Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1926, Page 8

\ from § 8 THE EVENING With Sunday Morning WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY... .March 2, STAR Edition. C. THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsvlyania Ave New Vork' O i Chicazo_Offi Building. Buropean Office nt St., London, = Sunday mom- The Evenine Sta ) within g edition thn cit 45 cents por lelephione Main 5000, (¢ carrier at the end of each m Unly. 20 een | sent ty mail or ection fs mads by Rate by Ma Paily ana s, ily onl, nday o 3 All Other States and Canada. ;1 mo.. $1.00 and_ Sund; ¥ only 1 mo. Advance. . S0.00: 1 mo., 77 Sa.00¢ 1 mo.. 50r 1$3.000 1 m land and Vir Dails Daily Sunday 5c Member of th ~ As Associated Press. ieively entitled Gagging the Press in Mississippi. An situatio is 1 porie Louis, Miss. where Favre, charged with ) take place. who to wd an order the news. < of the pro- naity of commitment mtempt of courg, He an t the trial could after the court had extraordinary £ the murde judes is trinl ail ed 1hot news o ¥ Notwithstanding this pro- representa- f censored it newspar cene are preparing to unprecedented move to There the publication of case in circumstances it is warrant ngs any, jcular phases of the 1 the pu 1t White Plains evidence. were with. the public de Ia al en kno: in news tification | on of tes the witness imony person aceou harge of conte N £ the the ju-| | invaria- | to reac not court roceedings while 3 Ray ng of a correct this = made at ngs in will undoubte o report fully ccurately, all that . whatever the of the evidence. the tha Bay by newspaper Louis will defying the n Saturday. L test ot fssued B e the League of Natfons not looking for mnew threatened with azo was now 1t o TS been settled, but 11 in the afr. Eastern Branch. worth Cltizens' Association £ fn favor of parking wich between Benning District line and spe the five-vear improve- Anacostia River has into a wide flat ahove High tide, bordered deep stream n with the Potomac to “dge, but batween Ren- striet line no work of lling has heen done. It s that after nearly a century and about 2,000 h have been made into «nd and deep river on the west ind part of the south front of clamation of the should ba carried to its ment been chunzed tha Benni ning and the I sdon atter Tigh rn Branch nish Surveys of the Potomac from George to the mouth of the. Eastern wnd of the Bastern Branch 11 to the Navy Yard »in 1837 by Licut. Ew- . und tn 1857 by R. W. nd Capt. 1. C. pographical En de plans for deepen ing the channels and filling the shoals 1 dredged mud. Surveys for this purpose were made in 1862 by Carlile Patterson of the Coast Survey, in 1567 by Charles Fendall of the Coast Sur- vey and in 1871 by J. B. Weyss and C. Thomp under Maj. W. P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, U. §. A, Under an of Congress approved March 5, 1872, a board of survey was created to devise a plan for the im- provement of Washington Harbor and the reclamation of the flats, and al- though this board concerned Iitself mainly with Potomac flats, it gave con- sideration to the reclamation of the Anacostia flats, In 1878 the Committee of One Hun- dred, a body then taking an fmportant part in District matters, sent a me- morial to Congress setting forth that “the marshes which skirt the entire front of our city are the growth of years of neglect of the commercial and sanitary interests of the Nation- own tran srom Bric h sur engineer, 3 Corps of They ma m, acting {made for improving bor improvement by which the health and commerce of the city will be alike promoted.” On December 19, 1879, President companying and approving a bill sub- mitted by the Commissioners of the District “for the reclamation of the marshes of the harbors in the cities of Washington and Georgetown and for other purposes.” The bill embraced a plan for the reclamation of the marshes of the Potomac River and of the Eastern Branch within the limits of Washington City. On September 19, 1890, $20,000 of the appropriation for the improve- ment of Washington harbor was made ilable for dredging the KEastern and in 1891 Col. Hains re- that “a contract has been the Anacost River from the Navy Yard to G boro Point.” Since then the work of dredging and filling the Kastern Branch has gone forward as appro- priations were made by Congress, and as the improvement up to Benning took shape and population in- creased north of,Benning Bridge peo- ple became more insistent that the Eastern Branch for its full estent within the District should be dredged and filled. There is a vast marsh which impedes the eastward growth of the city and no doubt injures the health of thousands of our people. R Heedless Motorists. Any doubt that Washington pos- sesses an inconceivably large number of stupld, carcless and indifferent me tor car drivers is removed by obser- vation of the run of a fire engine in The cardinal rule for the of both fire and lances is that all motorists, on the siren or bell, should in stantly pull over to the right-hand curb and stop. Do Washiggton mo- torists obey this universal rule? They most emphatically do mnot. They meander along