Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY..November 28, 1825 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor " The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11 s Blinge OMee: 1 St. and Pennervivanis Ave. 5. Znd’ 8 New York Offica: 11 4204’ st e Omce: Rower Rutidiae Chicaga Office European Office: 14 Rexent St.. London. ‘Eneland. The Evening Star. with the Snnday marn. Inx rdition, in delivered by carriara within 30 citr at’ 60 cents per month: daily only 45 cents ‘per month: Sunday onle. 20 cents per ‘month. | Ordara mav he st by mail ar talanhone Main 000 Collection is made by carrier at the and of each month. < Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dailv and Sunday .70 Dails anty O . Adc funday only. .. .. .. 20c All Other States. Paily and s . 2 Pais anfyounday- .. g 37 130 200 Runday only.". 7 me’ A0 $3 Member of the Associated Pre: riated Press antitled or renublie: nihlished harain ©f spacial dispatches herein aa lso reso Signs of Coal Peace. Pinchot trying again bring about a settlement of the an *1hracite strike, having called a con- ference of operators, miners and busi- -ness men to be held at Harrisburg to- dav. The representative of the opera- tors, however, has informed the ov- ernor that he cannot get his commit- tee togther for such a conference on short notice, but it would appear that S there is more than inability to make necessary arrangements for the meet- fng in the refusal to attend at Harris- burg today. The operators’ spokes- man is unwilling to go into a confer- ance without knowing what proposals the governor has to offer as the basis ot the renewal of wage negotiatiors and the resumption of mining pending sottlement. This able position. The operators have throughout the negotiations with the miners’ representatives been willing to submit the questions at issue 1o arbitration. They are warranted, therefore, now in seekinz to know npon what footing they will stand in 2 governor's conference. Sizns multiply that the Gov, is o strike is nearing an end. The miners' leaders | 3dministration. He asks for abolition {ubundon the structure are evidencing a willingness to settle, cach public statement on the subject | heinz less defiant than its predecessor. The strike has now lasted nearly three months, and the strike fund must be pretty well exhausted. There | is little chance of securing additional | funds from other labor organizations. | The miners themselves are about at the cnd of their resources. Those who | had savings have spent them. Those | vithout suvings have been subsisting | miserably on the pittances rece from the strike fund. Some have | heen living on credit, and that credit is now strained. If the provisioners | of the anthracite region were to cut | off supplies the strike would end with- | forty-elght hours. In the Fall of 1905. three years after the settlement of the protracted coal strike of 1902, when the time ap- proached for the writing of a new con- tract between the operators and the miners, representatives of wholesale <upply houses canvassing the anthra- cite district for orders passed the | word at the instance of thelr princi. | pals that in case a strike should be | called in the Spring on the expiration | of the three-year contract all credits | would be withdrawn from the retailers -In the hard-ccal towns. This warning | was one of the chief instruments for | insuring continued peace in the an- thracite fields. Retailers passed the | word themselves to their customers that if a strike were called they could not carry them on their books. When the time came for a final de- | cision the vote was for continued min ing. It would be to the public interest if such a warning had been given last | ,8vmmer. As it is. the coal miners of | the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area have | ieen carried along for three months| by the supply dealers and their credit | in now about exhausted, as are the atrike funds. So they are talking peace, through their representatives. who are keen to note the si disaffection in the ran and are | “therefore agreeable to Gov. Pinchot's | proposal for some kind of a settle. | ment. But the operators, it now ap- pears, want to know what kind of a =ettlement the governor suggests. In. asmuch as they have been at all times willing to arbitrate their attitude is Justified. of —————— Insinuations that an Atlantic City heauty pageant was only a moving picture ad have led to a libel suit. A dictator to regulate disputes among heauty contestants might be desirable, if anv man could be found brave enough to undertake the responsi- biltty. Where Did He Get It? Appraisal of the estate of the late Charles F. Murphy, former Tammany Teader, | | shows a gross valuation of | 170,761, and a net, after deductions for funcral expenses, administration expenses, debts and commissions, of $1.992,057. A two-million-dollar estate »for 2 man who started with nothing! Once more is demonstrated the fact that America is the land of oppor- tunity. Once more is shown how | thrit and industry will carry a man | to affluence. And the-striking part of | it is that Mr. Murphy had nc estab- Jished business. He was not a profes- sjonal man or a captain of industry. ,He did not sell goods for public con- sumption, or dispense technical, legal ‘or medical advice. He was the leader of Tammany Hall, without salary. So that his fortune becomes subject for study in social economics rather than finance. 