Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1926, Page 6

TIIE EVENING THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY....January 23. 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Businesa Office 1107 Bast 4904 St 11th St ¥ York Office Chicago O ropeuts Office nionth Main B000. ¢ at the o vable in W Advance. nin. Rate by Mail—] Mary Daily and Sun Datly on Sunday i byl AlL Other States and Canada Daily and Sunda: 00: 1 mo 1yr 18 Member of the Associnted Press. The A No Coal Peace Yet. to end the coal rir operat nounced tha coal peace w ate operat: plan of ‘o did mine owners plan provides hold pes not they equit ences that has not and opera to tie up that cons the cepted the which 1 the enthusiasm his tour spit during gion, he the mine the pit them thousands of othe e P ntinue we in been sdie nes to return to wor tions in favor « which marked through the anthracite 1 a heart-by It be resumed event is now il mining question of cern t eral b active 1 existence is not of substitutes W these s of consumers That But to oppe point of agrecment s of pubite s to the w more ter is v come, and unless stubhors reach a the strike will be the caus ess such before has L country known in this N Consumers have re: submission wh not so uch dis of proper fuel at any o ther forecaster and the coal falists still refuse pay attention whatever to each other. — vt Give the Capital a Stadium! An a reached be- tween the superintendents of the mili- iry and naval academies to play the annual Arm ext Fall at ol the rial to War. Tt his choice does not constituie a prec dent for future game: Washingion is interested in thi though for the present prospective for g classic at some future price. The we cont ement has bee “m having ause of the dedica of the s me- of the World announced th: se1. be same the is distinet] time soldie re cision, as this ime. imerely host porti ir ear t now accommodate an event of this character, for it has no place suftable for the contest. The hase ball ypatic #s not big enough to hold the <reat erowds that always attend the Annual contests between the academies \ great stud s required, and the Capital Jacks an equipment. It hes heen proposed that the na- tlonal to Theodore Roose velt; to be located in this city, should 1:ko ghe form of @ great stadium, lo. vated In Potomac Park. It would be most fitting if such a provision were made here for the holding of athletic comests of national ter Should it be created, no more suitable inguguzal could be given it than the Army-Navy game of that ar. For “Theodord Roosevelt was identified with Joth branches of the American defenss service. As Assistant Secretary of the Navy he took the keenest interest in the great naval school at Annapolis. ile was himself a soldler, and though never a cadet at the Military Academy, he regarded it as a most valuable in- stitution. Washington has urged its selection for the Army-Navy game for vears, hut it has recognized that it must be first fitted with facilities for such contest. Now an opportunity is fered to supply this deficiency by memorial a cha of he, ’ !..-wuun of & memorial stadium which will memorate the Roosevelt suitably and to give Wash- for large public gath- hortant competitlons, a | hletic fiell. Those & the Roosevelt me- dder this plan appropriat Roosevelt's - and more expressive of his to the Nation than a merely architectural of ntemplated, ington truly wha are prome might national morial well more to namental reation lity ' one of the beauty spots »out nd, as now « destrin 1 1 SO Cloture in Prospect. petition World Court 1y nting a cloture ed by forty-eight Senators th «d:l t ratifl the World bring to an issue the stion of & vote on that measure, |which may be dectded today or per- | haps not until Monday. according to [the mood of those in opposition. Thi: fetoture is offered under the which permit six - to call for pres | voen of jon of fCourt pro [ Court protocol measure the teen members of that boc enate, on a pending question at any that number having ar just one-half of the it esented with a prosy adoption n it vote tin tition ate is t of Thy imous is put to a0 e is now dternative ‘nt con ain sture rule, the ending final of a4 un vote ption of th time 1 the { which would fix | th u s gested as a date r That slative days for jve the 1 teen st time enough deliver all the speeches that have prepared and that may be pre- Jared meinwhile, unless there is a dis- | position to protract the debate by d irrelevant matter. 