Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1926, Page 46

THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday M oriink Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY... THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. W York Offi e: 110" gaxt 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Bu European Office: 14 Regent St Englan ailding. . London, e Evenins Star, with the Sunday morn- Aition, is delivered by carriers within Iy only. r month. Sund: Rate bv Mail—Pavable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. \ . 1er.$000: 1 me 111yl $6.90: 1 mo 11yr$3.00: 1 mo.. ., 1 Canada. 1 mo.. §1 00 % 00’ 1 mo., $4.00: 1 mo., A'l Other States 85¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Aseociated Press is exclusivaly entitlad for renublication of &l newn dis. ntherwie et the Jomal news r All rights of publication svatches herein are also reserved. State Benefits Denied the District. The main consideration for the pay- nient of State taxes is the enjoyment of the political power and prestige in- volved in participation in the National iovernment on equal terms with other Americans. To be transformed through statehood from the status of political aliens to that of full-fledged Ameri- s, with all the powers, rights and privileges appertaining to that status, rs a benefit upon the individual slue not to be calculated in dol- .nd cents; and deprivation of this nefit invoives a loss which is also wcalculable. Livery one, therefore, will recognize he justice of Washington's protest inst being taxed to correspond to what other cities pay to maintain a tate government, since the District, under the Constitution and the laws nacted by Congress, is not permitted the right, privilege and benefit of en- ng and maintaining a State gov- nment. But very few persons in the whole United States appreciate the seope of the material benefits in boun- fies and subsidies which attach to statehood, of which ashingtonians arc wholly deprived. Subventions or subsidies paid by the Nation to the States are analyzed and discussed in Editorial Research Re- ports, December 13, 1924, and the mounts thus paid by the Nation to he State nts paid by the States to the Federal taxes in the same W d ..March 28, 1928 'sonnbleness of the gains made in sell- ing fuel to the public. ¥From the be- ginning of this inquiry, directed by i resolution adopted by the Senate, the committee has been met by a dis- inclination on the' part of the coal dealers to open their books. Now, acting under the broad authorization “to send for persons and papers,” the committee has resolved to reql’lre a + full statement of all investments. The dealers have no recourse but to ob this mandate unless they appeal to the courts, a proceeding of doubtful efficacy and decidedly doubtful wis- dom. 3 ‘The people of this city wish to know -whether there has been any profiteering in fuel during the past Autumn and Winter, the period of greatest coal consumption, and, this season, a time of coal shortage. There is no other way to determine this question save through such an In- quiry as that now in progress. No consumer can take the matter to court. He has no right at law to sue for an accounting on the part of his own dealer. The Senate committee is acting for the consumers. It is natural that the dealer should resist any revelation of his capital investment. That is a private busi. ness fact, which normally he is en- titled to withhold from public scrutiny and discussion. But this is not a normal situation. Coal is a public necessity. The Government cannot fix the phHces, but it can and should, in defense of the public, which is de- pendent upon the retailers for sup- ply, ascertain whether there has been undue profiting in meeting the de- mand. It does not follow thut the committee will spread the figures sub- mitted to it broadeast upon the record for inspection by all and sundry. It may elect to regard this information as confidential, to be disclosed only in case of flagrant violations of the un- written contract between consumer and dealer, whereby the former is guaranteed a reasonable price and the latter a reasonable profit. e s “Nobody Knows—-." Now another form of referendum on the dry-wet question is proposed. An offer has been made by an or- ganization that favors the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to ‘“repu- table” members of Congress to con- duct for them polls in their districts to determine the state of the public mind in order that they may be guided in their votes in Congress. This, it is declared, is necessary, in- asmuch as certain members who are sonally opposed to the Volstead t vote dry on all prohibition ques- stituencies want them to do so. It is undeniably kind for the anti- 2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO. ) MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. not been grounded in the science of word-making. Etymology is the real cure and no new-fangled process of research and correction is necessary. The children do not spell as well as they formerly did because they are not taught the roots of words, are rot trained in thelr construction and consequently in large measure in their meanings. Good spelling should not be rated as an accomplishment. It should be view- ed as a necessity, for if the gpelling be poor the chances are that the under- standing of language is weak. While waiting for the development of the spelling treatment that is to make orthographists out of a future generation it would be well for the schools to go back to former methods, induce the text book printers to turn out fresh editions of some of the old- Ume spelling books and devote half an hour a day to intensive study of words, even perbaps at the expense of some of the newer lines of educa- tion. ——————— Plaza Legislation Advanced. A favorable report was ordered Wednesday by the House committee on public buildings and grounds on a bill, already pacsed by the Senate, providing for the acquisition of land in the Union Station Plaza, in com- pletion of a work undertaken some years ago and suspended through mis- understanding. Report {s that there was no difference of opinfon in the committce regarding the proposition, and thus it is to be expected that in a short time the final enactment will be effected and this work can be re- sumed without