Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING THE EVENING STAR/|been finished, the next task is to facilittes. Perhaps a study of this With Sunday Morning Edition. e L WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. . THEODORE W. NOYES. . TheEvening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Penusylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Bullding Furopean Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England unduy morn- riers within niy The Evening Star. with the e edition, i& delivered b *he city &t 60 cenis per m 45 cents per month: Sunday oniy per month.Orders may be sent by mail o telephone Main 5000. Collection ie made by carrier at the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday 1 yr.. &0.00: 1 mo. Dails only 13r 8400 1 mo. Sunday only 1 All Other States and Canad. Daily and Sunday . $12.00: 1 m Daily only L SR00: 1 mo., Sunday only 1 $400; Lmo. Member of the Ass The Assictatial Press is e o the use fur renublication of patches eredited 1o it or nut other ited in this o and also the | published herein. Al D of special dispatihes hercin are also ated Press. entitled ation reserved The District Bill. A Disteict appropriation bill is be fore the Tiouse Rep! which represents a most careful. con- sclentious and intelligent considera- tion of the Nutional Capital require- ments by the subeommittee of the appropriations comnittee. The sub- committee examined with painstaking the requirements the government and the itte The ¥ into of municipal into bill which current estimates sub) us carries 2 Te: the propriutions in the wross, but, when the defi appropriations alveady voted dered, this sum is re- duced 410, than ap. s con £ the d to available for orted but tor i unediately the exec of worl s been the bill rying tie case for is reported to the lump-sum provi- ‘ederal funds, allotment Distriet strictly 987, or of the under $9.000.000 of stead of the Governiment maintenunce. District contribution « approximately whole, instead of the long-continued and half” und instead of 60 per cent under the revised definite proportion contribution plan. which still remains the substanti aw of District-Fed eral fiscul relationship. The suggestions of means of mee {ng the increasing cost of Capital up- »uilding all point to the imposition of an additional burden on the local taxpayers, in the form of in- ireased water rents, increased assess- ments against property owners for laying water mains, and also an in- crease of the general tax after the surplus tax fund has been exhausted, and possibly even a slight increase this year. The cquitable apportion- ment of the increasing cost of Capital maintenance and development will, of course, have to be worked out be- tween House and Senate before the bill is enacted into law. In the details of the bill there ave, of course, some causes for disappoint- ment, in the elimination of various proposals for public improvement. No District bill can ever be wholly free from such negative causes of local regret. But on the whole the appro- priations committee has wrought a measure of exceptional completeness “of current provision and general de- velopment for the municipality. tio tion to IDOSES $24, cent per cent system of solely | In one respect there is occasion for especial gratification. The bill pro- vides a small but sufficient fund to defray the cost ol an inquiry. by a commission of three members, to be named by the District Commissioners, into the question ¢f a high-pressure water system for the better protec- tion of the Capital from fire. Thus a start is finally made upon this long- delayed project, so urgently needed for both the fuller safeguarding of life and property and for the conser- vation of the water supply. Provision is a made for the ap- pointment of a special counsel to represent the interests of the people betore the Public Utilities Commis- slon, serving as an aide to the corpo- ration counsel. The need of such a law officer has been felt for a long time, and this present provision is to be welcomed as a step in the di- rection of a more certain administra- tion of the utilities law for the public benefit. o Calculations necessary to an income tax return tend to develop an arith- metical sense which must assist the American people in maintaining their pusition as a great business nation. ——r—t—————— Eastern Branch Improvement. Indications are that the work of transforming the Eastern Branch into a park between Benning Bridge and the District line will be begun this Summer. In the District appropria- tion bill for the fiscal vear beginning July 1 next is the item of $170,000 for Iastern Branch Iimprovement. There this paragraph: “The committee is recommending the ap- propriation of that sum, of which it is proposing that $25,000 may be applied to the acquisition of land above Benning Bridge.” The area between the bridge and the District line planned for reclamation and the acquisition of which for park use is authorized by law will comprise six hundred acres, of which there remain to be acquired about one hundred acres. The appropriation committee recommends that the remainder of the sum «* §170,000 be applied to reclamation work “below and above Benning Bridge, in the discretion of the chief of engineers.” The engineer in charge of Bastern Branch improve- ment recommended in his late report that dredging and filling, according to plans already drawn, be begun above Benning Bridge while the dredges and their crews, having re- cently finished their work below that bridge, are at hand. The work of dredging and filling v, Detween the mouth of the Easter is also is entatives | it ! These deficiency tems would have gone into the bill} during the | several | alf | | wisely. convert the new land into park. To date $163,000 has been appropri- ated for park development between March 11, 1926 [the Anacostia and Pennsylvania