1f the lopted, however, two- «d for that action, | final vote on the | A een vule is being requi ted that protocol will be taken next week. o-thirds e would require the Nty-four Senators, or sixteen than the number signing the | cloture motion. It thus follows that it cloture is adopted the votes to ratify | ju it is expec nt STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, JANUARY 90 =0y 1926. York. Should they reach New York t two requirements, to vnnv!lhey plan to fly to Canada and then vices of Theodore home by way of Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles and France, a cireult involving all possible conditions of long ocean fiying, Transandean flving, | hnzardous coast fifght and alternating hops over sparsely settled land and dangerous waters. The flight from the Cape Verde Islands to Pernam- buco will be perhaps the severest test of machine and men. The plane is equipped for alighting at sea and has a still for the provision of fresh wa- ter. No surface craft will accompany the plane, which will be *“on its own" throughout the voyage. If these men make their circuit as proposed, they will be entitled to acclalm as herolc adventurers. o A Stainless Record Broken. A stainless record of 35 years hag been broken by an Elizabeth, N. J., policeman. Due to the fact that he was compelled to take a “beat” not kis own because the regular officer ill in the hospital, Sergt. Emil Schmitt ran foul of one who had par- taken too lberally of strong spirits, and he was forced by his consclence to arrest him, his first arrest of any Kkind n his 33 years on the force. Veteran police reporters, attaches of headquarters and the desk sergeant are sald to have bowed their heads in amazement and shame when, in a quavering tone, was heard the unex- pected voice of Sergt. Schmitt Schmitt is the name—Polics dmil Schmitt; it has two ° I am the arresting officer. Mim? He says he is Allen Randolph and lives hers in Elizabeth, but he can't speak very good yet. Drunk he was, so I picked him up, of course." The worst part of the whole dis- graceful affair, in the opinion of Sergt. Schmitt, is that next month he is due to be retired. After going along for these many years it seems incredible that such an experience could befall him. However, there {s one bright spot. Sergt. Schmitt will not have to appear court and thereby add further stains to his record. The defendant 1 to be arraigned on his day off duty. r—oe— In order to stimulate congres interest in the coal situation it might was Sergt. in ional )1 are assured, and further the would be the proto et of debate futi Paced with the cloture vote (sreement ative of sub or granting to end P mitting to in course tilibuster e cloture reso right of action when wte for a cking a filibuster may heir rmine ¢ cannot the support With this guestion will o Turn Commended. motorists of Washing customed to the flic signals on Sixteenth Massachusetts avenue, is mueh favorable comment on the system of turning necessitated by cutiar conditions created by the { shment of this lighting arrange- w » settled. | 1o {the 1 there was some critleism of and left hand turning vas due to the unfamil- public with the radical Washington lifelong | At firs the righ . but this v of the in a I th habit Al left sreen both on the and right, are turns, de signal, who to critic w the most enthusiastic in their | iendation. It has been urged by traffic committes of the de that the right turn ade on the red signal, but shown that this is «w fallacious ry, because a turn of kind disrupts the smooth and v green-light traffic flow. | Green-light traffic must have no ln—‘\ terruption from any source. It should be able to pass intersections with the d and freedom that it n ates the space hetween cross streets This is one of the fundamentals of the automatic system and should be were the first en com the spectal | Boara of Tr uld e 1 expe fence has the this SpH is held inviolate. 1t cars are allowed to swing out into the green-light street at intersections, causing the hurried application of brukes on every car having the right of way, the lighting system might as well be abandoned. Except for possible changes in tim ing, as conditions warrant, the traffic turning rules laid down for motorists . streets should be left as they are The left-hand turns :re now being made with neatness and yatch Ly local motorists, who are \dually becoming aware that at last Washingt. s taking its place with | other modernly controlled cities. In this connection it might be well to register a protest against the light- ing systern now in vogue on the grounds of the Capitol. Despite con- fusion and the menace to human lives that is involved by the reverse opera- tion of these signals to any others in ity, no attempt as yvet has been ade to change them. There is no pparent reason why the signals at this point should be different from those used not only in Washington but in other cities. It is high time that traffic on Capitol hill be made to con- form in regulation with that in force in the rest of the city. ——— The senatorial situation implies a possibility that tax reduction will de- pend on talk reduction. RS The Flight From Palos. Four Spanish airmen have made the Grst “hop” in a remarkable flight which, if successful, will establish a new record in aviation. They left T'alos, Spain, at 8 o'clock in the morn- ing and in eight hours had reached