Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1926, Page 8

=8 - THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O., THURSDAY, MARCH 25. 1926. THE EVENING STAR!"“" times has, it in believed, con ’u-mom and attraction be abandoned. With Sunday Merning Edition. - WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.....March 25 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Ofce 11th St. and Pennuyivanis Ave. Noy York Offce: 110 Eaat 4ang 8. | 0 T e 3 ind ver” during (he period of hia teinl Borepiicats Oftes: Towe: Botldint, : o P j{and while awaiting execution. An pox- | inte, 3 v O e w0 sEmein-] use public sympathy evoked ,hmm' ongls Sctiveraov'" dtlim witain | for him. Yeu the law took its course, | it Wiy oniy P e 8t 60 cenin per MOt v "hy senia ! #% 1L does with rare exceptions in per month, - Orders mayr he aent by mall O kugiand, and there was no protest. 3 Telephons Main 8000, Collection is made e ehrrier at the end of each month Rate hy Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and 2 &nd this, it is believed, is due 1o the | VA.‘-;; i'l'{v!"“ -1 Soou: os Lreater seve of the law und the Nindsy onls . 15 8100 1 mo | vigigity with which it is applied. NNl ral - | Homicide, save in self-defense, is al Pt A e o a0 L mo. S100 1 MOS Invariably punished by death Daile onie L, 800 Lo 3A0! 4nd that et is unquestionably w de tervent. Member of the Associated Press. § jere fur more murderers escupe The Associated Prem {a cxelaivals soiled | jhe axireme penalty than suffer it | 18 the 1ise for renuhli Fitehes credited to it or not atherwis ted in thia paner and alao the local news Dublished herein. All rights of of anecia) diapatcnes heiein sre Omit Interest Payments. tax rates readinsied Washingion's tax revenues and municipal expendi thres ave compared with those of other cities 10 asceriain whether the local taxpayers are bearing an sdequate municipal tax burden. For example. Washington's 1otal property tay levy In 192 hullering tax of outlay raise 1926 was $20.405 000, rording 1o national census Ralrimore's total property was $24938.055. One ilem for which Baitimors needed 24 millions of revenue was $4 843359 for imerast pavmenta on bonded debt Washington has no bonded debi and Aoes not need 10 tax irself 10 pay in in levy ierest on this obligation. i has its par Weshington contends, (herafore, | CMar (raMe questions that must be that in comparing her property tax ' NAndled by its own officials. no at. levy witee those of other cities which | [#MPl was made ai the conference to | muake lstge anpual payments for in-|18¥ down any but the moat general terest on bonded debi these puy- | ®BViAlions. A model code. to be used | ments should be deducted in order that the comperison may be just and not misteading. Thesa cities having en: joved the henefit of these loans in city development Tightly tax themselves to pay interest and sinking fund on these Inans But why should Washingion taxpavars, who have snjoved the bene fit of no l0ans. be required 1o pay on & hasin which co.ordinates them in pe apita and total paymenis and Ir ambunt of tax rate with citiex which | are compellad (o raise millions o pay | interest? Washingion. which has enjoyved (he Bensfit of no war-time loans, secured n the war-time municipality bonding 1ag. should not be required. in order 10 pur itself on a superficial tax-paving aquality with other citfes, (0 1ax itself In the amounts represenied by these Interest pavments, and they should be dedncted from the property (ax lesies and the tax rates of these other cities in & comparison with Washingion. This contention fe eiabor torial correspondence where in today's Star. i [ The Two-Story Bus Vote. Voteless Washingion I8 not gether inarticulate. 11 has just ex- Pressed itself on the subjact of double- deck hussax. A poll conducted by the orerating company shows 4,i¢§ in fsvor of this type of vehicle and 7 in opposition. Thix marked degree of sentiment will probably influence the Public Urilities Commission to the point of at least granting & hearing on the application for more of these 1wo story cars, which it had previously de nied. Sl“_nfi ohjections were 1o the donble deck bus: The super- Intandent of reporied that i (hey wera continued in operstion it would he necessurv 1o trim the trees anmewhat. This factor would seem 1o have Influenced tha Commissioners mare strongly than the objections voiced on the g the privacy of residenis along (he yontas. As hetwesn the comforts and pleasures of the twostory busses and the disereet of window printed eise ised recently more nse shades, thers would seem to be litile | rosm for choice. Double.deck busses ted in edi- | alto- | onnd of trespass upon | arve evidently | tributed to the prevalence of crime in this country. The other day in England a man was hanged for the murder of his family. He was of { Chinese birth, naturalized as a British subjéct, and had lived in Kngland | for many vears, was highiy respected and prosperous and apparently the ime was without motive. He be. | “beloved mur fcame known as the he percentage of crime in Englund | ich less than that in this country, | ~equence, undoubtedly, is that the pereentage of crime here has Rrown wppalling Verdicix like that just rendered in Philsdelphia are veritable invitations 1o homicide. ! R—— The Hoover Conference. i 18l vules of trafc i plyv 1o &1l sections of the United Slnlfi’nj have hean adopted by the Hoover con ! ference on sireet and highway safely { These fundamentals have been ap- | provea folowing exiensive investiga ;llt\nq by special committees and the ixllu test sc inv by ahe fun 1 Speed limits. minimuim age of eligibil 1y 1o drive an auiomobile, lizhts and vight of wav were discussed. with the 1des of bringing out the co inlon on these Importam p Inasmuch as each city | | And one « i ! o size dan body pblems. by the United States as a patiern, s | tme aim of the body snd beneficial re. sults have siready been noted since {other ‘Without feeling any particular aym- pathy for the parents, who can take care of themuselves, it may be sug- gested that there is unwisdom in making (0o free with (he imperson: ton of Santa Claus for the children sake. 1t is not desirable o shake their falth in this venerable charac- ter. ‘They should have their Hlusions throughout childhood. "hey are din- lllusioned early enough as it The practice of presenting red-couted, whiskered figuras on the sidewalks and in the shops during the pre. holiduy period is calculated to de all faith on the part of the little ones. 