Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1926, Page 6

6 THE EVENIN STAR! Edition. HE EVENING With Sunday Morning WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY ... .January 16. 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor! The Eveaing Star Newspaper Company Bustnece Ofice 11th st i Penneyivania Nowe ol gtee " T10 Bt { Clhcazo Ofie: T i Furepcan” Ofice. 11 Rezent St.. Low Enzland with 1 | Sunday morn ered by catriers within v at’ (0 cents yer month. dails ont Der month: Sinday onts e sent by m The Erenin carrier at the end of each month. | | in Advance. irgini 1 vr.Sa.00 1 i 800 130 083.00 Rate by Mail—Payahl Maryland and Dl and Sundas Dailr only e Siindas only 1 mo 1 mo 1 mo soc | All Other States and Canada <1200 1 mo <50t 1 mo S400: 1 mo Puly and Sundas <100 Duly onir g Sunday ons 1 150 15 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press iy exclusively entitled 1 the use for republication of all news dic- ot Res e e T 11 o ot athersice ere- ‘maper hnd sl tha local news AP AN omes lef pubicating Tihes herein are also resersed ‘The Monument Is Still There.” Continued efforts explain the purport and the purpose of his re marks at a banquet in this city by the of the character of George hington indicate a total miscon ception of the nature of his offense Reiteration is not atonement. Repet tion extenuation. Avowal of the of George Wash inzton's character. in the Nght of the slande only an a tie not Mlessness’ siven utterance, is ion of the affront he aravi No this incident of man Georze Washinaton was in his | Azily social life None but a prurient as to human temperamental dis controversy can stimulated by regardinz the manner | enviosity characterities can be aroused by fon and iteration of the results of 3 di majority m <ing through es and let- ters of people 1 jils of ton’s conduct are not concerned as to the outside of his Nat Washing mieat services to the new n ) questioned as to his views or idze, it is office rising House yeluted, looked win shaft the | & Monument dnw at the great in ith the The of hite an is stil! y words are con ulte to ihena m v adequa The Monun: of 1 endures all the elen; 1t upen ndation Washing Luilder a 3 A nation eat works he accon trifles of periament with which posterity rests upon the plished, and not upon tem concer Back of the shur that h en east at the repute of o ssident is « mean motive that cannot e excused the Nothing is t of 1 that doubtless vaiuable as a precept for | 1t stands for the concept It sefs a It symbolizes honor. What this particu valuable less ou will. Call But let the country continue to ac example of the telling, the more im pressive because atiributed to the man whom they have tauzht vere as one @ the zreatest of Ameri cans. sueh attempts evise the popular m ¢ national her and o diselos the i less c 4 fraildies fact the “cherry tree | story der the young? of youthful standard apocryphal ven truthfulness 11 applied 1o mains fable, if perhaps honesty the essential virtue of if it be m It man? v 1l fiction, people of th cept it son. | it younz | & a as a concrete virtue of truth been Persiste the slander reveals the true purpose hack of this offensive | utbu s but one of the sap. pers at work upon the foundations of the American digsing stealthily and, masked tives, etly. the basis of American faith in the principles and the practices of the present organiza- lion which constitutes the Nation. In ane appear the resulis such endeavers. a hideous po dformation that he world, and Amel the consequences of ®ehemir the state Government, through to destroy mo- | sec fand now of litical serves fca particu. Communist 10 xhow lavly, these encinies o is now constitured are working openly. Others are working in the of But all of them are t when theiy they should emphatic public if the law cannot them with specific punishment nnder cover. some Suise eachers of good hent upon destruction, s works are disclosed with ev be. stamped disap- reach S - An operation will be necessary for the restoration of Mussolini 1o health. Statesmen mitted from time 10 ion of power. It is the ire pel time zrest ostent physiciin whe speaks final word of o uthority . “T Accept the Nomination.” When Go Thursd that he term and w Smith of New the Demoeratic leaders not run for another d not stand for the Sen deduction was immediately drawn wrks that he did not presidency from his calcu- tion quickly follows. vesterday at Albany the newly chosen State chairman ad- dressed the party leader as “The Gov- ernor of the Empire State and. I be lieve, the next President of the United | Srates.” With what the re ports deseribe as a “quick fash of rep- the Governor tel 1 aceept the nomination.” was all. the mirth th occasioned this prompt scuuiescence in the suggestion. No- ventured to discuss the matter further. The Governor did not con tribute any additional word on the subject. Indeed, what more was there The debate is closed. “The anestion is before the house,” though the vote will not he taken for nearly thirty months. 1 accept the nomination,” whether spoken playfully or seriously, means what it says. Gov. Smith has (ready stated that nobody but a fool decline presidential He fool. He the shrewdest has ever York on | tol would ate from his re clude the Jtions AL the confere ex Veritic ome of artee immedi ivined That e for U owas by o say? fust would a is mnot smarteet, country nomination. i one of puliticians ¢ a this | of each suane | sele implicated in the demonstration, which | 1he aze of sixteen h T duced. his He knows, as do nll’ of ardent friends und followers, | | that it is not for him 1o set himself | when every from other Americans and | declare that the hizhest office in the country must not be tendered to him. | S he “acgepts the nomination.” in | spo <pirit. That a1 least keeps the, Smith Idea alive, Many waters | Will run underneath the hridge be. | Per- | will be Aoods. perhaps | ay ive fween now and nomination time. hups there “izhi may turn ont o he a very It