Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1926, Page 8

e - THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Fditio WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.......March 30, 1828 [ hiave suge . . Editor | Company THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Bustness O 11Mh Stand Prunsyiy an New York Offce. 110 F Chivag Towe Eurnpean | R () | Mee: 14 EA The Tvening Star. witi the S adition, 1s delis e Lartiers B T N per month at the of ¢ Rate by Mail—Pay Maryiand and Sunday Dais Dile e <0 40 3400 L300 @ Ca $1200° 1 0 €00 1 me $1.00 1 mo All Other States and s 1y anly 1y Daile Dal dae Member of the Associated Press. pntitied T ap news o Vishad pdited to 11 or al hatrhes herein are a The Retirement Problem. After a the report delay of the hoard ng attribn nomplexity of the question, the vernment acti, the civil service retire ment and disahility fund has be: the is mitted of the =y ta Congress hy retary Interior, and now under by the committees of the House and Senate. Whether legislation will follaw at this present session is now problematical, it prosented deniahle difficulty. Work in his of transmittal expressed the opinion that a definite legislative increase of an suities was due retired Government servants.”” At the same time he dif- from the bhoard on the of appropriations by the Government tu the retirement fund in advance of its artnal needs. There 388,622 Government employes under civil sery lee participating in the fund, with un annual pay roll of $748,542,430. This gives an annual addition to the retire ment fund of $18813.560, at the rate of 215 per cent of the salaries deduct- sed annually. The retived members drawing annuities from the fund now | toial 11,689, the total of the amounts 1aid to them being annually $6368, 253 as of June 30, 1925, This is an mverage of alightly less than $545 year. The maximum is $720 a Tt would appear, therefore, that annual increment to the fund Is at present at the rate of $12,444,377. Tn contemplation of the future re nuirements of the retirement act, the hoard estimates that 3.35 per cent of | the pay roll is required annually as a normal contribution. The board of actuaries estimates that the employes of the active service at is un for the case, is one of as to Congress, Secretary letter fors score are now a vear, the now paving per cent are contributing approximate. 5 per cent of the normal cost of henefits. The immediate question is | whether the Government shall con- tribute this remaining .85 per cent to make the (otal 3.35 or the annual de. ductions from tive employes shall that point. Secretary Work his letier of transmittal stresses the point that the retirement fund “was not intended to be a gratuity charity to emploves in want, but instead as hav- fnz heen held against fine L ation from the service.” He re. gArds it as unfortunate that the Gov ernment should eventually be npon to contrihute any part of the an- nnity, and that of employes should be such wWar rant sufficient monthly deductions to revolve the fund and to aveid the ap @earance of a beneficence, When the retirement law was enact ed. annities funded from deductions from salavies contemplated that Government €honld stand as guarantor of the trust Wk present difficulties show ¢hat a different hypothesis Mave prevalled, that ®hould have directly contribuled to tha first of retiving with puities the employes then of an age @0 warrant or permit separafion from ‘getive service, who had paid nothing or very little deductions toward dhe retirement fund. In other words, ghe Government should have assumed | @n Its own hurden the of in friating the retirement with tha whele burden of subsequent re tirements falling upon the fund ®ted by annual deductions. This, however, o gresent situation results. The fund is pot vet at a point of self-maintenance with a sufficient guarantee of amort) pation for withdrawals before retire gment and for the maintenance of an fnities In the future. Various plans proposed. Whe present concern of thuse already ©n the retired list is for their §uture, They are getting the barest pittances now, averaging $345 a yvear. They have been forced out of active gervice, many of them still competent g0 work efficiently. They are in need gnd they are deserving. They etived at the the relatively ;r\uflll point of Government compensa- yion, and on of that pensation. They should be puity commensurate with their thowever the fund is fin ent or for future requi the salaries of the ac. be increased to| in or a ex in trust = snggests salaries as to to be wholly it was the clearly 14 Government sho the costs v in cost system, cre. was no . The have been own were time of the lasis comn- iven an needs, need