1t was said of his predecessor in the | Tammany organization, Boss Croker, that he freely admitted he was ‘‘work- ing for his own pocket all the time.” In fact, Croker so testified; under oath in the course of an investigation hy a committee of the State Legisla- ture into certain aspects of metropoli- tan life. When asked point-blank “where did you get it?” with reference to his large fortune, Croker drooped { 00:1 mo.. 28¢ fof | ten | gress did not have time fo perfect. | ment association. ol !ynu to find out.”” Boss Murphy was | never put to the embarrassment of | answering such a question. Nobody |ever ventured to ask him “‘where he | often appearing in court as witness In collateral issues. In ‘act, the ques- ton as to Croker's fortune would never have been put to the test—and A futile test it proved—but for the fact that the scandal which then had varticularly developed related specifi-| cally to the portions of hush money | pald by lawbreakers of all kinds and grades which reached the ‘“‘man .higher up” after deductions had been | made through the potice precincts and | headquarters. No such situation o | curred during the Murphy regime. | Thus the question “Where did he | get 12" inspired by the disclosure of the two-million-dollar Murphy estate is posthumous and futile. U o Changes in the Traffic Code. Senator Arthwr Capper of Kansas the new chairm=1 of the Senate Di: iever 8ot it.” He escaped inquisition, thouzhi THE EVENING memorials of marble and bmm:al which have been standard patterns since, had a predilection for | groves for their divinities if not for | { their heroes. Groves were sacred to Apollo and te some of the deities in | the old Teutonic theocracy. 'rnrl United States already possesses ai | weast one memorial grove, that set | aside fn honor of the late Franklin | . Lane, A manmade meniorial. no matter auw solidly constructed or how care- fully kept up, wears shabby with time to some extent. The forest planned in rmany, a land noted for her pr in forestry matters, whether situated on one of her great plains or on the wind-swept swelling slopes of storied mountains, will grow more healthy and mere beautiful frcm day to day' and from year to year. Whether or not one sympathizes with the cause in which her sons gave their | lives, one cannot but sympathize with the method chosen to commemorate their sacrifice. - e trict committe:. lias intimated that he | | will look with favor on proposals to| | with | Traf- l fic Eldridge, the District Commission- | ers and the public of Washinaton. tushed through durin, closing hours, the traffic law passed at | This attitude will meet arty response from Director of Congress % | ! that time can only be considered as| an experiment. Clauses and sections were bandied back and forth on the | floor of the Senate. and it was neces- sary to compromise on many points | before decisive action could be tiken. Although few motorists and pedes trians of Washington realize it. the | shape in which the traffic law was | handed to Director Eldridge. with its { contradictions and obscure meuninzs | constituted one of his heaviest prob- lems when he took office. Consequently many changes are needed after one vear's experimenta- ton. 1n so far as the law has allowed, Mr. Eldridge has striven to smooth is not an unreason. Away its rough spots and to mold it{i into the model code it was intended | to represent. There remain changes, however. which only Congress can | make, and it is urgent that prompt action be taken. In his annual report to the Com missioners Mr. Eldridse has listed the revisions which he believes will make for a smoother-running traffic | | of the clause requiring operators ta| renew permits each year, additional | authority to revoke and suspend per- | mits, as well as various changes in | the wording of the code. Appropriations for the traffic office should also be investigated at this session of Congre! Mr. Eldridge has estimated that at least $2%0.000 vear is necessary properly to carry outnthe terms of the code. Members | the appropriations committee might consider this figure too high, ! but when it realized that more t half will be used for the pur- chasing and erection of proper elec tric traffic signals the necessity of a large appropriation is apparent. The traffic office and its main- nce is one of the most important local problems to be dealt with by Congress. Washington should longer suffer with a code that n i } i | no Con | B | Girls Who Smoke. | One of the important colleges for | women has “abrogated an old rule against students smoking and set aside one room in each dormitory for the use of those who desire to indulge in the practice.” The actlon was taken at the re-| quest of the students’ self-govern- | The president of the association says that this does!| not mean that all the students are smokers. The Information is given that less than half of the girls at the ollege smoke. The ordering and furnishing of smoking rooms for girls of the col- lege ought to reduce the fire danger. Smoking cigarettes in rooms not spe- ially fitted for smioxing is apt start fires. That the {nstitution has | abrogated its rule against smoking | and that less than one-half the girl| students smoke tobacco seems 1o} show that the college officers found | it desirable—perhaps mnecessarysto | sive in to the wishes of the students | and that the smoking habit is spread- | ing fast among the ladies. | The statement that less than one- | half the students at this institution tor women ure smokers Wil perhaps shock a good many persons. If one- third of the girls smoke, it probably would have béen phrased that way, so it would seem that slightly less than one-half the girls admit that the: smoke. It is likely that ten years ago only a small number of the students at that or other women's colleges smoked. Take at random a hundred women from the shops offices and homes, and perhaps it will be found that tar less than fifty of them smoke. 1t seems reasonable to believe that the habit is fast grow- ing among very young womep and| that it is growing taster among young women whose families can afford to send them to an expensive college. e Esthetic Economy. Germany, “t06 poor to bulld a cost- ly monument to her dead,” has de- cided to set apart a foresi in the heart of the fatherland as a shrine, according te a recent dispatch from Berlin. Some day that country's people may rejoice that in 1325 she was too hard up to pay for the construction of some gigantic “permanent” memorial of masonry and sculpture. Fashions in art change. The memorial that once thrilled and impressed the populace of the day of its dedication may hundreds of years later seem tawdry, osten- tatious, even ridiculous. The beauty and majesty of trees never change. Germany is not free from the charge of poor taste in some of her monyments, as many Germans will freely admit. Any organization or any nation that sets aside and main- tains as a memorial to a man or a cause a beautiful stretch of murmur- ing pines and hemiocks, or palms, or whatever