Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....February 15, 1928 .Editor THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company sity iy DO e st. e ve, New Vork r‘a'fi'l.w'grs O st Chics ower ding 2O 14 Hogent St. London. England. th the Sunday mam- 1by earriens, within v only. The Evenine § g\.l e’dllnnm’_ls deliver e city at 60 cent il 45 cents per month 20 cents Per month. Onlers mar, at By mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily ans < ¢. .1vr.$000°1mo. Daily :’x‘v)v e { . .00 1 no Sunday onle $3.00: 1 mo.! Al 0 aily ani s o adly on- Sunday enly Member of the Associated Press. The Aseariated Press is exelusivaly entiiled to the uee for ~epublication of all news (‘\)‘b pibliched heraih: . ATl riehts of publi i 1 dispatc herein are al Tomorrow's Coal Peace Meeting. Tomorrow at Scranton a meeting will be held by the members of the mine union to consider the agreement entered into last Friday between the unfon leaders and the crerators at Philadelnhia whereby the strike of five and & half mor.ths 1s to be ended and production ix to be resumed. There is confident expectation that the agreement will be ratified, al- though foliowing the first display of enthusiasm over the prospect of an early return to work there is evident a disposition to question the value of the terms that have heen gained by the workers. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers, who will attend, will be put to some question- ing. Perhaps an effor. will be made to elicit the fact regarding a report- ed “gentlemen’s agreement” to the offect that the check-off is to be granted under the “efficiency and reci- procity” clause of the peace treaty. While there have been 1aurmurings of dissent on the score that the agree- ment does not vield anything of value to the miners, Rinaldo Cappelini, the president of the first district “local.” hails the settlement as a triumph. He says that it Is “one of the great- est victories in the kistory of orzan ized labor.” Thereby Mr. Cappelini qualifies as one of the world's fore- most optimists. Nobody begrudges him his reaction of satisfaction over the outcome of the long struggle. If he is satisfied, surely all should Le. A clergyman of the hard coal re- glon, however, seems to analyze the matter a bit more clearly. He says: “The miners have gained nothing but the satisfaction of five years' contin- uous work; the community has gained five years of security. All this coull just as well have been obtained five months ago.” The great coal-burning public, which pays the bills, fecls that this strike will have been a total fallure if it does not point the way surely to a means of settling disputes between miners and operators without the s pensfon of production. It now Wil the loss of nearly half a vear izes, without any compensating cantage gained, teach the miners the lesson of demanding wise le: ship? Wil it ma servative in the £ 1 d Canada. 1y-. $800:1mo. 1 $4.00: 1 mo.. 3 er- | ke them more con- | ure when the time | comes to 1 the contract just armneed? Will they make good use of the four-and a half years of peace by securing a form of representation that will keep them out of trouble while securing for them the best terms obtainable without loss? Tomoirow's meeting at Seranton may provide some lively incidents, in § which the public will be interested | only respecting the light it will throw upon these questions, which bear upon the welfare of the coal con- sumers of half a decade hence. e ew Should a Treasury deficit result from tax reduction, the United States Government can rely on meeting it promptly by renewed assessments. The American people never fail to respond with money in a patriotic emergency. . ————— Some of the Romans are appar- ently inclined to think that Musso- lini's plans for restoring ancient power and splendor would make a better scenario than a political plat- form. ——————————— 0il Conservation. Reports and forecasts that ex- haustion of our domestic supply of peiroleum is but a few years off have often been made. The Federal board on oil production and conservation, consisting of the Secretaries of the Interfor, War, Navy and Commerce, was told at a recent hearing that “the known oil in the United States is sufficient to last eight years {f consumption does not increase and if all the oil could be got out in that time.” An oil expert whose opinion is given much weight made that statement, and he added: “But con- sumption will increase anc we can- not get the ofl out in eight yvears, so new discoveries are imperative.” Economy in the use of petroleum and fts derivatives is urzed. Where the economy is to begin and who is to practice it are the great ques- tions. There is no sign that the tendency toward putting oil-burning plants in homes, office buildings and ships is to be reversed. Where are the automobilists who will lay up {1y proclaiming leor tne present generation as pre- it may have its own problems. The last generation did not do much for us in the conservation of cordwoeod, terrapin, shad, wild turkey and other precious products. It may he that the future generation will not be interested in such old-fashioned things as automobiles, but will run sky chariots with alcohol or oxvgen, or with electricity taken from the clouds. The future generation may think of oil-burning furnaces as we think of fireplaces and a woodpile outside the kitchen door. Perhaps the future generation will heat build- ings with warn th pumped from the sun or with ‘elty made by the e rivers and waves winds, tides of of the sea. It is Interestine to experts tell of the fortheaming evheustion of the American ofl supplv and it would te weil if we could find and practice some plan of egonomy. We are usine more and more oil each vear. One automobile engineer said at the meet- ing of the ofl committee that one way of saving in the use of petroleum would be to increase by 20 to 40 per cent the