Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1926, Page 6

-8 STAR | Edition. THE EVENINC With Sunday Morni WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. January 11. 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offie and Penngylvania Ave. T et 3 St Fower Boaidine 14 Regent St.. London. Tagland Tih St New Yoil O cr Chicagn OMic Ruropean Office telenhane M 3000 e e, Evening S e? eehition] B2 4 Rate hy Mail—| Advance Mary'and and Virginia sunds <00 1 nday only Al Other States and Canada. AR ! mo. 1 mo i o0 1 SK.00 £4.00 tusively entitled M nmws i e far repumlation of WiRliehed e f spceial dispa Tes 1 atherw ten o r e Ineal wevws Re< o1 pildteot Al Democratic Tax Reduction Plan. Republicans & shade cent hetier the Gioinz the than 30 Demacratic mare per members of the Sénate inance o a tax cut © rhe committee proy 000000, They db not expact ption of their program They know that save in some particulars the bill it and as it e will ac was witl minor as passed the he apnroved . House he ublican t forits Senate wral t Competition public the ¢ of the day in the matier of ¢ on The Recpu hill tceord with the administra of ved Treasury on of for ome taw it approx for approval is can is Arawn to fian's reduction meas he the t the requirements of continued liquidation without relfance rarments. Democratic preposal made revision of ihe Housc sur Letween 1d the debt upon =n The just Involve scheduls £100.000 on incomes which we this acec The Hou reductions nd m Frease the veduction on " one by $14.000.000 mezsure confines surtax s on incomes above $44.000 There chanz in the *hedule other a repeal of the capital tians and repeal of the admi: d dues n the Deme ic propasal rther utting ice of American are on cory levies ons 20 in to offer we larger tax re pie to the a campaizn a new House of Repre and one-thind of the Sen- ted. There is no dis sue present. The | preterment will and the Dem- ' upon m thoush as it Auction This November wntatives ate will be elec tinet party Iepublican ciaim for rem upon tax reduction neratic claim will res reduction. propo:cd ~ompliched to (¢ + people. is recommenda contemplate A educ the tas burden disturbing ths fiscal the Government in It vppesis to be auits 1o the country as = public to the the Houss has heen the n-o- v clun seen re Mellon'= Secre tions large without of Nauidation satisfactors whe he Wil as passed Iy favaral a posed ot whether ction on in oro aram dedt reaction e pecially 1o epeal of public . It vemains to cesiuce of further mac the majority Senate will be influential in s campaign as an argument if « Democratic House if not the elimina- Repuldican majority in | the e the e the now of the Vhis Jor the return nd the reductio rfon th the Sentte r——— wous art lover, Uncle Sam ed on to make gencrous finan zements that rwould inter liitla possible Musso P with restoration of More ¢ mizht be n in lezislation if it dir taking up World Cou red to relat lessening the A National Evil. h started by nse of heen fnar for the distribution of v which ar in | littes trom estublished azen- | 1 an induc peaple all | this country on horses at various o tips sent by pos nent 1o aver to take chgnces have New he the other of the Government Race betting s form of zambling which thude of the in<idious lure of hiz winn to them suzzestion. inside information™ are offered. “Sur thing" winners are named at prices 10 promote the bookmaking business. These professional tipsters have in many cases no connection with the hnokmakers themselves the pool rnom: They are parasites taking their toil from the unfortunate ims of the hetting hubit The absurdity of this tipping iem is seemingly not apparent to the huying public. 1f there were «ny ‘sure things” in thé horse racing zame those who know of them could make infinitely more money betting | hemselves than they could hy selling | he allezed information. Yet dav after | J4y these “never fall” suggestions and | \dvices are marketed with an eager | ns publie whose gullibility is ap parently incurable. B Many families have heen wrecked 4% a result of indulgence in this habit of seeking sudden wealth through | small investments. Men have been ted into crime by it. They have lost | money and have stolen to make good | their losses. They have peculated | from emplovers, falsified accounts and | sometimes cven ruined their prin- ipals by their own defalcations, all the result of indulzence n the habit zambling on the rac Uccasionally & winning . is wade, virred mails cities this from in will imi il fone. and influence rreach a perric ficets o scoursed far o trick American peopls is hetl ant Subtle ot sys THE EVENING which is one of the worst thinge that {ciple. s the only real safeguard| could happen to a confirmed “pony |against collision. The Interstate Com | player.”. There e always the hope of { merce Commission has ordened its in another winning making good all in-|stallation on a number of lines. The | tervening losses. Al the end of & vear | railroads affected hive nat complied of steady patronage of the poolrooms | with the requirement. have gained ! the average race track bettor fe con !delays and are even now frzuing siderably out of pocket. lagainst the computsors establishment | fn a game like this somebody must | of the sutomatle stop. Yet from tima | lose in order thet another nay 10 time wrechs such as this latest There are many more winners In Florida oceur fo refute thel:' losers. Every dollar that arzuments. to prove the insecurit - of | lost by somebody else. exizting signal syziems and to demon The selling of tip “teate with tragic iteration (he veritable husiness throuzh the !1hat vicual signals. controlled throush En0 cupidity of (he great human agency, ire unreliuble of amateur gamblers who These rear-end collizions, the poolrooms which, the ble to fallures of the visual signal sys by neveriheless thyive | rem all ar in most citles sinsle track