Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1926. e e e e e ettt et St ) IOttt et et e et B in substitution for 4he slightly differ-|inal is caught by a precinct detective h]'ng', Shollld Be ent units of long custom. It is be-|or by a headquarters man so long as Was ont THE EVENING STAR flh Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY February 1. 1926 THBODORE W. NOYES Editor TheEvening N Busty Newspap it St London, <t with 45 coiits e ez montl Ealaphons M4 <arrler at th Raie by Ma » n ul Virginia. L vrSao0: 1 mo 1vrosaon 1 mo All Other States and (a s1 sS40 ol the Associated Press. Planning the Campaign Vhen athe persui ssemihy with able members of the Denioers in attend d the conclusion has Leen promptl hed that the ub, of Thy prospect t campaign presiding national con His guests included Vice of Presidr the Demo ya mr Dem mittee, the House, the the Der n gemblug dida chairman ngressional cam: En chairnia ratic s paizn com Deme De the ader ¢ the was Elon ur The views of the pro ¢ ; Bonal campaizn i dential campaizn ¢ : 1t wuld nd in the congres and pres heizht thin: eluimed of to make Known ar > trend of the tall this te- Tine of hi ever was Eist in meeting 1t th chief O by or rdinates would eral months ahead of the think offensive se “zero hour.’ But inklines shrewd ini heen e The “outs” must ing point,” and i mated that ariff vor for ilated by have n rding t sk this case it point vertheless e m ght is in- w e the I'ndue fa is to be charg, st ve i that the g business™ is hinted. T 1 & S d, ion that farmers will be tangibl dissa by groups of vated. in the e istration fey cult There is issue omy program of the admin- tax reduction pol an nor - there has co-operation en drawn would seem und the farm situation tha So by process of elimination thit the tariff are pa about all terial vin the f House of ains as cam m s the rather It te Rep- unless rething vesterd imilarly < those have h the; outlook the s is blealk nation.” wh the ring Predictions rtage nutural oil & discounted by the turers tending the leaders 1 a fairly tions wl wbile manufac in ex inancial ever, wied on to ma the condi pr out terest Arctic of making the vailable to this the Summer part during month > - bill providing hen we the forigal “nited States Gov » used § t the ntual stand ertain sulb of metric rds wres in this countr compuis 1 empts land surves anud permits the malntenance « busine hoped by the advant with that ®other count lished that of measurement Every foreign the distinct Eystem in the 1 In the sield Blandardize "o meet t Ket the 1 syste pioyed. Therefore, in this country tuaintained, at heavy cost and with tuck of co-ordination of production. It is proposed by thls measure now under to establish the #world pound,” the “world quart” and 1 vard.” which will be metric dimensions, but related to auart and yard. The cur- rency svstem of this country is deci- mal. measurement basls. n ex old standards in In ter ars, however, i this bill, uniform )5t so fully estab the proponents of system which prevails in ies will 1 iy the old method will be manutacturer alandoned wi his wares knows of the metric (hrication of his goods. the machines seeks wivantay greater part foreign a s and are eters and fraction ircmients of thut ma m st Be em- in the larger shops dual standards are consideratic the pound system on of the | the | | i 1 lieved that the change can be readily effected. The American people & adaptable. Ten years of work in the schools of the country will yleld an dult public fully acquainted with the new units Obposition nly to the change from the manufacty proposed nd There sentimental char: itself standards of ) opposition of w | er, which manifests | fd move- The wrguments i of the establishment of Amer “an manutacturing and merchandising upon the me . will d measure- whenever any forws ment favor overwheln however. This close the fact that T the measure have reason and al advant pr hearing propo-f nents George Washington Memorial. outiook George W, brightens for building hington Memorial, the ssive foundation of which is on the south side of B street and covers the site of the old Baltimore aud Potom Railr station 1 to | Washingtonians | | | - | Mal | | { the | Disrict | coope No | 1on a The of the Revolution will aid in completing the memorial Luilding ns by for have the instituting funds a Al the structure national campaign Tooked of planned rcquainted with efforts of the Washington at pundation nd George Memorial Asso to finish the “The act of the Sons of the ut wifying and the re vival of practical interest in the me. morial gives promise that the ion will be achieved tention M ciation to raise money | structure. Reve mois m of the associa Public ¢ wir 1o the chair- | man of the Commission of Fine Arts in a Elliott, chuirman of the House committee on Dublic January Commission called situation by Charies N letter to Representative buildings und grounds The Fine Arts ported against a re House resolution to for the Foundation, provide a site for a building Muathers' Memorial Mr The commission would call attention to the fact th dy there is in the the foundation a building iving the same general purp building proposed in this resolution. Congress, having in view the desirability of providing a larg rinm and assembly room in ngton, set apart in the Mull oit Which a structure bearing the name of George Washington Memorial should be built by private subscription. iy the building proposed was 1+ cost about $3,000,000. However, owing