Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY......January 12, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Buiness Office: h St. and Penusylvania Ave. York Office: i) Enst 42nd St. Chicage Office: Tower Building. Buropean Ofice: 14 Regent St.. London, England. 11th The Evening Sta fne edition. is deliv the city at' A0 cents th the Sunday momn- by carriers within er manth: daily” only, 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month Onlers may be sent by mall or teleptione Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 'y and Sunc $0.00: 1 mo.. 7 only £6.00: 1 mo.. 50c Buaday only 1¥r. $3.00; 1 mol. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday..1yr.$12.00: 1 mo.. §1.00 Daity “Gnly o1 yr SA.00: 1 mol T8¢ Bunday only $4.00 Lmo.. 35c Member of the Associated Pre The Assoclatnd Prass is exclusively entitled 0 the use for republication of all news dis- atohes credited to it or not othe: e e in thie paper and also the 1o published herein. Al rishts of pul ©of special dispatches herein are also Uncle Sam and His Parks. The real issue in the discussion of the appropriation to complete the parkway connection between Poto- mac and Rock Creek Parks is not whether the National Government shall participate in definite proportion or in arbitrary lump-sum payment toward this nationallocal Improve- ment, but whether it shall contribute &t all. The bill as it now reads, after pas- sage by the House, does not cause Uncle Sam to say: “I will not con- tribute to this national park develop- ment in any definite proportion or percentage of total cost, whether 50 yer cent or 40 per cent, but I will meet my legal and equitable obliga- tion in the matter by contributing a substantial lump-sum payment for this specific object, smaller than but approximating the minimum 40 per cent of definite proportionate contri- bution."” On the contrary, Uncle Sam s made e say: “I will not pay $300.000 to- ward the $600,000 cost of this na- tional-local improvement on the 50-50 basis, In accordance with which I have made all previous payments, on this park project. T will not pay for this purpose $240,000 on the 60-40 basis, the ratio fixed by existing sub- stantive law. And finally, I will not pay $200,000, or thereabouts, as an erbitrary lump-sum payment in sub- stitution for a definite proportionate contribution. But, on the pretext of my inclination to change my form of contribution and of the unsettlement of exact figures of contribution under the lump-sum payment system, T will not recognize any obligation in the matter and will pay nothing at all. Having full power to do so, I will col- lect every cent of the $600,000 to com- plete this nationallocal park project from the tmpotent local taxpayers.” No legislator can justify voting for this bill because he is inclined to favor the lump-sum payment plan of national contribution in preference to the definite proportion plan. A vote for this bill is not merely the indica- tion of a preference concerning the is a girl or woman who has seen the light; who realizes that one can be dressed with exceeding stmplicity and vet be exceedingly well dressed; who senses the fact that feminine ankles and calves—this is 1926 and no issue can be dodged—look better in plain black silk or sensible fine wool than in the scores of different Easter egg shades now or the market. The Star fathers no campaign for the reform in dress of women of the workaday world. Any such formal campaign would make little progress, even if concerted action were taken by the business men of the com- munity—rather a remote possibility. Women are inclined, when all {s said and done, to wear what they want to wear. If, however, it occurred to them that it might be well to want to wear that In which they appear best to masculine eyes, there is a good tip, to be had for the asking, ready on the lips of almost every sincere man. —————————— The Bryan Memorial. Decision has been reached by a group of admirers of the late William Jennings Bryan, who form the execu- tive body of a national organization for the purpose of erecting a memo- rial to him, that this expression take the form of a “Bryan Commons,” in this city, with “suitable, useful struc- tures for the service of the people.” The project favored includes a central chimes tower. The prospective cost of the memorial is $1,000,000. The organization will be at once com- pleted with branches in every State, forty-three having already been formed. Immediately after the death of Mr. Bryan several plans for a memorial were launched, each proposing & dif- ferent form of remembrance. One of these was a university, to be endowed by gifts of the people of the country irrespective of political affiliations in honor of the man who for nearly thirty years played a consplcuous part in American affairs. Other projects contemplated purely architectural creations of a monumental type. The present thought of a “Bryvan Com- mons” is in a way an evolution from all these proposals. No details are forthcoming as to the particular purposes to which the “‘suitable, useful structures™ proposed by the memorlal association will be devoted. There Is something in the description that has just been given forth which suggests a “people’s in- stitute.” That the plan contemplates architectural features of a notable character Is {ndicated by the sugges. tion of a central chimes tower. This may prove to be the eventual accom- plishment of a long-cherished plan for a national carillon in this city. One fact is notable {n this connec- tion. The prospective cost Is placed at one million dollars, which is a small sum, in these days of large fig- ures, for a national memorial project. That amount of money should be easily raised. With organizations in all of the States working effectively popular subscriptions to that