Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1926, Page 6

6 THE EVENING THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. ASHINGTON, D. C. ‘I'FIDAY. ....January 13, 1926 IFODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company <5 Office 110 East 42nd St. Fower Building 14 Regent St.. London, ‘England. 11th st New York Office 1cago Office n Office: s morn- with the Sundas morn. v only. The Evening St edition. s delivered by carriert ity at’ 60 cents per month y only. ents per month: Sunday only, =0 f7rch ronth. Orders may he sent by e Mat S080T “Follection 15 made bY r at the end of each month. Rate hy Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and \'lrglnis‘. e o an0n: 1 me. The 173800 1mel A0 1 yr.. $3.00, 1 mo.. =5¢ All Other States and Canada. undas. 1 mo.. 8100 her of the Associated Press. <ociated Press is exclunvels entitled e, 1or TepuBROation of &0k iee ored: Tow the Tocal news B rEnte oF nuimeation Cutting It Pretty Fine. the Deme. that re disposed to de tion and final action on bill, now pend- and that they are under pressure’ to drep their 5 the House measure, leading Demerratic members of the commit- hive declared that they will con- ight to secure amendments, they countenance that will enact: ment in fuli season for effect upon this They these it that will not ahv Adey prevent 1 tax collsc warmth. are * which are that put forth seekinz to of interes the House bill passed precise stands, without any amend. ssure” rather complex situation af dispositio it is 1 to sior Simmons carly in the taking the Pebruary 10 may weeks for in all be- his lehate prope date for ote that three weeks 1t e named, allowinz onference Oug! ill be no cccasion ind al rebates or re- be sim ome advan Senate action unds caleu Vified :tions be of hat if the pro: Febru. 1 “taint dly adopted < that will be e caze of a man who with his income But consider ven now returr who wants zot rid of a trou n He now be hanzed, whatever the rates and ex- mptions may prove to be. Then he 'ust write down his exemption: or the present law. and on a heet he must write them down und; he House bill, if he can remembe em in that form. or can get a cop: . #% measure—and then understand hat it means. He must then closely ollow the Senute procedure, and write third set of figures to accord with he shifting f committee and while the bill is vatch with 1 hanges a e bill emerzes put on i tinal on 1 seass cannet in the Senate. Then in conference he must discernment the Finally, when n conference and he must give it ig out the the his sen reporte puss once over sential facts—: and perl n ks, despite t-surance of return 1t lool Senator Simmons® ¢ there early actio ocrats can zive it, vill be a record volume of las e De minute neome tax return wi nd an un the along repor revi wecedented of Mare ar passage i ivanced srtnight tlood of s to slectors interna hout Perhaps the y the Senate might be ek or Surely a liscussion uffice a w two. of n the Senate. n studying the gayeties of nations 0! inta 2conomic being an im on that Greemwich Village is set- nz the social pace for the U. S influences rope is in misled e Gov. Smith’s Political Future. teaders On the occasion semblin- Democratie party of Ne vk State for the purpose of electinz v Gov has an unced that he will retire to private end of his present term While did not surprise, for the zovernor's de 10 zet back into busine: ible ear hence this as soon was well known, it has led to much speculation the result of his v i active political labo still think, it I never to hdrawal <. Some of 1o leaders U they can out” of h did rention to hey so when the presi induced him rship Hently Rut now he he as his declavation that will nor nor didate iuncement zoes 1928 ar s not extend sideney for ia cven wi the Lvernor's 1 stang an party ' in a difficoity nz much concern Jossibie The nar candidates are alveas canvassed. The newls appoin Greater inzhlin v few pulice York entioned. pnissioner \ e pit Others are beinz n a well pidly to noti Auy ield will he ) ibilities.” letinite followinz and enth of Gov. th. It leok held fe s affair. oectpied : tirone o the i ppOrt as if 1 non tinz of the 1 he o hence lively any timitation Znificance in Gov of his office | months that | rccompanied by | handed per- | unes of the bill in | daily date | i= reported. | had ! STAR. WASHINGTON. ship and the senatorship? That ques-| him who thought English sparrows IS BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. tion has occurred already to some for- ward-looking Democrats who are in- tent upen the chances for 1328. Re- cently a veritable Smith campaign was inaugurated by his own appear- ance before the Cook County. Democ- racy at Chicago, shortly followed by a speech at Atlanta by Mayor-desig- nate Walker, who sought to ‘‘sell” Tammany to the Southland. Unless those were merely idle gestures—and Gov. Smith makes none—they meant that the Empire State will at the next Democratic rodeo present its favorite son as the ideal standard bearer for the party in the presidential contest. Unless and until Gov. Smith says dis- { tinctly and positively that in ne cir- cumstances will he permit his name to be presented teo the convention in 1928 it will be expected that “The Sidewalks of New York™ will again resound as the battle hymn of the Democracy o The Real Hard Coal Monopoly. Pennsylvania's Legislature is in ex ra session. considering several mat- ters of moment, the most urgent of which relates to the anthracite strike, which has now lasted five and a half and has cost the State an enormous sum of money and placed jPerhaps a quarter of a million people. miners and their families, in danger of destitution, besides depriving many { millions of people throughout the | Bastern States of their accustomed { Winter fuel One of the measures hearing on the 1 strike. which the Senate committee on mines has just reported | favorably, reveals the true cause of the strike and Its prolongation. 