Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. THIY FEVENING Sunday Morning ¥ With WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......February 8. 1926 STAR ition. THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Compa Business Offive 1th St and Pennsylvan Yok Ottice: 110° East Ohicagn O o Bun European Office: 14 Rezent St., Frghand ny Ave i St London. lay mom fors, within ants’ e month ~ction is made by month ble in Tand and Vir; Advance. S0.00: 1 w0 s 1 mo Stnday only Al o1 1 onie Member of the Assoc Assopiated I Those Departmental *Drones.” A et ess let s in der cast a the personnel depa carriers and clerks cerned with t i< Me d enployes of nt include t , time-killers has ever Tan the Cpresents per day working ternoons all other atlon and counting aver- Tess than Vit not + that ir not than the al ch. They are nee of time. duvs hevond i em enjoyed em- their of ck ate ke few of ths a year W very days Gov. @ exception for hours of vertime™ is paid. bard-working, con extra ient body cannot be than the They in this ation in the They are en requiring izence that “we employme sers worlker rest wir ave that wt Killed trad sible respo rk h degree of in tement rid of 100, nz drones™ indicates a com- to measure the situation. number of would cripple e at pres ut not in el as this exempts the postal ticism it would ap, nder of the Go would have inition of that t empl ervice oved ngtor erne workers, Ina least the * here “dron and else- the G wpitat, tal service! the way e — number Lot citizens, well mear impractical, 1 1 that othe impre 1 be rould b ques- tion settled if President Cool- People who h heen able to build reat and serviceable an insti tution as the coal business ought to to settle a little thing like trike, ——— French War Losses. 15 have been com altios of the Great Wa that is explunatory of which France has e m recovering cconomically of 191418, plling the with o result e dilicu per recd frum tho gre 1 loss ¢ saeritice ho tot £ French tie Wi 000 from th men. Of agricul commercial. civil and liberal professional clusses, the total of 10 those vccupations at the Relatively ssions suffered most f of that cent. Next industrial 10.8 per cen 577, 200 engaged t o in vutbrealk Tiberal prof. iy, 10,000 <1 of war, it oo wing died, or 16 pel ame agric 500,000 died in the fraction over 12 per cent. I'ha losses in the com ame next in propor ut of a total of 1,527,00 than 1 pursuits 23 vanks, 00 dying fraction In industrial 2000000 were Of a total of 000 per cent 000 out of per cent. srvice cent 1.7 ¢ civil fied, or 4.2 pe The Leavy los: 1,000 work in azriculture, com und industry, 1,053,000, inflicted riecvous hurt on France. Even with 6 uddition of Alsace and Lorraine 19 total pogulation of France is to- less thag it was in 1914, Seven cars and @ quarter have elapsed since t1e armistice, or about one-fourth of ation. 'With continued peace nd prosperity it will require at a nor- 1 rate of population increase a full ®eneration to rebuild to the pre-war rength in all branches of occupation. The severe: loss in France was not ~ to the depletion of the agricul- iral class, but the industrial !'s natural tendency of the French secpls Is teward the sofl, and the «grtoultural losses are more easily re. Fenc 10 or more of | 0,000 as | saving of 100, | under | lives during | I occupation | couped than those which have taken toll from the mechanical trades. The | tinaneial recovery of lies in the tion of her manufacturing, |and it will require longer to train re- s placements for the war losses in this class than for the commercial and agricultural * rebabilitation. However, the Trench people struggling leroically to reguin their lost ground. That it undisturbed by war or devas- tating visitations_of nature they will be fully restored to health and strength within at the most decades is the confident expectation )f those who have studied the situa- » France are two tion closely, East plan ot Potomac Park. for making Bast Poton Park place of extraordinary to Re peeple has been drawn by the Tee of public buildings and grounds by the Commission of 1t seems reasonable that A use approved Arts ind P itine | the park should be improved in | cord with the plan. A master feature the plan w street car line will 1un along the Washington chan nel side of the park to a point per- v the Hains' of is that Laps midway between steam railroad t ud Point. Near the street car terminus will be ut into the park from the Washing- ton channel @ harbor for small The properly ordinated the electric and lines city would be of advantage to u number of cit- izens. A large part of the population Washington the park in utomobiles and sunny Sundays, but most of the people go- must movi Tes rly 1S strect cur t with all of the co- hus vist of =oes to on warm there the in. “keep ng’ cansa is mot mnes enot | A zreat fe the building ity 30000, ne a1 dium ear the northwest angle of the between the steam railroad wnd the Washington channel. The capacity of the stadium could be larzely increased as a crowd might require it. Street car tracks alonz the west side of the Washington channel would serve the stadium and there are planned a track loop and trackage for standing ears that large wds 1may be given transportation. The third great-feature of the re- modeled park would be the