'he place for “Nanta Cla is a1 the points of the distribution of gifts the homes in the other as semblages at Christmas time. Then there are no disappointments, ne broken promises, no shaking of taith, and faith, even In a myth, is too precious 1o childhood to he destroved. ety Coolidge Economy and D. C. Tax. tn addition to raising property tax revenues in or the specified of the {vities with which Washington I com pared have borrowed more money er to meet the com of ovements in addition “Their hint 1o hington is that our property tax- % of teduy are paving all they shoukd on the 1926 basis w1 the §1.70 rote, and that if more money Is need ed beyond that which the Nation sup plies, it should be raised by & bond famue in which hoth of the parties 1o the National ital partnership should participate: or by advances of the Insiriet’s share of these expenses from the Treasury, (o be repaid with interest. as in the period between 1900 and 1310, There s that Washington World War borrowing debauch of American cities, with the re- sulting extruvagant increases of mu nicipal taxation. The Indication s that these increases from 191 1o 19 huave been cheched: that Wash ington's Increxnses since 1922 have in percentuge largely exceeded those of the other cities: and that the point waneat imp vent maintenance. pay e however, Imitute the no suggestivn '.np first conference of experis sum oned by Secreisry Hoover. [4 | General speed timits of twenty miles “n hour in business sectivns irolled by policemen or sutomatic lights, fir. teen mile« an hour in other ¢ ngested sections. twenty miles an hour in resi- dentisl distriets and thirty-five miles | an hour In rural sections. were adopt | ed. An age limit of sixieen vears w | ugreed upon as the mintmum for driv. | ers of automobiles Atier some discussion the confer jence voled 147 to 129 1o “pprove vellow i il lights and red siop lights, on the { theory that red as the danger signal | wax being disregarded on account of 181l lights of that color. Any sw@nd ardizution of color schemen will lesnen | confusion. but in this case, with 20, | 000.000 automoblles in ihe unncaI i Staies displaving red tall lights, the | | change, it made. Wil doubilessscause | move (rouble than benefit. I ia the only proposition adopted by the con- ' | ference which s open (o question us 1o | | feantbitity. | An imporiant problem was brought up by John N. Mackall, State romds | | commissioner of Maryiand. in the set | Uing of & minimum apeed limit on cer- | | 18in classes of interstate mgnw.u_[ : Persons who dawdle along open roads t ten o twelve miles an hour, block- ing the wav for those behind them. | { would be affected if such a minimum limit was adopted. The conferance re. | lected Mr. Mackall's plan, which is! now in force In Rhode lsiend. hut it | probably will be compelied (o dis It further at the next meeting, because | . the volume of traffic in increaning 1o ! such & degree that slow-moving ve- | i hicles can no longer be tolerated on | | high speed roads. | - >0 o - i Sewage Disposal. A report has been submitted (o the | New York Legislature by a joint com- | mittee which has investiguied pollu- {tion of State waters. Immediate meas [ nres are urged for protection ugainst sewage pollution of the harbor of New | York City and nearby sea besche: e Harlem and East rivers ave call- | ed open sewers, und it be that | popular. The people want them. The nust bus han come Lo stay as & feature |'he Hudson &lny carvies u large ! of lobal transportation, and if the com- | 4MOUNL of sewuge. The commitiee | panies are willing to use the lurger [ CORdemun the dischurge of sewage | umita and the peaple prefer them (o | 1010 rivers by cities. Sewuge disposs! | the amaller, surely there in no sub- | has become u great question in Awmer stantisl reason why they should not |ice. Various cities of Europe are su- | he approved and instulled. {perior o Americun communities i | e this matter. Present urbun ways in | china still labors under the lm-|zetting rld of obnoxious waste I8 | premsion That it ix the vne veully | defect in vur civillzation. The respon great civilization, parts of the world nre only in Tt might velief it Ch assart her aloof dignity by organizing entul. i« would be a Aghations in other ibility of cities for their waste is not ended when they pour it luto the near- | ek. Walerwava should ke peuple must uxe s | et river or ¢ e clean b some peace confersnces un her own live bemide (hew. A community dow account. Strasim has the same right to (he use | = B -—-= |of the stream ax a community up- | Mussolini 18 ambitious (0 Progress | uiream, and it must come that an up- | Yo new Roman grandeurs, bul may | sireas ity shall nol make a ' hava to pause in order Lo devise means | river & breeder of diseune for people | for presarving the status quo. In Wall Street, as in ancient rites, the lamb is the prominent and pathetic figure in the sacrifice. % S, 3 A Miscarriage of Justice In the reaction of public dissent | from the verdict rendered yesierday in Philadelphla, whereby a man who wan accused of killing a woman was eonviciad of murder in the second degree, there is no spirit of vengeance or aspecial animosity toward tha fortunate person. The case attracied wide attention because of the peculiar strocity of the crime. The victim was dismembered and portions of the #ody were strewn through a wooded section of the ontiving country. Sev. aral days later the slaver was ar yested and confessed the crime. Later he interposed s defense which was a singular combination of justification and denial. He did not deny, how- ever, the dismemberment of the body. The case was either first-degree mur- r or justifiable homicide, and yet the jury, evidently through sympathy, and perhaps in a spirit of doubt with regard to some of the facts, rendered a verdiet which ia contrary to the publis conception of justice in cases of this kind The tendency toward granting an HAMIRed QUALLLY of muarey In thess living below. A city on a tide stream | | cunnot rid fiself of its refuse by pour- | ing it into the river. The tidex churn the matter to and fro in the harbor. Just now there is & rush to extend | sewers 1o people who have moved be vond the limit of existing systems, and there i little thought of doing | anyihing with sewage other than ! dumping it in & viver. Washington is | an offender. 