Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 54

THE EVENING S'TAR With Sundsy Morning Edition. _ WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY........March 14, 1826 TIISODORE W. NOYES....Editor TbeEvening Star Newspaper Company 21 st T Fennisivania, Av th &t and Pennsslvania Ave. SMaw York Of e: 110 East 42nd St Dhicago Ofice: Tower Building. European ‘Office: 14 Regent St.. London, Ensland The Fvening Etar, with the Sunday morn- tng :dium-.hfi delivered carriers within the Gty at 60 cents per month: dafly only. 45 cents por month: sunday onls. 50 tents ol 'ain 5060, Collection is made by carriér at the end of each month. Rate I‘;: M:Ihdl’ly:b{t" |l|| A‘;hnnce. Maryland snd Virginia. and $ vr. S000: {mo.. 78 00 1 mo. 28¢ d_Canada. $1200: 1 mo. $1,00 mo. Toc o A"l Other States Daily and Sunday.ly el o o e auika crated o exclusive 1o the s Tor remumiication of & news dis s credited £0 1t or not ntherwise ee 24 ' this paber and atso the locl news bl " All rients of publication D ivenysh Pranatihen heim Are ali0 Teserved. Youthful Cruelties. While there are some differences between the versions of the dissection of a cat by universi'y students in this city recently, it is pretty clearly established that the young men en- gaged in experimental zoology, with no consideration whatever for animal lfe. One account has it that they dissected the animal after it had been anesthetized. It is also stated that their “researches”’ were not in line with their class work, but were un- dertaken independently. The unt- versity announces that they have heen dropped from the student rolls, not on account of this incident, but bocause of lack of scholarship stand- ing. However it may be viewed, it 1s a most unpleasant episode. Whether one loves animals or not, there is something abhorrent about the needless torture of helpless crea- tures. The dissection of a cat could not in any circumstances be to the scholarship advantage or the broaden- ing of the information of these young men. Their act intensifies the preju- dice that is felt against the use of emall creaturcs for scientitic pure poses. Much advance has been made in medical sclence through the employ- ment of emall animals as subject. But all such researches should be strictly safeguarded against needless eruelty, and should be conducted by men of skill and judgment, who re- duce the suffering of the animals to the minimum. Opponents of vivi- section ure uncompromising, however, in their conterntion that no animal should in any tances ever be nsed, t might be the sain In bacteriological knowledge. Small boys of a certaln tempera- ment delight in tormenting and in wctually torturing animals. They should be, and they often are, soundly spanked for their practices and taught to respect animal rights. They are usuclly ashamed in later Ufe of these juvenile indulgences in cruelty. two yeurs ago this country d by u case of youthful Lich went to the poiat of Calcugo luds chose a us ubject of their ex- pe uts and killed him. They are uow serving life sentences in prison. Between the killing of a cat and the killing of a boy there is, of course. 4 wide difference, but the same spifit vrevails. There is cruelty at the ack of ull these needless researches ind experiments, and it should be punigshed by public opinfon if the law cannot reach the perpetrators. howe Fires and Music. ort thas ago u man came to 4 public entertainer and his perform- xhibitions be- of ex- vibrations ¢ showed that y producing a certain pitch a jet ©? fire could be snuffed out. It was <uggested ut the time that perhaps the fire department of the future wwould be equipped with violins, bass tlols, cellos, perhaps saxophones and trombones. The prospect was opened of organizing the “smoke eaters” as Juzz orchestras. Now comes another story, from Palm Beach, Fla., that land of mar. vels. It is related that the municipal bind of West Palm Beach is under! suspicion of arson. Almost every 1tme recently that the band has per- tormed something has caught fire. On wne occasion while the band was vleying “There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” one of the Uig hotels burned to the ground. Recently, during the rendition of “Keep the Home Fires Burning” a lirge warchouse was consumed by ames. The next day a private hos- pital way destroyed to the strains of "Red Hot Mamma” from the band. Perhaps the West Palm Beach band did not strike the right pitch tor putting out fires. It may be that i© has unconsclously hit on the fire thords instead of the extinguishing tiraing. At sny rate, the gentleman who is showing how to extinguish tires with a violin note ought to muke an immedlate trip to Florida to find out how the West Palm Beach btund performs, for that musical or- #anization is certainly queering his Eame. b0t By reporting the use of cocktails at ® panquet Smedley Butler interrupted wist looked llke a very promising carecr as a soclal lon. —_————— A Giant Sky Searcher. I all goes well with the telescope Eesigned by the American astronomer, George Willis Ritchey, the reflected image of the moon will be magnified #0 many times that scen through the eveplece of the telescope it will have thic appearance of being only ten miles grom the earth. With the new tele- rcope the astronomer hopes to ob- ecrve stars 15,000 times more distant m the eurth than any now visible largest telescopes, and he the visible universe will be increased 1,600,000 times in yoluore. These are figures that stun the imagination of ordinary persoms, but stimulate the imagination of bold thinkers. The new telescope, if suc- cessful, will bring other worlds visibly closer than was believed possible a few years ago. The reflector designed for the new telescope is nineteen feet eight inches In dlameter. The largest reflector now used in astronomical observation is 100 inches in diameter and was de- signed by Mr. Ritchey and built under his supervision. When that reflector was cast, or “baked,” ground, polished and inetal'ed in the tube of a tele- scope it was thought the limit of size had been reached because of expansion and contraction in the mirror. In the reflector now in process of fabrication the design {8 to permit circulation of air to the mirror so that expansion and contraction will be uniform at all points of the glass. It is believed that if the experiment Is successful there need be no limit to the size of telescopes except the me- chanical dificulty in handling them. The telescope at Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, with its 100- inch reflector, and the reflecting tele- scope at the Yerkes Observatory, Uni versity of Chicago, will be very much excelled. With continued enlarge- ment of the mirrors for gathering and concentrating light, and the steady in- crease in the magnification of the re- flected image, new worlds may be conquered or certainly more closely observed. The central body of our local universe, its planets and their satellites will seemn near neighbors. Science presses its quest of knowledge, and century by century, even year by year, brings the works of the Great Architect under closer examination. A Good Laogh From Philadelphia. A Philadelphia fox terrier has been held for trial in court, formally charged with chasing and shaking to death a kitten, youthful representative of his hereditary enemy, the cat tribe. The magistrate says that if he be con- victed the law will exact its “severest penalty.”” That must mean death. The case was prosscuted at the in- stance of the Soclety for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals. Every- thing is very formal; the body of the kitten s even to be disinterred in or- der to aid the findings. Murder by & dumb brute i3 no more really murder than is the action of the hen that jumps onto the kitchen table bad table manners, and to dig- nify the natural actions of the animal kingdom by holding trials over them appears about as ridiculous as any- thing could well be. Why not be consistent and summon Mr. Thomas Cat, heavily manacled, to be tried for his unprovoked assault on TUnecle Rat? Why not bring the lynx into court for the murder of the mar- ten, or arrest the otter for assauit with intent to kill on the salmon? How about the bull elk which attacks and kills its keeper? There 18 a real mur- der for you. Why draw the line-there? Why not hale into court in a glass- lined Black Maria the rockfish that chases and devours the herring? Mankind is mankind and animals are animals, and try as one will, to bridge the gap between them by means of trials and other false com- mon grounds is uselees. Most of us love dogs and many of us like cats. We hato to see one animal kiil an- other, no matter if we hate the victim. But to put on trial for its life the member of one genus or epecles be- cause of an attack on an individual of another genus oOr species €0 far out- does the comic aspects of an evolution trial that there is no comparison. Let the owner of such a dog apolo- gize heartily to the owner of the cat, pay damages and teuch hia dog better manners. If he cannot do this, let him dispose of the dog. And if the cat owner, is not satisfied with that, then lot him consider well the blood- thirsty tendencles of hls own pet and 50 on down the line through the in- sect world and even unto the little sportive germs which kill the original owners and thus complete the whole side-splitting circle. Cruelty to anl. mals by man Is 2 good place for any society to stop. ——— e His Interest in the flddle should in- duce Henry Ford to contemplate some eystem of standardized produc- tion that will assure the world an un- !imited supply of instruments as good, for all ffructical purposes, as the Cremona. Henry Ford compliments the Stand- ard Of! on its efficiency as & business organization. The Standard Oil can easily return the compliment, thus es- tablishing proper courteous relations between the motor and the gasoline tank. Blue laws for Washington would add new and impractical responsibilities to the police, who are already overworked in the supervision of red and green signals. An ancient Egyptian king calls at. tention to the amount of personal wealth he was able to hold out for himself without the ald of a cash register, More Speed by Air and Rail. From Berlin and from Boston come dispatches which have an jmportant bearing upon the future of trans. portation. Berlin reports the forma- tion of a sclentific research society for aviation in the higher altitudes— its German name is ‘‘Gesellsthaft Fuer Hohenflugforschung” —~ which hopes to find means of high-altitude alr services. A ten-hour air trip between Hamburg and New York s specifically cited as an objective, as it is believed that planes flying sev- eral miles above the earth’s surface can maintain speeds of 270 miles or more an hour. Boston reports that officlals of the Boston and Maine Railroad are at work on a revision of paesenger train schedules in order to attain higher speeds and quicker service. Serious losses in passenger travel having ‘been suffered in recent years in con- sequence, it is belleved, of motor com- petition, experimental schedules on faster headway were adopted, and ufter several months the passonger trafiic has increased. There is still a 10ss, the drop in 1924 in passenger THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MARCH 14, EVERYDAY RELIGION BYTHE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D, Bishop of Washington. revenues amounting to $1,720,000 and in 1926 it was $1,650,000. 