win. then is ome i« won has hecome a creduiity army quent “nned apenly tre ertribnt h law. occur douhle track on sssee line::. | They and Here in Wash and ington certain notoricus places of this ¥ after day <'zns of their chur light police in occur on lines of short headway heavy trafic and lizh trafic that ted as weil mznagzed and well equipped and lines that are less well handled. There are the inescapable of hn Lien ecror. The 1o aveid them i to make Ne o send a that method of kind remdn open outwird acter and with terference. \Whan czses are taken 1o court they are uiuved throuzh post nonerents and ‘he percentage of e victions s ML althouzh dence is elcs In conjunction campaign with |long headway vy abwion lines ey consequences n only it physically train into way the evi o 0 sccupied With 1he Govel purze the pernicious mait unified crusade azainst the pooi fhrough which this tippinz operates 1o keepn go a vicious circie of lavwhreaking. involving the loss of millions of dollars to people who can not afford to le no | area. and can only he done hy ment of thi be & to meils | <ome tematic teain theve shouli | vins [P, Beautifying the Entrances. for ces to rooms iens be.utification of two en. the Natfonzl Capital, Fif H sireets northeast and tip of Sixteenth stres( | e been siven the appioval of the | Commission of Fine Aris tra inenth | the i and RN northern ——e—s Automobile Prosperit The oft-repeated statement that ihe automobile industry has ahont resched the caturation point eNectiv denied wnd the public than it day night. when the mobile wis opened at it York new money =1 all and legista- | wetion will he urzed at ession of Conevess. | At of These two | nrojects is that for the devalopment af | Fitteenth il where it Dl lish Pt beuutifying the Washinzton, Baltimore and Annapolis traction terminus, and ! mitke other changes 1o lend a pleasin, aspect 1o one of the Disirict's most | heavily traveled entrances. At pres. tent this intersection is anvthing hut { beautiful. althouzh it possesses potentialities Gue Tof sever the pres WHE never e e most impor elv by manufaet [ and treets isl fir ned to est wide 5 show Central Palace in New Floors of shining we splendent in the larest “redmminzs some of them raudical depariures from iccepted styles. but all of them 1l last word in perfected personal trin- tion. demonst the 1 | i | port ired ih o 10 the convergence | the manufacturers the industry A crowd of record-hreaking proper fons. containing many who knew what they wanted and who bought on the spot, znd others who in future 1 wide streers One of the fir this point i 1 steps 1o he taken at is the remnval of the un SightIv And danzerous comfort siation | Situated practically in the middle of ! the intersection of Maryland avenue livest kind of prospects. milled throush jand Fifteenth and H street=, this <truc | buwiding ied with iture has been the iuse of & larze num- | wsiastic salesmen in proclaim- [ her of trafic aceidents. On the churt | of thiz or Kept 1 the office of Traffic Director Eldridge more casualties are shown io | I i | were 1he he the = the virtue. “pacious and that faverite machine No spectator at this inced that interest has diminished “t show could he in the one whit in fact most of them are probal iy of the belief that public interest in th motor car for 1926 exceeds that of any previous veas. There is not the slightest avidence that the manufacturer is the least bit concerned over no-parking edicts in the lurge citles, statements thar the | yiutomobile of the future must be smuller. or any of the hundred and ne rumors of lessened use o the ! motor cer. have occurred at this inter 1y other It oncoming fic. and it should never have been crected at that point. | The for some time | have been recommending its removal, | and since Diractor Eldridge took office | he has steadily campaigned for its | immediate elimination | Now that th: new automatic t-affic | signal has been establizhed. anoiher | reazon fs added for abolRion of the | structure. Drivers proceeding ecst on | | Marviand avenue. instead of Following the closing of the New able 1o see the light several York show next Suturday miwhi. ex laway. practically reach the intersec hibitions will be held in all parts of [1'on hefore getting a view of the | the United Siutes. Washington is signal. i <00on 10 have the first of its two vearly | 1r hnped thai Congress will not | cshibits. and most of ihe mekes of ldelar in carrving our the comprehen cars seen In New York will be on|sive plan for improvement, but it must view here. not Aelay in wuthorizing the imme. | Interest is keen. and trom indica {diate removal of this objectionable | dons 1926 will eclipse 192, in colume ! | structure a8 & means of reducing i of business. Optimism is the kevnoie | fic accidents a: this point. of both buyer and seller and the zen | - <o 1 eral prosperity of the country shoute| “The Berlin-Mackay wedding has se <erve as & sturdy backzround for this!society il agog. There fs still much | teeling | conservative opinion which resents the | . substitution of a “spirituel” or a| blues” for the time-honored Mendeis sohn “Wedding Mareh." { ection than in the city. | hlocks a view of iraf | it evesore. i on auio m and is an Commissioners Leing blocks | i on e William E. Safford. One of Washington's most versatile, valuable and beloved citizens passed | o o vesterday in the death of Wil-{goiio o i E. Safford. scientist. author and | ’ terance. has not the o active purticipant in civic matters. To | imretion: his friends, who are legion. Dr. Safford was alws an inspiration. He had{ The proper management of a snow many interests. and with a most cul-| plow is & point thet arises prominent. | tured mind and extraordinary facllity 1y in connection with other traffic tor knowledze he radiated informe-' problems. | tion always interestingly and help. | i 1011, A% a botanist he had made many | Any Senator