for pres R Fzg rolling will be indulged in ax weual. \ | So will log rolling. Flag-Making. The Star recently printed a picture Ehowing a delegation from the Waomen's Republican ¢l of Balti- more calling at the White House and presenting President Coolidge with u handsome specimen of the flug of | their eity. It 18 an appropriate adap. | tation of the Maryland State ban- | mer, itself one of the ing and most symbolic ol existent em Blams of its kind. The elty of residence of the Chief Executive, home of the Federal Gov- ernment, and, In addition, home town pf thonsands of persons of local pride pnd mentiment cannot, at present, phow ita leader any such anthorized Panner, sither as a city or as a ter: ~fitery,for the reason that such does o - ———— best loc ! the ; lespivited Mrs | found wishex {t | speed | has come forward with a program | ! which | disaster it Congress failed to take up 1 R ! not exist. It eannot fly such a ban-|to consider any one of several p ner on oceasions of national or local importance. A bill or (wo has been introduced in Congress looking to this | end, number of enthusiasts ted designs, some of (hem | very good. The legistation, however, | SOur Flag™ Chapter hters the American furthered the move without s as. | isex and pnnec. | events fHugs have | ‘ted on the spur of the | wmept, but most of them huve heen | Bromidic s and a 2ot side-tracked, ol the Dai evolution but of has on ey with in tion sim| heen cone they were unau thorized. A with ol recent feature dealt written, | ex- | newspa convulsing cled by youth, The cay playiet and thespians of participants « Wash: | wnd the de- | ant, a i ou mzton and Belsy 1toss of the drama oecurs when o His “hHelsy, we Father Country says to | ain't g L replies the asto | Hug? 3 | ain't decluvex the pub- | 1% the General Al right. tosx, “wail @ minute w11k imple envnzh which th You i couple, he Capital of the General helped t were sumewhere nes nivy v that easy now Whittling Down the Law. ted will rem that anvther be handed the Washingt been intin rhable dectsion Trathe Court Whe that pedestrian regulation nd vold and that the turning regulations on the automatically cont were illegal. “Thix time the judge has | indicated that in giving his on @ speeding case he will the traffic director | veduce the speed limit. The first decis ground that the direc pedestrians, are four ligh the automatically and the which light the and the com set the speed limit at twenty-two miles | an h which the director authority to reduce, The traffic act authorizes the trafie an office created by i, to regulate speeds, etc., in the following language: The divector beginning 50 duys after the enact- ment of this act; (1) to make reason able regulations with respect to horns, lights, muffiers and other equipment, the speed and parking of vehicles, the vezixtration of motor vehicles, the s suance and revocation of permits, ete., ete, down in hy sume Judse® ruled wax null led streets decision | that rhority to | in rule was wade on the did not give | vegulute | Congress authority the second beciuse there s at each Intersection of plied not streets specity | ist should obey, | ont regulation does decision that Congress i, has no director, is hereby suthorized, operators’ | In another section the uct provides: | No motor vehicles shall be operated | upon any public highwav in the Dis trict at a rate of speed greater thun | twenty-twe miles an hour. except in | such outlying districts and on such | arterial highways as the director may | designate. = seem om 4 study of the act that Congress set & maximum | limit the congested section, gave the director authority to Increase this limit where conditions permitted and authorized him to make able” regulations in regard hicles for the safety wnd wunity. in pussing a general tral it would | a in { | | “reason to ve | wel ot | the com | Cong fic act, could not be expected to delve into the hundreds of pecullarly loeal | problems in regard to traffic. Its in- | tent wax to give the direc uthority to deal with these matters with the | approval of the Commissioners. Last night a truck driver rested exceeding a fifteen-mile speed limit on Rladensburg road. The | judge intimated that (onight when | the el presenis ar- guments show et such 5 was ar- for corporation co g that the director has limit, he would the director authority to that Congress gave nu such powers, It such a ruling ¥ made it is com- eusy the ve big and heavy, from one ted weight, rule paratively to visualize sult rucks to five tous of concentr will smash over the streeis of the city ut twenty-two miles un by raobiles will, al twenty-two miles an pass s children play and maiming the youth of the On the bridges of