Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1926, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY....January 14, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office and Pennesiy ast 4ind St. ~r Building zent St London, unday morm- iy oy, Ter month: daily only. Cinday only. 20 centd may ke sent By mail or 0" “Cotlection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally ang s <0.00: 1 mo. Dy Sl 135 Sh00 1 mo Sunday only 131, $3.00: 1 mo All Other States and Canada. and Sunday..1sr.$1200:1mo 1 only i Ye TSR 00 1 mos Sunday oniy | 1yr. $1.00:1mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Assortated Preas o the ue for repubi Pat hes oredited to it or not otherwise cred. ited in this paner and nlsa the local news Dublished hereln. Al ri ef, ond of special dispatches herein are also reserved < pxelnelvels e ation of all news dis Tconoclasts. Tn a spirit of lconoclasm a speaker at a banquet in this city the other night, guest of a patriotic organiza tion founded to perpetuate the mem- ory and to cherish the ideals of the bullders of this Nat spoke in ribald deroration of the first President of the United States, stressing scandals that have been long current in whis pers, charging peccadillos that are of douhtful anthenticity, smearing his reputation as a man and as a patriot. This speech was a gratuitous insult to the organization, to its other guests and to the American people who cher- ish the name of George Washington. Tt was a manifestation of a destruc- tive spirit. That same spirit prevails on the part of a certain number and class of people who are tntent upon breaking down all ideals. It {s manifested in various ways. Recently a student at the university in this city which bears the name of George Washington, in a publication supposedly devoted to the welfare of that institution, grossly libeled the memory of the first Presi- dert, retalling a tale of immorality that should never he repeated, re- gardless of the fact that it is wholly without foundation, and e amlv ef- fect of the recital of wmca s to cause the youth of the land to lose their faith in the characters of those who have been set up as standards of righteousnes: Both of these outrageous outbursts of vileness were promptly rebuked. The speaker at the banquet was im- mediately chided by a member of the organization whose hospitality he had ahused, and the student was expelled from the university. But theespirit of destruction remains. It is still to be fousht, and wherever and however it manifests itself it is to be denounced as a viclously harmful force in our ational life. A Nation’s heroes are its ideals of manhood, its symbols of uprightness 2nd patriotism. They are not merely men. They are types, inspiring guides. As the rs pass they be- come glorified in their significance. Their services are rated the higher as the perspective lengthens. They be- coms as models rather than as men. They stand for the best that is in man. The more they are hallowed the more effective becomes their ex- ample upon posterity. Scoffers sneer at certain “myt! 1ing to the notable personages of istory, vidiculing the tendency of later generations to worship the higher qualities of such men to the exclusion of their temperamental and moral shortcomings. They offer noth- ing in exchange for these defaced ideals when they revile by charge or innuendo men to whom the present generation looks for guldance through example. They are destructive, never constructive in their criticism, their scandal mongering. To those who have publicly and ef fectively rebuked the slanderers of 'hmded for their motor car, the engine of which was still in action. Mr. Hadley's army did not stop to parley or inquire, but opened fire and three of the men fell, the fourth fleeing in the machine, only to be captured a few miles out of town by State police summoned from the nearest city by Mr. Hadley by telephone. Ail the loot was recovered. That was a good, clean job. If there were more men like B. F. Hadley of Hadley, Mich., there would be fewer gang robberies. The thieving frater- nity, depending upon ready guns and speedy motor cars, relies upon the in- attentiveness of the average person. Ordinarily nobody would give heed to them. But the long record of bold robberies in this country, in large cities and in small towns, has aroused 4 new sense of curiosity, and when with that curlosity there is coupled a smart executive ability trouble for the lawbreakers is likely to follow. Score one, at least, for the publica- tion of crime news in the papers. For it was unquestionably the printing of robbery items that evoked in Mr. Had- ley the sense of the unusual and the sinister when the four men from George Washinzton the people of this country owe warm thanks. It Is not only proper, but it {s necessary, promptly to repudiate all such gutter- pourings of evil mindg, Those who engage in these contemptible attempts 10 smirch the fame and to weaken the influence of great Americans should be made to feel the force of public re- pudiation. R The night club is a new institution, which finds difficulty completely convincing the authorities that elec- tric lights have taken ‘the place of moonshine. in ———— There are many subjects for inves: tigation which the U. take up. There never was a time in any government when questions were Dot more abundant than answers. ————————— Mussolini has made black shirts fashionable in Italy. In this country the demand for silk shirts for working people still prevalls. —_—————————— Hadley’s Hunch. Hats off to B. F. Hadley, telephone manager of the little town of that same name In the State of Michigan, who was suflicfently sharp of vision and judgment to suspect the motiyes of four strangers in a motor car. Mr. Uadley evidently reads the pape He knows something about the ways of the modern bandit. So when these four men stopped their car in front of the bank and entered, he had a hunch