efficiency of gasoline in pro- pelling an automobile. That would be conservation of oil resources which wounld meet the anproval of all auto Arivers. If the price were not ad- varced from 20 to 40 per cent or from 40 to 80 ver cent the automo- bile could make more trins to the Catoctins, the Bluo Ridge. Valley of Virginia and the lower Potomac country than it makes now. — ———— Tie Juana Must Act. Mexican justice should be swift and sure in the punishment of those guilty in the Tia Juana outraze agalnst the Thomas Peteet family of San Diego, Calif. On a pleasure trip to this notorious resort, the Peteets, father and mother and two daughters, stopped in one of the nu- merous saloons which line the streets of the “town over the border.” Intro- duced to the chief of police and some of his cohorts the two girls were drugged and outraged. Mr. Peteet, after finally assembling his broken- hearted family. drove hack to San Diego, herded them all in one room, shut the doors and windows and turned on tba gas. snuffing out their lives as wel) as his own, because “the sheme was ‘0o much to endure.” Seven men, including the chief of police, the bhartender in the saloon and taxi drivers, have been arrestod and will be charged with murder. Besides holding the men accountable for the death of the family n Diego, they gre also cha with having attacked the girl This is not the first time that the “dives” of Tia Juana and other Mex- fcan border towns have been the scenes of shocking and disgusting crimes. Tia Juana has long been noted as a “wide open town.” It is unfortunately this reputation and the fact that it is famous for its horse racing that has led many Americans to take the short trip from San Diego to “look it over.” In the latest outrage the offi who most of all is expected to pri tect the welfare of visitors to Tia Juana is directly involved in all of its hideous aspects, and as long as this condition exists there is little hope that reform will be effected, although President Calles and other Mexican authorities have been loud- their desire for a hear in reed 1 clean-up.” America will closely watch the de- velopments of this case. It will not tolerate such conditions go near its boundary, even If the customs office must throw drastic restrictions around the daily American visita- tion to the resort. If a clean-up does not appeal to Tia Juana on the grounds of morality and decency, it may have some effect if American patronage, on which the town is al- most wholly dependent for its live- lihood, is abruptly checked. P “Moral turpitude” is a charge which cannot properly be limited to one of the two genders, in constru- ing the immigration restrictions. Adam tried something of the kind when he blamed Eve for offering the apple, but in the light of modern opinion his attempt was not success- ful. —t—— Rockefeller's Gift to Egypt. John D. Rockefeller, ir., has offered $10,000,000 to the Egyptian govern- ment to establish a great museum and archeological Institute at Cairo. Details of the offer are not forth- coming. Indeed it has not vet been accepted. King Fuad has withheld his acknowledgment pending defini- tion of the terms of the gift. The yptian nationalists desire that the institution at Cairo should be directly and wholly under the control of the Egyptian government. Mr. Rockefel- ler wishes to maintain it under the direction of a board of American sci- entists. It is said that a representa- tive of King Fuad is now on his way to this country, and the belief is ex- pressed that after a conference here with the donor the matter will be adjusted satisfactorily to both sides. The present prospect is that the in- stitution, if established, will be under a control independent of the govern- ment. This munificent gift in the interest of science and history is somewhat remarkable in view of the fact that Mr. Rockefeller has never been in Egypt. The Carnarvon-Carter dis- coverles in the Valley of the Kings aroused his interest keenly and he has since followed the disclosures and thefr cars and take to the trolleys to ald in the conservation of o0il? Where are the autoists who will lay aside their plans for transcontinental and Maine-to-Florida tours or trips from Washington to Harpers Ferry, Get- tysburg, Atlantic City and Benedict when the weather turns fair? Per- haps economy in the use of oil will not be pricticed till its scarcity causes its price to rise. Oil exhaustion prophecles seem to deal with production in the United States and sometimes assume that all the oil fields have been found and drilled. There is hope that big finds are yet to be made. There are fo eign oll fieids to draw on and mord) ofl regions may be brought into bear~ developments of that great work in detail. He feels that there is urgent need of an establishment at Cairo which will effectively preserve and display to all mankind the relics of the past which have already been unearthed and which may through future explorations be brought to light. It is understood that a part of the gift now tendered to Egypt will be used to promote researches under the auspices of the most ef- ficlent and careful investigators. Should this institution be establish- ed it will be one of the greatest store- {\houses of ancient treasures in the ‘'world. The thoroughness with which 'the Rockefeller benefactions ayge ad- that this, difected jdicted. As to the future Reneration | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926 | utmost value to Egypt. It will co- ordinate the research activities which have for many years been somewhat | dispersed and at times have been | handicapped by interference. The Egyptian government will be seriously misguided if it places obstacles in the way of the foundation of this insti- tution, which will make Egypt a cen- ter of interest for the historians of afl nation: : —r——————— Charles I. Corby. Charles I Corby’s death In Florida shocks Washington, for there was