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g -I'HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. /MONDAY.....November 18, 1925 _THEODORE W. NOYES. ..Editor he Eventng Star Newspaper Company 11gn st e S hia, av 5 npld dic SRR " Buropean Office: 14 Regent Si.. Loadon, §¥ England. F venine Star. with the Sunday morn- i e P LR e Wl gae Sty G 08 cenidper month: dajly only. 245 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents her Tonth, - Orders may bhe sent by mail o “Welephone Main 5000. Collection is made by arrier at the end of each mionth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. . Maryland and Virginia. ? g. 7 and Sunday....1yr. 88 40:1 mo Bun only .. 0.0 only 240 drs All Other States. - Patly and sunday unday only Member of the Assoclated Pres: The Associated Press is exclusively catitjed %o the uee for republication of all newe diy Patches credited to it or not otherw dted in this paver and also the local news Dublished herein. All rights of publicatio ©f special dispatches herein are also reserved. _— Inquisition. Picking flaws in the Republican ®dministration at Washington is to be the chief indoor sport of the Dem- | “ocrats at the coming session of Con- gress, it is frankly admitted by Dem- ocratic leaders who have returned to the Capitol. There is a reason for it. In 1926 a new House and one- third of the Senate membership are 10 be elected. The Democrats are anxious to develop ‘“issues” upon which to make the campalgn next vear. The congressional investiga- tion route, it is expected, will be re- sorted to by the Democrats, provided they can prevail upon either house or both to order the investigatiors they ask. The country wants and should have honest and efficient government. If there are defects they should be run down and corrected. The executive branch of the Government itself has a powerful agency, the Department of Justice, whose duty it is when ir- regularities come to its attention to see that they are corrected and that punishment, if warranted, is meted out. This department is operating in just | such a way, as indicated by recent indictments in connection with the former administration of the allen property custodian’s office. It is the duly constituted agency to clean and to keep clean the house of Govern- ment. Government by investigation has an unpleasant sound to American ears. It smacks too much of impe. rialistic systems. It contains a sug- gestlon of sples and of tale bearing. Men are held up to the public as gullty of charges before they have been proven gullty. For the sake of the Democratic party ftself, the hope may be expressed that it will not seek to establish an inquisition, a smelling-out system, even for the sake of deriving some possible polit- ical capital. Fishing expeditions by congressional committees where no real cause for suspicion exists are harmful to the cause of good government and expensive to the taxpavers. It is rarely that the costs of congressional investigating com- mittees and commissions are made public, but they run into the hun- dreds of thousands of dollars fre- quently within a fiscal vear. Investigations by Congress to de- termine the necessity of proposed legislation Is the ordinary work of the standing committees and even of special committees of Congress. But when Congress turns aside from its legislative work to become an in- quisitor of the executlve branch of the Government, there should be very £00d cause. Congress has taken such | & course in the past with beneficial results to the country. But some of these excurslons have been with. | out result and originated merely in | & desire to “get something” on the | administration in power. Nor have these fishing expeditions been con- fined to only one of the political par- tles in Congress. I there are crooks In the Govern- ment, they should be run down and punished. On the other hand, to attempt to prove an officlal of the Government a crook merely for the purpose of partisan political advan- tage in itself is a crooked piece of work. z e Debt arrangement already has pro- | vided vast benefits to both Italy and | the U. S. A. in the way of friendl understanding. Good will is recog- nized as one of the most fmportant of business assets, ——————— Anti-Submarine Sentiment. Loss of a British submarine with a large crew has stimulated a move- ment in England, which is noted with approval in this country, for an in- ternational agreement to abolish the undersea warcraft altogether. Speeches have been delivered in England since the M-1 disaster urging that a confer- ence of nations be called especially to consider this question, or that at the forthcoming League .of Nations con- ference on arms limitation th pro- posal be made the chief subject of consideration. Fchoes of this British demand are heard in this country, several members of Congress indors- ing it not alone on the score of the particular risk of submarine craft in peace-time, but on the broader score of war abolition. Submarines are particularly sub- ject to disaster. There have been many losses in peacetime of these undersea eraft. Only recently an American tubmarine was rammed at sea by a steamer and sank with a loss -of. practically every life. The toll of #eath in submarines in peace has peen shockingly heavy. It may be ac- cepted as a certainty that as long as these craft are built and used they will continue to collapse under the 1 tlon. and the airplanes and dirigibles are subject to an especial risk. An {international agreement to pro- hibit submarines was sdught at the Washington arms limitation confer- ence of 1920, but came to naught through the refusal of France to agree. Great Britaln was then openly in favor of eliminating undersea craft. The French objection was based on the ground that the loss of submarines to a nation with & small navy would | e far greater than the countries like the United States and Great Britain, with larger numbers of other types upon which to depend in time of war. The American position was that of willingness in case Great Britain and France agreed. Failure of that agree- ment caused the abandonment of the proposal. Now again Great Britain i3 moving toward submarine prohibi- There is nothing to