further delay. Conslderation of cost should not be permitted to block the full execution of the project to establish between Union Station and the Capitol a wide sweep of park which will open an uninterrupted vista and join with the Mall in harmony with the developed park plans. Nor should considera. tions with regard to the malntenance of the so-called Government hotels, now occupying part of the already acquired land and in some part land not yet acquired, be permitted to check this work. These hotels are in fact no longer needed. They were erected tardily to relleve housing con. gestion in Washington in war time. The need for them was passing even as they were completed. They have, however, served a good purpose and should now be uhandoned. They are unsightly, in fact decrepit, having been constructed of flimsy materiais, and they should go promptly. In this connection there is to be borne in mind the plan for a new in 1924 are compared with | tions because they belleve their con-|alignment of highways related to the project. It of the Memorial 1as been proposed to es- general Bridge. | amendment organization to offer to|tablish a new street or boulevard appears that the Nation paid to| pay the expenses of these district|leading from the focal point of the he States in subsidies in 1024 nearly | polls. Few of the members would |station into the Mall, somewhat west 145,000,000; none of which was paid to the District. The official figures: show that the District contributed in internal reve- nue taxes in 1924 over $27,000,000, but 59,000,000 of this amount were back taxes on alien property, and as an ex raordinary revenue may be deducted approximate the District’s normal, ayment of $18,000,000 plus. In pay £18,000,000 plus of na- ional taxes in 1924 the District ex- ceeded the national tax payments of 23 States and 2 Territories—i Ala- bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, yelaware, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, lississippl, Montana, Nebraska, Ne- vada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, “outh Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming, 23 States, and {sAlaska and Hawail, 2 Territories. The District contributed in national taxes more than 9 States combined whose -ontributions aggregated $17,881,499. These States are Arizona, Idaho, Mon- tana, Nevada, New Mex! North Da- kota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. The District received from the Na- tion in appropriations for the mainte 1 1 development of the Na- 1ional Capital $9,000,000 plus, or about one-third of what the District paid in nutional taxes, according to the officia} and about one-half of what it had paid in normal, current taxation, Comparing what the District cur- rently paid into and took out of the National Treasury with eight States \pproximating It in size—i.e., Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Jorth Dakota, South Dakota and Wy- smuing—we find that the District paid to the Treasury more than the eight States combined, and that the percen- 1age of return of nearly 50 per cent of its contribution is exceeded by the per- centage of return to Nevada, 116.31 per cent; New Mexico, 98.91 per cent; North Dakota, $8.05 per cent, and <outh Dakota, 60.24 per cent; ap- proximately equals Montana, 48.9 per cent, and slhightly exceeds Idaho, 45.08 per ceat; Wyoming, 42.14 per cent, nd Arizona, 42 per cent. The average centage of return of Federal taxes to these eight States is 67.84, as against a trifle less than 50 to the Dis- trict. In considering the character and nmount of the Nation’s expehditure of nine millions annually for Capital maintenance and development, it ap- pears that the Nation pays in sub- cidies to some of the small States more in proportion to their contribu- tion to national taxes than to the Dis- trict of Columbia; and that Washig- ton contributes to the fund of National taxes, from which State subsidies and the National Capital maintenance money are derived, more in 1924 (even after the subtraction of an abnormal payment of $9,000000 of back taxes) than 23 of the States and more than 9 States combined. This tho:ght is developed in edi- torial correszpondence printed else- where in today's Star. —————— Coal Business Investments. In deciding that capital investment ry for a satisfac- inquiry into the local coal situa- tion, the Senate District committes nroceeds upon the theory th e relative and not absclute and that only by ascertsining the fiuanci roundadon of dealer is it possible to reach a conclusion as to the rea- ngures be able to afford such tests, especial- 1y in an election year, when ordinary campaign expenses impose & heavy drain upon personal purses. Would there be an accounting of the funds thus expended in these district polls? Would members be compelled to list thelr referendum costs, even if some- body else foots the bills? These questions are pertinent and might | as well be asked now as later if there is any prospect of success for this new proposition. Who would conduct the referen- dum? Under whose auspices would it be held? These questions like- wise are of interest. Would the member himself submit the question or questions involved in prohibition matters to the people and ask them all to come forward on a given date and register their will? Or would it be a newspaper poll such as those that have been conducted with such an overwhelming showing of wet sentiment? “Nobody knows how dry I am,” runs the refrain of an old song. This would seem to be the burden of those who now suggest that the members of the House find out ex- actly how dry—or wet—their con- stituents are. Perhaps—and this guggestion is thrown out with full sympathy for the desire to ascertain the state of the public mind—the proposition to test sentiment dls- trict by district will not be alto- gether those ‘“repuiable” members Wwho | may be chosen for this particular form of absent treatment. ——— Ot e An executive session often leaves it in doubt whether the Serfate is trying to confirm an appointment or a sus- picion. The Tacna-Arica situation appar- ently needs more “good offices” and not so many local politicians. Spelling. Where are the spellers of yester- year? 8o ask business men who are today struggling with the faulty or- thography of_their amanuenses. Oh, for the good old days of the spelling