1f high flying is going to cut down the time of rapid transit, as Berlin hopes, the railroads must increase their speeds. A ten-hour service be- tween Hamburg and New York would, of course, chiefly affect the steamship lines. But, by the same token, such a service might be main- tained overland with similar reduc- tion of time, against which the rall- roads could not possibly compete. No. raflroad train can conceivably be speeded to 370 miles an hour. The rolling stock and the tracks would never stand such'a strain. Nor, in- deed, can motors be sent at similar speed. Surface traffic will never at- tain the rates of aircraft. It is significant to note that one of the old established rallroad systems of this country is finding it neces- sary to adopt faster schedules in order, to hold patronage. Should the alr- craft of the near future be capable of rendering short-range service at reasonable rates, the rallroad lines of this country will find themselves In a most threatening competition. —— A Horse Laugh. A special committee of the city council of Chicago recommends the Immediate passage of an ordinance requiring all equestrians to carry “tail lights.” Calling attentfon to the numerous accidents that have oc- curred between horseback riders and automobiles, the comnitteo is strong- ly urging this measure, which pro- vides that all animals out after dark must display a red light visible from the rear for o reasonable distance. Just how Dobbin is to bo fixed up with lights is not divulged. It may be that some sort of & harness will be devised which will carry a battery and lamp or perhaps the red light could be attached to the tall of the horse. If this was done there might be some confusion on the part of those *a reasonable distance in the rear,” because if flles or other in- sects insisted on annoying the poor animal and he switched his rear ap- pendage it would appear very much as if he were flagging all traffic be- hind or was about to make a left- hand turn. And then again there might Le a shortcircuit of the wires. Pity the equestrian who bounces over the ter- rain on a short-circuited horse. It would be quite exciting to say the least, and would be likely to cause twisting and bucking urmrivaled even in the far-Western rodeos. Of course this proposed ordinance may be the forerunner of lights for pedestrians, and there is probably not a motorist In this broad land who will not whole-heartedly support such a regulation. “Dear, have you got on your tall light?"* may be a commonplace remark of the future as friend Hubby de- parta for an evening at the club. —_———— Prohibition enforcement is admit- tedly difficult, owing to the fact that old J. Barleycorn was never disposed to regard any kind of law with respect when it obstructed his immediate in- 2lination. —————m——— An investigation of the Tart¥ Com- mission should enable the 8enate to show the maximum of sensational in- terest that can be derived from volu- minous collections of statistics. ———————— Having fumbled & number of world enterprises, Germany evidently feels that she has learned enough from severe experience to enable her to take entire charge of a Leaguo of Natlons. —————— . The political economist who can en- force taxation in a way that will ren- der bootiegging unprofitable will con- tribute valuable encouragement to re- forn. e It sometimes needs a lttle flurry in the stock market to remind the coun- try of the stable foundation on which its business security rests. —————te— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Renewal. When the fire is flickering low Memories come and memories go. Here's u friendship gleaming bright; There’s a gay acquaintance light. Fading as it leaves the fire Comes « spark, a fond desire. All the dreaming seems in vain. Only ashes now remain. Only ashes now remain As we weary and complain— Yet there 15 a lingering glow That new warmth may eoon bestow. Sorry seems our present lot But our cares are soon forgot— Luck, that hired man so good, Bringe another load of wood! Tsolullon. “Aren't you afraid that the U. 8. A. will become isolated?” “No,” answered Senator Sofghum. “The U. 8. A. is exceedlrigly prosper- ous. It is my observation that where there is money the danger of isolation is not serious.” Confused Impressions. A word arrives in strange renown Through some erratic chance. Is “Charleston” a time-honored town Or only just & dance? Jud Tunkins says a jazz band is a valuable influence. It makes you ap- preclate music when you get a chance to hear it. 4 Self-Consclous. “Mesa. Bill says he's going to quit Crimson Gulch forever.” ““He'll do nothing of the kind,” said Cactus Joe. “He always says that at this time o' year. He imagines the grand jury meets for the sole purpose of pickin’ on him.” Bootlegs. A bootleg problem far from neat The sldewalk gazer views, When girls go ambling down the street In Arctic overshoes. “As fur as I git it,” sald Uncle ISben, “George Washingtlon was strong foh tellin’ de truth, but ulso fn faver ot folks mindin’ deir own blf-." ‘Where Is the Man? St. Matthew, xxil.5: “They made light of it and went their ways.” A Sudge of the courts, speaking re- centfy of the increase of crime among the youth of our land, gave as one of u-: reasons for this increase the in- difference of parents and their utter disregard for the moral und religious teaining of their children. He main- tained that where in his youth fathers and mothers at least saw that their children accompanied them to the family pew, nowadays the idea of per- senal liberty in such matters has be- come so prevalent that these old and ‘wholesome habits have been aban- doned. The judge addresses his atten- tion more particularly to fathers in their relation to their sons. Speaking more specifically of the fathers being pals to their sons and thereby exer- cising a determining influence upon thelr characters, the judge urges that example In the matter of church at- tendance, as in every other thing, is imperatively needed. The father can- not demand of the boy that which he refuses to practice himself. Youth is quick to recognize that which is super- ficial and unreal. The substance of the judge’s contention {s that the solution of the youth problem is to bo found in the reform of parents. ‘The accuracy of. this conclusion is amply demonstrated by observation and experience. Some one once wrote that “No man is ever greater than his mother.” It is a tragic circum. stance that he could not have said, “No man {s ever greater than his father.” Nothing is more conspicu- ously evident in the present genera- tion than the abdication of parents. ‘This s more particularly true among those who are environed by luxurv and who have the advantages which wealth and culture bring. Here the effort s made to substitute the suthority of governesses and teach- ers for that of pa‘ents. Some time ugo a man of affalrs wrote a most searching book in which he described himself as having reached his fiftietn birthday. Suddenly realizing that he was a half century old and