was thouzht 1wo 1924 0 be But someihing hap the prospect. One such things. So the nomination . to keep in the range ny rat New zood Democratic vean | | vears azo thet wis zoing neh nened « year nze ows o k pavs well i adviin At it 1o “aecept i event there is where Gov. Smith of York is at pres. ent | e The State Building Group. ! Orzanization permanent com- | the project for vildings in Washinz- | in which ingustries and resources mittee 1o carey o a zroun of Stuts ton wonld be exhibited, was accomplish. | i ber of p sembled 1 last ninent night when a num- Washingtonians as to discuss ways and means for bringing about the desired end. Subcommittees were appointed on | general procedure and legislative ac- | tion. A bill will he speedily drawn for intreduction in both Congress calling on the United States Government to donate the land for the buildings. The governors of the States will he acquainted with the proposal and will be asked to come 1o the Natlonal Capital for a conference Although the project for this group | of State structures is not a new one. it is the first time that actual organi- | Tenta- the undertaking include « broad of purely State build- in which will reflect the entire United Stwates in miniature. State will, in this way. have a share in this national project. It is eminently fitting that rthese buildings should take their place “nificent public edifices National Capital. 1t s also that Washington should be | 15 for a national | this kind. Callers from fur | if the plan reaches culmina- | their own come to this! | houses of | zation work has been started. tive plans for vista ch is imonz the m, n the oner red projec the place and near tien, [ ity will be able o “visit” ne Ntates hen they will probably be many be. t prehensive plan can be carried out to completion. State Leg. | islatures will have to act, and it will | necessary for Congre: to pass leg tion contributing the land. How- the committee will move stead- | surmount the difficul- spearing before it. and, with the ot united Washington, re- be expected within the ble It is a big| Wurhingtonians are used to vears fore this cor il ever ily forward tc of a sults may shortest sk poss time. e thinz L the certain end of their - ——— h School Strike. strike of high students cecuried in this city. in conse quence of the demotion of a popular principal. One thousand pupils walked out of school and refused to return to their lessons unless the principal was restored He was in no manner; i s0 that success seems 1o efforrs. The Hig A has =chool he strongly repudiated and rebuked. | But the strike went on, nevertheless A student's strike is an anomaly It <hould be promptly and sternly re pressed and punished. Schooling 1= founded upon discipline. and « strike insubordination. The student body not dictate appointments of the ad- | ministrative or edueational personnel Otherwise there would be chaos in the zanization. 1 In this case nothing matters as to the merits of the action by the board | of Education. The demoted principal have heen wronged. or the board been justified. the trike, nevertheless, and <hould be trested ax i de sertion from duty 1t is indicated that education law will be invoked to « may have vet is lawless wholesale the compulsory m | pel the attendance of the striking stu dents, with the parents of those under d liable if they not require their ehildren 1o obey the order to return their desks That should he effective. But in any se. whether this law can be applied not. the strike should he treated the school authorities with the sternest hand, and those students who tail 1o attend classes should be dis- iplined. discredits in class work for absence from tests and lessons, and. in the case of protracted absten tion. by expulsion from school. That is the only effective way handle such a situation. The dents cannot be permitied 1o assume administrative ac tions or the choice of educational per They cannot be permitted to dictate, or even 1o try 1o dictate. the | course of the school authorities. That i« a simple issue. which cannot be de- termined otherwise than by a com- plete ignoring of this protest and by punishment of it when it takes the form of a The Charleston is commended by religious organizations in Chicago as a beneficial form of physical exercise. Its effect on the average mentality still remains a matter for question. ————- Education and Careers. A new reminder that the day of the old red schoolhouse with its accom- nving three Rsand a hickory switch has passed comes in the announce ment that arrancements have been made between the public education | officials of Washington and the local | financial institutions for a series of 2ddresses on banking. the lectures 1o Le delivered in the schoolrooms by members of the banking houses. sach year brings its innovations in methods of education, and none is to be more highly commended than the zrowing tendency toward the inaugu ration of side lines covering fields of activity in the workaday world, to the end of helping the boys and girls of today to find their proper realm of usefulness when they hecome the men and wemen of tomorrow. As the fur- ther introduction of these practical business and sconomie toples of cur- o or by by to| a st responsibility onnel rent interest progresses in tha schoo! system, the time will soon be at hand student will have had an opportunity while in high school io consider the step into college or wni versity with some definite idea of a voeation to his or her liking. In past years many thousands of students strode out into the busines and professional world on each grad uation duy, the majority of them with- out the least conception of which kind | Democratic drovshi. Nineteen-twenty- | of career they were best qualified to line of | follow. with tdea of any oceupation other than the hope of be 1t was often sraduates of colleges und universities that within & short tUme after commencement exercises they returned to the same tatlors who had made their graduation