pee and the spelling book when chil- dren were drilled and trained in word formation! This sigh goes up on every gide, from those who are themselves good spellers and from those who are not, but who wish they were. Spelling, it would seem, is no longer taught in the schools. Children are supposed to absorb it in the course of their other work. Tests and ex- amination papers are marked on the basis of both fact and spelling. This is a merely negative manner of teach- ing. The daily drill fn word-building has been abandoned as a needless con- sumption of time. And the letters that are turned in to the heads of business establishments and depart- ments for signature bear the fruits. Now comes a professor of education at one of the leading universities with the prediction in a talk in Philadel- phia that treatments that will cure poor spellers will soon be as common and as effective as glasses that cor- rect defective eyesight. May that day speed! Will it be a mechanism or a course of lessons that will train the young mfnd into the correct arrange- ment of letters? The professor of education speaks of diagnosis to de- termine difficulties and disabilities. | sarely there i no need of dlagnosi. lg oor spelling is painfully evident. he truth is that the children have relished or welcomed by of the Botanic Garden. This is of importance in connection with the long-contemplated plan to redcem the south side of Pennsylvania avenue be- tween Third street and Fifteenth strect. The new public buildings bill, providing for a series of constructions over a period of years, which, it is expected, will soon become law, will begin this work of Mall-Avenue re- demption, which should then be ex- tended eastward from the lands al ready owned by the Government fronting on Fifteenth street until it includes the entire triangular space so obviously suited for public build- ings. et e The Chicago college professor who declares that Americans are becoming weak-faced because their jaws do not get enough exercise is entitled to a congressional medal for the week's one best laugh. ey Americans who used to shout “Down with the trusts!” now become indig nant over the idea of any big commer- cial combinations formed in ISurope without including this country. 1 | 4 Mexico's idea of foreign relation just now is evidently that of being as unneighborly as possible. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Eternal Postponement. ‘We're going to live in peace complete. You bet! ‘ ( But still the waves of sound repeat, | “Not yet.” | We're going to find u way to end ! Each debt. *Those sound waves still the message send— Not yet!” ‘Whenever we for thoughts of glee Are set, The answer always seem to be “Not syet!” The Outlook. “What is your opinion of the po- litical outlook?"” | “Its fine,” answered Senator Sor- | ghum. | splendid, base ball was never more in- teresting. My constituents don't seem inclined to interrupt what looks like 2 pleasant occasion by any needless arguments.” Bootleg Philesophy. Mixed evils, we've had. It's now understood, Though the stuff may be bad, The money is good. i | Jud Tunkins says the sentimental songs in the old days used to suggest a wédding. Now they don't get any farther than a dance. The Pace. “A man's place is by his wife's side.” “Yes,” sald Mf. Meekton. “But few husbands these days can travel that fast.” The Busy Bandit. Though work may be scarce in the mill or the mine, One person lives on in enjoyment. The Mexican bandit declares in his line He never has seen unemployment. “Folks aln’t doln’ teamwork,” said Uncle Eben. *“De lecturer last night allked about ‘Doin’ Good foh Human- us ‘bout ‘De Nes “Business s good, golfing is | EVERYDAY D. C, MARCH 28, 1926—PART 2 RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LLD., Bishop of Washington, > A PLAN OF LIFE. Genests, olu8: “It was not you that sent me hither, but God.”. Efficlent living is largely, if not wholly, determined through the recog- nition of some definite plan or scheme of life, The elements of genius or fortuitous circumstances may play an important part in the scheme of life, but unless there is design or plan they may serve to wreck the most promis- Ing and nopeful r. Napoleon maintained that he was governed by his “star of destiny,” but his hopes and expectations were blighted, and he ended miserably a brilliant career on St. Helena. Too late in life he recognized the God-element, and found that even o proud Emperor whose career had been marked by amaz- ing achievements could not contend against forces and powers that were irresistible, One conspicuous teacher had as a maxim, “Live dangerously,” but it is & maxim that is fraught with great perils. The element of adven- ture i3 strangely appealing, but ad- venture without design or plan proves Poor strategy. When Victor Hugo was banished from his peloved France he applied himself to work out more definitely his life plan. He declared in one of his reflective moments: “Man is an infinitely little copy of God; this is glory enough for man. Little as I am. I feel the God In me, because I can also bring forth out of my chaos. I make books which are creations; I feel In myself the future life. The nearer I approach the end the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the world that invites me, For half a century I have been writing my thoughts tn prose and verse, history, philosophy, drama, romance and so on. I have tried all, but I feel I have not sald a thousandth part of what is In me.” Littie wonder s it that a man with such u vision of life could pro- duce one of the greatest works in literature. “Les Miserable: ‘When we come to discover the real secret of genius or of power of any kind in men, we discover that it grows out of the consciousness of .their recognition of their place and part in the great scheme of things. The old idea that each day should be divided into three equal parts, eight hours for work, eight for play and eight for sleep, is doubtless a wise one, but the effectiveness of such a plan resides in the way In which we recognize its adaptability and purpose. If the work be a contribution to the common good. and if the play be wholesome, the sleep will be sweet and refreshing. If, on the other hand, it is only work for personal galn or play for the satls- faction of deslre, the rest is unearned and disturbed