1'nder the existing law no miner, regardless of his experience elsewhere, can he licensed to cut anthracite unless and | unti! he has spent twe vears as an | underground worker in a Pennsyl-| vania hard coal mine. The pending | mea would admit to license all| miners, irrespective of their Pennsyl- | vania experience, who may | ¢ pass an examination The present law establic in the hard coal field. For svstem that prevails there, t union rules. no man can “eut he certified | miner.” And no coal can be mined { unless it is cut by such a miner. The pick-and-shovel men, who gather up the coal and load it into cars under ound, cannot drill a hole or fire Not a pound of coal can he to the surface nnless fi has “knocked down’ certified | success | | es A union 1onopoly under the {under st coal” unless a taken | been im hy a | union monopoly thus has ‘he jsanction of law. Strike breaking he- | comes illegal, because all the certified | miners are union men. and none but | union men can under the present prac tice zet certificates. The pending hill | proposes to break this monopoly and ! permit any qualified miner. who can | Pass un examination, the workinzs and knock for | delivery to the surface. | 1t is indlcated that the hill has small chance of passage, owing to the fact that it is charged with political dyna ™ Its enactment would probably arouse the resentment of every union worker in the State. But the fact !that the Senate committee has ziven | i*s approval may indicate that the desperate situation is recognized as | | requiring 4 desperate remedy, and! |perhaps the political party which | dominates in the Legislature will con- | sider a measure,” and of consequences at election it throuzh to enactment. A New Little Falls Bridge. The District Commissioners in 4 re the chairman of House committee recommend the of the bill authorizing t cement of Chain Bridze by hat and stronger crowth of traffic across has been remarkable. The conversion | of the Georzetown.Leesburz turnpike into an automobile road con i necting with network of roads throuzh a larze section country { where population | has to down enrey coal te it as a “‘war re zardless time, put yport 1o the District ni ane | The the old bridze i hetter cient of i€ fast iner Bridze, inz Chain or “ihe Little Falls volume and weight of traffic not contemplated by | engineers and builders of the hridge the 70s. The bridge is also part of a route much nsed by Washingto nians motori the West and in part of Virginia The Commis. , the bill for Little Falls, point reasons for a new bridge and that i= probable the not distant future that travel | over the proposed bridge will he mare | national than local in charvacter, and | it believed that the provision jconstruct this bridge with United | ! States funds is equitable and desira ble. There has been long delay in| | replacing Chain Bridge, but there is {4 steady zrowth of opinion that the | present .bridze has outlived its use- | fulness, and it seems reasonable to | believe that there will soon be a pew the Potomac Little | | bridze at ' a | in | 1 | reachinzg a large <outh of the Potomac. sioners. in approving vidge at known { modern | out wen ! say i is to! | bridze acra at P’hotozraphs of Gen. Pershinzg make | nolders desirable, introduced it into this coun. | try. Like the Chinese coolie. it rnr‘l survive where others perish and can| help those others perish. It can al-| most do without oxygen and can eat | anything, but its favorite diet is the spawn of more desirable species. Lakes in the East and in the West have been ruined by its introduction The tidal basin here in Washington, which Commissioner of FKisheries O'Malley wants to make Info an in- comparable municipal angling ground, is full of carp. A highly important item In the program is the elimina- tion of these piscine hogs and by the installation of screens the prevention of their re-entry. Then bass will be planted in plenty. It is to help elimi- nate such fish as these that Washing. ton anglers were asked to contribute through The Star the $2,000 needed and unavallable from appropriations. So far they have parted with $550. The Joint Welfare Service, appyeciat ing the advantages of the O'Malley plan, contributed $1,000. Did the lo. cal anglers. encouraged, raise the re maining $450? Not so one could no- tica It and Spring. the season when the Bureau of Fisheries wants to do the job, Is not far away. By keeping their dollars and half-dollars safe in their pocketbooks the local angling | (raternity is giving the carp a good time, anyhow. Burglary Insurance Too Risky. One of the largest corporations in | the bonding and insurance field of ! New York has announced that under writing burglary policies in the met- ropolitan area is too risky, and that it will withdraw