indicate that a change of French sentiment has occurred. Of course, there will be na banning of submarines unless all the major powers agree. During the late war the submarine played a very large part. Had it not been for the German undersea craft the war would have been ended in much shorter time. The destruction of mercantile as well as naval ships by the submarines of the central powers was enormous. It was their major weapon of both offense and de fense. Now German to a submarine ban would not be effective. But what guarantee could possibly be given against the secret construction of undersea craft, which can be fabri- cated within small compass and un. der cover, for possible use in war? There lies the difficulty about any form of arms limitation. The fact that the submarine is a dangerous risk in time of peace is not so much to the point in this consideration as whether any ban, however fully sub- scribed to by the nations, can be re- lied upon to lessen the likelihood of war or to reduce its horrors. objection e r—e——————— Anthracite miners and operators are offering every possible encouragement to experimental scientists who are supposed to be on the lookout for the fuel of the future. Prosperity pre- vails. The business outlook is favor- able. The public has money to burn, but the privilege of transmuting coal into heat Is arbitrarily denied. It is the psychological moment for the man in the laboratory who has specialized on utilizing new material and forces to replace the wastefulness of old-time methods of producing heat. ——————————— The statements of Mrs. Lansdowne made Capt. Foley an interested party to the court-martial proceedings; in fact, a very deeply interested party. It is impossible to predict how many lines of investigation a single formal inquiry may suggest. e r—t————————— Great ideas are most likely to be succinctly expressed. It took fewer words to frame the agreement signed between Italy and this country than it does to put a mortgage on a house and lot. Keep to the Right. In all the discussion of traffic con- ditions in the National Capital there has been no mention of the old slogan to motorists, which, if literally carried out, would do much to promote fric- tionless travel. The slogan is “Keep to the right.’ With their minds taken up with boulevard stop streets, the new whistle system at policed intersections, proper headlight focusing, parking abre: pedestrian right of way and other in- tricacles of the mnew traffic code, motorists geem to have forgotten this mellow old slogan which in many ways is the nub of traffic safety. Every automobile driver in Wash- ington, at one time or other, has had the annoying experience of getting be- hind a slow-moving vehicle occypying the center of the street, which refused to give way for him to pass. And every motorist, finding himself in this position, has fretted and fumed, blown his horn viclously, and, finally in des- i peration, swung wide around the of- fending vehicle, taking his chance of a head-on collision with other traffic. Heavy trucks, busses and taxicabs are probably the greatest violators of this cardinal rule of the road, although the passenger cars are not exempt by any manner of means. Truck drivers and drivers of heavy vehicles seem to entertain the theory that because their mounts are big and they are safe from injury, they are exempt from all ordi- nary rules and courtesies of traffic. “Road hogging” on Washington streets must stop. It is a potential cause of serious accidents. Police | should rigidly enforce the regulations, paying particular attention to big, slow-moving vehicles. Truck fleet should drill into their opera- tors the “keep to the right” slogan and impress upon them that violation of it will result in arrests. Traffic improvements are going ahead too rapidly in the Natlonal Capi- tal to have their progress checked by an epidemic of “road hoggin own: Nation-Wide School Shortage. Practically every city in the coun- try is suffering from public school congestion, through an increase of the school population and tardiness in provision of quarters. Washington is not singular in this respect, though its deficiences are more marked than in most other citles. But the crowd- ing of schools is not confined to the elementary or even the secondary in- stitutions of public instruction. It exists in the higher ranges of the edu- cational system. Almost every insti- tution of learning in the country is overpropulated. This I8 particularly true of the colleges and universities. Some of the largest universities in this country have during recent years begun to eliminate, to raise the standards of matriculation, to put a positive limit on the number of ad- missions. The latest instance is one of the New York City colleges for girls, which is so crowded that out of 500 students who have signified a de- sire to enroll in February at the mid- year term it will be possible to admit strain of submergence or fail to re- gain the surface after being sunk in- tentionally through some fault of mechanism or failure of organization. They are an abnormal form of sea parcler, defying natural law, They only 200. Probably more applications will have been received by the begin- ning of the Spring term. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. versal urge for learning in this coun- try. Both young men and young women are seeking instruction in special lines as well as In general courses. The admittance of women to business pursuits has not lessened their wish for collegiate training. This is perhaps due to the fact that the professions as well as business have been opened to them. The so-called “fancy education” of girls at semi- naries and schools of that character, “finishing schools,” as they have been termed, is not sufficlent for them. They want serious colleglate work in preparation for business and profes- slonal careers. Endowments have been greatly in- creased recently for virtually all of the higher institutions of learning in this country. And yet the cry comes constantly for more funds from every quarter, and from schools and col- leges and universities of all grades and sizes. More bulldings, larger faculties and more athletic equipment and the “social” facilities are in de- mand, all costing money. Particular- ly, however, is there need for more buildings. The overcrowding of schools is chiefly felt in classrooms and dormi- tories, and laboratories are also needed. State ald is given, but it does not suffice. Millions of dollars are being left in wills and given during the life- time of benefactors. Yet the need is not met. The country is growing rapidly, and the school population of |all ages is in point of fact increasing beyond the development of the equip- ment. —.