outfits to be measured for police or street car uniforms In this day ing able 1o find & job. said of muny specialized tfuining in | the institutions of higher education hus developed at a rapid rate, until now there would seem to be no excuse for a student graduating without hav been fitted for = But the has or tar 100 often ambition as definite career nor been stirred until one year, mavbe 1wo, of college has pasied, time which mizht have been devoied 1o a specific atm had the inspiration come of endeuvor. sooner. With the realization smong educa- to1s that the high school is the fertile ground in which sow voeational seeds has come a change, barely per ceptible at present, but which will in time become fundamental. Helping the vounger generatlon o select the careers which will make them the best possible citizens of a few vears hence by placing before them the inside works of a world in which they will soon be active units is an investment tlon and the con material. o in constructive edue of inauzuration on last in the focal schools on bunk is one indica day, in every schooling althier. servation human rew The lectures inz and finance tion that day by our svstem of practicel growing healthier and he - more war. Flovida. He on interesting that of the public that to what is printed Ponzi is flourishing can =0l depend large percent.ze pays no atiention in responsible newspapers e “Keeping cool with Coolidge admirable slogan, which applies 1o international uairs, do with the i wn national and with nothing whatever nthracite sitvation e A prohibition agent is handicapped in political uspiration. There is no chance whatever of his enjoving the old-time popularity.” once considered so influential. r—oe— “barroom In every controversy an accidental beneficiary is likely to assert himself In the argument hetwaen coal miners and one of these benefi ciaries is the pneumonia serm. ——e— operators, Fashion now hints that girls will trousers. in the wear o departure direction of mod esty. o France changes ministers of Anance with results no more satisfactory thun those attending & change of # franc inte American money e A Senators appear absolutely indifterent 1o the possibility called upon to answer fe of World Court ———— fou contempt Philzdelphia reformers will never azain try 1o rogulate their troubles hy teliing them tc the marines R The stock market often reflects the { temperament of investors more than it does actual values of securitles. ——oe— ‘Trotsky preserves an aggressive de meanor, but is still a way from Leinz the Mussolini of Russix SHOOTING STARS. long HY PHILANDER JOHN<ON An Old Magazine. Upon an ancient magazine 1 paused a while 1o gau I murmured in a tone serene. Ah, those were funny duv clothes wore were absurd No ankles were on view. Profanity was seldom heard, And “crime waves were but they anire fesw. he bootleg games at present plaved They did not know at all. ‘The prices that for food were paid Now seem exceeding small. S1ill. we respect the modern style With all its changeful ways, And sav. with a superior smile. Ah. those were funnv davs!" Sensitive Conscience. You have a4 great hilities.” remarked friend. I have.” admitted Senator Sor zhum. “Sometimes the long speeches of my colleagues exert no soothing in- fluence whatever, and my responsi. bilities keep me awake all day.” many the responsi admiring The General Complexion. Her make-up cnce was pink and white. Conditions new are met. Soft coal reveals her to our sight Decidedly brunetie. Jud Tunkins says a man who talks 100 much isn’t satisfled with squan dering his own precious moments. hut insisis on wasting time for a crowd. Municipal Improvement. I= the new jail a success?” “It's overpepular.” confided Cactus Joe. “Bein’ the only buildin’ in town with s good heatin’ plant, the bovs are determined to play poker in the buildin’. even if they have to get their- selves arrested.” The Autocratic Thermom. With all our losses and our gains, As life seems insecure, The One Great Question still remains: What is the Temperature? “Tain’ no use gittin' de best of an arzument,” said (Incle Eben. “if wvhen vou does it, loses time and a friend.” x you <eif-chosen feld | Monday of | The custom would be | f being | S i | | tare rather afratd of the zreqt ! cloth to share our viands with u | bovs and girls and | us. | per AR, WASHINGTON. D. BY CHARLES E Nothing delights us more. in Sum mer. than a picture of the Capitol srounds in Winter. In like manner, while Washington is in the grip of Winter, a word pic ture of Crawford's Meadows in mer may please the fastidiou= reades Crawford's Meadows lles far uwa s0 far that you would have 10 have mizhty good radio set to zet loud speaker volume on any station thal might be brozdcasting from thal place, There is no radio station in Craw ford’s Meadows, however. It is simoly a_slizhtly rolling body of land, Ivini along and to the south of the Big 4 Railroad, where the e pas tured, It forms the fivorite wanderin< place of children, and of such of their elders g love to ramble in a section which is at once efvilized vet entirely vustic, To many cows persons, Nature is stranse. Although theoretically thev rejoice in her. having read some place that they ought, secretly and actually (they Motiher. This i one of the penultics of civili zation, to feel i1l &l e-se in the nzked nresence of Nature. We city dwellers lost our Eden long ago. and now feel “sham and see onr nudity (o what it i; We are unable Lo tuke zenuine in the cold earth. and detesi the that climb on (o our imorompin mv.v]: n open- chant to o dislike our h may of Nature & hundred wavs wr air situation, althon #Mout the heanties triends i A great virtue of Crawford’s Mead- ows I3 that this acreaze has brought many such timid ene: (o @ more wholesome comminion vith esrth, fresh air and the hlue heavens P The favorite entrance 1o the mead ows 15 that on the north. facinz railr A tracks. There + biz farm cate there. alwave lacked thiat the trespasser must Insert hod heiween the bars