resources from that field and devote the maney to hondi. The company has lost a great deal of money lately in the payment of poli- cies against theft. Officials acknowl- edge that these losses are partly due to the increase of crime in the metro. politan area and part!v the result of the “zenerally inferior type of policy holder’” encountered there outside of the arca, they declare, are far less likely to fake burglaries than those within it Which raises a decidedly ing question hetween the fraternity of thieves the mercantile community But here comes an even more inter esting aspect of the case. One of the officials of the corporation. in explain. ing the new move, said that there js more in bendinz individnals even than there is insurinz persons against Policy metropolitan interest regardinz the relations and money burglars now in burzlaries {1t it is finallv decided that the burgiar on bail Is a better risk than mabile in age the company switch availeble funds 10 that nse So the spectacle is offered of an in surance corporation preferri B an anto. will iled burglars ta the insuring of mer chants against those same hurz i It would appear that in the judgment of the company officials the b are real ha | chants more honest 1 the mer whom prev. At least, that i one way of looking at jt. And another that burglary ins hone: upon they way s whether Iy taken lence of hurzlary rance is ©ui or not, the prev zreat underwritinz Which is upon is 100 to continued 1 siEnificant tate of commentars the civilization day. ——— Anthracite and have prolonged the conver extent which d of thai ol e miners nperators sation th: the zeneral tnoan nidience ind secures only the applause of the pneumonia zerm .- tha sstme available the precedence to senatorial aiteniion auestion h win becomes ane of miid oy riosity Tax-reduction wonld, of course. he o prompt in meetinz debt as 1he B LA taxpaver. — SHOOTING STARS. NDE Going On As When some one else Why hurry? When some one else is Wiy 'ntil for faults which are my awn RY PHILA JOHNSON is muleish anlish worry I've no o ion to atone. shall leave other Why worry? folks alone, If ragtime dancers shiver And senrry ris their Why worry? i Knees nnkiver There never vel was known i rhyme time When satirists in prose ar 1 some “wave of erime. worry Good Audience. “What will stituents when vou zet Nothinz.” replied Sort | shum. “A true statesman avoids an | cffort 1o tell anybody anvthinz. when ho is suppesed to he absorhinz wis dom from the people.” you say te vemr con home” Senator i No Reciproc The naffic cop doth tell me where frank disclosure of gathering lines Peace-making in | America has its anxieties as well as France. ————— desirable, of care. war-making in | is but the is suspected of Keepinz cool Januaty thermemeter {overdoing 11, - Soused to the Gills. Liquor-soaked and inebriated carp ommanded faney prices in Berlin re : according ta an Associated ! press dispatch from the German capi Thieves had entered a delicates tiated their own appe then poured all the liquor info ntaining a larze number of Did fish die? They did When the proprietor opened up & they Iv. in fact sh which obably it could survive concoetions which prohi sition has it to this country. It sarently, cope with anythinz. was a bitter day for good, clean, me and toothsome American fishea perhap v of store, ailable ank carp. ihese not nest mornir H‘H'w hard cannot kil he terrible -a It e ane 1 South | a were all swimming liquor | to o 1 answer him in aceents sweet and low puhlic zond {1 2o where he divects for | 1e doth <hould not zo where | snzzest he Jud Tunkins Aancers are all right old-fashioned people—bu! there . aren’t eno ‘em to make the dances popular. savs old-fashioned | for { = Terminology. Why they wotleg licker' “I dunno,” answered Uncle Bill Bot { tletop. “T always have thouzht shoe ‘licker’ would be more ate.” ao use the expression ‘zum appro jor Bituminous Sootabilit) cleanliness we prize indeed; And as we grope, With every lump of coal we need A cake of soap. i W, Tips. | “Imasination is a ivonderful thinz.” lsaid- Uncle Eben. “It’s what makes vou think a no ‘count tip on a hoss race iz entitled to as much thanks as | against |a | that one who b The problem of the radio announcer has been receiving a great deal of at tention recently. Not long ago the radio page of this newspaper carried an interesting article anent announcers, compiled from letters written the Government by those who listen in throughout the United States. The Radio Broadcast Magazine has had a capable discussion of this problem. the writer of their article asking. broadly, “What does the an nouncer do. anyway. that he should receive so much publicity? - The whole trend of public opinion as to radio broadcasting in general is away from the now ancient attitude, that the listener ought to accept any- thing with deep gratitude, and under no circumstances ought to criticize; and is toward the sensible viswpoint, that those Who are in the broadcasting business are subject to the same favor able and unfavorable criticlsm that we all have to meet. This is as it should be. Those who are “on the air” are there primarily as a business venture. Those who listen in have paid, and paid well. and will continue to pay, throngh their purchase of sets, bat- teries, tubes, parts, etc.. for all they have received and all they will re- ceive This