Ave- —_|nue bridges, and the appropriation bill us reported contains the item o $63,000 for continuing park work on new land between those bridges an¢ for beginning park work on the new land between the Anacostia Bridge and Bolling Field. Here are two items In the appropriation bill which enacted would mean progress in the Eastern Branch development. One is the use of part of the appropriution, at the discretion of the chiet of en gineers, for reclamation work above Benning Bridge and the other the use of money for continuing park making ubove the Anacostia Bridge and be- ginning park making below that bridg ot Help Sibley to Help. Yor the first time in its long und honerable history, Sibley Memorial Hospital has appesled to the public for d in the prosecution of its w rk. For thirty-two vears it has been ren- dering the National Capital and its environs a humanitarlan service of in- leuluable benefit, und for thirty-two vears the denomination which est lished the institution, \\‘higll maintain and administers it, has paid the differ ence between receipts and expendi- tures. The hospital will soon be the proud possessor of 4 new maternity building which cost $250,000. This it receives as the result of a bequest. When fin- ished this Spring it will he one of the largest und best equipped structures of fts kind in the E To complete and to equip this new home for in- coming of the District their mothers will cost § D00 extra, and the hospital suthorities, in view of the emergency and of the conse- quent benetits to the community, have asked the people of Washiugton this differcuce The campaign to raise this sum be gan last Friday night. It will end Sat urday night. So far the drive is not up t its schedule. If the public does not respond the hospital cannot bridge the gap, and the public will, in the end. be the sufferer. While not harity institution.” Sibley right now wding approximately $10,000 each vear treating T and. moreover, st citizens sons unuble to pay. receives no govern- ysicians to the number formally und unhesitat- ingly indorsed the campaign. and have. furthermore, formed their own committee raise funds among themselves. The spirit of Christian service actuating the Sibley nurs hus been exemplified by generous con- tributions from that very source, Of the 6,284 patients treated within the walls of the hospital lust year, the Methodists numbered 1,696, while of the twenty other faiths represented the Roman Catholics were u close sec- ond, with 1,319. Denominational lines have, up to the present, played a part in the support of the institution, but play none in the service it gives. Prot- estant; Catholic and Jew alike all re- ceive the same skillful and whole- hearted attention. Since 1912 Washington has grown from a city of 300,000 to one of half a million. Yet there are no more hos- pitals here now than then. Nor are there immediate prospects of any more, and it behooves the public which uses them to see to it that those that do exist are as big, as good and as free from financtal embarrassment as pos- sible. Four hundred ardent workers this week are giving their time and their energies to make this single cam- palgn a success. Gifts ranging from the equipment of the big new nursery down through the endowment of me- morial rooms to very small amounts will be received thankfully and used “Help Sibley to Help!” is a slogan adopted by the campaign com- mittee. It is well worth heeding. b It may be doubted whether many an Egyptian king was as highly regarded by his subjects as he is by the arche- ologis ————r——— In forming cabinets the French gov- ernment courteously assures its public that it is no trouble to show goods. R Double-Deckers and Publicity. Sympathy is to be felt and ex- pressed for those residents of the comparatively narrow streets of Wash- ington on which double-deck busses are operated, and who complain that they have no privacy in their homes short of drawing all window shades to prevent the ‘“peeping” of passen- gers on the upper levels of these ve. hicles. At the same time it may be suggested that this is not a wholly novel situation. When the elevated railrouds were established in New York the occupants of the upper stories of buildings along the lines of these new routes of travel were greatly distressed by the publicity to which they were exposed. As time passed they either adjusted to the condition by keeping their windows shaded when necessity occurred or moved away to less exposed situations. Busi- ness ‘developed along the lines of the elevated roads, to the gradual ex- clusion of residences. It is not to be suggested that the residents of the mnarrow streets on which the two-story busses are oper- ated will have to move away. That would be a harsh and cruel alterna- tive. If the double-deckers are main- tained on such routes the people who live along them must meet the situa- tion by adopting protective measures, But s it necessary that such busses be run along routes that involve so embarrassing a condition for resi- dents? Or, if they are so run, must the upper works be so arranged as to keep the occupants from “peep- ing"? ; That question is before the Public Utilities Commission for consideration. The routing of busses is one of diffi- culty. Many considerations enter into the equation. First of all is the pro- vision of the utmost accommodation for the traveling public. Next is the adoption of the most satisfactory route for both riders and operating company. Not bvery bus line can be traced through broad streets, unless and | {been question will yleld a solution. It may be found that the two-deck busses can be confined to broader thoroughfares. Perhaps this particular line that has given rise to the present complaint can be restricted to one-deck vehicles. Nobody s disposed to demapd travel convenience at the expense of the privacy of the home, and without doubt the Public Utilities