, red nd varfegated col {or which on the rface of the water l\\uu]d produce a kaliedoscopic effect. {1 ix possible that in frosty weather {by some electric contrivance con- nected with the pump the tempera- | ture of the water could be raised, say | {10 35 degrees or more. The water i {the basin should be permitted to rise | that the surface would be but al i few inches om the brim, affording ! a grand opportunity for the pigeons, | doves, sparrows and other birds fre- | {quenting the park an opportunity to | |drink. which would be a great boon |to these birds. As it is, there are not ample facilities in the square for { these creatures. This feature, which |would add greatly to the beauty of { the landscape, really could not be ob- jected to on the ground that it ob {Scured the view in any directian, as | {the elevation, including the water, | {would only be a little over 2 feet. | It is to be hoped that this sueges: | tion may be considered. as it would | add greatly to the beautiful attrac-| tions of this square. Furthermore, it | is suggesied that there be no further embellishment in bronze or otherwise, than the plaques themselves, so that {there could be nothing to detract from | | the artistic appearance. Surely they | would prove a great attraction, as well as being of historical interest. This unique and original idea should meet with general approval FRANKLIN STEELE. »—or—s. Expounder of Truth i i Follower Thus Describes Mary Baker Eddy. To the Editor of The Star There appeared in a recent issue of your paper a brief report of an address delivered by the Rev. Irving P. Johnson, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, before the Colo- rado Bar Association. the subject of the address being “The Muddle of Civilization.” The reverend doctor, among other things, was reported as saying “One wonders how fllms pro- Quced * ¢ ¥ can tumm * * William_Jennings Bryan and Mary Baker Eddy into expounders of sci- entific_truth.” He has truly spoken when he said Mary Baker Eddy is an expounder of scientific truth, but the production of a film has in no wise raised her to that position. The bishop may have seen a film préduction that touched on the subject of Christian Science, but the Christ Science organization is not responsible for this. The methods of bringing to the public the truth as taught in Christian Science were established by the leader and founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, some of which are its authorized literature, its church services, reading rooms and board of lectureship. Mary Baker Eddy, a student of the Bible from her childhood, a devout and consecrated seeker after the word of God, was well equipped and qualified to give to the world her discovery of scientific truth, which is founded on the teachings of the master metaphysician, Christ Jesus. Her rediscovery of this new old truth has brought regeneration, spiritually, mentally, morally, physically and financially to thousands of her fol- lowers. In her writing, “No and Yes,” page 10, she say: ‘The two largest words in’ the vocabulary of thought are ‘Christian’ and ‘Science.’ The former is the highest style of man; the latter reveals and interprets God and man; it aggregates, amplifies, unfolds and expresses the All-God. The life of Christ is the predicate and postulate This would | tures in the United ribbons, for 1923 was $761,3 | known fou Heptasophs, w: ed in Mary of sound character, gaged in honorable profession or em ployment, between 15 and 50 ye age into existence about 12 time they were grown for and for a hemp rope? | speed at i wire rope is generally more jacres | New Brunswick {pea under three shell ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What is the value for silk manufactured in the United States D. R. F. | A. The value for all silk manufac States Where was the as the ‘“Seven ded?—F. C. McC. The Seven Wise Men, better known as the Improved Order of s a secret order found- 1876, uniting all men | health, good moral ally acceptable, en- Q. organiza Wis | nd, bodily s rs of merged Aid | membership. It wa May. 1918, with the Fraternal Union of Lawrence, Kans. Q. How long I there ‘press gallery” in Washington?—A_ C. | A. IT may be said to have come | By 1828 or from Wash- to N een a | 1830 the | letters written ington and published in different parts | of the country were becoming numer ohs | Q. When were tomatoes pushed as | 1 vegetable?—H. § A It was not until about 1870 that decided steps were taken 1o Improve Until that | rnaments, re called “love apples the tomato commercially wel What is the ‘safe working 1 For wire” A. The Bureau of : nda that the strength of manila rope and of wire rope varies. greatly, and the safe working load depends upon the which the rope is used and | upon the diameter of the sheaves over which it is run. At slow safe working load for Q good manila rope may be taken as one-seventh its | . iivate n tas breaking strength, while for high speeds it should not be more than one fortieth wire fifth rope is generally taken as one f its breaking strength. than four timn str as the ze of g sam re the longest and short hs used”—L. R. R Radio Division of the De- ) of Commerce says that ex periments have been made of I one meter. According to its the longest wave length 24,350 meters. in us about pipes public H. B. 18 10,010 pipes and 150 direct speaking stops, 5,050 pipes in echo organ. It is operated by two 30 horsepower and one 10-horsepower motors. How in Cleveland I many the has audit the um in Q. Why are some railroad rails con nected with copper wire?