Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1925, Page 6

1 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, .1925. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. - WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.....November 20, 1925 FHEODORE W. NOYES. ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company l Business Office 11¢h St. and Pennsy New Yoric ofice: 110 Fast icago OM ower Bl Buropean Office: 14 Rerent St.. London, Tngland. . The Evening Star with the Sunday morn- 1A edition. i dolivered by carriers within he city at 40 cents per month: dafly only. #3 centa per month: Sunday_only. 20 cents por month | Orders may he sent by mail or falaphone Main 5000 Tion is made by «arzier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Pay in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Palls and Sunday.....1¥r. 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No less impressive was his discussion of the achieve ments of American business within the warders of the United State: tremis which b eltminated waste in operation and pr: duction the industry of this country has become the marvel of the world h have made hieve ve in recent ye until acnlevements wh it possible si 1920 for the wage earner to receive m his lahd and the dollar of the consumer to p chase more than in the past The President’'s conception of thé place which business in the world today throws new light He see iness, true business, as the organized effort of society to minister 10 the economic requirements of civili- zation. He sees the need of busine: proceeding unhampered by the red tape of Government. He sces at the same time tne wisdom of laws which, while not hampering, will make it pos- sible at any time to halt unjustifiable practices on the part of any busin He sees responsible business today showing every disposition to correct its own abuses with as little interven- tion by the Government as possible. This last development has left the Government “free to advance from the problems of reform and repression to those of economy and construction the President points out, and he add: “A very large progress is being made in these directions.” Very properly the President has given public expression of his views regarding business in the great busi- ness metropolis of the world, New York. The empire over which it rules is political, but commercial,” the President says. He praises the wis- dom of the forefathe in selecting as the seat G nment some other city, which would not be subject at all times to the control of business. And vet he regrets that there is not always a better derstanding between Gov- ernment and business, an understand- ing which would do much to prevent not u utual misapprehensions and sus picions.” In dealing with American business in international affairs President Cool- idge touches upon the great assistance which the American business and wealth have been in restoring the fis- cal condition of Europe, overturned by the World War. At the same time he makes clear his opposition to Amer- fean to foreign governments where the money is to be expended for the maintenance of great military establishments rather than for the support of commerce and industry. The progress of the settlement of Eu- rope’s war debts to th ¥ he regards as a very definite step toward proper stabilization of international credits and the domestic credit of the debtor nations In none of his preceding public utter- ances, including his message to Con- gress, has the President spoken more loans is count strongly for the adherence of the United States to the World Court. His remarks to the Chamber of Commerce will doubtless be interpreted as mean- ing that the administration intends during the coming session of Congress to put its shoulder to the wheel and exert its utmost effort to bring about favorable action on the protocol which 80 long has been hanging fire before the Senate. “I can think of ne more reassuring action than the declaration of Ame: fca that it will wholeheartedly join with others in the support of the tribunal for the administration of in- ternational justice which they have created,” he says. “It would be pub- lic motice that the enormous influences of our country were to be cast upon the side of enlightening processes of civilization. It would be the begin- ning of a new world spi The President’'s address will be widely hailed as an evidence that the present Government intends to main- tain a “hands-off” policy so far as business is concerned. It will be weli i0 remember, however, that while the President is willing and anxious to see business develop along proper lines, unhampered by unnecessary zover-guental regulation, he would be quickest to frown upon abuses by busi- ness, no matter how “big.” o The King of Italy is indebted to Mussolini for plenty of time in which to play golf. ——or—s. The Mutt Show. The plain dogs of Washington are giving a show, sponsored by the Hu. mane Education Society. In tribute to the kinds of dogs invited to take part in this social affair it is called “the Mutt show.” The cast of the company offering this public enter- tainment will be made up of such polable actoxs as Towser, Bowsedlfor the constiucion ef ualevelydiace: s | group Rags, Tatters and their friends. Class lines are not to be drawn. Any collie, bull, Pomeranian and the like with a lons pedigree will be allowed to take part in the show it he can obtain con- sent of his master. It is to be a demo- cratic dog show, and equality among dogs will be stressed. In this show svery dog is to stand on his own feet instead of on his genealogy. Some of these dogs were Horn in the humblest doghouses or in no doghouses at all. Some of the participants in this show are dogs that often made a bed in a lumber pile or trash box and some. imes dined on cast-off bones. But, be cause of intelligence, plus good luck, any of these dogs have come into sessjon of good homes, sleep on a before the kitchen fire and eat regularly. Many of these dogs are well esteemed by their masters, and are onsidemsd to be qualified for pesitions f trus gne ate depemded on to give notice of tu. wm.ival