attitude mitigates in no sense the fact that the listener is nrejudiced in favor of the stations, and would much rather pralse than con demn. He wants fo like what he hears. and is only too willing to he satisfied Sometimes. however. he is not. orow o requisite of a zond statfon announcer s termed a good radio The prime hroadeasting what may voice This he it mav he added essential for any ane who essavs tn peak or sing over radio. In a broad sense, tan. it covers instrumental Sroups. for each orzanization has i1s composite “voice,” as far as broad 1ing i= concerned The annonncer. however. is in par- ticular need of a voice that sounds agreeihle hroadeast, for he (s on the air” so much during a pro- gram. His veice is heard in the pr liminary station nouncement, talks hoth before and after every number (in most cases) often mekes little impromptu speeches as the evenins wanes The writer of this column h heen interested in the speakine voice especially that quality U which fs known as “timhre.” a term more com- monly applied to the sinzing veice hut which fits the speaking tones : well The “timbre auality which enjoyment t he ach and ot a makes the list Md reccive vadin ners do voice s or agatnst Over radio trention n for this she B Shiial ent the List nothing kno! ex- o1 see the speaker asp him the If the K new of the annauncer recabla volee i1 will ener, and Bt itfect The The if Agree <ime twe soris of the dis: 22 ) the telephone telenhore It friends voices (the srecahle and met with Some nooy oanes blaisure some over the it 1 nt pleasant sten tn the voice of athers A harsh, di terly <ome conversation thit is a zreeanle sumethinz ut- telephone ruins voices for The theorie: zovern this matter rre essarily known by the lisiener, he may realize that he not like the voice, We rv of the thin the We. as listeners pleie that ikes know « Hore is 1) SR o FRIDAY, Every announcer, then, nught to have his voice tested for tone quality before he is allowed to assume the ra- sponsibilities of the job. If he “comes over” with a grate, a rasp or a gargle, he ought to he given some other position, no matter how much he knows about music or how well he likes the sound of his own volce. If an announcer knows all music from Palestrina to Berlin, and has not a smooth, pleasant voice, he has nothing. He may know how many symphonies Beethoven wrote and be filled with anecdotes about the great musicians, but if he has a disagree- able habit of suddenly blurting inte the microphone, he should he sternly withdrawn. It he forgets that he i= merely a sort of audible printed program, and insists on regaling ns with “inside stuff”” that does not interest us a hit, he should be made to walk the plank He ought to be tested for normal pronunciations. If he finds it necessary to plead Wwith hearers to send letters of con- sratulation to performers, he should be regarded with $eep suspicion And if he continues to tell ns, after every number, how much we have en- joyed it, then truly he should be “given the air"—hut strictly in the old slang meaning, not in the hroad- cast one. Do you remember the old wax phonograph records, each melody pre- eded by a voice that said: ‘Ed-i-son record! The ballet music from ‘William T played by the Um-tee.-Um Band. Well, modern radio hroadcasting i< the main and | station announcers have alwavs re- minded me of that unknown gentle man who performed hefore the hand 2ot under way. > I wonld be interesting and navel if some station would put an nouncerless program on the air some evening. Let the hurd-working fellow have a rest, and permit the perform e1s 10 take the jnsi as they without one plea in their behalf lence—then the music of a piano thea a voice. Silence—then a ta'k (oL over 5 minutes). Silence —then dance orchesira. I do not say would like it. but simply submit that the thing would he an interesting ex periment. if nothinz more Probably we z0 back announcers with more appreciation ot hetr work. and mor 4 for handlinz of a difficult 1ask The ideal announcer. it we iz a cultured man with nleasant veice. who mukes his an nouncements brief a< consistent with the ziving of preper information anc who knows when in aui The man who knows when talking! te Most thei amr are would ve heir d seer smooth tn stop is vonderfnl hear the sound one cannot when he t lis when he for hours uncer indeed « men like 1 own voices Rotly Blame oo long, or waves the fla preacher politician and the broadeast necessary rours atat who taik e, or finds 1 and talk- A year ago were presented dcasting end Roxy » much miny Mienced R chatter, ann n this colt some views on n which o was orificized for The wri that mn radio llin a he NS dow the is that nouncements are mich more €d than formerly. und more pleasin s not the trmth what any honest 1 likely to be " people, and tha View, if true. will prey with the in zeneral nd the. announes his plice. S them —have for v . what aid o hi resira nsequentl Simply chis man thinks thas dio i i an. nonncers new thinz Slow tindin of me Crown Prince Carol Gives World a Lot to Talk About I'rin man with ordinary it winz Bniletin least sare sl in ren W at there ave without tk than ever nistory f a continent, v uled by one.” £ Hitle more than transitory intey the Kansas City Journal add se “the world in =zeneral will may little heed to the prinee heautifil Zyziz Lambrino, the winnate princess, and