may be the most desirable of native trees, is playing safe.” The anclents, some of whom could build ! i o s {mac Parkway plans, this structure, if i present plans are approved, will again {thing went wrong with the ignition . The M Streei Bridge. A specific appropriation for the replacement of the M Street Bridge will be asked of Congress by the Dis- trict Commissioners ut Closed for severul months account of its .unsafe condition «nd ignored in the Rock Creek-Poto- | the coming! session, on | i take its place «s one of the main gate- ways to Georgetown. The M Street Bridze has 1 long und interesting history. Dur- ing the late Senator McMillan's airmanship of the Senate District committee there was complaint that the Lridge was unsafe for horse-and- buggy trafic at a pace f er than a walk. Senator McMillun, who was fond of driving in the National Capi- tal, publicly unnounced thut he in-! tended having his carriage driven over the bridge ut a normal rate of speed, stating that “no Lridge in the National Capital should remain open it was so flimsy that normal traf- fic could not be accommodated.” His action in “taking focused vublic attention on the condition « the structure, und soon aft vard it was strengthened. With present and with pluns for parkway project the Commi a I chunce” i its condition | 3 out the ing rapidly ahead had decided Trafic unsafe rryi stoners to] con- {there was nothing else to do. . STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 28, ne eyelid and replied, “That ta tor| “ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Surcly he could be none other than the King of F street. He was topped with a =tiff biack derby, and wore a little yellow mous- tache above red lips in o sallow face while the rest of him was enveloped In a light gray overcoat crossed With large blue checks. Ah! It was a coat. It was the sort reams. huge. incomp neath which the sleep walker hides zuiltily in the nude. dreading the coming of yon distant pedestrian who will snatch it away It was a coat, indeed The King of F street stood with his back against a shining shop win- dow. in which hi< superb bulk cast a checkered shadow. When the sergeant came along. the King. half turning, affected to look at art objects. He knew the sergeani, and hated him. The sergeant had his uspicions, but they had «lven him no orders at No. 1 to make shoppers “move on.” Obvious loafers only prodded into activity Casting a reluctant look twisted King, the police in the direction of the candy wn the block, where the their ogling. “Move on,” roughly ordered the serzeant. to some dapper. slick-headed vouths. “Move on.” Since the pretty hovs had ho money buy candy. they moved Heally wears in hensible, be. were The King of I sircet. watching this | little drama of late afterncon. let his lip curl in silent contempt * ook ox His bold look slanted sudden ap proval At a passing zirl. The King eves never seemed to look direct at anything, but to take in the world at | an an. He was crooked by prin ciples. The girl he looked at hat set down close over light hair. She was s the slightest wind threx her away. vel she poss the in definable Something knovn as sivle. | Almost any sort of dress, thrown on | Mary Roque. would look better than | the most elaborate gown draped upon the average Her slendernes, in- deed, was rather an assel than other- wise. In the trend of fushion Althoush she had no figure, she | quite cut one every time she appeared on I streel. She looked good in any old hat. any old dress. couid take one of her small sister's cast-off | hats and with a few fouches to the brim convert it into a smart chapeau Such was frazile, slicht Mary tripping along K street in the rnoon. minding her ow zo0d girl ouzht. Being far from a pride necessary to keep her eves strictly wore a smatl | her hobhbed slender thar o | to however, der motor travel Pennsylvania Avenue e and the | congestion caused by the bottle-neck | aspect at this point mude it appear | wise to replace the M Street Bridge. | A comprehensive is | being made, und costs ure being as- certained. is expected look on the project and| Washington motorists living in that | the city and_the suburbs | will soon Luve a modern, safe span for the M street crossing Km'l\i Creek Little change will he needed in| the parkway development plans, and ihe decision of the Commissioners to reopen the bridge shows that the city heads are determined to take ditions, have caused The zreat streaming them to recon volume of over the! survey now | Congress to| favorably section of but the traffic of the future s well. ———— The Moros who cut off a teacher’s head cannot be supposed to ! have the support of any general senti- | ment in the Philippines. Yet they can- | not fail to create an impression that popular education and a sense restraint are not making the hoped for. schoot | e et With four burglaries in one mnizht on its police records, Clarendon, Va.. calls attention to the fact that it is now a big town with crime waves of its own. ———r—te— The production of moonshine liquor is hard to suppress by the highest au- thority. But when the coal people there shall be no anthracite, their . iImmediately. St SHOOTING STARS. i word g BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reward. Percival Piffkin wrote sentiment fine. And nobody ever applauded a line; He strengthened each thought, and he polished each phrase, nobody cared for his classical ways. But 1 Percival Piffkin zot angry at last And used all the swear words he'd learned in the past. In his latest production he set them all down, And now he has a play th: of the town. ' ‘s the hit Glove: “Ihe question that confronts will have to be handled with xloves. “What kind of glovex”' queried Senator Sorghum, with » grim look in his eve; “kid or boxing?" Present Blina. Let's all he_happy. while we may, Each with courageous heart. When Congress comes along, say We can't tell what may start. Jud Tunkins savs Ben Franklin brought electricity from the sky, but it's ten to one, if he were alive today, he wouldn't know what to do if some- you they in his flivver. No Immunity. “Do you think them Snake Ridgers would arrest a man simply for havin’ a quart of whisky in his grip?” asked Mesa Bill. “Sure!” answered Cactus