cutting of a canal acrogg it from the George- town channel to the Washingtor hannel, entering the latter through the Larbor for small boats. The canal with curved and frregulus that it be attractiv eve. It is to be a course for nd it would flush the harbor and help flush the nnel with changes of w sta | park trac e is drawn lines to th canoes for small Washington ¢ tide. Two o pool, a foot ball field, numerous base all diamonds and courts for basket ball, roque and tennits are planned. If the plans drawn are carried out the pa will be transformed into one of the largest and best pro- vided public recreation grounds of the world. It is natural to reflect that important changes have come in the general conception as to what a public park should be. Not many vears ago it was thought that a pub- i lic park should be a flower bed sur- rounded by a grass plot dotted with | signs “Keep Off the Gra Around | the grass plot and along the graveled walk were a few There were a few great parks in the United States, among them Central, Fairmount, Druid Hill and Golden Gate, along whose roads there was Sunday driving. There were also bandstands and music and there would be a public house with broad porches where food and drink were served. The thought had not come to cut up wide stretches lawn into tennis courts, foot 1 fields and base ball diamonds. In those days “-nl\‘ a few Americans had heard of s0 may swimming a wading as SRS Handmade Clams. “Waiter, one order of handmado ladult little neck claims, pleaser” will soon be heard in out the country if the discoverles of Williun Firth Wells, conservation biologist and saniturian | York State Conservation Commission, bear fruit, or clams, as one might say. Announcement by the State comunis sion that it has learned how to propa gate from egg to adult little-neck clams, soft-shelled clams, scallops and mussels would seem to indicate that | pe “handmade clams” will be delicacy of the very near future. And when it is remembered that it was only last Summer when the com- !mission announced that it had suc- |ceeded in “tuming’ wild oysters and | raising them *at home,” the time is to enter seriously into the business of foodstufis for & hungry public. “Handmade clams and o therefore, are expected to a | fafling industry, as the taking of the wild and undomesticated variety of shellfish is getting harder each year because of the uncertain supply. More power to the scientist who can give the American public something just as good, no matter how “tame’” | it may be! ———— A system that will render taxation absolutely equitable throughout an en- tire citizenship has been sought ever since communities were first formed. It is as hard to discover as perpetual motion. ———— The Master’s Voice. Although at present the Italo- German outburst of feeling consists merely of the “making of faces,” it has its serious possibilities. The chance of war is, of course, extremely vemote. Neither Germany nor Italy lis In a position to draw arms. And, moreover, Germany has no specific status, even as a possible belligerent, for the dispute relates not to former German subjects in the upper Adige, but to ex-Austrians. Herein, however, lies the real significance of the mat- ter. The government at Berlin, hav- ing not even a past jurisdiction over the expatriated Austrian Tyrolese, who are now under Italian so creignty, is nevertheless regarded as their particular friend because of the belief* that German-Austrian union is contemplated as one of the possibill- tles of the future, Tn chort, the status of these ex-Austrians of the Adige is green benches. | restaurants through- | of the New | very near, indeed, when science is due | { ment | i ltance is the po ot none of Germany's business. But evi- dently in Rome it is suspected that rmany may make it her business. Mussolini’s words were unusually direct and significant. In normal con- ditions such a speech would lead to a dungerous strain between the two countries. But these are not normal times. A dozen years ago such a statement at Rome would be regardad s an invitation to fight. The Ger- many of 1926, however, is not the Ger- many of early 1914, Nor is the Italy of 1926 the Italy of 1914. And therein lies the reason why Mussolini’s words ire being studied with gravity by not only Germany but the other European powers. Do they portend a spirit of imperialism at Rome? Of immediate and specific impor- ibility that Mussolini’s ause . postponement entry into the lLeague Berlin cannot, of course, 1 ke cognizance of the tirade. It will have to make rejoinder, and the hint comes from Berlin that al though it is recognized there that the words of the B, provoked Mussolini’s stutement, W irregular and unwarranted, the Ttalfan dictatorgguust be “put in his place.” It s« experience hear the “master’s vo coming from Lon ———— challenge of Germany Nations. re new to Patented Dances. dances are the latest word that fnventors “galloping “hoity-toity brain-child Patented From Paris comes such as the and the feel that their be protected fringe- by unscrupulous plaglarists. re asking the French govern- o @ cach invent patent on his so that the nimble-tocd artist can reap finan- cial rewards with the ceurity corded other lines of business. Whether France is now to have a “Society of Dance Step Composers” not stated in the dispateh. However, one thing is assured: it patents are granted there is every prospect that the national debt question will pale into insignificance before the Trouble, with a capital T, which will come when a “dance composer” sees his patented steps being executed in some restaurant by “unlicensed per- formers.” Sume peaple their feet behay in the bounds of of new steps gazin prance” should from i went mt irticular dance, same ac Just cannot make and it is well with reason that uncon seiously they may fall into the rhythm of a patented dance. Others seeing them may like the step and copy it Think what consternation it would cause fur the “composer” to see his patent rights infringed upon in such an Indifferent manner! 