no thought of illness, no warning of an end of this useful life. Mr. Corby had been a resident of this city for thirty-five years, coming here at the age of twentv to join his brother in the est shment of a business that through iheir enterprise became cne of the largest industrial establish. ments of this city. With the advance of prosperity Mr. Corby became help- fully active in clvic matters. He was proud of his adopted city, always veady to aid in good works, and con tributed richly to them, with services and with gifts. His personal quali- ties were such as to endear him to a host of friends. Practically retiring from active business through a co- alition which relieved him of responsi- bilities, Mr. Corby, it was hoped would live many vears to enjoy the fruits of his thrift and business acn men, but death has come untimely and with startling suddenness und he has thus passed, 1o the great sorrow of all who knew him and who held him in respect and sincere fection. high af e Germany is tired of Bergdoll, the famous American draft dodger. His conduct hias enraged the people of Baden to a degree that gives him international standing as an unde- ble character. A reasonable amount of decency and discretion on his part would have enabled him to enjoy a comfortable seclusion and to gain at least the forgetfulness of his fellow countrymen. S So much attention has been called tepresentutive Dayey's absences from Congress that he may vet regret that he did not add one more day to the number on which he did not re- spond to roll call—the one when he enraged Government workers by re- ferring to them to as slackers ————— A rise of 1 cent in the price of gasoline represents an enormous in- crease of revenue for the oil inter- ests. As a good old philosopher re- marked, “Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselv ——— Washington, D. point with pride to its snow-clean- ing tacilities. Inauguration days ilereafter will have no climatic ter- rors worth considering. - e is permitted to Coal production has been delayed to an extent that will cause the early robin and the first load of an- thracite to arrive at about the same time. v The Stillman divorce case finally settled its: A respect for public opinion might Lave led to the sume conclusion much earlier. et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Takin' Boarders. Mother's takin' boarders down to Po- hick on the Crick. She feeds very reglar, thoug the pay is not so quick. A flop-eared dog who hasn't any claim ! to pedigree At noon makes his appearance, just as punctual kin be. A tabby cat, whose coat is fine and | y, 'most like silk, Perhaps will purr a “thank you" when sne's lapping up her milk. And (0 the window ledge a mocking bird so boldly comes; He scolds if there s a shortage in the customary crumbs. ‘em It's many a time that dog has barked in tones that plainly say, “These are my friends. If you're a foe, you'd better keep away.” The cat looks independent as she promenades the house, A-showin' off in triumph how she caught a thievish mouse. I'm certain that the mockin' bird, when Springtime comes along, ‘Will remember obligations and repay them with a song. So we kind o’ think that mother drives a bargain pretty slick Since she went to takin’' boarders down to Pohick on the Crick. Stressful Expression. “Do you think George Washington used profane language?” “I don't know about that,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But George was an amateur musician, and I'll bet sometimes the neighbors did.” Soft Coal. By soot we've been vexed With a strike under way. The scrub-lady next Will be Queen of the May. Jud Tunkins soys a blizzard is a way Mother Nature has of showin’ us every once in a while who's boss. Limited Aspiration. “Some day Crimson Guich may be a great big town like Chicago.” “I hope not,” answered Cactus Joe. “The little old Gulch is wicked enough as it is.” Paradox. In peace we take delight. Opinions allus wuz so. Nobody wants to fight— Yet everybody does so. “De man who agrees wif you all de time,"” sald Uncle Eben, “is mighty likely, sooner or later, to sell you sumpin.” Times Change. From the Los Angeles Times. The little girl who was 8 being 6 in order to ride oMa half- fare ticket is now clocked ad 16 in order to get ormit to drlvéa c ntioned | ments that go with it. as the donor wishes, will be of thflr THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The real maxims of Lord Chester- fleld are to be drawn from his letters, rather than from the officlal compi- lation which he'so labeled. The latter is a weary document, lacking the appeal of the sprightly epistles, In which the man revealed his heart and soul. In the “Maxims,” Lord Chesterfield was on dress parade, and his thoughts are dressed up in consequence; in the ‘Letters,”” on the other hand, he is negligently at ease, with the result that true maxims are to be found on avery page. With this thought in mind, I have ome carefully through the letters, and have abstracted sentences which serhaps represent the author at his est. Such a selection, as any of the nature, must suffer from the too close {uxtaposition of dissimilar thoughts, ought to better serve to display the mind of Chesterfield than the “Maxiins” commonly printed. The selection follow. The first thing you should attend to peuk whatever language you . in its greatest purity, and cording to the rules of grammar. his is not all; for not to speak ill, is not suflicient; we must speak well: and the best method of attaining to that, is to read the best authors with attention; and to observe how people of fashlon speak, and those who ex- press themselves best; for shop- keepers, common people, footmen and maid-servants all speak fll. ‘The ambition of a sily fellow will be to have a fine equipage, « fine house and fine clothes; things which an body, that has as much money, may have as well as he: for they are all * be bought; but