that they were on a crooked errand. For the bank at Hadley, Miclh., 1s a small affair, like the town. It deals with only a few customers, and those are all well known, resi- dents of the immediate neighborhood. When strangers enter the bank in a squad there is reason to suspect that they are up to something more than borrowing money, changing large bllls, curtailing notes, or getting ref- erences as to the credit of others. So Mr. Hadley quietly did a bit of tele- phoning, rounded up a posse of citi- zens with guns, and awaited develop- ments. Even while he was assem- bling his forces the window shades of the bank were drawn. Soon came the sound of a shot. In a few minutes eut came the strangera on the rum, S. Senate might | Toledo drove up to the bank doors. Here is presented an aspect of crime publicity that changes somewhat the reaction caused in some minds by the constant stream of types which tell of lawbreaking in every form. e One Gone, Another Going. At almost the same time that the new Silver Spring underpass was opened to traffic beneath the railroad tracks, in final elimination of a dan- gerous grade crossing, the District Commissioners gave their approval to 2 bill for the cure of a dangerous crossing in Brookland, at the inter- section of Michigan avenue and the same line of tracks. The former of these lies in Maryland, the latter in the District. Both have for years been extremely dangerous places, and numerous accldents have occurred at them. Now one is gone and if the bill which the Commissfoners have just approved Is passed by Congress, the other will soon be corrected. It is essential that every one of these death traps in and around the Capltal should be cured by carrying the highways over or under the tracks. Whatever the cost, it should be pald by the communities and the railroad companies. Eventually the intersec- tion of tracks and streets or roads will come to be regarded as an abomina- tion. In the laying down of new streets and of new rail lines no grade crossings can be tolerated. The =ew Silver Spring underpass cost $14¢ 090, and required about thir- teen months for construction. Had the work peen undertaken ten years ago it would have cost less and would not have taken so long for comple- tion. Delay in the starting of these corrective works is highly expensive to all who contribute to the payment of the bill. and costs the community in lves. This Béookland crossing is new the worst in the District. It is on a much-uvad highway, leading inte a rapidly developing section. By the time tae bill for the execution of this work is enacted inte law, with all the speed that can be displayed in its consideration, the travel over Michi- gan avenue will have increased, and the risk to life will have become greater. If the viaduct that is pro- posed is built in record time fully a year must elapse before the work s finished and the travel over the safe route begins. The present prayer is that no accident will befall during that period. —————— A jazz composer marries a soclety girl. There is much agitation. Her father refuses to forgive. Forgive what? Jazz is the new bright idea that leads to wealth and distinction! e ———————————— The trial of Wan will require time. The anclent and mysterious civiliza- tion of the Orient, even when brought into contact with modern methods, re- fuses to be hurried. —————————— Philadelphia is apparently willing to grant Smedley Butler the whole-heart- ed compliment of an honorary mem- bership in the Meant Well Club. An Automotive Arcady. Henry Ford now plans to erect, and probably to populate, a village near Sudbury, Mass., which will preserve the “simplicity and quaint beauty of early New England life.” Henry al- ready owns the famous Wayside Inn at Sudbury and is getting more fun out of it than a base ball manager with an outfield that can bat .400. Three hundred persons are to live in Fordville, it is announced, and are to pursue life much in the manndr of early colonial times. In order that their seclusion may be as strict as possible, the village father is to spend the cost of about 1,183 of his new models in rerouting the Boston turn- pike. Plans include not only homes, but sawmills, wool-carding mills, grist- mills, barns and other centers of teem- fng activity in keeping with the at- mosphers of the inn and of the period Henry plans to revive. Even details of the interiors of the homes will be carefully supervised, while ox teams are to draw the hand-hewn timbers. If Mr. Ford should perfectly and consistently perform this job of carry- ing civilization back a century or two, he would probably offer additional evi- dence that the “good old times” are surrounded by a sentimental aura which would 1l bear dispersion. The New England villages of those days were quaint; true, but they were in- sanitary. Their sawmills gave honest employment; their cider mills often undid all the good. In those days every sideboard possessed constantly refilled decanters of New England rum, of whisky and of other stimu- lants. Builders who could not get men to work for them for love or money were known to consummate thelr projects by offering each man a “dram'' for every plank carried and nailed. Will Henry relncarnate the village fathers, the traditional “Board of See- lectmen,” at least one of whom was always against everything? Will there be a village miser, he of the stern foreclosures? Will there be & village idiot or two? Few New England ham- lots are cemplete without these char- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. 