1t does not seem possible that such a move will find favor with the French government, and it is belleved that it will insist that “dance composer: have no particular right to “patented feet,” and that people in all parts of the world should be free and untram- jmeled in the use of their lower e. tremities for dancing purpose: In the opinion of Capt. Amundsen, there is habltable land near the North Pole. It will be many years before the realtors will try to make a practi- cal application of the theory, even if the explorer succeeds in proving ft. . Influential motion picture producers declare that public taste is now de- manding absolutely clean entertain. ment. Press agents who feature di- vorce stories will be expected to mod- ify their methods. If George Washington could address |the rough speech attributed to him to some of the current litterateurs who criticize him they would probably be willinz to retire and call the discus. sion off, —————— A slight hesitation was manifest in the Senate when it came to a question allowing Dr. York to pr ibe presidential candi. dates for both parties R, Presidential Looms for Gov. Al Smith materialize at the rato of about two a year. They have not yet proved successtul as leap-yeur demonstra- tions. N SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Evaded Responsibility When anything has gone amiss A great relief we find In this Psycho-analysis And the unconscious mind So, if T grab advantage small Or shirk, disdaining Duty's call, Or strut with an assumption grand Of great importance in the land, Or I some little law evade Or leave some little debt unpaid, You must not chide in tones severe, The human brain is something queer, And be it frankly understood, My voluntary thoughts are good The easy explanation’s plain. Each word or deed unkind Is caused by a bisected brain With an unconsclous mind. . A Reformer. Are you in favor of filibustering?” “Not as practiced at present,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “When it becomes necessary to kill time it seems a pity to compel 2 man to wear him- self out talking when the hours | might just es sensibly be whiled away | playing penny ante or mah-jong.” At the Radio. When the announcer speaks again Tn language swift, but hazy, He makes us wonder how and when The alphabet went crazy. Jud Tunkins suys it appears to him like the hardest part of a congreas- man's job was explainin’ every now and then how he came to change his mind. American Titles. “How is old Crimson Gulch getting along?” “Fine,” answered Cactus Joe. “We're takin’ on genuine dignity. If we sell a few more lots there won't be an- other real estate agent in the place. We'll all be ‘realtors.’ “Money can't buy happiness,” said Uncle Eben, “but it sho’ kin help vou to fohgit yoh troubles/ tehl varfan premier, which § Copeland of New | C., MONDAY, | “How about having the Smiths over for the evening?” Templeton Jones said, when he came home that night. ‘Why, certainly.” replied his wife. wili ‘call them. “I want cld Smith to hear the radio,” continued Templeton, with a fond giance at his latest pride. The radio recelving set, heterodyne, with inclosed jop, stood in a corner of the livind room, thing of beauty us well as a entertainer. “Smith told me the other jnever had heard a radio yet he liked the sound of, *o 1 thought we could have them over and let the old boy hear o real set. Mrs. nith lov Mrs. Jones. about atte sort of thing. One she—ah, invented mu What wis tha Oh, noth : airs about sometimes doe: Mayhbe,” “miyhe thit ture. Well s music s0,” mused s always talkin s, and all that might suspect . you know." t You said?" ut she puts on such Toy wusic, and 1 hay wondered if she really vetlected has by music is Templeton mewhere sign of cul Shie o ik d anyw and old Smith a1 ¢ real music this them up and see Mrs. we will give nee to hear evening. You if they can cone. oiles soon gol the num uzhit “Hello, is that vou, Mrs. n? Oh. would you and M. 0 come over tonight d, we will he so glad to NPIEtOn Wants vou to hear his new dio. Oh, we think it is very nice. es—yes—we will look for vou. then.” Jones was determined that would be no exemplification in his home that evening of the old radio joke about the batteries being low the music would uot her son there e in tested his te it all connections his dials to th everythin, of were tizht habr's breadin snd ready for the pull he switch Those folks have ney al radio—when [ turn going to amaze them,” Jones dec confidently. “You watch their vyes be. gin to pop out—why, thev think radio sounds like those tin horns they