partly to increased costs and to more ambitious ideas of the promoters the | completed call for an ex penditu £ §$10.0 Mr. Moore said that raised and expended on tic and “h the ceased, at least tempora ¥ s that the will b come to the rescue the District the matte and Moore wrote site $ 10,000 was the founda. | s have iy, and hu king there is no prospect funds to erect the building | effurts riised i i f the 1 ns Revolution have It appears that organization had taken under consideration before { the rep Arts rt of the chairman of the Fine Commission written, On | Junnary 15 the chaplain general of the ty wrote to the president of the District of Columbia society, recalling that at the first meeting of the Na tional Conncil of the Sons of the Rev- olution at Fraunces’ Tavern, New committee appointed to | ite with the George Washing Memorial Association, that the committee is still in being and the| funds are needed for the memorial, | ¥ 25 the Sons of the Revolu- | tion in the District of Columbia sent | « letier to each member of the Na. | tior urging aid for the me-| morial and saving, “The Sons of the Revolution ought to he particularly interested in the early erection of the memorial structure. The action of the Sons of the Rev- olution is fmportant and praiseworthy | and perh, ler national patriotic | wtions will help in the work of | the memorial. on Memorial Association was rporated under the laws of the] Columbia in September, 1898, and the corner stone of the ture was laid with public November 13, 1921, ~ was at York, a was ps o assoc buildinz W ine The George shin: of ruc- exercises | tical | wtitied by | rtitied by | o is ! tion that has developed in the course | — ————— f Uncle Sam vital should decide to take nd aggressive interest in the Le of Nations of the old! members ma; be inclined to won why they invited him in e — zue some vet der The theory of evolution has urged ukey forward, which makes vk almost satanic influ He offers no speech. But he looks the part s il strike set tlement is delayed, but the cold-wave along with relentless regu. | larity. [ as Announcement of a c news comes ———— Co-ordinating the Police Force. virtue of by Maj. Hesse, an order just issued iperintendent of po- ice. all precinet ‘tives Will here- after report daily for roll call at the detective bureaw. The purpose of this order is Yo effect a closer co-operation | the headquarters staff and the precincts and to correct a condi de between in which rivalry has been | manifested between the precincts and | the headquarters. It is expected | that better results in the detection and punishment of crime will be obtained. It is uot to the discredit of the pre cinet and headquarters detectives that they have been competing for priority of discovery. Tt is, indeed, to their redit that they have sought to score wther in the solution of crimes. But experivnce has dem onstrated that in this competition there hus been @ lack of co-ordination, times working 1o the public dis- ntage, and the present order is over one adv designed to effect that co-operation and |, to assure the maximum of results for public security. Under the present order all officers of the police force are united into a single organism of efficiency. Daily voil calls at headquarters will insure that the work of the precinct detec- tives and of the headquarters detec- tives is harmonized. It is of no mo- 1t s proposed to establish the [ ment whatever to the community who the same|actually gets the credit for the solu- tion of a crime problem so long as Ten years are fo he granted for |the problem is solved. It is not the Mducation fn the use of thesw tmnits mummr’«mgm fand scholarly he has been caught. But at times there has been impatience with a dis- position on the part of the precinct | forces to work out their own theories of solution and withhold information from headquarters and the other way about. All members of the force are policemen,” and this present order is caleulated to make them all more efil vient in the discharge of their duties, routine and special. Five Dollars and the World. A Philadelphia man has in his will, just probated, bequeathed to his son the sum of five dol 1a k a small another practical and the v B but which e hestowed upon relative. the the traditional “shilling and This have 1 or a liv lert state S0 son pets a blessin wise iy v a bequest it w merely w gesture, son would make « living in’ gave it to him or not does not fully appreciate Perl he “ been the to v “had whether his He the have L world Tew ps had his go living out of orent the world, with ind Success has won his bout. At licution of the bequest with of the testator and the legates DULS it up to the latter to demonstrate o Perhaps he pub name Al events The bread aged the market e t he man in sueh a intelli ishment in appetizing there never way as to nl substantial i not Nt masses of e nour and nd its form most There Toecike literary who write with : pastime am pamphleteer aceent. It “al the former gigantic jest. but would. he possibils Kaiser as a the recognition of pathos overwhelms the snse of humor e A zenuine infant prod sue fr into a ripe old s Al pattime him and ing him that he President of the United States W hens Judge Mot says that Theodore Roosevelt good American he displiys the tem perament to a fight rather than the judicial mind trained Admiring ends of ith will never « the se on assur- n i mant of Oreon was not inclined start to consider exch utteranc ———e—- - rible accomplished by making dignified tive positions for a numt One adm purpose the World and fairly urt vemune is sure in v of worth personages — —— Chilly heating plants smirched cities have distingu! Winter of 1925.26. No matter the ope: miners w and soot Wwhether ors or the the consuming public has lost = - Conferences concerning the coal situ ation the » lusted so lor rrible ilibustering S 1o create suspicion that somebody s in line for the most distinguish- ed honors that the “I-told-you-so Club may have to offer. ————— A legislator is known the party that elected him than by “bloc™ with which he afliliates ——— SHOOTING STARS Do less by the BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Mother-in-Law of M You used to be a kind Mother-inlaw We laughed whene'er was spoke And said yo Who rules at pre Gentled, land? "Tis you. appointed 1o command Mother-inlaw of mine juke of mir . your mame should resizn nt. with a hand ed through the vet hon You ance were called @ tyrant grini, Mother-inlaw of mine. Who told us we must douse the zlim At once, on midnight’s chime. Now you're the one who sets the pace At every hour in every place With airy and untiring grace Mother-in-law of mine. once would make us sta home, Mother-inluw of mine But You now, friend wife and | iust roam Adown the glittering line. You teach us with compelling Just how to take a golfing stanc And how to vote, and how to dan Mother-inlaw of mine! Intrusion. What is your opinion of wut 1 disapprove of it,” answered Sen- orghum. “but it's something like the grip or scarlet fever. Every once in a while it comes along regardles: of the fact that nobody ou earth ap- proves of it The Early Robin The early robin comes along And sings a melancholy song “I'm in all wrong! I'm in all wrong nce ator Where wiil he g0? at will he do? One thing 1 know, and so do you: His cheeriest song he'll sing anew. So, Mr. Hobin Bird, we'll wait With till Time sets straight And May brings blossoming to the gate, you matiers Jud Tunkins says it's the big noise that carries influence. There's no use trying to argue with saxophone player. a “The leadership of women uust in- evitably be recognized.” ‘It has been fully recognized, Hen- rietta,” replied Mr. Meekton. “The .laws and the fashions now prove that Carrie Nation and Dr. Mary Walker were both absolutely right!” very man makes mistakes,” said Uncle Eben: “de foolish folks is de ones dat turns deir lives into a factory foh a steady output of ‘em.” Hard Losers. ¥rom the Ashevillo Times. Among the poor which we have with | the 05 QIWAFs ace the poox POt rather | deprive | £y endures as | hed the | j mreat | poet [ tat THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Today Shelley. Tt is alwavs too bad has to struggle through the handicap of such a and when it is combined an unusual second one, almost too much. Maybe this accounts we take up Percy Bysshe when @ man life against first name, with such the odds are for the fact | that "Shelley, ane of the greatest of poets, met the scorn of his own gen- eration as an atheist and infidel and what-not. The personal habits of the man do not interest us so much tod poetry, which, now as alw seemingly ever, stands in nt of ull such writing. There is no nation that would uot to claim the genfus was an almost faculty of combining thought with music in words. Much has been made of u somewhat similar gift, that of putting thought iuto the music de- by symbols we call notes This latter exercise of talent is seen at irs height in the sublime music of Beethoven, notably in his symphonies. where we are told lepth of feeling and intelii- gence are served un to us in pleasint sounds. One may he forgiven Le illing to 1sical compositions, 1y intelligend compositi for nut adwit in themsel thein telli pute will activiti more of written atn kind is undis- ks themsel o others mentil is but some that has been n spondin hunk” about music Al of us have 1 whicn the orchestia position which, the progiain represented three trees o w the arvival of a caravan, th ing of the tents, supper, smoking of pipes, conversation. the snores pers and finally the waving of the three pulm trees T i idea of had not read the what the music was cupposed “tell” us, we could equally picture ourselves the repose crullers in old blue the arviva! of the boys, th of four voungsters for Luts. supper, repose ligestion of the three S cort the rd played oneects in com- i of is o 1sen If Progran story of i well of erock s that there is no question the of St written words ey nsibly father of nd, and o " poets, the ley, however whatever of thought with 1 HiS lines sing, § and sing ile ety w combination Swinburne ull the the justaposition huve been i withough they perh v the perfee an flow of us have ever rs of his inim; Shelley had style. If stvle is the man, as Buffun said aps a8 good a defini secured), Shelley, Judged his productions. was i beautiful, lyric 1en P W thm liy great wed imi ot the e He wis an ar even if he did t 1ot unusual sequel His longer p exceptional genius, luding the ele excelled in an: eker af always find truth, ns but A not show his Jyries tin pnais”y are not Where, in the poetry, will one tind anything bett than “Lines Written Among the Eu ganean hills,” “Ode to Naples.” “Lines Written in Dejection.” “Ode to West Wind,” “Adonais.” “The ant.” “Ode to a Skylark,” range o These are the product of | self-ema tablished the bhudget | show. | for BY FREDERIC No “business meeting” of the Go nent. like