their first landing point, Los Palmas, in the Canary Islands. Their plan is then to fly to the Cape Verde Islands, which lie at about an equal distance. They will next make their most dan- gerous flight, to Pernambuco, a dis- tance of 2,770 kilometers. That will effect the first crossing of the South Atlantic by heavier-than-air machine, From Pernambuco the contemplated route inclydes Rio de Janeiro, Buenos \ires, the Pacific coast of South America, Panama. and New on the presen m be desirable to have the daily weather report printed in the Record—assum- ing, of course, that Senators and Rep- entatives read and are influenced the publication to which they so oluminously contribut e The estcemed London Times prints mall ad stating that there may be teeth that are worth five or even & much as ten pounds. Individualism will ussert itself. A dentist's chair may be the scene of a gold rush, as well as the Australian wild, res Shutting down on Paris Bourse represented an emphatle test inst taxation. HMowever, those speculators who might have been unlucky at that particular time will be in a bettep position to puy | taxes. ————————— When Vice President Dawes inti- mates that Senators may talk too much, the simple and obvious re- joinder with reference to the conver- sational limitations of a presiding offi- cer is immediately forthcoming. ———r————————— Chlna lets the remainder of the world discuss peace, but holds to her ancient philosophy, which regards oc- casfonal fighting as inevitable and even heneficial. R Efforts to smuggle Soviet literature into America seem a waste of en- ergy, cor ering the abundant sup- ply we have proved able to produce on our own account. ——— The greatest sensations do not sur- vive long in popular interest. Teapot Dome may now be referred to in print without causing the slightest thrill. RS- The bus may prove a formidable competitor of the street car. In the course of time the airship will give them both something to worry about. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Modern Art. The Realtor describes the sky With many a poetic sigh. He shows the beauties of a hill With words that hold a wondrous thrill. He knows the splendors of the sea, When all is calm, or winds ride free. He understands the subtle ways Of speech, which please while they amaze. For poets of the olden time, With thoughts attuned to rhyme, ‘We have no need—our cheers are for Our Bard de Luxe, the realtor! gentle Service. “You have served many terms in ‘Washington' 1 have,” ghum. “And yet T do not ses that you have asserted yourself boldly in cham- plonship of any publie policy.” “I sefved many terms because I was willing to keep on serving instead of getting into these mix-ups about who was going to be boss.” answered Senator Sor- Transmuted Music. The crocus soon will come along To bring a sort of silent song That's comforting, as storms drift by, Not to the ear, but to the eye. Jud Tunkins says the motor car is a promoter of civilization, but not of politeness. Ennui. ‘Are you fond of dancing?" Only to the extent,” replied Miss Cayenne, “of an impression that it is better than sitting still.” Vigilance. I fain would turn to slumber deep, Forgetful of my troubles— And yet, if carelessly you sleep, Each little trouble doubles. “Whut dey calls a housing prob- lem," sald Uncle Eben, “sounds like a. checker game. You's always hearin’ de question, ‘\WWhose move is K i THIS AN BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. When ol uge shall this generat Thou shalt remain. i Thaa our i “Beality b truth, truth beauty—that fs all e ki on earth, and all ye need to know S0 reacs the conclusion to the “Ode on a Grecian Urn,”. that un- rivaled poem of John Keats, who wis born in a stable and who aspired to the _stars. There was a grand pow-wow raised a few months back over whether child of 12 vears could have written the poems printed under her name Luckily the matter has met the oblivion it deserved; but if it had not, a glance back over the history of English lterature would have proved the young poet's cuse ,at least theo- retically Alexander Pope wrote a very fine short poem when he was only 10 vears of age. Thomas Chatterton, Whose poems are scarcely read any more, did all his work at a tender age. Our own Bryant wrote his master. picce, “Thanatopsis,” when he w 16_years old. ats, whose influence on English poetry has been second to none other whomsoever, dled when he was 26 years old, scarcely at the beginning of_his career. vaste. other woe . to whom thou Yo Yet he managed to produce, in his | tfew working years, some unmatched poems, that have stood for a hundred vears as masterpieces, and which will he so called as long as interest in English verse lasts, That such interest is perennial fs one of the little remarked. but none the less hopeful, signs of this our cen-| tury * % x ok John Keats is a poet peculiarly dear to the American reader, for the simj reason that he