Joe. “In| that town one quart of whisky wouldn't have any p'litical influence whatsoever." . Beauty Contest. Historical cases of deep distress Were fostered by feminine loveliness. And even at present the lawyers wise ‘Are quarreling over a beauty prize. f everybody could do jis’ as he likes,” sald Uncle Eben, “half de peo- ple ‘round here would be plavin' de saxophone: an’ de other half would be doin’ de Charleston.” { the front. life was in_ the brizht m time to time | The joyousness of hers, it was reflected zlanches she threw into the shop windows, at the passing street cars and automobiles. at the thronzs on the sidewalks. amid which she passed as a silver siream into a turgid river. Other =zirlz wr f ked. Mary Rogue | tripped. Other idens looked with brizht eves, hut Mary threw glances that struck others as starry, gleam composed of more than mortal light It was one of these very looks she was unfortunate enough o cast full | into the face of the King of F street an he stood there gaplng into spac his cane held high for effect Poor little Mary Roque never meant 4 thing_in the world by her bright glance. but the King thought she did. Ah! was he not a lady-kliller, ax th ay? * CVChen Nary reli that oifv. oo erooked | | she directly fiiried with a m | street, hut this was not the first time ! | that her eyes, like stars, | automobiles, | tomoile: | foolish | relation | =afely through the door. Mary never found it | ¢ . TRACEWELL. stop inside her for a second. then she found herself breathing deeply, walking swifter. all of a sudden In. tent on getting where she was going. She had forgotten the crowded streets, the cars and the people, the lamps becoming brighter and brighter, as the sun of early Winter vanished from above the high buildings. She had forgolten .everything except the dexire 10 get to her destination. She felt hunted.- You have to be a girl. and a decent girl; to know what that feeling is. Never In her life had n on the d attracted attentiom, She came 10 the corner. where a stream of pedestrians was held up by a heavier flow of automobiles. Jam- ming her slight form in between two! alderly ladies. Mary Rogue prepared to be among the first to break across the street. Almost Imperceptibly she rced around. She knew what she 1id <ee, and she saw il. It was the King, slanty eved, almost at her elbow. He nld have reachied out that vellow cane and taken her arm in its huge | erool Mary darted Hetween twi siving him th being. She slid along [ shot ont of a gun. her slippers rappinz the pavement 18inch steps. She could heur the ang of street cars, the honk of an . the chance conversation of the tin; street smal in 1 the enzine apart and found She heard the 1o the little man. s they went past She kept wondering what he found He took the engine apart. and found she wondered what he.found. How he said 1o herself. for me to_wonder ahout it Yet it come way o give her confidence. from her office now. Bvery human seemed helpiul. hopeful. < she fled like u little hunted beast in the huge, peopled forest « ashing- ton. hiz man tell that other seemed 1o he was not far oo Darting into her huilding Ar Roque rang for the elevator. She dared not-turn around until she was Then, slyly. she shot a glance to the lefi—full into Mary the slinky eyes of the King. standing | there motionless in the corner of the car his biz derby held in mock defer ence in front of his huge checked coat. He xave her one of his “killing glances. which %o frightened Mary | Roque that her heart went pitty-pat. | |1t had been better out on the street | than in here with him. He wonld fol low her anvwhere. Even into her of- =he thought He would realize she was alone ind would calmly walk in behind her. elevator man knew her floor. of nd stopped a1 it without bid he King of F Street waited obsequiously until Mary got out. then stepped out guickly behind her. Mary thought fast. If she went 1o hes office, around the bend in the cor ridor. the hrute wonld know where she worked for ever he could never feel safe again Before the elevator conductor conld get the iron door shut. Mary hurled | herseif through the opening “Go down. quick? the startled man. The King., canght off his guard stood stock still in the corridor, with the vellow light from & high chande- lier bathing his pale cast-iron hair showing up the 1oo large checks in his too large overcoat. The elevator dropped.. The King punched the bell furionsiy. one. fwo three. many times, but the car kept on downward,. . Mary Roque hud.fopled the King of ¥ Street. and that washow she breathed to jcare not only of present-duy traffic | pok enfold har much as a boa-con-| it happened her office remained dark | strictor might. something seemed 10 that night. U.S. Ap};lauds Coolidge’ s Good Wishes for Business When a high Government official | ~spouses the cause of business he is pretty sure 1o win the plaudits of the nation. But when President Coolidge | lauded American mercantile enter:! prise before the New York Chamber of Commerce and. pledzed his aile- slance te principle of governmental non-nterference his pronouncement commented upon in terms nal tribute to his wisdom and sagacity. The dissenting voics come chiefly from those who take ex- eption to the theory of officiar aloof- ness when applied to the tariff ques- tion. Only a few elect to take the seat of the scornful. The address is described by the Nashville Banner as “the plain state- ment of an earnest man who realizes the importance of his task and pos- sesses a rigid determimation to accom- plish {t." The Banner alsn believes that “the President struck a note which has an instant appeal to the whole country. when he streased the need of a hetter understanding be-| tween husiness ard Government.”