the one President Coolidge and Gen. Lord addressed on January 30, ever takes place without rearous- ing the ire of certain sections of Con zress over the budget law. I'rom tho: quarters the ery is sent up that Cen by the budget. ix efectually Q4 of its constitutional preroga of controlling public expenditure. But in the same breath that these lamentations are uttered the croakers admit that the process was one of ulation when Congress es As @ matter of et the director of the budget is very much the boss of the Federal money Departments and congressional committees propose. But the Budget Bureau disposes und very frequently opposes. The real fight for appro priations used to be wuged on Capltol Now it hus to be fought in the modestly furnished little rooms at the south ¢nd of the Treasury Bulding, in_which Gen. Lord rules with his beneficently iron hand ) uesti when the bu often canvissed ot system is discussed than that of Gen. Ilerbert M. Lord future. Uncle Sam puid him $10,000 aving $60.000.000 last vear. As Lord himself has now disclosed, great private business enterprises are ready to hire him away from the Govern- ment at any time and probably on his own terms. His friends know that he has for more than a year faced the possible necessity, in his own inter- ests, of considering these siren song Doubtless € Lord tomorrow could tep into the employ of any one of a score of American corporations and sign a contract for five or ten times his Federal salary. He could easily earn S0 fat an income—earn it, no doubt, five or six times over—by grafting on to private business some of the vernment €cononmy kinks he hus so elentlessly applied at Washington, If and when Lord leaves the budget, it's safe to say that it will not only be larger emoluments that will influence his decision. He must be pretty tired of the critical slings and ‘arro S0 incessantly shot at man who is guilty only of doing duty, letting the cheescparing chips fall where they may. This observer spent the week end Pittsburgh. Al political Pennsyl- vania was assembled there, headed by Gov. Gifford Pinchot, for the funeral of State Senator Harris, a powerful and popular figure in Pennsylvania G. O. P. affairs. The entire Legisla- ture adjourned from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh to do farewell honor to Senator Harris, who made a fortune out of vaudeville theaters. Pittsburgh on a sunny day isn't much smokier nowadays than Washington, and con- tends that never does it generate as much natural gas as the Capital. Mills and factories, which dot the anks of the Allegheny and the Mo- nongahela endlessly, are now using, by State law, smoke destroyers that seem to be turning Piratetown into a community where God’s sky is visible about as often as anywhere else. Pittsburghers think of organizing a drive to abolish their national nick- name of the Smoky City. * ok % % Washington's most inveterate send- er of regrets, at these recurring peri- ods of dinner epidemics, is William Howard Taft. Practically ever since he became Chief Justice of the United tates, five years ago, Mr, Taft has declined to go out nights except on most important provocation. Most. of his friends in official end of | unmatched WASHINGTON OBSERV man whose heart would not burn, ac- cording to the solemn tradition hand- ed down to us. Those who have studied the Iife of this poet will re- member that when his body was washed up on the shores of the Bay of Spezzin, it first was buried in the sand, and later cremated, when, ac- cording to the story. the heart would not burn. In life, however, the hewit of this free-thinker (nuch’too free of his own age, and probubly for today) did burn much and often over oppression and misery of others. He belonged to the sirange group of high-born Englishmen who were in revolt against conditions of society und life as they found them. He, and Keais form an imperish trio. whose lives were entwined, as their works and names ever more shall be. Percy Sussex Timothy ed) and Busshie Shelley was born in Augusi 4, 1792, the son of Shelley ward knight lented and beautiful mother. He was the grandson of Sir Bysshe Shelles, so it will be seen that citme by his “middle nan " honest- enoush His litelong hatred of tyranny and oppression was developed 1n his { sChool life. when he was subjected to much bullving on account of his deli. cate, feminine appearan dien of tday who pride themselves jon being of the wenuine “he” variety | Will be somewl mished to look U the pictures of Shelley which we ve left us. Certainly the n | for all the world like a gir {long. wavy hair and “Lord v mowadays called w0 shirt™) add to the impression. Yet, according to the best accounts ivailable, Shelley was quite as ‘‘red looded feliow the most wrdent ‘Ereat out- doors™ could He liked the ladies. sailec other w: fultilled the - “”{’vl‘l\::‘\\\"? (whateve “Gertie wish, boats, and role of that i) - 1 I the edition of edited by wife, Mary Wallst necrafrt we find her estimate of as follows “He v Fenerous devoted 1o heroism | acteristios hreath ! The xtru h tution firm 1o martvrdoni: the im. | us pursuit; the zlad teiumph in the determination not to despair Were the features that i rked orks whicli he recarded pliacency sustained subject and useful aim lition these. his poems divie into (v 1sses—the fmaginative and those which from the emotions of | heart. An the former may classed Th Witeh of Avlas,” i and his latest composition, | perfect. “The Trinmph of Life.' | The second