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6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . .November 12, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company D Pem oy vania Ave Building. nt St.. London, England with the Sunday morn- Tarricrs within daily ¢ The Exentne Star. with 1< her month month: Sunday, only rders may be en 00 Collection £ cach mon Rate by Mail—Payable i Maryland and Virg Dally only Sunday onl§ Advance. 1y All Other States. Member of the Associated 'he Associated Pres oS Aeoriated ¥ Press. ively entitled Fog, Wreck This 1 New Jerse tween fwo in lives, wor and Lesson. railroad wreck nd collision express lost their £ the eningEts in be- trains, passeng which persons the “human ‘The col to a heavy fog, which There - accident ror due, it appears, obscured the was way of the wing t the posi { the the fog which er- does not tigure sion was ligh the eng 11d know of forward train. In blurred and ob- signal which ain ¢ no Leer were which have 1 loss of life, a misadventure due Had the line train-control tate C not ger range. al in have ts in fog has road a ail rail safet; proper men for all 3ut ake s ed by not do s hed- the n to the train estab- the con- trol—any one of several devices now lable—is largely based upon the e efficiency and de- the device which first to the engi- does not respond, and the proved that these tactor in vary- nate and road automatic rning signal applies Tests hav systems w ing operation. the percentage of error in them is far ss than the of human error in the manual-visual train-stop system now employed. Today's acci- dent is simply the latest proof that persistent adherence to the old method of train co 1 is an invitation to disaster. The Interstate Commeree Commission’s order for installation of automatic train-stop device should be carried into effect without further delay. sat y been percentage an S e His determination not to remain very long in America proved that Cail- laux had an appreciation of the value of time as well as money. Naturally he would have preferred money, but he at least economized as far as pos- sible. ——— Real Reorganization. Representative Martin L. Davey of Ohio is the latest sponsor of the pro- vosal that the President of the United Ktates be given carte blanche to re- yrganize the executive departments T the Government on a more efficient dnd businesslike basis. Mr. Davey has prepared a bill granting to the Presi- dent this wide authority over a period of two years In that time, in the opinlon of Mr. Davey, the President should be able to bring about a sound reorganization, calculated to save the people some $300,000,000 a year. The fact that Mr. Davey is a Democrat adds interest to the matter. In spite of the fact that the Chief Executive is a Republican, Mr. Davey would place in his hands.this authority. It argues a e on the part of the ©Ohlo Representative to benefit the Government and the tax payers, which rises above political considera- tions. While Mr. Davey’s is the first spe- cific proposal in bill form, which he will introduce at the opening of the new Congress, the idea that the re- organization of the Government de- partments should be turned over to the President has.been earlier ad- vanced. More than a month ago Senator Edge of New Jersey strongly urged that this authority be given the President, and more recently Rep- resentative Martin B. Madden of Illi~ nois, chairman of the House commit- tee appropriations, favored the idea. For years there have been sporadic demands for reorsanization of the Government departments in the in- terest of efficiency and economy. The reorganization of the execcutive de- partments was to be a companfon plece of legislation to the Federal budget law, enacted during the Harding administration. A jbint com- misslon of Congress was first pro- vided to report a reorganization plan. Then President Harding appointed a representative of the executive branch of the Government, who be- came chairman of this commission. A report was made and a bill drafted, which has been awaiting action ever since. The feeling of Mr. Davey, Senator Edge and Mr. Madden, however, is that the proposed reorganization bill =10t go far enough; that Congress, de: on | Washington figured that | because of the pulling and hauling of office holders and their friends, is iunable to perform the major opera- tions required to lop off bureaus and commissions and employes in as ruth- less a manner as they deem necessary. Congress has always been jealous of its power. It has been slow to relin- quish or to delegate powers to the executive branch of the Government which it has in its own hands. For that reason the proposal now to give to the President authority to re-make the Government departments, their bureaus and the independent agencies set up by act of Congress doubtless will meet with strong opposition. There is a growing demand through- {out the country, for more busine: e methods of government. Less government in and more business in government” was the phrase used in the Harding ad- ministration to indicate this demand. 