and climb the hesi wav he can The zround rises for distance of # long ity bl 10p of the rise =tand man the time of our memo Summer. the tr their zreen. castinz upor the soft grass One takes his nuture hy in Crawford’s Meadows. There hera no sudden precipitation into the wilds or quick iump from the habita- tions of man to the latrs of the animals. Xs we walk up the gentle declivity we see 1o the rizhi. almost hid in trees, an old farmhouse There is a dusty country road winding up to the big house. In the vard u few chickens hurry around. We take our time, for we Lknow the tradition of the meadows. Al though the zate is kept locked there is no anti-tresp: sign on the fence. There is a tacit understanding be. tween the owners «nd the people of the town that these meadows shall le, in @ sense, the public park of the community. For zeneration his throuzh perhans the On the trees. As is early are covered with luxuriant shade easy stages is now, children and men and women have been coming here for recreation It is & well Lred place. too. inhabited chiefly by cows, which we shall see { presentiy. The wooded areas lving to the mest have ay full quota of squirrels and birds. Sometimes a rabbit may be seen 1o scurry alongz. Now we come to the top of the rise and look down into the bottom before ‘There is a brook down there, a rather wide stream, with a few stones prinkled across the water, so that BACKGROUND ( | the | the | | of the history of man. ever arriving TRACEWELL. wanderers may make the passage. Huge ouks lean out over the water: from the other side. The other side! Here, fn little, we have a snapshot at one side of something. alwavs in @ hurry to crosz to the other side God has so made us that we are vever huppy until we have crossed .I=> stream and discovered for our- selves swhat Is on the other side. *owow o I Bonnce nassa e squarely 1t de an The tree is ahout brink of the stream. before us is covered with the Jux- urlant meadow grass that s semi- coarse. semi-fine. the short mingling with the lon We leun U the black-grav bark. Promntly 2u ant speeds down our neck. Removinz him we calmly return (o enr contemplation of Na- ture. The old iy (in the form o a splder this time) makes another sally down our hack Enerzetically we pick him out abdurztely retrn to ome meditatio How pleasant the sunchine filters | throngh. tinz speckled patterns | on the srass! \usterpieces of metric desiczn, twirled Ly the kaleido- scope of the skiee. are spread before | us in vrofusion. : Archimedes would have Leen de lighted. Poor old Archimedes’ Where n all the lon<. sad history of n kind will one \ ter trazeds than his death? And vet how glori- ous! he held against Credit mede across the is accompliched “ by the trunk of ideal place 1o =it for awhile 30 feel from the The clear snice stones! The we land a zreal tree. i i i na \ ’ i acuse had | months great ity of out for many long the assaults of the R mmx.‘ was due entirely Arveht- | whose mighty engines d | back the nchine power of Rom But even scienc wilts before might, if tha mizhi 1= mishty enough. cuce fell and the lexjons ravaged Orders b been N by man commander, who admired ki1l of Archimedes, that the &reat man was not to be killed Ignorince, however, then us mow. s proof azainst orders oldters ear there in desizns o w ma found strange floor. He was Archimedes. buss. althouzh syracuse fell. All he but the his bead mander. Thu- peri-hed pure intellacis known. 1 ol m in the sand on < Killed e le be let lone him and took to thelr com- asked <0ldi now s the world the redtest < ever h The <izhi € several opin n to the stream transports u to Crawford's Meadow of 2 second What pleasant picture the cow make as they wade in. knee deep, to quench their bovine thirsts! Just between us, we are afraid of cows. they are such huge critters Onr acquaintance with them has been confined mostly to milk bottle One cow fords the stream walks forward until within u dozen pices of our tree. Then another cow comes over. then another, then another. The creatures form a us. their biz brown ey intentlv in our direction. There they stand, chewingz their cnds. ziving us the “once-over” for all they are worth. What do they want? WIill they never zo swav? We hold our zround. trving ou best to look pleased with the situ- atfon. And so. with our back to the wall. it were, we ring down the curtain on Crawiord's Meadows. dozen brink from S in a if the rac traction and iz around cex lookinz | | { | i )JF EVENTS | BY PALL 1. COLLINS. After months of the Luther cabinet in Germa a coalition cabinet. and affer matum from President Hindenberg fixing Wednesday as the limit of fime for the new cabinat to he formed by Erick Koch, the former chancellor, Dr. Luther was given leave lo re organize his cabinet and continue in power. The Luther cabinet had pledzed to resign after the acceptance effort to replace v with an ultl- of the Locarno treaty. but the opposi- | tion of the Dawes plan tion has at last been obliged to release |ing to It | Berlin to was the price of the Nationalist Party | London. many German exports the locarno |been “dumped” abroad at lower prices ! the government from that pledge. for T i its vote to support aty confirmation. ¢ z serious unrest £ x Durinz the campaizn which resul ed in the election of Field Marshal Hindenberg 1o the presidency it was reported that former Kaiser Wilhelm had ziven 1.000.000 murks to his elec- tion fund. Royalists are zctive in de- manding that he now :comne dicta 1orship, and 70 most promlinent royval ists. including Prince Ogper and sev eral generals, have signed 2 munifesto rmany g tac < lio that effect. News comes that the Communists have planned an uprising in the lat ter part of this month. It is said the Soctal Democrats are weakening in their opposition in the face of the dou { ble peril—Communistic bread rioting 4nd a Hindenbers dictatorship hacked by the army. * ook x Conditions, financially trially, are growing rapidly that there is real danger of social unrest and discontent amongst the iobless and hungry, leading to dis- turbances which may call for mar- tial law in the larger cities—or even for a Hindenberg dictatorship. thoush that is pledged 1o be temporary. This seems anomalous in view of Ihe vecent reports from Germany of amazing prosperity, and of disap- pearing of unemployment of its workers. 