the ambition of a in of sense and honor is to be dis- tinguished by a character and reputa- tion of knowledge, truth and virtue— things which are not to be bought, and that can only be acquired by a £00d head and a good heart. Know, that as learning, honor and virtue are absolutely necessary to gain you the esteem and admiration of mankind, politeness and good breeding are equally necessary, to make vou welcome and agreeable in conversation nd_common life. Without attention, nothing is to be done. * x ok X Those who endeavor to excell all, e at least sure of excelling a great many. Dancing is in itself a very trifiing, silly thing: but it {s one of those estabd lished follles to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform; and then they should be able to do it well. Be ‘wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so If you can once engake people’s pride,” love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their son can do against you. here is no surer sign in the world « little, weak mind, than inatten- tion. Mind not only what people say but how the: and, if you have any gacity, you may discover more truth by your than by vour ears. Peo- : v will, but they cannot look what they will, and their looks frequently discover what their words are calculated to conceal. Among women, as among men, there are good as well as bad, and It may be full as many, or more, good than among men. | Judge of individuals from your knowledge of them, and not from their sex, profession or denomination. As the generality of people are weak enough to be pleased with little thing: those who refuse to please them, s cheaply, are, in my mind, weaker than they. * ok K ok The desire of pleasing is at least half the art of doing it. If you are lazy, careless and indifferent whether you please or not, depend upon it you never will please. The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Books alone will never teach it you; but they will suggest many things to your observation whicn might otherwise escape you. ‘Without the desire and pains neces- sary to be considerable, depend upon it, you never can be so; as, without the’ desire and attention necessary to please, you never can please. Take great care always to be dressed like the reasonable people of your own age, in the place where you are; whose dress is never spoken of one way or another, as either too negligent or too much studied. There is nothing that people bear more Impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt; and an injury is much sooner forgiven than an insuit. Many young people adopt pleasures for which they have not the least taste, only because they are called by that name. Were 1 to begin the world again, with the experience which I now have of it, I would lead a life of real, not of imaginary, pleasure. There is time enough for everything In the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a_time. Every man seeks for truth; but God only knows who has found {t. * x % x Endeavor, as much ou n, to keep company with people above you. Do not mistake, when I say company above you, and think that 1 mean with regard to their birth; t the least consideration: but I mean with regard to their merit, and the light in which the world regards them. For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if 1 had been with all the princes in Europe. There is hardily any place, or any company, where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, ana 1s glad to talk upon that one thing. Wear your knowledge like your watch, in a private pocket. Frequent and loud laughter is the characteric of folly and ill manners. Wrongs are often forgiven, but con- tempt never is ‘Women are only children of a larger growth. 1f you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt. Above all things, and upon all oc- casions, avoid speaking of yourself if ssible. an of parts and fashion is only smile but never to la: " Some complaisance and attention to fools is prudent. Please the eyes and the ear: will introduce you to the heart; nine times in ten, the heart go the understanding. I recommend to you an inn plece of art; that of flattering people behind their backs. With very small variations, the same things that please women please men. Buy good books, and read them, the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best. So Lord Chesterfield taught, as he called it, “the prudence of a general distrust. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE It's likely to he some time before posterity will know just who did set- tle the coal strike. The operators and the mine workers themselves— who ought to know—agreed that it was Richard F. Grant of Cleveland, former president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and now chiet of the Hanna steel, iron and coal in- terests on the Great Lakes. Their political partisans in Pennsylvania are enthusiastically contending that it was James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, and William C. Sproul, former Governor of Pennsylvania State, who killed cock robin. Still other zealots hand the laurel crown to Gov. Gif- ford Pinchot. Despite his determina- tion to fade out of the picture, there are those who insist that Calvin Cool- idge, in the quiet, invisible and un- pretentious way that is all his own, was the glant force that finally brought peace. * oK %k Beyond all question, the anthracite agedy came to be a political play in which many men essayed to star. It is something more than a co- incidence, for example, that Phila- delphia newspapers which are boom- ing Secretary “Jim" Davis for the next governorship of Pensylvania are hanging medals all over his maniy bosom as the real breaker of the strike. He is named, along with former Gov. Sproul, as the pre- domi t factor in the underground negotiations that led to final results. Sproul was Coolidge’s guest on the Mayflower on January 10. Since