Commission will grant the most considerate atten- tion to this complaint, with the view of finding a way out of the difficulty. ————— - March Weather. Memorles of mid-March storms and flarebacks of the past are stimulated by today’s easterly wind and appear- ance of snow. This is a treacherous month. Tt has « sinister record for bad weather. There have heen sev- eral “March blizzurds” in local his tory, and whenever the skies frown and the thermometer falls during this solstice month there s cause for d turbance of mind. More than thirty- five years azo Washington was the scene of a violent visitation in March, which made history. Again in 1909, on the eve of the inauguration of Presi- dent Taft, this city was practically cut off from tion and disas- trously enveloped. Only a few sea sons ago Washingtonluns who had gone South to avold the rigors of the Winter season returned late in March to find the city sleeted and shivering. Still, there Is consolation in the fact that o March chronic. It may do s it is soon over *lose wt hand. ing on the t parks ar communic: cannot become me damage, but storm Buds are already swell- s and shrul The ving their pristine tints me harm may come to m violent drops in tem be But | the foliage fr perature. T robbed of some of their beauty. is no sich anxiety over sturbance one that o cher may over | in Junuary o fene v mild. There has heen actually but one heavy snow, to the in- axpressible delight of the community, that handled effectively by the | municlpal orsanization. There have Leen some cold days, but many mild sunshine and was v of let March have its final It will have it anyway, whoat iy be felt on the subject. e Resturation of Rome’s ancient splen dors represents a magnificent ideal | which Mussolini will have to manage carefully to avoid losing sikht of the importance of preserving the status | quo. | et — — 1iis land interests assume & promi nence which show that Wilhelw Hohenzollern was far too prudent to intrust his fortune to the fluctuations of the German paper mark. ———— sues his education. Young Scopes, if he expects to influence Tennessee education, should in addi- tion to acquiring scientific knowledge study law As he pui B — There is still an aristocratic inclina- tion in German thought which de- mands that the League of Nations be made as exclusive as possible. B A coal strike is settled after much delay. There is still further delay be fore the consuming public gets the benefit of the settlement. B The World War has yet to produce a book that will compete formidably with the fiction writers in the best seller competition R As a teacher in a school of journal- | Wilton | that BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Solemnly, once a year, we chew gum, In a similar way, we smoke a clgurette, now and then, In order to boost the tobacco industry. Our annual stick of gum usually gets into our juws In some such fashion as the following: We have just finished a cup of coffee with a companion in a restaurant, and, in £oIng out, he stops at the counter and invests in a package of chewing gum. “Have som he offers. Not wishing to insult the chap, we accept a thin, flat paraliclogram done up fit pink paper. Gingerly we peel oif the paper, ad? miring, as we progress, the cleanness of the packing, the care taken in placing the gum in our mouth free from the contamination of extraneous hands, Since this thing of chewing our annual stick of gum is a momentous affuir in our pullid lives, we make a ceremony of it. The stick Is poked in endwise, flat side down, or flat side up, as one chooses to chew, and is then admitted freely into the orifice, bit by hit, much as we imagine the uanaconda con- sumes a sheep. We have never witnessed an ana- conda eat a sheep. hut we imagine, if we did, we would see some such sight as we must present to the world when admitting the annual stick of ®um into our presence, * ok ok any one would want to chew gum is beyond us. In this matter, howev as in many others, we must admit ourselves completely out- voted The sufirages of our great have Wh Nation n given to chewing gum for many yvears. It would seem that we are completely out of step—the whole. world chews chewing guni. \Wherever one zoes, he finds sonie one industriously chewing a stick or I tw Sometimes he when he Zoes away—usuall bottom of his pants, or stue side of the sole of his shoc What is more completely humili- i > Miss Jon 4 the fine new rug, of which the family is very proud, and then discover that one has brought in with him, firmly attached to his heel, o wad of gum some unknown parked some- where! One feels Mental curs s beswwed fr then, on all manufacturers of chew- ing gum. These masters of industry, however, little deserve’ the ili thoughts bestowed upon their de. voted heads. Tirelessly they huve worked to give the great American public what they want—and here is evidence of their faith in that public, stuck fast to vur right heel! R titious pullings with ajded fingers at the offending stance result only in a few being removed. Not knowing what to do with them., the slices are carelessly dropped, with every evidence of good breed- ing, into the right-hand coat pocket. match_is then brought into play there is no way out of it now but to be bold. “Ah, ha, I am so stuck up!” one says, carelessly, Mrs. Jones looks as if she might wish one stuck to the highest tree. Seven-eighths of the gum comes off on the match, to be dropped into the pocket with the remainder. The last eighth, however, is nice and of it m the to the finds traces ac o gummed up! un. 1h- | jaws ceaselessly go up and down g | he would like to take the stuff out | hund he flashes 1 “Now vou must stop chewing.'” | finall chunks | moist, the outer coating having held in the molsture. Truly, it sticketh closer than a brother! * ok k x . Our other. big kick against chewing gum might be best phrased as a