'The time is not distant | when our habiis of sewage disposal will be regarded as barbar — R of the Weat Bu “Fair and ‘'he burde reau’s song has changed. | Warmer” may now be sxpected until the sunouncement becomes & threat instead of 2 promise. e eaees s Fake Santa Clauses. Parents of Vancouver have peti-| tioned the city council and the Retail Merchants' Assoclation 1o forbid fu ther impersonations of Santa Clay in the stores of thal city. This Is not & move against the putron saint of gifta. It is a protective measure. The children of Vancouver have been badly fooled by the impersonated Santa Clauses in the shops. They have been promised many things which have not heen forthcoming. Tha reactien of this disappointment has fallen upen the parents, whe | Some dav now request that thig form of adver- land dance.” ] hus now been resched in Washington as well an in the other cities, where the principles of Coolidge economy cun with benefit be observed. This suggestion is discussed in edi tovials correspondence printed else where in The Ntar today, B Depreciation of the French franc brings little anxiety 10 the person who takes his chunge in substantial silver coin. The old demand for “specie pay ment” instead of paper sill demon strates jts clalm 1o respect as sonund finay .o When the so-called American dra wiinis get (hrough writing & constitu- ton und by-laws for & union, (hey may apply thelr ialentx 1o writing plays suficiently meritorious and decent Lo prevent Lhe necessity of im portations. e . I« short time (he Queen of the May will be mentioned in archaic puesy. Her old-fashioned. dainty cos time will give her no chance at all |in photogruphic corapetition with the winner of & bathing beanty contest. s—ono e Police say that the cheaper of automobiles are most frequently siolen. A businessiike thief recog- nizes the advantage of quick returns and small profits, e — types There are muny feminine experts in law and sociology. But the feminine beauty experts still continue to enjoy | most of the big advertising. P SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. entigations. ! Investigations bring us grief. In politica they will disclose No promise of the kind reliet 80 needful for a world's repo Investigations in base ball And in the various realms of art [ And in the scientific hall Appear, a8 well as in the mart. when earth ix left behind, 111 stand before the Pearly Gate Aud say, “In here, at last we'll find There's nothing to investigate!” The Dominant Fluid, “o you think there is any fear of # return of the corner saloon?" “None whatever,' answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “Public sentiment will not permit it. And besides there would be no chunce of & corner saloon becoming &8 profitable as a gorage Mue station. Warmth, ‘hece is & mix-up in the plan That rules (he earth and sk 'he sunshine's free to every man-— Yet anthracite is high. Jud Tunkins says some men have money, some men have brains, but a vast majority haven't much of | either, “Why don't You go to work “I am going to work,” anawered Plodding Pete. “Only 1 can't make up my mind whether to make fair wagen at a decent job or get rich pid by hirin’ out to & bootlegger." Sign of Prosperity. A banguet's pleasant 1o the eye, It briuga & joy complete To see 30 many folks draw Who can afford to eat. nigh March of Civilization, “Crimson Guich I8 going to be a great metropolis one of these days. “No doubt sbout it,” answered Cactus Joe. "“Where once the noble Injun used to do his war dence we'll s00n see the traffic cop givin' signals.” Influence of Golf. This Golf is & marvel, they say, Refreshing the opulent eif. It has shown us a way, when “the boss Is at play ' = For the biz to keep running itseif. “Musie,” said Uncle Ehen, “is what puts Innncent habies tn sleep hut makes grown folks want te get up by / > shades and be available this Spring More than 300 colous tinta will for the ladl dresses, we have in- nocently discovered. vidently the dyeing act, which got such a blow during the war, i back on its feet again, for n r in_the long history of clothes has there been auch a muititude of shades. America ia outdoing herself. Our solemn advice to those hus- bands who normally insist on attend- ing their wives to stores, and ping them select their Haster gowns, I8 simply “Don’ Stay away, friends, uniess you wish (o set yourselves up as judget (ween “atmosphere” and * hetween “‘nickel gr and “‘ashes of ' helween “bois de rose” and “Alredale.” If vou feel you can weigh the merite of “chocolate brown™ against those of “camel' and can declare positively that “nutmeg ' {a more becoming than “wigwam.'" then venture forth and God be with veou. On the other hand, if you have sny tendency toward color-blindness, re- fuse to accompany your wife to any atore whatsoever, unless you wish to run the gamut of 300 tintw. ‘Those interested in our great and glorions English lsnguage will find the list of new shades of compelling persuasion, since it #splays not only styles (which interest the ladies), but the power of our mother tongus which intrigues us). “Think of the romance of & language that can bring forth, in the Spring of 1926, such terms as “Naples vellow,” golden wheat.” “‘gypsy” and ‘peri- winkle blue.” *oroxox Casi vour eves over list of shades and know that i an evergrowing medium: the following English Alre Alice blue, almond green amber iber iridescent. Amerlcan beauty, American vermilion, ame. thvai. antique brass, Antwerp blue antlgue gold ple green, apricot artillery red. ashes of roses, Al mosphere. auburn, azure biue. Raby pink, baby blue, battieship srav, beaver, beige. bisque