and the issue of it all is disappointment and ultimate failure. The man who said it was not you that sent me hither, but God,” had a varied and checkered career. The early ideals of his life were seemingly thwarted through the jealousy of his own househeld. He was sold into cap- ivity, lived his life in a strange land, vas confronted by every kind of ‘emptation, and yet with a definite lea of life’s scheme and purpose he ! survived it all, and overcoming all obstacles, rose to a place of pre- sminence and power, When at length he opportunity came to him he re- quited those who had grossly abused 4im in youth, proved magnanimous and forgiving, and, like another, “saw God In the tragedies of his life.” No career recorded in the Old Testament discloses more of y God-plan than that of Joseph. Many of us fail to reckon with this ~onception of a life plan or purpose until disappointments and misfortunes have soured and embittered us. Then we are only too prone to blame God for the miscarriage of our plans and purposes. To regulate the hours of each day and to govern our habits and practices by a well concelved and orderly scheme of living mnot only majies for greater efficiency and a firer output of work, but it lends satis- faction and joy to life itself., The life of Jesus, judged by our human stand- ards, could hardly be considered one that was marked by success in its ac- complishments. To His own people He was unacceptable, for “He came unto His own and His own received Him not.” He wrote no books, wus the leader of an inconspicuous and de- spised group of men, was combated at every turn of the way by overwhelm- ing forces, was ultimately doomed to death by His own people, was igno- minjously erucified, and yet His min- istry and life have come to be the un- approachable ideal for all mankind. A great German declares concerning Him that “with His pierced hands He lift- ed the gates of empire from their hinges and turned the stream of cen- turies from its course.”” Although He had but three years of active minis- try, what an incomparable record of service it presents! His was life with a plan, life with & purpose. From the beginning He declared, “My meat {8 to do the will of Him that sent Me.” GOVERNMENT INSURANCE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Seven and one-half years after the close of the World War will find the Federal Government making its first effort to curtail definitely the cost of benefits extended to the service men | | of that war. June 30, 1926, is the Iimi*, under present law, of time dur- ing which the Government can main- tain disabled veterans In vocational training courses at Government ex- pense. July 2, 1926, s the latest date on which veterans may convert thelr temporary Government war risk in- surance into permanent forms of Gov- ernment insurance. These dates were fixedl by laws paseed several years ago, and, as their arrival draws near, Congress is show- ing less disposition than formerly to extend the dates. Many Congressmen are pointing out that the vocational training dates have been extended sev- eral times, and that the training pro- gram is probably completed now if it ever can be called complete. As to the insurance, the Congress- men who oppose further extension of | dates point out that repeated pub- licity campaigrs have been carried on to persuade veterans to convert thelr war-‘ime or “term” {insurance into permanent Government policles. They contend that those who have not taken the permanent policies simply do not want them, or, else, are so given to procrastination -hat they would not convert thelr policles even if more years were allowed. They also | refer to the fact that the so-called| snldlers’ honus was really a gift of a | pajd-up insurance policy to each vet- eran, and that the ex-service men as a whole are, therefore, the best in- sured group of citizens in the country. | Law Soon to Lapse. ‘nless the law is extended by thej ngress between now and July 2 al constderable number of the 300,000 | veterans now carrying the term fnsur- | !ance will simply drop it on that date. | ‘erm insurance is the simplest kind | of life insurance, being merely insur- | ance which operates from mnionth to month &0 long as it s paid for, but has no accumulating value and never hecomes “paid up.” It is the kind per- mitted to all service men during the war. The rates were based on actual cost, figured by insurance mortality tahlag in *naaca tima The Govern- ment assumed the “‘war risk” and has, | therafors been somewhat a loser on the bargain. After the war the law provided for changing this insurance into perma- nent forms of insurance whenever the nolley holder dasired. up to Julv 2, | 1926, More than half of those who i kept anv insurance with the Govern- ment ‘have converted their policles | {into some permanent form. Others ave | {ronverting every dav, and about | $1.000.000 worth of insurance is being | converted dallv, in expactation that it must be changed by Ju'v 2 if at all. This rate, however, will mean onlv +hat perhaps onafourth of those now ho'ding term insurance will convert bv July 2. The others will drop their polcles. Advantages of Converted Insurance. The saving to the Government can- { not, of course, be estimated; certainly not until the closing date for term !insurance arrives; but whether it is large or small, it will mark the first | point where the Government really begins spending less for one branch of its service to ex-service men of the war, instead of more from year to year. The converted insurance carried by the veterans has so far more than paid for itself, the surplus going back to the policy holders each year in dividends. Hence if the law is not al- tered before July 2 the insurance serv- ice of the United States Veterans' Bu- | reau will then become practically self- | supporting. There will remain an ela. ment of 108s o be met through the payments going forward over periods of years to men who have died or be- come permanently disabled while car- rylng term insurance, but that amount will become a known factor when term insurance fs discontinued. It is not certain that the July 2 | closing date for carrying term in- surance will not be altered. The veterans’ organizations, led by the American Legion, are asking Con- ~vegs to mnostnone the termination date for three years more, and a bill has been introduced and favorably reported for that purpose in the pres- ent Congress. Its proponents main- tain that 'the former service men are! not yet able to carry the other forms of policies, and that the cheaper form of insurance should be available a little longer. While hopeful of get- | ting the three-year extension, the | veterans’ groups are at the same time | urging their members to hasten about the business of converting | their insurance to permanent poli- {cies, in case the present law takes its course. 