— Plus Fours in London. Fashions in clothes change rapidly, even in the strongholds of conserva- tive costume. For a good many years there has been no more stald sar- torial style than that of the London business men. Down in the “city,” which is that portion of the British metropolis within which the major part of the financlal and commercial business is transacted, the proper mode for clerks, as well as managers and higher executives, has been the frock coat and high hat. In the lower ranks of the business personnel, ever, the frock coat was not per- emptory. But for years and years, almost to the point beyond which the memory of man does not run, the silk hat, or “topper,” has prevalled as a badge of business. Now, it appears, the sartorfal aspect is changed. Bank clerks are adopting “plus fours,” or excessively baggy knickerbockers sug- gestive of the golf links, aend, of course, no topper can go with such a garb. So pronounced has become the new style, especially at week ends, that London bank managers have re- volted. A ban has been put upon the plus-four outfit behind the grills and desks of London's financlal institu- tions. In one bank a sign has been posted: “You are training for bankers, not bunkers.” Even though the plus- fours have lost out for the present the mere fact that they have been worn at all in the precincts long sacred to black garb, frock coats and toppers is significant of the great change that has comse over the Lon- don spirit, a change that may be at- tributed to the war, which had a devastating effect upon a number of cherished British institutions. how- ——— A great many ancient prejudices are belng effaced, among them that against bituminous coal which, once despised, now is being welcomed as a friend in need. luxury to be desired, but a sclentific civilization finds ways of utilizing all kinds of products and resources. el Researches have been so careful that in spite of the vast quantity of gems and gold found In his tomb, there 18 not much room for suspicion that Tut-ankh-Amen, instead of be- ing a king, was anclent Egypt's great- est Jeweler. ———————— Czechoslovakians who cut oft the ears of the Socialist agitators made the common mistake of trylng to meet a bad argument with a worse one. N — SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. TUnprofitable Prophecy. Once more the turkey—handsome bird Is strutting in the sun. Important news he has not heard Of what must soon be dons. He preens himself in colors bright And feels that he was made The general public to delight, When he goes on parade. His is the fleeting happiness Where ignorance is bliss. The solemn facts which cause distress He manages to mis: Let's all give Thanks for blessings rich And have some Thanks to spare For any lack of knowledge which Will leave us free from care. The Immediate Present. “Some day your name will echo down the corridors of time.” “I won't hear it,” commented Sena- tor Sorghum. “What seems fmportant to me just now is the kind of news I'm going to get when I am paged in a hotel.” Health Instructions. ‘“Rise early, eat plain food and hike,” i And it seems strange, though true, That anything you do not like Is what is good for you. Jud Tunkins says its possible for a man to get such a reputation for mendacity that you're almost afraid he'll have a kind word for you. Non-Voters. “A great many women do not vote.” ““Yet we must have votes for wom- en,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It is necessary to keep the male citizens well reminded that we are going to do precisely as wo choose about this as well as other matters. TUndaunted. The egolst will never stop His efforts brave with voice or pen. Although his own affairs may flop He stlll keeps bossing other men. “If at first you don't succeed,” said Anthracite is a| v C., MONDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. O pumpkin ple! Sweet pumpkin ple! I sing your pralses to the sky! ‘When other men shall chant the praise Of home-made bread of other days, And tell about the layer cake That old Aunt Mary use to make, T'll isten with respectful eyes, But I'll be thinking pumpkin pies! When you recall your childhood years, Your infant joys and awful fears, What memory is in your mind As glances now are cast behind? 1t is, no doubt, a kitchen old, Where you the youngest of the fold, sat down before the oilcloth fair And started in to eat your share. A migthy ple it was, forsooth, To quell the appetite of youth! 'Twas gold brown, 'twas full of glints And all surpassing Autumn tints; It held the magic of the farm, The very countryside's still charm, The pumpkin ple of long ago, That only childhood’s tongue can know. Bring back, O friends, those far-gone days, When life was filled with Autumn haze, When everything “just tasted good That had the name and looks of food. Our appetites are fickle now, And zest has left our food, somehow— But we can bring it back, though shy, By serving up a pumpkin pie! The man who has never tasted a real pumpklin pie, fragrant and warm, with the assistance of a glass of cold milk, has missed one of the real de- lights of this world. Life {8 sometimes a melancholy busi- nees, at best, as any one can tell you who has lived more than 30 years. The apostles of optimism have done their heartiest best, and have managed to do a great deal of good, too, but still the fact lingers, and is forced home upon us at varying intervals, that life sometimes s not all 8o rosy. Especially s this thought brought home at this season of the year, when v clouds skirt across the heavens as if in mockery of the fairest hopes of men and angel It is well, therefore, when these in- tangible but no less real visions of unwholesome despair force themselves upon u ay at the moment when we notice for the first time that there is gray in our hair at the temples—it i3 well, T say, if we will cling fervently to_our old standbys. Some will clutch at one thing, some at another. As for me, at this time of the year. anyway—give me a big slice of real pumpkin ple, and a big glass of rich, cold milk, and I will not ask for more! I do not know why it is that the subject of ple forces me to burst into verse. Some months ago I emblazoned | the lemon pie upon this page in un- dying lines. It seemed to ma, at that time, that ne ater pie than lemon could be manutactured. 