who may desire to re. | ibutions to science. In ethnol-|vive & investization finds at hand a wide range of topies from | which to select. e Will regret that the former | when tempted to public - | pro- | vide a self-imposed censorship, | ———— | ——— cont sensational o0zx he a well equipped observer. His literary tastes were high and his | wen ability in writing enabled him 1o | oroduce many charming monozranhs | d works that are recognized ac of permanent value. Dr. Safford's icipation in the literary and scieniitc | of Washington made hini widely wvn. His friends were numerous| and were also his ardent admirers. | He enlivened all compeny that he | joined and contributed with everr contact something to the interest and the information of those whu were tavored with his association. Through- un illness of many months that bis physical activities, he re at work upon his scientific | uits, and it is gratifving that the veriod of his life was probahly the most productive in the way of important_wund interesting documen tary evidences of his brilllant mind. ————— When 2 current novelist s tash- ions are not “immoral” he is excus- able. in view of the law of self- o preservation. if his observation in- | Uncertainties. cludes tashions In fiction as well as in | New Year comes and goss s way, clothes. { Prophecies are on display. ; { Bravely framed with tongue or hen— | Guess Azain: va SHOOTING STARS. Py RY PHILANDER JOHNSON Right of Way. When wintry winds so wildly snort And icicles arrive. A big snow shovel i« the sort Of car 1'd Mke to drive i 1 would not have to stand in line | In indolent disuse. They'd simply show the (e And tell me to cut loo: Pepless Discretion. ‘Your speeches need more pep.” “Um afrald to try for pep.” an’ swered Senator Sorghum. “My frisnds out home are all comfortable and mak {ing money. An attempt at pep alwayss lereates a suspicion that vou are s jtemptinz to chanze the things.” out 30 sign limited muined b order of ————— Rear-End Smash, Three Dead. Another rear-end collision. with three | Used to think we knew®a lot. dead! That is the tale that comes!Ancient wisdom is forgot. trom Florida. where & limited train | Times are changed and so are men. crashed into an express that had been | Guess Again' halied to await & signal. The express trainman had gone back with a sig- nul for presumably the usual distance and had on summons rejoined the train, which was under headway re. suming #s journey when the limited. vounding a curve at high speed, col- lided. A typical rear-end collision. Thus once again is the fallacy of the “protection” of the block system demonstrated. It is not dependable. Human errors occur. Mistakes of judgment are made. Memory is faulty. Engineers run past visual sigrals that are set agalnst them. taking | chances in order to make time, which they are expected to do in all eircum stances. Not until an automatic physical check is interposed to prevent the ! progress of a train into an occupied | stretch of track will these disasters he prevented. The automatic train stop, whatever the pattern or prin } i Jud Tunkins says he’s thankful for Juzz. It either comes natural or not at all, und there’s no furthér need of wasting money on music lessons. A Lull. “What is the principal occupation in Crimson Guich?" inguired the statis- tician. - “Same as in most of the towns around here, answered Cactus .Ir)e:i “'standin’ in line waltin® for the motion picture theater to open.” The Care-Free Kid. | How different is the modern wiy | From that of long ago! The youngsters cannot stop their play. So father shovels snow. “De man dat played Santa Claus,” said Uncle Eben, “ain’ got nuffn’ like de same facial expression. mow dat he's figgerin’ on de bills.” 3 'the grear | heiples«ly | arin lz0 on to | sonzs would he put | formed that Calvin Coolidze’s address { The Yankee | about STAR. WASHINGTON. RY CHARLES E. Beaytiful sunshine. after several| days O gloom. makes one feel willinz | to give up all else except this. Where. in all nature, is there any thinz compurable to sunshine? | 1< the orizingl zold, the trne elixit. the real fountain of youth. In is heneticent ravs one fuds healih. | if anywhere: through virine of jts| beams one knows weult by meuns of its warmth comes as much wisdom ax we rre cxpahle of abrorbing The <unshine is cuch a common thing. we <eldom think much ot it hit! is why it i= zood, now and then ston, #s we are mow dning. and | think vpon the unparalleled virtues of this i of God. Man hus o grown in this universe thet nermally the sun i his best riend. Its antiseptic rays purify his atmosnhers, make i deposits for | = home comfort, and store up their od valuss in grains and other grow- | ng things. | The sun makes even polur <eas hesr. | sable. i nd keeps the rank. zrowihs of | the 1rapic bie reeding gronmnd erawling cre tures. spawn of the illimitable and the ncotntable In our from heing an unbs so-called temperate zone orl i responsible for our Winters. our haimy Sorings. Sumimers znd crisp Autumns. re creatures of the sun. its gold reflect « in the soft locks of our chil- | dren, fts weal and stamp of approval upon every honest hrow of foil, as well as upon the face of the zolfer and other sportsmen ¥ tinzling P Think what a i e f the sun went out! Then. indeed. we should <ee if knowledge of our science. aad pravars of our religion. were Than vainglory and vanity Probubly we should heat our azainst what seemed differsni’ heaven. in that zreat when the sun should zo i For many davs the world wonld not realize that anything was wrong, in A1 prohability In such an event. -« unknown het nations would imagin: that nnusualle long of inclement weather had visited earth At pect world this we the the maore moin the st science wonld hezin 1o Something, and some <pirit. o than the rest. wonld come with 4 statement that wenld day’s -ensation The sun is e Paners would zreat head lines UN HAS PROF Fqually