'The Ligh taxes paid by the people to { meet the costs of government as well s the costs of war have been a factor in bringing about this demand. During the World War and after the entry of the United States into the it was realized by Congress President, under whom the sources of the country were mobilized for war, should have power to shift the bureaus and agencies in order to obtain the great- est amount of efficiency and co-ordi- Congress put through the Overman resolution granting such power. The whole effort of the Gov- ernment at that time was to win the war. The President had no time to to a reorganization of the civil cency of the Government in the linterest- of cconomy and efficiency | 1ooking to the years of peace uhead. And if he had attempted such a re organization for the purposes of peace vather than for war, there probably would been outery on the part of Congress. At any rate, the opportunity slipped by. Reorganization of the Government for better and more businesslike duct of the Government is a real need. and the people are becoming more im- ed with it. Either Congress it- self should get down to brass tacks and put through such a reorganiza tion, or it should follow the advice of Mr. Davey, Senator Edge and others ind permit the President to deal with the matter. however, business contlict, that the entire i { fovernment nation. give a st have an con- pres a — e The Army Music School. Washington learns with regret of the plan to transfer the Army Muslc School and its band to some other city because of crowded conditions at the Barracks, where the chool is at present situated Since 1921 residents of the National Capital have enjoyed the concerts of this organization. Especially in the months, thousands have flocked to the public parks to listen to the inspiring music furnished by students of the school. It unfortunate that conditions have arisen which make it appear ex- pedient to Army officials to move the Washington is rapidly being recognized as one of the music cen- ters of the world, and, with its other advantages in national activities, should be the logical home for such an institution. Washington will not give up the Army Musie School without a strug- gle. It has become too much a part of the musical life of the city. If congestion at the barracks is the sole reason Army officials have for the transfer some way should be found to eliminate this condition. There is no apparent reason for the belief that other cities will be any less crowded than Washington. Quar- ters outside of the barracks could be readily found here and residents of the District could be counted upoh to give hearty co-operation to any move designed to keep the school in the District limits, even to the extent of “chipping in" to provide the neces- sary housing facilities. Washington hopes that the entire question can be re-opened and that the unanimous desire of its citizens will carry welght. Thousands have been benefited by the musical educa- tion given them through concerts of the band, and Army officials, before making a definite decision, should se- riously consider this angle of public welfare. Summer school. ———. Indiana produces “best sellers literature. Albert Beveridge's ‘“Life of John Marshall” was one of them. Very few men can hope to follow in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt to the extent of being a popular author and a great statesman at one and the same time, ———— The Economic Barometer. Wall Street, which generally means the New ‘York Stock Exchange, is re- garded as a barometer of the coun- try’s economic condition. Its booms reflect prosperity and its slumps in- dicate the weakening of credits and failure of business. That is broadly true, but only on the longer ranges of movements. The ‘“street” has its ups and downs in terms of stock quo- tations that are not related to the general business conditions of the country. These spasmodic move- ments are merely the maneuvers of the two antagonistic interests in the stock speculation game, using the se- curities prices as markers in their big game of buying and selling. Recently the market has been on the rise, decidedly “bullish.” Prices have been soaring, particularly those in the industrial group. The other day the bank rediscount rate in Bos- ton underwent a sudden change. The bears, or depressors of stock, those who sell high in the expectation of buyirg low for delivery, took advan- tage of this condition to start a raid on the more advanced points of the line, the “salients” left exposed to as- sault in the general advance of the market. This raid succeeded in mak- ing several dents in the battle front of the bull interests and caused a gen- eral realignment, with recessions in almost all of the securities. Imme- diately, however, there was recovery, not complete, but sufficient to show that the buying interests were in no wise shaken in their confidence in the intrinsic value and in the prospective increment of the stocks. Buying or- ders were poured into the market to take advantage of the lower prices THE EVENING STAR, \\'ASHIN(%’J'(.)N. D. €, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 caused by the raid, and within 24 hours most of the lost ground had been recovered. This reaction downward was in no wise due to any change in the gen- eral economic situation. Secretary Hoover had in his annua! report a few days earlier thown the remar able advance of the country's pros- perity, pointing out the fundamen- tally sound basis of the advance in every line of business. Normally that report would have stimulated the market, whereas as things go in Wall Street it was not surprising to find it quickly followed by the bearish re- action, in the course of which in one day 3,418,747 shares of stock changed hands, establishing a record for all time, Despite this fluctuation, which has cost a good many margin buyers or speculators heavily, the stock market situation is wholesome. The quick recovery of the intrinsically valuable urities has pneved that the bear movement was only a raid, after all, just a “trench” operation, as they used to say a few years ago in Bu- rope. The Wall Street baroraeter re- mains “set fair.” N Candidate and Constitution. Harold E. Grange, better known to the foot ball world and as a matter of fact to the American public gen- erally as “Red,” is being boomed for Congress by Republican admirers in Chicago. Nominating petitions have been circulated in that city for the purpose of putting his name on the Republican ballot at the primary next April for Congressman-at This young man’s remarkable career in sport has certainly won him a recos- nition and warrants the enthusiasm of his present political promoters. But the trouble Is that he is too young. He is only twenty-two yvears of having been born in June, 1903. It so happens that the Constitution of the United States stipulates that no person shall be made a member of the House of Representatives who has not attained the age of twenty-five years. To this “Red” Grange's friends point out that if he should be elected a year hence he will then be in his twenty- fourth year, and that if Congress is not called in extra session he will he only six months shy of twenty-five by the time the regular session opens. And what is a little matter of a year in a case like this, they asi It is true that on very few excep tional occasions men have been ad- mitted to the Senate who have not attained the constitutional age of thirty years prescribed for that body. So far as known, however, nobody has ever knocked on the door of the House with less than twenty-five vears to his credit. “Red” Grange's disq tion, if elect=d, would be “only a little one,” in the language of Midshipman Easy’s nurse, but it might block him from the -oint of view of strict con structionists, of whom the House al- ways has plenty. i S Charges of graft are regarded as in evitable after a great war. Many pa- tient citizens are inclined to agree with the immortal Dogberry, that when you meet with reprehensible characters, “the less you meddle or make with them, the more is for your honesty.” se o age, — Prospects for business were never better. Those who derive the benefit from this favorable condition will be the men who make an intelligent dis- tinction between business and specu- lation. ———— Settlements on the ex-Kaiser of Ger- many have been so liberal that he will never be able to make headway with a claim that he left politics a poorer man than he was when he entered it. v Doubts arise as to whether Euro- pean politicians and financiers regard Uncle Sam as a wise counselor and friend or only as a “big butter and egg man.” A st SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Thanksgiving. I'm much obliged to you, Old Earth. Your flow'rs have blossomed gay. You've brought me many an hour of mirth, Though oft your skies were gray. Despite the moments fraught with woe, When promise proved untrue, Your kindness never fails, and so I'm much obliged to you. Endeavoring to Please. “You have played the game of pol- itics a great many years.” “It isn't a game,” protested Sena- tor Sorghum. “It's a scientific study of popular opinion With a view to regulating the supply to the demand.” After the Collision. “Good morning, judge!” we used to say, When motoring became too gay, The present situation’s worse. We wake and say, “Good morning, nurse!” Jud Tunkins says an old friend is like an old shoe; not so stylish, mebbe, but more comfortable. Scarcity of Game. “Goin' huntin’?" “No. Merely waiting for a rabbit or a partridge that's dead set on com- mitting suicide.” Self-Defense. ' “Do you admire the latest dances?” ‘No,” declared Miss Cayenne. Yet you were out on thae floor.” 