class is, of course, | most popular, 4 ppealing at once tons common to us all some these rest on the passion of love: others on gri ind despondenc others on the sentiments inspired hy natural hjects, ® ¢ The: Hre others. snch ‘e to the Sky 10, which,” in the opinion of many crities, bear a purer poetical stamp than any other of his produetions “He died outward mankind fist aug tions tha 854 his Shelley, hushand iniprudence, - try the suct thuse of his with most ¢ a lof “In may he purels Rl o 5 left e the W e K and “The ¢l and the w sign: but 1 s ed no influence over in growth, is and in the ameliora- have taken place in the po- litical state his country we may trice in | the operation of his arduous struggles “He died, and his place those who knew him intimately h: never heen fillel up. * * ¢ AlL though the intolerant, in their blind- poured down anathemas, the of Good, who ean judge the never rejected hi ATIONS nong WILLIAM WILE. | private life know this, | seek his distinguished presence at din- | ner parties. But the Chief Justice's secretary. nevertheless. is kept busy xplaining to importunate would-be hosts that Mr. Taft is conserving his encrgies and spending every evening he can in his own home. Having suc. cessfully practiced girth control, the former President is not quite so in- tensive a walker as he used to be. Al together he is in splendid trim. No- budy doubts that who sces the incom parable Taft smile or hears the chur- cteristic Taft chuckle in action * and do not| = uf thie best storie Washinzton concerns the debt-fund. ing settlement recently made by one of our European debtors. Her nego. tators ha sted upon writing into the funding agrecment the phrase “within her capacity to pay” so often that it runs through the document like the leit-motif of a grand opera. me |of the Amevican negotiators thought it was rubbed in just a little too often. The night before the foreign delega. tion in quesi left Washington its embassy gave a dinner party. Con versation was varied. The question | of Mormonism and polygamy cropped up. “Just how many wives may a Mormon have one of the European dignitaries piped up. From across the table came the response—from an American, “Within his capacity to of the season wanant of Ore- i £ton conducting own fight for confirmation to the Federal circuit bench, is a Penns vanian by birth and an alumnus of Lafayette College. But he emigrated to Portland. Oreg., hix home ever since, Ay or two after being admitted, to the bar at Lancaster, Pa., in 1880, Mc- Camant has been a justice of the Su- preme Court of Oregon. Next to the iaw. his hobbies are the Suns of the American Revolution, of which he is @ past president general, and the Loyal Tegion. Judge McCamant is also a_high ranking member of the Masonic fraternity. Becuuse he was once consulted in a legal capacity in connection with the famous Oregon school law, some of McCamant’s de- tractors tried to fasten Ku Klux Klan | affiliations upon him. But his friends say such suggestions have no founda- tion in fact. “The man who made Covlidge President” is the nickname | McCamant goes by on the coast—a re. minder that it was he who sprang up and placed the Governor of Massa- chusetts in nomination for the vice presidency at Chicago in June, 1920, when the cards were set in Irvine L. Lenroot's favor. * ok K % Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da- kota, now firmily settled in his con- tested seat, has three young children. The eldest, Marjorie, aged 8, was much concerned over the Senate's re. luctance to give her young daddy his place. “I hope they'll let him sit down soon and take his seat!” was Marjorie's comment when her mother told her that the Senator's fate still hung in the balance. . * Some of the most effective kind of advance organization, hoth of the open and of the gumshoe varieties, is being perfected in Massachusetts on ‘William M. Butler's behalf. A few months ago the average Massachu- setts politician would have said that the President’s political lleutenant was slated for certain defeat this year by former Senator “Dave” I, Walsh, Now; * % a City of Ideal Homes. To the Editor of The Star: Referring to your editorial, “A City of Ideal Homes,” published in a re- cent issue, 1 wish to express my ap- proval of the unselfish motive which Prompts your paper to co-operate with the Washington Chapter of the Amer- feun Tnstitute of Architects in a cause which is paramount in the minds of all loyal Washingtonians. I do not think that any true Amer- ican eftizen will contend that Wash- ington, D. C., the National Capital, should not be the most beautiful city, architecturally in the whole world. Here we have the wonderful public bulldings and parks so admirably placed. It would seem that in order for your plans to be successful you should have the hearty cooperation of the real estate operatol and merchants of the ¢ity. The erection of a cheap row of houses unsightly warhouse or a factory in a neighborhood previ- ously surrounded by residences is not only an eyesore to the visitors to our city, but certainly is a rank injustice 10 the owners of homes already lo- cated. A trip through our city today will reveal many such instances, most of which are caused by the greed of the realty operator or the utter disre- gard of the selfish merchant There is now pending before Zonimk Commission a petition re- questing the rezoning of industrial n which # permit has been a prominent hardware con- ‘ern to build a f: ory and