tan, black prince, blonde, biuebell blue. bluebird, blue graw. blush pink, bobolink, bois de rose. brick, brickdust, brick tam, Brittany blue, bronze, brown heather, brown shell, brunette, buff, Bur gundy, burnt almond, burnt orange. burnt sienna, burnt straw. Cadet blue, emfeaulalt. camel canary. canna, cavdinal, Castilian red, celestial blue, cerlse. champagne Chartreuse. cherry, Chinese biue Chinese red. chocolate brown. chrome & chrome vellow, cinnamon brown, cloud gray, cobalt blue, cocoa, cookle, Copenhagen. copper, coral, Cordovan, cork, corn crabapple cranberry, crash, cravon biue. cream. am white, cream vellow, Cremnitz white. crimson lake crvstal white cuckoo tan Delft biue, Feru, emerald emplie groen. Fairway green. fallow fawn brown, five. flake Flemish black, fesh Flovida gold, foresi green blue, Krench grav, French French tan, frog. fuchs rnet. gendarme blue. gold, gold blond. golden. golden amber, golden brown, golden iridescent. golden tan, drab green drapery ecru. empire blne fuwn flame. delin, French nude, W, white, fleur golden wheal golf green. grackle- hesd blue, grav heather, gv aupe, green gold, metal. gypBY. Veather, ope. henna. honev- dew, hunt green tndian orange, Indian red. indigo blue. Italian white, ivory or ivory white, Ivory black. ivy green. dnde green. favite, jockey. .ok A % Kelly green. khaki tan, king's vel low. There are now hefors Congress more than 80 bills for the relef of agricul fure. The relief is not needed alone for tarmera’ beneft, but In the in- tavest of all consumers, present and future. “I'hese measur e\ classified in four groupn: 1. A bill to eatablish & Federal Boacd of 12 men, each representing a section of the country known as & Federal Land Bank district. These men will be appointed by the Presidant of the United States trom nominations to be made by u Federal Farm Coun- cil representing certain farm organi- zations. “The functions of the Farm Board would be to market the surplus of staple crops n the world market after fixing the price on the same for {he home markel. As the exported Aur plus must be sold at world market loss under the be ronghly price. It will suffer a home price. which loss wonld be charged hack (o the producer. he home market demand usuaily amounts to eight or len times the exportable surplus. and it = tor the purpose of controliing the price at home that the aurplus 18 to be forced into export, all competing imports fo be barred by tariffs. For working capital. #n ap- propriation of $250,000,000 Is usked to be repaid some day. . Another group of the bills pro- poses subsidy to be paid on all farm exports, a0 us to stimulate exports and thereby lessen home supplies and enhance home prices. 3. The (hird group (Lo which the {ormer Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. €. ‘I, Mevedith, adheres) proposes (o fix minimum prices on farm com- moditien. 4. Representative Haugen, who al the last session was joint author of the McNary-Haugen bill—to have the Goyernment buy the grain and other products and market them—now sup- ports a proposition which would merely enable the Department of Agriculture to gather market data nd co-operate with information use- ful to private co-operative companies. This would require $225.000 a vear. *ox ok % Prolonged hesrings from hundreds of farm reprementatives have been held, with the view to gathering in- formation on the real situation. No t of economies, at all acquaini- ed with farm conditions, denies that the agricultural situation is serioun. ‘The disagreement rises when means of cocrection are discussed. Conserva tive economists fear artificial stimula- tion in any form of subsidiex which would make sure profit on crups, on the ground that that would merely vite new farmers from other occupa. tions to add to the competition of present producers and in the end no- body would be benefited. Ex-Secretary Meredith said in the hearings: “My suggestion is that we use this law of incentive to give us a balanced production—in other words, to inter- pret to the farmers, in langusge easily understood, the situation so far 88 supply and demand is concerned. 'he most effective way of doing this is to tell them what the minimum prices will be on several different crops for the next year's production. They can understand very easily if the price on wheat one year has been $1.16 what 1t means if you tell them the price is 1o he $1.25 the ensuing vear. or, on the contrary, it is to be ' his family? only 9 coents. T will govern themaelvas accor i THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL ). COLLINS, | Lampblack, lanvin, lavender brown, leaf green, leather brown, leghorn, Ilac, linen cord, lipstick red, lovebird, Tupii lynx. Macaroon, maegenta, mahogany brown, Maintenon, majze, mandarin, Marie Antoinette, maroon. matte gri mauve, Mayfiower pink, mava brown, megilp, mode, moss green, mulberry, mustard, myrtie green. Nsples yellow, national blue, nat- ucal, natural tan, natural brown, new bine, nickel gray, Nile green, nutm Oak, oakwood brown, ocean bl ochre~old blue, old gold, old ivory, old llac, old mauve, old rose., old win olive drab (0. D.), olive green, tan. olive wood, orchid, orlental ox blood, oxford gray, ove Palmetto Payne's gray peacock green, p blue, pencil blue, pe manent blue, Persian, Persian rose, phantom, pink coral, pink pearl, pitch- pine, plantation brown, platinum, plum, polychrome. pongee, pPOPDY. powder blue, Prussian blue, purple lake. Raccoon color, raw sienna, raw green. pansy purpl peach, peacock blue, rl gray, peasant iwinkle blue, pe ‘ainbow, raspberry, umber, real shad veindeer brown, reindeer tan, reseda green, romper biue, rose tint, rose taupe, rosewood. royal biue, ruby, ruby wine, ruseet. rust, rust brown. Salmon pink, sand, sap green, sap- phire, satin brass, satin copper, scaral green, scarlet, scarlet lake, sea foam green, aeal brown, sepia. shell pink, shutter green, sky biue, slate, smoke, el gray, strawberry, sun glow, sun ‘Tan bark, tan gold. tangerine, tar. gon green. taupe, tea, tea rose, terr e, thistlebloom, tile blue, toast, to- malo, toreador red, topaz, turkey red, turquoise, Tuscan red. ;andyke, velvet brown. Venetian