'u:ten. and this went for 1776 as strong as for 1826. WIll there be a village bootlegger? Usually there is one—often of French-Canuck extrac- tion, speclalizing in “spirits of high wine” and other simple, yet kicking, potables. Probably Henry will not provide for this character, but he will be there. What will be done about narrow- mindedness and intolerance and igno- rance? Even radlos and Scopes trials have not eliminated them. In other words, the great manufacturer must consider the phrase “the quaint beau- ty and simplicity of early New Eng- land lfe” with a number of strong reservations. His idea is a pretty one and if he can put it over, more power to him. None the less, granted cer- tain physical settings, certain physi- cal and mental characteristics will fol- low. Modern New England villages are by no means little paradises, but they have outlived and outgrown many un- desirable features. Pure ennui is often as potent a cause of evil as any- thing else. In this connection the statement is made in the public press, “Just what the 300 villagers will do for a living has not been revealed.” Relaxation is already arranged for. There will be old-fashioned lancers and quadrilles to dance, old-fashioned fiddlers to listen to, old-fashioned lark ples to munch, and “something” to ride around in. And, of course, the oxen must be fed. Perhaps the an- swer to “What will they do for a liv- " will be “Tourists. Measuring Moonbeams. Now sclence hus set out to measure the “dram” of a moonbeam. The most delicate measuring instrument known, one that is graded to register one four-trillionth of an ounce, is to be used by Columbia University for this purpose in order to test the Einstein theory. That theory requires that gravitational impulses travel at the speed of light, or more than 180,000 miles per second, while other astrono mers hold that gravitational impulses have an Infinite velocity. Several fifteen-pound dictionaries belonging to the office in which this newspaper is published fail to dis- close the meaning of “dram” in this particular connection, but {f it resem- bles in any way the potent “dram’ of our forefathers, it may safely be sald that a moonbeam {is just about the strongest thing there is. A ray from Old Sol has plenty of pep, but the thinner, paler one from her who illumines the night is Nature's orig- inal artistic and efficient spotlight. Let the scientists toil on to find out exactly what a moonbeam will or will not do. Lesser minds already know its miracles; have known them for eons past and will know them for ages in the future. One tenuous beam falling in the right place, whether it be a lover's lips, a child's curly hair, a range of mountains, snow, a sheet of water, a garden, the tip of a deer's antler or a rising fish, can for an in- stant render radiant the universe. Humanity i{s well content with the Pale Goddess’ work, no matter what its dram may be proven to be. Grav- ity may or may not work instan- taneously, Moonbeams do. ————— Vice President Dawes is delicately reminded that while more or less au- tocratic methods have asserted them- selves In the House of Representa- tives, the Senate has never as yet had an out-and-out czar. ——————— There is so much interest in the near future that projects for building monuments to bygone statesmen are in danger of missing their fair share of attention. —————— Anthracite miners and operators cannot agree. The coal consumer's willingness to agree to almost any- thing exerts no conciliatory influence. —_————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The New 0ld. “The old-time songs I like to hear" I heard a gentle soul declare, It was a statement rather queer, As music sounded through the air. I listened and it seemed to me That =all the tunes by dancers prized Revealed the reminiscent glee Of old-time measures ill disgui Public Utterance. “What do you intend to say in your next speech?” “I haven't the faintest idea,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. *“The folks out home seem to want entertainment more than statesmanship. Instead ef making a speech, I think I'll send on a bunch of phonograph records.” Jud Tunkins says bootleg licker costs so much that them who buys it are lucky if they're able to afford shoes. The Dance. “Do you approve of modern danc- ing?” “Certainly,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I have made a study of ancient danc- ing among the Greeks and Romans. Some of it appears very barefaced and improper.” Joyousness. When a coal strike is well under way We strive to be happy and gay. But the human occasion Reveals slight persuasion For careless and mirthful display. And yet, there are things we'll affirm ‘Which now in an ecstasy squirm. Monoxide makes merry And life becomes very Delightful to every old germ! “A cuckoo clock,” sald Uncle Eben, “is one o' dem pleasant an’ comfort- able friends dat never attempts no originality.” Gullets and Gullibility. From the Toledo Blade. Nobody ever choked to death trying to swallow wild rumors. They slip down too easily. The Real Wise Man. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Hats off to the fellow who knows nothing and knews he knews mothingl How do people act in a railroad sta- tion? “Just sit around,” some one is likely to say. But actually people do a great deal more than that when they are walting for their train to come in—or B0 out, as the case may be. Probably almost as much walting is done at Unlon Station, for instance, for those arriving on trains from out of town as for outgoing trains. There is scarcely any other way to account for the flocks of people one sees there. Casually {nspecting the good folk seated on the big benches in the main waling room, it is rather difficult to tell which they are from their ac- tlons. Usually, however, a handbag or sult case settles their status. In the main, there are two general types of waiters—those who just sit and those who wander around. The latter class comprises especially those who divide their time between sitting and walking and the children. Here come two small boys “playing Indian” among the benches. Crouch- ing low, they skulk upon an unseen enemy lurking behind yonder bench. As far as your eye und mine are con- cerned, the seat seems occupied by two elderly gentlemen and two middle- aged ladles, who are