without a care in the world, most of the time in the middle of the street, without giving any more heed to the siren of a fire engine than they do to the gentle and courteous toot of a passenger car. Three fire ergine runs abserved within the last few d on ‘h occasion at least 90 per cent of tho motorists directly involved failed aply either with the written law ¥ or the unwritten law of ordi ary decency sion, whena fire engine was compelled to make a laft-hand turn from Twelfth street into Pennsyly: th mancuvered themselves into such a sition that it looked as if a serious accident was likely. The engine driv with ¢ 1avoid- - the turn suc s would have h. They mselves a Branch, ported oS- as this city. protection engines ambi hy aring e have been of saf On one occ nia avenue three motorists howeve! acteristic sk ed the cessu These motor! o hlame for a er had plenty of time to get of but attention the o nd made th the wa st o to oncoming appa- It is apparent that drastic measures have be taken hy the Department to convince motol th the law ¢ must obey the traf- the benefit of the t traveling engines will to Police ts that cannot obey self- vation the fons for on the © engine is an unwieldy vehicle at | somebo It is a marvel that drivers are le it with the facility they But it cannot be of Al consideration operated a s car, and, should n unquestioned and unc ed right of way every it a u- ary to detail po- in automobiles to follow the and pick up motorist o does not comply with the reg umpaign should be star It 1s onlv bv some such method that motorists can be con- d that right of way for fire ap- paratus is a fundamental rule in every city+ in the country. When these drivers are taken up—and the police car \vill have no trouble in apprehend- ing a large number of them—they should be rushed immediately to court and glven the stiffest penalties under It they plead that they did not hear the siren they acknowledge that they are too deaf to drive on the streets of Washington; if they plead gnorance of the rule, they 00 licemen engines every at once. 1 vi the law. are | stupid to drive, and if they plead that hey thought the engine had plenty of room to get by, they place themselves in the careless and indifferent class which should lkewise ba eliminated from the driving fraternity of the Na- tlonal Capital. There are no extenuating circum- stances for fallure to comply with this regulation. If the police and courts take drastic action, the streets will not only be safer for tha driving and walking public, but will be safer for the firemen who daily risk their lives to protect the property of the com- munitv, e Prohibition s regarded by most of the wets as a measure made possible only by war conditions. They may, while working for modification, be expected to use every energy they possess to prevent another war that might reintensify the anti-Barleycorn sentiment. ——————— Three college professors were ap- pointed by the Nelson will to conduct the Kansas City Star for two years This arrangement may give some of the student editors a chance to get back for some of the slams professors have taken at the college paper. Fares by Weight. Word comes from up in Winnipeg that when the proposed airplane pas- senger service between Hudson and the new gold fleld at Red Lake is es- tablished the fares will be fixed on the pound rate basis. All prospectors flving up to the new golconda must pay for avoirdupois. Why not? The more heavily the plane is loaded the more gas it takes to |\s‘flpel it, and therefore the more it cosls. It is pos- sible to carry three 150-pound pas- sengers on the same outlay for fuel as two 225-pound passengars. Then, too, the lighter-weight prospectors occupy less space. The same is true in street cars, but nobody has ever suggested a weight unit for passen- gers on city trams or railroads. There would be a loud protest if such a scale were attempted. There is al- al Capital, and the remedy is to be found only in @ judicious plau for har- ! ady a prejuydice against zoning, or the regulating of fares by the dis- ingly paid | \ realize tk THE MNmG STAR, WXSHING’I‘O‘N, D. T, TUESDAY. MARCH 2, 1926. THIS AND THAT tance covered, and a counterpoise weighing machine that determined the rate of fare would arouse em- phatic objection. No, the fare-by- 1026 | Haves sent to Congress a message ac- | weight principle can never be adopted for urban transportation, however equitable it might be. —————————— The Lincoln Collection. A bill of elght printed lines has just been reported favorably by the Senate committee on Library, and is now on the calendar of business awalting ac- tion. It reads as follow: That the Secretary of State, the Sec- retary of War and the Attorney Gen- eral are hereby designated as a com- mission with authority, in their discre- tion, to purchase the Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics, and that the sum of $50,000, or 50 much thereof as may he necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated out’ of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the commission to consum- mate such purchase. This is an identical bill with that which