—A. C. A. Usually this signifies that kind of automatic control is ins n that section of road. the wire being used to complete cuit. some lled copper Q. What dealing with the tr strong, who was d ham Lincoln?—J. D A. The novel called “The Gray- ons,” by Edward Eggleston, is based on Lincoln's Armstrong case. is me of the novel 1 of young Arm- :nded by Q. How was the theory proved the earth is flatter at the pole: B. C A. that Newton deduced from the onsideration f the figure of equilibrium of a ma of ro- tating fluid that the form of the earth was an oblate spheroid. The qu tion was permanently settle 3 Lapland expedition ent out by Academy of Scienc Paris, in 1 under the auspices of Maupertius and Clair he flattening of the poles has also been proved by actual exp ments on degrees of tions of the pend Q. How much of Canada land?—H. J A. The forest ween 500,000,000 TimBer of commercial e covers about three-fifths of this area divided among the provinces as f lows: Nova Scotia, 100,000 acres: 9,000,000 acres: Que- bec, 100,000,000 Ontario, 70. 000,000 acres rthwest Provinces, 100,000,000 acres: British Columbia 100.000.000 acres. ° is ada 00.000.000 tone?—G. J. the commercial Q. What is blue A. Bluestone is cluding | | pea et | does e e Tt Good | | agined | fered perpetually from imagining t | —T. new | | Harvey C | contours of the bottor the eir- | Abra- | | Amer forest | pret | Some learn more than others \a name for a dark blulsh-gray felds pathic sandstone or arkose. The color is due to fine gratns of black and dark green minerals, chiefly hornblend and chlorite. The rock is extensively quarried in New York. Its tough ness, due to slight ‘metamorphisn and the ease with which it may be split into thin slabs especially adapt it for use as flagstone. The term ha been locally applied to other among which are dark-blue slate blue limestone. It is used for curl ing, flagging, building, crushed ston and paving. Q. What was t old tales to men who change into wolves? A. They were wolves. Q. nane were K. C known giver When was_the first stea bine made?—F. H. K A. The earliest known steam tu bine was invented by Hero about 120 BiC Q. When did Edwin Booth s last appearance on the stage M A. Edwin Booth made his last ap ance on the stage at the Brookls Academy of Music on Saturday afte: noon. Ap) role « Hamlet s afflicted Q. Is it true bark, snar with rabies fear »—H. A. 8. A. No, the fferer from not show these symptoms. person thus affected is suffering fro an overworked imagination known as lyssophia or pseudorabics. water, rables A Q. Why is the not popular L. Some of the durtar foreigners? fruit with A Americans, for example te for this tropical fruit odor of the du which i indescribable, makes it prac but the almost The safe working load for | eally {mpossible to enjoy the custard like Q. pulp. What mu that a certain 2— B 3 chumann (1810-1856) su comiposer note sounde in his A Robert § A sounding in ¥ ears. He was for many years subjec to melancholia and on February 2 1854, attempted suicide. He died i ne in a private asylum. Q had the note What is the somic B This instrument, inv d by D Haves. research physici is used to determine the of the ocear out by the instrumer line the vesse of the ocean ar The tin ding out of return indicates depth-finde A of the Navy Sound, sent below the water strikes the bottom is reflected 10 @ receiver | interval between the sound and its depth Q. I recently heard selections fror “Fra Diavolo." Was there reall | such a person?—T. M. [ A Fra Diavolo was a ted Italian brigand born eal name was Michae s atrocious crueity and th he hud originally been ained him the name “Fr He was eventually car d harn d in 1806 cele abo tured Q. Are many of the educational as sociations and organizations support ing the proposed cducational bil THC. A ported such 3 sociati tion Towner-Sterling bill is suy national organization 1 Education As brary Associ: ition and Women's @ series of questions We wonder and and are answered becaus is but ansiwers We ask and learn they wonder more and ask more. Some are not concerncd and stay i ever little rut circumstances placed th The Star is group of mewspapers that mais in Washington a great bureau that in reality the universal fi formation. It will remove life’s ques tion marks for you. It is free to a Send your question with 2 cents i stamps for returnm postage. Addre The Star Information Burcau, Freder Haskin. director, Twenty-first and C streets northicest what have school o Biliion Lost Yearly By Fl’flud Arouses Press of the Nation A report that the American people in a single year have been swindled out of a billion dollars in the agg gate has directed attention once more to the need of great care in making investments. The New York Better Business Bureau, which has made the estimate, assails especizlly shady stock schemes: questionable investments. “What a waste! And how inexcus: able!” exclaims the Duluth Herald, in viewing the vear's loss of a