that he was well on the western side of the hill, he began to reflect upon where his philosophy of life had brought him. His immediate study was of his own home conditions and upon closer examination of them he was appal'ed to find that he was little more than the financial head of his household. All that his chlldren looked to him for was money to meet their pressing needs. There was no evidence of respect and nothing of affection. As for his influence upon the moral and religious life of his children, it war practically nil. Determined to set his housc in order, he found that he was faced with insuperable difficulties; he Trade Riv had begun too late. The reoital was but the story of many a home and discloses one of the most outstanding weaknesses in our present domestiC situation. ‘When Jesus gave the parable of the “Marriage of the King's Son” he described a situation that, in part at least, is common to our life today. After the finvitations lad been sent forth and the call had been made urgent to the guests, “they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchan- dise.” The excuses have about them a modern flavor; too much worldly care, too much pressure of business, too much concern for material things, with the resuilt, no time for the culti vation of the finer and hetter things of lite. The question before us to- day s, Can we continue to make light of those decper things that have to do with moral character? Can we say that a home is well bullt where wealth and luxury and culture are evident and where every soclal ad- vantage i3 accorded its inma‘es? Have we found that careful early! training followed by col'ege education with all that that brings of physical and mental development, guarantee to the youth sufficient strength of moral character to resist and rene the pressing evils that environ him? Does the record of our modern life in dicate that material well-being insures the development of the high things of character? These questions go down to the very foundation of our present domestic and social life. To make light of them may result ulti- mately in the breaking down of those things that alone stabilize and secure to us life's cholcest gifts and bless ings. The youth problem that we hear so much about today is essentially an adult problem; yes, & parent problem 1f the penalty for some of the crimes committed by immaturc youth could be placed upon those who are really responsible, our courtrooms would be thronged with fathers whose culpa- bility would be clearly evident. Min- ‘stering one night to & broken-hearted father whose little son was at the point of death, he told us between his sobs of the loose attachment he had had with the little lad whose death was near. “What can I do now to make amends?” was his searching uesti n. i e question came too late for the boy was dead on the morrow. ‘We cannot make light of the most sacred obligation God gives us. After all's said and done, the father is, or should be, the high example to his children of that which is best and noblest in life, and nothing else that “e contributes to their well-being s comparable to what he gives them out of his own life, of virtue and moral chartcter. Iry in Latin America. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Officials of the Department of Com- merco are warning manufacturer: other producers and exporters of the United States that the megaphone era in foreign trade promotion is a thing of the past. No longer can we expect to get business abroad by telling the world how good we are and how super- excellent our products, and telling that story in resounding generalities. The day of facts, cases and brass tacks trade promotion has arrived, it 1a stated, and the coming conflict for our proper share in the trade of the great neutral markets has become, rforce, one dealing with actualities. Buyers in foreign markets are no long- er to be wooed and won with brass- band tactice, no matter how pleasing or_jazZy & tune the band may play. ‘Thie is especially true of Latin Amercan countries which, in the ag- gregate, comprise the most desirable customer of American and European exporters. Nowhere is this fact more appreciated than it is on the other side of the Atlantic and exporters there are going after Central and South American trade as never before. They have opened up a selling cam- paign that combines tireless energy and patience with shrewdness and in- telligent appraisal of the field. Competition in Mexico. Very active foreign competition is apparent in many lines in Mexico, says the department’s foreign trade expert. Germany has again taken the lead in some lines, and in several citles German-Mexican chambers of com- merce have been established. Other continental countries and Great Brit- ain and Canada are equally keen in going after Mexican bueiness and are getting a constantly growing share of ft. In Central American countries and in Cuba Germany seems to be most active, It fs said that the manifest of a German veesel arriving in Ha- vuna not long ago showed goods rang: from mirrors to pianos and from paper and ink to automoblle accessories. American pa| products are being given especially stiff competition by Germany and the Scandinavian coun- tries. European Canniness. European manufacturers are report. ed as having been successful recently in public tenders for machinery, elec- trical equipment and mill supplies in Argentina. These concerns usually maintain resident engineering staffs equipped to handle installations for their own account, while competing American companies often have tc rely on native or foreign subcontrac- tors. This absence of resident Amer- fcan engineering staffs, particularly in the interior of out-of-theway sections of Letin America, makes possible the easy diversion of many valuable con- tracts to foreign interests, according to Dr. Jullus Klein, director of the Bureau of Forelgn and Domestic Com- merce. It 18 not uncommon, he says, for native or foreign engineers em- ployed by municipalities or states— there are frequently no adequate pub- lic engineering departments main- tained—to draw _up specifications which favor our European competi- tors. German