eminent issne statements Prof ine KNOWALL DECLAT seientists wonld the effect that and wonlid Sihle uch Knowsall was in error prove how inipo At first The <un we wonld jake at it ail snuffed ont. like a candle, | forsooth! The matter would furnish innumerable jokes. funny and neap funny. for the vaudeville stage. and hed. poking fun Prof. Knowall But 2~ davs went hy. and sun<hine brightened the worll scientists would bezin to agree with | the eminent professor. Probably the mists that shrouded the world would begin t« clenr up Then the dullest could =ee that there actuail> was no light. no fire. na shine in the great sun. which would trace a dull track through the skies The spirit of man. in that wosful time. would settle down 1o accepi an eternal condition. Despite the lamen tations and the meatings and con- | gressional investizatfons, hrave men at hint of other D. €. MONDAY, THIS AND THAT . TRACER ELL. would in the found have hest they then. as they ajwavs work away 1o do their state of affaire in which themselves. The slowly crowing cold that would settle over the nations would he fought 1o the last ditch. Tn the com mon calamity of humanity. races men mighi forzel their Aiffarences, 2nd the huge sums of money. which in past ages had heen <pent in destruc ton now would be turned to avert the imnending ruin City life would take on new aspects with “treet Lamps augmented in ny “nd power, lit *4 hours # day. in a feehle effort 1o make life what it ance was. Man wonld <truz ke artificial o owth of zrain. le zizantically to nditions for the o doult he would Dlay 20l ms vsual on rves it by huge lights. Rut, in wais that eannot he foreiold. the resistance life would begin to wilt. Then destruction. disease, death and man would prav to the 1nal then. as he always has done. 1o make His fuce 10 <hine npon him once more., He had in the hountiful dayvs of the past Away. dread visions! m Out the window now the sun shines, | the beautiful sun. hathinz our world in warmth snd heanty. If. in those terrible days. the sun conld have come . =uch a rejoictng as thix old world has never known would have pceurred Let each ane of us today have some uch silent period of rejoic in hi swn breasi. at the sighi of the zre: Sin, Al the 1ouel of it= warmth et us accept the lesson. in our im agination. and alwars have the proje anpreciation for our dally elixir life. our diurpal friend. our hrinzer healih and happine $ibsH of af Proper appreciation of the zlowing suinshine his heep a fecinte of modern life. hapuy 1o tell Fyervwhere men have hean preaching. during the past half century. the heneficence of “hine. In great frery eff of unwholesome with litile reznh the <un night hrinz the multitudes. In Europe sanitarinms have established relving principally the sun for healing With dails haths of “the whele hody nroner dnily regimens 1o food, exercise el have heen combined More and more the world has been returning. as far as climate would permit, to the ideals af the ancient Grecks. who looked upon With scorn. In America the zolf courses dat the countryside. The growth of such States ms California and Florida is hised. probably firet of all, upon the sun. Younz women unhurned. real of health fs far the vanity hox There air | means sun called with babies.™ Babies of the sun’ Wateh a dog or and vou will realize that the creatures have heen pointing us valuable lessons which too often we overk The dav of the closed parlor is over, The modern living room. with plenty of windows and rugs and draperies unafraid of the lichi. has taken its vlace. The motto of the modern home is LET THE cities such 4s London has been made 10 zel rid coal smoke—often thui 1he rays of tl healing 1o heen upon sun fear the heauty ) longet ing that above the to zet heauty ot maore “fresh M course. alsa anes mizht he justice. ire more ar Fresh air sn the little aqual hies UNSHINE IN WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Our British cousins have just found out A thinzg or t1wo about Calvin Coolidge that most Americans never knew before. The disclsures are ontained in the 1826 edition of the English “Who's Who." pioneer and classic volume of its ilk. Therein, presumahly on the authority of Mr Coolidge himself, for all *“Who's Wha" celebrities are autobiographers. it is set forth that he is president of the Nonatuck Savings Bank at Nurthamp- ton, Mass. The Coolldge sketch in the latest American “Who's Who" does ot reveal the Presideni’s banking affiliations. The Nonatuck is one of the “mutual” savings banks common | in New England. It was organized in 1889, has §1,879,000 deposit nd capi tal, consisting of undivided profits and surplus. of $136.000. Another little Coolidge sidelight is contained in the English “Who's Who." The President is picted as a clubable person—he helongs to the University and Union| Clubs of Boston. Britishers are in Massasoit_street. Northampton “Who's Who' suvs it's the White House. * ¥ % is 21 * ‘Al Smith to win—Bert Rirchie az cond choice” is believed 1o he the plan of the Illinois Brennan Democ yacy, as revealed by the recent ap- pearance of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Marviand. under the auspices of the Democratic hoss of Chicago. Thus it is. politicians dfagnose. that George Rrennzn a few months ago exhibited Gov. Smith to the greal unterrified | of the Middle West, and now has given them a chance to inspect Gov. Ritchie at close range. Both of them, as at Madison Squars Garden in 1924, will be avowed contenders for the presidential nomination in 1928, Their strength is recruited larzely from the same quarters. They represent essentially the wet Easi. which the Democrats always assert they can carry against anv Repub- lican with a candidate who is “lib- eral” on the prohibition issue. The theory is that Brennan will put Smith over in 1928, if he can. and that, if he can’t, he will then throw his ~on- vention vetes and influence