had poking out of store windows two or three A hu sure your hatteries are all right, Terpleton?” asked Alrs. Jones during dinner. t to the hushand. In truth, J mild He pleasint thousands It usualh erystal stige: sot out heard o it is red limit," answered her nes was mildly radio was suffering diseuse {hat of uther bekins the et Washingtunians with a rash through the e of 1 two tube re ends with e or ht tub From then has . new interest tween the delizht o prosy “eome ove the pe ey auror set in life. T nights wi perfoct] nings when the ms plexity of borealis s the land, malking distant_reception al most impossible. the lio “fan” en Joys a continuous vaudeville perforn ance in the mnctits of his hot e over,” as Mr. and on the end seemed to su you .could Templeton Smith breezed in wintry blast that into the coz slad s A= re smiled Years of itation, talk nd con- | troversy ov ireraft ing for the first time in ¢ week in secure constructive man who has brought head is tepre ative W, imes of Michigan. Stran as it may | seem, Congress never before has ) opportunity to pass upon an Air Service bill or bills which were based on exhaustive advance study of what is required. Mr. James is the ranking member of the House committee on militury affairs and himself an e soldier—veteran of the Spanish-Amer- n War. e has presented two bills One carries the recommendations and visions f the I iter Army datin from 1 . The othe Lill seeks to put into effect the unanimous recommendations of mittes ingu P v Speaker Gillett in 192 This w the so-called Lampert committee, which was charged with the duty of examining “the operations of the United States Air Service. For many days now the House military com- mittee has been holding hearings on air affairs. Representative James be Heves his two bills comprehend every thing which the best air minds have been able to sug 8 have put it up squarely to to fish or cut bait. igress this ihle effort slation. Tt matters to a serious Junuary was World Court month on Capitol Hill, February is tax | month and March is lkely to be farm { month. When the revenue bill is out of the way agricultural relief expeets | to have-the right of way. More than 100 projects clog the pigeonholes of fthe House commitice on agriculture. | Hearings, comprising a Niagara® of { facts and figures, have been, and still |are, in progr Probably the one 'u,nll only bill at this time assured of | passage is the one sponsored by Sec retary Jardine, providing for a co- { operative marketing division in the ! Department of Agriculture. Cynical | souls accuse the udministration of pplving . sugar-coated label to the measure. 1aving been introduced in the Tlouse by Representative Haugen ¢ Iowa and in the Senate by ator MeNury of Gregon, it is offici known as the McNary-Haugen ‘| Hence the administration's alleged belief that it will enlist the eager sup- port of firm radicals! Harmless is tho description popularly applied to | the bill. Tts passage appears to be assured mainly on that account. * ¥ & % The Dickinson bill for establishing a Federal farm board—assailed by its foes as the old McNary-Haugen price- fixing bill “with bobbed hair ,and short skirts"—is to be pushed on the intensive salesmanship plan. porters, according to understanding in the congressional alfalfa belt, have commandeered the services of the | champion go-getter of the Middle t West. He is Frank Warner, secre- tary of the Towa Bankers’ Assoclation at Des Moines. TUnder his skillful organizing auspices the drive to se- cure passage of the Dickinson bfll is about to start. Oflices will be opened at Chicago and Washington. Finan- clal, industrial, agricultural and rail- road interests are to be amalgamated in a battling phalanx for the purpose of ramming the Dickinson plan through Congress. If reported plans are carried out, Washington is on the threshold of a superlobby. * k ok X Capt. Walter R. Gherardl, U. N, since 1924 naval aide to Secretary Wil- bur, has been detached for a course of instruction at the Naval Flying School in Pensaaola, Fla. Several other officers of captain's rank have | been assigned to tho samo tour of | duty. In Gherardl’s case, his wings are expected to be the forerunner of appointment to the command of our first great airplane carrier, U. S. S, a super- | | ot 1 the vietim of radioitis (s its Llight over | come | Jones, | | | are culminat-| pleted at Camden to rank | battle THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Smiling Mary Jones did not one whoop whether her remark FE care was in line with the books of etiquette or not. “What should you say had never read any of the booki how to act, and would have iau heartily at t celve guests. Fair, She 8 on ighed chapter on “How to re- fat and 40 (or thereabout), Mrs. Smith, too, had a sublime disre- gard for the rules of etiquette. off her wraps and seated hersel the very best chalr She | blustered into the living room, tossed If in Smith, a little chap with a big brain, looked suspleiously “So that's It, eh to Jones, who stood glo 1l the pride of a fond pa “That's it a " chortled w, my turning to Mrs. Jones, “‘vou see the new dress 1 got dow sucallem’s this morning. know ordinarily they n 1vthing less than $35, but modeled on ashion, was reduced f Smith dutiful d sh n the radio set. he waid, as an wing rent. 1 