sen- tence. What do you do with the darn stuff when you are tired of chewinggit? It must be confessed, even'by a non.chewer, that the first few mo- ments are enjoyable. The flavor, whether It lasts or not, is decldedly flavorous at first. The jaws are in motion. DId you ever stop to think what that means? Let the jaws be wag- zing, whether talking or eating, a man is happy. We seem to he made to work our jaws at all seasons. Most of us are never happler than when we are talking about ourselves, unless it be when we are eating. Chewing on a stick of gum gives one an impression of eating. There is an old French proverh, “To sleep ® to eat.” It might be phrased, “To chew fs to eat” with more truth. For awhile, therefore, chewing cum goes along on all four wheels. After awhile, however, the chewer hegins tor ize that he can't let g Perhaps the professional cliower hag mastered this end of the problem, but we amateur chewers of gum find it the most perplexing thing in the world. How do you let go of your guin? Paster and faster fly the jaws, The gum ought to come out, but the longer it is chewed the firmer it scems determined to stay right where t in, Ispecially If the chewer is working on a mertal problem, he finds it al- most hopeless—his gum rolls around id around in his mouth, and his id of his mouth, but there is inne urge to keep on chewing, and e time he raises his hand to his mouth to remove the gumn he has a mental pleture of the sticky stuff on his fingers, and evéry tne he lowers his n order to his brain, It he put the gum in his mouth 9 am. he tinds himself bravely chew- ing away at 10 o'cl v half | 10 o'clock he feels a great neces: for stopping—but he cannot stop. 11 o'clock he fecls alinost detern: to call out the police. Wild fancies whirl brain of sending in department panv, with la main force wi and take aw of chicle. “Be a through his call for the fire Certainly a truck com- and axes, conld by ze open his chewers v this persistent chunk man!” the gum tells himself, “Yon F ber Presidents. and Secretaries of Commerce 1 have not been afraid of police officers who came to vour door to Inquire if you kept a dog “Buck up, old man, and mad whirl, One opening chewer ve stood e ked with stop this of the | mouth, one insertion of u determined hand, and it will fiving, old man the stuff out now you will—you may this thme next vear vourself in hand, As nervous a fly on a sticky paper, you feel the great moment I8 at hand when you are to officiate at the removal of the annual stick of gum. Looking around with a guilty feeling, hoping that none of your friends will see, you suddenly open your mouth and poke in your tfingers. Out it comes—and now what earth are you going to do with jt? 1l be over. Time is i 1t you don't get Lord knows when be chewing away if you don't take slab of as on BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS, In anclent days when men used horses instead of gas to propel them over speedways they had an adage, vever look a gift horse in the mouth."” Today the Federal Government is actually investigating the ‘‘teeth” of a $230,000,000 gift offered by the State {sm Trotsky may hope to exercise con- siderable influence as a Soviet press agent. b ——————— March came in like a lion. It may g0 out like a lamb., But there is April fool day to be considered. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON It Do Move! *T'he sun do mov: That made us smile. Yet wise men prove In some short while, When it is due, The sun will stray All swiftly through The milky way. So let us not Be all too sure As we allot An insecure And humble groove To Thought's dull pace. The sun do move— Out there is space. Influentiality. “What was the object of your re- cent speech?” “It was intended,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum, “as a demonstration to my constituents of my gbility to com- mand time to have my say, regardless of whether I have anything to say or not.” arch Memories. The Kourth of March has passed away ‘With frigid ostentation. We're glad that it was not the day For an Inauguration. Jud Tunkins says, with so much talk about a safe and sane Fourth of July and ‘a quiet Inauguration, it's about time the fireworks trust was protecting its interest. “ Mutual Obligation. “We must work for posterity." “Of course. But posterity ought to show us that its aspirations are not limited to facilities for wearing funny clothes and dancing the Charleston.” Interference. The radlo’s erratic, And yet it's not all wrong, For life is full of “static’ That serves to spoil the song. News. “Do you object to the publication of your income tax?" “Not much. I'm rather pleased if a little thing like that can divert popu- lar interest from murders, suicides and divorces.” “Speak yoh mind,” said Uncle Eben; “but hesitate about choosin’ & trafie Brench and Benning Bridge having there is to be congestion of traffic cop for an audiencet __L_ of New York. The offer is of the Barge Canal, to be converted at Gov- ernment_cost into a ship canal, con- necting Lake Ontarlo with the Atlan- tic Ocean. Shall it be accepted is the question which confronts a commi: sion appointed by authority of the last Congress. Already the board of engi- neers of the War Department has for- mulated its report, but although the report fs vet “secret,” it is a very ‘open’’ secret that its decision is “No. It will be published in a few days— after the present hearings are com- pleted. It is obvious that a refusal of a gift of hundreds of millions of dollars must be based upon weighty reasons, even though it is the Government which declines. % % k¥ The question lies between the building of a ship canal in co-op- eration with Canada, partly through Canadian territory, but with an frrev- ocable treaty giving the United States equal rights in navigation, or constructing an “all-American” Canal out of the existing Barge Canal, from Oswego on Lake