'd rather dance them than look at them. Money Talks. When Congress comes around once more To benefit the Natlon, Great things must wait, just as of yore, On an appropriation. Uncle Bill Bottletop says in his township folks that used to warn you not to take any bad money now say, “Don't take any bad licker.” “Since learnin’ dat dar ain't no Santa Claus,” said Uncle Eben, ‘“‘some o' de chillun has been tryin’ to act like deir wasn’t no parents, neither.” » 9 ay 1925. Tax Publicity And Every body’s Business BY WILLIAM P. HELM, JR. ARTICLE 1V, Of all the money-making occupation: in the United States, that of t banker is the most overrated. Public conception of the banker, nine times out of ten, pictures A powerful figure, dominant in the realm of con- merce and industry as well as finance; i gentleman on whose whim hangs the fate of the Nation'’s business; a person ailroad after a cipitate a panic s an utter miscon ception. The Bureau of Internal Reve nue has just made public some facts about bankers and their income that lets the wind out of the' toy balloon puffed up by the public and put in the bank president’s chai To be; . the bureau says that the chance of losing money in the hank ing business is about one in three. There are 90 incorporated banks in the United States; of them, 58,99 made money in 1923—a prosperous year—and 31,970 lost money Losses were wreat imong private bankers, so-called, for only 75 out of 13 porting ended tk r with a profit Those institutic reported a net profit of §842,000 for the year, out of which they paid in taxes more than $89,000 to the Federal Government. * ok %o 4 private incorporated banks t money lost to the extent of Thus, measured in dollars and cents, profits and losses in the private banking business, among in corporated companies, ran almost a dead heat. The met profit to all the 132 companies, after tax payments, wi about $115,000, or somewhat Il $1,000, on the average, for each nk All told, the 58 reported net inec 1923 business. The orted net Deduc m the net prof e The which I $634,000. ,992 profitable banl 31,970 n the ding horder line of bankin isiness, made t pro ing to about $104,0¢ panies on th and other 1923 amoy 000, The big money, it appea bureau’s figures, was 1 tional banks. here 2 institutions throughout the States. Here ag the one chance of losing money wuns true to f made money Pp$101,913.769; the he national :d States, ta a prof amounting to abou an average of somewhat less than $8,000 apiec from the the na these Unit 1« almost Th ofits of amounted to losses of the others inks of 1s 2 wh the ke Here is the Government record taken from the income tax returr of profits in the banking business fc 1923, the late which are available $842, 101,913 Trust made Loan made Stock banks, companies ,549,432 companies ,737,129 and bond S 23,723,094 , loan and g and 9,8 surance velopn made ..... ceesavanne Companies (hanking) hold- ing and leasing ren not realty business) 2 8§33, made.. 84,937,100 Total, 58,992 corpora tions, . : So much for the r One-third of al the I tries ating a loss on The losses of the corpo ever, 1 niliar red i the vear private and indi. ness. na- banks already have been ds Those of the others are thus ified by the Government: 01 State banks lost... 637 trust companles lost. 1 loan companles lost. 517 stock and bond brok ers lost.... s 4,833 real estate, loan and insurance agents and development | firms lost......... 35,062,071 17,212 companies holding ) and leasing realty but not in the realty business lost 88,804,635 * koK K with the Nation's 1 has placed its fnst under the gener: al institutions. The tax re ’ these concerns illumi- | They show, with other thing tional tailed. cla: Grouped anks, the bureau compa of financ turns for nating. that Profits of life insur (358 made money out 417) both_stock and 1923 totaled $1 companies how gregate losses $750,000 nee companies of a total of mutual, durin 706. Fifty-nine st money, th running to about inst companes or at a net year. N rance companie: numbering 30, ¢ Jrofit of $186,000 durir reteen made mon ceident, mutual on of of . operat fire, marine L reported tc compantes the number n half, or deficit of n . in thi report an ¢ other lost £165. United prot mutual, in the profits firms and lo of Uni ing busine reported 1 : money in in erestir réturns of n or ne at a_profit ned her group of ver §£3.000 each ) earned about 184 