| The Detroit News adds that “it was| the sort of address that ought te in- spire busniess men to continue their work along the right lines.” and that “it showed that in this work they will have the entire sympathy and co- operation of the Government.” * k%X “There was much sound meat in the address,” the Hartford Times de- clares, continuing: “It demonstrates that Mr. Coolidge is not merely a political official. but that he has a thorough nunderstanding of business as well. That is why he enjovs the confidence of business men.” Quoting the principle lald down by the Execu- tive that J'the ideal to be sought is the largest possible independence” for hoth private business and Govern- ment, the Indianapolis News savs that “the validity of the principle is incontestable.” “Business ought (o thrive wunder such good wishes.” According to the | Williamsport Sun, for, asserts the| Flint Journal, ‘there are evidences everywhere, as the President asserted, that we have emerged into a construc- tive period.” The Providence Bulletin also expresses the view that “the movre government and business are kept to their separate functions the better it is for the common welfare,” and the Albany Evening News finds that “it is a clear, sound statement of policy that the President makes to the whole country. ¥ ox ok x Raising a question as to the effect of the Coolidge utterance, however, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette quotes the President's statement interpreted as “serving notice that ‘privilege-seek- ing’ business will do well to under- stand itself as warned away from the Government preserves,” and offers the querv: “Just what does President Coolidgze mean to be understood as describing by ‘privilege-seeking’ busi- ness? Does he mean any or all of the business which goes to Washing- ton when the Republicans are making a tariff law and writes its own scl.od- ules? Yet there has been no other kind of privilege of business worth seeking.” The Newark Evening News, also, after stating that ‘‘the President must have left the New York Cham- ber of Commerce wondering what there was left to strive for,” review: his statements on domestic and for: eign policies and concludes: “It 1s a i { | | | | | i men one “that mav unless taken of grains of soothing picture. hut easily Il to indifferenc with a sufficient number salt.” * “Small wonder cheered,” the Evening Sun. have been be- deviled fora generation, and the pros- pect of an end to bedevilmeént must be dellghtful to them,” The address, ccording to the Peoria Trangcript. ontained. much that was flattering to big business, but little that was new or illuminating.” The Morgan- town New Dominion feels that “the ive sidesteps that economie suaranee of wnicn his party 1s spon- or. the high tariff.” Quoting the statement to the effect that those who are prominent in Government life have a knowledge of business which is greater than the knowledge of Gov- ernment poscessed by those who are prominent in business life. the Topeka Duily Capital declares: “The Capital has sometimes hazarded this opinion. President Coolidge has bheen in close touch with both and ouzht to know. * X x x * % ¥ that savs big business ““The announcement of the policies ' of the Government should be encour- aging to every American citizen. says the Shreveport Times. and the helief that business self-government i the better way and the American wav' is expressed hy the Oakland Tribune. 1In urging a better standing between Government and business. the Manchester Union as. serts that the President has “made a notable contribution to that result, for. as the head of the Government. he has set forth his attitude towar business with clarity and precisiol His attitude “makes for certaint: savs the Atlantic City Press. He i “ready to give business the chance that it wants, believing that at least it has gained sense enough to use its chance decently.” adds the Duluth Herald. Furthermore. ‘“‘the Presi- dent’s tribute to the more enlightened spirit of present-day businesa has been well earned.” in the opinion of the New York Evening World. e Queenly Economy. From the Morgantown New Dominion The late Queen Alexandra. “Eng- land's Fairy Queen.” as the poetical news writers call’ her, is said to have been famous for her thrift. This seems an odd quality for roval- ty. Kings and queens are popularly supposed to be lavish with their money —or their subjects’ money. Largess was the old rule, if we may believe the fairy tales or romances. The king was always tossing a purse of gold and the queen was always giving away rich jewels. But Alexandra, the Danish bwauty, who won the heart of Edward VII when he was a dashing young prince, came of a family that was as poor as it was noble. Economy was a neces- sity in her own home, enjoined by her princess mother and practiced by her until it became second nature. 1t may be due somewhat to her in- uence that the present British royal ‘amily practices rather drastic econ- ymy, of which King George has given timost as much evidence as President “oolidge. 1t is a_wise thing. too. Thrift be- ooves all kings and queens of this lemocratic age, for they nrever kmgw hen they'll be out.of & job, 2 slip for | which she would un- | Baltimore | under- | 1925. ' THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. The Huichinson, de mes" mannered style of A. S. M. so irritating to many of his novels “If Winter and “This Freedom, ' has reached an acute stage in his latest novel, “One Increasing Purpose.” 1n spite oi the complimentary remarks of William Lyon Phelps about this novel it seems o at least one reader “full of sound and fury, slgnifving nothing.” 'The eccentricities of Mr. Hutchinson's style are not. like those of George Meredith and fenry James, caused by ellipsis and ex- treme condensation. His fault is, on the contrary, a superfluity of wordy to express a small amount of thought, | or sometimes no thought .at all.