1t transpires that the prosperity was only during the in- flation of paper “monev’ and now that deflation under the Dawes bl brings the nation nearer to a sound money basis the artificial prosperity weakens, resulting in withdrawal of credits to industry. increasing bank- ruptcies or receiverships and rapidly increasing_unemployment. During December 1,660 firms went into bankruptey. and in the vear 1925 10,876 firms. as compared \with 00 in 1924. Some of the greatest concerns, seeinz the danger, closed down thelr unproductive branches, thereby throwing thousands of wage earners out of employment. The Manufacturers’ Association openlv calls for additional fuld cavital from outside sources, in the form of for- eign credits. While Germany has met the Dawes plan obligations. she has done so with monev borrowed. of which 80 cent came from America. She is now asking for more loans und Secretary Mellon has recommended that the United States indorse her 5 per cent bonds and help markel them—a. proposition which has met strong opposition in Congress. * KX K The German govermment Is now paying out $10.000,000 a month for doles to support the unemployed, the number of whom has increased 50 per cent within the last month. The peak of unemployment since the war was reached in the last of 1923. On January 1, 1924, there were 1,556,000 jobless, receiving doles, and a total of at least 2,300,000 out of work. Last September there were only about 200,000 on the dole lst: but Tast Decem- ber' 1.000,000 jobless were dependent on Aoles, and January 1 there worse, so | | | 1.500.000 doles. and more tha 000 wage-earners were ol of meant 000,000 inilies “ mately 8,000,000 per- of th total populi- ton of without meuns of support from daily carnings. evertheless Germany's trade bal- | 2nce in foreign commerce has shown| umprovement, thonzh this. too, is ac counted for Dby the stimulation of | foreign lendinz, following the adop-: and. accord- . Long. writing from | Fortnightly Review of | ave sons—ane. Robert the than sold at home, and in some cases at less than cost of production. even 't_the low wages prevailing. The government encouruges export- ing, since it receives un export tariff of from 1 to 10 per cent, regardless of the net profits of the producer, besides furnishing employment. Skilled labor in Germany an averaze of $12 a week. unshilled for $7 or $S und the hours are % to 10 dav. Organized labor is making an issue of demanding an elghi-hour dav. but it has not ver achieved it by law. Labor is mor concerned us to steady employment. rather than wages or hours. Tw thirds of the wage.eurners are work ing on part time. * * Shortly after the outhresk of the war the reichsmark was declared. b; law, legal tender for all debts, public or private, and creditors were foreed to accept the almost worthless paper for all settlements. Later the gov- ernment tried to satisfy the dispos- works for * sessed security holders by a compro- | mise and revaluation of debts. Federal loans were revalued at about 215 per cent of the original face value. A distinction was made in favor of the “old” owners. who had invested before .July 1. 1920, and later purchasers. but even the “old” investors in public securities can ve- ceive reither interest nor amortization until all reparations are met to the allle Neither interest nor principall will be pald for ears. so that to living creditors it is & total loss. This hits American investors in German securities, because (hey ure practi- cally all “new investors’-—since 1920— | while the “old" investors are the German patriots who put in their money to support the government while at wa To help the *“old" investors there is a speclal amortization lottery, with annual drawings for the next 30 vears, and the lucky winners will re- celve thereafter 41; per cent interest on their revalued holdings—2% per cent of their original investment. Any “old” one who is “needy” may prove his need. which will entitle”him to vreferential pavment. Tt would be practically impossible for a foreign resident Lo so prove his “need.” The is held this month. on mortgages prior to a is canceled, and dur- 5 it Is fixed at 115 per cent for the first six months and 21; for the last six months, 3 per ceni for 1926 *nd 1927 and 5 per cent thereafte: (Copvright. 1926, by Paul V. Collins. e = Any Old Noise at All. From the San Antonio Express. The jazzhound can dance to static or creoning melody with equal facility. . Pikers. From the Sioux City Tribune. Oklahoma bandits stole 50 cents and got five vears. They will know hetter | English Lior the dramati jterested him i Frauenl | the ! whose ideal is a unified India. { Gora® i who fz SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1926. THIS AND THAT THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. ‘I first discovered that 1 had con sumption during the small hours of November night in the vear 1909, In this wav Llewelyn Powys begins his small volume “Skin for Skin," which 18 his biography during two terrible vears. When he made this discovery he was at his home in Dor- set, one of the lovellest purtions of the ountryside when the sun shines and the air is mild and warm. But on this November night ‘never for u single moment had the rain ceused from lashing against the win- dow panes of my bedroom. never for moment had the wind ceased from beating against the walls of the house.” The picture is a dismal one He continue: Al throuzh that Autumn I had been troubled by a bad cold, by a cold of that particularly virulent Kind, persisting week after week. which is common enough in an English countryside where for months on end people inhale mists, move aboul in chilled