ved, verdigris, violet. White irla, white satin. wigwam. {wild orchid. wild rose. Windsor (an, wine, wistaria, wood brown. Yellow amber, vellow ochre, zinc white, zinnfs. EEE Whew! In the sbove list the inguisitive will ind material to test their knowl edge not only of color, but also of history, geography, flowers. birds, materiais, metals, nations and provin- ces, peoples, fruits. drinks, trees, war materlals, etc The golfer comen to the fore with “tairw en.” the sallor with “bat- tleship grav,” the soldier with “cadet blue.” The florisi has hie “fuchsia n the cook. her “‘cookle.” the nature v “and “ear- dinal.” From history we get the lovely and ageless Mme Maintenon, the beautiful and unforiunate Marie An- toinette; from geography. Naples gives us 1in yellow. Perala its rose. The surprising thing about the above list In thai one will be able to plcture, more or less definitely, the varlous shedes and tints. of @ real many of the names given. One famiMar with flowers, for in stance, will guese immediately that zinnia awanda for “‘a bright red.” He might be able to define “lupine” us “bright blue with a tinge of llac.” Certainly any fermer would have a move or less settled idea of what was meant by ‘‘golden wheal. One wounld scaively know, until iold. however, that “gypsy' is u dark tan with reddish tint. The bhest thing about (udinous shades ix that men do not have (o botheg with them. and that women, no matter which they select, will be guided by heaven. and no doubt will look more heautiful than these multi ever. ing argue that thai is merelv Govern- ment apeculation as to what the price will be next year. for neither the Go ernment experts nor the wisest buy on ‘change can know what adver weather, or insects. or diseasex or other crop influences will do (o world supplies, nor what w. may suddenly stimulate demands. Conditions vary from day to day even now in the growing crops in tha antipodes and in the market needs. If, sav the critics. the Goveinment guarantee » minimum price a vear ahead, it must put it self in the position of & speculaior hedging or buying “futures.” If. then, the market priceat harvest proves above the guaranteed min- imum. the producer will sell in the market; if the minimum of the Gov. ernment s above market value. the crops will be dumped onto the Gov- ernment 1o be sold at = loss, the general 1azpayer to cover the loss, * o oxox That agriculture is in & decline of a serious nature is indicated by the fact that while our population has increaned 12,000,000 since 1920, the numher of has decreased 76.080, and s, which were cropped Six VeArn wgo, are now abandoned. he Depaciment of Agriculture reported in 1921 that the capital in- vested in farms amounted to $65, 000,000,000, and it contrasted that $65,000,000,000 with the $44,000.000. 000 invested In all manufacturing in- duntries. Further analysis of farm capital discloses that the farmers are not earning 1 per ceni interest or divi- dend on thelr investments, if they first charge off dav laborers wages for their own farm labor. Economists of the Department of Agriculture argue that if any capltalist held atock in a corporation which for manv years had peild no dividend and which was surrounded by conditions indlcating no hope for future divi- dends, he would probably count his atock as valueless. Shall farmers wipe out their holdings of $65.000.- 000,000 ss lost capital: or, on the other hand, shall they go on working hard without wages equivalent to what they could earn with the same labor in other linex of work? Theae are conditions familfar to sll farm economist! No one disputes them. How, then, explain why farmers do not abandon so unprofitable a voca- tion? Department of Agriculture econ- omists explain that, hitherto, farm- ars have derived profits from the per- tent_increase In the value of the land through growing population. They also attribute farm persistence to mere inertia of the farmer who knowa no other mode of living and he is untrained in Industrial work. in a speech, Dr. L. C. Gray, senior economist of the Department of Agri- cujture, sald: For the years 1824-25, it is esti- | mated that the net cash income of the farmers of the United State after paying interest indebtedness an: money expenses, averaged $510. In additien to this, there was an average consumption of food from the farm, valued at $366, or a total income of $876. This was the return for the net investment of the farm avera ing $6,043 and for all the labor of the farmer and his family. “'Suppose we allow a return of 6 per cent on this small capital invest- ment, * * * what would be left to veward the labor of tha farmer and Only a net cash veturn of $208, besides what the farm fur- nishes teward family lving. * ¢ * ding! Opponents of the Meredith reasion- , (Copyried. 1928, "f" V. Calitns,) lmndflnt of a tailor. {slulrt‘n father was a snuft maker, and THE NORTH WINDOW B Leila Mechlin. A catalogue of Krench and Eng lish color prints of the eighteenth century shown at the Knoedler Gal- leries, New York, this season has an | ®NCe Wwas ‘suspected’—E. W. B. « foreword a quotation from Ralph| A. The Naval Observatory says Nevill in which occurs this para.|larse comets have sometimes reached comet ever reached r the sun before itx pres- A" characteristic of = the|a poinl near the sun before being eighteenth-century engravers |discovered. This was the case with was their love of pleasure, into the{the great comei of 1843. A comet pursuit of which the, majority en-|might approach its perihelion point Tersd with just a» great zeat aa did [from e direction nearly in line with that fashiopable worid. the life of o e Cine orints of | which would make it difficult to ob’ their day.” This is Interesting for | Serve. two reasons, explaining as It does L e . the biithe spirit of those charming Q. How any asutomoblles arve prints and re.emphasizing the fact |there in the world?—D. O. C. that art re-echoes cotemporary life. A. On January 1926, the world Somewhat the same thought is not | registration was 25.973.928. Of these only expressed but emphasized re.