was passed by the Senate last vear, without concurrent action by the House. It is to be expected that the Senate will again pass it now, and the hope is that the House will, with more time for its consideration, ma this enactment and so insure the pre: rvation of this priceless collection as a Government institution. This is perhaps the last opportunity that Congress will have to secure and keep in Washington this collection of relics of Abraham Lincoln. The legls lature of Illinois has voted as much money as has been asked of the Gov ernment for its purchase. Should it succeed in securing the relics they will be moved to that State. Mean while Henry Ford has offered a much larger sum. Col. Oldroyd, who made the collection and who has maintained it for years in the house on Tenth street in this city. where Lincoln died, is d ous that it be kept here, and it i3 due to him at least as well as to the people of the United States, who visit the Capital and who regard the “Lincoln house,” on Tenth street, with itsghistorical contents, as a nationfj shrine, that the Government acquire possession and insure permanent loca- tion in the Capit .o A young colicge man in a small ! Indiana town is disapproved of by his church because he favors spelling bees. In a State enjoying so muci literary renown as Indlang the insin uation that a spelling bef could be of benefit would very naturally be re- sented. R— The days when Chlcago had open gambling under auspices of *“Hinky Dink” and “Bath House John" have long since passed away. But Chicago still has its underworld, just as anx fous to break into local politics as it was then N 1t may vet be arranged to make the possession of a motor permit evidence on the face of it of hizh moral char. acter, superior mentality and than ordinary patience and forbear ance more ——e—a is ared Roman a When a streets with face he is immediately walking the look on his regarded as pose Mussolini's policies, Sl —— The average U. . reader does not fact, but there are many highly important things gofng on be- sides the races at Tia Juana. P Uncle Sam s referred to in dipio- macy as an interested spectator and Europe is doing everything possible to keep him interested ——as SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Tt's a Sad Old Song. When March winds blow a tune so drear The shivering branches through, These are the words 1 seem to hear: “That income tux is due— Woo! Woo! 30 scan the blanks. Le sure you see That nothing is forgot. Before you've done vour mind will be The worst blank of the lot. *“Think what the law may do to vou Before your case is done, If when you ought to carry ‘2’ You set down only ‘1.’ “Think not of efforts that begin A lighter cost to make. Think only of the fix you're in If you make one mistake! “Of birds and flow'rs no longer dream, But hear my song anew. This is its melancholy theme: ‘That income tax is due— “Nool Woo! " * His Only Relief. [ “Does a Congressman have to work hard?’ “Work hard!" echoed Senator Sor- ghum. “A large portion of the year I'm busy twenty-four hours a day with conferences and speeches and correspondence. If T didn't get back here to Washington, D. C., for a little repose now and then I don't believe I'd get by!" Jud Tunkins says there are all kinds of moral turpitude, only some kinds get better advertised than others. Self-Esteent. “Has your brother any bad habits?" “None that he’s conscious of,” an- swered Miss Cayenne. “Brother thinks so well of himself that he regards what the family calls bad habits mere. ly as his own cute little ways. 0 Wine Splashing. “Mother, may 1 seek Broadway's lights? ¥ “No, my dearest daughter. Take your baths on Saturday nights ‘With just plain soap and water. “You may only git paid foh eight hours' work,"” said Uncle Eben, *“but it you's tryin' to keep a flivver in order you's ginter work a whole lot mo' hours free of charge.” No Permanent Bob. From the Walla Walla Bulletin. ‘Woman fashion experts have decreed that the bob is to stay. But, of course, it won't unless you keep on bobbin ) A fhssy young gentleman, distin- gulshed by long hair brushed straight back from a white brow, entered Miss Mary Roque’s small office, where she sat like some wonderful spider in a colorful web. This dainty spider, now that she had-some one beside her, smiled in her most ingratiating manner and asked the young man his busine “T am T. Cleveland Cleve: of radio broadcasting station AB( replied he, carefully seating himself on one of Mary’s Windsor chairs. For all ahe young man’s artistic look, Mary thought he got down to business in a very Hirect and simple manner. Mary. liked them to speak 0. Sometimes it took an hour or so for her to pry from her clients what they came about. can 1 do for you, Mr. * she asked, rocking back in her chair. Hers was perhaps the only business office in town sporting a rocking chair. The sight of it usually floored her visitors. T. Cleveland Cleves swal lowed a few Meary slender but ns above her head and locked her hands behind her bobbed hair. Sitting thus, the sunlight | by drapes at the window behind Mary Roque mude a picture no artist could paint. She was a symphony