warehouse in a‘compuratively new residential sec- tion of the ty. This contemplated project is to be located near Tenth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east, and actually protrudes into a residential section, Committees of two cit ns' associa- tions of this section have called on this firm and failed to enlist their sympathies. It would se the n to the writer that if this project could be prevented it would be one step toward the success of & more heautiful Washington, which is sponsored by vour paper. W. F. v —e—— FINN Example Set by Pari hould Be Followed Here To uf The s I want to commend it too." to the letter from Mrs. John B. Henderson congratulating The Star on its timely attempt to systematize d beautify parts of the town for puildings befitting the National Capi I What strikes the visitor to Paris e nsemble of buildings and s, ndded to which is its bril liant lighting and follage. Mrs. Hen son mentions Paris and she is quite in sugeesting general harmony sign and color and for residential the Champs Elvsee, for in stance—built neither above nor below a skvline. When vou come to figure ont the real charm of Paris it right here people say W ington is most beautiful city the world no more compares Paris to an el light. It ean be made howev but only through the way suggested by her for uniformity of skyline and color, added to which must be light ing. What makes Paris so charming to visitors is that very thing. The Frenchman first catches vour eve in approving way and the rest is It is all over France, but espe- Paris. London has awakened competition of Paris. The podse buildings in London are ssore 1o the visitor and there is 4 strong movement on foot here to systematize and beautify its buildings through the skyline idea and coloring. Compared to_those two cities, Wi ington is un infant and the movement by The Star is important. In time, if carried out, Washington will be the most beautiful city in the world, and people will flock to it and commend uty, but not until there is uni- in height, color and lighting. ease property values. too. W. . DWYER the Editor the Tt gaslizht rorge Washinglon Was ot Guilty of Swearing. To the Editor of The Star In connection with the « bas recently been made character of George Washington, that cursed and swore, permit the f this article to make a dis tinction between those 1wo expr sions—a distinction which many per sons do not muke, as they frequently use the words as if they were sy- HONymous 4 distinction which Washington scrupulously observed. It is on record in history that George Washington cursed — twice: once at the Battle of when, contrary to his orders, Gen. Charles Lee was retreating, and the battle was nearly lost. The other tme was when Washington was President of the United States. One of his officers, sent against the In- dians, stupldly allowed himself to be surprised, with great loss of life. It is sald that Washington cursed and raved for an hour over this catas. trophe. In both loss of terribl himself stances e that against the instances f-control was calamity others, But even in these Washington_did not not guilty of pre less was he gullty of bl has been said in un exceedingly care- less ignoring of the real meaning of the word. Swearing is calling upon God to witness to the truth of an assertion. If used on any occasion, except those of great solemnity and formality, in worship or the courtrooni, becomes profanity, and is forbidden in the Ten Commandments and by the savior. Cursing is calling down evil upon or wishing evil against a person, place or thing. On the part of the person who is guilty of cursing there is_evinced temper or a _vindictive spirit, but there is no profanity, and it is not condemned by the Savior; in fact, He did it himsels. Blasphemy means claiming divine honors, and George Washington cer- tainly did not do that Hence, to say that Gearge W: ton was guiity of swearing a slander against one who was noted usually for his temperate speech, and whose few outbursts of righteous in- dignation were a credit both to him and to his patriotism_ MARIE DASHIELL. s e Imagination. From the Harrisburg Telegraph A new seed catalogue and a hot kitchen stove are almost as good as Summer itself. Washington's by a not” to two in- is shing- ~ The Point of V. From e Los Angeles Times. Even when all you got of the cifick- en is the neck, just think how much better off you are than that neck is. —_————— Approaching Salvation. ew. From the San Antonio Evening Laundrymen are expecting a billion- dollar business annually by 1930, and that should bring us close to godliness. vou'll hear that the prospects are far less discouraging, thanks to a pre- cinct-by-precinct organization that has been whipped into shape. Oeporizhi 19284 to use i Monmouth, | | organizations ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. When one's name is placed on appear and the leaves unfold—about the White House list why is it some-|a period of three weeks, times dropped again?—G. H A. People in certain official together with their families, always entertained at the White House at some time during the season Other friends and scquaintances of the President’s family are added to the list of guests. In time the list may become so long that it has o be revised. The administrations of Presidents ~ Wilson, Harding and Coolidge touched so closely that the list took on very large proportions. Q. How much profit is made on cot- ton candy sold at fairs and the like?