in no sense In- dlans, or any relation to our so-called aborigines. To the eyes of the small boys, how- ever, these four travelers are Sloux, or Comanche, or some other such w: riors. Although the lads make no di- rect attack upon their unsuspecting enemies, they indulge in a great deal of skulking, crawling and other scout movements. * ok ok ok What would we not give to cap- ture a bit of the divine unconscious- Aess of childhood! It 1s interesting to recall that when the Bible wishes to describe the qual- ity which was lost through the dis- vbedlence of our first parents, the vne selected 1s this same unconscious- ness, called lack of shame, I believe. Children, like animals, seem totally unconscious of others when they are playing. They will indulge in the m ibsurd actions and the wildest uses of the lImagination, with the most ‘sl'ralshlfor\\'m'd countenances possi le. They will not blink an eve at “pl; ing Indian” in_the Union tion, where the only Indians ever seen J those modern redmen who ann make pllgrimages to the Federal s of government to pay to the Great White I “Talk about the devil and he will uppear”—well, if there do not come two Indians, two real Indians' What do vou know about that? It is for all the world like the melodramas we used to see at the old Academy of Music. “I haven't seen Nellie in 30 years— but here she comes now.” And in came Nellie as the plot required. Now Johnnie and Blilie stand awe- struck, forgetful of thelr make believe, at the sight of the two real articles. They are tall men, with good shoul- ders, lank black hafr, hanging down from five-gallon hats. They have high cheek-bones, dark complexions, etc.— regular Indians in store clothes. Their indifference is much like that of the children. Do_they, too, lack self-consciousness? We will never know ring at them. What a great deal of bunk there has been written, to be sure, about the In- dian When one thinks of the pictures drawn by our own Fennimore Cooper, and then of articles by later writers, calling the Indians every name that could be thought of under heaven, it becomes almost impossible for the average person to know or understand the Indians, lly 1 their respects ther. * ¥ ® Now the two small boys are stand- ing, open mouthed, in the very path of the advancing Indlans. D. €, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 Real tions. And the genulne Americans stare down at the little fellows, one of whom is wearing a pair of “chaps.” You perhaps have heard that In- dians are stolid, unemotional fellows, who never, under any circumstances, smile. Yet these two fellows begin to grin, as they look down, and at last one of them wrinkles his big face into a de clded laugh. Both of them laugh heartily, then stog onward. Well, this is interesting! Let no man tell us, henceforward, that Indians never laugh. We know better. We have both heard and seen them do it. Two “red caps” lean indifferently on the radiators at the end of a long bench. They are keeping watchful eves on the timid lady who wants to be sure of being placed on her train. Oh, the timid travelers! They form a large group of the wait- ers. Everything is done, within son, to make their train connections sure for them, but it {x never enough for these shrinking ones. It never will be enough The more signs flashed on screens, the more bells, the more announce- ments written on blackboards, the more fearful they aro of belng left be- nd. This {s & form of nervousness that 1s not confined to women, but is to be met with—although seldom acknowl- edged—among men who have been traveling for years. Here, too, there classes’ of travelers, those who can catch thefr train with indifference with a bare minute to spare, and those who must be at the station at least an hour before their trafn pulls out. 1t is all & matter of disposition. Cer- tainly those of the former group hive less wear and tear on their nerves— but then, they miss more trains! redmen confront the imita- are » broad * ok x ¥ So the children run arqund, their elders sit and fidget, and the train announcements continue to fiit on and off the screen. Here is a lady who is asking porter a question. He reminds her that she must have a Pullman re vation to get on her train. She has never thought of that! Leaving her bags and bundles in the aisle, ghe trots off to the ticket win dow. At last she comes back “He sald,” she s ‘that 1 don't need to get my ticket until 1 get the train, there is plenty of space Being of some foreign race. here is the way she really said it, “He said dere is blenty of spasce.’” A family approaches Information The latter, an obliging young fellow, is busy with six persons at once, tryinc to tell them just when their trains will connect with the dinky for Cross Roads station. The family lines up—father, mother, daughter with Mary Plekford curls, two small brothers. Information looks up unknown stations, pulls out of his marvelous memory long-forgotten facts, delves into the ways and where fores of Cripple Creek, and makes him self generally useful. The family looks impatient. Daugh- ter tosses her bright curls, and the boys begin to fight each other. that, Johnnie!” impatiently mother. At last their turn comes. Father talks earnestly to Information, and the latter is tremendously interested in his turn. It is all in the night's work. Now, porters bring in tables, long chains hitched to uprights, and plant them In a space in the main waiting room not far from the haggage offic Soon many blue-capped conductors appear, and take their places behind the roped-off space. What are they doing cut here? They work over Pull- man reservations, evidently. This is something new, isn't it? New Inheritance Law Marks Change of Times American comment on Great Br ain's new inheritance law recognizes far-reaching significance in the pass- ing of the ancient rule of male pri- mogeniture, against which Thomas Jefferson fought successfully at the