made net profits e ,000. A total of 1,060 repc ranging from $100,000 to § ch m wh n corporations in e on the aring i earne during t $7,500 each 3,91 rted h it appe: everyt 1t In hank . the trend ts ad to live Feet of Senato “Feet across the sea” is one inter- pretation of the alleged action of Sen ator Smoot at the close of the debt negotiations with the French com- missioners. A report from France that the Utah Senator concluded the parley by putting his feet on the table has resulted in extended explanations from various sources as to the nificance of the gesture. After_listening to detailed repor on the financial condition of national treasuries,” the Providence Bulletin suggests, “it might be won- dered why some of the delegates did not curl up on the table and go to sleep.” As to the Smoot tale, how- ever, the Bulletin, recalling that the incident caused the French to chuckle, offers the explanation that “putting his feet on the table may be the Senator’s idea of a restful position,” and concludes that “it might be re- marked that while the Senator’s feet were on the table (if they were) when the conference ended, they were on the ground during the deliberations.” xxx+ appears that ts Still, relations it “American with Europe,” according to the Akron Beacon-Journal, ‘have demonstrated that there are forms over there than putting d mats' feet on a table—who, for stance, put their feet through fourteen points and broke the heart of the world.” Furthermore, the finan. cial phase of the situation offers a 1o- in- which remarks: “The Irench debt commissioners were shocked when Senator Smoot put his fect on the table, but they'd have shocked him out of a year's growth if they had put their money on the table. A hereditary habit furnishes the explanation of the New York Times, which cenfesses that ‘“research ha: convinced us that the habit is genu- inely American.” and continues: “Whose feet and legs more needed rest than those of the colonists, the pioneers, the settlers? What genera- tions of aching feet and legs carried Americans! They get 'em still in the automebile. 1f they want to stretch ‘em and hang ’em high, aren't they entitled to relaxation? Possibly the warping of the greemwood furniture and slabs in log cabins had something to do with the habit. When your floor shrivels under the fireplace heat, you naturally seek a firmer foundation higher up.” E L “The genial American hostess,” adds the San Antonio News, “will not be horrified, no matter where you put your feet. She recognizes without question the established masculine prerogative handed down from the rude but good old times. In those days o man with his feet on the table was welcome in almost any company; he wasn't likely to start trouble.” But if it should become “an international cause celebre,” the St. Paul Dispatch hopes “that Secretary Kellogg will retaliate by demanding reparations for the agonies suffered by American doughboys who were kissed by mustached French gen- erals.” ~And the Waterbury Repub- lican holds that “the trouble with the Frenchmen who were astonished at Senator Smoot is that they don't understand the American languaga.’? Factor sig- | important | worse the | comparison for the Binghamton Press, | r Smoot in Diplomacy | Admitting t beian, the H: its own inter with the story: * gritted we are hopelessly ple. irg Telegraph puts tion on the incid he unsatisfied French eir teeth, shut the door softly d the knob tightly as they cursed under their 1 vent fuming away. slipped ¢ his ch s feet on the e, lighte blew a mouthful of smoke breathed a sigh of relief and remar | ed, ‘Well, than} at's over.' Surmising further that *Senator Smoot probably feels prouder of his n Penningtc the Ashevil tification t itself is humorous” and that the whole world “relaxes s attention on peace pacts, race problems and reli | controversies to laugh good-natu | at the picture.” | * ok x x | A high compliment to the French delegation and a gesture of simple faith is the judgment of the act offered by the Savannah Press, after noting. the made by an expert on etiquette. “If Senator Smoot had been suspicious of the French,” the Press ds, “he would not have been genial and informal. Tt is just like man borrowing a chew of tobacco. We do not ask such favors of our enemy; we only make fair weather with our friends. The ad that | “foreigners should not ecriticize but |imitate” is given by the Elkhart Tguth, with the comment: “There is true fraternalism in this crude custom. | What European statesmen need as | much as anything is to get together | with their feet all on top of the same | table.” "This view is emphasized also by the New York World with the statement that “when an American | puts his feet on the table he places | his heart there also; it Is a sign that | e is at peace