— A R F. The machines for making spun so-czlled cotton candy and goody-goody candy, cost about $300. One pound of sugar makes about $4 worth of candy. Q. How many bulletins ars publish- ed vearly by the Department of Agri- culture?—T. . A. In 1924 there were 7659084 new copies published, 17.909,484 reprints, making a total of 25,368,018 Q. 1s there 3 record of the first white visitors to the District of Co- lumbia?—R. N A. The first white man authenti- cally known to have set foot on the soil of the District of Columbla was Capt. Henry Fleet, an English mar- iner and trader, who made an ex pedition up the Potomac in 1632 to buy beaver furs from the Indians. He anchored 6 miles below the Ialls of the Potomac. Q. Is Mahatma Gaudhi of India continuing his non-co-operative policy with regard to the British rule?—J. S. T. A. Recently Gandhi. the promoter ¢ swaraj (or home rule) for India, ad mitted that his influence s P tically at an end and that the pol of non-co-operation in the new con stitution has been abundoned. Q. posi Does meal ground from whole seed have a greater value as fer- tilizer than meal from which the oil has been extracted?—G. G. T. A. The Bureau of Plunt Indusiry suvs that cotton seed meal from which the oil has been extracted is msidered of more valie as a fer- tilizer than the ground meal from which the oil has not heen extracted. Q. In what v inchies of suow in April ington County, Md.?—| A. The Weather Bureau savs that April 11 and 12, 1918, 632 inches now fell at the Weather Bureau station at Keedysville, Washington County, Md. Q. How A O The wild du. pigeon are credited more than Q. we have 6 in Wash- rodid on fast do wild duck and the homing with of 60 miles an hour speeds Why Latin is the dat ceased 1o - be at 80 A.D, spoken Later 4y that and Spain king Roman Empire. s in the vear 400 were still Roman, tk people in the empire wers minority and the ofticial Ia the empire was still purely By the vear 500, when not only and Spain, but Africa, had been lo the empire was a realm of Hellen speech, with the exception of Illyri um, and, though Latin still was the official language, the emperors often issued their constitution in Greek Justinian, although Latin was his na- tive tongue, issued most of his con- stitutions in Greek. By the end the sixth century Latin had ceas to be the official tongue, the actual year of its abolition being 5%8 Q. Should r be used as le or.desk cover for a speaker P A. It ta E. is the not considered respectiul American flag us a table caver. Q. What can be done 1o cotton wood trees to prevent the cotton from forming?—C. B. N A. Dr. W. H. Long of Albuquerque, Mex., savs that experiments have showh that the problem can be solved by the use of a sulphuric acid spray A 2 per sally kills the blossoms. ving should be done between the time the catkins re | guished by It is only r pistillate, tree that ted. It can be distin its greenish bloom. The male, or staminate, tree has a pu plish’ bloom the female, need be tre 2} graham IOH. @, A. The difference betwesn whols wheat flour and graham flour is that there is less coarse bran in the so called whole wheat flour than iu the graham. Alexander Graham was the first to advocate milling the entire wheat, adding nothing to it und sub tractng nothing from it. In some mills the whole wheat four is @ product of the whole wheat pu through a process to take out the coarsest bran. Is there flour any difference hetweern and whole wheat? Q. How long is the bourdwalk?—H. H. A. As of September 15. 1925, it 1« about 10,000 feet long, extending from, Sea Gate, near the west end of the is land, to the foot of Ocean Parkway Q. When was the tion Association organi —D. E. A. This voluntary organization of teachers had its beginning in 1857 in Philadelphia, Pa. It now has an active membership of over 150,000, Coney Island National Educa Q. What Stat grass pasturage’—B. R. I A. Kentucky blue grass abundant in Kentucky souri, southern Towa, Té the mountainous por and West Virgiuis ave the most blue s most northern Mis nessee and i s of Virginia Q. What Northern outhern?” A. In there are an i e miles Q. How i A. The Forest Service say bending wood the steam proce used. Wood that is used fo = pur pose is usually hickory and ash straight piece of the wood is steamed thoroughly in lyed m, then ben over any kind of shape to suit the pu pose and camped down unti 1 dried Q. Wi ton of ington?—E A. He is the Samuel Wa of George Wa Q. When senger trai n” A.On January regu passenge American Iroad The name of th is th area of the and of the Land Hemispher -M. T. Mt the Hemisphere miles of 560,000 ssquare od b 1= 10 Gee w ze Wash randson « on iest brot he the firs service on a1 was institutec locomotive was the “Best Fr Wl was on the Charlestor Hamburs iiroad o locomotive was made 4t the We Point Foun N3 Wi r st tamps? A. The begins with the Britain in 18540 tion of cessful service the s an F Sw Q history of nd stamps in the posta ain resulted i Mauritius iinistra 7. by muny other 0 neariy al age stamy Q. When \ was sold in was paid for the the a1 = painti about $6 in works has sir FIND GUT WHATEVEF WANT TO KNOW . There for ignorance in this busy person who loscs out is guesses. The person always the one information anty topted t . pos: rmeer’s “Lady Writing how much mone ing?