1 had forgotten pumpkin ple. Only as a concession to the purists have "1 solemnly spelled 1t out, | “p-um-pk-ln,” pump-kin. | "Deep in my heart it is punkin pie. | If you will listen to nine persons out {of ten order this delicacy of delicacles |in a restaurant, you will hear them say “And some punkin pie, please.” 1 do not believe they pronounce it at way as a concession to the supposedly Inferfor education of the Vice President Dawes faces the im- pending session of the Senate in first- class fighting form on the subiect of reform In the rules. This observer evewitnessed the general's latest on- slaught senatorial long-windedness )rk Saturday night. Dawes’ fon to force the Senate to ‘minal facilties is apparent- {ly more dogged than ever. In 15 | States since last March the President has now preached his gospel. He served notice on the Senate, with {two of its members—Copeland, Demo- crat, of New York and Ernst, Re- publican, of Kentucky—there to hear him do it, that Dawes will wade next State that year into every solitary is electing a Senator and urge its people to demand that candidates pledge themselves to reform the rules. The Vice President’s New York bi- partisan audience of men of affairs from all parts of the country cheered him to the echo. mered senatorial loquacity the more | fervent they chorused approval. Dawes' friends understand that he has up his sleeve, for use at some psychological moment, even dead- [lier ammunition than auything he has yet exploded. 1t is designed, | they hear, to blow the opposition into smithereens. ke One of America’s distinguished World War admirals, Joseph Strauss, having been born on November 16, 1861, reaches the retirement age and leaves the United States Navy this week. If he were a British instead of a Yankee tar, Strauss could now call himself “Sir Joseph,” like the admiral in “Pina- fore,” for King George V. knighted him for his war services. Admiral Strauss won his first fame 30 years ago as the inventor of the superimposed turret system of mounting guns on battle- which is now in vogue in all first-class navies. During the war, as commander of the mine force of the Atlantic fleet, Strauss laid the great mine barrage that stretched across the North Sea from Norway to Scotland. A total of 56,000 American mines was planted under his direction—an im- penetrable barrier to the German fleet if it had ever essayed a sortie from its hiding place. = Admiral Strauss plans a trip to Europe shortly, to re- new acquaintance with the scenes of his war-time activities. He was an honor man in the Annapolls class of 1885, * ¥k X % . Kent Cooper, the new young general manager of the Associated Press, is, like a myriad of his fellow newspaper men, an Indlanian. He told in Wash- ington the other day how he recently accomplished a miracle at Boston, with Albert Jeremiah Beveridge as the goat. “It used to be my fate as a cub reporter,” says Cooper, “to have to re- port Beveridge's speeches. At the com- plimentary dinner to Robert Lincoln O'Brien, editor of the Boston Herald, Beveridge had to sit through a speech of mine, without being invited to make one himself.” The Hoosier strain is running at full tide through the Coop- er blood. Not long ago Jane Cooper, the “A. P.” generalissimo’s 16-year-old daughter, had the opportunity of choosing where she wanted to go to college. She had her pick of Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke and the rest of 'em. She se- lected the University of Indiana. Sald Jane: “Dad, your own father and mother went to Indiana, were graduat- ed there, and became your parents in consequence. Indiana's good enough for me.” Cooper's mother was In- diana’s first co-ed. He is himself an alumnus of the Bloomington institu- tion. * K Kk Senator Lawrence D. Tyson. Demo- crat, of Tennessee, one of the new- comers to the Sixty-ninth Congress, will be heard from forcefully on ques- tions of national defense. Tyson has It 1s evident ‘that the country's [Uncle Eben, “try again, but if you |always taken a deep interest in Ten- educational facilities are inadequate to meet the demand. There is a uni- keep on not succeedin’ try sumpin’ olse," ) nessee military affairs and is a con- sistent belleven in preparedness. Al- * though away past military age when Vice | The harder he ham- | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. the war.” One of his sons, an American | | aviator, was killed in action. Of com- manding appearance and soldierly bearing, Senator Tyson, who is a lawyer ‘and newspaper publisher in ( private life, as well as a busine: | States. waiter, I )!snow one wl.ltert;ho ::‘;\ quote you Shakespeare by the , and knows Gray's “Elegy in a &un- try Churchyard” by heart. You would only insult him if you thought he would not get your order in correct, ah, absolutely correct, Eng- lish. L Men say punkin pie because they love it, much as they call their wives by pet names. If they think a gram- marian {s in the offing, they may stretch a point, for the nonce, and order pumpkin ple, but the very words in their mouths have a strange, un- wholesome taste, just as a spice pie has when it sits impudently on a :?ultfler and masquerades as what it n't. It 1s almost impossible, In a big city such as this, to buy a real, honest-for- sure punkin pie, the kind I found rhymes for in opening this article. They are spice ples, and nothing more. ‘There may be a dash of real pumpkin meat in them somewhere, but it would take an expert analysis to find it. Its presence is not apparent to the naked tongue. Pity wells in my heart when I think of all the city-bred