with the world, that hostile formality is at an end, and | that acquaintanceship has reached a | really intimate s n ex- he picture Another phase of frankness is found in the matter by the Des Moines Tribune-News, which discourses on the general question of a show of feet. “In some c; zames,” the Tribune- News t has been known to appen cards conceal them- selves in shoe tops. He may have intended to show that all his cards were on the table, or his feet may have been simply evidence of under- standing—extending feet across the sea, S0 to speak.” Furthermore, “as the French withheld their cards,” ac- cording to the Bridgeport Post, “and i the table seemed to call for something, Senator Smoot put his feet there. tl Hard to Hold Them In. From tho Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, Naturally those prisoners who es- caped from the Miami, Fla., jail could not be happy inside when there was THE NORTH WINDOW By Leila Mechlin. Architecture, painting and sculpture are called fine arts, the word fine in. dicating superior, sur tive value, but only with the last of these is the name of the artist almost invariably associated. How common it is, in King of the famous painting, to re- © to it as a Rubens, a Rembrandt, a fun or, in our own L Sargent or an Inness, thus actually placing the rtist before the work, the creator be- fore his creatio With ference to culpture this is less frequently the case. To be sure, we do hear of Ghi doors of the Baptistry Verrocchio’s great eques- of Colleoni in Venice, Saint Gaudens' Lincoin in Chicago and Bartholdi's Liberty in New York Har bor, but how many of those who pass by, day after day, the statue of Nathan Hale in City Hall Square, New York, or the statue of Gen. Thomas in Thomas Circle, in this city, if asked, could instantly name the sculptor Stin is nume of the archi- tect ssociated with the building he 1s. If some clever person were to get up a cross-word puzzle which require knowledge of the archi tects of a dozen of the most famous ngs in the United States, or half those here in t how few would correct solutions! :ned our Capitol, the Whil s Church, the Lincoln Pan-American Union, ng lately erected for the less their sculp en so the out that the letters e cut. And field arct t we, here in this country, and es ally in time, have made itest record. It is the work of in arch s which is of those of foreign lity, skill and good taste which have in part, gi indication of the svelopment of the U his year of grace, 19 ors sig put ik e ur gr it is in the It is their orig ¥, one may present customs and in dis- orance, the Ame: ects has lately pub. monumental volume on Ber- 1 Grosvenor Goodhue, one of the original and distinguishe chi , whose hed duced 1924, came onsists ¢ Al rem nees iates and friends der, Raiph Burr cture | | g over to Mr. Good al draw amazing us, those h the medium of ething of Good- acquain » who knew him | iuctions of | ate the qua aphs by reld, and in catalogue s out that native in was first in spirit; that he ropean tradition, set forth instinctively the spirit of his this pair tende last genius, i European s able to discard it and =in suited to new his ancestors h: mtry from En 1685. The Good nors were New and the Gro: nders for gener sted by one of the rs that he derived love of the perpendicular in his 100d rambles through the woods emplating the trees, slim in their tapestr light Engl: 3 1it is sug, rehitect’s biogrs & and : m. At 9 he declared hi intention of becoming an architect When at 10 he was sent to boarding school, “most of his school hours were in_drawing dre fes or in his students.” al tutors, and it was to his advantage that his ge- n d with little by ped- antry or ac sm. It is told in_his own words how he went to New York City at 15, was an offige boy for two yvears, then a draftsman for four in the office of Ren- Aspinwall & Russell. He was only about 20 when he went to Boston and secured a place as draftsman at $20 a week in the office of Cram & Wentworth, one 25 yvears of age and the other 7—a young, inexperienced firm. A year 1 on the death of Mr. W 1!}\'0 h, he was taken into part- nership, partly, Mr. Cram explains, because it was less costly to share the profits (?) than to continue his munificent salary. This partnership continued unbroken for 25 vears and ended finally, not abruptly, but as the result of a division of labor, of & part- ing of the stréams, Mr. Cram confess- ing himself a reactionary, Mr. Good- hue determined upon original paths. Referring to these years, Mr. Cram says: “It was from Bertram Goodhue t the inspiration semed to flow. His personality was so dynamic that it seemed to stream into and affect every one within the office walls. It he was away I always felt at once a lowering of creative vitality, and the whole office seemed similariy to be let down.” C. Howard Walker nick- named him “Robin Goodfellow,” and that characteristic which seems to be retained most firmly in the minds of his friends was his “joy of life and joy of creation.” 2 As every one knows, to Cram, Good- hue and Ferguson stands the credit of reviving the Gothic and beautifully interpreting it in contemporary church buildings in America. They used this same style in an entirely new manner in the design of the buildings for West Point. But Mr. Goodhue was not one who limited himself to a single form of expression. His buildings for the San Diego Exposition were in the Spanish mission style; his Academy of Sciences building in this city is clas- sic; his design for the Nebraska State Capitol was, it is said, a style all his own, essentially modern. His chapel for the University of Chicago wit- nessed original development along other lines, so also does his design for the new art museum at Honolulu shortly to be built. He was an icono- clast and yet one who upheld and cre- ated high ideals. He despised repeti- tion; he had no patience with those who copied or even those who bor- rowed prodigiously. He was a great bellever in the crafts, and the story of his collabora- tion with Lee Lawrie in the sculp- tural and bronze work for the Acad- emy of Sciences in this city and on the Nebraska Capitol is one iwhich all should read and remember, an example of perfect co-operation and so much going on outside. ————— Diagnosis. From the Los Angeles Times. Officers the other day found a Ford tank filled with alcohol. Probably noticed that tha car was suffering from @'to into: Mmh 1 fellowship in the arts. * kK k When asked to design this building and shown the site, realizing that be- cause of its proximity to the Lincoln Memorial it must be classic in style, he urged repeatedly that another architect should be selected, but for- tunately those who originally made the chg would not vield, and the stand. | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What signal does an give to recall the ira A. When a flagm: the engineer wishes to call him back five long blasts of the whistle are given, if the train is south or west bound. If the train is north or east bound four long blasts. The answe to all signals is two short blasts enginee: K man? B. S. 1 is sent out and considered s written? s “Vanity F at the time it v Q. Wi succes: 0. A, At B opening chapters did not attract the public. Thackeray who usua iblished his novels ir serfal form, was then known, not us v distinguished novelist, but as a clever satirist and burlesquer. first, the Q. Which way does the Sphinx i H. face of the Great Sphinx of looks due east over the Nile are_thee principal causes L. W. into two « prevental and flues, fireworks, as coals in_open fi matches, smoking, open light, petr leum and its products, rubbish litter, sparks on roofs, steam and hot water pipes, nd their pipes. Partly iery, Incendiarisin, isses, they ctive are: —De chimneys gas, hot wch nir for him pari his Q. How can a person f self what he should mutuel betting machine horse comes in fir A. Each horse sented by a numbe ticket is ta registers the mack just how h horse. just what Q after ded - club’s commi the nun he will stands to first. wher min T en 1ctin he in Q. What is the size of the banque hall of the Pan-Ameri Union? W. T. 8. A an 120 feet long and amount of mois pliable and easy to work Q. What river ir is used most extensively route’—E. H A. From statistics merce of rivers the i th the United States s a trade sh Unit at the with Detr BACKGROUND OF sissippl What of the Eskimo? The Bureau nology that the average length of Suicide at comparativ ¢ age not uncommon. the treaty the neutral H » Hudson and the Q the lite average . Am it show lives a eay is Q. When wa which guaranteed Belgium?— It w: April 19, e 1t rivers enters the en in to the shad ost import od fish 1i Q the EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. The noted French author, defined civilization us follow ‘Civilization, therefore, 1 general idea, is an improved conditior of mz ting from the establ ment of social order in vidual independence of the savage or b ; exist in ble of cc mani sfaction for him, in society, rue law of human nature.” There ht be some confus to what the French mean proved condition be no doubt as to the aning of what constitut ion of man.” ngs one back Son of Man when asked: my neighbor?” It was not priest or the Levite, but the man w finding a sufferer, stopped the pus of his own interests to minister to the victim of robbers With the light of the American def t nition of civilization as a guide, how fares the world today’ * %ok % It is eclght years since Communists took possession of the civilization” of Russia The cruel tyranny of the Czar had been ,n"',"" with