|20.799.161 were passengers care. peatedly in & series of Radio Talks on International Art given by Homer Saint-Gaudens this season at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh and just pub- A lished by the university in phamphlet | that form. In the first of these talks he [She had from childhood drawn comi - sa1d: 1 will attempt to show you first | cal presentments of he self and how the OId Masters reflacted the |these finally brought her fame. sopiety of their day, and then how the modarn artists ave reflecting their { Q. Is there any place in the surroundings. 1 will point out 1o you | United States where airplanes are being d extensively for business Q. Who was the model for the Campbell's soup kids?—M. A. G Grace Drayton, the artist, says she used herself as a model. how the great masters of the past . dld not ‘try for somsthing’ but ex- [ purposes? 1. D. emplified the definition which some| A. In Tulsa. Okla. 21 privately one once made that ** * * an artist |[owned airplanes are in use. Twenty a great |are used for business purposes. prin- 1s & man living in a socie l the ofl artist i a * man living in & great [clpally in going to and fro woclety and, when he expresses him-(fields. while ane s an aerial sport welf completely, It is found that he has | car. lald bare not just his own persomality, s but the Aominating thoughts and| Q. How much doesa mallrd duck feelings of the men with whom he | weigh?—F. 8. H lives. " What an interesting thought| A The average weight of a drake {o take with ome to an exhibition |is 2% pounds; of a hen, 273 pounds. of cotemporary painting! Kok % This was the thought Saint-Gaudens took with him Q. What ara the chigf causes of Blindness?—I1. E. A. which Mr.| A. Thev are cataract. glaucoma, iast | atrophy of‘the optic nerve. ophthal- vesr when he visited the leading |mia. neonatorum and trachoma. countries of Futope for the purpose | o \oi o THin German and | of collecting the international exhi- |, & VRS ate L b7 bition of cotemporary paintings,| ©, igh German is so called be whith was shown first in PIUSPUTED | cauge ¢ i spoken in the hillv and Inse Eall) €ad, ALler O e | moubi{nous mnidland and southern s - 18] dtatricts »w German ix spoken in now 10 be seen 8t the Grand Central | the Jow and level northern sections Galleries, New York. How the art el of each country measured up from | Q. In biblical times. what name this particular angle he made (he was apolied to the juice :.-1 the grape subject. of five wlke. ued #% a drink?—R. V. « Because of the opening tuday of A. The words of the '’ the exhibition of cotemporary ltalian | translated. which applv to wine or paintings here in our National Gal.|lauors are vavin. fresh juice: urosh lery of Art the talk on Italy is of {not fullv aged but intoxicating: shek- peculiar interest and timely. This|har, strong drink exhibition, we must remind ourselves. | o Wwho was the Goddess of Wis was sent (o this country with thelgoiis oo chisf purpose of demonstrating the | 4 ° pallas Athena. the daughter of fact that Italy I8 alive today 8rtisth | 7eyq was the Greek Goddesa of Wis Seriptu cally, is carrving on her great art|dom. She was also the Goddess of (radition, not merely because of but | \War, in spite of her supreme masters of ; g the past. Hear Homer Saint-Gandens | Q. For which painting: by Burne testimony (o the same effect: “'In mod ern Italy the magnificence that pro- duced Veronese Is gone. Still th are keen brains. fine scholarship, cul tured aristocracy. an intelligent middie class and & hstdy. couragecus peas antry. Thers Is natural intelligence | o vopy may the cold alr of W and humor. a mense of beauty and [ F 7 UGG 06 SR Ninoyeh craftsmanship. a skill of hand and |, percentage of humidity may noi of eye, 3 philosophy of life, and |pa verv high?—C. W. throughout & vivaeity of chatacter | A 7The effect of the ajc on and industry that belongs to the|pody depends on how near the per finest era of their land. With all 1his | centage of moisture in it comes to 1n coming a wave of wensitive arilbheing the greatest the air can hold Jones did_Lily Langtry pose for two figures? T. A. The “fgure painted full face lower steps in the Golden Stairway were posed for by the actress. greater in proportion than that|Air can hold much more moisture which we produce with all our{when hot than it can when cold, ahd wealth. Because 10 them art |the “raw” cold air of Winter is near the point where some of its moisture will condense. Heat the same air to 70 degrees and it feels dry. and religion are not things for can nibalistic soclal highbrows 1o eat each other up about. Art to them can be food und wine and Jittle col- . —— ored candle lights on the street, come | Q. \What is the method l:_v "’rkh a j Ve i esx it i person can protect a patent for a e nt nicy (5.t | small sum. while deciding whether SESRE: snd raicigco - it wonld pay to get & patent?—L. W. ook ox To lustrate this point he telis how A. There was such & proce! known ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. th: sun, as seen from the earth, |earth? and the one in profile on (wo of the | the | as a caveat, but it was aholished 15 years ago. Q. How many officers were thers in the Regular Army during. the World War?—J. E. A. T. A. There were 9.926. Q. When was Mars discovered, ané when was the planet nearest the .M. i | A. The Naval Observatory says the | discovery of the planet Mars was pre- | historic.” Its density is 71 per cent | of that of the earth; orbital velocity, | 16 miles per second; length of orhit. 287 million miles; closest approach to the esrth, 7 p.m.. Eastern standard time, August 22, 1924. Q. Hew many people are burned to death in a year in this country?—T. J. A. It is estimated that fires an nually cost the United States about 16,000 lives. Q. What would a cubic foot o/l aly | minum weigh?