| What, for example, are all these | words about? “He suddenly wax made awaré that his mind, workinz withbut volition of his own. had merged from its rapt contemplation »( that peace to an Interrogation What peace? He dwelt upon il What peace? What was this peace was here? Of what this perfect calm. this vest serene, this exquisit trznquillity? What peace was this Surely some key to it,’ some thought ‘ippreaching it, had on this very day been in his mind. What? He rched his mind. How had the | ults of this day first found him? was he occupied when first broke upon him? There had | been. surely. some huge significance had happened 10 him when first they ctme? Ah! He felt his spirit leap within him in bound of sudden recog- nitlon. K. O. H. kindness! Kingdom of Hesven kindnere—spirit of the | Kingdom of Heaven P At times Mr. Hufchinson's wit, al- | waye< vather heavy, becomes so forced nd Libored as 1o be painful. His | | description of the attitude of Swiss | [Inle. nurse and attendunt of old |- *toward his patient is an ex- | =mple e (Jule) scarcely even spoks: the uction of his eves wus the detached. inaffferent dealer's ac- tion: “There's the exhibit: why a2sk me” Jule alwayvs called hiin Patient never ‘the patient’ or ‘my tient® A fly circled and settled on his exhibit's forehead. He flicked it away (salesman carelessly dusting a specimen which no one has the purse to buy) . . . then he I negligently wiped the fuce the fiy threatened (salesman negligently dusting a specimen 1o pass the time) Swiss Jule half stopped a< came to the bed. negligently «sed a handkerchief across tent's lips (salesman wiping 4 spot damp from his specimen)’ and o on. * e ok x |, As for the plot of this new Hutch- linson novel, it is the usual hodge- Ipodge of sensationalism and senti- mentalism. There marital infi- {delitv. blackmail. smallpox. suicide (but no murder, for which we are jthankful), with a heavy dash of {incoherent religion at the end. x o ox In “The Senate and the League of i Nations” Senator Henry Cabot Lodge makes what is almost a death-bed af firmation that he was sincerely in fa vor of the Leazue of Nations with | the reservations which he consistently supported In the Senate. He does not definitely defend himself against the often-repeated charge of Wilsonian ! Democrats that he plotted the defeat {of United States participation in the | league by reservations which he never ! | expected to be adopted. but his whole | | book is really such a defense, and to | | | ine i v of ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC Q. How long and high will the bridge between Perth Amboy, N. J., and Tottenville, N. Y.. be?—T.J.G. A. The proposed bridge between Tottenville, N. Y., and Perth Amboy, N. I, will be feet above the water. 1t will be a fixed bridge, no movable spans. It is five spans long. The spans are 375 feet, 750 feet, 375 feet, 300 feet, 300 feet in length. Q. How many woman aviators are there in the United States?—H. . B. A. There is no record kept of the number of woman aviators in the United States. However, we are ad- vised by a local authority that there must be from 25 to 50 women engaged in the profession. The United States rvice contains no woman avi- 35 Q. Please state what mineral pro duces the most sensitive crystal to use in a radio set>—M. C. A. The Loomis Radio College savs that it Is hardly possible to state def- | inltely that one mineral produces the | most sensitive crystal to use & at radio detector, because with each type | of crystal detector there is a great dif férence in the sensitiveness of the in dividual pleces used. The majority of the best crystal detectors are made of one of three minerals, namely, galena. fron prrites or fused silicon. It is not s0 much the choice of the material used as the grade and sensitiveness of it on test that counts. Q. How many women belong 1o th: General Federation of Women's Clul Who is now the president?—1l.. A. S| A. There are now about 3,000.000 women embraced in the General Fed eration, of which Mrs. John D, Sher man of Colorado is president. Q farth; | . The idea that # venomous can strike its full length or greater distance is a popular’ but er roneous belief. When a snuke strikes from its usual S-shaped curved posi- tion the anterior half of the bodv which is thrown forward must be free trom coil. In striking the snake sim ply straightens out the S-shaped | curves It does not have o be in vhisl position to strike. for observation has shown that when irritated most of our poisonous snakes can strike from al most #ny position for short distances. The greatest length of stroke is about toree-fourths the length of the snake. Q. What is a charley-horse’—H. | ria | A. Charley-horse is a slang phrase | used in reference to a severe pain. Ath- letes seem 1o be especially susceptible to this condition. Grantland Rice de fines it as a sudden bunching of mus cles into a hard knot and savs that it is one of the mosi prevalent and most painful of athletic il's. | | | Q. What is Ramon Navarre's real name’-~W. J. M. A. 1t is Ramon Gil Sumaniezos. was born in Durango. Mexico. ruary 6, 1899, Q. What town has the longest name in. the world?—J. it A. What is believed to be the longest zeographical name in the world is | that of a town In Anglesea, Wales. In He | Feb | many readers it seems that he makes {good" his case. The hook Is full of { very Interesting new" information and | aneglgtes vencering the relatlons of [ the e der. and_the War Presi | den ¢ “Plashing “personali- R fGre: of the first meetiny iof M#y Wilson ‘and Mr. Lodge is one of the best” The meeting occurred soon ®fter Mr. Wilson came 10 the White House. Mr. Lodge reminded the President of a_Harvard alumni aip- ner at which they had been. table companions. The President replied hat he was not likely to forgei the firat”editor who had accepted from him_a manuscript, Mr. Lodgs. not recaling this circumstance, looked over his reeords and found tha: in( 1879 he had accepted from Mr. Wil- son. then only 23 vears old. a paper Review entitled, in the United 1 \ O Indiscreet gessip about | furnished t6 the - public. with the | hearty ~ disapproval of the British aristocracy and’ governing classes, in the “Mémolrs” of Sir Almeric Fitzroy. The memofrs are based on diaries | kept for over a quarter of a century, {a period during which Sir Almeric was clerk and reglstrar of the privy | councl, under Queen Victoria, Ed- |ward VII and George V. Sir Almeric !retired last vear. without the {tomary hopors from the crown. The memoirs show that the British sov- {ereign still possesses more power {than is popularly supposed. Spicy | anecdotes enliven the pages. One is jabout Queen Victorla's uneasiness | over the appointment of Fitzroy. be- cause of his being a Hneal descendunt (ot Charles TI_and his misiress, the { Duchess of Cleveland. Queen Vic Itoria_always particularly abhorred Charles 1T on account of his dissolute character, and thought she detected ! in Fitzroy's appearance a strong ve- | semblance to his royal ancestor. She was reassured by Lord George Hamil ton, cabinét minister. who told her thai