to Ritchie, * ¥ Talleyrand or somebody els seid that an ambassador is & man who dines out in his country’s inter- ests. Washington contains an inde- tigable person who gives lunches in his country’s interests. His name is Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union. A sta- tistical survey of Rowe's midday hos- pitality activities would probably Aidclose that he is oftener giving luncheon parties at the Union than not, day in and day out. They are always worth-while affairs. The honor guest or guests are {nvariably somebodies, and usually persons of distinction in the Pan-American world. The - parties are small enough to give everybody a chance to get acquainted with everybody else. As a real factor in Pan-Amer- ican amity, Rowe's lunches will de- serve a place in the hemisphere's history. e Alfred L. Dennis. one of the new Democratic members of the United States Tariff Commission, was invited the other day to address a Washing- ton woman's club which takes a keen interest in culture and current events. Tariff Commission affairs are much in the limelight these days. owing to in- ternal bickerings and external attack. So Mr. Dennis faced a capacity an- dience when he stood up to deal in what his fair auditors covertly hoped would be a bit of the “low down™ the official body which he adorns. Then Dennis proceeded to divest himself of a learned disquisition on_“The Miracles of Modern Egypt,” | ties. | public | return to Europe on January 16. ! but is a “reminder ring.” The peliticians have lost out on one diplomatic plum. anvhow. The Ame lcan ministership 1o Salvador has just been civen to a ‘career’’ diplomat, Jefferwon Caffery of Louisiana. who is completing his fifteenth vear in the foreizn service. Mr. Caffery is promoted to the grade of minister. under the provisions of the Roge foreign service law. from the coun selorship of our embassy at Tekio. where he has served with distinction since 19 He has experience in Venezuela, Sweden. Persia, France. Spain. Greece and the State Depari- ment 1o his credii. When the King of the Belgians and the Prince of Wales were here after the war Caf. fery was attached 1o their respec tive persons as American diplomatic officer. He is a hachelor, Tulane University man. a lawver by profes. son. and still on the sunny side of 40 * v ow ok 1t's “the Luther Burhanks of peli arcording 1o Senator George H. Moses. Republican. of New Hamp- shire, who are mussing up American life. Moses came out of the bulrushes of the session long enouch | last week 1o address a high school an dience in Philadelphia on the evils of paternalism fn the modern legislative system. “The follo: of the new legis lative school.” he said, “the Luther Burbanks of politics, have grifted a new science onto our republican form of government. These doctors who | operate on our body politic remind me vatheticallv of those medical diploma mills which so frequently produce | scandals in the academic world. Time was when a father punished his own child. Now he lets a school teacher do it for him. Time also was when a sovereign state considered itself self-respecting and self-supporting. Now its officers sit on the doorsteps ofd('nngres! and clamor for Federal aid.” . % 8. Parker Gilbert. the brilliant young American financier. who is Agent-general for reparations in Ger- many and now on a visit in Wash- Ington. is having a deuce of a 4 zetting people to call him by his right name. An exalted personage at * 1 the Capital a day or two ago pre- sented him to a distinguished com pany as “Gilbert Parker,” mixing the financier up with the famous British novelist of that name. Mr. Gilbert, who sat at the right hand of Sec- retary Mellon in the Treasury De- partment for four years, expects to He is having a busy time renewing ac- quaintances with old cronles at the Treasury, where he was the young- est executive to hold high place since Alexander Hamilton's days. Gilbert is only 33 vears old. One of these days he is certain to be at the head of a great American international banking organization. He could prob- ably get such a job today at his own figure. * % = % A certain explosive member of Congress i{s now wearing a broad band gold ring bearing the cabalistic letters KYDMS. It isn't the mono- sram of his favorite radio station, The states- man in question is conscious of a temptation to let off steam not wisely, but too often. The initials, he explafns. mea "“Keep vour damned mouth shu (Conyright. 1926.1 Preventive. From the Latavette Journal and Courier. One trouble with calling on common sense to prevent divorces, the dog- zoned stuff mizht head off & lot of weddings. ANUARY. of | " the finally + white skin sun | 11, 1926, ) 'Cf'lll‘ll Bus Stop Needed | at Munitions Building. | | Ta the Editor of The Star: 4 | Endless time, it is thought. would be ved for the thousands of orking in the New Navy and Alu-| nitions Government Buildings in 1he {vicinity of Seventeenth 1o Twenty- | {first and B streets northwesi, and for the persons who have 1o trans ness in these buildings. if a stopping or #unjon” point signated where, hetween the | [ hours of 9:18 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. and | lafier 5 p.m. dofly. all public service | husses operating out of this vicinity. | [and the car line. would stop { A1 present five ~eparate compinies opecite services in this ter of them have their siops each ghout | & half block or a block distant from any one of the others. The “Fairfus- | elfth and P'ennsylvania =venue’ | I hine i= allowed ng stop. though it comd | [prove tnvaluzhle were fi allowed one | 1and its schedule known. for anick of ficial non-stop service from this sec Hion to Twelfth and Pennsylvanis ave. | ynue. which we now do not have. Also {if the “Speedway-Tressury husses | {were routed via this central point for L two.cent. or like, fare, it would prove {invaluable for officixl and urgent per {sonal husiness