—-J. M. J. A. 1t weuld weigh about 16§ pounds. Q. Who condncted the first can- ! ning factory in the State of Marv- 1and? -T. B. £. A. The Ceanning Trade savs that the first eanning in the State of Mary Jand was apparentlv done by ‘Thomas | Kensett some time beiween 1526 and 11830 There is definite evidence that | he canned ovsters in Baltimore Citv in 1841, which is possibly the earliest definite date. Previous to this Wil- ltlam Underwood is supposed 1o have preserved foods in glass jars at Boe- 1on about 1820. These two men are credited with having brought the sci- ence of canning to America fsom France and England. and it does not seem possible to advise definitelv the | exact dates on which they first pro. duced canned food. Probably canned oysters were the first things of the atrictly canned food line, because pre | serving in hottles, jars and otherwise is not canning. Q. Which is the oidest legal fra rernity AL A. The oldest legal fraternity inex istance fx Phi Delta Phi. which wa= | founded in the University of Michigan in 1863, Other legal fraternities are Delta Theta Phi, Gamma Eta Gamma. Phi Alpha Deita, Phi Deita Delta (e gal women), Sigma Delta Kappa, Siz- ma Nu Phi. Q. What religion is prevalent in Scotland?—J. R. T, A. The religio: land is nearly 75 pe i or Scottish Church | Q. 1 have an old table put together with screws without gimlet points. When were the modern screws in- vented?—W. H A. There is lttis published infor- mation concerning the history of the making of screws. but it is said that a whole change from the old-fashioned method of making screws to the mod- ern method was effected hetween 1800 and 1810, largely through the efforts of Maudsiay. population of Scot - cent Presbyterian are going erery free Information Bureau in Washington tei g readers whatever they want to know. They are in angicer to all kinds of queries—on all Kinds of subiects from ail kinds of people. Make use of this free service which The Evening Star maintain- ing for you. Its onlu purpose is fo nelp you and we want you to benefit from it. Get the habit of writing tn The Evening Star Information Rureau. Frederic 1. Haskin, director. Wash- ington, D. €. Inclose ® conta in stamps for return postage. Letters minute from our on an automobile trip from Bolognu to Florence one Winter afternoon they came to @ little village “miles from anything but clouds,” when thev ‘‘met up with & brase band pareding down | the street, headed for a long table | in the square, all covered with bread | and cheese and the hugest Chianti | hottles.” Every man. woman and | child in the town was taking part in | the festival and the music was startlingly good—a demonstration of how a community can express its own spirit with enthusiesm and without self-consciousness, despite inclement elements. Then he tells of the plcturesque farmhouses they passed, the little hills or mountain tops crowned by convents or monasteries or churches. the colorful, engaging life of the people, 8 peopie given to enjoyment of life despite the need for terrific work. ““This.”" he declaves, “is what made Italian art important in bygone days: thiz is what has produced their brilliant masters of the present.” he ambition of George Brennan to receive the Democratic nomination for Senator from Illinois in the coming campaign has aroused spirited dis- cussion throughouf the country. and some very picturesque comments on his personality and his vigorous support of the “wel’ cause have been made. Quoting Mr. Hrennan's statement that “all human experience proves the futility of attempting to regulate morals by statute,” the Springfield Il nois State Journal (Republican) de- clared that “thix is an astounding statement no intelligent man would make, and ihat “for a candidate for | the United States Senate to make it in his unworthiness for such a bility..' The State Journal con “The history of the progress of *oxow o After this general introduction he gives glimpses of some of Italv's present-day artist Mancini, whe | Vi fo It the histor; Y is especially well represented by & 'I,',‘,l},’f\', D einten. Do ondticl group of canvases in this present | jimiting personal liherty in the in- exhibition. He plctures him as an | tevest of community or natfonal :'ld m;;'l‘hm';d’pk at the top of | jjherty. This paragraph in the ven flights of concrete Steirs in & prennan platform Is like the others— whitp-washed. incrusted tenement thin, vote-catching sophistry. entirely with century-old walls, smiling and animated, with “eyes of vouth seelng | eivic i eals of the candldat s life_and color In drab urroundings.” | backer e He cefers especially o (Wo young | (ndependent Democratic) expresses academic painters—Romagnoli and Oppi. the former a professor in the University of Bologna. pald little or nothing for his teaching. living in a_ room 10 feet square, cooking in the middle of the floor. doing all sorts of things In “an unhygienic. colorful way.” “But. somehow or other, the lLord Almighty has told him to paint, and he does.” savs Mr. Saint-Gaudens; adding, “Talent never seems to care who has it, or where it 18" Oppi. he says, is like him. Both have taken prizes in the Inter- national at Pittsburgh. the belfef that “Mr. Brennan's election on this platform 11d encourage and stimulate the ‘wet" organizations and might inspire tthe ‘diy’ league to new activity as well as strike them with trepidation.” The liem also suggest ‘It might possibiy retrieye for the latter some of the cash shpport that they have lost of late. althongh that 4s doubtful. By and large. while Hrennan's election would have several general implications, it would be more important to Brennan than to any body else.” “It i in Milan and Tucin where so Syl much of the active and vital modern "It is not likely that the cause of Itallan art is being produced.” says| liberalism.” savs the New York this write in every nation today | Evening Weorld, (independent Demo- [0 you find the fine arta fliourish as they cratic). “will be greatly advanced by have alwayn flourished, not in reglons | the senatorial candidney of George of dead beauty, but in the strong soil | Brennan of Illinols. He sallies of industry.” He refers, 100, to the | jauntily into the list. with t hands of the ltalians, which “from |announcement that he runs as a the eacliest time have been trained to) wet and intends to put Illinois on obey fertile brain, record as a wet State, and thus di * x % % sipate the fears of the politicians. Nat- The little suggestion that Mr. Saint. [1tally. Mr. Rrennan will have to run on Gaudens makes that “‘talent never | %0mething else also. seems 10 care who has it recalls the ( of Tllinois will want to know whe statement of Mr. Kahn to the effect | he stands on the league and where that art is no respecter of persons.