of strangers and the approach of tramps. These dogs remember the time before prosperity to them, and when they had to look around for the most madest lodg- na boarded at the heapest gar- cans. They know thad there are nany poor dogs—dogs withat friends influence—that stifl having that kind of a life often called a “dog's am ne ge or = life,” and for the alleviation of their infortunate friends they are giving this Mutt show at the Riding and funt Club, under the patronage of > Washington Humane Edaeatton | Society. They arc also giving a street |parade to show \Washington that lom can hold its own on Pennsyl- L avenue along with soldiers, and all others who tread that toric pave. — The New Casualty. Consummation of the profect of a of northeast and southeast Washingtonians to take over the oper- tion and direction of the Eastern Dis- sary or Casualty Hospital was ef- ted yesterday at a meeting with the board of directors of Emergency Hos- pital. Although the transaction was of- ficially closed vesterday, Emergency will not relinquish full control until next Tuesday, when the new board of directors will be announced. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, president of the Stanton Park Hospital, who acted as spokesman for the new manage- ment of Casua praised the lib- erality of the dircctors of Emerszency Hospital in the financial arrange- ments, and also lauded their action in operating the institution when it seemed that its doors would have to be closed. Operated for the last two years as a branch of Emergency, Casualty has long occupied a prominent place in Washington's medical circles. Situated in an advantageous location, and serv- ing a section of the city in which there are few hospital facilities, Casualt under its new management, should create an enviable record for such in- stitutions. Washingtonians in all sections of the city, and particularly those in the northeast and southeast, should enthu- slastically support this new venture with an old and well known institu- tion. For years the National Capital has been considerably under its proper ratio of hospitalization, and it vas only the action of the Emergency Hospital two years ago in assuming the burdens of Casualty that prevent- ed a serious shortage. With the new directors of Casualty determined that the institution shal ank second to none, and with the co- operation and patronage of citizens of the city, Washington may face the future with the knowledge that it will soon take rank with comparable cities in hospital service to its citizens. ————————— Chemists are experimenting with a view to changing mercury into gold. A large amount of time will elapse before any one is justified in smashing the old thermom and carrying its con- | tents to the laboratory. o i “Hamlet” has been successfully played in a dinner coat. Expensive costumes and scenery may vet be elim- inated to an extent which will render the “Butter and Egg Man” a non-es- sential in the theater. SRS Mussolini, facing the possibility of assassination, names his successor. It | would be only proper to advance his clection to temporary responsibility and give him a tryout, oo Americans are resourceful and {adaptable people. Soft coal is not a { luxurious substitute for anthracite, but the “home fires” will be kept burn- ing just the same. Saving Outer Washington. Decision by the Zoning Commis- sion not, to enlarge the “community house” from three to six dwellings Is gratifying to those who feel that ‘Washington is entitled to open spaces. One of the severest criticisms of this city’s aspect is that its continuous rows of dwellings stamp it with monotony. Successive blocks of row- lined streets are devoid of indi- viduality or attractiveness. In the suburbs, where there is plenty of room, the “rows” should be eschewed. Yet, in many parts of suburban Washington rows of houses have been erected, long stretches of them, making those portions of the District resemble the strictly urban sections. In a few years, unless this tendency is checked to extract the maximum of profit out of a given space of land, there will be no suburban Wash- ington. The prospect of continuous rows stretching to the District boundaries is not a pleasant one to contemplate. The “community house” arrangement was a compromise between the de- tached and semi-detached dwelling and the row. Scarcely had a rule been adopted permitting that form of construction when an extension was sought to increase the number of dwellings from three to six. This the Zoning Commission has properly denied. If six were permitted, eight would be next, and shortly the prin- ciple of semi-detachment, calculated to preserve the suburban aspect of the outlying parts of the District, would be scrapped and the way open blocks, square. There is something more to be sought in the upbullding of the outer areas than higher profits in the use of the land. The Washington of twenty-five yvears hence will be the better and more attractive and more valuable financially for a strict ad- herence to the present principles governing the construction of dwell ings in the rapidly diminishing outer area. each completely filling a s Alexandra. News that the Queen Mother of Eng- land, Alexandra, is lying at the point of death at Sandringham Palace has caused a shock to the American peo- ple as well as it has to the people of Great Britain. For, although she is ad- vanced in years—if she survives she will be eighty-one less than a fortnight hence—it comes as a great surprise that so placid and so beautiful a life is drawing to an end. Alexandra, Queen of England during the short reign of her husband, Edward VII, was for many ars a beloved person- age In England. Before her husband's “ccession to the throne, as Princess of Wales she held the affections of all in the United Kingdom. Hers was then ditficult position. Alexandra was iifty-seven years old when she was {crowned with Edward in 1901. For {less than ten years she wore the crown, and then upon the death of Edward she became known as the “‘Queen Mother.” a title which ex- affection and deep re- spect with which she was regarded by the people. Though a Dane by