and Belgian concerns have recently underbid American companies on railway materials in Uruguay and in Colombia_competition is keen from British and Belgian sources in rallroad supplies and from Germany in locomo- tives. The Latin American Market. “This evidence of the activity of our principal European competitors should not induce any hysterical fear that Eu- rope is going to walk off with the American market in Central and South American countries,” says Dr Klein, “It does indicate, however, & plain intention to accomplish this pur- pose, and it does indicate that the American manufacturer and exporte: must co-0. iinate and concentrate hie efforts if we are to frustrate this pur- 8e. m"'l'he Yrennt status of our trade with Latin America is generally satie- factory, and there is nothing organi- cally wrong in our present tradé re lations with Latin America. Accord- ingly the problem becomes a matter of what shall we doand what shall we avold in order to advance and reinforce our position in this market. It is obvi- ously impracticable to give rules of thumb instructions on how to do busi- ness {n the great diversity of lines in which we are now interested in that region, but there are ceértain funda- mentals which have such wide applics- tion to Latin American trade problems that they may be emphasized profit- biy.” lgu-av. of the fundamentals cited by this authority {s the matter of credit ! extensions, which are necessary in the greater part of the Latin American market, with practices varying in dif- terent localities and in different lines from 30 to 120 days. In some respects our credit machinery and practice: have et the model for the entire trade and in numerous instances our Euro- pean rivals are endeavoring to copy it but we have not gone as far as we can n this direction. As to banking facilities and ship ping services, Dr. Klein says that an excellent groundwork exists for thei: extension. It only remains for u- through co-operation to make them in- creasingly more profitable; their ex- tension and greater utility will then follow &8 a matter of course. It s the distributive problem that is hailed as the most important elemen in the effort to capitalize our favorah' {trade position in Latin America, and representation i{s the key of distribu. tion. As a rule, American representa- ton of American products, whether ¢ be in the form of branch office, joint sales agency for non-competitive line export house, manufacturer’s agent, or pergonal traveler, is far preferable t« dependence on native or forelgn dis- tributive connections. And the repre sentation, whether American or other wise, should be qualified and equipped to carry out the service aspects whict are often an outstanding virtue c¢ many American wares, such as auto- rr:obfles, machinery, office appliances, etc. g Trade Missions. Attontion is called to the fact tha’ the past year has witnessed the visi 5t both private and semi-official trade missions from Europe to various coun. tries in Latin America. These were preceded and aye being followed up ¥ floods of propaganda literature, with Hpanish and Portuguese trade reviews. perfodicals and pamphlets from Eng- land, Germany and Italy. Even Can- ada is contributing a Spanish trade review. While the United States hasn't a crown prince or other royalty to send on such missions, it is pointed ou* that it does have distinguished public men who would make an excellent im pression if they traveled southward and it possesses the advertising genius to counteract forelign propaganda anc to make our country better known | the republics of Latin America. In this connection, Dr. Klein says that encouragement should be giver to the extension of American ne services in Latin America. At the|bY present time, he says, in some coun- tries they do not begin to equal in gcope or effectiveness the similar serv- ices supplird from our European com- petitor nations. Mrs. Eddy’s. Work Is Not “Christian Science Bible” To the Editor of The Star: There appeared in your issue of Sunday, March 7, in an article by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman, the following: “The Christlan Sclence Bible (Mrs. Eddy’s key to the Scrip- tures).” In order. that your readers may not be misinformed, allow me to say that Christian Scientists use the same Bible as {s read in all Protestant churches, the King James version. “Sclence and Health With Key to the Seriptures,” by Mary Baker Eddy, is just what it purports to be, the Christian Sclence text book and a key or comment to the Bible. It was never intended by its author to take the place of the Bible. though occasionally, as in this instance, there have heen some who would make it appear 80. The first tenet of Chris- tlan Science, “As adherents of truth, we take the inspired word of the Bible as our sufficlent gulde to eternal iife” (8cience and Health, page 497), clearly shows what an important part the Bible takes in Christian Science. PHILIP KING. Christlan Science Committee on Publication for the District of Co- lumbia. Gets Him Nowhere. From the Okmulgse Daily Democrat. Every man has a chance to amourit to something unless he learns to love an argument. Exclusive. From the Poocatello Tribune. The Counci] of the League of Na- tlons seems ubout hard to Lreak into 28 the New York “four hum: dred.” 1926—PART 2. Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Members of the House learned somo- thing about the work of the press gal- lery and especially about the service that the superintendent of the gallery, Willlam J. Donaldson, performs for them and for all the people of the country the other day when a resolu- tion was passed raising Mr. Donald- son's salary. He has worked his way up from & page, has been in the service of the House for 15 years, and bas not aad an increase in salary for eight years. Even Representative James T. Begg, Republican, of Ohlo, referred to as “the watchdog of the Trearury,” in- sisted that the increase to $3,300 waus not adequate or commensurate with the service rendered. It was a striking tribute to Mr. Donaldson's worth that all of the usually parsimonious members who haggle over even slight increasc in ap- propriations fell all over one another in & scramble to see which could speak In strongest language of Mr. Donald- son’s efficiency, courteey and zealous service—such men as Representative Charles L. Underhill, Republican, of Massachusetts; Representative Joseph Byrns of Tennessee, the ranking Derwocrat on the appropriations com- mittee; Representative Ralph Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, and others. Representative Emmanuel Celler, Democrat, of New York, gave an en- lightening lecture to his colleagues on what the superintendent of the press gallery and his assistant do: “Their service is unique. They are sort of laison officers between the Con- gress and the whole country through the newspapers. We all know how important the newspapers and the press are to the members of Con- ress. The Government could not unction without them. The superin- tendent of the press gallery is al- ways at the service of Cungressmen and all governmental officlals. Often- times the men who represent the news- napers in our home districts are not In the gallery. They are in all parts of Washington attending to other as- signments. As soon as a member of the House makes a epeech of interest o his constituents he wants his con- stituents through the newspapers to get that speech. Mr. Donaldson gets hold of the particular correspondent and in that way he helps each and every member of the House. *Mr. Donaldson does & great deal of collateral work. He follows the course of all bills. He explains their status to the press, procures bills and com- mittee reports for the newspapers. He not only takes care of the men in the press gallery, but when Congress is not in session he works. He covers every national convention, Republican, Democratic, Progressive. He was here during the Mitchell trial. He was here during theé presidential investigation of aircraft by the Morrow committee. He was here during the investigation of the Shenandoah tragedy. “He supervised dissemination of news at the arms conference and at the meetings here of the Interparlia- mentary Union. If he slips up on any- thing Congress slips up. He is quite essential to our own work. The labor- er {8 worthy of his hire. There are 287 correspondents in the press gallery and he has to take care of each and every one of them. In the last few vears the number has more than dou- bied. “Jefferson years ago said this about newspapers, ‘If left for me to decide whether we should have a Govera- should not hesitate for one mon to_prefer the latter.’ " sentative Gilbert chimed in that: “The Government {s run by the press. The press can make success or fallure of any policy, can make or destroy any m:n‘ov‘erlzlghu" Whoever does not recall the old- time favorites—quaintly clean and sobby in comparison with modern jazz —“My Old_Kentucky Home,” "“Ol4 Folks at Home" (Suwanee River"), “Old Black Joe," assa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground” and “Old Dog Tray.” have missed something that rred the heart and human sympathi Now ft is proposed that Congress shall pay opportune tribute to the author of these internationally pop ular songs by authorizing the coinage of S0<cent pleces in commemoration of the birthday of Stephen C. Foster, America’s greatest composer of more than 160 songs and musical composi- ‘jons. The resolution was introduced in the House by Representative Stephen G. Porter of Pittsburgh, where Ioster was born on July #, 1826—the tiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Inde. pendence—and in whose velns was blended the blood of many men who fought that the immortal declaration might echo down the corridors of time. Stephen C. Foster was tha son of Willlam Barclay Foster, third son of James Fostor of Berkeley County, Va., who served in the Virginia line dur- ing the Revolution, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis ut Yorktown. Stephen C. Foster married Annie Parelay of the Rowan family, conspicuous in Kentucky history whose home near Bardstown, Ky., has been adopted and dedicated as A shrine by the State of Kentucky and named “My Old Kentucky Home" in honor of Foster's most famous song. The home in Pittsburgh where Stephen C. Foster was born is also maintained as a shrine to Foster's memory By the municipality of Pitts burgh. ;“w approaches July 4, 1926, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which is to be fittingly commemorated the sesquicentennial celebration. It is also the centennary of the birth of Mr. Foster, and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce wants to put in cireulation a million G0-cent pleces in his honor. * * x % In_the House Office Bullding the members of Congress have their names on the doors of their offices. Usually members from one State try to get offices close together for pur- poses of eas™ conference. The writer. walking down the corridor the other day, saw the name of ‘Letts” ever ofice 856, and right next door, in 353, was Hooper, and then in 351 came Updike. As the names ran together on his tongue he found himself saying, “Let's whoo’pe: up, *lee." * Representative Emmanuel Celler of the tenth New York district has just replied facetiously to O. R. Miller, president of the National Civic League, Inc., that his pi for prohibition enforcement is ‘“horren- dous and awful—a scheme of rule for Sodem and Gomorrah. “You want all allens convicted of violating the prohibition law to be deported. How about other offenses, such as beating wives, dipping cakes in one's coffee and back-seat driving? Is there anything sacrosanct about prohibition that it should be given special treatment? Furthermore, is not the high-hatted aristocrat who buys from the . alien bootlegger cqually gullty? Perhaps he is suf- ficlently punished if you deport him to the Riviera or Monte Carlo? Or would you bring him to the bar of Justice, there to be given a “Scotch”™ verdict? “You want prison sentences man- datory for first prohibition violators. Mr. Torquemada, why not reintroduce witch burning ordeal by fire, the thumb_ screw and the procrustean bed? I can picture you in the robes of the Mikado of Gilbert and Sul- livan’s operetta, ‘The Town of Titipu,’ where he proclaims: 