amount should soon be in hand. It would seem, therefore, that Mr. Bryan's friends and admirers who are now at work on this suggested plan will in short order be in a position to an- nounce actual accomplishment and to begin the work itself, which has been appropriately located at the Capital. form of national contribution for park development, “but a refusal to con- tribute any amount whatever in any form. ————— After Mussolinl gets through with rebuilding Rome he will be eligible to historical mentifon not merely as one of the world's greatest statesmen but as the pre-eminent financier of all ages. e A great deal of type Is devoted to the discussion of fashions for women, which long since have occupled mote space in print than they have claimed as matters of apparel. Feminine Wear. There seems to be, without any real concerted campalgn, 2 movement afoot looking toward more appropriate dress for business women during business hours. Evidences thereof occur from time to time in communications to the press, in suggestions by employers and in action taken by organizations ©of various sorts. It is a good move- ment—*"good” not in the sense used by reformers, but good as regards| looks, comfort and propriety. One thing s certain: that if a poll of men fellow workers were taken the vote would be overwhelmingly against peach-blossom hosiery, sleeve- less gowns, dresses of satin and silk, often of pale shades and more suited to an afternoon tea than a business office. These things seem to be now almost universal. Other feminine workers go further and go to business n costumes wherein they might go direct from office to evening party. Fven embroidered Spanish shawls have been noted In the marts of trade. Women do not dress entirely for men. Working even In strictly femi- nine environment, they would still mnaturally strive to appear at thelr best. But they cannot be unconscious of the appearance they make before their male colleagues, and those same males, judging from many private masculine conversations, are more easily intrigued by the more somber and substantial form of feminine ap- parel. “Nothing is worse than slovenli- ness,” says one experienced Washing- ton business man who has been care- No Coal Agreement in Sight. Rejection by the anthracite mine workers of a proposal which the operators have declared to be their “utmost concession” brings the mine strike conference at New York to the point of collapse. The operators’ plan was a five-year agreement with the provision that in the event of a dead- lock in direct negotiations Charles E. Hughes or some person of similar standing should name three arbi- trators. The miners, on Sunday, ex- pressed willingness for Mr. Hughes to name arbitrators, but only to decide whether wages could be advanced. President Lewis of the union charac- terized the action of the operators in offering their plan as a “desperate ef- fort" to break up the conference, and declared that the operators frankly de- sfre arbitration as an instrument to effect wage reduction. It would seem from these circum stances that there is little hope for agreement at this present conference, which may break up at once. The net result of the negotiations that have been in progress for two weeks is that there has been a public demon- stration of willingness by the oper- ators to go to arbitration, and unwill- ingness on the part of the miners to submit the wage hearing to an impar- tial hearing. There have been evi- dences that the miners, despite a seeming solidarity, are restive under a leadership which is keeping them out of employment and wage-earning. Signs are not lacking that this feeling will be sharply manifested upon an- nouncement that the New York meet- ing has failed to effect an agreement. The strike has now lasted five and a half months. The miners have lost in wages far more than they couid gain by any conceivable change of scale in two years of steady work. They are in debt for supplies, their savings have been exhausted and they are now suf- fering from the lack of necessities for thefr families. There is small hope of a concerted labor movement for their benefit, practically no chance of a sympathetic strike, particularly in the soft coal ficlds, which are now, owing to the use of bituminous as a sub- stitute for anthracite, more prosper- ous than for a long period. It would seem that Lew!s and his associates of the union leadership are cutting fully ohscrving the tendency of office women to come to labor adorned like birds oi paradise. “An evening or semi-evening dress when it is dishev- eled {s the most slovenly attire one can wear; a very few hours of real work ruin the looks of the best of these. When men go to play golf they dress in golf clothes; when we &0 boating we dress sultably for boat- ing; with church or wedding it is the same. Why is there any greater reason, when we go to business, that ‘we should not dress for business’ He speaks truly. A man worker in = dinner jacket would be a laughing stock in his office. And some of the girls, clad almost in the feminine equivalent of that gala attire, are in the same category. Here and there ] every office and place of pusiness » things very fine and risking a revo- lution. —_—————————— Country fiddlers calling the figures have not yet appeared in smart danc- ing circles. Henry Ford is a leader in finance, but not in fashion. A Party Fight Inadvisable. Rejection by the Senate finance committee majority of the Democratic proposal to add $44,000,000 to the tax revision program by readjustment of the surtaxes on incomes between $22,- 000 and $100,000 may be followed ac- cording to present comment by a par- ty fight on the floor of the Senate when the bill is reported and that body begins its discussion. A parti: lg gebate which delays enactment will be a poor political