re- tiring from the statehouse at Harris- burg three years ago, the Chester Quaker has not figured conspicuously in Pennsylvania politics. But he now is credited with the ambition to be the next Republican national com- mitteeman from Pennsylvania, with all the power and political emolu- On a certain hot day at Chicago in June, 1920, when the Republican presidential nomina- tion hung in the balance, “Bill” Sproul, for whom Pennsylvania's big delega- tion had voted successively for seven or eight ballots, loomed as the most formidable compromise figure on the horizon. Then the Keystone bosses spoke. Pennsylvania's votes went to Harding, the ‘“break” for the Ohio Senator set in, and all was over. * ok ok K Richard F. Grant, who seems to have the premier title to anthracite peacemaking honors, comes out of the Northwest. He is a native son of the little town of Owatonna, Minn., whence he went to the Sheffleld Scien- tific School at Yale. _Later he took a law course in New York City. After graduation he hung out his shingle in Duluth, became a member of the Minnesota State Legislature, and eventually counsel for the Hanna shipping and ore interests bordering Lake Superior. When that business was reorganized Grant was trans- ferred to Cleveland and became its executive vice president. When he was inaugurated as president of the TUnited States Chamber of Commerce in 1924 Grant discussed interdepend- ence in business and the importance of mutual understanding in terms not without interest at this time. “Busi- ness,” he said, “is no longer a thing which hovers between our front and back doors. We have grown to larger estate. To raise your level, you must bulld up the whole fabric. When any- thing constructive is hampered or pulled down, the whole general level down.” goes do E Two members of the Coolidge cab- inet—Herbert Hoover and William M. Jardine—who_tried to glorify Abra- ham Lincoln by radio on the night of February 12 were badly worsted by the United States Weather Bureau. The Secretary of Agriculture was Arlington naval station, NAA, broke in at 9:55 o'clock with its nocturnal time signals. Six minutes later, when the Secretary of Commerce w: und- ing the prais manci- pator, NAA was bulletinin ing story of temperature, cloudiness and rains on the various seacoasts of the land. The irony of the situa- tlon, for both Jardine and Hoover, lay in the fact that the Weather Bu- reau is under the former's jurisdic- tion, while all radio comes within the latter's sway. NAA is obviously no respecter of persons. * K k% “Wherefores of B of a fascinating preachment just off in Washington. It is an of the character of the co- s of Congress by an anonymous spaper correspondent. While high ly commendatory of the Idahoan for the most part, the pamphlet handles him without kid gloves in certain connectjons in which the author holds him to be vulnerable. “He sometimes starts things which he does not fin- h"* is the title vs Borah’s unnamed Boswell. | “He raised a loud cry against the recent treaty with Cuba, by which we surrender to her the Isle of Pines. Otner Senators, under the influence of Borah's cry, came forward and fought the treaty. Borah lagged. He more or less vanished. He did not come through with a big, firm fight against that treaty. Similarly, Borah can make engagements to be some- where and then not keep them. He can forget them. He can change his mind about them.” * k Kk ¥ M. Stephane Lauzanne, editor of Le Matin, Paris, who was in Wash- ington with the Caillaux debt mission Jast Autumn, is telling the inside story of its failure in the French press. As all the world, more or less, knows, Calillaux charged the failure to the indiscretions of M. Dumay, the Parisian Soclalist editor who was the mission’s spokesman. Aboard the liner Paris, while the Caillaux party was en route to France, Lauzanne tells of 2 moving picture performance one evening in midocean. A ‘“news reel” was screened, which happened to show M. Dumay in the foreground outside of the French embassy. “Turn that off!" exclaimed the irate Caillaux. And off “it” came. * %k ok ok Margaret Lindsay Sutherland, vear-old daughter of former Senator Howard N. and Mrs. Sutherland of West Virginia—a Washington de- butante of a couple of seasons ago— has been awarded first prize in a New York magazine's ‘student- worker contest.” The prize was to be bestowed upon the American col- lege man or woman who produced the most enthralling narrative of an actual vacation-time experience in industrial employment. Miss Suther- land, who is now an undergraduate of Antioch College, Ohio, spent two months at_work in a Chicago jam factory. Her essay, which bristles with human interest, was crowned winner of the $125 reward. It is called “A Student Factory Hand.” Miss Sutherland’s particular job was to ladle jam into bottles. Her wages 20 were $13 a week for nine and one-half hours work a day. (Copyright. 1926.) One Who Is Content. From the Des Moines Evening Tribune-News. We have yet to see a pedestrian display grief when the price of gas is boosted. Dentistry and Diplomacy. From the Duluth Heraldf| W‘" 0 about Pp teeth, Mrs. Eddy Was Founder Of Christian Science To the Editor of The Sta Kindly allow me space paper to answer a communication'| over thu name of J. R. Mallock. in your issue of February 8. Most of the statements made by the writer are far from being “well au- thenticated,” but on the contrary are without foundation of fact and have never been established to the satisfic- tion of fair-minded people. They has been seized upon by the opponents und critics of Mary Buker Eddy and Chris- | tian Science. ' The writer somewhat eritically speaks of Mrs. Eddy as not ™ been a student of the Bible from child hood. By referring to Mrs. Bddy's writings, particularly Retrospection and Introspection, as well as to T Life of Mary Baker Eddy” by Sibyl Wilbur, one will readily be convinced that she was. It is true that Mrs, semi-nvalid for a number 3 and sought many modes of healing, among them being the ma netle and mesmeric form of treatm practiced by Mr. Phineas Quimb Portland, Me. She improved for time under his treatment and g fully acknowledged the improvement, but she relapsed and apparently wi in no better state of health at the time of Mr. Quimby's passing. Later, in the vear 1866, she suffered a seri- ous accident, an account of which, published in’ the Lynn Reporter at the time of its happening, can be found in Sibyl Wilbur's book. While apparently within the con- fines of death, there was revealed to her the great discovery which she afterward called Christian Sclence. On this point Mrs. Eddy says: “In the vear 1866, I discovered the Christ Sclence or divine laws of Life, Truth and Love, and named my discovery Christian * Seience. God had been wring me during o c the reception of this fin 1 the plute div principle of scientific mental healing.” Seence and with Key to the 107. Quimby ement mani- seripts: sary to say 1 no religlous beliefs,” also, “Pr contains no knowledge and only le men in ignorance and superstition. Contrast ~ these statements with the following which Mrs. Eddy has written: “The prayer t reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are ble to God—a spiritual under- elfed love.” 1. Also is the law of als the sick on the one Mind or God. It can y, since the hu nind so-called is not auses the belief in dis | Mr, makes the in h “Christian Science Truth, which h basis of t. was the | author or founder of n Scienc began with the more limited claim George S. Quimby, him in a letter dated | ugust 19, 1904, in which he says:| “No one, least of all myself, di or (Mrs that tiun Science, so s the religious aim goes. It is all hers * * "+ hut o far as she claims to have originated the trea ment of disease mentally, sne lie Eddy never claimed t inated the treatment of d mentally™; this took place long be Mr. Quimby's time and is being p ticed today by other systems decided! different from the treatment of di ease employed in Christian Science However, Mrs. Eddy did base her covery of the treatment of disease on the teachings of Christ Jesus as found in the Bible. Moreover, the authorship of Science and Health, with Key to the Seriptures, was established against the Quimby claim in 1883 by s decree of the Circuit Court of United for the District Eddy's) claim nator of Chr Concerning the affidavit which the writer states was made by Dr. Cush- liow me to call attention to the that it was procured 49 vears after the happening of the event and was_contained in s articles published _in Mc This series of artic ack to discredit both N and her teachings; of its n Science since tha increasing growth throughout the world, being over 2,000 churches a2nd soci- eties. James says in the Bib me thy faith without thy worl shew thee my faith worl The fruitage of Mrs. < works i : in an everin. creasing following of adherents, hum- ble seekers after truth earnestly striv- ing to obey the commands of J by healing the sick as well as the sinner. In closing, the following statement of Mrs. Eddy is pertinent: “No hu- man pen nor tongue taught me the ence contained in this book, Science and Health; and neither tongue nor pen can overthrow it. This < be distorted by shallow cri by careless or malicious studen: its ideas may be temporarily and misrepresented; but the and truth therein will forever remain to be discerned and demonstrated.” Sclence and Health, page 110. PHILIP KING, ian Science Committee on Pub- tion for the District of Columbia. ——— Heroism Heightens Pride In Our Merchant Marine. | To the Editor of The Star The triumphal arrival of the Presi- dent Roosevelt in New York, with her indomitable and skillful master, her prime seaman of a chief officer and her herole crew, is a notable It may forecast a renaissance of real interest in maritime «ffal; . This, alons with other recent val- iant rescues, shows that the keen com- petition of the shipping business is tempered by the brotherhood of the sea. Yet it, more than any other in- dustry, appeals to national pride Every American may take a little additional pride to himself, this splendid vessel, being a unit of the great Government fleet, is owned by the people, and who indirec em- ploy the cre: Each person con tributes, roughly, 25 cents annually to help keep a line of American flag passenger ships running to Europe and on the Pacific. This makes it possible for particularly loyal people to travel under the American flag, and to ship freight likewise. Some take a certain degree of satisfaction in see- ing their flag at the taffrail, have con- fidence in the seamanship of their countrymen, and while desiring to travel abroad like to remain under the colors as long as possible. There are some who question this as being loyalty. The situation is this: Whenever a passage of, say, $200 is pald to Europe or China on a forelgn steamer you are contribut- ing to the support of a naval auxiliary of another country, which in time of war would be used against America. We ourselves need such auxiliaries. The 5-5-3 naval ratio does not attempt to balance the merchant fleets and their potential value. So 1t is, besides securing the privi- lege of haying American passenger ships available, the 25 cents helps maintain a unit of defense, and keeps 300 freighters on the sea. These cargo vessels keep lines of trade open for American merchandise, much of which never would be sold were it not for their operation. The mills of the country are thus run many hundreds of hours solely due to _the existence of these ships. The question may be asked by some, Why is it necessary for the Govern- ment to do {t? Simply because it costs more to run hers than it does in foreign |of tire with the ground. {ilie | Unitea ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS:’ BY FREDERI Q. What doe nalian patent law previde