exemplifies that “get- ting ahead” of which we are so fond. We like to hear about the career that fits into the headlines so neatly, “From bootblack to President,” or From section hand to railroad mana- of ours for the spec- tacular “rise” from lowly birth to position of power we label distinctively “American,” but perhaps it is simply Anglo-Saxon Certainly the average Englishman takes as keen delight in hearing about the poor soap manufacturer Who gets knighted we do in reading the tales of our “poor boy" Presidents. Perhaps it is a human desire not confined to any one race. These storfes bring In the “under dog," und turn him into the top dog. Somehow they please our sense of the cternal fitness of things. That Byron, born to the pury should be a poet, we think no unusual thing. The wonder s that all the s of lords are not poets But that a child born in a stable and the son of “honest working par ents,” should blossom forth into a full fledged sweet singer somethin; that strikes us us decid unusua to say the least As a matter of fact, usual—it {8 unusual As far 48 can be recalled nd, John Keats, son of Thomas and Fran- ces Keats, was the only man in th history of literature who rose to such helghts from exactly such humble be ginnings. The legendary winged horse of my thology was the only one that in terested the boy John. Perhaps if his parents hud lived, they would have forced him to stay in the stable Who knows? Fortunately for him—and for litera- ture—the guardian of the brothe of whom John was one—believed in and it was un and so to put the lads Before John Keuats could get s the study of « however removed, and apprenticed t a surgeon. Imagine a poet trying to learn medi cine! vou have could have | assignment for would have been as a gebra! Anyway, Kents resented having to round with blood and hones. All ¢ remainder of his too-short life he {tried (0 be a surgeon, and got as far las being a dres: in o hospital, 1 his heart was 1 in i, he never cared a rap for Job, he wanted to write poems Luckily for the readixg world, he did write poems. And such poems! P'rof Willlam . Trent of Columbia Univer sity has said To lovers of long been almost has searcely vot nificance of his no spects unique What Dr. T s driving at W merely that Keuts was a great man in literature and at the same time i real human being. Here was no high priest of beauty so much as a man liv with men, yet who held a vision i tried to exemplify it in words What Ke would have done if had lved no man can sy [would have been greater thing oduced is | gone conclusion, for the man rather he youth, was self-control all the time. In addition, his regard for form in literature was nE apldly There are those ally in this d and age, who believe tha “literary form” is a myth. It is architecture cannot be {riot, in detiance of cex real laws, so literature must its own true rules and regulat * % % joke of th L but ¢ Kents te: poetry hie (Ke an’ idol; the pul realized the full and in some r¢ th out o tic growing e Keats was born in Londc and dled at R e in 1821 erary friendships he made did not he {him with the critics first t volumes rather failed | _The third, however, Apnes syche cor ing “Th e ht the por Daie st [ some meed of t} He bad riter as have in writings, vet h pitaph to be i little One may pref writer does | cannot be gat mourned the | poet in those glo; at once the quintessence mysticism and lies magic ir 1t form mor group. lof these poen: why this is | | | i yoetry love word n said ern Englis to Keats than | among 1t we shall tal and try to show Law and Politics I\imgle In Views on Nye Decision The seating of Senator Gerald I Nye, a North Dakota newspaper man, by the United States Senate after i contest Involving the right of the State governor to make the appoint- ment, has been followed by public discussion of the legal point and of the influences which affected the Sen- ate's decision. The question of seating Senator . appointee of Gov. Sorlie of North Dakota, differed from most contes for seats in that it hinged entirely on a question of law,” explains the Hart ford Daily Times (Independent Demo cratic). Explaining the legal points involved, the Grand Rapids Herall (independent Republican) also finds in the contest purely a question in constitutional law. “The seventeenth amendment to the Constitution,” the Grand Rapids paper says, “intends to | commit the election of Senators to the people. The only point at which this purpose is allowed deflection s in the emergency when a senatorial vacancy occurs between elections. In such cir cumstances, the amendment permits State Legislatures to direct, by statute, the method of filling temporary va cancies. But the North Dakota Legls- lature left the question in doubt.” * % Xk ¥ “The issue was far more non-par- tisan than has generally bleen re alized,” says the New London Evening Day (Republican), as it was “an fssue between the rights of the State and the rights of the