in pink, white and gold ) “You—look stunning breathed *ves in the voluntary-involuntury manner of which Le was past master “Surely that is not what to see me about,” smiled Mary, up straight. ’ * % ¥ Roque," the self. ed visitor, to con- sult you about station ABC. To be quite frank about the mat ter, we are somewhat upset at the studio because the number of leti eive hus dropped off tremen 00 Jetter: we are doing well it nd sometimes we don't draw that number. We think our progr: > better than ever, but some way the people do not write us. . "‘\\'l‘ even go to the extent of beg £ing our listeners to write us, but still they don’t do it. We plead with them Miss Roque—why, T practically g down on my kneeg to them, but still ;h«,\ belong to the great sflent ma- ority " Mary Roque sighed ‘I have heard vou,” she said “Then you know what we are nst." went on the man er, ften announced at the studin., “It ecurred to me that we are too close to things to it all in the right perspective, it were. Mayhe you as a listener, can tell us what is wrong Thank you returned Mary is simp becs ters from a con and am not prej up for vour confidence, “If 1 can help you it T look at most mat non-sense standpoint, ticed by the ordinary blah-blah that poses as information. u ask me what is the matter with broadeasting today, and I am go ing to tell you, to the best of my ability. Ple understand that T do not recard myself as infallible, or b leve that all my of s are correct, but I do feel, if you want that most of them are “In the first place, Mr. Cleves," tinued Mary, leaning forward on her desk, “1 belfeve the studios have gone off on the wrong foot, if I may use such an expression, in putting so much confidence in the opinions of listeners-in, *What a horrible word that is, ‘lis. teners-in?’ Why would ‘listeners’ not have done as well” from the point. Surely begin to feel, by s you ought to this time, that the ¢ who probably tried to op-|people whose opinions might count the | put her | who | the truth, | | con- But that is aside | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. most_seldom if ever write you. The world, in this respect, divided into two classes, those who write letters to strangers and those who do not. “The There are millions of voters who never vote. You will have to ask the stu- dents of political econc why this is s0. In leaning, therefore, so heavil upon the opinions of those who have flooded you with letters in the st vou have leaned more or less upon a oken reed, for those who might have helped You the most have seldom ever written. * Kk ok *x “In the second place, Mr. Cleves, vou and all the broadecast stations have succumbed to the modern doc- trine of service, and have tried to make vour statons educational insti- tutions, which they are not, instead of entertainers, which they “The prime function broadeasti station is to ente not to edn e Although T am sincere adimire President Cool. idge, I warra you the e thou- sands of listeners who tumed in an othe tation when he 1 speech recently And every blessed one of them switched their back on again when the Gypsles came on the air at 9 o'elock! “You have much too music, Mr, Cleves. 1 have foundest admiration for the Army and Navy lunds proper settings, which doors, but f or six nights is far too much “Band music comes over radin per- haps the we of any form of n and the piano comes thro most any set, or any best, and yet what is that prevails? 3ands are put on every night, pilano musiec practical never more. In other words, what comes over the worst is put on the most, and what comes over the best is put on the least “You are and don't kr radio tain, band pro- rine in their out-of- much th the situati nd any uffert Wit from banditis, For heaven's suke, glve up rest on the band Return to the rly days of broadeasting, when singers, trios, plano and other smail combinations took the afr 4 hours. “Then you allow the announcer: | talk too much. They bore us tears. They like to hear the sound of their own velce, but we do not They are like the toastmaster at the banquet. DIid vou ever see a to: master who did not talk and talk and talk ? “Then, too, T believe that you go on the wrong mmption as to the he time of the great majority of per gons You may not r it, but thousands upon thou sons They nig ¢ 1ds of 1 10 pam i 1er enter- you give In sands have o that unless n to you tead hes “ad nauseam reserve all the good the evenin As for me, broadeast inments em g they do you in upon ther stuff unti “You seer study as (o t I would rather the ‘L it it came aver listen to some qu badly pliced and high note. And the bri cause some bri you intlict it on all us thousands w not play brid you had better broadeast me! Mar rque los 1t Cleveland Cleves with pity in her eyes. ) "W u have « hard job, poor But it wou uld use Just ordina =0 ent not list T spee a te in to shi au heir and il and ro irtet with t blasting a |2 “ow ty you st Chord not A than tenor every nd e bridge lesson—non son'! e enthnsis ng young man.” she said Belp =0 if you w common sense.” America Frankly Very Proud Of Marion Talley’s Triumph America is very proud of Marion