1t is my very humane endeavor 1o e gach eni? 06F - running rive Of hasmicss merriment. il‘; ui‘!o\'? t1ime 238 0 MEN AND BY ROBERT Forgotten and untold incidents of the World War have ruched back upon the writer the last day or two by the exploration of an old tile of dispatches sent from: the British front in France during the early days of 1917—fust as America was entoring the conflict. Eome of the dispatches had been stopped by the censors, but now they can be told. One detailed an intense human interest incident which the British authorities, however, did not regard in that light. To an American observer it was excellent copy. It told of the meeting of . British prince with a German prince—two royal first cousins—the German having just been taken a prisoner of war. The censors sald, probably with reason, it was not a good time to recall to the British public that such close tles of kinship existed between the Prussian and British roval houses. As a matter of fact, the “hang the Kalser!” spirit which had broken out in England was being fostered for all it was worth. Nevertheless, the two royal cousine met. One was in the prison ward of o British hosp! He wus Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, nephew of the German Emperor William, who AFFAIRS T. SMALL. sands of others of your countrymen who are in our hands. But Prince Fi gerick never went k. He was twice hit by the British ldler who took him captive after he had climbed from his disabled m: chine, and, after seeming to {mprove for a time, took a turn for tho wo @nd died. If the Prussiun prince hi recovered there wus some talk of pu’ ting him on the masthead of a ho: pital ship. e It iy not dimcult 4o recall the shud der Prince Arthur gave ae he told of his cousin's death. “To think,” he sai been on that side mi have been the Du It first was offered to m to me, and i Duke of Alba become a boche 1 might L 1 n Another bit of w olorful war repor got through had final words of advi British serge: . Tommies as standing 1 durkened road, uwaiting their cs the third or fourth had been shot down in an aeroplane in the vicinity of Bapaume and badly wounded when attempting to escape capture on the ground. The other royal cousin was Prince Arthur of Connaught, gon of the Duke of Con- naught and first cousin of King George. Prince Arthur was a general staff officer attached to the Canadian forces in the fleld, where his sister's regi- ment, the *Princess Fat's,” won so much of military glory. When word spread back of the British lincs of the capture of the German prince it was & sense of cousinly duty which went Prince Arthur to call upon his captive kinsman. He found the young Prussian in anything but an humble frame of mind, and filled with strange ideas as to how Germany was going to win the war. Prince Frederick frankly told Prince Arthur that England had no money. He insisted recent phenomenal war loans were fakes, and that the only money England bad to go on was bor- rowed from the United States. “As soon as the American money gives out, the war will be over and Germany wil! have won,” sald Prince Frederick. 1le added that the inten- sified submarine warfare was design- ed to cut off the money from America as well as food and munitions and that the German people of all classes were depending upon the underwater boats to bring final success. Next Prince Frederick demanded that he be sent at once back to Ger- many. ““When do I start?” he asked. ‘Don’t worry your preclous head about that, dear cousin,’” Prince Ar- thur replied. *‘You will not be going back for some little time, I fear; not, in fact, until you go with some thou- Fifty Years Ago In The Star The_resignation of Secretary Bel- knap 60 years ago causa’l a p{o{ouna sensation in view of Belknap she scandalous circum- Arrested. stances attending it. In " The Star of March 6, 1876, e told the story of his arrest for criminal prosecution pending con- eideration by Congress of the ques- tion of impeachment. The power of impeachment was doubted inasmuch as the accused was no longer an official of the Goverr nt. The war- rant was issued under a statute pr viding that any offic of the United States asking, accepdng or receiv money or any other value for an: action or decision upon matters pend- ing before him in Lis official capacity should upon conviction ba punished by a fine of not more than three times the amount involved and by imprisonment for not more than three years. Rumors that Gen. Belknap planned to leave the city to escape prosecu- tion precipitated the issuance of the warrant. It was taken by Maj. Richards, superintendent of police, during the evening of Sunday, reh 5, to the Beiknap reside acret cervice men had been placed in the house under direction of Chief Wash- burne of that force. After a few rain- utes’ conversation botween Wash- burne and Richards Gen. Belknap was gent for and came downstairs. Malj. Richards told him that he had a war- rant for his arrest, but that at the request of the District attorney he would not serve it immediately. In the circumstances, however, he feit it his duty to place an officer in the house and others outside. The Star account said: “Gen. Belknap appeared to be much embarraesed and his appearance shows that he has undergone great mental suffering. He answered in a very low tone that he would have to accept the situation, when Maj. Richards withdrew, but just as he was leaving the room Gen. Belknap called him back and asked, ‘Did I un- derstand you to say that there was a warrant for my arrest?” MaJ. Rich- ards answered in the affirmative and wi.hdrew, leaving one officer in the house and oné in the front and another in the rear on the outside " On Monday Gen. Belknap's counsel, ex-Attorney General Black, ex-Sena- tor Matt Carpenter and Montgomery Blalr, notified District Attorney Wells that their client would not be ready to give bail until Jater in the week. On Wednesday Gen. Belknap, escoried by Maj. Richards and Mr. Carpenter, entered the Police Court. Examina- tion was waived and counsel asked that the bond be placed at $25,000. It was not, however, until late in the day that a bondsman satisfactory to the court was found