'They urge upon their members the fact thal couverted fu- suraiice raies ure based on age of the insured, and better terms can | | i | | Congressmen, however, recall that the { total cost of pensions following the be had now than later. Also that the converted policles either have the advantage of becoming “fully paid up” after a certain number of years, or are in the form of endowments| which mature if the insured veteran outlives the endowment period. Other Benefits Asked. The former service men are also asking Congress for a number of other amendments to the United States Veterans' Bureau law, all of them calculated to improve or extend the benefits allowed disabled vet- erans. These requests are contained in a bill introduced by Representative Royal Johnson of South Dakota, who is chairman of the comuittee on vet- erans’ affairs In the House of Rep- resentatives. For the first time since the war this ennual legislatjon for the disabled service men is meeting with some opposition, several mem- bers of Congress asserting that t law has been made sufficiently liberal{ and that the time has come to_ex-| ercise some economy on the Vet erans’ Bureau. The present bill is not so wide in its scope as previous amendments, and would provide com- pensation increases which won'd cost @ total of about twenty millions a year above present allowances. The problem of the care of the Ateabied veterans is becoming increas- {ngly complicated, and ¢very amend- ment to the Veterans' Bureau act is studfed with great care. The com- nensation and other allowances paid through the bureau now reach a sum annually greater than the total cost of the Army or the Navy or any other Government expenditure except the interest on the public debt. There i« every tendency to be liberal in car- ing for the dlsabled men and our laws on the subject ape by far the most liberal ever written by any mnation fter any war. The more thrifty Civil War was very small for some vears, and did not reach its greatest annual sum until almost 50 years| after the war was over. They there- fore anticipated future increases in World War compensation rates, and a probable future request for larwer widows’ pensions, zeneral disability peasions such as Civil and Spanish tWar veterans eniov, perhaps other| henefits. With these facts in view| they are showing a tendency to go) slowly at the present time. | An Economy Step. Shou'ld the vresent law for ending | term insurance and terminating vo- cational training be allowed to stand it will mark the first economv step in dealing with the World | War veterans. Should the Johnson bill be adopted. extending the insur- ance benefits for three vears on the present basis, and making certain extensions of the vocational training privilege, and also extending compen- sation benefits for certain classes of Adisahled men it will be evidence that the Congress remains committed to a liberal policv of eiving every possi- Ne snd reasonahle benefit to those disabled in the Natlon's service. Getting Rid of Murderers. From the Chicago Dailv Tribune. Every respectable eitizen of Chicago breathes easler and sends a vore of thanks to President Coolidge, Secre- tary of Labor Davis, the immigration authorities and the city's own detec- tive 'bureau, Twenty-one Sicillans, gathered up in the tough dives of the bootleg gangland, face deportation. One hundred others were taken into custody and were passed through the sifting process. Still other scores, escaping the first dragnet, have packed thelr bags and | fled the city. In one night Federal| and local au‘horities did more to put down such gang murders as have be- ~ome an unchecked mania in icago “han all previous efforts put together. And the end is not vet. More raids are promised, more grillings and more deportation trials. Jeremiah Hurley, directing supervisor of immigration, is in Chicago at the head of six as- sistants, and he will stay until the sitnagion is cleared up. Deportation is the one thing the un- dbsirable alien fears. He has learned he can beat the police and the court and the rope. Graft and pull reduce the hazard of being a hired killer to 2 minimum, and the pay is big. Taught in his native school of the Mafia and Camorra, the allen gunman makes nothing of committing a mur- der or half a dozen murders. He makes a trade of it. How these alien murderers got into the country will do for_the next step. Chicago Is interested now in getting them out of the country. It had .to call in the Federal Giovernment, ap- neat io the White House, to got the! Job done. It Is gratcful tu the meu| who are doing it. | | resentative Capital Sidelights The devotion of Representative Isaac Bacharoch of New Jersey, one of the most popular and always-oblig- ing men in Congress, to his mother, who dled last week, was a beautiful outstanding example of filial love and fealty. The Bacharach femily was a ploneer in business and all-year resi- dence in Atlantic City, and no per- son was held in highet uleeml:hfl;: than the kindly, gentle, lovable o lady who has just passed on, but whose memory will long remain. _ Despite her advanced age, Mrs. Bacharach has always enjoyed excel- lent health and was dally to be seen riding through the surrounding coun- try cn errands of mercy. Mentally she was vigorously alert'and a valued adviser of Representative Bachacach since he has been In Congress. She was especlally Interested in all that was going on in Washington, because of her son's identification with the National Government. There existed an ideal bond of affection between mother and son, and she was fre- quently his companion on yachting and fishing trips. Three years ago Representative Bacharach and his brother Harry gave to the Elks Lodge of Atlantic City a valuable site and house located at Longport, to be used as a home for crippled