in s little 1ime hoth the Epicurean and politically s ool toil will think them.” his rizhts, savs the i Irinee mpany Kinzs and princes in the Europe of 1o- hefore in the turbulent ones royalty The dram: the mined conse e of appears 1 the Pittsh at any one kinzdom must impelled hy i <tible impulses. It is true. as s rule, 1S @ claim on a throne with a tizht zrin, but it shonld be noted that being o king in thisx day the joh it used to be 1t is intimated that Carol may come 0 America and enter the mov n wddition, he is said to be skilled motor me Perhaps there wonld e a job for him in Detroit." he W Telegram. citing the further tion that the prince Dy engage in the aviation business, remarks: “That business is not vel thoroughly stabilized, but it is ver likely on a Dasis ax sound as the k business, with possibilities of ing as rewarding the automobile husiness. Materially, 2s well as senti- mentally, the prince may find the change 1o his likinz.” That “political axpects” romantic phases appear to the Lonisville Courier Journal, in view of the statement that Irince Carol “seeks to introduce Fascism into Rumania by organizing the voung men of that country inte a compact mass that shall strive concertedly io do for Rumania what Mussolini’s fal lowers huve attempted to do for Italy hax not been discredited.” Further- e the New York Times learns from correspondent that renunciation is ‘A protest against the way in which his parents a governing the country, and articularly his mother, who would seem to be as firm in her ideas as she is agreeable to look at in the rotograsure section.”” The Times sees M the sngzedtion of Fascism an exam. ple of the tendency “in the Mediter ranean basin to question seriously the democtratic ideal.” The Sioux Falls Arzus Leader, however, thinks it “just possible that by the time hiz turn comes to play kinglet the new spirit of democracy will have shut him out of iob. sumed.” Gazette-Time. throws over sus <h bhe hangs on is not nic. spen ester B as 4 avershadow no! incredible * 3 x @ “Crown Prince Carol would rather have his romance in private lite than eninr the splendars of 2 thron | by | | becom: | 1. | sophical Movement » Washinzton i hich he crown rom a pr cen conspicon < Al el the v K ments i some ih A o the Yeuns resty make Rumania him." Ppear- n with as litile jde: Prince Carol Suceess + kinz well elf as would anvway not { “civil serviee inations’ Kinzs eauses lind Tribune to <uspect (h twproached the throne with no qual ifications save bivth.” and that sibly “the remuncfation. which said to be his, was drawn and is the zovernment Sl ishurz Telegraph the that “the only person whao have zotten a particntarly nothe transaction was Prince Michael, whe heir 1o the throne, ziven a chanece 1o refuse The Atlanta Journal with sincerity, and, rec e world loves a lov ‘when title for love of & woman he leay no room for doubt thar his emarion, however classed. is zenuine and heart deep: but when heside he casts his fortune into the ¢ 4 stens forth stripped even of car fare, -h it i bevond deubt a case of love ——— Messianic Craze Not Related to Theosophy W ved Tar opini The i of seems to dei) little hus heen elacted tnd _he wasn't poor credits Carol inz that “ali a holds that these i To the Edior of The Star Referring 1o the peared in The Star | Messiuh's' Coming Has Heads in Dark” and hearing the subtitle Theosophical Society Officers Awajt ing Word Abour Proclamation.” wish to protest azainst the linking of theosophy with the present Mes- | sianie eraze. which has nothi to do with theosophy and ‘is contr whole spivit and teachinz, despite the fact that the idea of a speedy com- ing of Christ is =ponsored hy some who call themselves Theosophis Those who would learn what Theos ophy does teach and stand for are recommended to read “The Theo- published dur- item which for January 11, ing the past Any who have looked into the sub ject know that this species of hvsteria is a fairly frequent manifes tation and that few decades pas: without the hailing of a Messiah in one part of the world or another. The periodic ebullition of the Mes- sianic eraze is amonz us, no more to be taken seriously than the lurid predictions of the end of the world which 2 vear and more ago were causing trepidation amonz the igno- rant and superstitfous. It is rezretta- ble. of course, that many unthinking people of the blind believer type are ready to run after any one who claims to have a revelation, without demanding the credentials of the re< ealer or examining the intrinsie worth of his pronouncements. The real world teachers have not vear. says Dhean heralded with blare of trumpets, JANUARY ) + man zives up his throne and | 1o its | 15, 1926. Intellectual Bolshevism Prompts Vicious Attack To the Editor of The Star Anent the representation by Ru pert Hughes of George Washington s a card player, profane swearer and liquor drinker, and Mr. Hughes' il- luminating statement that he did not consider any of these things immoral, but suitable material to be taught the vouth of the land as “truth,” it might be well for Mr. Hughes to read the genera] order of Washington's in the first year of the Revolutionary War. Boston was beleaguered by his army and an assault was planned. On the twenty-sixth day of February he is- sued a_ general order which forbade even the playing of cards and all games of chance. “At this time