in the person of W. W. Rapley and Gen. Belknap was released. * x “The opinion seems to be held in some q“”»}xm:c'; ?y:s gho Star :‘e Al 3 ), “that t Political Republican” party will go Effect. down under the Belknap scandal. This might and ought to be the case should the Re- publican party indorse and defend such fraudulent actions as this just exposed. But if it promptly repu- diates the individual wrongdoing of any of its officlals and exerts itself to bring the offenders to justice the party will be judged by its general principles and convictions rather than by the acts of the repudiated crimi- nals. The last Republican Congress rather distinguished ftself as a Con- gress of investigation Into all cases of alleged fraud, and in the present Congress the Republicans would seem to have co-operated fully with the Democrats on the eame line. In the case of Belknap the Republican mem- bers of the investigating committee appear to have been quite as zealous as their colleagues of the other party in exposing the guilt of the delin- quent, and if the latter esca Jus- tice for want of proof, through allow- ing the principal witness to leave the countryy it will not be the fault of the Republican members of that commit- ee. “And the Republicans, of course, will not need to go very far back in political history to show that other parties have had their full share of fraudulent officials. The Whige had their Galpins and Crawfords, and the Democrats their Casses, John- sons, Harrises, Boyds, Balleys, Floyds, and parry | but they jenthus eant. K ised the old ser | “Let me see a little more murder i {them eyes!” ho shouted. ’vlclouxnus behind you. Your bloor | ing rifle ain’t no baby. Keep thrust forward all the time. If you step ba remember your pal s right behind y jand may stick you instead of the 11 {1 you drop your rifle and Fritz make for you, grub his bayonet. Don’ 2 cut hand, it's better than a cr > you g0 much good get your bayonet ou ft in. If it sticks, just p against him and pull. If that aon* work, pull the trigger, a bullet wi® loosen it up. “If old Fritz grabs you and attemp'e to hug you, keep your ride in front . you with the bayonet u; and jab hi: under the chin or under the armpit He'll let go then, and blooming quick Now, last of all, you know what th: Instructor colonel told you. Don't fom get it. If Fritz says he's got a wit and nine children and usks you * spare him, don't do it. The colonc’ says He's a dangerous man to let live —he might Lave nine more children.” With this bit of familiar and ever- popular humor the drill ended a much guffawing. I stopped the old sergeant as he trudged down the road. “W1ll the men remember all that? I asked. No, sir, they won't remember {: was the frank reply, “but what. they do remember will help.” (Conyright. 1926.) ! This and That | —_— By Charles E. Trocewell. Jack Spratr, sunning himself o the Uving room fleor, waved striped tafl in high eatisfaction. How was he to distinguish betweer tinners and cat doctors? The cat doctor was one thing tinner another. The first Juck ki }h‘om experfence, the second he | or w cat KRows no of_either t Therefore ing those who at dootors, hand, is a cat doctor to Juck. with these prefessivnal gentlemen Jack has had more than enough tode These preliminary statements are necessary in order to give the reades an outline, as it were, of the cat's mind. At best the mind of a cat is strange thing. One might etndy ft i lifetime and still know little T than when he started out. ‘We proceed, of course, on the the ory that a cat has a mind. Some may dispute this, but the friends of cats | wiil be in no doubt about the matter. { If a cat haen't a mind, he has some | thing remarkably close to it i * k% ox The tinners came to fix a pushed down by the recent hea snow. Melting, and then freezi the water became ice, and welglcd down the gutter. After spending the necessary num ber of minutes in the front yard mak ing a thorough examination of u tre mendously large “fishin’ worm" brought to the surface by the thuv the tinners placed a large ladder against the house, It was at this minute that Jac: Spratt, attracted by the open fron: door, sauntered out to get a taste ¢ Spring. “Ah, ha!" growled Spratt, drawi: back. “Cat doctors!” 8ure enough, there were two me . in the front yard, large individuals who looked threateningly at Jaci Spratt thought it high time to beat ¢ retreat. He fled back through the living room and hid under the davenpor', just his whito nose and bright eye! showing. The tinners then discovered thul they had no najls. What to do? » bright thought came. It was suc gested that some of the old laths used as kindling might contain nalls Accordingly, one of the men started into the house to go to the baseme: after some nalls in order to proc with their work. “Lord!” breathed Jack, offering uj a_fellne prayer. “Here they com: aiter me!” ‘Without more ado, the cat spranz up and away, making more thun » %ee line for the staircase, up which he ran. Below him came the trump o feet. At the top of the steps Spratc looked back. lle saw the man dis- appear. Feeling a bit reassured, Jack inte a front room and hopped up « a table by the window, from whence 1 he peered through the curtains. * o ox % The tinner, provided with some bent and rusty wneile, rejoined his mate in the yard. Jack Spratt. upstairs, watched the birds flitting from tree to tree, and &t them In his raga Suddenly he saw a head, wearing « ‘}lvn, come into view directly below m. “Cat doctor!” meowed Spratt “T?wn coming up ladders after me!"” * And with one propulsion of his strong hind legs Jack leaped half way across the room, disappearing like o streak of striped lightning. t was an hour after the tinner had driven his last nail before Jack Spratt would come out again. Jake Thompsons, Swartwouts, Wet- mores and Tweeds. When it comes to twitting on facts of this sort it will doubtless be found that ‘honors are easy’ belween the two great parties. and though the exposure of Belknap's it startles from its suddenness and is previous high standing, the Re- publicans will not neeessarily he com - profaised by = full upiess the attempt @ ehield hMm from pu: - ment. . o