folk who go on eating these pies all their life, think- ing they are enjoying punkin pie. ‘Why, they have never so much as tasted a real punkin ple! It seems to me one has to live in a small town, or on a farm, to know a true punkin pie when he meets it Ginger, and cinnamon, and_ other spices may put up an all-fired good imitation, but it i8 not the real thing. It is as false as sin. To have a real pumpkin ple, you have to make it out of real, bona fide pumpkin, cooked by the sun (as its name signifies), a small sugar, or a large cheese, or a big tom, or any one of the other very fine strains of pump- kin on the market. Any farmer will tell you. ‘What a color pumpkin is, to be sure! It is beautiful nowhere else on earth save in this fruit. Have you ever seen a pumpkin colored house, or a pump- kin colored sult of clothes? In the pumpkin itself, however, the color is a deep orange yellow, that lends the final touch to the Autumn symphony. They say that musical notes have color—then Fall colors have tones. There is muslc in the air, indeed, as one wanders in the browning flelds these days, watching the gray clouds scurry along, seeing the intense red of the oak leaves, delighting in the jewels which are called pumnkins. Just as all love and romance are brought to us, in little, In a hook, so the glories of the Autumn landscape are made ours in & pecullarly intimate way when we experience them in pumpRin ple. Warm, succulent, tasty—it hits the spot! This is the real punkin pie, mind you, the kind visioned by James Whit- comb Riley, in those immortal lines: When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear the kyouck'and gobble of the struttin’ turke. And the clackin’ of thé guneys, and the cluckin’ of the hens. And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence 0. it's then's the tmes a ler {8 a-feelin’ at his best. With the risin’ sun to greet him from a nig] ful e As he - goe: When the frost is on the punkin and t! fodder's in the shock He didn’t write it “pumpkin,” elther, we entered the World War, Tyson commanded a brigade in France and Belglum. His troops ware brigaded with the British at Ypres and the | Lys Canal, and later when the | Hindenburg line was broken. Gen. Tv- | son left the Army in 1919 with a D, M. for “extraordinary conduct dur magnate of varied interests, is ex- pected to become one of the pillars of the Democratic opposition in the stressful times ahead. * ok ox % Secretary Kellogg is standing ab- solutely pat on his refusal to increase the visible supply of reds in the United In reply to a letter from a private citizen the other day Kel. logg defined his policy toward com- munists in these terms: “To me, a red s a red, whether he is a parlor red or a garret red. The Department of State will treat all reds allke, whether they be princes cr paupers. The princely reference probably con. cerned the aristocratic Hungarlan | couple which finds its way to Amer- fca barred by Keliogg's edict. It is probable that the Secretary of State ghortly will avail himself of an op- portunity to make a speech which will take the country publicly into the Government's confidence on the whole communist busines. Revels. tions may confidently be expected. L The next battle of the century will be fought in Washington. Women will be the gladiators; thelr drawing rooms and dining room tables, the arena. The bone of contention will b the World Court. Three resourceful hostesses are expected to lead the op- positional force Mrs. Medill McCor- { mick, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. James W Wadsworth, jr. Mrs, McCormick’s plans are undisguised. To what extent she will have the co. operation of the wives, respectively, of the Speaker of the House and the senior Senator from New York is not 50 certain. But the names of Mre. Longworth and Mrs. "WVadsworth are freely used in connection with Mre, McCormick’s operations. * Meantimé the Women's National Republican Club, directed by another hostess of rare ‘skill, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, has opened pro-World Court headquarters in Washington, | Soon the war over the teacups. and luncheon cloths will be on. No poli- ticlan underestimates the power of the Washington social lobby, Its an- tennae will presently be spread in all directions. The fates of nations may be altered before their seductive writhings and wrigglings have ceassd to agitate the political scene. (Copyright, 1925.) No Novelty. From the New York World. Philadelphta is unduly excited ove: the election of a dead one. It hap- pens frequently and in every commu- nity. ————— Ideal. From the Greensboro Datly Record. The ideal situation will be attained when a car 18 within the reach of every man, and every man out of reach of a car. o A Long Dog’s Night. From the Savannah Prees. No wonder the dog is king of the Arctic. Ho can bark at the moon for six months at a time. And Sharp and Flats. From the Winston-Salem Journal. Music s aid to business, says au- thority. Sure—how would business ntotest 31 v v NOVEMBER 16, 1925. Animal Rescue Farm Is Well Managed To the Editor of “he Star: ‘With reference to the controversy between Miss Rose Saffranek and the officers of the Humane Educational Soclety, as published in The Star of November 8, I wish to say I think she has been unfair in her criticisms of the work being done by this soclety. ‘While I do not in the least doubt the sincerity of Miss Saffranek’s work I think rhe would do more to help the general cause by co-cperation with the soclety rather than condemnation. Such widespread criticism cannot so much hurt the members of the Hu- mane Educational Soclety as the ani- mals themselves, who would in the end be most affected by it. I have paid several visits to the “Be Kind to Animals Rest Farm” and think its management is doing a splendid work. Miss Saffranek or any one else could learn the real truth about the farm and its work by a lit- tle investigation and a real desire to know the facts. The “pedigreed dogs from rich people,” as mentioned by Miss Saffranek, are conspicuous by thelr absence. ,Most of them are just plain dogs, noné the less lovable or less deserving on this account. There are about 140 of them to be taken care of