Talley. In the words of the Detroit News, “The United States joins Kansas City in congratulations” on the success of the girl of the Middle West who at 19 has become a Metro- politan opera star with such an ac 1s New York probably never orded anoth inger. press delights in the romantic story of the simple, sensible girl who wears her honors becomingly and finds great atisfaction In the triumph of a na tive artist. “Miss Talley's s the Canton Daily News believes, “1s due not so much to the fact that she a wonderful musical voice as that she has offered it at a time when there has come a universal demand for recognition of that which s Ameri ided by the spirit of the time she has at a single step reached the place other Americun artists, per haps older but just us talented, have fatled to gain after vears of effort 1Mer triumph is her own, but it is a | triumph for all American artists, for the parents who aided her and for the home town which made her be ginning and her education possible. It 1is, moreover, the triumph of youth."” * ox o ort in who can r genius mnor ¢ is America to those and will," declares the Plttsburgh Sun, The Nashville Banner finds it especially gratifying that “Amerd cans are now wiiling to receive their own without diserimination,” and the Jersey City Jersey Journal ealls the “plaudits of the 4,000 in the opera house an echo of those of the Ameri- can people, who look forward with pride to other American name to the charmed circlé of opera stars of the first mag- nitude, still composed largely of ar tists of the Old Worl he best of training may be had in Ameri says the San Frarcisco Bulletin, “and now that New Yor is prepared to listen to native tale: with its own ears and not wait for a Buropean verdict, we can ive our nge a reputation as well as, a training.” The Richmond News Leader adds that “the discovery Marion Talley has enriched the tion,” and “once more the old story of Cinderella has come The South Rend Tribune speaks of “the cordiality and good v thou- sands of men and Women represent- ::;:‘dih(: average life of the Middle West.” The Albany Evening News exclims, “Three cheers for Marion ¢ and three cheers for éft‘\'f” which would undertake ‘municipal enterprise’ like this * % % X The Chicago Daily News observes that “Kansas City has ‘put over’ a success that many a seasoned mus cian would have declared impossible. The Omaha World Herald finds that “the popular imagination has seldom been stirred as it has been by the story of Marion Talley,” and exfressed admiration for the music critic whose Qiscovery of a voice has been reward- ©d in the achievement. To the Evans- Ville Courier there is cause for re- jbicing in “an end to foreign domina- tion of American music. The Wichita Beacon points out that one fine thing about it all is that Miss Talley “did not find it necessary to change her name to Tallerino or Marina.” The Utica Observer Dis- patch, conceding that Kansas Ci has a right to be proud of her daugh- ter, lets it be known that “Utica also has its clalms, for wasn't it John. R. Jones, a former Utican, who discover- true.” a The | possesses | tha prospect of adding an-| Kansas | ed her talent? 1 indeed | the Utica paper, “no such singe | longs to a single community alone | * * continues ‘ The Portland Oregon Journal ranks Marion's success “without parallel or | precedent in Awericun musical an- nals,” and adds: 7T beautitul f the story is the support she had | from the peaple her own home |town. Her triumph is their triumph | She is their pride, thelr prodigy, ! their I ne. They put her on the | operatic map, and she put | City on the map of musical st s the Hartford Times, ability of Marion Talley i ter, fine aspiration and vocal v, now ripening from long, vork, springs everywhere deep. est admiration: for her {riumph, con- gratulations supreme.” The Indianapolls News believes ever, the bizgest thing in this Is not the musical or the monetary success that has come to this young woman. It is the fact, demonstrated a thousand times, that poverty is no bar to success, and that labor con. quers all things.” Similarly the Sag- inaw News Courier points out that there was nothing of the hap- hazard about It at all; it was a ca of conscientious devotlon, of zeal and of unceasing effort, with the supreme- |1y necessary foundation of a volce that warranted all the nursing, care and training given it." x ok % ¥ “The next few years, ment of the Cincinnati “will be the real Talley, artist. He emerges truly great! May she over- take the eulogies she has received!