Templeton. Mrs. ear,” hould at never this a genuine Paris i $45 to $18, | and it certainly does become me. Even ik says it does. had accompanied Jones is 1k better than a ST was asking d b isn't i The tone is Letter, the more realisi, hop up and down #ll evening puf on records. “Oh, Mr. Jones,' mith from the solid 2y comfort” chair. music! It must be to listen in the privi your home, without heing forced to list horrdd people coughing and ta all the time Jones piped up “Station AL, came from the aker, in low, vib tones sent thrill . of satisfaction Jor stralght back. The old set was percolating ton “The cellist of ghe Blue and nble will now play Saint autitul number, “The Swan,’ tinued the announcer. The music . Truly wonderful thought. close your eves,” he said, softly, you would imagine you SISt row, “Reautif A Kre My D, suc e 1k ventive ability truckling vulgar moh, “Hiy the £ with siale —the and vet . the coms tor ire going 1o have Iv splendid hats there tomorro sular giveaway prices; yes fectly stunning “What's that? Oh, the radio i nz to play @ Gries mimber? T o his music tist time 1 Paris 1T heard a great orch plaving n wh crum of works, and it would have he tiful f it had not lween for the 1 the audience talking uil the “Really. T do not understand sple can go to hear autiful and then talk all the tine— ¥ never hear a note. Mary i these new galosh oh, vou will not look tike oh, no; hat hat hu' to'a game of and tal ] fla What do you ards? 1 1 along WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Saratoga, which is 75 per cent N. J sister, U. S. S, Lexingto virtually as near completion at River, Muss. These monster launched to be the wi cruisers, are toga's 33,000-ton ¥ planes—of the varieties ready for commissioning in Noven the Lexington, a little were in on he The Sara- | over pho- oubt- replied e is nd vou don't have to tting Mrs. t of her own on to Iking switch., Toud that down ight! Gold aens’ con- was “Tust ‘and the Smith. | “I just love the music of Saint-Saens. | | Such exquisite workm: h in of the of the and s zo 10 50 was estri his u nle time how mu why., . my You must get yourself a pair of 1 must pper. 1 sav ve to play |adv com- n. is Fall ships, 1d's mightiest ners. ch of them will carry nearly 100 bombing and scouting The Saratoga ought to be mber, later. Capt. Gherardi, prior to joining Secre- taty Wilbur, commanded the aircraft scouting fleet. squadron of the Atl; * * & ¥ The President and Mrs maintain an affectionate Mercersburg Academy, two sons, John and th attended for two ye week end @ quintet students called at the and were received by Mr. and All of them knew the which Is at Mercersburg and brought | mory | in particular is deeply cherished on | permanent assurances that “little Cal's” me the campus, where a memorial was erected in his hon President (oolidge was much | ter could interested in the purpose of the boys' | ashington visit—to gather material W antic Coolidge interest in their ate Calvin, jr. During the of Mercersburg White Touse NMrs Cool or in |for a debate on the inheritance tax. | The latchstring for Mercersburg fel-|of public support his work would lows is always out at the White Hi * x % ok Brig. Gen. John R. McQuigg, national commander of the Ame: Legion, made a everyhody he met in Washington ing his recent official visit. C ouse. | new rican fine impression on dur- Gray- haired, kindly Scotchman, he radlate: confidence with his every word and | gesture, and never more so than when he is “selling and former service man alike. he leglon to civillan Gen. McQuigg, who {8 a bank president in East Cleveland, Ohio, hopes his vear in office will see the legion marching with giant stride toward a member- ship of 1,000,000. about 609,000, Tt numbers today The leglon has another great objective—the one launched by Past National Commander Draln of | Washington, D. C.—to establi: permanent endowment fund of §2 000 for disubled service men. McQuigg pays enthusiastio tribus the high esteem in which Brig. Frank T. Hines, director of the h a 000, Gen. te to Gen. Vet- crans’ Bureau, is held throughout the legion. 5% One of the happiest men in Wash- ington is ‘*‘Heinie” news writer, Miller, sporting once a fellow-gob of Capt. George Fried, hero of the S. S. President Roosevelt, whom Great Britain has just honored and America | is about to lionize. Miller, who served {in the World War Navy with Fried, Its sup- | stresses the fact that the rescuer of the Antinoe is a graduate of the gruel- ing life before the mast, when men Fried enlisted ‘Worcester, aged 23. in the Navy Mass., in October, His rank and rating | went down to the sea in sailing ships. from 1900, was that of “landsman for training’: his pay, $16 a month. Fried did his stuff as a deck-hand, bare-footed and “over the yare " at 5:30 a.m., until June, 1901, when, being salted down and wised up, he reached the exalted rank of ordinary seaman. Now that the Associated Press has knighted Fried, he and “Heinie” are comrades egain— fellow-scribes. (Copyright. 1026.) Boom Zoology. The land shark threatens to the alligator from Florida. oo Tactless. From the Davtona Beach Journal. | Erom the Fort Wasne News Sentine!. evict That woman who gave the “maid” an alarm clock for a Christmas|is that it does mot sell land by liquid | question is not so much if France will |and considerable apprehension present is certainly no diplomat, » BRUARY Denial That Mrs. Eddy Discovered “Science.” 