Ontario to the Hud- son River, above Alban; thence down the river to New York City, This waterway would be 200 feet wide and 27 feet deep. The Barge Canal has been offered to the Government by Gov. Smith of New York. Although the offer has not yet been officially sanctioned by the New York Legislature, there is said to be no dSubt that it will so sanction, for the Barge Canal has been a failure in traffic, and is a con- tinuing loss to the taxpayers of the State. Col. Frederick S. Green, superin- tendent of public works of New York, in testifying before the War De- partment River aund Harbor Board last Tuesday, said: heoreticall the Barge Canal should have carried 20,000,000 tons nually, whereas it only actually carried 2,343,013 tons last year.” The Barge Canal is onl; deep, therefore it cannot car vessels. It has more than 132 bridges with a clearance above the water of only 15 feet, hence it requires a very low boat to pass under the bridges. To deepen the draft to 27 or 30 feet would not admit ocean traffic with- out raising all the bridges to a height of 132 feet above the water, or converting them into swing bridges, requiring that they be swung open when a vessel passed through, As they average a bridge every 4 miles or less, it would require ‘con- tinual opening of bridges with con- sequent delay to both maritime and road traffic. ER The advocates of the “All-America Canal,” including the Secretaries of the War and Navy Departments, say that it is important becauge of national defense consideration. They point to the possibility that in case the United States were at war_ with a nation with which Great Britain was at peace, Canada would not be able to permit our war vessels to pass through her territory. without violat- ing neutrality laws. In answer to that objection, the ad- herents of the joint canal project— the Welland Canal, above Niagara Falls, connecting Lakes Erie and O tario, and the canals around the rapids of the St. Lawrence River—point to our perpetual treaty, givifig us vested rights forever in navigation ef the St. Lawrence River, even that until March had s| running wholly in Canadian wrrlmryi »‘(’:5. ¢ . and they ask why such a treaty can- not be made to cover the entire canal system. They point to the pride of both nations in our 3-000-mile bound. ary without a fort and without a sen- tinel, for mére than a century of peace. If what they term “American jingo- ism" insists on raising the issue of “All-American” Canal, then Canadians will insist upon their own project of an “All-Canadian” route, including a canal to connect Montreal with Georg- lan Bay in upper Lake Huron, giving direct connection with Lakes Superior and Michigan. Furthermore, the advocates of the American-Canadian route point to the fact that the Oswego-Hudson River Canal does not reach the Great Lakes at all, except Lake Ontario, and would necessitate another canal around Ni- agara Falls to reach into Lake Erie— at a cost of $150,000,000, in addition to the $505,000,000 required to deepen the Oswego-Hudson Canal. The De- troit River channel runs entirely on Canadian territory, for when the river was dredged it was found more prac- ticable to dredge the channel east of the international boundary. That river would have to be canalized to complete an “all-American’ route. * K % % The Oswego-Hudson Canal, 200 feet wide, would require slow speed, and when vessels with a beam of 56 to 60 feet passed they must slow down to avold the wash, with danger of col- lision or stranding. On the St. Lawrence River all vessels would travel at full ocean speed, except in the 25 miles of the Welland Canal and the canals between Montreal and Ogdensburg. At present there are 25 locks in the Welland Canal. but when completed there will be only 7 locks to cover the descent of 325 fect be- tween Lakes Erie and Ontario. Dams will so raise the levels of the St. Lawrence River as to drown out Lachine Raplds, thereby eliminating Lachine and Galops rapids and re- ducing the 70 miles of canalization to only 33 miles. The advocates of the Canadian- Amerjcan route point to the fact that their route will develop more than 1,000,000 horsepower, to be used to create electricity, while the New York canal produces none. The entire cost of construction of the Canadian proj- ect is onlxk $270,000,000, which is con- trasted with $655,000,000 for the New York scheme, even after New York State unloads its $230,000,000 Barge Canal, free, upon the Federal Govern- ment. ER R As all parties agree upon the para- mount necessity of opening the Great Lakes to ocean traffic, whatever the choice of route, there is little to be said upon that phase of the subject that is not trite. It is conceded that it is feasible with a 27 or 30 foot chan- nel throughout, to bring 95 per cent of ocean vesscls to Duluth and Chi- cago for exports and imports. Ocean freight rates are but one-tenth of rail rates. More than a century ugo, the proj- ect was studied—Ilong before there were the cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and great teeming States west—when all the Mississippi Valley west of the river was_chart as “The Great American Desert.” (Copyright, 1926, by Paul V. Collins.) Cruelty. From the Goshen Daily News-Times. As an act of mercy, Wall Street lamb shear- should have deferred its 4 15 Dl THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926 THE NORTH WINDOW By Leila Mechlin. “There is no such thing as bad art,” sald an artist somewhat impatientl adding, “If it is bad, it is not art.” But if we can have good, better and best art, why can we not have de- scending comparisons? Certainly some \s0-called art, and fine art at that, is pretty bad. And by bad is meant low, vulgar subjectively, and incompetent technically. In some instances the better the art the worse the result, though genius has the power to Ilft that which is most low from the gut- ter. Happily, very