of public distress” he orders, “men mayv find enough to do in the service of God and their country, without aban doning themselves to vice and im- morality.” When he had heen unanimously chosen as commander-in-chief of the Continental forces, he wrote Mrs Washington as follows: shall con fidently relv on that Providence which has hitherto preserved and been boun- tiful to me, not doubting but thar T shall return safe to you in the Fall.” At Washington's headquarters at Boston we are informed by the care- ful and illustrious Washington Irving ! that pravers were had both morning and evening, Washington being pres ent, and that he was regular in his attendance at church. At the first meeting af the Con tinental Congress, at which pravers were offered, It was noticed that Col Washington, already a noted man throughout the Colonies, knelt devout Iv during the entire praver. the ma jority of the delegates standing. Washington was not a fanatic. but the utter falsity of Mr. Hughes' state | ment that he never praved is appar- | ent 1o any reader of either his life or works. which show a constant reli ance an and reference to the guidance of Divine Providence. Instances record are tan numerous to puted at this late date thar ton praved constantly. and which was an open hook countrymen the time, was ever rezarded as an example of temper {ance. public and private virtue, moral [ ity of the highest order. \Ve have fi (on the authority of no less an eve. | witness than Mrs. Adams that his untenance itself expressed nobiliy and that “modesty was written in every line It i= symptomatic of the moral ner. ver and intelleciual holshewim in <ome quarters today that no chavacter is sacred. that reverence o1 the simple virtues is contemptihle {And that “truth” in history ronsists }in seeking ont the social vices or weaknesses of the past. allving the leaders of the past with such. and | profterinz the whole as “facte.” which {were left to the hrillant zenius of | the mental bolshevist to discover | It is but anether instance of Tiun ven's immortal allezory of the man king and rakinz in the muck and trash of the world tryinz 1o discover {some choice piece of filth, utteriv ob. Llivious of the zolden crown of hi er things held out to him from abo his all his he ROSSEL EDW. MITCHELL SN Prize Fighting Plainly Barred by D. C. Code [ To the Editor of The Sta In news reports it stared | in order to obtain a convietion for prize fizhtinz in the District the Gov ernment will have to prove that ad missions have been paid by non-mem .| bers of the club and that the puzilicis were employed for No 6ne who h | accede to any fixed <um < read the ende «: <uch interpretation of the law. Prize fizhting s fo in the District of Columba followkh® provision . Prize fizhring . <o ferth nersan who shall voluntartly and man or ht « bull or any other animal other thing of champi which :n, 1e s bei vhich any cither W the enzize hetween man for money alue, or fon upon the re<ult v any thinz « azered. or to ion fee is chur indivectly, <huli ¢ of a felony. and upon 1 be punished Ly mrisonment not lesy than one nor more than five veurs By the rerm pux 15 used in this section ¥ fizht by otherwise oves, 1 money oy or for tor any npon the result of or thinz charzed It of zui conviction sh <tie encounter i meant any Llows by whether with o tween two or more brize of any ciher of «hampionship. or Which any ny value is het or wazerc hich any adm fee either direetly ar indirecily Will he seen that the Lw forlids pus . encounter and then Afically interprets the term “pugi icencounter” as meaninz = uny voluntary fizht money or for xny other thinzs of vilue, etc., or nd) to see which any admiscion fee ix hared either direcily or indirectly, is therefore violated if par in a fizht are paid in any way whatever, either by fix sum or otherwise, or if any one is admittea the exhibition because of the payment of money. The sale of clul, memberships is bevond all controvere the chars T admizsion “indirectly: and. in practice. the indirection has | heen hardly noticeatile. 'he honor of the District Ngress is'involved in this he full intem the Jaw should be held in ery | regard. und if this is done. prize fizht inz will . made impossible, whethe 4 [ under the protection of alleged clnte or actual clut any method whatever. The Faw fs <o plain and So SUrIGt that it cannot be honestls 1evaded, DEETS PIc BT | Research Seeretary. volunt of Asrs o thont fon for Charactey anv thine or sec <ion and matter mlous PE {Pending Retirement Bill Not Equitable bt e Bton ot e 50as i The Lehlbach | being considered rmittee of the two houses enzeted, create a situation requirin. immedinte remedial | wislation | wides for the retirement of el 1 emploves who hive served ve at 60 and would require th a vast number of decrepit and les- | efficient employes f near 70 whe have not served full 30 vears 1n eontinue in eder employ, | if “the Bill becomes a law it would i release the vounger employe and re- { yuire the retention of the older in | mumber of instances. A uniform re. | tirement aze with the amount of the anuuity to be determined by the vears of <ervicde is an equit e and economically sound solution of the problem. CATHERINE L. WHITEHEAD. retirement bill by the joint now com- would. if i en | sz LA nor has their advent been proclaimed and awaited by zreat crowds of the aithful. - They have all come simply nd unpretentiously. not to found 4 religion. but to awaken man to his | divine nature and possibilities. Al- | theueh differences exist in the re- { ligions which have ervstallized around their misunderstood teach- ings. their basic teachinzs themselves are all in harmon: It is not new spiritual teachinzs which the world stands in need of today. but the study and application of the fundamental princinles of all religions. E. M. HOUGH. sideon ! im- 1y meuns | ot | and the exzet text of | | | ! ANSWERS Q. Which churches hold In the Washington jail?