™ So also the Bloomington Pantagr hopes “that early success will not spoil the volce or the dispositien of the 19- vear-old singer, and that far greater triumphs may await her.” Unfavorable comments by the musical crities have 1 Miss Talley’s friends. *“The criticisms of Marion ley's voice, made by the New York critics, should assist her materially in her sful ca- reer,” the Kansas Ciiy Journal Post declares. “Tha critics said the not of her middle register were clear and beautiful, but that her high notes were somewhat harsh and her lower er undeveloped. In pointing out ‘fects, while giving credit where i1t 13 due, the New York critics performed a useful service. Kansas lom.” S ‘or in gitt, ow- in the jude- Times Star, ordeal of Marion ‘s hoping she come of t disturbed suee A Signless Ci From the Champaign News Gazette Progressive citizens of Boston have decided that “a signless city is an abomination to its citizens and par- ticularly to its vicitors.” After a campaign thelr signs are to be placed on every corner. These signs are to be visible, conspicuous, uniform and durable. Champaign s fast becoming a signless city. Many street signs are missing and others are too old and obscure to be of value. Many fm- portant intersections are not marked. Another touring season approaches, Strangers will be as bewildered as ever unless some arrangement is made to guide them about the city | by means of well marked streets. Important entries to the city, the business section, main routes and streets should at least be marked and provision made to place signs on minor streets later. Champaign is too progressive a com- munity to remain & slguless city much longer, % me thing applies in voting. | al ot | the | in | i | mome: | e NEW BOOKS AT RANDO LG M. TOLERANCE. Hendrik Wil Loon. Boni & Liveright. Let’s read “Tolerance” Lackward, the last chapter first. It seems to me that much of ull booked learning might to advantage be read and studied in this order. Certainly in respect to history, to the recorded past in its various aspects, there ap pears to be but one adequate way of coming to any sort of understanding with it. And that is by way of the present. For the present is our sole domain. Here our real concerns lie, Here our keenest interest aper Here function such interpr owers as only experience itself flord to use. A live and leaping in terest is the basic condition of human sctivity, the seed of human growth Now a really energizing interest springs primarily from our inmediate contacts. It is this contactual firing that step by step fuses the past with | the present illuminating for us th ich identification the long n n from his beginnings u t of our own part i progression. From the the remote. From the know by little outward toward the relat unknown. This is the fundumental law in the processes of education. It is, in effect, th re is merely devic an, method, proj ect. Some day, maybe, the writ f hooks devoted to education will rec nize the prime advantage of th order of approach. Not only histor but literature, science, economics whatnot, would come alive, produc alive, under such immediacy of However, all that is 16 reh the pen neur 1o little n, th 1 t " * % % Tet 1 Toler. last of the d upon present | in point wirrd we, in read at the company Iookin e a familiar and interestin that appears to be ch: spirit of general toler ent wherein ever think his own th dizal | bin 1 ar- in t chapter the man n Lo | ticularly world, re to choose be sure an old for man And cher sleeping to cherge a hlsphemny in Indizna his chure for the for his 1w and perverting s, basket ball The he but and harm 1 the old fires that burned other clearly bede free the intoler i s N While the spirit i reciable departed trom re th rth. Looking are present, et sta unde: For, spre there s a race intol thercfore wicked cruclties practiced hy within tt ke up . erime of lay out *hit by ment i of jud offense of providing ich dangere a hase ball ti ind ks iteh ed cones sed d s ot h s and us and are 4 I i Here man upon struegle in lat business ind ith des lice ar befure cruel too, for ind Pler their and pettiness In polit des, hitter rootage in mere e 1 Set showing asked 1 “And i of tolerance : - any hetter n this respect A4 to De than man h: And Van Loon saic th m Let 0 bacl nd here hegan t backw to find out, first, what vears, or 100 have yiell the broadening of n way of hetter nnder standings, toward tolers which, in th r prom ise to even nd in elusior In the between wk this hack trail the nee to its A “Come on d m toward it th il s geater expans les of threading thor traces In true and single r, this, that nstinet toward carrant of in the spreious of own u sel el ure cubtle the iliu under her . enlisted n fonate en-oper this primal instinet that man's have huilt the ha ds and 1ol es and persecutions that, up to the present went, have ovérchad owed his | ess, that will in a slow 1y degree still cc mo upon iritie itions and traik the r r stand men which wre men men i erinl of itut thi events made. raised to their Revolt the quisition w ad of men ul powers Reformation, the marks along In are t In hetween up- and that one- ine. teaching, preaching, argu iinst this abuse, or for that freedom and amelioration in the gen erally bitter tide of I Among these men, the one histor neares! the present | the “dirty little athelst, o the pro neuncement Presidents not vallant dier in t freedom of | thoug| the mind which prize and for whose greater privileges the warfare still goin these men, tao, in a receding retrosy are Lessing and Voltaire, Montaigne and Rabelals and Eras mus—each @ profestant in his own way, each in accordance with his na ture an apostle for latitude of thousht for liberty of the mind. And so the ory moves