little of this kind of bad art survives. Tt has its little day and passes, perishes, is forgotten. The masses react amicably to the comi but coarseness of a fashionable sort appeals only to the few. Great art, really fine art, needs no interpreter, and it endures. Witness#the great number of paintings which make up the public collections of Furope. These represent a consensus of opin- fon, not in our own day, but the days of those who have gone before, re- seated succeeding generations, and the appeal which they make tothe public at large Is the appeal of beauty. If they tell stories, they tell them well if they set forth imaginary composi tions, they make them appear r The late Sir Alfred East, the distin- guished British landscape palnter, once declared that the purpose of art was to complete Nature's intention, and, as we all know, this is perfection. Why is it, some one asked not long ago, that artists do not advertise? The answer {s, or once was, members of professions never advertise, it is con- sidered unethical. Doctors, sculptors, formerly advertised because o do so would put their ssion on @ commercial busix. Now no one would consult a phy 1 on a_matter of life and death avowedly, the making of mon: the professions the laborer is consid ered worthy of his hire, but the good of the pr ion. the upholding of igh stand In all the the oth ness « nd the lawyer painter sells b accepts pay for and bron: art as well mount of busi arvied on. The doctor take their fees, the pictures, the sculptor his work in marble are no “hargain trafficking. ansactions. To of the profes tirst, preserve sion t in such t the fntegr! « short thme a great pro ation, the Na. Sculpture Society, se recommendations to patriotie with re uring th societ reply from ing a publication of a pa- cter the statement that if ;ulptors wanted to be nized wembers that ass it ell for them to advertise i which was added sting information that cf ters of the organization or individual making inquiry concerning war me- morials were “always advised to pa- tronize thuse who advertised” in this official organ.” No wonder 2 pest of pitiful bronze soldiers, which will one day witness to the ignorance of those who have set them up, are being erect- ed here und there throughout the country! Artists do not advertise, and when they do, even covertly, it is safe to conclude that thelr art is on a level with their ethic ard dir triotic cha And there are signs of a lowering of standards even in this direction. Until quite lately the American In stitute of Architects not only disci plined any member who transgressed in this particular, but promptly drop- ped him from its rolls. Now adver- tising is permitted members of the institute under certain conditions For instance, in a school journal lately appeared a page of “cards” of architects who specialized in school- house building. To he sure, no one boasted of special achievement, none blatantly bid for work, but it seems an entering wedge and a deploruble one unless the whole of advertising is put on a different basis, the basis of public utility rather than competi- tion. Probably this will come in time, but it will not be before the milen- nium. * * % There is a legitimate conmection between art and commerce, art and indust This is made through the medium of design, through a recogni- tion of beauty as an asset in manu- facture, even of articles of utility. The London Studio has recently printed a series of winning essays in an international prize competition on art and commerce. The winner of the first prize calls attention to the improvement in recent vears of the leather industry and in particular the design of footwear. Undoubtedly she is right. Never have women's shoes been as varied in design or as artistic in shape as they are today. The sec- ond prize winner in this competition emphasizes the importance of artlstic Fenvironment and tells how, in a Scot- tish city, y happy chance or actual inspiration,” the proprietor of a large restaurant put the entire interfor ar- rangement In the hands of a leading artist, with the result that his busi- ness increased rmously. “The pub- lic are already,” claims this writer, “beginning to demand something artistic in their shops and in their goods. The establishment that em- ploys the best artistic advice will be most likely to succeed commercially,” These are interesting suggestions. * ok K ok As proof of the soundness as well as the prevalence of the theories set forth, it may be noted in the most recent annual report of the General Education Board that during the past year large sums of money have been appropriated for the purpose of ad: vancing art as applied to industry. One hundred thousand dollars was ap- propriated toward a total of some thing over $500,000 to the Art Insti- tute of Chicago because of the work it is doing to relate art to industry. appropriations were made toward surveys of industrial art con- ditions in Europe and America, to de- fray the expenses of the special com- mittee appointed by the Department of Commerce to visit the Exposition of Decorative and Industrial Arts in France last Summer and to bring to this country a representative collec- tion of work shown therein. - %ok K It is amazing how much education of this sort can be had gratuitously from the manufacturers and retailers, Take such & magazine as Country Life in America or the House Beau- tiful or, let us say, the American Ar- chitect. Run through the advertis- ing pages and note how many manu- facturers are offering illustrated booklets telling how to design, to dec- orate, to furnish an attractive, artis- tic home. The writer has sent ex. perimentally for a number of these publications and finds them extremely well written, undoubtedly the work of experts, instruetive, commendable. That which ¢éan be had for nothing is almost invariably largely requested, consequently it may. safely be sur- mised that a vast number of people throughout the United States are un- consciously recelving at the hands of the manufacturers in ‘the intersst of “good business” a large amount of sound education in decorative ar. Here is an alllance between art an commerce, art and industry, which has not yet been appraised, but which | significant than 1s much more may suppess, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Why shouldn’t grass be watered when the sun is shining on it?