—FE. A. The superintendent of " the Washington, 1. C., jail says that any church organization. by applving di rectly to the superintendent. may make dates. Q. How many automobilex heen manufactured in this count A A. The Am n automotive in dustry has produced and marketed al most 30,000,000 cars. more than X0 per cent of this production having heen turned out in the last decade. Q. How many ships named the Mavflower? K A. In the late Tudor and Stuart periods. “Mayfinwar” common name for ships. The fs obscure. ervices h have heen early was reazon Q. How many horses and miles are used on farms at this time?— M. G A. The latest statistics are for Jan uary 1. 1925, At that time the num her of horses totaled 16,535,759 mules ,730,608 Q mueh been determined how require” Has it molsture certain trees N. B A. It is not known definitelv. hut the Forest Service is planning i four year survey of various trees in inz soile. Q. How can recipes which give the exact bakinz temperature adapted 1o temperature cookinz EYep A | needs A recipe calling tor « slow aven a bakins tempera of be | tween 250 and 350 dearees Fahrenheil A moderate oven has i temperiture hefween 350 and 400 dezrees Fahren heit. A quick or hot oven is above 400 bhut bhelow 450 dezrees. while very hot oven iz from 450 ta Alost meats call for frer they have heen equires Bauking powder hot oven. 450 hrenheit, while pie 2 temperan dezrees srees 4 moderate [oven hread ! heat ¥ naked a1 and 450 seared. and the f ot enits hrief E. | the A The | clerzymen {the United Ple.se Anti-Salaon In 184 United anti-saloon of State League tes endeavored 1o forn ue in wh deniminations { ould participi [ This did rot meterizlize. The i Seloon Leazue of Americ: w {ed a1 Oberlin. « Fowas i 1503, and in the same vea (Y:u~ 3 the viet of Columbic | Bl i 1, D Where and when was | G N He iz 4 native of Padueah Q vin horn? A 1and w firet Ipeny in this country?—P. J. W 1AL Fhe first company in the ed Staies cranted the power lirust businese was the Farmers Insurance and Loan Co. now Farmer +n and Trust Co, of > !'York ity o which ensive tr powers were unted in 1822 "nit Fire the oldes W. D. monument in Q What monument tn Bultimore A The nrs ime erected Chri in ded B wos meniary " ar Asyviun th avenue o any A Flovic s Good 1'ri ate?—W Good Friday i Louisiing WASHINGTO FREDERIC BY of the about irg h hich vounz Upited Dakota entinel-Courier . had ar Gov. Sorlle to the late ernor’s in ap: Nve P. Nve Stutes Nve = A nator from the N of | Cooperstonn Dak een haimmering away appoint a successor | Bdwin . Ladd. The “lination e order a special nstead of filling Ladd's place Dy wintment. wa ailed nercely accompanied his criticism with eon- tructive suzgestions by naminz half jozen North Dakotans whom he held thy the 1032 One dar the dd editor was invited o call on Sorlie at marck Nve ex 10 he for his views on | the merits of the various men he'd | broposed for the senatorship. Dut ! the Interview hadn't been In prosvess | very lonz lLefore the movernor offered Nye the appointment. After recover- lm; consciousness. he accepted it weeks | Gov neeted Wash “Push the swinging doors of a i hotel are the words d “Pull” A waz once | that they would make an appropriate | slogan for the Capital's cout of arms. | ML O, Eldridge. the much maligned | director of trafic in Washinzton, is lisposed 1o uzree with the suzzestic { {le has cenvineed himsell that one ‘he principal reasons why tratlic vesu re dicult to entorce is that [ pearly everybody in the Distriet Cotumbiu bws @ “pullt with some clse. potent anouzh 1o muke the e driver think he (or <he) can with moier murder. certa that in no communiiy nerica is “pull” invokea so otien or tively tor circumvent taws as in Washinzton. as much “synchronizing of i vu inion” in faver of rules snd | vegulutions as there is in the synei nz of light Eldridze fears here’ll never ier which he trying 1o “haos. on mnzton H proposed f stions zet in Until | there e he that is bring out of | presidenti th in 1 Demuoc Locating mates for come sport. Lemoc do, that {will be vice “Al" Sm favorite Assuming, more und more rtie leaders are bezinning the governor of New York their standard beurer, they | specity thyee qualincations which the | second man on the ticket t hove ite must be Western or Southern dry and a Protestunt. losephit Daniels, former Secretary of the i the letest man mentioned s e ing up to ndard, as Disie concerned. Senztor Burion K. Whec! {erof Montana is named o+ fitting into Thus. | the picture if Western radicalism is to| | supply Smith’s stable comy {Gov. “Vic™ Denahey of Ohio it & | Middle Westerner with a buddinz vice presidential boom. Dut Donabey. with two terms as Democratic gov- ernor of (“Republican Ohiv” to his credit, and a third in prospect, aspires to be the head, not the tail, of the | presidential ticket in 1928, More than {one Democratic authority rates Donu- I hey as eligible timber for the top of the ticket. m * ok ok % Who is the brainiest man in Wash- ington? Coolidge? Borah? Walsh? Hoover? Brandeis? Blanton? Dawes? “Jim" lieed? Mellon? Wavne Wheel- er? One authority Xpresses an as- tonishing opinion. Ile numes Andrew Furuseth. veteran president of the In- ternational Seamen’s Union. A Nor- wegian, Viking in proportions and de- meamor. Furuseth has lived in the United States since 1880 and is recog- nized as one of the world's foremost authorities on merchant marine af- falrs. Capt. Furuseth's home i in San Franciseo. but he spends mast of TO QUES TIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. 