Federal Govern ment.” By its decision in favor of Nye, “the Senate confirms, as far as it goes, the novel contention of Gov Sorlie of North Dakota that a United States Senate seat is a State office, says the Knoxvllle Sentinal (independ- ent Democratic), though ‘the more authoritative constitutional opinion in the Senate dissented from this novel claim.” The Evansville Courfer (in- dependent) believes the vote sets precedent as to the status of a United States Senator. “It is this,” the Cour- fer adds: “that a Senator s not solely a ‘State officer’ nor solely an ‘officer of the United States,’ but is both.” ‘The Senate acted wisely and well in seating Mr. Nye" the Lexington Leader (Republican) affirms. “The legal questions were not of a nature to be deterniined with any degree of finality and on Rrounds that were solid and enduflnfi" Concurring in this opinion, the Springfield Illinois State Journal (Republican) says: “The argument for refusing him a seat was rather technical and not at all convincing. On the whole. the Senate, it seems. did the right thing in seating Mr. Nye." K ok ¥ “It is quite ‘A:D;Nnt flmlt N)’e“zs {n harmony with the majority polit- ll’:ltl nnllm’;nt in North kota, and from that standpoint no injustice has been created,” claiins the Sloux City Tribune (independent), further stat- ing that, “for the benefit of the Mid- dle West in general, that State needs full representation in the Senate at this time—"a contention with which the Asheville Times (independent Democratic), the Saginaw News Courfer (independent) and numerous other papers agree. ‘Analyzing _the Senate vote, the Hollywood Daily Citizen (Republi- can) says: “The conservative Repub- licans, not wanting a Farmer-Labor representative in the Senate, assist- ed by 8 Democrats, voted against the seating. The Democrats, pre- ferring a Farmer-Labor representa- tive to a conservative Republican, assisted by 14 Progressive Republi- cans, voted In fayor of the seating.” Says the New York World (inde- pendent Democratic): “Somewhere in the vicinity of the Benate chamber, but not voting, were 7 more Re- ublican regulars. They could easily ave turned the decision by voting against Mr. Nye,” and, pondering their aloofness, the World further notes that some of these “come from agri- cultural will be can na in_ 2 re-elaction. The Lincoln Journal (inde- pendent Repub ) sees in the scai- ing of Senutor Nye * square non-party alignine East and West,” and “the blood of section is ge than the w e ry near sclares Republican nd te g0 For to the party North Dakotit idge.” the Fa he re cantime, the Leader (Repub- new ator has Nation that the right man to nator Ladd.” votes Repuh- n regulars New - | berry with their recent votes to un- , the Portland Oregon Jour- (independent) declal Nve's offense is that he 18 @ progres- sive” and is likely o vote “as did th late Senator Ladd, to whose vacs seat he was appointed.” But, up- holding the State’s right to rep- resentation, the Chicago Daily News (Independent) think Sen- ate cannot afford to establish perilons precedents or to subordinate right to supposed expedienc The Waterloo Tribune (independent Progress believes “North Dakota would |sent that kind of a Senator had an | election been held: so there is noth- ing Jost,” in which opinfon the Raletgh News and Observer (Democratic) concurs, stating that in seating Nuve the_Senate “clearly carries out the manifest intention of the North Di- kota Legislature: so far as the law goes, there was nothing else for the Senate to do. June 30." alls 1 1s Sen. v cked the late S the succeed Sena o Let Critics Moan. From the Puchlo Star-Journal. Visiting Europeans continue their criticisms of America as a country de- void of the finer graces. That sort of eriticism has been highly popular for the last 10 vears, and it is met b: a lot of s, unfortunately it is true” apologies from this country Every ship brings over these T ropeans who have caustic things t* say about our greed, our love of money, our great hustle and bustle, our eternal struggle for material things, like dollars, stocks, bonds and dividends and so on. They bewail our dearth of poets and musicians and sneer at our democracy as thing that has fallen into the hands of financiers. Chicago has not as fine art gallerfes as Paris; Indianapolis does not suj port grand opera as Munich doc Minneapolis has fewer writers than Vienna; St. Louis has not the pic- turesque beauty of Madrid. But con- sider this: Parls was five centuries old when Chicago was a frontier fort. Munich had generations of history and romance to look back on before Indianapolis was founded. There was a howling wilderness on the site of Minneapolis long after Vienna had grown gray with age. St. Louis was a tiny trading post when Madrid had passed its zenith. We are an amazingly young coun- try, and it was more important in the history of the world that Amer- fca should devote its youth to such things as factorfes, railroads, wheat