rooms. and sieep be. tween_ dump sheets. A sudden hemorrhage in the night reveuled to him his serious condition. Then fol- lowed medieal consultations wnd rel ezation to bed in 4 room where windows had been removed from their trames. pending cufiicient recovery of strensth so that he could travel to wiss sanatorium. Tt is impossible to believe that even when his prospeet of life was at this low cbb Alr. Powys 1951 his sense of humor or his feelis and poetic in lire dramatically and poeti he write of his thonghts ervations at this period. Vari members of his family and friends came to see him and he in )If In studving the at each vigitor. “My father l"'- me and prayed at mv iz minnow, white us a dove's “gainst a thunder-cloud.” His sht him flowers from the ttle button chrys:inthemums @ spray of arbutus’ berries from the tree in the Liurel bushes le:ding down to the terrace wall.” Thongh she was kind and gentle. his heart bard toward her, for he knew that - <he resented my going to Switzerland and vould have hud me instesi return quietly to Montucute to die peucefully ously, does titude of cama to hedside, belly wing the ! d white as the silver| Q. Give some information concern ing ocean tonnage handled at the port | of Montreal.—D. C. R. A. Ocean tonnage handied at_the port of Montreal, situated at the head of the 30-foot ship chanmel in the St. Lawrence River, increased from 554 692 tons in 1882 to 2,404,787 tons, not including grain, in 1924. The num-| ber of ocean vessels which entered and cleared was 648 in 1882 and 1,233 in 1924, Q. What [ 1 does R. mean? A A. The letters s | for the Latin words, lasque Romanus,” which means toman Senate and people.” Q. How v billiard cleaned A Ivo P. Q. R stand “Senatus popu- “The are balls . L. ¢ billiard halls can be clean- ed with a soft cloth. molstened with tepld water. Where the balls are so that this is not effective, a small quantity of alcohol can he used satls- factorfly by applving same fo a cloth nd rubbing the bLalls until they tean, ivory | ! i What was the November ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. rights consisting in infringement ol the exclusive rights of the owner the copyright. In other cases it ply 18 unfair and discreditable Q. How many street car there in Wyoming”—AM. (. A. There is one street railwav opes ating in the State of \Wyvoming. Thi is the Sherfdan Raflway Co.'s, wihic operates over 167; miles of truck ur connects the cities of Sheridan, Diet Monarch. lines Carneyville and Q. What Is the value of foo sumed each year in the United —A. T. M. A. According to a recent stutemen published by the marketing divi of the International Magazine ( New York, in the American ¥ Journal, the annual value of all foud consumed in the United States is billion dollars, including profits { margins. Of this 15 billion is home | consumption, four billion is used | hotels, restaurants. ete.. and the | maining four billion I both produoce |and consumed by rural tamilies Q. I the tr indns A numier pping v than | 1925 an tion output inerease was O ovembe gallons, average prodi 1225, of 4 pe 1 cent Q. Who Be Christmas”7—R A. Clement Moore is the avthor “The Night Before Christmas Q. How wrote Night does a radio s its program 10 another vehroadcast?—C. I ! A. The Loomis Radia College {that present-dav Lroad tually » combinition of 1 distance telephone line I Several high-powered stations throughout the connecied by land i1elephone one ceniral station | WEAF, where program 1s | ziven. Then, when all f« ready [ performance at WEAF 10 he {radio transmitting apparaius i of the broadeasting station ition convey station to he transm hroudeasting coungry 1 are 16 he oh in { ie set in there ¢ inz to the Christian pe. His brother Theodore sat close by the oven window when he came and «hief prevecupation seemed to be lest he himself should cateh my com nlaint. An old stone-mason, a family friend. came and sat hy the bed and }w»_m You have churehvard congh Finally be taken tortum he to was sufficiently herter 2 spacious white sana at Davos Platz. above the circh Vallex. Here his do were passed In manotonons resting—alwavsresting. The scene “s beautiful—the snow mountains glistening in the sunlight, with illage snuggled in the valley below, " the moon rising high above the Frauenkirch Valley. “frail and lumi nous as the circular leaf of a silver pop- lar" His mind turned contin Stevenson. who spent many fnvalid monthe at Davos Plat read irginibus Puerisque.” writien there 30 vears before. At first, for fear of irritating his lungs<. he dared not talk to his companfons at the sanatorium, all there for the same drear reason. Th #s improvement grew steady he le. came acquainted with a philosophic Hunzarian and with Wilbraham. u scholar and a zentlem With the Spring came relapse. Eefore the do tors recognized {t. he knew he was wors:e. Al the horrors returned upon him—the rising temperature. the clammy sweats. the listlessness and ukness, the nizhtmare fantasies during slesp, and “that Insufferanfe bubbling sensation™ in his chest which preceded a hemgrrhagze. Another Winter at Davos Platz. renewed im- provement and the arrest of the ase, a Summer and a Winter in Enz- land. then Spring at Arosa in the En- zadine 1o avoid the damp English Sprinz. Here he presumed too far « his health. climbed the Furka Pass, some 15 or miles, through Snow. to visit Davos Platz. At the inn. where he went to hed with wildlv palpitating heart and u high fever, he was again laid low in the night 1 hemorrhaze. and in the was removed in a covered the sanatorium. “the gr all that dolorous citad books ends. “Once more. 1 lay on mv back. perfectly motionles like a rabbit who ‘freezes’ in a thicket ef thorns, in the hope that he will not he seen. In the hope that the danzer that threatens him will pass by." Readers of Mr. Powys’ other hooks. “Ebony and Ivory™ and “Black Laugh- ‘f ' _can enjov the poignant beauty o apprehension, marning sleigh 1o est fool in Here the and he has heen able even a vicorons books