investment. It is in the nature of tings desirable from the Democratic point of view that there should be “discussion” and ;some argument on the subject of these surtaxes and the proposed greater reduction of the tax. There is doubtless campaign material in such a debate. But it Is to be questioned seriously whether there is any real advantage to the Democratic party in a prolongation of the debate and post- ponement of the enactment. The people of ®his country are not greatly concerned over methods of tax reduction. With a few exceptions they are not concerned as to the ratio of benefits to be derived by particular { groups and classes of taxpayers. To the great majority of them these tax- reduction arguments are cryptic, be- yond understanding. The average man paying an income tax on an average income does not worry him- self much, If any, over what others are paying and how much they are getting in the way of remissions, so long as his own tax is appreciably re- duced. The Democratic leaders will make a serious mistake if they permit and | direct w protracted debate on these | surtax rates, espectally if it should | prolong a consideration of the bill be- | yond the 15th of March, the last pay- ment date for the first quarter of the | . The reaction in the public mind | will be unfavorable. What the people want today is prompt tax reduction, effective on the day when they make their initial payment. Tardiness in effecting this result will be far more harmful to the political prospects of | the party responsible for the delay than helpful in the campaign to come | by a showing of Democratic willing- ness—when power does not accom- pany consideration—to lay the heavier burden of taxation upon the persons of larger income. Settlement of thg estate of the late Frank Munsey will leave Art a debtor to his memory. One of the missions of Art is to reduce the temporary auto- crat to the level of one contributing infiuence among many toward world progress. ——————— The elaborate suggestlons presented as to Government control of labor and resources {n the event of war are cal- culated to bring resentment into the minds of even the most ardent advo- cates of Government ownership. e Trotsky is one of the few people who have found advantage in going from America to Russia. He can print what he likes. This was not the case when he was & contributing editor in the Bronx. ———— The former Kaiser in dictated dis- patches still refers to himself as “his majesty.” One of the objections to a monarchy is that it so often operates to destroy all sense of humor. —_—————— A recent style of literature depends on securing a reputation for extreme sagacity by persistently referring to all persons not directly connected with the editorial staff as “morons.” By way of showing that he is not al- together out of touch with ancient methods of transit, Bill Mitchell for- gets the airplane and permits himself to be photographed on horseback. ——————— It is never easy to sympathize in- telligently with the misfortunes of others. An eruption of Vesuvius is fine for the tourists, but rough on the native population. —_— r———— The World Court might be more popular if it could descend from the realms of abstruse diplomacies and of- fer a few practical suggestions on the traffic problem. ———————— Tax reduction seems a simple mat- ter until It meets with the ancient as- sumption that if a little is good, more would, as a matter of course, be better. ——————————— Trotsky writes about America in a way which demonstrates how easy it is to live in this country awhile with- out learning much about it. —————ee— A would-be blackmailer may find himself not merely repulsed, but re- duced to the position of a contributing factor in social publicity. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Inepiration. A naughty boy once overheard A harsh, objectionable word. He cherished it back In his head ‘With feelings of mysterious dread. As years went by through good and i1l That word kept lingering with him still. The finer speech of human kind Could not efface it from his mind. At last he cast restraint away And wrote that word into a play. Shakespeare and Sheridan seem small. That naughty boy o’ertops them all. Getting in Deep. “What would you say if you were asked to start another investigation? “Nothing,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I'd start an investigation on my own account as to why somebody wanted the investigation started.” Specializing in the Comprehensible. The Einstein theory I quit— There are so many things at hand ‘Which, If I tried a little bit, 1 think that I might understand. Jud Tunkins says the world is get- ting better every day, but in order to realize it you mustn’t notice the ther- mometer. From Hand to Hand. “Can you dance the Charleston?" “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. 'You should learn.” “I did learn. I have passed from the hands of the dancing master into those of the chiropodist.” Modern music has turned the trump of fame into a saxophone. “Politics,” said Uncle Eben, “is a mighty good thing. If dar wasn’ no- body runnin’ foh office dar'd be a heap 'AR, WASHINGTON D: € ! THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. One fain would ask Mr. Eldridge to regulate the traffic in the ear, too. Washington’s traffic problem begins In the streets, but often ends in the auricular appendages of humanity, if it does not terminate in the hospital. We who escape being crushed, scared or brow-beaten still suffer tre- mendously from the ceaseless roar of traffic, tooting of horns unnecessarily, clanging of tin garage doors at mid night and various other sound waves sent up as the result of operation of utomobiles. Thus it may be seen that the term “trafic in the ear” is no mere phrase, but an actuality, a thing that modern conditions have simply aug- mented, not caused or even brought to_light. That there is decidedly too much mere noise in modern city life has been realized for a long time. On all sides sounds roll up to our long- suffering ears. We place the seat of damage there, belleving this designa- ton sufficient As a matter of scientific fact, harsh ound waves, whether created by shrieking auto brakes or poor jazz orchestras, go much farther than the 1 drums. They sink into the soft bric of the brain and deep into the{ ery soul itself. Many sensitive persons m various dies sise-sick. Thick-skinne may langh at them, but perhaps the Ay Will come. to when they 1 be made to suffer in the same way * ok ok % Sensitivity to thing, especially among artists and others who r: themselves upon heing the best and proper much abused word. Herbert Spencer, perhaps England's one real philosopher, invented for his own use a specles of ear muff, much like the modern radlo receiving head- set, which he clamped on his head whenever he wanted quiet. It is sald that with this device in operation Spencer could enjoy the quiet of the desert while sitting in the theater, but this anccdote may not be authentic, as many such a one is not Tt is a fact. however, that this great Fnglish writer (he would be great if for nothing more than his small hook on “Educatfon™ found it necessarv to protect himself from the infmical waves that reached his ears from the trafe of Victorian London What would he not suffer tod: Schopenh: German essavist s philosopher, who is commonly regarded as a pessimist. but aps s no more so than any man this facile writer was so hored the eracking of whins in Berlin stre that he wrote an le against the practice Jollv carters, going of the morning, snar big black whips. nearly « hauver to distr: fon. So he wrote a “piece’ net it. No doubt it was received with derfsion by less Eerliners who could go to botler factory. In regard to noise. there are two distinct classes of men, those who do not mind it. and those who do. The joke, however, is not always on the latter class, for in this matter he who laughs last often laughs be An fllness—and the man who never minded nofse a bit will find himselt sympathizing keenly with the very man he formerly lnughed to scorn, Every one is a law unto himself— or herself—in regard to what constl. tutes not What affects one ad- versely may be borne with equanimity by another, and ice versa. Some suffering re simply individuals fr noises is no new writers, her pride sitive,” in sense of that wha ¢ B i nest ong in the cool | cannot stand the grating of a pencil on paper, while others rebel at the slight friction of a hand over a surface of a peach. One man will shrink from the tick- ing of a clock, which his neighbor will not mind, aithough this latter may growl at being forced to listen to a dog bark. If it be said that all such sensitivities are abnormal, the reply s simply: The modern world is making for a tremendous number of abnormal per- sons, in that case, and the number will be larger every year, if some- thing is not done to curb the grind, grate, rattle, shriek, bang and whang of modern city life. * % F % Some years ago an editorial on this page declared: “The public is long-suffering in its endurance of both necessary and unnecessary. ain amount of noise s fnseparable from city life, and s not beyond the normal person to and. “To get away from all noise one would have to seek the middle of a desert, and even there the winds would bother him. The seashore is lulled with the strong but melodious ‘noise’ of the break The city, too, ha its proper noise. “But there can be that the bounds of sense have heen pa that some little question aurlcular good ed in Washing 1 action to curh tricted nofse-making 1S nece: here. Scientists have proved At the cffect of improper noises on the physical system Is distinctly bad, whether a man realizes it or not b AT ears are channels of com munication with the outside world which are never closed in life. W1 he goes to sleep most of t ganglia_in the body separate ing to the theo and the whole man rests in a largely uncor “But his faithful ¥ on the job. He is uncons but his ears are open to the slightest sound. The sounds of the world come in the same as when he is awake. The iest noise, sometimes, will suffice awaken a heavy sleeper. Phus, although a_man sleeps, he is not entirely cut off from the wide world in which he rests. The great Power that made and keeps him. in ler to protect him from danger in time of he ssness, keeps his aurlcu lar sense ever working. “It may be seen, then, what these faithful friends on each side of man's head suffer day and night from care- less persons who b e than kindness and mo thoughtfulness for others. With the aid of powerful motors they make the loud cannot without Lys us sthel Usually the car n , and this allows for much clinking of tools on alley clanking of rchinery loud conver hes of song, enlivens the Then comes final s mendous snort, the garage doo ther with the engine dies, way toward making the N tal an even better city than If those words were true six years ago, they are more so than ever to dity, what with the growth of the pop- ulation and the increase in the num- ber of automobiles. The traffic in the ear is real, and has a legitimate place in the general traffic problem of the city. Golf Club Has Plan to Help Caddies Become Useful Men BY B. F. YOAKUM. There are in every community who Jjoin the criminal cluss because they have been allowed to drift and have no proper character training at the most critical time in their life At the moment, there is no more challenging duty facing right-think- ing men and women than to save American _boys between the ages of 10 and 15 from the underworld of crime. And it is a work that can immediately assume a much broader plane of activity than so-called soc or welfare work. Keen-minded boy full of the independent spirit of youth, are not apt to be enthuslastic if they think they have become the senti- mental objects for some kind of so- cial service. Right now I am up to my ears in a promising plan to help caddies grow up to become good Americans. The plan under way is one that should interest every one of the hundreds of golf clubs of the country, and hun-| dreds of other organizations as well; for, if a golf club that exists for th recreation and pleasure of Its mem: bers can become a constructive agency for sound Americanism, there are thousands of other organizations that could “go and do likewise.” At the Lenox Hills Golf Club at Farmingdale, Long Island, we have 75 caddies ranging from 11 to 16 years of age. We have just formed a caddy club, whose membership will be com- posed of these boys. It has been my own privilege to build a clubhouse for these boys, and it is being supplied with pictures, a library, a reading room, and is being well heated and lighted so that the young members may be comfortable. These boys elect their board of di- rectors from their own membership, but for the time being at least with a member of the golf club as presi- dent. The club has an assembly room that will seat 150, and well known men and women, such as Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, Judge Edwin L. Garvin, George Gardon Battle, Mrs. Oliver Harriman and others who live in the community or are members of the golf club, occasionally make short talks to the members of the caddy club. In this way the boys are given the advantage of being thrown in con- tact with influential men and women —an advantage, by the way, that they have during the Summer on the golf course. From an acquaintance and association standpoint, the caddy often has more opportunities of this character than come in the way of high school or college boys. This caddy club is really a fraterni- ty organization, and each member has a button. The boys were greatly pleased with their 1925 buttons, and we shall have a different and, we hope, even a more attractive one for them in the new year. We find that this badge of membership brings the boys more closely together and is really establishing a fraternal tie for the future. This is what one golf club is doing to meet in a broad and human way what it belleves to be its duty to its caddies. The boys are enthusiastic over the club and many of the mem- bers of the golf club are now con- vinced that we are going to render a great service to the caddies and, at the same time, a great service to our own community and to the whole country, because we are giving these boys a definite sense of direction, we are having them come to see that they can become useful and honored citi- zens when they become men. If any golfer, whatever his score on his home course may be, would like to make a few long drives in the way of helping along young caddies of his club, we believe that at Lenox Hills less smilin’ and hand-shakin’ in de ‘world."” we have a plan under way that will interest him. Naturally, any informa- tion that we have will always be shared with fellow golfers in all parts of the world. It really looks as if we have a work under way that is going to make us feel just as friendly with the werld as when we come back to the clubhouse with one or two strokes cut from our score. And If golfers can help forward this great problem of building boys into sound Americans, wh can't plans along similar lines be developed by thousands of other organizations? (Copyright, 1925.) Vitamin Habit. From the Canton Daily News. Wonder has often been expressed if the people in late years were not be- ing led to consideration of calories and vitamins, and things like those, to the point where they were likeiy to forget the enjoyment if not the value of real food. Such eventuality is not likely, but there is no doubt that food direc- tion in many instances has become a fad rather than a utility. There comes now M. M. Woodward, State drug analyst of Michigan, ar- mored and spurred as was Don Quix- ote to upset the tradition of knight hood in an effort to put some com- mon sense in the thought of diet, and who starts by assailing what he terms “the fallacy of the vitamin fad.” Writ- ing on this subiect in his annual re- port, he seeks to lower the status of the vitamin as it has been established in the popular mind, and makes the assertion that there is not at present one atom of proof to show that vita- mins are one whit more neces Yy to Iife than salt, lime, iodine or iron, and that in the light of sober thought they are readily reduced to the com- monplace. For example, he cites wa- ter'as essential to life, but it has never been looked upon as a cure-all; nor Is salt a cureall, although life cannot exist without it, and people and animals have been known to travel for miles to get it. Since none of the necessities men- tioned by Mr Woodward will cure everything, he seeks to know what basis, If any, there Is to expect more of vitamins merely because we do not know their composition. If this can- not be established. of course, then vitamins step back from the front rank of corrective medicine, to be employed when need is indicated and not to be pushed forward as the panacea for all the ills of mankind. ‘That vitamins are necessary to life has been found by experiments with animals deprived of them. But hu- man beings do not need to take them as they would other curative drugs. The average bill of fare contains all the vitamins anybody. needs. Significant. From the Goshen News-Times. Cleveland is parking automobiles in a downtown cemetery. Most other cities use such parking places for unlucky pedestrians. Some Gain! From the Cleveland News. _ Still, congressmen have their ideas as to what the public demands. They voted to take the tax off mah-jong sets. Much Discussed, at Least. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. While the younger generation may not be going to the dogs, it is beyond question & bone of !Wn&bflon. 1, when, with one tre- | TUESDAY, JAN | pedients. ARY 12, 192 NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M. OUR NAVAL HERITAGE. Fitzhugh Green. The Century Co. The case of Joseph Conrad is count- ed a strange one. Fere is the com- plete inlander, his blood for centuries shut off from contacts with the sea by virtue of the placement of his country in the heart of continental Europe. Nevertheless, it was the clear and imperative call of those remote and unknown waters that shaped the career of this Polish lad, Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski. He left his d, gave up the bulk of his avic name to become Joseph Co ailor in the tradition of English seamanship; English man of letters, author of as great sea tales as ever will be written. * ¥ ¥ ok It does seem a strange case. But is it? Is it not, rather, a notable example in an almost universal hu- man experfence? For, is it not likely that, among all peoples, there may be found faint and fugitive traces of long-ago ages when tribal contacts with the great shore waters were a common part of the general proce sion of man along the road that may iave carried him ultimately into the rmost heart of continents—mil; s away from oceanic wate almost forgotten, but mnot universal nd immemorial enc ment to rer and landsman alike? The go: of the adventurer. varns and romances the thrall of the Erowing boy. Sea history the glory of nations, surpassing in pride and appeal all othor achievements what- cver * * * * Fitzhugh Green hints at this in “Our Naval Heritage.” “Few Amer. lcans realize how rightfully we come by our instinctive ability and love for the sea. It was deep in our tribal blood at the very dawn of written his- tory. For Caesar indicates in his Commentaries’ how far the northern riners had progressed. Thelr ves- sels, he says, were of great size, of oaken timbers fastened together with iron, and were sped along by broad leathern sails. T were much than he Roman galley and thoroughly #= yvorthy. Indeed, it wa the nava' of our ancestral Britons that brought about the Roman cupation of their countr: Rome, z to schoo! to ancient Britain, so speak, for lessons that the wild rs of the open ocean taught, les ns not included within the curricu- um of the inclosed Mediterranean, £ xk % is upon our e to the sea as a p <h Green for ‘Our Naval Herit Junts upon this pro- ided only that he be able to deliver long story within the narrow s of leisure for reading that e hurrying times leave any man. hits upon the happlest of ex- In some magic craft, cor- responding to the seven-league boots that we have followed many a time on iand. he makes only the great ports lying in between a modern 50,000-ton Tliner and Its direct an- cestor—"the log floating in an ante- diluvian river. to which swam pant- ing primitive man that he might float gleefully to safety from the pursuing beast behind.” A prodigious stretch of time between these two, wherein age by age, century by century, yeur by vear, the materlal world and men @ been getiing acquainted with i other under the irresistible inner urge of man to go forward, to quer nature, to achieve that which is called ci fon. And in the story of “Our al Heritage" it is the growth of man himself, reflected in the growth of his sea messengers, that gives to the hook its ringing call to_the reader. Growth _ in- spiration. Miracle is outside do- main. Every phase of growth is of absorbing interest. That is why this story is a great and appealing one. * % ok ox ip or type of ship was ever the author talking. time to time in the history of building we find types so grotes as to appear absolutely new. But they are not new. Cle inspection of their essential details reveals the fact that their novelty lies only fications that have grown from an increase in knowledge. “The first man that rode astride a treetrunk in midstream must soon have sensed his steer it by paddling with his In shal- low water he could drop off, and with feet on bottom, push it. Whence, a brief space later, we find him using a rude paddle from a raft of several with a long pole aboard In case of emergency. How exulting must he have laughed at the astonished chat- tering monkeys swinging overhead as he glided noiselessly beneath them! ime ople that Fitz. a ready He seafaring passed. Rafts enlarged: too large—became unwieldy. ibly here huge river reptiles de men draw their legs higher aboard. Whence came a decking to protect the whole from attack. over, the difficulty of avoiding les 'such as grounded logs en- couraged him to develop a more tractable form of craft. Whence the canoe.” S0 the story goes on, the author seeing in pictures and writing in pic: tures. “The first recorded ship was Noah's ark. From the ark to the Leviathan the evolution of sea-craft has been toward perfection in speed and stabllit * X ¥ % “The Dark Ages oi the Sea" is a chapter devoted chiefly to the mon- sters that were believed to lie in wait for the unwary mariner. Polnts of historical interest are contained within this chapter. It turns out that Jomah is not the only man who h. been swallowed by a whale. In 1758 during a storm on the Mediterranean a huge fish swallowed a man who had been swept overboard. The skipper seized a gun and discharged it at the glgantic fish which in terror promptly disgorged his man, still alive. Many similar Jonah tales cluster round the early whaling days of Massachusetts. And didn't we— just the other day—read the press account of a perfectly up-to-date Jonah? A man swallowed by a great fish and dellv:reg x\‘gam alive? * There is a fascinating chapter on “Maritime Miracles.” This is made up of tales that “Munchausen himself ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What was the sign of surrender of[flnl Indian tribe following warfare? “D.F A. The Bureau of American Ethnol- ogy says that the sign of submission or surrender of an Indian tribe follow- ing warfare was, in observed cases, arms are lald or thrown down. Q. Has a word been suggested to take the place of “one's” that would lthird person, common gender?