flelds and banks than that it should produce paintings, music and posms. Those things will come. Never doubt When America finds its voice there will go up from this land a song to amaze the world, a song that will send a message of hope, joy and beauty clear to the highest peaks of the unattainable mounigins. THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. Experiences of travel fn almost all |the Juropean countries and in North | Africa—travel for culture and pleas- ure, but also travel with a dash of ad- venture—are described in “Ited Letter Days in Europe, With a Glimpse of Northern Afri by Viktor Flam- bean. The author, who, by the way, is o \Washington writer and lecturer, using o nom de plume, is especiully in terested in soctal conditions Arts in post-war Bur wortunities of meeting and talk ith people in the varfous countrics hose knowledge is above the average and whose opinjons on speclal subjects are worth listening to. She visited the home of Johann Lang, & sculptor of 1 divector of the passion plas In Prague she was minister of foreign af Stepanek; u_city councilor, | was her guide, und she was the guest at the theater of the Czech rel Cupek. She visited her Swedish home t there, at tea, Prince Iy o delightful, demo . but also “one of the dish painters, ranking with Anders Zorn und Carl Larsson.” She spent half 4 day with the foremost Swedish sculptor, Carl Milles, at his villa_on the cliffs above the harbor of tockholm. The author also visited wces and had some adventures al with the ordinary tourist veled from Vienna to Budapest Danube boat and from Budapest to by afrplane. She visited the ancestral castle of Bibesco, recently restored by prince. She spent most of a night railway station at Cracow, be hotels were all full, and hud observe the homeless who v night crowd “raflwav stations nd any other available place just for @ spot to lle on the hard floor and sleep.” At Riga she spoke before t Latvian W. C. T. U. on “Prohibition wrica,” and at Budapest she s Fatty Arbuckle in a movie! Ever where she received bundles of liter ture and plctures on the art and educi- tion of the various countries, until her luzgage grew to proportions undesir- able for & modest traveler. ¥ & k& in Py no means the least interesting jter of an interesting book is the “Coming Home & - in the Makir of scareity of first-class : ns from Copenhagen sailing port, and for the sake of experience Flambeau came home in t age of the Danih boat Hellig Tt was not half as bad as most fmagine steerage to be, “Try it Fee vour countrymen in the If ‘they don'’t teach you les patriotism, you indifferent The food in the third class hearty, though merely wuid strike terror to the stomech—of bread, Danish e, << with onfons for brea lverwurst, cherry sou with red cablage. But 1ss never missed i meal. Except the mer * The picture is not ‘Third on it w0 different fre almost as many | filled the staterooms and { ) the dining room tables. shown every @ ship’s orches Olay peat making sons of class rs. The: verflowed ing e other evening, i | tra played ever: er day. One huc the ship's newspaper like the rest and the stewards were qu nd cou In third « seemed to be no petty Jealous silly scandal, often ‘in the cliss. The rage pussengers not e first ck . They id, that they did | glad, they s have to change for dinner. the s or first were were not as In hLis much reviewed, much dis ssed book on heredity, “The Fruit of the Family Tree” Albert Edward Wiggam suggests a number of ques- < for investigation by good citizens anth and ally n voters, whose first mission he ives to be the welfare of the Some of these questions follow and sound soclal stand- indication of genulne Al worth? Or do the meek, lowly and unsuccessful pussess the best human qualities? Do children drop out of school from mental weakness, uninter poor teachers? really cure or does it ease human misery through keep- ing alive the unfit and enabling them to_reproduce a larger horde of unfit’ Why do city people produce great men more than twice as fast as coun Is it hecause city people opportunity or better ! espec won con Are weal any true inc does child-labor _legislation cause fewer children to be horn? Why have large scetions of some countries n depopulated of laborers hild-labor legislation” Should such m be discontinued or im. proved so as to counteract these dam- aging racial effects? Why are more bables born during | and hard times than during peace and good times? Why do more people go insane dur- ing peacoe than during war? Can human nature be changed by legislation? Is crime due to bad heredity bad social conditions? Do high wages increase or reduce crime? What are the effcets of race cross ings? Do children of race crossings live longer or shorter lves, make better or worse citizens than children of pure races? Shall we_ continue to put all our money on_improving environment as we are dving now, or part of it on im proving heredity; that