|on the court. They will want to ‘There is reason 10 believe, indeed. that | kKnow his position in the fight in genius is born quite as often, if not | Which the lines are heing tightened oftener, in the home.of the humble | bélween the people and privilege. as in the mansion of the great; for | That really has some connection with instance, Rembrandt and Constable | Democracy. It would be just as well were both sons of millers, Botticelli's | If the cause of liberalism were not too o |intimately identified with the weaver of silk, a | personal aspirations of Mr. Brennan.” wig maker, Renoir 'Iolu the direct de- b b vown Gikert| (, the other hand. the Canton s0 It goen, Daily News (Democratic) eves Often inquiries are made of those)that "Mr. Brennan has a good chance assoclated with art as fo the advan.for election” and that “if he wins the tages of it as a profession. To such |Senate will bhe taught some new our answer is that the calling must [ methods of doing business.” The come from on High and be irresistible: | News explains, in viewing the situa- it is not somsthing to take up because of- probable reward. S OL g o sance—in another form, I know, but of the same essence.” And exclaim: Referring again (o the present-day | “How we need that essence in this day art of Italy, Mr. Saint.-Gaudens|and generation! We need it to%dis- stresnes §ts present youthful aspect, | pel the notion that art is pussy-foot- the fact that the leaders today are|ing about degrees of tone among bro- young men. ‘‘Remember,” he cau-|midic landscapes, and to tell us in- tions, “that Fiorence in the days of | stead that art lies in our ability to the height of its art was expressing | get imaginative stimulus and enjoy- through youthful artists the feelings | ment out of all the good things that of youthful fashions just as it is do- | come before us, and that we can only ing today. Remember that the most|find it by rubbing up against it in splendid of all Florentines, Lorenzo|any unseif.consclous fashion that we t);e" Magnificent. died at the age of | happen to think of, appreciating in Art is a hard And, finally, he says, “So, in|one breath fine athletes and fine ar- leaving Italy, 1 would have you be-|tists and not caring a continental | nesa of drawing support Heve that thers is returnin, to i of the o the o -l- .wnnher we dre called ‘highbrow' or something. B worthy, however, of the political and | The Democrats | Brennan as Wet Senator Stirs Picturesque Comment tion: “He has presented himself frankly as the leader of Cook County Democracy. as the ‘boss.” perhaps. if the term applied generally he accept ed, and in all likelihood he will he found contesting with the ereature of some other ‘boss.’ Nor does Mr. Brennan seek to evade any issues | He 1 for modification of the Volstea {act and agamnst prohibition. and he 1s for the sort of party organization of which he has been the leader since he became the worthy successor af { Roger Sullivan.” The Decatur Re | view dindependent Democratic) sug |gemts “it ix no wonder that George Brennan thinks this is # time to come |out and get the Demacratic nomina [ tion for United States Senator.” as it cites the fact that “here are a Repub- lican Senator like Borah and a Demo cratic Senator like Reed from acrose the border in a State like Missouri coming to Tllinofs to try to defeat = Senator like McKinley on the ground that he voted for the World Court. an_institution supported by two Re publican Presidents and the Repuh lican national convention!" * o ow ok Predicting. however, that “there is no danger Breanan will he Democratic Rfenator from Illinois.” the Chatta nooga News (Democratic) asserts: “If the d>mocretization of the Democratic party involves the elimjnation of the bosses. it s no reason for us to shrink trom the 1ask. They are a stench in the nostrils of the people and their elimination will greatly help Democ- racy.” ‘The Fint Daily Journal (inde pendent) adds that “Brennan's great- et job thus far has been to 1ry to fill |tha shoes of his illustrious predeces- |=or, but his greatest accomplithment | has been (o wobble around in this dis |tinguished footgear.” while the Man- chester Union (independent Rapubli cun) notes that Mr. Brennan “appears to be more than ready to provide De- mocracy with an issue, but it fs a safe wager that he will find it an intra- party issue, “There is factional strife in the Re- publican_camp in Tllinois."” savs the | Bristol Herald Courier (independent | Democratic), “and Rrennan may he clected to the Senate. but his election | wonld not prove either that Tliinols is wet or drv. or that It is for the World urt.” The Meridian Star (Demo- tich addm its judgment that “as a matier of fact. friend George may not g€t AS near 1o the Senate as near-heer 15 to real beer and as the candidate we fear he will he about as flat as one. | half of 1 per cent. * ox ok The Jackson Citizen-Patriot (inde- pendent) questions ‘“‘the atatesmanlike qualities of a candidate for United States Senator who makes ‘anti-\o.- steadism’ his chief bid for votes: farm £, labor regulation, transportation. tional finance, world relations—all | these are waved to one side by Mr. | Brennan while he unfuris the hanner of light wine and beer to catch the | public gare." “If the contribution of Mr. Bren- ! nan’s intelligence, whatever it may he, |to the Senate.” remarks the Baltimors | 8un (independent), “has the same kind |of effect upon the weifare of the ITnited States that the contribution of his intelligence (o the last Democratic convention had upon the welfare of the parly. then it would seem to he in order for all good Americans to re- pair to their geveral places of worship and pray that the disaster may be averted.” To this, howdver, the Des Moines Tribune-News (Independent Re- publican) replies: “It may be explain- ed that the Sun is favorable to tha presidential ambition of Gov. Ritchie. 11t it were wholly devoted (o the hudi to him It might- excusably make friendly ges- tures in Brennap's direction.”