8. 1926, To the Editor of The Star: In your issue under date February b, appears a letter over the signature of Phillp Klng, Christian Scfence com mittee on pubilcation for the District of Columbia, in which there appear some statements not according to facts derived from other sources. Mrs. Mary Ann Morse Baker Glover Patterson Eddy was not a devout stu- dent of the Bible from childhood, nor in fact was she a painstaking stu- dent of anything except herself and the influence of her hypochondriasts upon her relatives and acquaintances. The “religlon” which she i credited with establishing was not discovered by mieans of “dlvine revelation,” but was clearly based upon the teachings of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby of Port- land, Me., who called his method by varfous names, including “Christian Sclence.” He was a clockmaker by profession, became interested in mes merism, and later included in his demonstrations treatment of the sick, but person,-his successes we hypochrondriae ing at the age of 6 | inal tumor. Eddy was a S0 grateful cess In her case a letter to the | confined to s, he himself dy- from an abdom patient of his to him for his Vhat she wrote rtland Courder, in which she compared Quimby to Christ 15 a healer. She afterward devoted herself to spreading his doetrines, but nine vears after hix death, which oe- curred in 1866, she published her first edition of “Science and IHealth,” in which she merely mentions him and gives him 1o cn for originating ber igion.” has variously placed the discov ame a Of dates 1844, 1833, 1% nd 186 evidently four distinct “divine revels tions.™" Reg from ing miraculous _cure ceident, which the doctors pronoune there is fortunately on record a lengthy af- it by Dr. Cushing, the attending physician, giving a full record of the In this it is denied that a fatal termination was predicted. efther in three or any other number of days, nor was hope given up, nor v a declaration made that she was in @ serious _condition. Six visits were made, she was declared cured by the doctor, and his bill was paid. Also ~Ix months afterward he attended her, treating her for a hard cough. Space prohibits a more lengthy treatment of these matters, but th interests of truth demand at least the above rebutting evidence which is well authenticated. J. R. MALLOCH. e Prince and Jin> n the Philadelphia Even Just an ordinary tumble the f charncterization given by the Prince [ of Wales to his latest equestrian mis- | hay Thus the 1 * to the throne displivs bis wonderful sense for “ordinary,” as by the dictionary, common or everyday oe- customary, usual, accord- estublished order, resular, = Bulletin is L we are mexins { currence {ing to 1 Tumbling from a horse has become ymmon occurrence with the prince. As the whole world noted, 1t is his eustomary nd us procedure. He has been curfously preserved from seidents while on his | peregrinations, but when at home and {following the established order of his | life falling from a horse spells reg. {ularity and normaley for him. |~ ¥or several years the prince’s mis ntures as a horsen: > heen the subject of i standing but the matter is serious and it | garded by the glish people. The | prince is pobular and the peopie do | not want to see their furure king killed or crippled for life. There has { been a revival of the talk about some ! measure to prevent this recurrent | isk, hut what preventive step would e possible? This is the fifteenth fall that the prince has had in the past five vears. It seems high time for something to be done about it, if anything can be done. The frequency of his tumbles not necessarily evidence of poor horsemanship. On the contrary, it is sald that the prince is an expert but overdaring rider. Possibly he is accompanied always by an equestrian | jinx D American Art. From the Knoxville Sentin: There is wide sympaths position taken by Chirles son, the noted illustrator, of the voung American artist and op posed 1o the exploitation of the old | masters. The voung artist needs and | deserves greater sympathy, apprec ftion and supporte® Especially the coung American artist need Amerfea lucks faith in her own artists, importing foreign art by the shipload and disregarding her own artists of very great ability. with in behulf ficlent faith and support an art cen- be established in this country that would be the foremost the American artist could be assured be second to mnone. This oplnifon is supported by many of the foremost authorities. | Whether or not the art center of \the world is established in the United ’Slalps, America should give her artists a fair chance. Americans are | primarily a creative people and there |is no good reason why that quality should not make their art of the best. No Charleston Then. From the Duluth Herald. And just @ few yvears ago being Kknock-kneed was & misfortune in- | stead of a dance. Seasonable. - From the Albany Knickerbocker Press. The most popular social affalr for the next two months will be a house warming. —e— Fragile and Transparent. From the Racine Journal News. A poet tells of the windows of the soul. . Some scem to have them glazed. i ] Not All Gone. From the Cumberland Times. Judging from the