billion through swindlers. “The modern bunko artist.” it notes, “does not play with a He does not He does not palm off packages of waste paper for packages of paper currency. But he sells stocks in propositions that promise every- thing and yield nothing. He sells worthless oil stock and mining stock and fruit lands in far-off swamps, and town lots in places that will never be anything but the abomination of deso- lation.” To the list of worthless things that are being sold the Canton News adds some of the old-time forms of bait, in- cluding “shares in the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty,” while the victims “are not confined to the small cross-roads town, but are found in the larger cities.” Yet the News finds sat- isfaction in the fact that “few of the persons who have operated getrich- quick schemes have escaped paying the penalty,” and a host of them is “now serving time.” “In turning over to promoters of fraudulent schemes a billion or more vearly,” the Green Bay Press-Gazette points out, he American people are throwing away one-sixth of their an nual surplus. However much laws for the protection of investors may be im- proved, the individual cannot escape the burden of personal responsibility There is no guaranty against all losses but inquiry before investment will help mightily.” Blame for the situation, however, is placed by the Aberdeen World upon the “almost universal de- sire to get something for nothing.” The World believes that “no law can protect a man against his own cupid- ity, no legislative decree can take out of a man’s heart tha desire to grow rich overnight and without effort, and 50 long as that is the case, the swin- dlers will be as numerous as ever. e “All the blue sky laws of States and Nation,” asserts the Spekane Chroni- cle, “cannot stop the foolish waste of money in fake securities, until Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen learn that.a 6 per cent investment and safety will pay dividends long after the bright promises of the get-rich-quick schemes have faded away.” And as the har- sell gold bricks. of all that I teach, and there is but one standard statement, one rule, and ope principle for all scientific truth.” PHILIP KING, Mr. Coolidge is not so strong for|trampled in the rush of pedestrians | Christian Science Committee on mixing soclety, especially dinner-table | trving to cross the sstreet on the sig- small talk, with affairs of state. The | nal. Publication for the District of Columbia.” vest season arrives, “with good crops and prices above normal,” the Poca- tello Tribune warns the farmers against the “slicker stock salesman,” calling attention to the “many good investments in all lines of activity.” ‘The Ann Arbor Times-News regrets Jand deals and other similar | be Jthat “there v the ma who will haggle over the price of eggs and walk home to place his signature on the dotted line that will separate him from his life’s savings. For a long time in the matter ¢ building bank safes,” it is pointed ou by the Lansing State Journal, “there a mnice contest on between the cksman and the designer of stee That contest continued unt !the designe on. But it is not so as between bu, and seller. There indication, however, of & sunrise on {new day. A society is proposed to be fknown the Prospects’ Protective Association. The projectors hope t |raise up a race of citi; 1s who, wher they say ‘No’ can stick to it.”” Praise for the Missouri lue sky” la is given by the St. Joseph News-Pre | with the comment: “Of course, it n ler will be possible to keep fools fron |parting with their money. Yet the {law ought to give the inexperienced |investor a chance to find out what he |is buying.” | Promises of 15, 20 and 25 per cer |returns, the Lincoln observes “make fools out of otherwise sensible {people.” and it ex the opinio that “the gullibilit Americ people is amazing | Parkersburg News states that thes “are so obsessed with the desire for quick and e money that they ar willing to the risk of arr obvious Iy questionable deal,” and it concludes that “they may as well drop their money at one time as another, al though it is a pity that so much of it | must land in the claws of scoundrels Another field of the swindler which is mentioned by the Indianapolis News is that of the bootlegger who “has for sale some genuine pre-war liquor, and the News declares that ““those whe are in a position to know class the bootlegger’s customer as a prince of suckers. Thrift of Americans Is Found on Upgrade The United States is held up as the most extravagant Nation on the globe, vet there are evidences that it is not so bad in this respect as it bas been painted. For instance, the Federal Reserve Board report on sav ings shows that in the 912 principal savings banks in the country there was on deposit on. August 1. $7,903,000,000, a half million dollars more than those same banks reported on the same date of 1924. The in- crease is equivalent to $5 for every man, woman and child. No doubt the United States does rank as the most extravagant of all nations, but it likewise leads all others in the total amount of its savings deposits and there is ample evidence that the practice of national thrift is growing. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram.