Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Fdition. TWAIHINGTDN, D. C. & MONDAY.........March 1, 1928 | THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor YheEvening Star Newspaper Company | Business Office _ A St. and P I New Vork Office: 110" Bust 30 Chicago Office . Tower Building ®nropean Office: 14 Regent St.. Tondon. Phe Evening Siar. with the Sunday g edition. s deliversd by carriers wiihin the ity at' 60 cents per month. dails only. 45 cents per month: Sunday onlv. 20 ?e' month. Ouders ma, B telephone Main b earrinr Al the end Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Pajly and Sunday £0.000 1 wo Ally only $A.00° 1 mo ndas only £3.00° 1 mo. AN Other States and Canada. Dallr and Sunduy. 1 yr. $12 00 100 Daily onlv 190 K00 B Bunday only 1y $4.00 A 1y T8¢ 151 i 1w 1 mo 1 mo Member of the Associat Press in reouhlicat) credited to 11 or this Daper and publishad herein. Al o1 anecial dispatchos | d Press. Tusively eotiled T all uews dis « of publiatis e are alao reserved Washington's War Memorial. Washington's of the Disirict resenied it in their services the of a Park chasen will far from Lincoin priate of the it s me of swinl (o the wen Coliimbia who rep it the great war through the wrmed tuke in in forces of United States will the for white marh The hy e Poton site memorial 1 be e Comnissi e Arts in a grove of (rees uot | the (eflecting ol the Memorial, “ppro seiting T enhanced in which beauty | wiil [ ihe will temple be by ronndings for will b musie stand i siven in This n of the people of Washingion ulone, in affectionaie tribute 1o 1h theiy who gave their emorial e the creation se who gave lives in 1 been Other cities have more speedy In expressing preciation fices of their ington their gratitude and ap for the services wod su vi soldier sous Wash i ) in order its avery thut the manifestations sentiment uid e worthy in respect, is now ! that ready o con iritbute a of the spiration memor th art of Capit hehold to all who it in the vears to come The fund of this memorial is placed ut The tions neces e erection 00 campaizn for the For e b ot work wiil Anring firsi week i month hence 1t tash (he hope of to whom of morial hy a gr ions the gifi of Washin should he represeniaiive of tho In all walks of life ington represented has noassigned for auickly the provi thi ing t the means e it will he Vised number of dona This Wash for from utl went the men who the Natioua the great emergenecy. "The the Disiriet =0 nobly Capital it 268 sons « whao he made Supreme saerifice serihed in whose names be in the dome memoriul temple, are likewise representative of all Washingion this heautiful tribuie ereation of everv triet So it is that the ) meet should be citizen of the bis fR— Philanthropy. Lunn announced A True Rir Henry Honaire, has tends to turn over and all his and his foundation devoted promoting nd concord a great through of resort tonrist agen terad by an English mil thai he in his entive property $2.500 trusi income, except a’ vear expenses, to a4 10 the purpose of | unity ar the churches | the nations. This fortune . has amassed | the hotels in Switzeris 1 includi all 1aoking 10 internationsl peace This philanthropist, min went to Ind vears ago med After his ha established himself prietor In this field with the aim of enabling clergvmen to hotels greatly his stewardship render of Anes not this been successtul i nagement i wnd of es Wil be adminis. trustees g Sir Hen ry's sons, to support movemenis | ordained as a or ter, o a good many as a al missionary vetirement from thai work s a hotel pro and tourisi agent, starting Plicularly His | ed and his agencies prosp and he is now for the immense wait for death, makes endowment during litetime in order that he devoie hi the work which is meneing. through accountio by praciical sur foriune. He b his may iself o he thus e He will travel ax a lecturer | the hetter undersianding of denominations | and of Wt the world to forward nations. is true philanthropy, Sir Henry cveqt Lunn strips himself of his fortune a the cause himself a dedicates redices o the role of modestly of the mainder of his life to service and as paid laborer in unity re pires tn see the resuits of henefaciion from the his en eavor and his before eath remioves him He m scene of etion. He may not live so long m: vance ¥ nor witness any of anizations and the positive f the world against Rut promotes toward umity religious insurance war between g fons. ow une. numan betterment his great work, which he by the of his for will unquestionably make fur within his lifeti has had afier e Germany her troubles. but in going | ver the honks, is abie 1o convince her Tnssia assisting her hat she still has money to lend Big Game for the Zoo. An expedition Africa hunt i game for Washington s announced, the of private nefaction inspived the repeated ries by the children who visit the | ark for ceriain comparatively jpecimens. The giraffe and oceros Are especially desires The xpedition will start soon and it oped that it will result in a4 material Inlargement of the Washington ction. This zoological garden had w lemarkable history. 1t started with he sending to the Smithsonian In titution of a small herd of bufaio hout foM(y veare ago. The American ison W, ligr ed 10 he disappearing, a result of Beavx slaughter on the [ the of “oo in result a by o vare | the rhi col- | | sible. [until there was guite @ sizable ! Yet the public dppreciated the collec | lishient | breedi | beter | when | unigue [ the | of the zung fate !and reverend seigniors have not played T plains of the West, and these few |time of ga specimens were collected and shipped and crowded playgrounds. Kast as a guarantee that the species | the hope. A great many ch would not he wholly lost to America. | have been using (he side n bu The great national purks were uol | sireel as play places then established. and the conservation | ing on thelr sports of the buffale in thew, pos- | grounds, where (hey the came Kust und | the devouring auto. of was oot ure S0 bison were mian. Then were coralled south the popularity of t spechmens | Ly-five municipal e plac other zoological playgroy received fro Naval officers, cousulur um-{»p«n. Two municipal unofficial citizens traveling | acquired by the National Ca in distant Jands occusionully sent | Commission will be opened birds and beasts (o the Smithsonian, | Congress makes the reguit : §priation. The 10 the grounds. The housing was - | growing as people’ be world cers and o playground ne Theve was small chaoce | population increases. care of (he adequate, the proper specimens, S v - The Howard Gymnas ton and it wax visited by lorge num bers, though of course by as when 1 was given a pre ot Culmination of & plan cone S0 many | enteen venrs ugo was | Howard University (he new gymnasinm-grmory dedicutied « estab on Frid Wheu t e ok Creek Park wus created hefore u dis osting more ( Congress up) was southern end was sel apart assemblage VU, of which $INT 000, (he {10 usher in and service for (he With (rophy vies and firstuid vud four, sud swiming i 15w national zoological sarden. There | went the buffale and the other spec | | new i ed s had beea Gecuion ot universi " a onew era than that it betier Park housing was ' nihisoni bt wits rou st were | Inadequu te | Approprist . ditticuio " | roms o st aud o obtain, There i for Through shrewd | wueh money the purch servation gallery of wnimis wind birds, & new Ju the ihe | new time | constiucte iug of Heulin une {issue in life sufeguard wnd structure of Lowl mwnazement, however, successiul reu the gymnasi reet ¥ vud etlective Gaining athiletic 0 collection zrew steudily L Ui Letier Guariers were provided ull wly W street wnd the tine (e o0’ incresse s e collex o s popularity wy [ the mwst en pointe ol (hal wny wovement develop mendation ext for the public especially i Vounger generation ulmost e cor ve ix no more beautiful setting students will Lene il ervise u the possible and building (el need in (he uctivit doubiedly g various ki World for a zoviogical garden from lurge collections ure .u Boused, but none ix more at (his new tractively situated. With au udeguat endowment, or with u larzer anu piversity. funds, the revenue (he Nationul wue o % public Vark v ———— be | togicul would L urder Lo preve, u ol wounders ol ihe S Hiteaa b e | of the | i Phere is cause Tor gratificution i i referee soe serious that as u resull SunonnCeent u need such service bl of shepticism on the por f wnly is of a cltizen the col ghven Eenerous interes will specimens PAmenvan base alter hitherto | I lection now be is | i {ihat oy [ lacki and Wis possible for @ col that there will be a suitable tnerease Wmpire o be not i newcomers | respi the waintensnce fund (o lnsure lur, these taken shipped proper hoeusing for they wilds . ——— their | Waush huve been in Uncle Sam, in mukiog « t native and ingion mosels @ e - porations tepted (o exset Chicago Asks Aid. President [ trom the put they need i their b Vice Diwes presented o Sat Ax petition (o the Sewate on ol Drotest The Departmen ning to th the | supposed to investigate and urduy from the Better Government assert sociation of Chicugo. io which Federal Govermment is axked fre is [ of YEY Vote most of s attention to cue city he law The | the ' veign vestigaied lessness wnd wlien domination, r———— petition reads lu part Whea D ereuter fze prosperity Gary pred Lividence multiplies daily that Officiabs in secret allis tndernorld assassius. gunmen ihugs, bal that u officiuls wud with conducting nre welling ton: police the principal ! ol the Ty beer whi st the wo 5 cleerful e B Judge with contider [t with) Fu-Cunners 1ot ring oper boutlexgers stuifers wnd repeaters politiciaus aud public lng through crimi duminy diveciors are number ol breweries beer under police pro officials. working ot liw enforcement office huve Leen convoving alcobol whisky aud one such police officer Federal indictment police otficer. is of your [N ol ) - competitor with Ko sl hol tion pic sreatest ures. in contr workd s » - ruther wust be admitted that effort that is under i S el fumbled any u Countess Catheart There bos puritanical republic. of e been for e of long in the city Chivcago 4 colony un Bk Items about the Stillma appear. A persons no longer persons, hostile o our in stitui [caxe continue Iy os and Whi [ of Handers laws ave formed their wembers “ superzovernment the 'c Hlack who levy uwn feudisis i Mt of r—— versatile trafic does the teibute upon citi Ax Eldridge not hesitate o | Welluimed Hlow at the traf Hliguor, Bung sections of zeus wud ing, Kidnsping The serius force coliection by terroriz | and assassingtions. Chicago situatio Alien gangs and s bave ruled i many is indeed wne. r—.e Pennsylvaniu L ogets the leust Next Kime publicity, record, to a It the city f short to ihe same dezree that 1 ouly memory ix st forth iu the petition streteh of lavish funerals needs vecall with di given o gaug P Gov. “Ma Ferguson” is that the State of Texas nee ship and declines to desert land s deceased leaders, who unfor for bullets heir Ihe tely for them but fortunately with hunds community, collided huives in the of B ln.mu.uh “x many of the “chiefs HHDY element yre aliens it may BY PHULANDER Sybarites, I've read ubout JOB NS be possible for (he immigration au 1t [ thorities o Lake te [ t e a lurge decisive activa would seem more Important the Rowan this branch (he Government tou of lis secious guestio; sery e dey e Lo this really than io Larving trpitude iens for “moral The that they spent Might was obeyved from first wone; pelition Is now before the Sen 4 where jt Is expected to receive thoughiful con sideration of When it o admit immigration commitiee, 11 doubt if they enjoy All Hi you d them because s scope and for taie ! serionsness is necessary acity Own Way. never attitude the defeut e pt weut for . of s “To enant « ' sud Federul high reform city gove and call o tie assistance it easures of Loy ersiz towa ver speech e for drasiic o Never ghum. “The only man 1 kng cin go on talking witheut ri voking “ nouncer.” answered A fee of only twenty dollars for bath ing in ginger ale at a wild party af. another of the scant compensation so often accorded artis. tie talent, controversy is fords reminder Practical Nervice. he early ) And for applause will We more esteem the ear “See America first” has become a mutto not only of local patriotism, but of world finsuee. - Playgrounds Open. 1 ed today the young of the District greeted the with shouts and in and perhap: There was brave of ball, tennis, ball, busker bull and soccer and some other games which potent, grave vs a lot theory t Jud Tupkins ol serd economy mew ought to put inte practi as a The public playground season open Waylaid, and pulation asion tenor, so cries, way last night.” “Who waylaid him?" inqui Bill Bottletop; “police or cn: prano alto. a show base, volley Primal Happiness, “This life of ours is full of dc | And Wisdom oft seems duj !"rhe more we try to think t The sadder we become, for twoscore, maybe threescore, years. iy Boing which some persons with creaky joinis neyer heard of when they were Loys and girls, The swings are swinging, tols wre shooting (he slides and even the sand piles have thel K opening of the playground seusou is greeted with as loud accluim opening of the official base ball season, but there is u good deal of en thustasm and pitchers and batters fa- mous on their home blocks are facing 10 0s @ sign of Spring, even though March has jusi arrived. Being (he 15t of March. it may be | that many gallant fellows in lumber- | Jack shirts will lay down fhe bat and | “A mask and bring forth v faithful sled | thinks shining skates, hut PRee is no use (mighty berrowing ireubls, - March may be a "legs.” Gumes are me on 11 evolution is correct That early chimpanzee | Whe tinds a Was hapy very than me. Votaries. The SCUDL resp not ax Nafe. admire the you “Yep,” answered Mr. each othe a word of it man dat * said con allus says tinele Khen, or seous or ter Altendance at the Smith- | (he playground opening demonsirates m ull parts of the|(welve public school playgrounds ave playgrounds elebrated building 18 expecied oltices, poul wad ob the busement wodel of itx kind of Which necessitated the culeulated which the duty ol the Leaxue of Nations to | zood exampie to the col Justice is begin an udvaniage publicity service. —_————.—— it are the Stillmuans themselves. director, the gréatest TING STARS. {Who treated human lives as jokes, 1and vei, when all Is said and do I dou’t believe they had much fun, | Yet they were dull and freakish elves, Senator robin comes again Who lays the early egg. “4 bootlegger was waylaid out your Italian opera?” Cumrox. {and mother and the girls don't under. | | stand & word of Naliun. If there's any profane dialogue we won't understand HE EVENING STAR. WASHIN sunshine, bright flowers That is | idren who walk and oW carry blic play sufe from THIS AND BY CHARI. Mrs. O'Flare was disconsolate, I wi ply for a divorce, old man O'Klare | it had disappeared. As suc ““Ihe mean thing,” she told herself. | she “I wasn't going to get a divorce, I just wanted to scare him, and he knew it." Mrs. O'Flare had endured the sight of Mr. O'Flare wiping his shoes her towels as long as she could. could stand It no longer, after watch Ing the process for & quarier of 4 cen ‘ Jonis tury, and had rebelled, with the un- | foreseen resuli chronicled. { Q14 man O'Flare had evaporated. He had vanished from the haunis of men. No longer did he even refuse | (0 lock at the neat strip of fannel | which Mis. O'Flare had vetully lafd out for him wherewith to polish hix shoes. “Well, there is one (hing certain lamented Mis, O'F wipe his shoes on more.” The old wan bad been gone for ul WSt u o vear now. Appesls to (he police liad been i vain. His friends had given him up. Awong close ac Gudintaices the thing had becol yuite a_joke. vne faction sided with (he old man the other with his wife. 1o (he mean time, Mrs, O'Flare was discousolate, Billy, the fox-terrior, wus upsel The little dog. now almost 18 vears old, had been u great pai of old man | O Flare, 1 odon’t see goue away und left Mrs. O'Flare. And vredlure had luoked al St un If he Wword she uttered. N vne bright day weat e Mary vestigator de luxe The white-haired womsn feli « sense of (repidution ax she opened the dovr of Mary's vffice, and stepped fils @ linto the room, which was furnished ies of (he | wecordlug o the lutest principles of nterior decoration i "Are you- dre Yew " suiled the motherly- “Wout vou sit Mis. O Flare selt ihe Windsor chain 1 buve visitor. lTustead of replyving o Mury Rogue smiled again beauditul smile, which fection in her sturlike triangie of periection. M O'Flgre (et reassured. My husband =he weni on awuy from me i Billy How uld he! reprodched cer woman. Thai's just And Bl ‘Does the little by “Oh, he aln't Miss Royue! “Oh My u evening triends. dow. Billy Mary s wnd Twen- and | es. nds tn cn) He of his | on | he | tered: pital Park July 14f ed appro- idea wiser is and . puld Avri | her | former or el ium. ceived sev- ut day, when building | tinguished han $300. propriated intens be by happy auesti louse “He doesn’t | the towels any A prosperity Ly was W bled pictun lubory the sel e “ the 1 band o8t tou. the | ihe um i h long, worst ing the it aud it by “I'h Bl by tel egps He ha Mrs You thut how heo could have you, Hilly ad the intelligent up inlo her evess understood every h [ live de: i u everyday [ uerity the Then Mrs. O'blure Howard Roque, private in o aln much 1ds of ex vuvenient e deuly Billy To The Llonde Mrs, n e Mars Florid ik = colder i vou Miss Rogue? Mury, pleased with sokfug figure before her down” ingerly edge of L becomes ' sealed Al | he e | v crognized, | i Come Lo see you,” begun loug el el e ubvious I was a with its re eves, formed seientic ected bhut # et As I but runni Wi ax reduc has ‘ | { . the wore profic actually exactly wh Sure whert tilted in the H misse b boy he's ton dog a u that it Ny o de being in i OFlare used walk evers i mosily Jusi u't sighed she broke ke b out Ning. and every They great lhke boy with s been ot since” BT always in. “wheu a e x dog are sepurated Lo vay nothiug of @ man and his wife Whai was the trouble, Mrs, O Flare The wife lost second n telling about her predilection the (owel the strip of 1. 1t was. mused Mary, “a ruther uncouth wrick--but the old fellows were brought up in a different school Mis. O'Flare g “Where they no manners, heatedly. [ for i | | il Mury Sure andi and | was u Mat Billy blind WK vid b [ e all for LA husband s stead i of she Cali Thie rida thanks the I he olling miled didn't said teach (hem Mrs, O'Fiare towels WASHINGTON OB BY FREDERIC W ILLI Broadway vince ix this a 0o divere wparently interested Idabio Iug (o Bruce and Blease, the bad hoys |45 « of the Democratic the ! NE Senate. Refusal | junior members South { colleagues was vl that Senate s 3 nvestizate | Aluminum Co. of America. Had Broce faud Blease lined up with (he Dew Aluminum medals of honor are coun minority in o Mr, 1o send a c in illicit of from the respective and party [ fore ry | aged Mauryland Cavolina (o Join their prevented the voui 1o the coul mine Cury lurized £EiNg, vn (s und Republican insurgents who favored the Walsh gation would have been vrdered by u miajority of vue 35 to 34, The Dem veratic “rebels” alone were responsi ble for defeat of the resolution by 36 0 33, The episode hax another sig nificance than the intractability of the gentlemen from Maryland aud South Carolina. 11 reveals that on a show down Democrais are ax reluctant to | play the game of “Follow the Leader” {as Nenafor Curtis’ unmanageable Re publi jority.” * * s | thinki Presid fear olution, invest res ) convinced | ds leader it. Wit only eratic ON. | v firing has wheie i politic i B commitalship | Shive notny ugain areaward. | Bucha laude, to Calvin | Honal his 68.word prefa- | in Wa Slemp's new | the D President,” | sent print native folks First hou and literary ec ed, summa cum lidge. Heve's [ tory note to C hook “I'he Mind dated September | 19 For the mment of Mr Slemp on me and upon my pub- lie utterances | take no respon sibllity. The relative weight he has given the various subjects treated is due ald 1o his judg ment. Bul in my opinion his wethod of grouping r#la!flti qno- wations will be found an interest jug and convenient arrangement which will greatly facilitate ef forts to find out what state ments L have made concerning particular subjecis (8igned) CALVIN COOLIDGE, oK oKk vans Hughes will tonight of honor at soiree of the Cosios Club, now and then yelept Washington's academy of immortals. | Several hundred of the Capital's dis- tinguished citizens will meet him and expect to hear Mr. Hughes recount in his inimitably happy manner the blessings of private life, which he enjoying for the first time In 20 veurs. Amaricans, régardless of party, de plore Hughes' decision. recently pro nounced, never again to accept public office. Many of them wish he would dedicate himself, as Calvin Coolidge | did vears ago. to politics as a| caveer. lughes adorned American | natlonal life as have few men of his | day and generation. But he is ada- mant in. his determination hencefor- | ward to seek his compensations, spiritual as well as financial. in a less controversial realm. Hughes is in| amazingly splendid physical rim. al | though he is on the verge of his 6ith | | vear. A v, was vast. to last. o the iselves, Herber there. by pro | 1iem the rd con your tary time | death t Sor W of who sk of pro-| | Repr radio | ocrat | quaint an | dent H | Antino comm fore citizen Chavles beg. be ihe guest Iy hen date joined Frook W f men re hat other ce. of 1t derf; cltyz wou it a wou cong Al red Uncle stomers?” a cit W sucet and o wan pubt m hings out * ook k Princess Elizabeth Bibesco. who has | just left Washington with her cousort, | | the retiring Rumanizn Minister (o the | of Ka | United States, "saw America last” | litical | just before ending her career here. | gasem | The vivacious daughter of the Karl | globe- |and Countess of Asquith speni most | by 450 | of the Winter “doing” our great West | Fall. |al the way between Hollywood and |ard V “lim” Reed's country. The princess | cag awards the palm for scenic splendor | kept [to the Painted Deserts of Arizona. | stone I which_ in her judgment. pale even the | neyer t Grand Canyon into insignificance. At fcan a farewell dinner party in the Bi-|will n what he | bescos’ honor some one tried to test | paper < either | the princess’ famous knowledge of all " | {ha ins and auts of American politics. | compi e daty |.=n A trick question was fired at her. Adevelo “Who's the other Senator from ect “Me ¥ dipped dropped tiuguished by escort Clues There simple households had gone faviher than in others slender beauty boiled® nerves pleture SOl nuisance! Knows reached flush Princess Elizabeth knew | uddress on “Biography." Stanford | Washington | membver of the numbe; Rovsevell crew Henry national the college men will THAT concluded she would like to Just as she had been about to ap- | 100k l‘)'m household over, so set forth met . O'Flare. On the way over an old blind beggar man. ch ulways touched Mary's heart, into her pocket and a quarter into the man’s p. thanked her by a stately bow venerable head, which was dis # high hat, much bat u great beurd and a patch e eve. “Old nuisance cot d Mrs. O'Flare. 1 wish he top hanging around here ving at the house Ma entered al once and peeeded (o look around and the » het 1ex this kind arve find. unless it talked in her after of o Mury usking questic pry son her. in o cas ely difficult pure luck manner, on. hoping (o that would help wax nothin wale of Such hut domestic seyio existx 0 mny in this one (hat which \ iy bub very 1 triend vnce lookins the vouth, fashion aod had u friend once who gol i divoree hecause her hus would insist on eating @ soft egg every morning thing finally ot on terribly, Mrst O'Flare part, she suid, was not im eat hix egg, bt ninutes before he struction. She would all i her much for that's it i doa Mury of L Ler The watch winé arted on there and & sit vind her it ame Loo at's 1 I she cured ling him (hat the in all forms were S never eaten vne sh O Flare shouk couldn’t scare my O Flare sa Jous Mrs doctors pois d x K * he “And * Ux go back sald Mary. dlong. e will sud take walk ofti let the o e ngreed Mary eves he sp OB out his Mrs triv set styvlish O g ulony “Why when A7 e and it on beautitul should Washing e fal st e got down Mrs Billy ed along forward there i pointing enough, th they had left him one side, his beard his tin cup outheld sighed Mary said Mrs. O like i friend who there O Flare e did the now that old o the he e hark now not even sidewilk backward blind wman tar corner stoud, Just 5 VY .!IA waving wind o old mun! Iy seems “Logh! “non th sinall hind legs the blind (v shoo him O Flare birking who pwing ul ttempting Mis with on " up. the leuped around man 1y 0K I hel cried M up, und ‘s beurd nd 1 You can't fool a sereained Mrs the heggur's W can wipe your all you wunt to Mrs i ary guve which ought at off a g oLg dine Ty i r dog O Flare, fall arms. “Oh shoes on the Tom ERVATIONS AM WILE 2 the princess was asked. Quick she retorted, “\Why, Good i course” The Bihescos hope ially to be stationed at Berlin German be. eaching her ‘teens. At Munich, 15, she once delivered « public o s B ent political literature has popu- d the following wise crack in the lunarters known us the polite circles jof Washington: “The Democrats are runuing Col. House for 1925, but some leaders the third-term tradition of in ng ent that | makes hin ineligible. * % ox % congressional elections nihs awayv, the Demo al organization has come b ihe nine nati up from the cyclone cellar, where it | | has been more or less inert ber since ken the publi 1) the purpose man from Indiar are bourn either poets. ans or seribes, Chafrman Clen, v hus Just appointed Richurd T nan pres director for the na comnittee, with headquartiers shington. Henceforward most of emocratic inspirational material 0 the couniry will bear the im Mr. Buchanan's genius A Hoosier, he was graduated at in 18 while Mr. and Mrs. vt Hoover were undergraduates Buchanan is a newspaper man session, has pursued the nimble in Europe, Indianapolis and dand was private se amuel M. Ralston up to the the late lndisna Ser veur *ox oo eseutative Bmanuel Celle of New York, hus round-robin from ihe alien ew of the & Pre: which rescued the S. S, Capt. Fried's gallant Celler has « hill be. conferring American upon these men 4 in moxtly Under Hoboken, N. crew, the following o the « boys of No ty it 1924 line aga drafied 11 me and u of Jast Dem received a toosevell e, under and. Mr. Congress nship, of in Iyn the letter the who sigued his letter, heard of ull idea (o twry to ens un accouni of of the . President underneath vour won make us saviig the Antinoe It Id be an extraordinary think, crew from a merchant ship 1d get cityzen by an act of the ress for saving lives at sea. I the signers of this were hop- ing a long time aliready to become vyzen of the 1nited States e all hope thai you will have ess with your wonderfull idea proceed. ir best v ma wishes (o thanks for you and v trying to do something for us, * xox o Allen, former Governor nsas and eternally potential po- timber, has accepted an en- nent 10 become log-keeper of the girdling trip to be undertaken " American college students next Since he nominated Gen. leon- Vood for President at the Chi convention in 1920. Allen has his nose to the editorial grind- At Wichita, but his friends cease (o regard him @ Republi- nossibility v. Allen of only write pieces for his own from the 30 foreign countries visit, but also tory he trip as it pr from week (o sreek. (Copyright. 1936.) le the ething his old hat | 6 High Tariff Not Cause of High Living Costs. To the E-lltut of The Star: In an article in The 24th headed “High Tariff Sco am reminded of so many head the front pages of many of our daily papers—somebody being assaulted, others being flayed, the poor old World Court siashed to tatters and no one arrested or called to account. 1 would call attention to the state- ment of Mrs. Baldwin In regard to the fact that the President declined to u his prerogative in reducing the tariff on sugar one-half cent per pound. Is she not aware thai sugar is the only commodity that hax nearly reached the prewar price, and counting the greal increase in labor and expense that followed the war? Sugar is the cheapest commodity we have, and why should the beet sugar farmers be asked to ralse navy beans in an uncongenigl climate, and what would they do with them? The market would be glutted, and they would be W dry Farmers in other lines are complaining of having no means of disposing of their surpl Why not protect our people against the cheap lahor of FEurope? ‘The farmer is suffering on account of the 1 | There ave many things entering the question that would take a time 1o explain. The family Mrs whose fncome ax s found that the last twriff cunsed wn increase of move than § i the cost of clothing and food. Well it that family had a reduction of $276 its income they were well able to ud the §$320 ||n-|'r$se- in the cost clothing and food! It would be quite & nice iucome thac would be entitled 1o a rveduction of $2 and people in xuch circumstances would not be likely to stint (hemselves in the price of food or clothes, “The miller thinks