pecessary 1o ba trans {acted in the vicinity of the Treasury These companies are “public ser " corporations. Yel me are not eiving the maximum “public’ serv lice, fur it ix 1impossible physically for | {one human beinz 10 stand waiting on ! | four or five separate “stops” at one | and the same time. Many fares a l citizens 108t the various companies. for afier {an individual has stood for untold min lutes at one point waiting for a ve {hicle. with no sign of transportation | in sizhi. and has seen a vehicle he | | might have tmken at another point| 1pass by when he is & half block away, | in desperation. Sulke acr 1o the husinesc center Al present requires early an hour tincluding | walts) 10 zet 1o points along ¥ H w0 10 return, when necessity requires 1ip of this character during the {quiel hours. This seems nunreacon ahle in the vear 1925, with five avail 'alle modern sysiems of transportstion passing in our immediate vicinity. It is suggested that the lozical place | far & union opping point for said ! four hus lines 1o “take on’ passen. | zers herween designated hours mizh he at the little triangle at Eighteenth | |and B streets northwesi. where the | {hus of the Washington Railway and ! | Electric Company now =tops. and that | the street care he reaussted to stop | nearer 1o the corner of Eizhteenth and | B streets during the hours desiznated | The trinngle could he converted mn.[ !a circle or 1s west and cut away. zi !ing ample room for bus siops and turns |l trom peditious utes to half an hour | i in an more ex 15 min added 10 is also thouzht trsMe this section might he ¢ handled and from day | this vicinity If the siagcered svstems of commencing work in the three ar more departments and hureaus in these buildinzs, s effectively used Aurinz the war. wers azain adopted FRANCES M DAVISON. ————— - Nine Reasons Against | ight Parking Ban| | Ta the Editor of The star i Will_vou pleass pyhlish. o {any other way that 1 may this Jetter 8 a protest against the | unreasonable, unwarranied and dis- |eriminating 'measure. proposed by { Commissioner Fenninz. banning =H night parking of machines on the streets of Washington. 1 a 50- lutely opposed 10 this measure *for | the following reasons: i 1) Pecause of incre:se in aperating | expenses. by reasan of gurage Dbills. thousands of -pweple now’ ~rjovine he henefits of a car would he oblized tn dispose of same. | (2} Profiteering in garage vents would without doubt prevail throuzh- | {out the city. This condition wonld | {force a zreat hardship nupon the| {small car owner to the benmefit of| | garage ovners. | 3) This proposed measure v-lms| | directly into the hands of the street! car companies ai the expense and| inconvenience of the poorer classes. | ¢4 Why ban parking on the streets {at 3 fime when they are practically deserted? Traffic conditions at night @o not_warrant any. such measure. (3) This proposed regulation cannot ! be defended on any beautifving policy, {because very few peopls will be | promenading the streets, admiring an {unobstrucied view. between the hours | jof 2 and 5 a.m i (6) Because some other citiss have | such a measure fs no logical reason ! for having it here, as the streets of | Washingion are nnusually_ wide when compared with streets in other cities where such measures prevail and may he necesgary. (7) The number of zurages availabie | is inadeduate To house all cars park- | ing on the streets. {3 (%) In many sections of the city.| and especially around large apart | ment houses. a_distance of six or| eizht blncks would have to he walked | every dav in order to ger oui and put away a maéhine,. Considering also the distance 1o he walked from ofce to a parking place in the busi- ness district. whieh i often severil Blacks. a car would be only a lia- hility (L) use in see fir. ! | i { ! a A= to prevention of theft of care. if the owner is willing te run the risk of parking on the sireets at night, then that is primarily his business if the car is stolen. Be- sides, cars can be stolen during the day or early night just as well. Many more valid objections could be raised against this unreasonable measure, and one only has to ques- tign the average citizen of Washing- ton to learn that public opinfon i absolutely opposed to it. WILLIAM F. Deficiencies_of Modern Education - REES! To the Editor of The Star: Manhood. not scholarship, is the firat aim of education.” This quota- tion is from the writings of Frnest Thompson-Seton, the naturalist. ex plorer, writer, lecturer, and the friend of every boy and girl. This ‘quotation comes te mind after reading a press dispatch in The Star recently from Knoxville, Tenn.. giving the questions and answers in a ‘‘sur. vey” made by the educators of Ten nessee. The questions asked were about the ordinary topics of the dav. The answers, or such as were given in the press dispatch, were unbeliev- ably impossible. Are the high school children of to- day less intelligent than their fathers and mothers, or is there something wrong with our present-day teachers or the system of teaching? Something is wrong—what is it? Personally T am' persuaded we give too much time during school hours to the non-essentials—t00 much time to high-brow literature. “plant life under cultivation,” ‘‘prison reform,” “high school fraternities” and kindred dis- tracting studies. A great deal more of the‘three R's, more Army training camp exercises. less high ‘school cadet stuff and & “letter”. on the sweater. would better equip the boys and girle for the practical problems of life. Recently, T understand, in various| colleges and universities the students voted in the majority for “peace at any price,” the League of Nations and more and better ‘lipsticks. Congress ghould take note of this forward move- !'ment. Shades of ' Patrick Henry. Daper the new 0 thority Dpaper projected. ity &raph cation {offices was known s dwellings | The luliding | Papers of the country. | made from a h { variable aivection | nified | very loud i the leisure houre of those emploved in |- | which !simple than the Hizhland =nd Teis | convention at Pittshurzh why *Edward ought i\;umn Hale, Andrew Jackson, Tedd: OVER WARREN ATERS. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Where was Row of A. R A part of Waxhington's News. | Civil War dayve’— A the site chosen for National Press Ruilding was known 6. A Townsend is au for the statement that news correspondents had pitched thi« hlock hefore a hotel was {1« central location. prox to_Government huildings, 1ele offiees and lines of communi mafe it ideal. Thix line of the country over Bow snd when the converted inte hotel correspondents con the ofces. When was rebuill the the hasement men's quariers which is be erccied on this historic spot will hecome the permanent home of the Washingion hureeus of many of the leading news as well /s of upon Newapape: were the aceupy House reserved newspaper property tinued 10 the Ehbitt D aprie(on siaze for the National Q ese Cluh How many loaves of rel of lour will vary hread are —C. 0 M according indvidual has heen harrel of A. This figur o the formula used hy bukers. but the average estimated at 285 loaves per Ao Q. Can slectrical thined from F. R E AL Blectrical he oh turhines? enerzy wind-driven - snerzy has heen o tained from wind driven turhines in ndmills. but the procuring of power In this wav is noi done commercially 10 any extent. The difficnlties 1o he overcame ure the variehls auiput And { wind wnd the comparaivaly ow cancentraiion of wvnilahle pewer o he of D, K entirely 1 and the A develaned whether «ssistance. Persons Aeat nr mearhs hy this instrumen resulis have heen nh ‘vhose hearing Q Cana 1h deal necor A I depends tvpr of Asafnecs which It s radin cxn he whe are en cannot he huf successful tainad hy persons partially affected The reasan lies the fact that when the sar phones are used the sounds are zreatly maz which enshles them Aerin Rufsh counds mors readils The in strument can he 1uned ueh Ar gree as 1o make the incamine =nunds in fact. a zrest desl louder wpeaking arathey the than ounde < which the Aescribe the the Salmon A. _The bridze is A woodan pile ridze situated one-half mile from the mouth of the river it i« a bridze of nine spans of 15 faet each The draw s=pan is 1% feet Q. Are pinespples United States?—J. T A. Florida is the only State in the pineapple is successfuliy raised for commercial purposes in his country. as the pineapple is close 10 a tropical fruit. The pineapple is A fruit of the pineappie glent. which grows from 2 1o 4 feet Wizh The individual plant progu a single fruit, which varies in from 4 to 10 inches in diamster @ Diff the Scotch invent (he hax pipe”—C. A H 3. The hagoipe is said anly size men.” It i of very ancient ok representations of it are 16 e found on Grecian and Roman sculptures, and it has Jong been well known among various Eastern nations. The ltalicns have a fcrm of bagpipe thutas more Q. When was the American Federa tion of Lahor formed”—J. " A. The Fedération of Lalx nated in &n attempt 1o found a zen eral orsApization of ingmen on a trade-union {Mminary convention was called h: Knights of Industry and the Ar mated Labor Union and met in Terre Haute. Ind.. Auznst 1881, At the November 1881, the name of the Federation of Organized Trades and lLabor Union of the United States and (‘anada was adopted. This federation merged itsel( with an independent grass held at ( olumbus | her and organizatior der | throuzh the air | termed | evers {1his nrescre come To & person who i nens ming Aust =rain” | whites age oc ever trade-inion Ohtn. Decem when the present name was adopted 6. 1386, What makes 1he T. A A ‘fash of lightninz in passing leaves what ma long. irregular hole quare inch of the hole is pressed inward of 147 pounds. the together with a terrific <h he flash the i= that ¢ crash, hut ne 1e distancs the direct veport d with i1e echo from the elnids and the earth the fing swound that thunder Q Q noise of thun A As =und a o call Jean need handiing How many axplosions DO, G Sueh dust of 132 lives e<anda | deathe are A s explosions caused a injur 130 em operty dsmaze amaunt n& 1o more than $12.000.600 the veriod from 19 1925, Moy one-fourth of th ose in life and more than one-half of the property urred in grain elevators now which has led the dust.axniosion experts of the United ates Depart ment of Agriculture to turn their at tention primarily 1o the eliminz of the dustexplnsion hazard in 1in-handling industes Q. Who was the Lord of Reanoke H.T. M \ Hatiaras teo. who was a faithful friend of and was taken on a isit Enziand was given the rite of ¢ tian baptizm and the order of a4 fenda on as Lord of Roanoke Aug 158§ Aian the to Indian named € What of the M The Raltic lonz hy from 5 Sen aho is mil and has an of Approximately 166,000 sqt portrait of Christopher I< there Colimime that nted from | —w A More umbis are nainted fr the lifetime of 1 of none of than 30 portraits Co- known. hut them n life or aven during e Aiscoverer was © What i= the total mitea e ere are approximatel highway in this count about 00000 miles are can Automobile o which yads o the the Bible®— A AL 11 does not is of Greek derivation ‘of or pertaining to ehar siving.” Q W the King of Spain’—3 A. The Kinz of nica of tha Bourbon famil H Alfonse Lean Ferdinand ques Isidore Paseal Antnine word eleemnsvnars in % mesne ma 1y name nf the memhar | name Marie r Q seals classed A® ask A w. seals zre fur 1hv sea bezr family found in the Rer ing y region., Cape Horn and the Shetland Island region. The northern species comprise Alaskan. Victorian or Northwest. Copper Isiand. Robben I<land und Japanese seals. The south rn species comprise Shetland, Lohos What \lsskan seals of to havé neet Lislind and Cape seals. The variations | intro@ueed into Scotland by the Norse-{in the qualities and sizes of skinsare as{ e 1o differenc