at this time, and that means much in the way of food and attention. The kennels are all full and the fact that Miss Saffranek’s dogs could not be taken care of is proof that the socfety needs help, not criticism, so 0s to be able to bufld additional houses where not only her dogs, but all homeless dogs, can be taken in and put in trim again, preparatiory to finding them good homes. L. C. WORDEN. Approach of Winter Stimulates Charity To the Editor of The Star: Not one of us but knows that as the cold weather approaches suffering is occasioned for the neglected and poor of man and beast, and no doubt op- portunities come to each one of us to observe such. Let us, thereforé, as Christlans, not be heedless but do what we can for the worthy poor among men and be kind to our brothers of the lower animal kingdom who cannot speak for themselves. Some poor family in your Immediate neighborhood may be in need of coal, or perhaps a little child would welcome a warm, though outgrown overcoat of one of your growing youngsters. Teach the children to throw out crumbs for the birds, and give your £craps to homeless dogs and cats. If possible, get into touch with me or the Animal Rescue League about ar- ranging to humanely dispose of such unwanted walifs, Observe whether horses are well blanketed on cold, windy day: 1f living in the country insist that all live stock be properly sheltered. Remember the Lord does not confine His mercies to man alone and He bids the members of His human family show a bit of His compassion alike to both man and beast. Let us each think of some creatures we can cheer a bit during the ap- proaching season and make our Thanksgiving and Christmas share the true sentiments of the occasions. VIRGINIA W. SARGENT. esE T T Pulaski Was a Pole, Not a Hungarian| To the Editor of The Star In the final edition of The Evening Star of November 10. 1925, on page 14, T noticed an article that Ignatius K. Werinski, United States commis- sioner of deeds of Indiana is drafting a bill for presentation at the next ses. sion of Congress providing for ‘“resto- ration of Fort Pulaski, Ga., and turn- ing over to the City of Savannah for perpetuation as a national shrine as a recognition of services of Count Cas- mir Pulaski, Hungarian nobleman, who alded the United States and be- came a brigadier general in the Revo- lutionary War, giving his life for the liberation of the colonies.” In my estimation it is a noble deed to honor those who lost their lives in the defense of America, but 1 wish to call your attention to the fact that there was no Hungarian nobleman by name of Pulaski in the Revolutionary ar, there was one Brig. Gen. Coun! Casmir Pulaski, Polish nobleman, who came over to this country with Tadeusz Kosciuszko and who organ- ized and equipped the Leglon of Cavalry largely at his own expense and who was killed in battle near Savannah, Ga., and who probably was our first chief of Cavalry. The nationality of Brig. Gen. Count Pulaski can be verified from War De- partment records: ‘‘General officers of the Revolutionary War." STANLEY WYSOCKI. Dig Deep to Get It. From the Passale Daily Herald. Dig deep if vou would have the richest treasures. One may wash gold dust from the shaliow stream, but the coveted nugget of gold is found buried deep in the earth. Those who would find diamonds must move mountains of earth. The profoundest beauty in a great painting, or the work of sculpture, and the rarest jewel of wisdom on the printed page will not be found on the surface. Art does not surrender its true self too readily. One may wear gold and jewels without burrowing underground, but for the richest treasures in litera- ture, painting, music and sculpture one must do his own prospecting. Others may create it, but the indi- vidual must discover it for himself. Art_is the one absolute common- wealth. Though the common prop- erty of all, jt is enjoyed by the few. What applies in the field of art and treasure hunting is equally ap- plicatle to more workaday affairs. Deep digging pays in business, indus. try, labor, housckeeping, farming or study. In modern phraseology this universal truth is expressed in the ounsel of the experienced to youth to ‘get out and dig” if you would ac- complish something in life. ———— Viewing With Alarm. From the Youngstown Vindicator. Two distinguished Englishmen, the Bishop of Durham and the Canon of Westminster, view things in Americd with more alarm than was ever sounded in the day of conventions in this land when parties pointed out each other's mistakes and their con- sequences. The bishop says that “America is both the most criminal and the most wealthy community in the world, and for that reason it has demonstrated the supreme folly of neglecting the moral factor in human life.” " The canon says: “With all seriousness, America is degenerating from a hu- man soclety into a monkey house; it may well mean the end of civiliza- tion. ‘We have some conditions in this country that are bad, but instead of closing our eyes, public sentiment is loudly expressed against them, and organizations are being perfected to correct evils and work for better things. The moral factor in human life is not neglected. Never in the history of the country was such em- phasis laid upon it as now. Church extension work, the erection of new houses of worship and schoolhouses, the enlargement of educational ad- vantages, the influence of business thrown on the side of truth and hon- esty, a better moral tone in produc- tions, most of which teach a whole- some lesson—all discourage _the thought that Americans are te ing the moral factor in lfe. Q. Ts the Casplan Sea fresh or salt? —8. E. A. It is somewhat salt. In the southern part it 1s about half as salt as the ocean, but in the northern part is fresh enough to freeze over in the Winter time. Q. Are there more bones In a child's hand than in an adult’s’—W. H. C. A. There are no more bones in a child’s hand than that of an adult. In the young, however, the ends of the bones have not been firmly attached to the shaft, which in an X-ray picture would give the effect of more bones than really exist. Bones originate and develop from several centers known as centers of ossification. Q. Why does the pitch of a horn or bell on a fire wagan sound different when close by?