children. In honor of the donors the, Elks named it “The Betty Bacharach Home for Crippled Chil- dren,” to serve as a memorial to their mother while she was yet alive and «fter her death. This dedication took place on “Mothers’ day,” when Mrs. dacharach was the center of attrac- tion. She had been intensely inter- ested in this home and the many children who came there for rest and treatment. She was a regular visitor, srveading sunshine and pleasure among the little cripples, who were always delighted to see the mother of their henefactors. The need for such an Institution has been very remarkably demon- strated by the fact that within the two years In which it has been In operation it has outgrown its accom- modations to such an extent that plans are now golng forward for its enlargement. The home has received the ardent and united support of the local lodge of Elks, many of whom have made permanent individual do- nations toward its support and up- keep. and from time to time it has shared in the largesss of the Bach- arach family, and will ultimately be- come the heneficlary of Representa tive Bacharach and other members of his family in memory of their mether, and a monument to one of the ploneer families in Atlantic City. * k% % Congress s asked to “define Amer- fcanism” by law as “a system of gov- ernment based on the principles of liberty.” A resolution to this effect has been in‘roduced by Representative Clarence MacGregor, Republican, of New York, chairman of the House committee on accounts. He proposes that: The House, appealing to the Su- preme Judge of the weorld for the rec titude of its inten‘fons, in the name and by the authority of the good peo- ple of the United States of America, solemnly publishes and declares the Ameri principles of liberty, upon which principles repose American law, the IFederal Constitution nnd the constitutions of the several “fites, as follows: Declaration of American’ma. First, That all Americans are free, equal and independent as far as re- gards thelr rights, Second, That the rights of American citizens are inherent and inalienable. Third, That among these rights are the rights of honor, life, liberty, prop- erty, reputation, privacy, conscience and the pursuit of happiness. Fourth, That the enumeration of certain rights in clause 3 of the Declaration shall not be construed to deny or disparage certain other rights Dossessed by each American citizen. Fifth, That the American Govert ments, S‘ate and National, were in- stituted, bullt and set up for the pur- pose of gecuring, guarding and pro- t:cllng the rights of American citi- zens. Representative MacGregor further proposes that the House declarc that, “the principles of liberty should be familiur to all, revered by all, con- stantly looked to, constantly labored for and even, though never perfectly attained, constantly approximated, ‘hereby constantly = spreading and deepening their Influence and aug- menting the happiness and value of life to all peoples of all colors every- where.” 5 He would have the House “in order to eliminate, erase und delete im- perfalism, socialism, bolshevism or any other system of government not American, from its records,” pledge o apply the principles of lb- erty to the construction, consideration and enactment of all legislative meas- ures coming before it.”" He would have the House go on rec- ord as prominently pointing out that stutute of the Permanent Court of ernational Justice, to which the United States of America has been invited to adhere, con‘ains 11 differ- ent systems of law, as follows: Mo- )[xmmedfln. Chinese, Japanese, Anglo- Saxon, Slavie, Portuguese, Germanic Roman, Scandinavian, Latin Amerl. can, Dutch and, therefore, is incon- M.\(lent with Americanism, which re- uires one system of {nterns e .W, viz, rights of nations. e ¥ oE % & Drawing homely parallels is o pet oratorical trick of Representative Hays White of Kansas, who is Just now trying to stir up sentiment for his proposed amendment to the Con- stitution. The other day he asked his colleagues on the floor: “How would it look to see a man running for Con- gress on foot against & man in a g;?;g,' even if the Ford had only one Ok % % During the days of “wet" an bickering in the House somedof the members with a taste for pimpid lines and for historieal anecdotes are delving for striking paragraphs. Rep- sen Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippl, called attention that “one Gy | of the most amusing habits developed among those who wish to |)r0h}MllOn law s to use ’l’l"zoedlnun‘y “:: of George Washington, Gen. Grant, Andrew Jackson and other great fig- ::éux;t:f" h.‘:t;r{. to s::xsta.ln their argu- D ny e 4 th r him of the poet’s questl:,x'x: iy hat damned error. but some sober brow Will bless it Tiding the §rossness with fair. Sradenent? Mr. Rankin referred specifically to an observation the day before by Rep- resentative Emmanuel Celler, Demo- crat, of New York, that “George Washington could never have won his battles on barley water and pop any :‘n‘om b;l:a.: Gen. (I}n.nz could have won his. s on ginger ale lm'fi s ng: and choco- epresentative Celler had also re- called that when a delegation of the Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union went to President Lincoln in the White tiouse and complained about the rum that Gen, Grant was drinking, the astute Lincoln re- Wil rder that I may get some of it and send it to my other generals?"” EL The farm relief advocates also have reverted to poetic quotations to help win favorabie attention. To deecribe the agricultural situation today Rep- vesentative Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana calls on Oliver Goldsmith for apt expression: o land A% aliin Sarimututes s e decsy Princes or Jords may flourish, or may fade— \ may make thew, a4 @ breath has il 02 ;R e ‘Who says our nationa' legislators are not versatile? Perhaps no one has doubted their versatility in a political sense, but this is to tell of thelr accomplishments in the arts and usages of polite International intercourse. In other words, we are #oor to have the pleasure of listen- ing to one United States Senator and one United Btates Representative rising in their places on the floor of Senate and House and delivering speeches of welcome in Spanish. The speeches will be made on the occa- sion of the visit to the Capitol of the delegates to the first Pan-Amer- ican Congress of Journalists, which 1‘1 'i?