birth, @ member of that wonderful family that has supplied so many occupants of the thrones of Europe, Alexandra w thoroughly English in her under- tanding of the people of her realm. Tt is sadly interesting to note that at this time her favorite sister, the Em- press Dowager Marie of Russia, mother of the late Czar, is lying dan. gerowsly 11l in Denmark. Though of late years withdrawn into a semi- seclusion, Queen Alexandra has still remaimed a factor in the life of the British nation. She has made occa- sional public appearances, and on such occasions she has been greeted with tokens of the great affection in which she is held. Now that she is lying dangerously ill, the prayers of the British people are given for her re. covery, though her years are many and her chance of survival is slight. } e Crime waves are now so compre- hensive that the acquisition of a new “Black Maria” is mentioned as a transportation note which may be cal culaged to interest the elite of the city. e Wildcat speculatfon has perhaps worked an injustice in overshadowing the fact that there is a large amount of perfectly good real estate in Florida. = e The court-martial of Col. Bul Mitchell {s a grand exhibition of avia- tion. It has succeeded in putting a number of people “in the ai ———————— Canada and the U. S. A. dwell in amity. There is no show of arms to suggest conflict and peace has become a benign habit of thought. ——————————— Economfes of the world are disturb- ed by the fact that it appears so much easler for natfons to prepare for war than to prepare for peace. ———————— Airships and submarines have had their day in war. Their record for peace promotion is yet to be estab- lished. s Occasionally an official who has “re- | tired” devotes a remarkable amount of Nime to disturbing the slumbers of others. ———ve—- SHOOTING STARS. | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, | Off the Map. In Lazyville the horses go Upon their way, sedate and slow. Around the old post office stands The man with leisure on his hands. The town policeman sits around, For no offenders has he found; Except, perhaps, Si Simlin's dog Who lies as still as any log And could be taken up for crime Because he's parking overtime. “Wake Up! Wake U sings, “And think of more important things! Remember, the electric spark Speeds us by daylight and by dark. Life has a new and swifter thrill. There's no such place as Lazyville!" the old clock Available Information. “Have you been to Europe re- cently?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Why should I go to Europe?” “In order to study economic condi- tions.” “I can study 'em from over here. There's no use going to trouble and expense simply to get the bad news.” Feed and Decorations. “It prices higher levels touch,” The patient housewife moans, “A flapjack soon will cost as much As gold or precious stones! Jud Tunkins says an envious friend may be a heap more dangerous than a cold-blooded enemy. Superior Knowledge. “Do your children obey you?" “No. I obey them. They are teach- ing me to dance the Charleston.” Meeting a Dilemma. “Henrietta,” said Mr. Meekton, “if I were to run for office would you vote for me? No, Leonidas." “Then you would work against me?” “No, Leonidas. I'd merely retire from politics and avoid any argument as to whether I love my husband or my country."” Great Expectancy. ‘When Congress comes again to act ‘We'll all rejoice, because ‘We may perhaps forget the fact That there’s no Santa Claus. “A hoss always gits his chance to eat,” said Uncle Eben, “which makes him de only sure winner in & hoss /\ The office is the average man’s club. It comes about as near being a real club as thousands upon thousands of men will ever know. + The man with plenty drops into his exclusive place, where he sits in a soft chalr and retalls the of money latest snappy story amld the plaudits of his fellows. The so-called average man does the same thing at the office, although he may sit in a hard-bottomed chair or stand up to it. This conception of the office as a club is one that will never occur to the man or boy who holds a perpetual grouch against the world in general and his superior officers in particular. Until such a chap tries to see the other side, he Is missing a great deal of joy in his daily life. A large, healthy amount of fun is passing him by sim- ply because he will not get into the current and swim with it. The Office Club concept, however, is known to thousands who perhaps have never put it into just that many words. Ivery man who secretly wishes his vacation over is a full-fledged member. Every man who likes his work— although it may not all be roses—is a member of the Office Club. Every executive who would rather be bustling around than doing any- thing else is a member. It is the most democratic club in the world, too. The office boy and the president are on a basic footing In the Ofice Club. When the latter hands the former a paper to carry to the manager, the ciub is functioning on its business side. When the president says “Good morning,” {n answer to Jimmie's cheerful greeting, the Office Club is purely social. * % % * American business men are the big- gest bluffers in the world. 'hey have been trying for years to make people believe that they are a hard-hearted, close-fisted set, adhering to the old, exploded maxim, “Let the buyer beware." To listen too closely to some of its enemies you might think American business, both big and little, i3 being run by a bunch of Old Scrooges, in- tent on wringing the last nickel from the resisting populace. As a matter of fact, your typical American business men of 1925, the real “he-men” of the profession, are so pathetically intent on being decent and enjoving life as they go along— and letting the other fellow enjoy it, too—that they gather together in clubs at the noon hour to do all sorts of good things. The chief may look like an ogre be. hind his big mahogany desk, but back of his Babbitt mask are the lineaments of a normal average man, with much the same emotions and impulses that rule the rest of us. He may not realize it, cither, but he, too, is @ member of the Office Club. (The term “office” is