boom in home- bullding, there must be considerable home life in this country. The Distorters. From the Roanoke World News. 1t isn’t what your enemies say that hurts, but the report of it brought by your fool friends. Dizzy Eminence. ¥rom the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. There is plenty of room at the top ::fl&‘fltude doesn’t make your head m. T New Times, New Pies. From the Fort Worth Record Telegraph. There is one thing about the pies like mother used to make: They have changed as much as mother has. e A Fling at Florida. From the Pasadena Star-News, Ancther thing in California’s favor nreasure. = 15 must be obvions to any rational | Briush | arflung | Q. the ! Dana Gib- | these, | Mr. Gibson contends that with suf-| (0] Q. Please explain why, at this time | of year, when the days are lengthen- ing, they take on' more of their length in the afternoon than in the morning?—J. 8. J A. Korenoon und afternoon are always equal, or very mearly o, by the sun; they are at times far from being so, by the clock. The reason for this s that clocks give, not the actual solar time, but the average solar time. Noon sun 18 when the sun is due that is to say, noon by the s midway, or very nearly midway, be- tween sunrise and sunset. Noon Ly the clock may occur us much as one- quarter hour earlier or later than| noon by the sun, the difference being known as the equation of time. It S0 happens when the days begin to lengthen in December that noon the clock is growing relatively arlfer 4 id rate: in other words, is moving toward the time of sun rise and away from the time of sun- set, the tendency being to shorten | the forenoon and to lengthen the aft ernoon. Q. Where do we get the ex] 1e hoots’ A. The seven-league troduced into the nursery Thumb,” which is from the “Le Petit Poucet.” by Cr rault, written about 1630. however, is probably of Anglo origin. There is in the Bodieian Library, at Oxford, a ballad_about Tom Thumb printed by John Wright in 1630, ession boots are in- le, * fuel did the first trip Q. What use on her Atlantic?—N., A. O. A T fuel the ship carried huge | quantities of pitch pine, since at that time coul was not in general use for vessels. Savannal the across Q. What a white jah?—A. T. F. A. The State is Sarawak. lving along the northwest coast of Borne The rajah is H. 1. Charles V Brooke, . greatnephew of James Brooke, the Lnglishman, to whom | the Suitan of Brunei gave the gov-| ernment in 184 State is ruled deer most resemble in habits and dis- position?—¢ A. Tt may have some of the characteristics of shee ey flock tox more | Q. What domestic animals do rtm~' attle and horses. Th like sheep, but graze tle, and in intelligenc they more nearle resemble the { Reindeer are much more intelligent than cattle, but not so intelligent as | the horse horse. | Q. 1s there ar reby | stains can be removed from | erete porch?—A. €. F | A, The Bureau of Standar | guests that you try applving a {tion of oxalic acid, and |15 removed apply amnioni Q. What vorite poem?—R. D, A. “The Song of Father Ryan, is said to have | favorite. | Is malted milk what is it composed A. Malted miik is a ¢ method wh < President’s MeKinley's fa BY FREDERIC nd i QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. at It has 51 stories The tallest build “apitol (formerl ate and Rit stories hizt Broadway i 42 feet high ing in Chie is the Masonic Templi) at dolph stre 1t is and Q. Some printers s equal 1 inch, thousandt! that 6 pica others sav three one hs less than 1 inch and some s than 1 inch, Wh The Governnient says that one plea em measures .1 of an inch, which is the standard de cided upon by the 1nited § founders’ Associatio 185 adopted by all American typefounders Six picas i3 003 of an inch less tha: 1 inch. Printing Offios Q. Is 5 to run possible for an automobt ross the country without driver, controlled by electricity some station?—IL V. 2 A. The American Ins! trical Enginee vs: know, suceessful test on the operation of pedo planes and motor trolling them entirely b, from a distant stati what distance th It we are unubi i@ trip across ti be out of the que time for several rea f which probably would be terference.” tute of Elec S s 18 we s coun Q Why is the term ¢ applied to Australia?—¥. A. The te “God's often applied by its sons and die published bul attention to the fact ti white inhabitants poverty ¥ unkn hildren are 2 the labor = the territor AL countr or cou A recent lin o warped” An 1ed by form and pounding griddle with a we In Q shriquet Q Wi ton? . G A We exhibition Q Ty | dried milk powder with red dog flour, | which has been treated with lthat the starch thereof largely ¢ verted into n | While red dog flo sidered the {lowest grade of flour produced, it con {tains more vitamins and min *ar than refined w | milk when properly prepared has lost | Ivery few of its vitamins and pi cally none of its nutritive value. This | combintion called malted milk has al the nutritive value of milk and dog flour from which it is prepared Q. Why does the Maori warrior tat- 100 his face?