} meet in Washington, April 7 o0 13. When the visiting editors and pub- lishers from South and:. Central America, Mexico and the West Indies on the opening day of their conference enter the galleries of the two chambers of Congress they will listen to words of welcome from the floor, spoken in the language com- mon to most of their countries. In the wupper branch Benator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut will be the speaker. In the House the address will be made by Represeui- ative Walter F. Lineberger of Call- fornia. In neither case will the ad- dress be halting or stilted, for both of these statesmen are we!l polished in their Spanish and will pour forth a lavishness of welcome which would do justice to a proud Castilian. Senator Bingham is by way of be- ing about the most versatile gentle- man who ever came to the United States Senate. In the first place he is the first Senator ever to have been born in the Hawaiian Islands, his mother and father being prominent among the New England missionaries who migrated to the Sandwich Islands many years ago. Scnator Bingham also is the first flying Senator, his ing him an enviable mliitary record. ‘The Senator furthermore has been an explorer and has followed Bolivar's trail across South America, as well as prying into the nature secrets, of other parts of the world. Representative Lineberger has in Latin America and knows the language well. In- both Senate and House the shorthand reporters for the Con- gressional Record are supposed to take down every word that i& uttered in address or debate. Just what they will do with the addresses to the distinguished pan-American editors and publishers remains to be seen. As an indirect means of paying their respects to the memory of the late Col. Tkeodore Roosevelt, the pan-American editors are planning to make their firet official call in Wash- ington on ESpeaker Longwbdrth of the House of Representatives, and are hoping to find Mrs. Longworth pres- ent at the time. Col. Roosevelt had much of good will for the Lati American peoples and as an ex President visited South America on i an _exploration trip. During a part of this journey the | colonel discovered the famous River | of Doubt, which apparently today as much of a geographle enigma as ever. While this more or less impromptu tribute {s being paid to Col. Roose- velt through the medium of his dis- aviation service during the war giv. |the goose. Crown Prince Carol g |need not try to come to this country remains | d! tinguished son-in-law, it s to be pre- sumed the delegates from Colomiia will remain somewhat in the back ground, if present at all, for it i- not forgotten in that particular South American republic that it was th colonel ot the big stick who smliled an exceeding broad smile when Pun ama revolted and kindly opened th way immediately for a translsthmis: canal. Colombla's lacerated feelings at have been requited, however, an doubt every one there, as well as i Panama, !s delighted with the ou! come. Speaking of Mrs. Longworth, W ington always likes to recall the ¢ ehe played in helping to defeat Amc jea’s entrance into the League of XN tions. Mre. Longworth was lined u heart and soul with the irreconeil bles—masculine and feminine—and {* was her chief duty to see to it th Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, cha man of the committee on foreix relations, did not weaken. ~Mr: Longworth did not nince words wit! the Senator from Massachusetts. 1 is recalled that one morning, w it seemed to the irreconcilables tha! the Senator was not as adamant & he might be, Alice Longworth me him in the Senate corridor and gree ed him with a: “Good morning, Mr. Wobbly:™ The incident amazed some Who hearad it. But it was not go daring to those who knew that Alice Longworth. on her mother's sids, was herself & descendant of the Cabots of Boston. That accounted for many things. !\Irfi' Longworth’s mother, the first wife o Col. Roosevelt, was a daughter o George Cabot Lee of Boston, and Mre Longworth was christened Alice Lec Roosevelt. And now ,the poor old about to get, the sauce inf gander ir tended fo run afoul of moral turpitude. Not that the so easily shocked departmer: lof immigration has had to act in his case, but it is reported from Paric that the one-time heir to the throne of Rumania has been informed that he to take part in any sporting event. It has bn;:”wld to him rather plain! that he wonuld not be granted a license to take part in any of our speedw: automobile races, nor would he be per mitted to ride in steeplechases or other equine racing events. The prince was particularly anxtous to come to America to take part in some of the board track races. He i« an automoblle racing pilot of note o the other side and both he and some American promoters felt he would be a drawing card of no mean proportions at the Spring and Summer evente. which might take him all the wa trom the Atlantic seaboard to the cific coast. But “for unknown reasons” it was tated @ license would be refused. All of which goes to show that the ladv militants who fought so successfulls for the Lady Cathcart, hecause the: belleved she was being discriminatec against because of her sex, Wi needlessly perturbed. A mere turpitu inous malc has heen made to feel tF moral heel of these United State: Thus far no league of man voters has come forward to take up cudgels fo {the dented nrince. (Copyright. 1028.) Fifty Years Ago In The Star The question of the ventilation of the meeting rooms of the two houses P Congress has al- Bad Air in been _one of dif- reulty. Fifty years the House. 