—D. H. A. It causes the grass to hecome hurnt and if this practice is continued the grass will die out Q. What s the history Fom's Cabin"?—R. R. A. Tt is a novel by Mrs. arriet Beecher Stowe, published in hook form in 1852, It came out as lit (“feuilleton”) in the National E Washington paper. The death Uncle Tom was the first portion wri ten and published. It appeared in the Summer of 1851 and excited so much attention that M Stowe added a beginning and a middle to what s now the end of the story by compos- ing and printing from week to week the stor now have it. Before the end of 1552 it had been translated into Malfan, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Flemish, German, Polish and Magyar. There are : ch trans- 4 It of “Uncle Q. What is a whitesmith?—F. K A. Il 15 a worker in white metal or tin, s distinguished from u black- smith, who works in iron. Q. 1s there any the life of a ¢ A, enough sweet milk to cover it the cracks will glue together and lecoms invisible and the dish will stand al most as much ordinary usage as be fore. Q. How much leave do sa United States N A. They are Q. s wheat considered indispensable In our diet?—0. R. M A. It is the scient committee of distit mixad diet wheat ma placed srithout able cereals—namely . and corn. However, | hould not be recommended except us an emerzency measure. Q. When did men their hair short?—AL A. About 400 B.C, ¥ 1o pr s long ked dish?—\W. W s iu the vy get’—M. M. lowed 30 days a year. If botled for about 45 minutes in | | postage. gan to cut their with few intervals, air short men ha Unel in little attention to elaborate styles hairdressing since that time. Q. In planning a waterworks sys tem, what is the basis for figuring how much water is required for u city in propertion to the population? —T. W. D. A, Engineers do not agree upon this point, the gstimates vary! from 100 to 150 gallons per day cach tresident of the district to be supplied, at the expiration of 0 years from the inauguration of the upply. The prospective population | is estimated from the records of the past growth of the district and the growth of districts of similar chay acter. is the name between Philadelph e City?—C. 8. M It is the White Hor<e I'ike f the hig: and A Wi Q. How deep is the water where atleship Maine was finally sun K. C. B. A. On March 16, 1912, the vess was towed out to sew and sunk in 60 fathonu of wate n an Orfental rug be wasie! jap and water’—R. M. A. If the rug is ubbed with brush or washed with a cloth a litt ammonia may be added to the wate and a littl her. If a rug is a gem Oriental the color will not fad. washed with soap and wate Q. with in when ! while imitations will rabbit s 1tk Uncle Remn What kind Rabhit of —H. . It is the gray or called the cotton 1h o0d rabl The resources of our froe Infor tion Burcaw are al pour serviec. Ve are invited 1o call upon it as as you please. 1t ix being maintain by The Evening Star wou. What question solely to serve can ansuer no charge at o 2 cents in stawps for retu tddress your letter to Ti Star Tuforma Ruren Hask Twent strects Wasi et /| vening cderie J first and € lington, D, ¢ > Sam Says It Can’t Be Done. BY WALTER H. ATKINS ARTIC] b ¥ search by the Interr reveals man 1o evade the fraud, indeed, kinks and quirks nature retain posses 1, instead of paying it to the svernment, shows up these human weak points, sometines in & most ri diculous light. here is the case of merchant with ¢ living far bevond his was always running up a deficit be- cause of the wife's fancy for gems and fashil ble zarments. he thought to himself, he would d vert some of the income tax money had been paving the ( . fo i Rever odd met tax. The se shows ujp of ak vin in one’s own ave desire 1 incon he did he do? Simple matter for self-styled sharp one: He charged up on his ledgers auto accessories—an allowable busi- ness deduction. Had he been truth- ful with Uncle Sam, his books would net income. Went for Finery. and other finery for the style wife. He was promptly underground tips, that ma their origin either in profes A social jealous nyway, the GO ernment stepped in and investigated. Strangely en h, the though realizing the Government had caught him in the act, retained law- vers and made frantic appeals to in- fluential friends, whose intercession for him went for naught. in_the light of the undeniable liability of the tax- payer. Before he gets out. it will co him the price of a lot more auto a: i and in real money. A hard nut for the Government auditors to erack is the question of allowable deductions for taxpayers owning and operating automobiles in connection with their business. More than half of the taxpayers of the country include automobile ex- pense in their returns as a deduc- tion from mnet income. Many automobile owners attempt to cut down their income tax slightly by claiming business use of their pleasure passenger cars. Such claims are diffi- cult to refute, but the trained eyes of the revenue auditors can detect them usually, for the nature of a man's business determines the question nine times out of ten. For example, a phy- sician can legitimately make a maxi- mum claim for cost of upkeep and de- preciation for his car. Some others can do the same thing. But the average business man who merely drives to the door of his business and makes little other purely commercial use of his automobile cannot legally claim de- ductions that are