1= there an intoxieating called bangue’—R. M. A In the Orient there is an intox{ cant made from the dried leaves of In dian hemp wh.ch is known as sanzue lor hang. liquer Why even v ne Bureau thi do plariis when have 1he sama planted in different of Plant the heredity and the con | stitntion or N plant determine ts color. while the environment of the 0il does not affect this teature. Industy Q. What i meant hy saze of a hill’—S. R A. The pasliamentary clerk af the House of Repressniatives sava 1hat a8 & matter of fact there is no minarfty of & hil neh of but the phrase referred to in all probahility is the fact that legis lation he passed mainrin vote of fhe memhers Nt auorum is presr s measure will be pas majorin of the memb which num ber i majority of the membars neress. For example. a the membership of the but in the event only 300 members are present during the vote of the passaze of a4 bill the vote could be 131 10 143, and the bill would passed by u majority. This doex not mean that # minority passes 1he bill. because it is presumed that those Thatare shsent acquiesce in the action taken by a m of those present A minarity pas D ssaze in either Congress may by a present 1. Very Gfien not a elected 10 C | majority of | House js 213 Q roon Why does than water The atome than ice A when arranged in oce more =pace < in liquid up more take T when free wat W hat President mas the firet A ¥ May flower o Niaviowe President n Ix 1 the Roosevelt The vam nd de 1598, The mnson used as Spanish Y JLG 1 during and repaired The livered 1 L naid huilt The Clvdeb, dispatch American commissic Fresident the was out War in Roosevell '« com and oot in firat trip of made Inne What the name of the hrizht net th i The even; Navial Ohsers ztor in The Savs vou Doz "o of the N rizhtest the by a vlanet Conld foll be made directi ard Boil aked in cold wa 1 drained Lett are aving ere nute from Free Intormation Burcau in Washinaton tever to anl & 10 huow. They are in an- an at ce i to cuefit ina te Ru- n prople s of querie an of this free Make 7 ‘ Evening hich Star is wainta I3 want you 1o Tuformation / The Star / Preacrie n Washington close 2 cent OBSERVATIONS WILLIAN WILE. his L ehinz I <ea wil ity Fuiuseth Lt knows the clssies fust mritin economics hiy iforni and Onee a edera] juds him strike him 1o t men.ie nlied (hreatened lock Aleged contemp ton and summone house to learn the fi him. “Well. judze.” re han I've al neliar injur ] zive less 1o eat than or less raom 1o wivs had thin T've who is Seamen than i s mek alway Union amen’e wages Our speech-surfeited Capital doesn often mitke the acquaintance of a natural orator like Ay the co-operitive minketin now conferrinz with the Ner i cultu | ton. e et € and farm leaders i You ¢xn messure ents as o apesker if him holdinz an boiled faorm polivic wo and onehalr ins pretinz farm itk calend Conzress n Washinz Sanirn’s 14l 1 will Visnalize udience of hard Bound s while dissect the half-hundred now jamminz the He was 1 L witty, judieial and Il in the same breath. and ndience clamoring for more = he thoughi. he'd exhausied il subject. “The id & ivpical thrusi Hauzen price-fixing Kirts. It the same nether parts exnnsed with the asricultura ments of the hour. Vs early 30s, rall smooth-shaven and nin phys al- n Jew 1, ction leal advis more lezisl:tures in passing marketin A tession. Sopire’s early He hold= Hoover-lardine furmers” relief lies in the selt-heln v ns & fon nd inter velier of it 1 critic ironic had ¥ when pivo in 55 ort her in d znomy. axtr 1 30 State tve w th a-oper Lovs ml with the i th direction Cooli e 1 ot From the e seetin Senzte Sento roceedinzs Ny Nir. Bleas (0f Santh N linay in Pre.i do & 19 ob) 1 do not beties < rule Mr. Cuertis (of sive notiee that Then | st 1 het ssille tor rem: toni < lonz as Ticn main iy mn South ¢ the e AMr. Blease fine. My wire's izt yioIi we Wi keen a friend from he here all be l Zood must he That w down il suit me home visit * E President Cool- adviser on the one of Alex- at_the wel- just ten- the retiring Dwight \W. M row, idze's contidential hizher cconomics, wa ander I Moore's”hosts come-back-home dinner dered in New York to | Americin Ambassador to Spain. Moore made a typically homespun reply to the toast delivered in his Chonor. “Instend of growing up to | he bricklsve he said. “which is an honorable vocation, 1 became an Ambassador I came in close contact with rovalty at Madrid. | heard kings and_queens call aone another by their first names. I he eame intimately acquainted with princes, dukes. counts and_other grandees. Ax my friend Dwight Morrow once said. 1 was amang the face card | Capyrizht, 1998,