used here as in. clusive of all sorts of places where men’ gather together for their daily task, whether it be in an office build- ing, in a factory, under a shed, or where not.) Because the Office Club is the one place where men meet on a funda- mental footing, it is one of the biggest THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. educational factors in modern Amer- fcan life. This is too often over- looked. Oniy the other day in New York President Coolidge has never be- fore spoken with such fervor of the World Court as he did in his New York Chamber of Commerce address. It satisfies the warmest adherents of the court that Mr. Coolidge at length “means business.” They always felt that his previous utterances on the subject, in messages to Congress and on_other occasions, lacked the cru sading spirit. They believe that the President has now buckled on his armor and will really battle for Amer ican adhesion to the Permanent {Court of International Arbitration. In suggesting that the “sentimental effect” of such a step “would be tremendous,” Mr. Coolidge gives ex- pression to a widespread view among European statesmen. When this ob- server interviewed M. Painleve, now premier of France, and then Presi- dent of the French Chamber, in Paris in 1924, he asked Painleve what, in his opinion, America could do to gratify Europe. ‘“Make the grand gesture of joining the World Court,” was the Gallic statesman’s reply. * X Kk x New Yorkers are still provincial enough to be proud of the fact that their city is the most populous on earth, though Londoners now and then dispute that. So President Cool- idge made a great hit when he ob- served in his speech there last night that Manhattan Island is “the great- est center of population that the world has ever known.” When the Chief Executive talks in Chicago on December 7 the proud denizens of the Western metropolis will certainly expect him to hurl bouquets at their population achievements. New York's 8,000,000 or more inhabitants have beeq, as the President pointed out, 200 years in reaching that dizzy total. Chicago fsn't 100 years old yet, and has just attained a population of 3,000,- 000. The Windy City's consuming ambition is to overtake New York some day and outstrip her. Los An- geles, the shrinking violet of the Pacifid coast, plans to beat them both. * X X X Col. “Billy” Mitchell was recently adjudged by the Milwaukee divorce court to pay his first wife alimony to the extent of $6.800 a year. That is exactly two-thirds of his Army pay. The latter amounts to $10,200 a year, or $850 a month. Of the last-named sum $500 is pay, $250 is fiylng pay and $100 is allowance. But the bear- cat of the Alr Service is rich in his own right and will not have to worry along—if he stays in the Army—on the one-third of his wages which all- mony obligations will leave him. * X X X Representative Elmer Thomas, Dem- ocrat, of Oklahoma, who has essayed the task of injecting new life into his party, i8 one of the many Middle Western men who have achieved po- litical eminince In the great open spaces. Thomas is a native of In- diana, which breeds politicians, poets and philosophers. He has the mak- ings of a statesman in _him, for he "WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. there was published a novel entitled, belleve, “The Office,” in which the seamy ‘side of such work is depicted. Every office has that side—but so has the home, so has life itself. To- day we consider only the good slide of it all. One can always read about the other sid It has an extensive enough literature. * kK ok Down at the office one gets a nor- mal contact with his fellows, some- thing that means much in this world. Misanthropes, genuine haters of their kind, are few and far between Most men like comradeship, although they may refrain from singing daily: o weather. ren od Tehions et together, WIth a stein on the table— And 'a '®00d s0nk ringing clear ! No. the average man doesn’t go around with anachron! on his lips, nor, perhaps, even in his heart, but he dees Yike to meet the bovs. to talk over work and play, to indulge in a lttle office gossip, to “pan” some one or other, now and then. Sure, we all do. The best place to do all this Is at the old office, the old shop where some- times a fellow hates to go. where he boldly proclaims he is glad to get away from on his vacation—and where he is mightily glad to get back to_when it is over! The proper sort of office does get | grip on & man. There are businesses around this town in which men are allowed a “day off” once a week, and it is the greatest tribute in the world to such establishments that many men “come down to the office” on such da “I'm just going to drop into the office for u minute,” says he, as he goes out the home door. The hours wear on, and it IS evening before he returns. Such s the charm of the real Of. fice Club. * kK ok No workday 1s all work. No business is all business. Few offices are all office. There is plenty of time, in & work ing day, to be human. Thank God that the really efficient American business man realizes that “efficiency” means more than ma chine motions, that it includes hu manity, and the good of humanity. A little waste motion is good, on the theory that all work and no play makes Jack a terribly dull boy. So the Office Club does not put a ban on normal human relations. It is a pleasure for the president to swing into his office and receive the greeting of the office boy. It is a_pleasure for the boy to greet the president. Bill and Tom and Harry stand at the side door, before the whistle blows. and cool their heels while discussing what happened yesterday, and what is likely to happen today. The arrival of pretty Maisy fs oc- caston for sly pokes of the elbow. The lunch hour is an important event in the Office Club day. office has its own customs and observances, its own peculiarities, its own pleasures aside from the duty of work. It is up to every worker, for his own good, to realize that he is & member of what is, after all. one of the biggest and best clubs in the world— The Office Club of America. in general, and Mrs. Lansdowne's testimony in particular, the ques- tion arises in the mind of a naval officer of many years' service as to what the Army and Navy are com- ing to when the wife of a naval officer, ‘who it is presumed will have absorbed some of the heart, some of the soul of the service, can feel it an insult to the memory of her husband to have the statement made that her husband “would not object to taking the ship unser his command through any weather i order to galn a military mission.’ Having known Zach Lansdowne since his entry into the Naval Academy, it i3 felt that such im- plication cannot go by without pro- test. It is not believed for one fraction of a split second that Zach would have hesitated even for that length of time to take his ship through hell in order to zain a mil- itary end. The old Navy, to which he belonged and which he honored, did not function thet way. * ok ok ok Rumania is the first one of the European debtor governments to send a woman to Washington as a member of a funding mission. She is an Irish woman named Ella M. Davis, and she is .the confidential secretary of M. Titulesco, the chief of the mission. Her principal function is to act as official translator for the delegation. She speaks English, French and Ger- man with equal fluenc: and under- stands American, because during the war she was in United States Govern- ment service. At one time she was attached to our aviation branch in l-‘rnr_me. After the armistice Miss Davis, who is an Ulsterwoman, hail. ing from Belfast, was engaged in American grave registration work on American battleflelds ‘“over there.” That task, to which she dedicated her- self with womanly sentiment, brought her into personal touch with more than 4,000 American families inter- ested In the resting places of their honored dead. For the past three or four yvears the brilliant young Irish- woman has been attached to the Rumanian legation in London, where M. Titulesco was Minister. Miss Davis also accompanied her chief to allled conferences in Paris and to League of Nations meetings at Geneva. * ko % Hundreds of Washingtonians are now the proud possessors of the mag- nificent published souvenir of the fare- well banquet tendered Jules Jusserand when the French Ambassador retired in January, 1925. It was prepared and edited under the direction of Gil- bert Grosvener, president of the National Geographic Society, who was chairman of * the executive committee which organized the Jusserand function. The booklet, a beautiful specimen of the typo- graphical art, is embellished with a cover in French horizon blue and con- tains a replica of the gold medal pre- sented to the famous diplomat at the banquet. Between the covers are the full texts of the speeches delivered there by Speaker Gfillett, Senator was born on a farm. Later in life he taught school to pay his way through college. De Pauw Univer- sity, where Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was graduated, is Thomas’ alma mater. He is a lawyer by profession now and has been at the bar in Okla- homa since 1900. Long a factor in political affairs in that State, Thomas is regarded one of the up-and-coming Democrats of the Southwest. He is said to have his eye on the United States Senate. ok ok X ‘This observer is in receipt of a more or less anonymous communication en- titled “‘Another Viewpoint” and signel “One of the Old Fogies of the Navy,” ‘which reads as follows: Into what evil days have the Army and Navy of the United States fallen, when such things are possible as now seem right and proper in these days of bolsheviks and jazz? LEntirely aside from all Alags wwmtchs 9l Map Ablichsll casa | Bingham, Gen. Lejeune, Justice San- ford and Ambassador Jusserand. The letters from President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes are also included. (Copyright, 1925.) Fashions and Furs. To the Editor of The Star: All advocates of the rights of ani- mals should be thankful to The Star and vtD C. E. Tracewell for Mr. Trace- well’s article of November 17 in The Star commenting on fashion'’s follies and the fur trade as the cause of so much suffering of animals caught in traps. The good old Star’s one hun- dred thousand or more circulation is sure to hit the consciences of some of its halfmillion readers. It is always our duty to speak in favor of justice and mercy, even when the cause seems hopel AHOMAS - W, GLEMER, T | quered the | have worked for a HINDENBURG Won for Republic 38y Frank H. Simonds. While the maneuvers of what the Germans described as their “inner” politics must remain largely incom- prehensible to the outsider, one fact is beginning to be unmistakable. The Nationalists have with incred- ible, if characteristic, stupldity thrown away all the advantage which might have becen theirs, and that the world did assume they had acquired when they elected Field Marshal Hindenburg President of the republic. It fs difficult to imagine a more ridiculous situation than that into ich the extreme elements of the Natlonalists ave put their party nd themselves. Seizing upon the popularity of the old marshal, which is not only universal but wholly comprehensible, they made him President in a campaign which would have been won by the socialist and bourgeois combination otherwise. In doing this they displayed an ir- ritating lack of ~comprehension of world opinion and for a moment gravely compromised the position of Germany But as events have fallen out it has hecome clear that their intial success was ultimate disaster. When the old marshal took his oath of allegiance to the republic, not only did his character guarantee he would keep it, but the Natlonalists were suddenly confronted by the fact that the man who had been made the standard bearer of those who were uncompromising foes of the republic had not alone accepted it but sworn to uphold The republic had re- ceived an indorsement which was not very exactly appraised abroad, but did have immediate valuation in German * * * This was the first blunder; this was the primary failure to appreciate the consequences. Hindenburg was & name which could bring victory, but Hindenburg remained a name after victory, and if he accepted the repub- lie, the’ Nationalist arguments and de nunciations lost force. In reality, though the world thought otherwise, it was the republic which gained Hin: denburg, not the Nationallsts who con- by putting a sol- dier in the President’s palace. Thus, in reality, the day the old marshal took the oath of office the Nationalists actually lost him, al- though at the moment the fact was little_ appare: What remained for the Nationalists to do to complete their job was to make a public display of the breach between the man they had made President and themselve: nd this they have done with com- teness in the matter of the Locarno In point of fact, the battle, once Hindenburg was President, was to de de who wouid control him, or more xactly what position he would take s between the elements which desired 10 ma peace and have an adjust ment and those who were unwilling to iccount of the realities, and upon refusing ail concession ving sterile aspirations and impotent grudges rather than seeking througk cognition of what was im- mu to bring about a change in what was at once intolerable and erpable of amendment * x % x In this battle Luther and Strese- mann have overborne Westarp and all the extremists. They defeated them over the Dawes plan while Ebert was still President, for Ebert's position was never in doubt. But now they have defeated or will soon inevitably defeat them, because while Hinden. burg is President, he is unquestion- ably converted to the Stresemann- Luther policy and to the Locarno pacts. In the last analysis what Luther and Stresemann have labored for has been, first, to free Germany from the actual position of isolation and infe riority which a lost war invariably imposes. While the Nationalists thun derously demanded the allied repudia- tion of the “war guilt” sections in the treaty of Versailles, Luther and Stresemann have worked to obtain the acuation of the Ruhr, of the Co. logne zone, both of which are now realized or assured, and beyond that the evacuation of ail German soil. In a word, Luther and Stresemann ettlement, the tionalists ferred to cherish grievances and rely upon German re sentment and desire for revenge as more potent than German desire for peace and adjustment. Hindenburg, confronted with the choice, has de- cided inevitably for adjustment. He is President of a people who desire ssionately to be free of physical re- nts. of foreizn interferences, who at one time desire to regain mastery on their own soil and to obtain abroad that capital which is the prerequisite to resuming the old march toward economic prosperi * k% % It is true—no one can deny it—that a_whole people passionately resent and deny the “guilt” detail of the treaty of Versailles. If allied coun- tries were to insist upon treating Ger- many on the basis of such a declara- tion not even material considerations would have weight. But the fact which Luther and Stresemann have proved is that, impossible as it may still be to revise the statement in the treaty of Versailles, every interna- tional conference demonstrates that it has become a dead letter so far as realities are concerned. As a result of the Stresemann oper- ations, in which for more than a year Dr. Luther has been an important partner, Germany has already com- pletely emerged alike from political and social isolation. At Locarno every circumstance contrasted with those of the peace congress seven years ago. Germany appeared as a great power proposing to her equals a system of European adjustment, and on the basls of that offer demanding as of right very large material advantages, which, to be sure, the German would describe as rights. And, as the recent announcement of the allled intention to evacuate the Cologne zone demon- strates, she not only obtained these advantages, but she is to have them in advance of her performance. B In all this one must see quite clear- ly that the Natlonalists, who won a far-shining victory in electing Hinden- burg, lost eventually because they had nothing to propose. They were simply and solely against any understanding with their neighbors, any concession not involving new surrenders, but recognizing what had already been lost. They were prepared to preserve allied occupation of the Rhineland indefinitely that in the end German patriotism might be roused to reclaim not the Rhineland only, but Alsace- Lorraine also. That part of Germany which was industrial, that part which was demo- cratic and socialistic wanted peace, capital and labor wanted peace with equal earnestness because it was es- sential to both. Only the junkers seated in the main on their East El- bian estates, unconcerned or even hostile to the industrial and commer- cial as contrasted with the agrarian prospertiy of their country, opposed settlement, _adjustment, ~anything which gave German sanction to any surrender which war had necessi- tated. Rightly they argued that if there were no adjustment, no settle- ment, German passion would risc and one day the battle might be reopened, that the history of Prussia after Jena might be repeated and the treaty of Versailles torn up by some neéw tri- umph as that of Tilsit after Leipzig. * Kk ok al have pre Stresemann and Luther represented and represent that business Germany to which such a program, involving spduiing misecy and copHloulng - ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Is the word Amerind in our language?—F. K. A. The word Amerind is composed of the first syllables of “American Indian,” suggested in 1899 by an American lexicographer as a substi- tute for the inappropriate terms used to designate the race of man in- habiting the New World before its occupancy by Europeans. The use of the word Amerind occasioned discussfon in which it was supported by some and attacked by others. The name, nevertheless, has found its way into both sclentific and popular literature. Q. Can you inform me what part of the Friends’ marriage ceremony makes the contract binding?