founding of the Amerlcan Republic. “The new policy,” declares the Lin- coln Star, “is likely to have reaching consequences, not the lex of which will be a_material incre: in the production of foodstuffs neces sary to feed the country’s population. The change ought to be a salutary one for the Eritish people. It wiil help to increase the number of home owners and to diminish tepancy. And it will at the same time greatly en- large the agriculutral domain of Great Britain by converting lands formerly used only as hunting pre serves for the nobllity, iInto flelds and pastures for the growing of crops und the raising of live stock.” “England is the last of the Western civilized nations to adopt this re- form,” says the Asbury Park Press, which points out that “the same act abolishes the preference of male chil- dren over female in inheritance,” and that “all the children are regarded as equal before the law, in the division of family property. The Evansville Courler adds that “thus democracy spreads, and economic sex quality becomes established; there is no go- ing back on that road.” * ok k% The relation of this phase of prog- ress to American history is em- phasized by the South Bend Tribune. “Thomas Jefferson,” the Tribune re- calls, “had the courage to stand against primogeniture and entail In the Virginia House of Delegates, taking advanced ground and incur- ring the enmity of many estate own- ers. Hls opposition was, however, the cause of abolition of the law in Virginia, and made it possible for the young republic to begin without a heavy yoke as this rule of law would have been. France long saw that a country having primogeniture could never be really free England alone, among the most powerful and en- lightened nations, retained it.” Jefferson, the Indlanapolis News ex- plains, met strenuous opposition in his own State, where the English tradition was strongly Intrenched. “Equality of opportunity,” continues the News, “Is no vague, meaningless conception of the affairs of men and nations. Without its increasing application there can be no guaranty of the maxi, mum in constructive development, re- gardless of the fleld that is considered. ‘What England is about to do is, in the light of English reverence for the past, revolutionary. Yet the development of that great people and the record of world progress make it wholly logical.” * x k% “Show me that the eldest son can eat more and produce more than all the rest of the family and I will con- cede his right to inherit the entire es- tate of his father,” the Davenport Democrat quotes Jefferson as replying to his critics. The Democrat, com- menting on the result; states: “All other countries but England chucked the idea into the discard long ago. It came up out of feudalism with the purpose of holding together the big landed estates of those days. It suc- cumbs to the new democracy, which offers every one a chance and declines ;o leave too much in the hands of the ‘The Vancouver Sun finds that the incident *foreshortens the perspective of human progress and we touch in Britain hands with our fur-clad ancestors.' for, “in a gres . modern city, surround- ed by the evidences of men's creative genius, it is startling to think of a body of legislators dealing with a cus- tom that barbarous triba! chieftains had adopted in order to preserve the continuity of undisputed family lead- ership and tribal existence. A query as to what effect the British action will have upon Eng- land’s colonial possessions arises in the mind of the Baltimore Sun, for “there will now be fewer younger sons without land at home to live on.” The Sun continues: “One might, indeed, regard the change in the law of succession as a’ suggestion th England admits its era of great co- lonial expansion to be at an end. But hanges are that the real reason for it was a widespread recoznition of the injustice hitherto suffered by the younger children, whose father had not thought to make a will for their protection.” * % % The Duluth Herald believes primo- geniture was one of the foundations of English power, for the disinherited, “with small resources, went into the army, into public life, into trade, into the colonies, and they extended Brit- ish pbwer everywhere.” But the Herald declares that “the new prac- tice, which is better, points toward a real human brotherhood, something better, far better, than rights under an accident of birth.” The changed position of woman under the mnew law _especially im- presses the St. Paul Dispatch, which refers to the old provision that she could not inherit land, unless left to her by will, “if she had any brothers or the sons of brothers.” The Dis- patch continues: “There was a pur- pose in that harsh provision when knights roamed around the country, clad in steel and brandishing swords and lances. Every baron had his land as a gift from the King, on con- dition of rendering military service, and, in turn, had his own retainers, holding land from him on the same terms.” “The old life is passing,’ says the Binghamton Press, “and the conquest of modern commerce is nearly com- plete. Sees Filipino Labor Equal to All Demands Gov. Gen. Wood has no doubt as to the amount of Filipino farm labor available for developing rubber plan- tations in the Philippines. He says In his annual report that Philippine labor is adequate to meet all demands wherever it is well treated and rea- sonably well paid. He alludes to the heavy labor emigration from the over- crowded provinces to Hawall, where approximately 100,000 Filipinocs have gone. He says there has been trouble with Filipino labor only where fair wages were not paid, where housing and health conditions were poor and nQ amusements were provided. This does not refer to American estates h difficulty in getting Filipino labor. The terms they offer are better. For that reason others who are also en- gaged in agriculture in the Philip- pines oppose allowing Americans to get more