is, the natural inborn qualities of the people? * ok ok ok In a story as exquisite in style as his others.” Christopher Morley has suggested a new riddle of the uni verse. “Thunder on the Left" shows with the utmost subtlety and restraint the great gulf that eéxists between generations, between the child and the adult. Neither can really understand the other and from this hopeless im- passe come some of the humor. much of the pathos and altozether too much of the tragedy of life. Iach age looks across and wonders about the other. Martin says to his mother: “Mother! Tell the truth; it's awfully important; s your heart and hope to die. Do you have . good tim Of course, from the child t of view adults never have a good time, and many of the good times prepared by adults for children entirely miss the mark. 1am sure Christopher Morley would enjoy knowing a little boy of my acquaint- ance who, when told by a’ moralizing adult that he ought not to be so naughty when mother was taking him to dancing school and giving him a good time, growled surlily: “Hell of « good time.” * ok k% Frequent visitors to New York, even New Yorkers themselves, might find useful George Chappell's “The Restaurants of New York.” To be sure, when one becomes hungry in New York, it is not hard to find a place to eat, whether one is down In Wall stregt, on Fifth avenue or up in the Bronx; but it is another matter to find just the right place to eat. This book discusses first the famous restau- rants of the past generation and then describes the eating places notable for good food at the present time. The sections of downtown, Greenwich Vil- lage, Broadway, and Park avenue are treated by themselves and chapters are given to supper clubs, good little restaurants on side streets, “foreign | leaders of the Col | board feeding grounds,” and places on the outskirts of the city within motoring distance where goud food s a spe- cialty. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What are some of the foods hav- ing ‘'high phosphorus conient? — CoD. K. A. Those containing high per- centage of phosphorus ws hutter. milk, codfish, celery, spinach, lettuce cauliflower, cottage cheese in - paragus. a Q. When will the next Red Cros convention be held’—D. G A. The sixth annual the American Red Cre in Washington, 1. C., October 4.7, in. clusive, 1926, Jach chapter of the | Red Cross i3 entitled to send del wates, and the attendance will prol «hly be from 700 to 1,000, sntion of s will be held Q. Where do we get the word b: gage?—W. S A. Probabl word “bague, Q. Has the miners’ strike in anthracite field reduced the Jutput of coal materially?—C. L. A. It has cut production e By the end of December the det in anthracite output had reached proximately 23,500,000 gross tons 1924 the total oufput was gross tons, of which 68570, wera shipped, 2.717,803 tons locally and 6,817,343 tons use power at the mines. For ernment agencies give the tota duction as approximately ¥ross tons. the old Frenc bundle from meaning Q. What is the meaning of the words —Mary, Nazareth and Israel?—C. M A. Mary {8 the same Its first and best m ed.” Nazareth mean “sanctified”; I God.” Q. Why is that?—A. R. T A. Babbitt 1 t from that of its discoverer Babbitt, an Anerican inve ive of Mass s The was invented Isa tor. met ented in 1533 corre give mie the pronunefation of the Eskimo Etukashu? The explorer MacM has used it in some of his lecti —M. 8 A. e National Cleogr: says that the correct ¥itook-a-shu, and the is phonetie, with the acc Q. Could you shie Soele spe When was Al ¢ jovernor of New A A E th wa governor on O ed Q. What was Netherlands, Ru ward the appeals of th ernment for fight in the G. T. K A. The rulers of the Netherl and Russia retused to consider proposit Frederick the Great x 517 om. | which only refused to provide hireling £ol- diers, but he prohibited the mer- cenaries of other German princed passing through his territory on thets set sall for America. Q. Please give the result of the Thanksgiving game between Lebanon und Susquehanna Universities 1. This foot owing to left the of snow and possible for a ball gama was Q. Why fsn't coloring nowa s reason th n raj Q W printed upon A. The pape e of the Frederie J I the nane t i are invite Vasi sddress Th ureau i, Wash BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL ¥ While the U engrossed in de Nation should tional court, W mainsprings ¢ another internat u with its seat in America b to decide the fate of a ns recognition of a c¢ ment. The seat of the court is in Hon and the nation at stake is Nice which has been under the special pro- tection of the United bhe request of its Presi president is an exle, seeking haven 1 Washington, under threat of im ment or death by the alleged power which has susper dent, seized the armed fc moved” the oppos! Congres h nfiuence headquarte agua Early in his administr: dent Wilson said, in @ bile, that it would be the poli Government to refuse recognit any American government wh gained power by force or means contrary to the cc the nation. The same policy of Latin American been maintained through the Har and Coolidge administrations. By general treaty of peace and amity, signed in Washington February 7. 