hackward to the greatest of all tyrannies, that of ignorane 1 tyranny that even vet exer tremendous power nd is in lar accountable for the pendulum of advance and retreat that, time began, ha marked the course of man's slow progress out of the darkness of fear and hatred and big- oty is no tolevance this man 1ty Paine. according of one of our go—vet, a 1se of that liberty of chily re Tom ea that 2 now so b even is and Spinoza, ses e part swing since And now we leave this bac trail, so illuminating hecause tively near at its every point, for a quick forward movement, swiftly d as the leafing of the hook Now we stand again at the close of this story in the present, in a mood of keenly live and interested enlightenment. Every part of it has been a part of ourselves. We have here heen actual “cotemporari the folks that lived in caves, men with cigarettes and Ford cars, cliff-dwellers who reach thefr homes in an elevator.” By such a commu. nity of understanding only can we, possibly, overccme the fears that even yet make intolerance an inte- gral part of our individual and col lective existence. ® kK % intolerance, like is divided into three p ance of laziness, th of ignorance, the intole interest. The first of these is the harmless. The second variety is more serious. For an ignorant man is, “by the very fact of his ignorance, a ver: dangerous person.” He builds his ig norance into a granite bulwark of self- righteousness. He resists knowledge. He parades his ignorance under a bluster of self-assertion that he calls intelligence and Information. As for the Intolerance of self-interest, there has always been open warfare between those who depend for their livelihood upon some estabiished form and those ) rela ‘Modern Gaul, intoler ancient ts. re | after Q. What atermines whether or populs song not a N. O. A. F Board of tive A sale of song as a hi Q. How loi WERS TO QUESTIONS /' BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. . Mls, chairman of Mus Publishers’ seiatlo, says that it takes a milliy copies to qualify a t. ng s Hull House been iblished 7—IR.J Since from sociul work, a Toes 17—T. The exact de is not ion so fa colony of Ge small areas the wh L Q. Tor named A Capt Sir Wil mn Q. How riginite? —V A. Prior t town had i maker. A la maker to fi e to fit his ha Q. How many locks arethere in the ™ Erie Canal” A. The Fir ciiard locks tion locks Q. How m education ir o0 A. For and 1922 The 1 years w the the Q. To sett] Amerfcans C. V! A. 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The last 10 feet arc banked 11 feet 10 inchies. The short and long straighte aways are level. The fastest time made there was by Peter De Paolo, who made an average of 101.13 miles per hour on this tr Q How many wuge earners are | there in the United States, and what are the proportions at different ages? J L. rding to the census of 1920 ere in that year 41614248 10 ye: nd over. Of were mules and 8,549, were females. About one-tenth men were u 20 vears, as compared with one-fifth of the wom en. Oneeighth of the men were be sn 20 and 24 years, as compared with onefifth of the women. Nearly half of the men at work were in the Z5-to-44-vear group, as compared with two-fifths of the women. Onethird f the men were more than 44 years old, compared with one-sixth of the women. Q. Should false night >—W. T. A. 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Q. fc ndidate , @ Philadelphis « want to to BACKGROUND OF EVENTS There {s an outbreak the world ninoritie Linst the alier of pr have cons teachers been —w it T o ress dispat t from those where Mexica, b the conditions in inte “re unscrupulous group o voting themselves t Teja that the ution is d no priests who politics. Oth e P urch in ( According dispatch, the London ticle of the B Ttaly limi Weslevans A the recogniz Greek against mon Our tales check owi of rel descen nd ations o a om es by dy nd: wdert. pssert is hoishevistic ¢ Ruma nt o retar ign i church ol that the government will 1ith with large A itist pi been int tlers from too mul the other present Rus Jew in Catholie in Italy wlous where. It the idex of j minorities unonz the standing the century ear} eated equs among ectarian | the Orient an eountries—anti-C the N Mexico Rumania the than tice and equity s v gre; Pro; et Al e fir t our that rld, relizic rtected Belgiunm equal lilerty the I 1830 the in of Europe. A Britain. Fr “special pro shal to he annexed. Next eame gious equality Serbia, Mo o Wi any whi prot Greec: the pr tect i t and Russia declared 1 not office urkish ocol f t inty n h. fgious that dedicates itself to religion,” cla As whi was BY PAW V of unrestin| in oppai- | governmen ed with bolsh. | undertaken | fonal provisia | and priest: | stly of Spanis Delled’ ang chi) hether Albert Tejadal f Mexico, lexico are Catl States, ovement while rie Unit . there is foreign priests the governmer akes to make it | 1ent of the con being_di but at alien interfere in that the move- spposition to re a s, excepting only e cove in Great orthodox Pre Amer- ciated the Missionary reports a_cahle that ew iiseriminate 8t merican bodies.’ ers in anid hot com arre colonial histor s ole the Pl Fis Ex nia, a1 Protestant nd antireli isheviks every 1 oney imee in af, anti- Rur > ¢ inee » vaciul recognized wers, notwith- icement hialf a 1 men son minoriti nturies united to the s a stipulation change in the ch law A ous cults took of dis in ret ssur s first the empi between Great provided Cath or the hat a person’s erfere with his This protec- reed in 1863, when the Islands were th ¢ and Hber . whe when their indepe nized. Rum whose ideas consequently, these lines age they fluenc tolerance tolerance ughter burning ship of the But it close upon t which histor: the triumph fear. | were level of thou hopeful study he day <hall be the 1 shall he of Innocent of widows, S has threate t the ight of intoler present where the three ar when livel yield a printed take 10,000 years, it may take 100,000, he shail have of will come, and st man This kind of his will dded to Greece, on Thessaly wi nee of rell- in Rumania, d Bulgaria was recog neve that form hood. trag up and, Along ze to the active 1 lower general ted to their in- in the long come when . when in myth like the captives, the the blind wor- puge. It may it true victory of ny record, over his own orie_outlook | readjust 1| will follow | . COLLINS. the Jews with tolerance in spite of r stipulation with the powers when she was recognized. No such stipu- lation was required when Italy be- came a united kingdom, nor when the German states formed the em pire. It was not supposed to be nec- essary. R uropean boundaries were ed at the close of the World the fnternational statesmen lively thought the need of ing minorities, both raclal and Vhile no restrictions le to limit the nationaliza- minorities taken into other ctions their former con- 4 ace-Lorraine from ice and_the South Austria » Italy—there afeguards of justice ven plehiscites were in- fiicting na- & the Germans and and west Prussta, the ians in Galacla, the Tagvars and Rumanians in Tran- slvania and the Rumanians and | rbs in the Banat. There were other | snalier ities of certain_races {atached to “enemy countries | "The peace conference of Versaflles ook the protection of minori . by special articles in all treaties ring Poland, Czechoslovakia, srbia inin, CGreece, Armenis Awstria arla’ and Hungary . * Whe War had in prot rel were 1 from wovided. E dequate to sepa tonalitles, such toles in Poser loles and Ruthe! R | \s indication of the spirit [ thse provisions for protecting minori- [tie, the treaty with Poland by the es and assoels may be typleal article wided 1ol tionals radal s or 1 tle shall enjoy the an seeurity in law | the other Polisk paricular they shall | rigit to establish, man: at their own e charftable, religous and social institutions and othe educational establishments, with | the right to use their own language d to exercise their religion freely | therin," Fre speech, free pre |of riigion were thus surec | In the appoition | equaity “Rim Rima sequire | Jews inh | tory {mat } Todiv's news regarding persecution of Prdestants in Rumania brings the | first_itimation that the protection of | Jews, 1s provided, does not extend to | Christuns unless’ they are Catholic. * o ok % of s who belong to stic minori- same treatment and in fact as nationals. In have an equal ze and control, religio s and freadom cifically as case of Rumania, made to was finally agreed 10 recognize and without any formali Rumanian terr possess another special Jewish ¥ 5 ny i The enforcement the minority se: 19 left entirely to the Leagus of Naions, whose council is “em poweral to take such steps 88 may appear necessary in the event of its tentin being called by one of fts n, or danger of infriction, of those obligations.” At th third meeting of the council, 14 this was the principal ques- wder discussion and specific E vere agreed upon for meeting | such cases, | The camplaint is first to be taken up by the yresident and two members of |the comcil, to decide whether it should b» laid before the entire coun {eil. If there is a difference of opinion lin the council that difference will be referred to the Permanent Court of | Internatbnal Justice, whoss decision will be flaal *ow oo As Mexlco 1s not a member of the League of Natfons, there will be no action by the league nor by its Per. manent Court of International Justice in regarc to the expulsion of the priests. There s eald to be greater | possibllity of league inquiry regarding | the action of Ttaly and Rumana as to Protestant churches, though no for- compaint has vet been register- Tt is reported that Germany and Austria ere protesting with vigor against the “spirit of intolerance which characterizes the present Ital- |ian government toward the racial mi- | nority in the south Tyrol."” Since November, 1921, nine specific complaints in behalf of minorities have already been lodged with the League Council, but no action has resulted. The first came from Ger- ans in Poland: the others, Jews in {'Hungary, Moslems in Albania and Poles in Lithuania. All cases are still {nending except three, in which the verdicts were, “No action recom- is really the only Kind that gives sub- | mended.” stantial return. v N (Copy:ishit 1876, by Panl V. Colliugd