— - In 1858, Charles C. Converse of Erle, Pa., proposed that the colned word “thon,” a contraction of “‘that one,” be used in that way. It would solve the question of a pronoun in such a sentence as “If John Brown or his wife comes I will give thon the message." Q. How large is_ the full English pheasant?—T. F. W. A. The male English pheasant measures about 3 feet in length, the tail occupying over 20 inches. The female is smailer and measures about 2 feet over all. Q- How much does it cost a farmer to feed a work horse?—L. R. 8. A. Uncer ordinary farm conditions the cost of feeding a work horse per day is approximately 22 cents. Q. Pl &0 RS A. The vew is a large European tree with dark green foliage. The leaves are long and narrow and given off from all sides of the branch. The fruit is in the form of a red fleshy cup nearly inclosing the bony seed. grown se describe a yew tree.— Who was the etics’—E. B. Diet was studied in ver Q a A times physiclan, was interested in dietetics Maimonedes, the great Jewish phy- sielan, wrote a series of letters on dietetics for the son of his patron ladin. These are probably among > exrllest writings on the subject. est writer on ncient Q. What s the approximate vatue of refined serap metals?—N. N A. According to data collected at the biennial census of manufacturers, 1923, the establishments enga primarily in the smeiting and refining f scrap metals other than gold, si products 2 per cent as compared with 19 the last preceding census year. Q. When was the habit discontinued g people to America to be in- ntured servants, and girls to be parried 7 —W. N A. The habit of sending people to America to be made indentured serv ants was discontinued at the time of the American Revolution. The habi f sending dens to become th wives of colonists was discontinued t latter part of the seventeenth century or the early eighteenth. of tshurgh Phil, the great or;and Tod Sloan, who le horses in races, one and the M. J. 8. loan and Pittsburgh Phil sons. Tod Sloan, , 1s still living. Phil Phil) is dead. He a printer before going in the racing game. Tod twe he fame Q. What is the origin of the title Slavie word czar or tsar ely represents the Latin Caesar, me, according to Miklosich, through the medium of a Germanic language in which the word had the general sense emperor. Q. Why Isn't the | . v wat Tua ?—A. K. iudson Bay not an im- erway because of the its entrance to the Arctic t the mouth of the strait m often over 100 miles ie of berg and floe ice caused by the Arctic Current. This makes naviga tion difficult and almost impo ble in the Winter season. The proximity of the entrance to the magnetic pole also causes the compass needle to hecome unreliable. The only good harbor is n Bay used Hippocrates, the famous Greek | Q. When was the chemical element fluorina discovered?—W. L. A- Fluorine was known or sug gested us being an element as early as 1725, but was first actually isolated b; Henri Moisson, June 1886, It stituies about 0.09 per cent of lithosphere of the whole earth. Q. What is the plural of the word goose, meaning the article used by tailor to shape the shoulder of a ¢ —I. E. D A. The implements are gooses. the Q. What kind of a plant is lovage —T. V. A. Common lovage is a native o southern Europe, and is sometime used as a salad plant. It has a strong and peculiar odor. Its aromatic, acrid and stimulant roots and seeds are used In confectionery und medicine. Q. Why do rattlesnakes rattle? B. E. B. A. The vibrating of the snake's tafl was a common characteristic of most snakes before the rattlesnake evolved from the common ancestral stock of Pit Vipers. The habit of vibrating the tip of the tail at a high rate of speed 1s belleved to be an es nervous force brought ab mediate conditions Q. How does tuberculosis of cattie affect the cattle indus y?—T. B. N A. Loss from tuberculosis is one of the heaviest taxes imposed upor the livestock industry of today. An annual loss of $40,000,000 is estimated, Q. Please describe the recent exper! s which have been conducted t the vitality of Jelly-fish. H A. Messrs. de Beer and Huxl conducted a series of experiment the vi of the felly-fish. T found t the imon_ § Aurelia aurita, could without food in a lat for as m expense of . living_at tissues. Dur bell began and the gastro-vascular 3 up. The bell continued its pu until an advanced stage of the process had been reach Why was Vespue pucel in h It was first n world t Q. What mea of the Magi?