—A. B, R to which vou r ought the equiv money. One « e sold 10,000 you is no roow rorld. Thr the one acho s on i 0 acts upon reliabis This paper employs Frederic J. Haskin to conduct an in formation burenu in Washington fo the free use of tie public. There is no charge except * cents in stamps for return postage. Write 1o him toda for any facts wou desire. Address you Ietter to The Evening Star Informa tion Burcou, F Haskin, d recior, Washinaton C “Justice for Judges” Asked In Comment on lLegisiation provide higher sal- aries for members of the Federal courts, including the Supreme Co of the United States, has th fied indorsement of puhlic reflected in representative news wpers throughout the country. Many eminent lawyers now sacrifice their material interests to public service of this type, but a strong feeling developed against w condition mikes - necess the public e belfeve: for ju zood public Quoting tement by vans Hu “the way iove for Ame is to pay a living wage to American judg the San Francisco Bulletin ~ emphasizes the fact that “the judges may not speak for themselves and some one should speak for them.” with the added comment: “Because they may not combine and agitate wage com- mensurate with their duties. respon- sibilities and prestige. they have been compelled to live on salaries that were none too liberal when fixed. and that have become distressingly in- dequate as @ result of the increased st of living.” The Savanniah Press also speaks of the appearance of Charles 13, lughes and ohn W, Davis before & committes of Cong in behalf of the measure, and con- siders it significant that “both united in asserting in effect that decadence might face the Federal courts under a system that failed to provide a living wage.” . and policy show , Comparing the incomes of st attorneys with the salaries of . the Omaha World Herald also directs attention to the fact that the judicial pay “falls so far short of furnishing what may be considered an adequate living in governmental circles that two of the most emi- nent lawyers in the country, both distinguished by having been chosen as_candidate for President hy great political parties, came before Con- gress to urge an increase in the wage.”” Strong support is noted by the Columbus Ohio State Journal, not ouly from “men of national promi- nence,” but also from such national as the United Mine ‘Workers, which “gave its approval to the increase, declaring higher salaries were needed to insure an absolutely independent judiciary.” The Federal judges, including the members of the Supreme Court, “are clearly within their rights,” according to the New York Evening Post, “in expecting an emolument that accords with the dignity of their office and the value of their serv The Amer- ican people,” continues the FPost “should not ask Federal judges to ac. cept the honor of the appointment as most of the compensation for the work they do.” Furthermore, in the judgment of the Pittsburgh Sun, “a good judge cannot be overpaid: per- | has | which | | | | | i | enough to attr: alary Bill salaries Federa n the present low will it by eas persuade the right ent to tuke the bench wise to make e the price of as long as the Judges Dlane. just ingly ¢ kind of legal It is neither just unreasonable sicrit public servic re kept up so. lor other Fede by the ¢ lieve." zes” as well a al embloves Vel News the News, “n ider F ! eir 10 ul is demanded ‘We be Amer Judges in n independence ity. respect them as above n @ time of much official corruption, and admire them for continuing in the public service when they could make far more money as practicing attorneys: but also believe their salaries should be increased as tardy correction of i wrong long neglected.” Heavy - declares the New Yorh ire required of them. for h the honor dignity of offic unsubstantial compensation; only underpaid n a fair living on Gazette pro riggardly income 4 shame and g the Brooklyn says st icans dang nd ul suspi are not now receive grace.” while Charges that “Congress has always been reluctant to adjust the pay of judees to correspond to the actual work done” and that “no account is iken of living conditions. What s needed.” declares Lynchburg Advance. “is a salary hig the highest class of jurists. An eminent attorney ¢ afford to accept the salary which goes with a Federal judgeship, though in yme cases able and learned lawyers are willing to serve simply because of the honor attached to the office Certainly if justice is to be adminis tered without fear or favor, men of the highest character and ability must be attracted to the bench.” The Asbury Park Press also says that “almost any judge who is worthy of his office could make a great deal more in private practice; most of the Jjudiciary serve for the honor and for the sake of rendering public service. yet pro ional men must live and families must be taken care of.” “Too many valuable men.” declares the Portsmouth Star, “have been lost to the public service because they can make better livelihoods in private lfe. That situation ought not to exist with respect to the Federal judiciary.” The Asheville Times concludes: “If is all very well to talk of the high honors conferred upon these men who oceupy high positions on the Federal bench Honors should go far in aiding a man to decide whether he will scek or ac cept a position, but honor alone will not educate the family. pay the zro cery bills or supply the wherewithal for liguidating the multifurious sul haps he cannot be paid at all in terms | scriptions to philanthropic or charita of dollars for his importangs to so- clety as & bulwark of jus ble causes which men in public life But are always called apon to make" =l