—H. L. E. A. The laws of the various States provide that a marriage may be sol- emnized in accordance with the rule of Friends, which consists in simply taking each other for husband and wife before witnesses. Q. Name some of the longest-wear- ing furs-—M. P. A. Among the more durable furs are bear, fisher, dyed skunk, stone- marten, European fitch, Russian fitch, otter, beaver, dogskin, natural skunk, northern mink, blended muskrat. raccoon of all kinds, opossum of all kinds, Hudson Bay sable, Russian sable and wolverin Q. Please state how steep the grades are on the Ulntah Railroad.—F. G. M. A. The Ulntah Railway, a narrow gauge raflroad 70 miles long, pa over the Book CUff Mountains western Colorado, and running into the Ulntah Basin of Utah, is probably the most severe operation in the United States, if not in the world. In cross ing the Book CLff Mountains, a branch of the Rockies, this railroad has 6 miles of 73, per cent grade and 8 miles of 5 per cent grade, and in the 12 miles between Mile Post 28 and Mile Post 40 there are 233 curves ranging from 4 degrees to S0 degrees, an average degree of curvature for 100 feet being 60 degrees. Spectal types of locomotives known as shays are required to haul freight over the mountain, this type of englne being propelled by gears, in contrast to the rod-t. standard railways in the country, and, outside of this rallroad, used only on & few logging roads Q. What is lace bark?—C. W. A. Lace bark is the inner bark of several species of trees, the best known being the lace bark tree of | Jamalica. It is readily detached in sheets or layers like birch bark, each layer being a delicate network of fiber. Q. Are green oysters poisonous G. P. A. There is a widespread opinion that “greening” is injurious. The color has been attributed to disease to parasites and to the presence of cop- per. Experiments have shown that quite commonly the green color, of American oysters at least, is due to the fact that they feed on green plants of very simple structure. The opinion of those who have investi gated the matter carefully is that such color is harmless. In Europe similar green oysters, called “groenbarden,’ are especally prized, and to meet the demand oysters are greened by plac- ing them in sea water, where they are fed on a spectes of seaweed which imparts coloring matter to the gills. However, some oysters owe their Tammany and Raises Americans generally, of both politi- cal parties, have been interested in the welcome that was extended by Georgla to Mayor-elect Walker of New York on his trip into the South. The heartiness of the welcome is recog- nized, but whether the friendly atti- tude toward a Tammany man will assist the presidential boom of Go Smith remains to most commentators an open question. As the situation appears to the Hous- ton Chronicle (independent), ** ‘Jimmy" Walker is a most likable youns man and a might good politician,” and his quest for harmony in the party “at least will have the best wishes of all its members, even those who believe his quest is entirely hopeless.” Of the general situation, however, the Chronicle remarks: “Just how the dry South is ever going to hitch up with the ultra-wet Tammany it is exceed: ingly hard to see. The South pro ably will go farther at a compromise than New York.” Recognizing that the claim is made that “there is a new Tammany.” the New York Herald-Tribune (Republican) asks: “Is there any real brotherhood between the intensely urbanized, lo ized political outlook of Tammany and that of the traditionally sectional and predominantly rural South? Is there anything any Tammany mi slonary can say which will strike a responsive chord in Dixie, or make the Northern and Eastern Democracy of today seem anything but a strange political bedfellow? The real test of Tammany's newness will be the ef- fectiveness with which it dazzles the eves and works on the imagination of the South's fairly hard-boiled Jef- fersonians.” X On the other hand, Georgia's hearty welcome to the mayor-elect of the metropolis is expressed by the At lanta Journal (Democratic) when it declares. in friendly tones: “Not until the man himself stood before them, stralght - souldered, steady -eyed, a prince of good fellows, a doer of mas- terly deeds, a thinker with a heart in him—not until then did Atlantians realize just how he could grip @ com- munity’s imagination and inspire its confidence. Atlanta is happy in the consciousness of another distinguished tie between herself and the Nation's metropolis. America stretches from dustrial and commercial paral k abhorrent. As against Socialist and even more extreme radical programs these elements are ready to combine with the Nationalists. They are cap- italists for whom all conservative sup- port is desirable. But the difficulty of combination lay and lies in the fact that as the price of combination the Nationalists demanded the right to veto all foreign policies which might make industrial and commercial life possible. Now, insisting upon such a course, the Natlonalists have lost Hindenburg and arrived at the point where a fatal split within their own ranks is threat- ened. For it would be idle to imagine that all Nationalists are extremists, Junkers, in the accepted foreign inter- pretation of this word, men blind to realities and entirely controlled by passion. On the contrary, Nationalist votes passed the Dawes plan and will be cast for the Locarno pact. But Nationalist stupidity has, at least, for the present exercised what might have been the deadliest peril for the republic. First, it brought Hin- denburg to take the oath of allegiance to the republic, which binds him and silences innumerable Monarchists; sec- ond, it deliberately sought and pro- cured a breach with him and delivered to the republic precisely that popular strength which they had seized upon last Spring to defeat the Republicans. Thus, as in France after 1871, it is the Monarchists who are playing the Re- publican game, and their folly, not Republican strength, which is destroy- ing their cause. [ 'pe locomotives used on all of the | green coloring to the presence of cop per. Such oysters are grass greer, and not dark green, and have i slimy secretion on the folds of the mantle. These are not generally con. sidered wholesome. Q. I see statemen; that the Louisi ana Purchase cost $15,000,000 and others that it cost about $27,000.000 Which is correct?