regicide. The attemrt of Ker ensky to establish republic had been defeated by Le who promised greater Ther Communists would a v1>1‘\h all private rights in property, all right of the peasants in their crops, all sanctity of the family relationship, all reverence for the Deity, all 1 and privilese Money would longer be used, for all property w to belong to the government, : the agents of the Soviet gover exercising absolute monopol transact all business. ; Theirs was to be an advanced civ {lization. It resulted in chaos, in spite of the execution of thou of Russians who opposed the T Industry was dying. In 192223, cording” to Russian official repor agricultural production was only per cent of pre-war production an industrial production only 30 per cent. It required from 170 to 3 men to produce what 100 had pro: duced before the war. Obse agreed that without personal reward there was no incentive to work, and the idea that all things were in com- mon, and controlled by the drove ambition out of the heart the masses. Finally, on the brink of chaos, Lenin modified his original plan and introduced his new economic policy known as “NEP,” permitting privat enterprise under government control, but taxing profits at least 50 per cent Soviet Russia today stands outside the pale of civilized nations. She plotting to bring confusion and re- bellion and revoluntion in all- coun- tries and snarling because civilized nations refuse diplomatic_recognition Russian anks no an. is result is a building classic in its simplicity, but yet traditional, facade of extreme simplicity and re- finement, relieved only by Lawrie’s superb bronzes and by sparse and delicate stone cutting.” He exercised m the choice of marble for this build- ing the utmost care. It was his aim to give the interior color and warmth, and in this he succeeded, through the collaboration of painters and deco- rators sympathetic with his ides As a result George Ellery ventures the opinion that when the National Commission of Fine Arts ex- pressed a_desire “to see Goodhue come into the District of Columb their wisdom was abundantly justified by the result, and that Goodhue's influ- ence through the medium of this building will “be permanently felt in | {FPICER future contributions to the develop ment of the architectural scheme of Washington.” *Bertram Grosvenor' Goodhue was not only one of our greatest archi- tects, but a master of many arts. Let his name, as well as his works, be remembered. Thanks are due the American Institute of Architects for its commemoration. vers | Hale | Ji< leave “the | I | { involving | nominany | for the unemploy: [1n rtstand from »f France the Franco- stopped the league vhen will of Prancs hostilities bott pow rinister manize her has and demonstrate ority of a higher that which would overn thel wn way. Likewise, now 30,000 scus. civ begin paying 1 llar . ed State It ire to conquer s and the M. Painleve, head of the cabinet, proposes. a great increase of taxes son and all prop- wply to fund the c debt. The Socialists refuse support the tax plan because it not so far o levy I cabit i is almost the equivalent—taxing ts 50 per cent and large income i 7 per cent. The Soelalists ince of power iff the verturn th present y ind all succeeding ones, until the capital levy is conceded. Contributir French chaotic conditions nleve also pre with the poses to urrency issue of of paper francs, making 1 tender for all debts, except fon. The franc, worth 20 cents, is now quoted at 4 cents, and international bankers prophesy that in the shadow of paper inflation it will probably sink_out of sight, while French credt in foreign marts will be nil Al this was avoided in the height of the World War; it comes in peace at home and imperfalistic campaigns ¢ abroad. ert Fi to does as billions them * * x Great Britaln is facing a serlous litary situation in her mandated Kurdistan, but greater unrest mn her iabor circles at home. For years she has been placating agitation and un- employment with doles and subsidies. These have added to the burdens of taxpavers without satisfying the subsidized industries or creating jobs d. There are mil- and the number lions unemple is increasing. An inquiry has been started to liscover whether the doles have actu- ally added to the idle, through put- ting a premium on idlene: The doles are not supposed to cient to support the beneficiary, many cases the idle manuage live on the dole alone. Industri depression_in England is due In her foreign markets hence cannot be overcome readil: According to Lloyd George, na tional expenditures, which had been reduced after the armis again rising, and imports exceed ex ports. Coal exports have so fallan oft that, coal mining is depressed and many rators threaten to close Col it. 1923, by Paul V. Co'line.}, thel: umnes. ’