—T. S. A. Sound 18 a serles of waves in the air, and the shorter the distance be- tween these waves the higher the pitch. The bell, vibrating at a con- stant rate, sends out a constant num- ber of waves per second, which travel toward the observer with constant velocity, relative to the air. But if the bell is approaching the observer the waves are closer together, hence the pitch is higher. Q. To whom do wild bees belong?— J. DX, A. The Department of Agriculture says that wild bees really belong to the persons who discover them. It is against the law in most States to cut @ bee tree without first obtaining per- mission from the landowner. Q. Please give me the correct uses of 0" and “Oh."—J. N. W. A. Some editors and other author- itles make no distinction between the two words. The commonly followed rules, however, for the use of “O" in directly addressing a person or a per- sonified object, in uttering a wish, and to express surprise, Indignation or re- gret; and for the use of “Oh” as an interjection and as the colloquial in- troduction to a sentence. Q. What 1s a jennet?—N. M. A. A jennet 18 a small Spanish horse with a strain of Arablan blood, noted for its beauty of form and for its speed. The name is of English and French usage, and was perverted from {ts original meaning, which was to designate a horseman of a Barbary tribe. Q. Where was the firat homestead land in the United States>—M. A. C. A. The homestead land in Gage County, near Beatrice, Nebr., was the first homestead. It was taken up the first year the law went into effect. Q. How much space does the in an_ ordinary window screen up?—J. E. C. A. The Bureau of Standards that considering 16-nch screen wires 0.0113 inch in diameter the is 33 per cent of the total area. Q. Is the shape of the negro’s foot different from that of the white man's? —H. W. B. 3 A. The Smithsonian Institution savs that on the average the heel of the negro is believed to be somewhat longer than that of whites. Accurate determination of this, however, has, so far as it is aware, never been made. The negro foot is also relatively long and flat. Q. Are the tires on some auto mobiles painted white merely to make them attractive, or is thers a practical reason for this?—T. S. M. A. This is done many times for ap. pearance’s sake, although tires that are black, red or dark colors absorb heat rays which are said to be in jurfous to the rubber. The high solar radiation shown by specially prepared tire paints has a protective influence. Q. When were Julia Lathrop, Grace Abbott and Mary Anderson appointed to their positions?—S. S A. Miss Lathrop was appointed chief of the children’s bureau in the year 1912 during the Taft admi tration. Miss Abbott, her success: w appointed in August, 1921, during the Harding administration. Miss Anderson_was appointed chief of the woman's bureau August 15, 1919, dur- ing the Wilson administration, and is stil! serving Q. What Is a proteid?—D. M. W. A. Proteid is a term relating to any one of a class of highly complex com ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, pounds containing carbon, hydrogen. oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur found as” viscous solids or in solution in nearly all the solids and liqulds of animal and vegetable organisms. Owing to the confusion In the use of the word proteld the International Congress of Physlologists at Heldel- berg in 1907 recommended as a better term the word protein, which t= sense has not yet obtalned universal acceptance. Q. Wha is the origin of “Jerusalem the Golden”?—D. G. T. A. This great hymn is derived from “Laus Patriae Coelestis,” a part of “De Contemptu Mundi,” one of the seven great hymns of the Latin Church. Q. Can you explain why pork is more {indigestible than some other meats?—A. R. A. Meat is composed of muscle, con- nective tissue, and fat. The muscle fibers are composed of thin walls which contain the building material for the body; water, mineral saits and extractives. These fibers are held to- gether by little tissues and between these little muscle fibers are bound to- gether, and the more fat the meat con- tains the more indigestible the meat. Hence, pork 1s more indigestible than beef. 'The digestive juices have a harder time to penetrate the closely bound pork fibers, Q. What part of the anatomy fis known as the “third lung”?—T. T. W A. The skin is spoken of as the “third lung” because of the fact ths twice as much waste matter s di charged from the body by means of the skin as through the lungs Q. Where was the battle of Trenton in the movie, ‘“Janice Meredith, taken?—V. R. A. The battle of Trenton was screened at Plattsburg, N. Y., and th 26th Infantry played the part of the American soldiers. Do most farmers raise poultry? D. . A. Of all the farms in the United States 90.8 per cent keep po The smallest number of poultry per farm is found in the southern part of the country and the grea number in the Central West, in California and in New Jersey. Q. Can women equal men in at! letics?>—H. E A. According to a study made by Prof. A. V. Hill 8t the University Co lege, London, woman athletes are able to attain a imum speed of onl 78 per cent of that of men, in runni; and swimming. A woman is able to expend only 62 per t of the energyv Q. What new plants have been troduced Into the United States in the last few years’—O. P. xplorations in Southern China, a and Siam resulted in the col of trees from which chaul- a successful specific for Bur lection moogra oil, leprosy, is obtained, and the establish- ing of those trees in the American tr Numerous varieties of chestnuts have been imported for testing for blight resistance in the hope_that they will replace the rapid- 1 appearing American speci native Chinese apples, pears, cherries, plums and roses were also obtained, which, because of their vigor and hardiness, will be of speclal inter- est to plant breedérs. Varieties of barley and wheat likely to pr value at high altitudes or for ing under dry-farming cond the Western inotrduced. pics. (Ask Frederic J. Haskin, director of The Star Information Bureau. who ever you want to know—heaith, busi- ness, etiquette, a household probiem