telling of holds for him. o life the live an active and 1o write charm Africa v v “Goy which is the title recent novel of Rahinaranath of tha zore, I i€ the diminutive name of the princi i pal character of the story, x Hi hoy of the Brahmin caste. who hoasts stately full name Gourmohin “The novel is & purposeful one Gora de. oo is o religious working for this ieal. of the story is shared, however, hy foster-brother, Finoy Babu *l1s in love with a girl of lower caste, and thus also falis into a good deal of trouble. The average reader will probably be more interested ir Binoy's love affairs. for there are really two, than in Gora's religious and political activities. - The litersry value of the novel consists in the in sight it gives into the subtle distine. tions of “Orienial lifo and it< great divergence from Occldental lite, P The romance of old Spain in 1he Sew World is suggested, described. in terpreted by Willlam Mckee in “Sun lisht in New Granada His own ramblings in Central Americn gave the author the material for this hook. In the foreword he explains that his point of view is not that of the ordi nary tourist. but that of the seam i ashore. I have seen things others have not seen, and I have striven to breathe life, not only into the fignres as they pass over the pages, but info the landscapes, the great river, the vast white stillness of the dlsin snow peaks, the breathless heai and filth of the river towns, the bleak wmedievalism of the high plateaux.” * ok ok ox J. St. Loe Strachey, distinguished aditor of the Spectator, has- written his first novel after a lifetime of criti- cal and editorial work. It is called ““The Madonna of the Barricads and Is a story of the revolution of 1848 and the part played in it by the Car- bonarl. English. French and ftalian characters, some historical and some created by the author, move through the romance, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say are pulled on strings by Mr. Strachey. The truth is that the book lacks the true spirit of romance, which makes the charac- ters seem to live and move in their historical oeriod. * ok ko Count Byron Khun de Prorok. the archeologist, who has several times leetured so interestingly before the Archeological Society of WashingZon on his excavations at the site of ancient Carthage and in other parts of Africa, is soon to publish a book. embodying the results of his discov- o and nolitical fa The inter . % than 1o monkey with that piker stuff ‘were ' next time. eries, 1o be called “Digging for Lost African Gods.” his | resting. | the | Skin for Skin" without too great | for they know that the | {author won his fight with death found in South Africa a climate where operation and each broadeasting {tion transmit~ the program. which comes over the telephone line from WEAF. Q. How many telephone there to a mile w. W, 0 A. The American Telept Telegraph Co that the number telephone poles { | and ave weraze Q. Does the Post Office Depa sanction the sale of merchandise the endless-chain system”—F. \'. A. The Post Office Department savs that endlesschain _enterprises have [been held by the Post Office Depart ment for over a period of 20 vesrs to be of a fraudulent nature. In 192 fraud order was issued against s com {pany operating such un endless-chain business, The prosecuted company secured 4 permanent injunction to re- strain the fraud order, and i the present time the case is in the Court {of Appeals in the District of Colum {bin. As vet no date has heen et for {any hearing. Q. How many stockings ravon are exported from tvI—E. 0. G About 1,500,000 dozen pairs ravon stockings were exported vear and about 1,120,000 dozen pairs lof sillc stockings. | Q 1s Ames A. The oldest city in the New World Mexico City, which antedates St Augustine by more than two centuri MeXico City dates from about 13: A.D.. when the Aztecs, looking for a favorable site, saw perched on a cactus n cagle devouring a snake. The omen Was interpreted to mean that this was 1o be the site of their city Q. Is plagisrism « A H. A. Plagiarism consists in appropriat i1inz or copving from the work of an jother. in Jiterature or art, und passing off the appropsiated or copied work s lorigina] without acknowledzment of {the real ownership or source; that is 1o say own production. i 1 ment by made this o coun of St Augustine the oldest rity in legal offense” — P egal off of a copyrizhted case. apart from moral there is an invasion of work. in ques- legal which tions, | mum It is | nee unless it occurs in | | profitable 10 vears ago” L. A A. 11 has heen extimared | value of The animal catch of | ing animals in United vears ago $25,000_ 000 today it § 1 $70.000.000 Q How thlelem —A.H. D | A. Probabl | dren under }»Iuln Ir-he: the le a ' it he st ma 3 nts were slain in by order of lierud not more than 2 b lar G. D, I8 36 width | is Lake Pontch |t miles long of 22 m with « Q. How long he . n in use The 1he 7 term hus a Enils been pop Q. Would tempersinre in from bearing fruit Ao Al this would not zermin would not bear frui nind trees are = ] temperiture 2ener i this? resonant erated in the resonaior applied to all the ottis: that is, th larynx. the the pharynx or upper | other resoundinz and the.mouth The term ities the niricle of v 1 and 11 of the he tibule Ho E Left-handedness occurs in 9 per cent of human beins many people 5o left-h Q. What plents?