he has i big profit it he nets $1 per barrel for his four When you buy a loaf of bread you piay 1 the vate of $20 per burrel for four that cost but §¥. The labor o pense of disicibuting makes up thau oue-half of the difference see ludies’ shoes advertised for und $16, and the ladies pay it but there is uot more than $2 or §3 of matertal an extra strap, or buckle or bow adds frow $1 (o $2 per puir. Men's wei cheaper in proportion than wowen's, You cun’t trace these high si-of-living prices to the wariff. There e so many (hings euieriug into it Why pui up all ills (o the President hix own look ufter, which | u few e people should up uwnd regulate their style of within their incomes, they vcan It they make u® their minds to if they borrow money on thelr | urance or mortgage thelr prop Nivvers they can only ex short in the end. CHARLES REED, ——— Rep. Davey’s Explanation Is Not Satisfactory. of the ed,” 1 nes on Star into long Baldwin refers io has been reduced | | | | $14 are ot sok living do it it but life i FrLY o buy pect o come out i | | To the Editor of The Star A friend s me a o of vour | Barley | keep e even | the [ griddie over | the the from May 1o 8 py exteemed paper issued Febrwary in | the Hon, Davey t on a personul long makes vecover himself privilege “ speech tryi o from the bad breuk he made in slan dering. vilifying and maligning (hou uls of honest. conscientious ud women who are his equal i respect and their ble than ix Which he claims fully. ix but United States from ployes of the Gover hix oath of office meun serve his constituency verily! What becomes that he has slandered faithful workers and all over the country while his personal will only be r find that the air play and athers and tives of the from every reque edit constituency faith’ | records more ¢ His serves so part of which the pent come, that only of ' his I he a little s em Does is o Nay the fact and traduced had it brosdeast to their hurt privilese speech | he American people not innuendo. The | mothers and other rela Government employes | State in the Union wili| resent his attitude. and justly so. 1] doubt if his own constituency wp. | holds him. There were other ways | | for him to bring about his great re form. which he savs he i going to bring about. but never will, CHARLES F. WRIGHT. New Haven, Conn. - i {Public Ha | s No Sympathy for Coal Dealers’ Plight. o the Editor of The Star An article in The Star of Friday, February 26, concerning the cosl deal ers in Washington 1 consider very misleading in the statement that they are apt to lose money on account of their not_being able to cancel orders for coal which they had ordered prior to the ending of the coal strike. | be lieve the public would have some sympathy for the dealers had they ftreated the public fairly, but they fgouged them severely for several and therefore | think 1 can safe sav that hardly any one can have “ny sympathy for them. | therefore think this article will only help them 1o continue 1o gouge the public. CHAS. K. WENGENBACH. ———— | ! | vears Iy New Policy at Hopk From the New York World On the fiftieth anniversary founding of Johns Hop Goodnow made formal announcement thai the university henceforth will confer no undergraduate degrees, bui | will confine itself exclusively to grad uate wor This marks the comple. tion of a curious half-century cycle for Hopkins. Kounded as an institu tion of research, in recent years it sradually edged closer und closer to the standard model of American uni- versity. The undergraduate school became of larger and larger impor- tance. The foot ball team, originally of dublous prestige, was furnished with high-priced coaches and began 1o win games. A stadium was built, and later dormitories Campus pa per appeared and other symptoims of college spivit, including a thriving unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. In the last two or three vears the metamorphosis went on at a feverish pace, until the old Hop- Kins almost gave way to a school not distinguishable from dozens of others all over the country. Well, the university authorities have apparently realized that they sold a splendid birthright for a worthless mess of pottage. they have done is to scrap palpitant rah-rah and get back the scheme of the founders questionably they have done well arve well supplied with the undergraduate standard education. lacking in places where the grad uate student can pursue his work serenely, away from the distractions of drop-kicking vouth. The interest ing speculation, however, is whether other places will follow suit: whether we shall see u general abandonment of the attitude that marks our col- leges at present. Decision to con- centrate on graduate work is diff {cult. Tt involves offending hundreds of alumni whe love the foot ball team move than the library, or even the facult But one cannot help wondering whether the step would not be worth what it cost to make it. Sound research, real contribution to human knowledge, lives forever, and =o does its fame: a foot ball vie: tory at best cannot live more than one season. Why don't alumni think ahout that? NS, of the | | ns President a all the 10 Un- We places where can acquire @ We are woefully What | At l4 Linches, ! when she men | gin vel these | Coolidge ad by w few? He will | 1,045 separ like j the | | ! i Hwhole | have | seuni's " ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. When Columbus came to this country for the first time, when did he start back?