1923, the same policy beeame the basis of agreemen atemala Salvador, icaragui Costa Ric aty was not sien ed by the United States, but this coun try indorses its princ and heres to its obligations to recogn the constitutional governments of cach | country a t all usurpation | By the terms of that t ty there followed, as of the same date, the or- | gar .zatfon of the International Tr bunal. with jurisdiction over zll ques tions between the adhering nati axide from “questions or_coutrov which affect ti zn and in pendent existence of any of the siz natory republics.” Tt becomes, there- | ore, a question to whether the | present alleged usurpation of all pow er in Nicaragua, by a Nicaraguan not | elected by the people, is a matter for the International Tribunal, or one for each nation to decide in reg of diplomacy. * * % The special interests States in Nicaragua date when a revolution was led by Di; a native of Nicaragu been a hooklkeeper f mining company oy in country, and was said to be earning about $1,000 a year salary. | The revolution was aimed at the overthrow of President Zelaya. It was not prospering and would have fallen but for the aid given it by our D partment of State, under Secr Knox, who declared against because of the execution of 1w youns American soldiers enlisted in the anti- | Zelayan army, who were caught in | an attempt to dynamite a vessel load- ed with Zelayan soldiers. i TUpon the entry of the 17 into the situation, P'resident resigmed and fled, whercupon 1 Madriz was elected by the N Congress as President. Madr possession of all the country except | Bluefields, which was held Conservative forces — revolutionists under Gen. Chomorro, the present leged usurper. A foree of Ar marines was landed to avert fighting in Bluefields, and prevent Madriz from entering that city. Then arrived Thomas (. Dawson, | azent of the United States Govern- ent, who called a conference of the servativ 'ty on American naval vessel. ed the *Duwso pact"—a compromise by which Is trada was named President, Diaz vice president, and a new constitution was written—which the Congress re fused to adopt. President Estrada soon dissolved the Congress und he came dictator, but he took his yulicies from the American Minister, who eventually broke with him and order- ed that he give way for Vice President | Adolfo Diaz to become President. It is alleged—at least by the opposition —that there was no pretense of legal- itv in_this revolution of *pacifica tion,” but, after two slight battles the erstwhile bookkeeper of the Pitts: burgh Mining Co. became President of 1 States Zelava an There was formu the republic. * . COLLINS. ved from instityr re-election, nut ) consent 1o ced himself o Con on then no: Conservative, i B. Sacasu eement nted A coali two Ce the va uit is, marched i city were p who wero t of ranks and re was a s itizens and guarc the pres ce, where two or th illed and several we rmist men were President Solarzar render and to rro £10,000 1 to 1t sself. e m_the public treas wce the revolution against was also f dis bers of his cabinet and ien. Chomorro general-ir hi 1, miss two mer of Gen. Chomor 1-chief was m to arrest he vi . Sacasa—a prac- ticing _ physicl Nicaraguan ice president has no governmental dutie <5 the tdles or e arning of s es and he iy He Universit vice president, phvsi n Washington Jia vears fn this cc Joined Ly his wife next step o his followers wi members Chomorro ( parted viee charges of ineit morro and dis 1 Liber then the 1ed the de casa, o1 1k opposition to Cho urbting the peace of tk republic, throush his wctivities in Cer tral America and the United States He was sentenced to two years' exile which he and 1 harming wite “enduring” n Washington societ The band-picked ¢ 58 elacted Gen. Chomorro “i'resident designat and gave President Solarzano an in- definite *“‘vacation."” so that whila the office of President would not be d« clared vacant, making the vice presi dent the legal succossor, the President would be stripped of all power and the “President designat” would esercise full authorits larzano in Managui, without even i nee of the power of his offie Reports that som American republics matic recognition coup d'etat are of No nation has r power. The American Minister will 1 main unofficially to obser and protect Amcrican i the 1923 treaty f American republics Americans are espe in Nicaragua, both from governm oncern in the concession of the to build and control br teroceanic canal and from the exted- sive loans and investments of our bankers—Brown Bros. and the Neliz- mans—whose interests run‘to seyeril millions, the details being under dis- pute. & had giv: to the Che ially contradi cognized the 1 the Latin