foothold. When they do it will mean that others will have to adopt & more reasonable attitude toward the men who teil X Americans have never had|into considerable difficulty 1926, THE NORTH WINDOW By Leita Mech “It isn't an easy thing to do,” said ap artlst standing before the work of a fellow painter. He referred to a certain piece of painting, to an un- usual way of doing a thing, but he might have spoken so of any success- ful artistic achievement. It s neve easy, though It may look so, and the moré successful it Is tho easier it 1ooiks. The artist in question in this case was John C. Johansen and the paint ing to which he referred was done by bhis wife, Jean MacLane. A speciul exhibition ‘of the works of these two distinguished artists Is now on view in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Mr Johansen came to Washington to as- sist the director of the Corcoran Gal lery in hanging this exhibit. * * ¥ X Lately Mrs. Johansen has been painting in a new vein, and a number of her works In this exhibition are distinctly unconventional. It is an ef fort, Mr. Johansen explains, to get sway from the present.day custom of naturalistic painting, a custom which has developed in modern times. The way that Mrs. Johansen came to adopt this new style was that af! feasting for many days, perhaps weeks, on the works of the earl Italian painters, she saw an exhibition of modern work in Rome and was shocked by its lameness and its nega tive quality. In her pictures now she endeavors to get as close as possible to the spirit of the early Italfan paint ers, to recreate in her canvases the charm which comes through the ele mental beauty of pure color and fir design. To do this must have inherent instinet for desizn eye for s knowle tructure. is one thing to pose model and paint what of to pro duce the illusion of natu 58, 1t quite another thing to r a vi tmpression « group of figur against the sky, and interpret it in the simplest terms of art so that its beauty is preserved forever. * % x % color It When asked If the early Italian mas ters would not have curried their works farther, making each fragment of the canvas beautiful, complete, Mr. Johan sen assented and said: “But they consummate craftsmen; their art was built on craftsmanship. We still have much to learn.” And there It fsn't an easy thing to do, artist who achieves must give himself or AIf to the study. heart for a lifetime, seeking truth, acquir ng skill, climbing, ever climbing, ward the helght of achievem interesting and how wonderful it is that for hundreds of vears there have been always those who, along differen: paths, have made this steep ascent and made it joyously, not with the idea of wealth. not lured by gold, but with ipreme object of attainment, the t of beauty! ® o o hing to do, M usly demonstrated ave of how some of his own pictures in this exhibition were painted, one in particular—the portrait of Marshal Haig, commission ed by the national art committee 1o the National Gallery of Art, by which it is now lent. This portrait, a large canvas, near v a full length, was painted in the war office in London after many strenuous weeks of work in Paris. It was practically finished; Marshal Halg had been most interested and kind and patient, when suddenly, for some unexplained reason, through a chem- ical reaction, the paint used on the shadow side of the face turned green. There was to have been but one more {tting. What could be done? For two a nd two nights the painter, in agont of mind, walked the streets of London; then he mantully decided to crape out the entire head—take off he paint down to the canvas. With this resolve he went to the war office s in the morning. It was Marshal not to arrive until past 10, and the painter did not intend to let him know of the calam ity—the back of the canvas would be toward the sitter. It was the painter’ hope to repaint the head in cne sit ting. or at least to get it to a state when a second sitting would complate it. But that particular morning the marshal elected to go to his office an hour earlfer than was his habit. and he arrived when the painter, with the canvas flat on the floor, was feveris 1y at work removing the paint the marshal_jocosely remarked later on, removing his head. His friendly greeting filled the painter with hor- ror, and he rose to look him guiltily in the face, explaining what had hap- pened. Marshal Haig, realizing h misery and belng more than a mili- tary man, stepped forwami, took him kindly by the elbows and with a lit- tle shake sal That it isn't an e: unconsc! s Why, you need not have bothered: 1 don’t mind trying again. Tt is all right for me.” Later n he told some one else that he was atly impressed by the painter's courage. his willingness to tear down to the ground and bezin over again, remarking that that was the w: and the only way, ofttimes, that cess was won. this instance. n this portrait of art s se in The head as now seen is a masterly work * ok ok % No, it wasn’'t an easy thing to do, and those who find it so are as a rule those who do it poorly. The great trouble today in art, as in many other things, is that we are all in such a tremendous hurry; life is so short, time Is so precfous, there is =0 much to be done. We hear it said that never before in the history of the world has the workingman had so much leisure, but, after all, is this true? The workingman may not, for dollars and cents, work as many hours a day as he once did, but is he not working still harder in his play hours than in those other hours which he reckons not his own? How few there seem, not merely among the working people, but the leisure classes, who have time to en- joy books, music, art, even comrade- ship! Tt is a sip here and a peck there, and little that is really satisfy- ing to the intellect or the heart. Stokowski once openly objected to a lady in his audience arriving with a bundle in her hand, because he took 1t for granted that she had slipped his orchestral concert in between a shop- ping expedition and, perhaps, the dressmaker’s. Music, he said, to be fully enjoyed, must be heard with a quiet mind. If this were Insisted upon, how small an audience Mr. Stokowsk{ would have! But to a degree he is right. Music and art and books and comradeship can only be fully en- ANSWER (] QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Wasn't “Uucle Tom's Cabin” orig- inally published in a Washington newspaper’—F. F. A. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” peared in 1852 in the famous anti ivery newspaper, the Washington National Era, which was established by Gamaliel Bailey in 1847. first ap- the most the three leading hay ew York, Wisconsin and New York was first with a lit- more than seven million tuns. Q. What are the principal imports of the United States?—R. J. T. A. Sugar cane, raw silk, coffee, crude rubber, news print paper, copper, cotton goods, mineral oll, furs and rmuanufactures of furs, other hides and skins, wool, including mohalr, jute and manufactures of jute, gems, wood pulp, tin, fertilizer, unmanufactured tobacco, vegetable oils, oil seeds, vlen goods, flax and hemp and man actures bhoth, w cotton, fruits, wind silk goods. Who was e s Montgomery Bailey, who Danbury, Conn., News in 1870, for which he wrote humorous sketches of commonplace happenings. the “Danbury News Q. Please tell about the Dead Sea and why it cannot be traveled.—M. A. A. The sea to which you have ceference s the Dead Sea extending ym the Gulf of Akaba to Hermon in which s t body of water on earth, is 1 below the v the Jor ut has no ater being ated that 6.00 into the Dead Sea dail rounded by cliffs and barr ts supposed to b / @ great fault in the earth olcanic origin. Volcanic still occasionally repoi ses of rock, and asphalt asionally thrown up. Its are square miles. It has been n and there are nearby villages, Q. Why was Marie known as The Baker's Wife- M actior Antoinette D. A. “The Baker" and “The Wife” were names popularly given to Louts XVI and Marie Antoinette b use they gave bread to the starving mob at Versailles on October 6, Baker's Q. When did Robert N. Harper en- the banking business in Washing- 7—M. M. H. e organized Ameri n 1903 and_was its pre: seven years. When he sold his t in this institution he organ the private bank of Harper & which was merged with the Dis National in 1909 Q. When wreck?—T. C. A. This wreck, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, occurred December the n was the Terra Cotta Q try W How many homes in this coun- are equipped with radios?—A. H ce the number of now American hemes at 100,000, in Q. Why is the plural verb used with the singular "vou"?—A. R. N. You" was formerly the second n plural, and was used with the al verh in addressing a corresponded to the kingly When the Soviet Minister to Mexico was asked if he were spreading Bol- chevist or communistic propaganda | umong the Mexicans, he responded that he imply learning commu- m there. Mexico has boasted of its great re- forms since its 1917 revolution. It professes to have freed the peons developed Industry. Yet the 1 ates Government finds con- ditions so unsatisfactory that there is imminent danger that it may sever diplomatic Before President Harding would rec- ognize the Obregon government—the constitutional government developed out of the 1917 revolution—he ap- pointed a commission to confer with representatives of Mexico for the pur. pose of securing Amerfcan property rights under its constituttion. Mexico agreed that in case any propertv be longing to Americans should be ex propriated, it should be paid for in gold, vet, in violation of that agree- ment, many American holdings have been taken without se ~ her in bonds or mone; It was one of the fundamental prin- les of the revolution that the gov- nment would expropriate the great estates and divide them into small | farms, to be sold on long time to the | peons. The original owners were to | be conpensated in government bonds | on the basis of a price 10 per cent above the valuation put upon the land by its owners for purposes of taxatlor It is now reported that while vast acreage has thus been seized, no such bonds have yvet been issued, and the owners have been robbed until a fu- ture when enough political influence can force the bonds. The situation is complicated by the fact that there are three distinct and conflicting authori- tles controlling the land: An agrarian commission appointed for each state by the federal government, the federal | government department officlals and the several state officials. If an owner feels aggrieved he mav appeal to the courts, but there his case may lie for years while he fs deprived of all use of his property and recelves no compensation. This situation 1is espectally severe upoh aliens who lose their property and must face nationalistic prejudice in seeking their rights. The law now stipulates that no alien may aequire land without first walving all rights to diplomatic interference in case of any dispute between him and the gov- ernment. American holdings In Mexico are estimated to amount to from $1.300.- 000,000 to $1.500,000,000, covering oil, gas, mines and agricultural land and prior to our recognition of the new government—that titles held prior to joyed as the fruits of leisure, not glimpsed on the road in passing. Great pictures must be lived with to yleld their full measure of delight. The artists who give us so much to- day and who spend themselves so gen- erously in the giving have a right to ask more than thev get, not in orders or sales, but in quiet, well considered attention. What are they trying to do? What are their aims, their view- points? It is not praise they ask, but sympathetlc understanding. It isn't an easy thing to do, therefore they have at least a right to respectful consideration. Old Indian Names. From the Sacramento Union. The Oregon Historical Society ran when it started out to supplant common names like Riverview and Smithtown with old Indian names peculiar to the tribes which once inhabited Oregon. It en- countered such words as “Shikeldap- tikh,” “Hliluseltshlikh,” “Chalaitgelit,” “Nayakkhachikh,” “Shageth,” “Tsap- khadidlit” and “Waginkhak.” Then it decided upon a change of plans. B the revolution should never be jeop- ardized—it is charged that, under communistic influence, the new laws do endanger all property. It is for the protection of American ciltzens that the State Department has vigor- and. in spite of the agreement made | Is called a plural of courtesy, but 1= now in common use. Q. What is straw bail?