respecting manufasiure aad importatior of the invention ri:n?rul by a Canadlan patent’—D. A. Section 40 of the Canadian pat- ent act provides that if an invention | is not adequately manufactured in Canada within three years from the fssue of the patent, o that the re able requirements’ of the public ed, any interested person m: to the commissioner for the issuance of an order requiring the pat- entee to supply the patented article at a reasonable price or to grant licenses for the use of ¢he invention on reason- ble terms. If importation of the pat- ented invention, without adequate manufacture in Canada, is carried on after three vears from the issue of the patent, any interested person may apply for the revocation of the patent on the ground that the patenged ar- ticle is manufactured exclusively mainly outside of Canada, to supply the Canadian marke Q. apply How far is the Thames navi- Al The Thames n slopes of the Cotswolds hills It is navizuble de, upward of 200 above its mouth. Its total length is 215 mile: Q. Is the word “alright” correctly used in any sense A. In the Engl there is no such word alright.” The expression consists of two words, all right. me some men of prominence heen preachers’ sons. Rhodes _and Cle A. There Harriman land, Arthy En and Tennyson ame Hobbes, Froude mong histc raes are Cecil among__financiers, and Wilson rsor loane and Parkman Reynolds, Jenner, 1d Rir Christopher Wren. which direction ailing _winds in tropi ?7—C: Ti, K winds of tropical regions » prevallingly from the east; those middle latitudes, from the west. s because the earth turns on its s from west to east, while the at- sphere slowly but continuously cir- from equatorfal to polar re and back. are the coun- From Q. In passing people alread in a theater, should a man f occup: of the seats or the stage —ALC A H is less likely those sitting clothes. Q. What 1 under the i 3 buildings unconsciously?—D. T. A. A person who has an insane in- clination toward incendiarism is called a pyromaniac. Q of M should face the stage. He to knock the knees of to disarrange their Is it true that the front whes automobiles “toe in" slightly H. G. The front wheels of automobil adjusted so that they have a slight angle. This is known as cambering, and is done to make steering casier. It makes the center line of spindle bolt coincide as near as is practical with center of contact The sl ually not more than or about 2% inches for 3. re S known as burgh coal’™” A. B. The Bureau of Mines say rgh and - ittsburgh coal.” Greene, \Washington, moreland Coun- s of 60 miles. mined in and Q. What percentage of homes have radio sets?—J. K, A. The New York E S that one out of every three fam in New York City and one out of v five families in the rest of the tates owns i radio s have increased from 00 to o than $300,000,000 in t five ars. lmost $15.0 pent on broadcasting programs dur ing the past yvear. Q. How many feet of lumber does it ke to make a ton of newspaper?— D. E. H. Al the customary units of wood measurement—cord, log meas- ure or lumber scale—do not represent an exact quantity, the cubic foot solid wood is used. Even this unit is dison Company e rises in the south-| C J. HASKIN. | variabls as to pulp yield according to jthe character of the wood ae to | species and rate of growth, However, | taking the dry weight of epruce as pounds per cubic foot, the com- ¥ield of 100 cubic feet would be about 2,300 pounds of mechanical {pulp, and "of sulphite pulp 1,030 pounds. Commercially, news print is e from a mixture of 75 per cent nechanical and 25 per cent sulphite. | Consequently, ‘a_ton of news print would contain 1,500 pounds mechani- cal and 500 pounds sulphite. Then 1500 pounds mechanical would re- quire 65.2 cubic feet wood; 500 ppunds sulphite would require 485 cuble feet wood; 1 ton of news print would re- quire 113.7 cubic feet or 2,728.8 pounds oven dry spruce wood. Q. Who founded the city of Rich- mond, Va.?—M. R. A. Richmond was founded by the great colonial, Willlam Byrd. | 15, “of the heath or <pen coun- try." It has been suggested that the word acquired its meaning from the fact that at the introduction of Chris tianity into Germany the wild dwel ers on the heaths longest resisted the truth. Q. Has the been discreditec - K. A. The recently published results of the experiments of Dr. Clayton C. Miller of Cleveland, Ohio, do not neces- sarily overthrow the Einstein theory but will probably cause it to be modi- Certain corrections will have to be made in the equations of the Ein- stein theory, and its survival will de- vend on the rest Q. What E. R. Melba's own instein theory really ‘. K. is Melba's full name’ - name is Nellie ter Armstrong. Her father was avid Mitchell, and her husband Capt { Charles Armstrong. She first appeared us Melba on October 1857, the 15 taken from the town of Melbourrie,” Australia, near which she was born. Q. Who advanced the theory that vaccination would prevent smallpox” —M. R. L. A. The discovery of the proph: lactic power of vaccination was made by Edward Jenner, an English physi- clan. He discussed it with Edward Gardner in 1750, but continued to ex- periment for many years. He per formed his first public inoculd with vaccine on May 14, 1796. Q. What cats?—H. M. A. The term for aelurophobia. P | | is the word for fear of this feeling is Q. When were the N tar val and Mili- Academies established”—A. R. D. A. The Naval School was founded t Annapolis in 1845. In 1849 the name W changed to United States Naval Academy. The United States Military Academy was established at West Point in 1794. Q. Why is the Book of Revelation called the Apocalypse?