Fiizroy was “a most réspectable gentleman.” royalty is * o ox o Laurence Sterne, sardonic humorist and nowelist of the eighteenth century, is presented to us in a careful, docu- mented blography, “The Life and Times of Laurence Sterne,” by Wil- bur L. Cross. An interesting story is made of the hard early life of Sterne, his struggles with disease, his umi- versity vears, his entrance into the Church of England and his subse. quent career as clergyman, politiclan, man of the world and writer. The background of Sterne's life is as inter- estng as its personal events. He lived in the time of the Pretender, when the Jacobites were still sup- porting the lost cause of the House of Stuart. Sterne dabbled in politics and his circle included many of the most prominent . personages in political life as well as in.litérature. He traveled much and knew many distinguished Frenchmen. Diderot, d’Alembert, Buffon. Pitt, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson and Garrick were among his friends. ® x * X “Tea Room Recipes” by Lepore Richards and Nola Treat should run through many editions in these days, when moterists expect a tearcom at least every mile or so along the road, and when opening a tearoom or a cafeteria is the first idea of 2 woman unexpectedly obliged to support her- self. This book is intended for man. agers of tearooms and club dining rooms and for women who enter- tain at luncheons and teas in their own homes. It offers many récipes which make one hungry to read them for salads, soups, entrees, sauces, sandwiches, .fancy breads, cakes, cookies, ice ¢reams, puddings, pastries and custards. R x> A book to be commented to church workers I8 *Make Your.Bazaar Pay,” by Emily Rose Burt. The author tells how a bazaar should be organ- ized in order to be profitable and. to economize work. She offers sugges- tions about choosing the committee, selection of the place, getting the public interested, soliciting. collect. ing and marking goods, securing co- operation of business firms, making booths attractive, costumes for at- tondants asd $008 salesmanshiy. Yer Iraland ahall be (rer e = T B Shin' Van Voot oi. what price freedom? ‘Today ek lowera bver Ireland the dark cloud of civil war, which may involve Great Britain in support of North Tre- land against the Irish Free State. To what that war may lead no states- men dare foretell. First. it was the government of Notth Treland—Ulster—which refused to uccept the boundary eemmission or appoint a comissioner to act thereon. While the Irish Free State welcomed {he commission and promptly_appoint- d Its representative. Up to November 50, the Free State representative served. and appeared satisfied with | the progress of the work. Then he vis- ited Dublin. conferred with President Cosgrave and other leaders of the Free State. He reported to them where the proposed boundary would run—how it would add certain parts of Ulster to the Free State, which | would gratify I | the Free State de | s; but how it would take certain | Trens.. popled | by . Preabyterians away from the Free State and give| them to Ulster. “Never! Not an inch of State shall be surrendered clared President Cosgrave in the midst of Gebala in the Dail. *< e hod dared to @o otherwise, it would have cost him his office, a8 the crisis has now cost the offices held by Commis- sioner John MacNefll. whe was also minister of education in President Cosgrave's cabinet. Dr. MacNeill resigned from the boundary commission and also {rom the cabinet, in protest against the commisslon’s intent 1o adjust _the boundary in a way that sacrificed nearly as much Protestant territor now held by the Free State as it did Catholic territory now in Ulster. * ok K ¥ The resignation of Commissioner MacNeill settles nothing. It I8 a signal for great excilement in Dublin. Belfast and London, the capitals o the three parties in interest. The two commissioners remaining will proceed to make the report, as plan- ned, although the Free State declares that a report by only two of the three commissioners will not be legal—or at least will not be accepted. The Ulsterites and British point to a historical precedeni in the case of the division of assets between Quebec and Ontario, when the Dominion of Canadn was united and organized. There was a commission of three, as in this Irish dispute—one appointed by Quebec, one by Ontario and one by the Dominion of Canada. Before the award was made the Quebec commissioner. Hon. C. D. Day, re. signed in protest, his resignation was accepted by Quebec, and the province formally withdrew from the arbitra- tion—just as in the present Irish crisis. The other two commissioners continued to act. heard the ex-parte arguments of Ontario and made their award. Quebec refused to accept the award and a “joint case” was made up and referred to the British privy council. The council ruled that after a hear- ing before the three arbitritors, two of them could render a decision in the absence of the third: or. after sub- sequent ex-parte hearing before two arbitrators, in the willful absence of the third. the two could render a legal decision; that the arbitrator, duty appointed, had not the right to re- sign, nor Quebec the power to accept his resignation or revoke his appoint- ment, hence the resignation and re- vocation were null and vold. This " dec! of the privy counc rendered in 1878, has never been modi- fied. It stands as a precedent in the present Irish boundary arbitration. ac- cording to the claims of Ulster and Great Britain. < * K K % For three centuries there had heen Irish unrest and agitation againat British rule. This became acute fol- he Free So de- BY PAUL 1. QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. the postal directory only the firsi 20 letters are given as sufficient for prac tical purposex. The full name cor tains 59 letters—Lilanfalrpwelgwyng, ligogerychwyrndrobwellhandyssiliog . gogoch. The name means “The church of St. Mary, in a hollow white hazel, near to the rapld whi pool, and to St. Tisilio Church, nea to a red cave.” Q. When honey is used instead « sugar. how much should be. used W. D. A. As honey containg about 26 e cent of water or a little more would require 20 par cent more hone than sugar when it is used as 4 « stitute. Q. What Ann" puzzle’—E. W. R. A. The following is the problen ary is 24 years old. She ix twice old as Ann was when Mary was as old 2s Ann is now. How old 1s Ann The answer is 12 vears of age Q. What is the difference beiwer: character and reputation?