or a national one—Haskin can find out about it. He has the greatest library in the world to draw on. and he can reach the many scientific experts in the employ of the Government. He w go to the right source and quote you the authority. He is employed by The Star to act as a free agent for the people. This is a service you cannot afford to overlook. Write your question and your name and ad- dress plainly. Inclose a 2-cent stamp for return postage. Send it to The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first and O streets northwest.) Two “Master Minds” at The End of Their Rope *“Dutch” Anderson and Gerald Chap- man have had their meteoric fling at socie! and its legal conventions. They have flaunted the laws of God and of man, but today one lies dead while the other stands within the val ley of the dow, awaiting the execu- tioner’s touch upon the shoulder. It is but natural that their criminal ca- reers, & bit more daring, a bit more picturesque, than some of the others, should attract the attention of the press of the country. It is also nat- ural that a moral should be drawn. “The glory and the headlines f: says the Brooklyn Dalily Eagle. grim truth that killing must be paid for one day or another remains. Dutch Anderson, Chapman’'s pal, is dead. His_career of violence ended violently. Soon Chapman will be dead, too. Who would exchange places to- day with Dutch Anderson,” questions the Eagle, “or with Gerald Chapman, thinking. thinking, thinking of the bitter end?” * ok k% “The miserable end of these two darlings of the underworld, crafty, in- telligent, reckless, is that of all their ilk, with but unimportant exceptions,” the Springfield Union points out, for “the swagger of the criminal is but a brief gesture between uprightness and despair.”” But are such criminals in- telligent? The Saginaw News-Courler thinks not, stating that “the very fact that they become habitual criminals denotes inferiority,” and contending that “no man worth his salt has to go about, revolver armed, to engage in robbing and killing his fellow crea- tures.” In this opinion the Indianap- olis News agrees, as it says, “With all of Dutch Anderson’s reputed intelli- gence, he finally was cornered by Charles Hammond, a Muskegan, Mich., city, detective, and shot—killed by his own revolver, which the detective wrested from him even after Anderson had fatally wounded the detective.” The News finds in this end “nothing that suggests the superbandit of tra- dition.” As the New York World graphically describes the situation, “in the last act of his own drama, iron- ically enough, he is a minor character, and the red light flares up bright around the body of a detective lying dead in Muskegon, Mich. * ok ok X In fact, as the Akron Beacon-Jour- nal sees it, when Anderson “‘was d tected he played a coward's part. What a come-down for a ‘master mind,’” the Journal exclaim! “He fought like a rat in a corner,” is the way the Boston Transcript describes the struggle in its discussion of what it calls a “sordid story.” script sees “nothing in the facts to Jjustify the glamour that has been thrown around the careers of this man and of Chapman, ‘the count of am- ercy Square.’ Anderson was de- praved. The fate which overtook him was richly deserved,” declares this journal, “and Chapman is equally bad Asking where the glory is in Ander- son's or his death, the query, The Tran-| “What will become of the glory that Is Chapman’s when that worthy dang from a noose around his neck?” i presented by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. “Sooner or later the wrongdoer, smart and agile as he may be, and proficient as he may have bacome through _experience, finds himself tripped up.” declares the Dayton Daily News, affirming that “they all pay sooner or later; none of them get away with it, Concurring_in this opinfon, the Utica Observer-Dispatch says: “Gunmen, bandits, thugs, hold- up men, burglars and criminals of all classes may have brief success and run a startling career. But the old law of compenstion gets in its work, and payment comes home in one form or another. There is nothing but fail- ure in such a life as that for the young failure of the most dismal and horrible natur * Xk X % Discussing the lack of happiness in the life of the criminal and even of the chance to enjoy his {ll gotten the Portsmouth star sa crime like those committed by Chap- man and Anderson Is their farewell to friends and family, to the walks of life that have known them, to those who trusted and believed in them. It is farewell to every worth-while thing in the world, and, moreover, the irony of it is that the money for which they have thrown away all these things 1s of no value to them because their lives are haunted by the fear of capture, their nights are filled with unrest and their days by the spectre of the law. Without peace of mind, that comes only with peace of con. science, there can be no happiness, no comfort, no enjoyment of even the simplest pleasure.” These vital truths are worth recalling, according to the Manchester Union, “In a time when the oldfashioned maxims have ap- peared to be in danger of losing much of their force with a sophisticated and fmpatient generation, restive under restraint, and full of strange notions of a right to self-expression in any way that suits fanc CAETE On the subject of the Inevitable con- flict between organized soclety and the professional criminal the Chattanooga News say: oclety is left no choice. It is forced to exterminate the Dutch Andersons like rattlesnakes or suffer destruction at their hands. Such a man sets himself above ail law and his murderous hand is against ever: person who comes In his way e sl tempts to restrain him.” 4 That organized society is not always an easy winner in its conflict with criminals is the contention of tne Watertown Daily Times, which believes that “the law has fared rather badly in many cases and these two stand aut in decided contrast.”’ The Times finds that one of the reasons for this situ- ation is “the barricade of technical- ities,” often so great “that the prose. cution cannot penetrate them. But soclety has t'r’:un_nxpl!;d in these two oases,” says the o8, “and that is better than nothing.” p