—-0. H. A. He sailed for Spain on January 4, 1493, Q. What was the Break 7-—N. ¢ Barley Break. a game once com- ame known as A j mon in England, was playved by three ouples of voung people, the pairing being determined by loi. A piece of ground was divided into three sections, the central being called “hel Chis as assigned 1o one « the couples. The couples who occupied (he places then approached as near as { they dared (o the central spece, tempt ing the condemned couple t { them capture The couple in hell must not oversiep the boundaries and they must h one hand locked in one of the partner's. When one of the out side couples was capiured, it took the place in the ceniral Q ringing AL St Q. nate AL water will space. Who established the custom of the A el A. R Frane Assist Will the water moceasin hiber even in a warm climate? A. J The Biole I Survey says the moccasin or highland moccasin in all probability hibernate in & fairly warm place because of fact that it is the nature of the reptile to elapse into a fairly torpid state in certain periods of the vear. Q. How much weigh?—D. S She weighs 100 pounds and is i tall. does Mary Pickford feet Q . What percentage of proteid is when potatoes are boiled” -1. k. A. When pecled polatoes are placed at once in boiling water 8 per cent f ihe proteid matter and 19 per cent the mineval matter present are ex tracted by the water. Q. In serving people at should the dighes be passed left or right? G. G. G, A, Dishes ure alw from the right and served left. dinner to the removed from the Q. Of what and made? W, A. As known i was made of oatme: pease mesl how s Scotland, ba 1, barley weal, ¢ baked ou an iron plate o the fire. Q. How does the new in Berl pure in height ifrel F M.« A1t 2% feet high— tall ax the Paris tower. foot antenna mast, it Eiffel Tower 2 feet. radio tower with the t quite so With the 5% overtops th [ Where in the fall heaviest7— A, ¢ A. The Weather ) fur as known at heaviest Q. world is the rain- Jurean savs ihat, the present time, Dprecipitation occurs on southern slopex of the Himalaya Mountains in northern India Here during the monsoon perie usnally ptember, inclusive, the heaviest rainfall has heen ded. Cherrapunji in this region. the nnual precipitation is about or slightly Jess than 500 feer, maid at a 1~ ik you food t 1o “w proper a A er It maid for Q. not to thank a such necessary sery On whose staff Col. John server—L. Fe was a member of the William W. Stickney. w e from 1900 to 1902, " staff of o served A Gov. as governe Q. What Is the complete number of listed on the New York Stock Bxchange? What percentage of them paid dividends in 19257—G. H A. On January 1, 1926, there wer te stock issues listed on York Stock Exchange. Dur ew Rockefeller Gift to E other | ing the past few months the increase in these issues has been very,pro | nounced, so that many of the stocks | listed the first of this year have not been on the list very long. To get an idea of the percentage of stock issues paying dividends last yvear, it would be hest to consider the situation on July 1, 1925, as typical of the calendar year of 1925, On July 1, 192 there were 969 stock issues listed, of which #41, or 66 per cent, were then on a pay- ing basis, and 328, ¢ 33 per ce were then on 4 non.paying basis. Q. What kind of wood is used for wouden horns for radios? -R. P: A. Mahogany, black walnut and oak have been used in the consiruction of radio horns to a lurge extent. In fact «imost any hardwood could be nsed. However, it is very expensive (0 make wooden horns, and wood composition has been used for the most part. Q. How old would & wateh be that has the name “M. Tobias" inside it? 1. AL In 1812 Morris Tobias patented a binnacle timepiece to show the time by hells as walches are kept aboard ship. His name has been discovered on # backlever waich, M. Tobias & Liverpool, England, 1808, Is beaver meat ever utilized? The b vather a gamy ved for and dv meat of the beaver has Bavor, but if properly cooked is excellent, and was generally preferred by irappers 10 any other game. even in the early days when buffaio, elk and deer were abundant. The tail is faity tissue very rich and palatable, and consid erved a great delicacy | Q. What are roselle buds and what are they used for?—W. 1. B A. Roselle buds are buds ennial Kast Indian hibisc vated in most warm countries for its Aowers, its leaves. its Aber, and expecially for its fleshy acid calyees which are used in making taris, jel lies and refreshing drinks Q. What is the svsiem of off and n tafic lights Sixteenth sireet called?—1. R. H A. The official Traffic Bureau for the present naling by lights on Sixteenth is the “co-ordinuie sy the lights were first installed. the sys tem was termed “svnchronized,” as all lights were the same al the same time. i the co-ordinate sysiem the lights vary—the “stop” and “go” sig nals are in sections for same streets. Chicago is now g the co-ordinate system of & bi s, culti i the sig street Whe term used by is tryi What is meant by W H. P. M. H A, “Gumming a saw’” means to es tablish properly the depth of the in- terval between the sawteeth. This is not 4 serious problem on hand saws, us the three-cornered file does | this it does iix other work. On | circular saws and drag saws. how ever. if file is used for gumming, it must he a file or a flat file with a round Q “gumming a round edge Star has taken the J. Haskin in Wash- its readers. It is the in the coun The Eveuwing service of Frederic Lington. D. ., jor greatest personal service try. We will feel repaid for maintain- ling this etaborate organization if our caders will feel that it is their own and use it. You can get all the free information you waut o any subject from suggestions for a Summer party to the relative prices of wheat any- where in the world. No matter what | wour work is or where your interest lies. Mr. Haskin open up to you all the information available that subiect. Write to The Evening Star Information Bureau. Frederic J. Has Kin, director. Washington. Ir. €. Send a cent stamp for reply. and your au sicer will come to you as a personal letter. can (1 =) vpl New Link With the Ancients K broad and unselfish inferest in the advancement of learning by the in John D. Rockefeller's prope gift £ $10.000,000 to found a musenm