permissible for other: Business men often charge off too much for traveling and hotel e: penses, to reduce their net income to- tal. One Washington business man of prominence itemized more than $1,500 for each month in the yvear, or about $50 a day,on the score of railroad and hotel expense. Revenue accountants, of course, questioned the legitimac of the taxpayer's claims, and it was not allowed, because it was admittedly larger than the average expense for that purpose. On this score, some tax- payers are caught attaching fake re ceipts, but there is a way by which they are detected and called to ac- count. Invariably they are glad to pay up and escape further trouble or notoriety. One Man Reverses Game. Perhaps one of the oddest cases in the revenue records is that of a young man, new in business, but well fixed financially, in falsifying his income tax return, to show a higher net in- come than he really had, as a means of obtaining larger credit at national banks. He paid double the income tax he owed the Government, and display- ed his canceled checks, showing large tax payments. These would appear on thelr face to indicate a very pros- perous financial status, and a stronz talking point in dealing with banks for large loans. The man, of course, was following the path of deception, which has only one ending. His credi- tors discovered his tactics, and put a stop to that phase of his operations. Taxpayers are frequently nabbed in attempts to cut down their income to- tal, through claims for bad debts. Many instances are uncovered that follow a scheme by the taxpayer to arrange a series of fake promissory notes or fake bills for services with certain individuals in hig confidence, who wink at the scheme,’and then to- tal them up as an allowable deduction from his tncome. Invariably such nl-: tempts fail. Auditors are quick to see their lack of genuineness, because of their very character. The nature of business in this and ides a fine guide to s honesty. Such cases the Maryland 1 extravagant family He fine So, ernment into funds for purchase of luxuries. What this merely $1,600 for have shown that sum included in his As it was, the money actually had been spent for silk dresses, diamonds oving caught, as a result of one of those mysterious have ional or taxpayer, Po: ature o nt and delibe Many Dep Deductio tion are afre reven: some ca are excessive taxpayers with largs ings, Investix * imes ca a cor = DTS source | Treasu levies fou ers’ retur: veyed. The right of r make all rex preciation of ments is not o very thorc and if their « &0 behind the out the o They are suc of cases. S been unecovered. had heen succe: Government over i vears by systemiti huowi by defraudin represen: preciation, or damage fe s Individuals and business well find many methods to expense side of their ledgers, to duce fncon computation pur varied ir hook v roll ace fraudulent. ¢ thirty emplove ten in his emp med he h he had onl eipts 1 o produced but exdmination revealed them to i fraudulent. Business men now seldon resort to this t for they have been shown it isn't workable. Me: chants sometimes charge off a var list of items for overhead expen that on general principies are alle able, but which may be greatly ¢ gerated and enlarged. To be gauge such matters. the service's personnel includes experts capable of knowing the fine points in the different trades and profes They are trained to see at the genuineness taxpay claim. Instinctively they can scer fraud if it exists. Hard bu sense and insight from exy into” the many red these experts a handicap over the tax payer in the average effort to defraud the Government Secret Accounts Common. Secret bank accounts to hide incoie » a favorite method employed by individuals and merchants aswellas corporate enterprises. Usually the secretion of funds in large sums is done under umed names, and the purpose may or may not he known to the bank officials. Since it is leg for a depositor to put money Into s ank under any name he may select the bank officers cannot be questione There are ways open to the Interr Revenue Bureau, however, for detes ing such instances, and it is espectall easy if the taxpayer is hiding money in large totals. An effort to hide $500,000, out of business income, by se of fietitious names in banks, is Imost surely to be detected. How the revenue service finds out about these ecret bank accounts is not divulge but their sources of information along this line are numerous, and they are usually dependable, The odd tricks used to dodge income taxes, in the majority of cases, involve relatively small sums. Frequently taxpayers employing them become conscience-stricken and send back to the Treasury “conscience fund” vary ing amounts that may have been thus withheld from the Government. In the Treasury Department a few weeks ago, a clerk opened a letter and found four $100 bills. The four bills were inclosed in a brief message, but the name of the sender was missing. The postmark on the envelope, however showed the city of origin. The bills were brand-new, were numbered con secutively and apparently had just come fresh from the bank. Intelli gence Unit agents went to the bank within 48 hours from the hour the money reached the Treasury, and learned the identity of the sender The sender of the money was respectable business h in the cos munity. He had defrauded the Gov ernment out of income tax. Additiona! check-up was made on his tax return and he was requested to pay an addi- tional $400 tax i The “conscience fund” was further fattened by $2,500 sent by another in come tax evader, who repented. The money was sent to the Treasury by express from a city some distance from the town where he resided. But the . intelligence agents found him without trouble. Thousands of dol lars thus have come into the Treasury from taxpayers who try in that mau- ner to atone for past mistakes. “(Copyright. 1026.)