-M. D. T. A. Straw bafl signifies buil offersd by Persons not possessing the neces- sary property qualific ing to sw th them. Q. Has the ever granted A. The ar that divorce?—C. E. P, outh Carolina has not lexaliz: orce, nor has & 4 cree of divorce been granted In the State of South Carolina since ita for mation. Q. What . v s the value of farms in New York e?—I. N. T. A. The York te College of Agriculture says the value of New York farm mated &t nes 000,000,0: ew Pittl and re now Palazzo hi ar 0 contains one of the chief art coliections of the world. It was founded in the fifteenth century. The River Arno separates the two palaces, which are connected by a covered gal ery over the Pontl Vecchio Can a son we her by the Q ned officer ribhon of ¢ ribbon the ie, with a blue ark of distinction. att: son s cer English judge rule that one w a circumstance were equa H. A A. In the trial of Algernon friend of Willia xecuted for tak plot. s House required tiwr sta had seript nd is not a fa Q. Whom -P. V. A. He never otedly attached to hi mother. did Corot, married, but sister Ask Uncle Sam about it through t Washington Information Bureau of The Evening Star. All knowledge ths Government is gaining through search and investigation is availadls to you. Don’t hesitate to make your wants known. A f-cent stamp hring you the information you n service is for all readers of Th pening Star and s med to he helpful ta all who avail them it. An cffective clearing house b the Government and the people aid you, and help is yours for ! asking. Address your wants to T Evening Ktar Information Burca Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wa. ington, D. C. desi taree. protect capital that has proper aj reciation of its responsibilities n the ground o labor leaders. called a “Labor Labor an t labor ha overnm G were suppose are scarcely recognized The land has been largely over by the to have fa exploiters who the o ials, w0 are politic nto th Brip 3 n helping the in y the in take a lien « peon to b the land in payment * o % % For four centuries, the Tndlans « Mexico have been enslaved and ploited. Under the laws both pr to the resolution and since, a pea 0 who owed his employer bou 0 remain upon the es labor for the owner until the was paid. As the owner kept the ac eeded in nin peon mever exps counts or otherv bt it that i servers of peo on of s Mexican social Eighty per cent of the peons are absolutely fliterate. They ow: tools, hence the bare land fs use; to them until th by incumbering the land as soon they get it. The usual pay of a farr laborer is 12 cents a day plus a smal measure of corn, which they cri for tortillos, their “daily bread. President Calles elf was bor fulness of character > pinnacle of pow after serving ate of Sonora Obregon and Carranza armies method of enforc authority Is we illustrated by his record in connection with prohibition in Sonora. He ex plained it to an interviewer by sa: ing: "] passed a prohibition law. Then with dvnamite I blew up or with fire I destroyed all breweries and disti) lerfes. When some men tried (o smuggle liquor across the American boundary, I had_them arrested and next morning they were all shot That ended the liquor traffic ¥ would have iess trouble with prohih! tion in Amerfca with a little mers executive firmness." President Calles has the Lenin of Mexico. In 1916 he was in command of 16,000 troops upon the Arizona bor der, ready, when the word wonld coma from President Obregon that the Ger been ca ously protested. and even intimated the probable severance of diplomatic relations unless the treaty provisions are adhered to. E N In & magazine article, written by President Calles within the last three months, the president said: “At present. México, probably, po- tentially, the richest land on earth for its size, needs and welcomes the entry of foreign capital. Tt will fully protect all capital that is willing to obey the nation’s laws. These laws | are not drastic nor confiscatory as some persons. hostile to our purposes, continue to allege. The laws do alm to make sure that the worker is not unconsciously exploited as formerly, and that he receives a just proportion of the fruits of his labor. These principles are fundamental with us, and no power on earth can Induce us to change or modify them. We know that these very laws, if properly ap- lied, not ogz do not damage, but | crop now man plot was ripe, to march into Arizona for the retaking of the Amert can “Alsace-Lorraine”—Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, perhaps also Cali- fornia—which was all to be returned to Mexico, as shown by the Zimmer- man letter captured and published in the United States. Under the Communist policies, such typically rich regions as the State of Morelos have lost prosperity and population. In 1910 Morelos had a ation of 175.000: fedav, 90000 making 50,000 tons of white in 16910° todav Her v s one-tenth what it av aged before the rev tion. .Both the peons and inc are said to be resiive and the policy of the new dictator of Greece, President Calles is looking more to the strength of arms than to popular support. With a total population of 15,000,000, the last election polied only 50,000 votes. (Copyright. 1936, by Paul V. Collings none. striaii