—W. J A. The original price wes $ii, 250,000; claims were assumed amount the ing to $3,750,000; interest pay ments incidental to the final settle ment raising the total eventually to $27,267,662. Q. What forms of insanity are more prevalent in men and in wom en’—R. M. F. A. Pollock comments: The choses due to harmful indulgence and exposure are far more prevalent in men than in women, while those aris. ing from bodily weakness are, as u rule, more common in women, Q. What is the name of the male swan H. L. A. The male swan is known as a cob, and the female as u pen. Q Is stock killed by packers in spected before killing?—A. M. C. A. The Bureau of Animal Indust says that all animals presented for slaughter in establishments operating under the Federal at Inspection Service are given an spection. At the time of { parts of carcasses, includi i nal organs, are given an examinatio {known as the post-mortem inspectio; n {An and processing of ! meats wiucts at such estabiist ments are done under the sup {slon | of bureau i tors and the product subjected to reinspections wheneve | deemed necessary for the purpose of | determining whether such produc | still remain wholesc 1 it for fooc The purpose of supervising the pr cessing of meats is to see that the are handled in a clean manner, are not exposed to insanitary conditfons, are not contaminated with deleteriovs matter, are kept free from prohibited substances and are correctly labeled The Inspection begins with the exam nation of the live animal and ends pt | the time the product leaves the estal | lishment | Q. Does the Mormon Church tice polvgamy?—J. F. C. A. The Mormon Church disavowed the practice of polygamy. Anv plural marriage is unlawful both in the State and in the church. ? A Al I ds are not infla air; however, If put in I they will burn at about $30 deg (In its efforts to be as useful as pos* sible to its 113,000,000 people, the Gon: ernment of the United States is con- tinually carrying on practical invest | gations in many fields. These investi- gations produce results of great valus Our Washington Bureau is in a posi- | tion to pass on to Star readers the valuable knowledge collected by Gov- ernment agencies. It is to the mutual benefit of both the people and the Government to have this great agency which brings them together. This service is free to ail. Make use of it Inclose 2 cents in sgamps for return postage. Address The Star Informe- tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di rector, Twenty-first and Northwest, Washington, D. C.) the South Political Query sea to sea, but between her patriotic people, in whatsoever region the may reside, there is no greater dis- streets tance than the folds of our common flag. Georsia is a wide, wide State, but between her ‘citizens and un American like James J. Walker there is no further separateness than a heart beat The reception extended by Georg is viewed by the Hartford Times (in dependent Democratic) as * ther as- tonishing” In view of the “long days of balloting and parading in the New York con Admitting_thy “one swallow does not make a Spring in the Southland any more than 1 our more rigorous Northern clime, the Times concludes: “At least it happened. A Tammany nocrat well received In even | bevond the mere deman cour- | when he made an eloquent ap- for a better understanding be tween sections and between the ele- ments of soclety. Of it at least may be sald that no good work is ever entirely in vain.” “Why should anyhody have to ‘sell Tammany to the South'”" asks the D Georgia, Savannah Press (Democratic), with the comment In San_ Francisco | five vears ago Georgia and Tammany sat at the national Democratic con- cention side by side and fraternized in their father's house. In New York last vear Georgla delegates went 1o the Hylan lawn party and to the ban- quet at the Commodore Hotel. They | applauded the choruses of the Police | Glee Club. Georgia and Tammany voted for different candidates ar.d had different ideas about some things, but some of the delegates sang “The Side- walks of New York” and in the end they all voted for John W. Davis | For what is the use of kesplng up old feuds?” * x x | “Talk of Tammanyizing the South is absurd,” remarks the Nashville Banner (independent). If Gov. Smith is nominated in 1928, it will be be- cause of a recognition by Democrats of his supreme qualities as an exec- utive and as a campaigner, and in pite of any connection with Tam- many. It would seem to be rather unjust to ascribe to Mayor-elect Walker any sinister motives. He is now a public character and pestiferous sensation_mongers should keep their hands off,” The Schenectady Ga- zette (independent Democratic) adds that Walker's visit to the South “should result in the establishment of relations with Democrats there which in the years to come will benefit the party as a whole.” The suggestion that *“Mr. McAdoo may do well to hasten to Georgia and Florlda to attend to a little fence re- palring” is made by the Providence Bulletin (independent). with the state- ment that ‘no doubt Tammany is not as black as it has been painted” and it has certainly “given the State of New York a good Governor.” On the other hand the St. Paul Dispatch (indepere- ent) declares: “What the basis for & genuine reconcillation might be we cannot imagine. Though both groups call themselves Democrats and though both gave their allegiance a year ago to a certain Mr. Davis, they could hardly be farther apart.”” The Sioux City Tribune (independent) also savs that the Eastern and Southern Demo- crats “think alike, politically speak- ing, on just about one thing, and that is the desire to win, and enjoy the emoluments of vi single basis of adherence, is not so significant as it might appear at first glance. The New York Times (Independent Democratic) emphasizes the Walker statement that Democrats from the South have been honored by Tam- many. The net result, however, as viewed by the Kalamazoo Gazeétte (Non-Partisan), fails to convince the observer that “Southern prejudice against New York's presidential aspir- ant can be dissipated in tims for thej JRpaculuus event of 1928, i o