—A \. The horticultt the verb “to rogue It is applied weedi ferior plants in a bed o does C. D it mesn 1o rogue definition to weed o 5 out seedlin | @ 1s there | wood is used for | ficial 1im L. L. M A, The Forest Service willow wood is used in 50 |of the artificial limbs that ufactured. Sometimes bass ] use: Willow is very satisfactor as it has the combined necessar: roperties of vd strength where Kinz plant the mi per Sea Gull Mon: Q. When was the unveiled ment. in Salt Lake City W. O, H. This monument on Temple hloek 1, 1913 was unveiled October | | The Government is spending o | money to find out how to do thinos | The Evening star. through its Was) | ington Information Bureau. is read: 10 tell wou what the Government has found out. There is information avail- able on practically ecern subject nf- fecting the daily life of the Americns citizen. Ezperts of the highes! oro are devoting their entive time eroy to this great work of promntine the public welfare. What do you 1w to know? What question can the hu | rean answer for you? This servies i | free. Just inclose a cover the return postage | The Evening star information rean, Frederic J. Haskin, dire Washington. . and en Ru- Italy’s Dead Sevoy, the lulian like' the Queen | Mother Alexandra of England. came {10 the end of life beloved by her own | people and admired the world over. American ediiors join in pavinz un “tinted tribute 10 a rare example of i true loyalty, & woman of Savoy credit- ed with all the virtues withowi any of the failings of that famous line. “The whole world will do reverence {10 one of the rarest of women in pay- {inz its honors at the bier of Marghe- frita of Savoy,” savs the Bosion Tran- cript, as It describes her “‘fore- | most in good work. and calm and pru dent in every task and under all re sponsibilities.” The Transeript thinks ‘her virtues have helped to {the popularity of the ltalian {house through all changes and tional perils.” “The parallel Marsherita of Dowager Queen hetween the lives of Margherita and England’s Queen Mother Alexandra ts oo obvious to escape attention.” notes the Philadel phiv Inquirer, recalling that “hoth spent their widowhood in benevolent Activiti that greatly endeared them 10 all classes of people.” Also linking together the names of these 1wo ! women.” the Portland. Oreg.. {aram says: “Margherita of Ttaly. beauriful, gracious and queenly queen. fe dead. &nd ltaly monrns as England monrns the passing of the loved Alex andra. Generous in her service to the humblest of her subjects, spending much time, effort und money in works of charit the Queen Mother wax known and loved throughout Italy. * kK X Reminding its readers thai “the ex ceptionally esteemed and long-widowed Queen mother, Margherita of Savoy had unusual sorrows to bear, the Van- couver Daily Province says: “ltaly's little mother,’ after an honored | widowhood of a quarter of a centur will lie in the Roman Pantheon by the side of Humbert the Good. who met his death so traglcally at the hands of the anarchist, Bresci in 1900. Her devotion to her sgallant cousin and husband, who beat off with his saber the Neapolitan assas- sin who made the first three attempts on his life in the first year of his ac cession to the throne of Italy, was at tested by her suffering on that shock- ing occasion. which brought on an iliness which for many vears threaten ed to be fatal.” One of the Marghe- rita’s harrowing experfences is de- scribed by the Flint Dalfly Journal, which records how “in one attempt to assassinate her husband a white dress she was wearing was spattered with the blood of the prime minister, who was Injured in warding off the knife thrust intended for the King." Surviving this and the greater shock of the final, assassination of her hus- band, through the “solace” she found “in her religion,” Margherita, accord- ing to this newspaper, “though she lived three-quarters of a century saw the prestige of royalty waning the world over, never lost the love o Tele- | nd | Remarkable VTributes Palld and respect of her people even unio death.” | Skeiching the extraordinary charac |ter of Margherita. the Kansas ity surna) declares that she was “fa mous for her democratic tendencles and was universally beloved hy her | son’s subjects: throughout her lite she | held tenaciously to the preservation of individual mong rovalty and | 1ooked with disfavor upon marriages of state.” Being of her people, she | understood them and they understood {and loved her. As the Butte Dailv | Post says, “One factor in contribution | to the personal popularity of Marghe was the fact that she | Italian. of the house of Sax | recent vears there has been frequent repetition in news from Italy of men | tion of manifestation of affectionate sentiment among the Italians toward the venerable Queen mother." * % ox ¥ “One of the most noteworthy char acteristics of Queen Margherita was that she kept pace with the prosress of her later vears and did not, ax 80 many do. cling 1o the past, its tradi tions and its sorrows.” is the thought | of the Greensboro Record. which con slders that “in this and in several other respects her life was helpfully exemplary to the world The picture that the New York World draws of the “Pearl of Savo:y is a compelling one, as it acclaims her “'a notable figure in a roval familv tair women and vallant men. an {adds: “Her unusual beauty comporte:d | well with a stateliness that did not defeat affability; her kindly heart and irreproachable conduct endeared her to the people of Italy. She did not need to pretend an interest in those about her, or in the victims of mis fortune which it is the privilege of » queen o assuage. The interest wa< genuine.” Continuing, the World sa: “The bright light that beats upon throne must have illumined few per sons hetter worth the honors af re alty e w Margherita's death. declares the Al hany Evening News. removes another woman who in roval station had proved the hizh quality of her woman hood. “‘She visited the sick.” the Eve ning News adds. “'She organized phil anthropic movements. In notable die asters she was always among the fi to give material aid.” A real gueen and a woman of beautiful character was Margherita.” “Unlike Alexandra, and unlike Queen Elena, her beautiful Montenegrian daughter-in-law, Margherita was na tive-born, a daughter of Ferdinand Prince of Savoy and Duke of Geno explains the Passaic Herald, which pays tribute both to her culture and her fine mentality, saving: “She was 4 lover of the arts and a sjudent of public The Newarl Evening News “In her day she was one of the most heautiful women in all Ialy and an exemplar of all that Iis hest in royalty.