—C. J. _A. The word revelation is derived | from revelatio, the Latin equivalent | for apocalypsts, both words meaning | uncovering or unveiling. Q. Is it correct to pronounce lux- ury as though the word contained gs instead of an x>—W. T. F. A. While many people give the word this peculiar pronunciation, dic- tlonaries agree that the sound of x is ks and not gs. Q What State has two United States Senators from the same city? —C. L. A. A. Kansas is represented in the Senate Ly two men from the same city. Senator Capper and Senator Curtis are from Topeka. Our Washington Information Bu- reau does mot take a vacation. It is on the job every day during the year, answering questions for our readers. Its special service is to _answer any question of fact on any sudject for any reader at any time. It is impossible to make a complete enumeration of subjects giving an adequate idea of scope and range in which the bureau can serve you. Its activities can be summed up in the phrase “whatever you went to know.” Send in your question and get the right ansicer. Inclose a 2-cent stamp for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Jewels for Tractors Idea Strikes Re Whether the Ru ment trad czars for tr repudiated del thinks the tin the words of the Sa tin, 10 “hock the 2 sell them. The treasury is be empt the bulletin _explains, “short term obligations are falling due with the appalling punctuality things have, the country is poor, the n Soviet govern- jewels of the uses them to p: . the Ame n pre indeed has come, in Francisco Bulle- ! Red army has to eat, the paper money {is deprived of a large part of its re- erves through exports of gold, the government already owes a lot on tractors and needs a foreign loan.” A suggestion of action which should appeal particularly to those interested Russian trade is seen by the Miami News in the proposal to dis- pose of the jewels and to turn the pro- ceeds into American machinery and supplies. “The question has heen raised in the past of the right of Russia_to_dispose of these jewel says the News, “but, in the face of actual facts and conditions, that be- comes academic. 1t the Russian gov ernment has jewels and works of art of great commercial value, of course she cah sell them.” The Waterbury Republican believes that “the desire to turn the vast col- lection into productive agricultural machinery will meet with the sym- pathy of Americans, despite some nat- ural regret at the dispersion of a treasure_that appeals so strongly to the spirit of romance,” because it is “economically and ethically right to restore the wealth to the people in the form of machinery.” * kK k¥ ¥ “Romance, history, statesmanship, the valor of great minds and the cruelty of feebleness,” the St. Louis Post Dispatch observes, “‘are all woven into the splendor of those jewels. But never again will Moscow ‘clamor and clang’ to the crowned head of a Ro- manoff. There will never again be the tragedy of a Polish Najine to in- spire. an Arnold ballad. Peter the Great's baubles—are they to lie at last, a glittering tumble, in the cabi- net, say, of Henry Ford? Wil | Catherine’s tiara adorn the lovelier | brow of a Ziegfeld beauty? Sic gloria! A kMmg's treasure becomes a people’s ransom. Not so Lad.” ‘The obstacle of repudiated debts is discussed by the Fort Worth Record to run a ship. The American mill is “protected” by- the tariff, while the vessels have to fight it out in keen competition with the ships of all na- tions.on the high seas. And they can- not quite mgke the grade financially. Either the try must be protected in some marhér or the Fleet Corpora- tion must b¢ continued. This is our _‘r-s MSme D! ; such | sponsive Chord which suggests a course of Soviet Russia is asking for on from the other nations. of them possess the repudiated s of monarchical Russia. which the first official act of the Bolshevik | zovernment made worthless. If there | existed any chance for that chaotic form of government to become en- titled to such recognition, its onr best opportunity will be to hold an official | auction and turn the proceeds over to | the holders of the bonds which were issued by the emperor who was the owner of those jewels.” On the other hand, the Omaha World Herald sees a hopeful sign in the fact that the crown jewels “are to Le employed for the building of new and sturdy foundations of a recon- structed country. After 10 years of desperate struggle for a government I the people, of persecution and in- tolerance by the new powers at Petro- | grad and Moscow,” adds the Omaha paper, “‘after a period of awful labor, the new Russla is apparently being born.” | * * % ¥ ems for plows—good; but work | for plows is better.”” declares the New ork World. “This money can be sed and will be used for the purchase of agricultural machinery which can- not be had through loans. It will help temporarily. But it does not represent constructive capacity on the part of the Soviet. It is a very sim- ple plan which the most elemental mind could formulate. It merely means the taking over of the accumu- lations of other people. This is the traditional weakness of most revolu- tionists.” The Portland Telegram, however, suggests that “the new state-planning board is bringing order and design into the revolutionary chaos, and this effort to turn jeweled luxuries into practical necessities is an indication jof good judgment.” ‘The gems are superfluities,” the Philadelphia Public Ledger also thinks, “while there is no v to raise wheat in the arable areas or to move it after it is garnered. It is acres of grain, not diamonds, that are wanted, and the plan to convert tiaras, brooches and ‘lockets into plowshares is a sign of reasonable- ness on the part of the commissars. The Santa Monica Outlook wonders whether there actually are any crown Jjewels to trade. “It is possible,” adds this daily, “that some of the money which the Bolshevists have expended for propaganda in favor of world revolution has been derived from th! source. That it might better have been expended for caring for povert: stricken Russians is a fact that comes to mind. Whatever the truth in re lation to the valuable collection may be, nobody will believe that it has been g o the rulers of the peogsy”