—M. D. A. Tt disguises or masks ¢ sion of fear HUT ck death wa 5 & death? The bl Tt owas ite disease caused by the prese | specitic microbe—hacillu: ! marked by suppuration and tun took its name from the black spots which in severe ca: appeared in the I skin. Q. Please give the talles n New York and in Chicag A H. K. | A. The tallest building fn New York City is the Woolworth Building A plazue. buildings the value Frederic 1 this paper (o our e eall as a watter will be quots for this seriice Fask wpon h postage. Adire Information Lures kin, dircctor, T e Coming of New Revival of interest in the French debt negotiations as a result of the fcoming of Ambassedor Rerenger ~ art center of the world, and that if |been accompanied by optimistic com- slightly « {ment on the prospects for an early | settlement. There seems to be a rather general feellng that the time now is propitious for an agreement which the French government can fulfill. Warning is given by the Nashville Banner, however, that “it is well to understand that the United States has no idea of being satisfied with any ar- rangement that does not result in the payment of a certaln amount of {money.” The Banner recognizes that “M. Berenger has been selected to represent Franas in this country, with {able to arrange fer the funding of the debt,” and expreszes the hope that the choice was fortiuate. The Utlea Observer Dispatch sees a’ different situation fréin “hat which jexisted in last Fall {came to America. “Then, the tdmin- istration,” this paper observes, "was | obviously mervous as to the effect of a generous settlement: it was not ready to make a reasonable arrange ment and take its chances with Con-| gress; otherwise a good bargain might have been made then. Today it Is clear that the mood of the country is fa vorable to a broad and liberal policy.” * ok ok % “The American Debt Funding Com- mission,” says the Daytona Beach | Journal the capacity of each nation to pay, and this acounts for departures from the PBritish model in the case of Italy and Belgium. If Congress withheld ap-| proval of settlements it would be use- the preconcefved idea that he will be | There is no r when Calllaux | “kept in mind at &l times | - Ambassador - Revives French Debt Talk neness of sier terms to Fran been offered.” Tn nection the Rock Isiand marks that “while the new Ambassador says that 1 wants settle American debts as fully as umstanc permit, it appears that these stances thus far have of France.” “To keep these matters in the opinion of the Loches Tnion, “is to auzment inte bitterness, returd European struction, and gain just nothi ason for denving libera ster republic witl has had sc also im and s Iy t have vet terms to the great which this ties.” This spir aul Dispatch to ussert traditional friendship of States for France will not in valn when the French and people give proof of o 1o proceed in a businesslike way to th liguidetion of the oblizations queathed ¥heni by the war.” Materia benetits to be are emphasized by the Kansas Tournal, whiel says in a review he S long as the debt retm it will be a source of ir feeling in both countries. the funding of the debt terms or on compromise t stimulate trade with I'r would benefit the Unite ok ok ok The Locarno treatfes. “that American greenlacks are no’ 5 the that the be invoke overnment i s unfund ta®on and Moreove: he Frenct e, would and this on as a guaran as | less for the commission to present an- | Jother. Our thought is that when the Lita Kalamizoo Guzet I political cyclone passes Congress will |approve, and that will be helpful in the negotiations with the French Am.- | + bassador. | | Public sentiment favors “extending | to France the most generous and lib- | eral treatment possible.” according to | | the Salt Lake Deseret News, which de | |clares: “The United States does mot | want to be regarded in the world as an inconsiderate creditor. There were | reasons for dealing generously with | Italy, and there are just as compelling | reasons for dealing generously with France.” “France’s new Ambassador,” says the Providence Journal, “has tackled one of the toughest jobs that ever confronted an Ambassador in peace- ful times. His nation’s financial debt | to this country is the prime reason for his getting the coveted post. Ie | was chosen because the French gov- | |ernment belleves he can succeed in | | reaching a settlement where better | | known emissaries have failed.” | * % ¥ X The Bangor Commercial thinks “the pay a8 it {s when France will pay," f being sought fuel for anothe. great conflag * are belleved b: to make i ¥French deb: ation possible to appre h t problem “as a purely economic ques tion.” The Charleston Evening Pos refers to the assurance from Ambas sador Berenger of French desire t. meet obligations, and declares | should not be “difficult to coms 10 a agreement.” Viewing the matter as a part the entire war debt situation, the New York Evening Post suggests that “the Senate will feel better ahout the French issue when it has got the Itallan one out of its system.” The Post advocates deliberation, contend ing that while failure of the negotia tions with Cafllaux was unquestion ably regrettable. “it will do no good to rush ahead recklessly 1o cor rect that failure.” as “time will ke for better understanding on botl sides.” The Lomg Beach Press Telegramy referring 1o the *Herculear task™ of the new Ambassador, o cludes with the thought that “it is o be hoped that satisfactory terms soo may be agrecd upon, as delay in thi settlement has created no little feeling on as of Doth sides.of the Atlantlc.” « »