sex and la &Mion of habi Q. What Kind of coating will keep cogibreie from’ sticking 1o iron molde? —&av. G A Paraflip?oil mar he the motds Well before filling 1sed. Ol vith can 1. Hask paper to handle the enquiries nf our readers and yon arc ievited to call wpon as freely and as often as Ask anything e ot fact and the authority il There charge A5k wou rrant vour mame and address and close 2 cents in stamps postage. Address The Evening Information Burcaw. Frederie J Washi Do Frederie ., w iz ewployed hy o that matter he pease 7 gunted you for return Hase Princess Astrid Wins U. 9 Whether Queen-To-Be or Not . Whether ar not Princess Astrid of Sweden, nie of King Gustavns, has won ihe heart of the Prince of Wales, it is avident that she has captured 1he admiration of American editors. who not only admire her rvomeliness. hut also express earnest appreciation of { her <kill in domestic arts. A very sweet and ‘princesey’ lnok ing lass is thie Astrid, niece of the Swedish ruler.”” savs the Roston Traveler. “Announcement of her visit' to the British roval Tafily has onccasioned _more than the .fisnal stir | and conjecture. Here. a1 jast, is though: 1o be the girl apprgved hy the prince’s family and by the prince Inasmuch as the prince is now near ing 32. we may well believe that the anxiety of his parents and the court is very keen to have him marr) settle cown. He still has the option of breaking his neck by a fall and thus escaping the matrimonial noose and the crown as well, but. barring ihis choice, he isn't & free man. Eventual 1y he must wed.” “The tremendously advanced age of 31" appeals to the Uniontown Morning Herald as a weighty reason to take to him If a wife at once’' especially as ere we have pretty Princess Astrid. who is said to be devoted to domestic Sy. and who also possesses & queenly quality.” B PR ‘While laughing at a necromancer’s ‘prediction of the prince’s wed 1926, the Bay City Timi believas that “anvway. the Prince of Wales has seen enough of the world o n'af LThe Sun. héwever. advises | Mr. around of it appea e, well the kitchen sink. that she i< a dome ftted 1o he the Queen nf Finzland.” Her¥heauty seems i1n the Clevelind Plain’ Debder to he espe cially f1ting. fog™'a G@een ought 10 he comely endigh Yo femnpt her subiecis 10 exarcise the weil known cat's pric lege. and if she can hake gond so0 much the hetter . ox e nies “If the Drince of Wales maln in thai foggy little island play: at kingehip.” suggests the more Stn. “the best thing he can do is to get married and make the hest of an unfortunate husiness. .And. if he asks onr advice. we should < that Princess Astrid of Sweden lonks us like a mighty camble. 1 “Perhaps the wisest' thing the prince could do would lie to resign. settle in the Uniied States. and become 3 king of Wall Street. or an emperor of oil with Mr. Rockefeller, a czar of autos with ‘ord, or a dictator in steel with Mr. Gary. These are kinzs who still rule. In that case he could pick his own wife.” But cven abroad. according 1o thée St. Josepk News Press, “The prince is credited with having more 1o do with the selection of his bride than usually falls to the iot of royal heirs.” In anv e zooid jevent, he §s warned by the Lynchburg News that “falling from a horse i temporary if frequent. while falling for a princess is permanent if hut | once.” and it is now time for him to settle | down.” The Indianapolis News treats the matter lightly. remarking. “The youngest son of King George has haen fighting fire in Hongkong. while the oldest son has nothing to fizht except an occasional rumor that he ix to he marrisd.’ The Williamsport notes that “the prince and princess are having just as much trouble keen v ing their rumored engagement out of * ok The South Bend Trihune finds enthusiasm aroused by the many { aualifications of the representative of la Sun | the papers as a bashful country swain | and his fiances who don’t want their marriage license published “If. only the British roval family could hit upon some practicable means of keeping the romantic gossips from talking.” says the Waterbury Repub- lican, ‘‘the much desired marriage of their pride, their jov and their despair might the sooner be consummated.” The Peoria Transcript rejoices in the fact that Princess Astrid “‘has had her more or less comely likeness portraved in American newspapers with a back Praise for Article im_ Aretic Aviation Trip To the Editor of The Star The copyright story in The Star of January 10 under the caption *Flight May End Aretic Mysteries” is one of the best written pleces on the subject of Arctic exploration that T have ever run across. The man whe wrote it knows Arctle histery from A io 7 WILLIAM E. SHEA. { i day out. he would never have Swedisn royalty. who is described as splendid dancer and, best of all. a good cook. “Edward would never have to eat a dinner of canned heans and delicatessen pie ax long as Asirid was the mistress of Marlborongh House or the prince’s country places.” continues the Tribune. No matier what hour he might come in from A hard day's work of princing. no matrer if it were Thursday and the maid's to g0 through & mental hazard on the front steps, wondering what fears ful and wonderful combination of paper sacks Astrid would slap on the table. And from what we have see of her in the papers, wiping the dishes on Thursday and Sunday nighis would be no particular hardship.” America’s special interest in the oui- come is voiced by the Ann Arhor Times News. which remarks that be. trothal rymors are imporiant. as they involve the destiny of thé British em. pire. 1f: America would Wish Britain A’ Happy New Year the Times News thinks it might xpress the zreeiings in'th2se wol “In nineteen twenty-six wish all a happy life. But most of all we wish the Prince of Wales would find » wife. The world is filled with worry time he takes a ride. its face would light with glad. 1t heard ‘Hers comes the we von every