—> A. Casper, whi Balthasar, lord Q. Did the pl I n. sishop of Lon Q. What can be cakes from sticki J. E France, Relgiun Czechoslovakia ar Q. Which Richmond, V A. The ho the Museun building in I Fin which now serve Poeana is the c hmond. There is no room for ignorance in t} busy world. The person whe ix the one who guesses. The who gets on is aliways the acts upon information paper employs F ric J. Has to conduct an information burcau in Washington for the fr of th public. no ck cents in for return Write to him today for any facts 1 desire. Address The Evening Star I formation Rureau, Frederic J. Haskin, perse his use roe at Fort Churchill. director, Washington, D Light Col. George Harve slon of pessimistic views about the industrial and financial situation in Great Britain, and his contention that America’'s war debt settlements dis criminate against Britaln failed to excite the American public. “Now, the British would like ver much to have their debt reduced, observes the Evansville Courier. “They have always thought tha evervthing considered. it was unfa to hold them for all the prin and most of the accrued interest on their war horrowings. But will they ask for a debt reduction? Not while the Bank of England stands. Their pride rises up and chok their utter- ance at the very suggestion, especial- 1y from their chief creditor, that they are not able tc pay. Industry and trade over there may be in a bad /. but they'll show the condemned Yanks whether they can pay or not! Yet the suggestion, in the opinion of the Morgantown New Dominion, Is one that the United States Govern ment may find it desirable to consider sooner or later. *“As matters stand,” continues the Morgantown paper, “the situation is a_bit embarrassing for | the American Debt Funding Commis- sion and for its congr Al maste The commission, doubtless moved thereto by Congress, declared, on mak- ing the British settlement, that it would treat all debtors alfke. It has abandomed that policy as far as spe- cific terms go, leaving Britain at a dis- advantage. Its new policy is to settle }for whatever it considers the debtors able to pay. Now, treating debtors alike would mean, logically, the e fon of this policy to Great Brit- vein comment has greeted recent expres- * kX X inevitable question has_been the Dayton Daily News, , if the view prevails in America that Britain is tending to- ward an era of less productivity, bet- ter terms of settlement were granted to Belgium and Italy. The question, however, should cause no concern in this country if it proves to be true that England has passed through the worst of the depression, as now seems to be indicated.” Cause for laughter is found by the Arkansas Democrat in_talk of England defaulting her could not have surpassed,” yet tales that are true about “many a Yankee viking within the memory of living man.” The story as a whole moves fast, much faster than we are moving here. As a matter of fact, we are held by the substance and the manner of the very outset of this matter. Throughout “Our Naval Heritage" sustains a pic- turesque and dramatic portrayal. Here are the sailings of many a great explorer—Columbus, Magellan, Cook, Bering and many later ones than these. The story covers the building of our Navy, its growth, its achieve. ments in both war and peace, its pres. ent status, its promise for the years to come. It closes with the “Place of a Naval Air Force” and a discussion of the dirigible. But, whatever the topic, the treatment is invariably the same. The writer pushes forward over and over again that behind any work of man Is man himself. Indeed, the work s man, adapting himself debts. “With her seas, ports, soils and her 40,000,000 people, among them leaders in scores of flelds of modern actlvity,” says the Democrat, England will stage a comeback which will sur- prise some of the alarmists of today. She may not catch up with the United Statés, but one thing is certain—she will be close on our heels.” “When all is sald and done,” the Watertown Daily Times remarks, “there is something about the Eng- lish people which will cause them to muddle through. One thing that will be responsible for it is the high sense with increasing skill and facility to the material medium with which he is associated and in large part identified. In this particular case, it is sea craft and sailings, projected from their be- ginnings to the present. A wonderful story—epic and dramatic, simple and plain as every,fem. story must be. Britain Muddling Through, Despite Harvey, U. S. View of honor which is one of the fe s Zoing naticnal obl kes debt that is one of the f a sound business his w se he sion of the ! for even for the obvious in mind of moving settlement as moved some exceedi rejoinders from British puhlicists. who probably take Col. Harvey more serfously than he deserves, and think he still wields an officfal pen and has the power to make anothes President He will find that his lamenta will not enhance his credit in the country houses of England he used t¢ . the Columbus Evening Dis patch s inclined to believe that C were not in keepi tion as a former envoy that country. in gloomy minded Englishmen have talked in About the same strain as the ex ador to the Court of says the DI < verage Priton could pass by witl :nmoys\[u any domestic doubter of the empire’s stability; but for an ex-An bassador from a fi talk that way, his own country to ex \ something very different. * ok ok % “Should [-‘.nl:m.r.dl in." nq\-lixew . daily Leader, “i ey al!T(‘Cllv the United States. which needs the collaboration of Great Britain in the age that is (.\_'x\\ ing.” But in the judgment of the Leader, “While England may solve her problems, she will undoubtediy have to strain her mnerves and her brains to the utmost to overcome the forces that threatem her su prema However, adds the Jack son_Citizen Patriot. Britishers arc ving traditional courage,” anc showing tradl evter feeling in_the whila the Jackson paper s as stating is shown in gistinct I any trades. M rhe Shreveport Times is amused by the Incident: “And now England—or a portion of the British press—is Te- ported incensed because the well known Mr. George Harvey intimated that Britain’s day was not too slowly approaching its sunset. England has always made merry over the fact that we Americans are so sensitive to for- eign criticism. Now, E nd, it seems, i S t too. one glad to know that the the goose is similar fo that which i used for the gander.” As to Britain’s economic condit he Miami Daily News suggests that “full recovery will no doubt take u long, hard pull, but in the light of English history it is not difficult to take the optimistic view."