0750 o 0eats “trom the following article In The Star of March 20, 1876, to have been espe- cially under consideration: “There is a good deal of talk about the bad air of the House hall, and va- rous causes are assigned for it. the main one being the crowd of filthy loafers that infest the public gal- leries. As the evil is apparently more felt this session than ever before, it is probable that there may be some- thing wrong In the ventilating appa- ratus The ‘engineers’ who attend to this machinery this session are po- litlcal appointees, who, it s stated know nothing whatever about run ning an engine. While there is no ning an engine.” “The Baltimore 'Ammca | SAYS The Star of March 21, 1876, “thinks the wholesale slashing Government of the salaries of the Salaries. Yederal officeholders by the House of Rep- resentatives suggests an inquiry as to whether there has been a decrease in the cost of living that will enable those who have been deprived of 15 per cent of their income to adjust their household expenses to the new schedule of wages, ond justly says that a very large majority of the peo- ple who work for a living. whether with their hands or thelr brains, | barely manage to keep out of debt. but one consideration that will justi: a reduction of salarles—namely, a corresponding reduction in the cost of living. It requires but a slight in- vestigation to show that there has not been this corresponding reduction. Rents. meats, drvgoods and groceries of all kinds, with but few exceptions, are as high as they were three or four years ago. The American is therefore of the opinion that the ef- fect of a reduction of 15 per cent in | the salaries of Government officers will drive all the married men out of the departments. It will do mere. It will have a tendency to increase crime by multiplving embezzlements and defalcations in the different de- partments of the Government. It is susceptible of demonstration that nearly all cases of embezzlement and defalcation on the part of minor em- ployes can be traced to inadequate compensations.” | Viewed in t in considera- tion of the d;:cul'le%flth‘tcm:mn]o (fi‘:r the presiden election Electoral of 1876, it seems singular Vote. that an effort was teing % made half a centurv ago to effect a change in the method of counting the electoral vote. The Star of March 23, 1876, says: “The constitutional amendment pro- posed by Senator Edmunds re'ative to couniing the votes for President and Vice President complicates this question considerably, and discussion bids fair to go on for some time to come. His amendment proposes. in brief. that the vote ghall be counted by the United States Supreme Court; that the person having the majority of all electoral votes for President shall be declared President; that if no person shall have such mafority the House of Representatives shall elect from the persons having the highest number, not exceeding three, and that the Vice President is to be elected in the same way; provided, the Senate is to select should no election appear on the count. The subject of regulating the counting of the electoral vote is one of greatest importance, and it is to be hoped that some satisfactory substitute will be found for the pres- ent dangerous mode through which the popular will may be defled every four years. No proposition which contemplates throwing the election in certain contingenciee into the House of Represeutatives vught to be euter- There ig, as the same paper suggests, | This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. The houss cat appeals to the sense: of touch, sight and hearing, also to that higher sense kuown as the in tellect. The cat has csthetic appes. scarcely sccond to that of any othe: animal. It also makes a genuine aj peal to man's sense of humor. Much to its credit, Fells domestica has no odor, therefore does not touch our olfactory senses. This, the clean est of all animals, is not “smelly, like the dog. The cat's fur is dry and clean, and therefore feels pleasing beneath the hand. Much is made of our small friend's desire to be petted, but it is a question whether he enjoyr it as much as the one who is doing the petting. The average cat gets a genuine satisfaction out of rubbing his Jaws on the edge of some object, and will purr with every evidence of pleasure whe:n vyou rub him beneath the chin. It must not be forgotten, however that the human being who applies this species of massage derives a certgin satistaction from the process, through the delicate sense of touch of the fingers. an * ok ¥ ¥ The appeal to our sense of sight is one of the most forceful that the ordinary house cat makes. ‘We have become, through the cen- turies, so used to these small animals |in our homes that ordinarily we tend to forget what beautiful creatures | they are. Many persons will visit the Nationa! | Zoological Park and go into ecstaslies of admiration over some species of wild, untamed cat from South Amer fca, when all the time they possess & much more beautiful creature ot home in the shape of old Tom. In beauty of coat, thousands of do- mestic cats far excel many of the wild fellows. The house cat, through his generations of being man’s triend, has taken on a sleek look that most wild cats lack. In color, the cat runs the gamut of shades from the blue Persians, the tawny orange fellows, like little lions, to the glossy black alley cats and the gray-and-black tiger cats. In addition to the appeal of their coat, their bright and harmonious eyes and their glistening whirt Iwhlskers, the physical composition of the cat is one to strike admiration |from the honest beholder. The cat's architecture, if one m) call it that, is simple in outline, yet filled with various oeauties; and cer i tainly, in the whole realm of motion there is nothing more expertly grace- ful than & cat. To watch a cat play with some small object, such as a catnip mouse or ball, is to witness the so-called poetry of motion. Almost any time one look: at a cat he will be rewarded by some unconsclous pose that is a revelation to us conceited, selr-consclous beings The attempts of artists to put a cat on paper (while many drawings and painting possess much merit) are gen erally felt by cat “fans” to be lacking. in that the perfect grace of the creu ture cannot be caught. Its poses, when playing or stalking prey, are absolutely inimitable, and its very sleeping, sometimes with head on paws, is a most satisfactory sight. ¢ * k% The appeal of the cat to our sense of hearing may rot be so evident to all. We can hear the man who was waked in the small hours of the night by the cats on the back fence ex- claiming, “What! you call that an ap- peal to my sense of hearing?” The cut's meow, certainly, can ge! on one's nerves, unless the hearer calls into play his sense of humor. At its worst, the quarrels of cats are much more pléasant to hear thar those of human beings. Is it not so” The intellectual and esthetic ap ipeal of the cat, ineluding the humor ous aspects, will be up here next Sunday. o i