—B. .| A. Dictionaries make the follc distinction. Character is what one Reputation is what one is thought 1 be. One’s reputation may be highe. or lower than his character will in« iy the old “How old i« Q. What is the ratio of deatbs in automobile accidents 1o automohile registration?—H. P. A. The ratio of motor vehicle fat ties to registration for 1924 was 17,347 fatalities and 17.591,981 registration fatalities per 100,000 registration, 7% This 1= a decline over previous :eu = Q. Where are the American cema teries_-in Burope?—O. M. A. The American cemeteries nain talned in Europe are: Aisne-Marns Belleau; Brookwood, kngland: Ian ders Field, Belgium: Meu; gonne Romagne: Olse-Aisne ering: Nesles; Somme, Bonv: St. Mihiel. Thi court; Suresnes, Paris. tunes have heen Beautiful Q. How many ten 1o “‘America the B. H. A. Over 60 musical settings of hymn have been written. [t also sung to many familiar hymns. thas which is found in most hymn books e ing “Materna.” Q. Are there a skeletons extant proving that unusually tall and nn usually small people have really e isted”—S. D. G A. In the Royal College of Sur geons in London there is the skele ton of the “Irfsh giant.” Charles Byrne, who died in 1783. 1lis heizht ¢ was 7 feet 8.4 inches. The skeleion of the Sicilian dwarf, Caroline Crachamt is 18.8 inches. The average heizhi the European Is estimated to be 5 feri inches. L hie (The keynote of the times is efficient crvice. In supplying its readers 1with iree information bureaw in Wash- ington The Star is living up to tiis principle in deed and fact. Submit your Queries to the staff of experls ichose services are put at your disposal. In- close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Star Informn- tion Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. di- rector. Twenty-first and C streets Northwest. Washington, D. C. a penliohi o i S eshesi e R BACKGROUND OF EVENTS COLLINS. ule. Home yule was assured by ih }Ab?lfil administration of Great Britain about the time of the outbreak of 1he World "Wafs bul It was postpeited un til the war sbould close. At last, in 1920, the British Parlix ment adopted an act creating a statu« for Ireland identical with that of Can ada. Australla and New Zealand, bui dividing it into two independent paris el;‘h having a parilament for home rule. Northern Ireland included the Coun ties of Antrim. Armagh, Down. Fe magh. Londonderry and Tvrone, and the boroughs of Belfast and London Southern Ireland (the Tr ate) included all the rest That act was clear-cut as to bound rv. but it was rejected by the Irish ree State, which, under the leader ship of the Sinn Fein (Gaelic for “Our selves Alone™), demanded that there be cne Ireland. to cover the whole is land. independent of the British Em pire. A compromise was enacted in 1921 and accepted by the Irish Free State aver the protest of the Republcane headed by former President De Valerx By this compromise it was stipulated in artlcle 12: “A boundary commis sion shall determine, in accordanc: with the wishes of the inhabitants. so far as may be compatible wiih nomic and_geographic conditions, ihe boundary between Northern Ireland and the rest of lIreland.” Northern Ireland refused o recox nize any compromise, and stood ioi the law of 1920. She refused 10 «p point any representative on the bounc ary commission. hoping to defeat th: consideration of a boundary other than the fixed boundaries of the conn ties as named in the 1920 act In 1921. therefore. apot)er act passed by the British Parliament an thorizing the British gzovernment 1o designate a commissioner to represent Northern Ireland, in case she refused to act. Northern Ireland still stand ing on the act of 1920, the British zov ernment appointed J. R. Fisher an Ulster lawyer and journalist. to represent Northern Ireland. and Justice Feetham of South Africa 1o represent Great Britain and serve as chairman of the boundary commission The Irish Free State appointed Hon John MacNefll as its representative Subsequently, Northern Ireland ac cepted Mr. Fisher as its trusted rep. resentative. he being devoted to the interests of his country. The Irish Free State has now become the re calcitrant party. refusing to accep: 1 the commission’s decision, unless it results in seizing part of Ulster but none of the Free State territory. * K X % The population of the Free State is five or six times. that of Northern Ive land. but there are twe elements which offset that superlority. Iirst. the prosperity of Northen Ireland i hased on industries. especially cent ing In Belfast, while the Irish Free State is almost wholly agricultural and is in dire poverty. Second. the boundary commission is a Jegal crea tion of the British Parliament. rezu larly accepted hv both Northern Ire- land and the Irish Free State, the British government ix obligated to de fend it and to protect the interests of Northern Ireland and preserve peace ! in the entire island. Hence, if the Irish Free State resorts to hostilities, it will face both Northern Ireland and the British forces. The situation is tense. President Cosgrave.appeals to his followers to avoid any overt act leading to hostil ities. ik ok ok Another cause of .friction between the Irish Free State and Great Britain is article 5 of the 1921 act, which pro vides that the newly created domin ions of Ireland whall assume & propor tignate share of the British debt, in cluding the World War pensions, but that the total may be offset by coun tér-claims of the Irish, such as may be found just. The Irish Free State oficials are said to be preparing, as counter-claims, theé costs and losses Towing the United States Revolution and the fall of the Bastille in the French Revolution. With periods of’ quiet, the unrest grew inténse in the early decades of thia century. with damand tor T“flmnet or home due to the British “Black and Tan" nostllities during the recent Irish re bellion, together with a great bill for ¢ alleged overtaxation running back \ many decades. (Copyright. 1925, by Paul ¥, Colllas.) [