and ch institute in Egypt he of what 1o treasures excavated fr of King Tutankh-Amen has solved by the generosiiy of an observes the San Francisco here is something dra spectacular in this bridg idence of America's is seen press ed with) the problem do the e tomb heen American, Bulletin matic and r {ing of the gulf of thousands of yvears of miles, the thousands is of the desert, enturies. ihe hand monarch seems and many Across the ocean and the an ancient Egyptian to reach out und be clasped by thai of a modern American magna‘e The Knoxville Sentinel. chavaciers ing the gifi as “princely, sum, is believed to be the offered for humanistic sci search, and it will endowy of v largest vet nee and re vhat is ex | pected to be the finest musenm of its The Sentinel having that the world.” Rockefeller by the fact world, especially the New World of the West, owes Egyvpt ultural debt. the magnitude of which s been Increasingly revealed by the extraordinary archeological and s entific investigations of recent vesrs ok ox o kind credits reen the Mr. maoved How plaved by the Burlington great a part America has in these investigations is noted Daily News. which recalls that since the war we seen ‘the Met olita Mu expedition discover vivia of kKgyptian life in the painted wooden miniatures for a tomb: we have seen the Ha vard-Boston expedition lav bare the history of the Ethiopian dvnasty: the Philedelphia expedition has discoy ered records of the Egyptian quest of Palestine. and the American Howard Cavter. shares with Carnarvon the credit for the disc of the tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen Lauding (he work that has already been done and noting that there are two great scientitic schools which have grown out of the research work in Kgypt. the Philadelphia Inquirer expresses the opinion: “A Rockefeller Musenm and tesearch oundation would be a powerful influence in relating the work that is being done and organlzing it upon a basis that would produce the hest results for a given amount of effort. It wonld have the added advaniaze of providing a training schaol for archeologisis and research workers, a sort of advance hase in the heart of what is helieved 1o be the world's oldest civilization Naturally, it would be the source of great inspiration (o the Egyptians ihemselves.” revelation form of L i It is the helief of ihe Times (hat “srcheologists sh be permitted to crate their tre and eart them off to foreign lands Kgypr.” the Times continues, “al ready robhed of a vast amount of loot of the tombs of her ancient rulers should be in the future enriched, not impoverished. by archeological re. search. The Rockefeller Museum. the fittest place in the world for the re- ception and display of evidences of early Kgyptian cultuy bulwark against further rifling of Egyptian tombs for the enriehment of foreign museums® In similar vein speaks the Daviena Beach Journal, declaring that “there can he little Louisville d “this | or- | would be a| that Kgypt has heen quite the past of many question ruthlessly looted in national treasures Answering the few that Mr. Rockefelier | better 1o use his money to further the cause of art in his own country,” the | Detroit News declures the Rockefellers | have already been liberal donors to the cause of art progress in Ameriea Within the vear.” the News enumer ates. “My. Rackefeller has given 1o the | Metropolitan Museum of Art & large Isum for extension work, has purchased | for it the beantiful cloisters and collec tion of Gothic art brought together by George Gray Harnard. the seulptor has promised to build a fine church in | New K City and has provided the salacy for a highly trained dire for New York's ari center | eritics “wha feel would have done * Proximity to sources is always de sirable in scholarship.” remurks the Sptingfield Union, “and from the Rockefeller Institution in Egypt should flow a steadily increasing stream of knowledge concerning man's early or | ganization as a compact sociery Nothing the Raockefellers ever have done has revealed more forcefully the extent and depth their interests.” res the Sprin 1 Hiinois State lournal. The importance of the field recognized by the Lansing Sta Jour with the statement that Egypt nothing eise but one vast musenm.” altheugh the ex | presses doubi as 1o the need « an nex.’ The New London Day | time that somebudy tion that Egypt is Der thinks “it was ame to a realiza as the birthplace of leivilization, is entitled 10 some meas {ures of financing for the accumulation of relies of that civilization . ———— Northern Pacific’s Record. ! From \ ager the Spokane Spokesman Review R. Smith. passenger trafMe of the Northern Pacific. in a recent report siates that the lina of the “great big baked potato” has mpleted another year withont heing chargeable for the death of a single passenger He is proud of the record Y.I'll‘ rightly so. In 10 years. he points out Northern Pacific has carried 170.000.000 passengers and one passenger fatality in the The exception was a pas | senger in 1918 who stepped from the lend of & coach afier the train had Ibeen cut at a terminal to do same switching. That was an aceident that could hardly be included within the nal hazards of passenger travel | The passenger traffic manager he {lieves few railioads in the country can duplicate this virtually perfect record. ‘The Northern Pacific does an timmense | Passenger-carrying business, it faces extreme climatic conditions and the | weneral character of its operation is difficult. The record, accordingly, is all the more netable. man the nearly has had Just as Rattlv, However. ! Fram the Lafayette . al If you wish to he poetical you fan call the little. old hus a “us-ed” ca making it hit on hoth syllables. as it | were. - wom Great Consumers, Fiam_ the Duluth Herald The American people consime maoy ooal. coffea, chewing anm and propaganda than any ofher.