the Distriet, | fatal sccidents have | ceenrred, will speed at twenty- | two miles an hour, Slow stop signs, all kinds of mean nothing. The auto- twenty-two miles an 'wenty-two miles or bust” will become the slo- | hour hool at illin where s many signs signs will mobile at our | will re an hou 5 supreme. noof motorists throughout nd the ¢ the Lraffic stop the sia That will ruling. the city | nmissioners, the police and i ficlals will be powerlesk to | shter, be the result of such'a sl wonld have an easy pathway through the future if she could the same artistic politics that she d dra ssert | intelligence in her | splays in her music | 2 . . Farm Relief Proposals. After of dis- cussion and weeks of hearings on Cap- 1ol Hill, proposals for tarm relief leg islation veaching 4 wheie COongress must soon come o 4 show- But this is not an assurance that anything in the nature of “rad- lation will enncted al this session of Congress. The way eenis the cooperutive mar Leting bill, which has administeation | approval aud which the influential opposition, but the prob lem of crop surpluses s just about where iU wax Jast December, Kvery. body agrees it is desivable thut seme thing should be done, but no one yet months preliminary a point down. be dear for [ is nu scems to have passing the or of receiving presid if so pussed. “Typical of the state of mind in Con- gress was the debate in the Senate Salurday, Senator Borah hud solemn- warned his colleagues of political any chaoce of | Congress | tial approval | two houses ¢ v farm relief legislation. Senator Short- ridge asked: “Has the Senator from 1daho proposed any measure or fa- vored any measure the desizn of which is to ald agricyfture?” Senator Borah answered that jg¢ would be glad ave | * | that it {tain | commodities, | mirers |10 | | Opportunity knocks with a manner s, THE EVENING .| ing mensures, hut that he had ne| measure of his own and had not made up his mind as (o the mecits of any particular bill, And Senator Borah ix in different situ; n rom u majority of the members of Congress, hers of Congress, but tions nod their of- Washington con- W hopelessly di vided on the subject of relief legisla Ye v half & dozen farm or fons joined In @ statement Lo Mittee on agriculture in support of the Dickinson bill as re written, t this ¢ andunh Is not signed by elther National Gy the Nutional uncil of Co-op ntive Marketing As. ions, two of the irgest and most influential ol feuttural The hill heen the “Con 1 other socalleds hus been described as the ey Haugen bill “with hobhed sk he bill m Advishey ¢ BY Those who attempt the exquisite in literature tread on dangerous ground; more often than not they achieve only the ridiculous, It Is vastly the farm organ ficial spokesmen in 1o the credit of Oscar e, strange Victorfan, that hix “ulry Tales’ appeal alike to chil- and 10 thuse who delve into all ting. In these charming funtasies one is not concerned at all with Wilde, the man, but simply with Wilde, the writer, n taesa he really achieves the exquisitz. S0 consmmate wad his ae, more- over, aut in reading these delicate 1 poems one glmost forgets the avtistand has in mind only the mov ing foucy of the tale. is the art that conceals art. If i/mes w tale sirikes the reader as tremiendousiy artificial. he remembers that this is something insepavable from civilization. and in the end may stand higher in the scale than natural. Oscnr Wilde sophistics i turn, the doi the urtificiality of soclet 1l never lost ol 1t netimes his tinue be seemingly terdi s the House e Lot it i notices 7% X 5 hodies, has indorsed of vadicul which 3 nitter Twenty Two a furm v sanizations old MeN hate and shovl was an exponent of master of the clever menning. He knew to its depth e to poke atex | [ nd s Federul 1 w @ Agriculture is 10 be the izt i neil | the Tutter tment of v Board ol the be The b il arm Bourd aetive buying and selling amid is to have at fts dis “revolving fund 250, provided by be rt evnicism is of the tervible variety, almost stunning (o the reader, nntil he hastens 1o ve UL that (n striving for the clever a writer alwayvs (akes a chance with truth, I the thur N Wilde b mere say vinge I8 a No. I um merely got ever, ix very orgn posal W00 000 the Whenes er a [ United " wrplus of 0% to go into the market as with # to maintain fair’ price. Theovetically lossex were suftered would eaualization inst the whole of such | sury. there is word Ax instance, serfo-comic tule le's Crime « hix favorite Lady Winder “The proper basis for mar- mutual misundersianding. not st all evnical, | have expevience, which. how much the same thing.' ok o x Very littie of that sort of thing is to be found in (he fairy tales, pub. lished in A House of Pomegranates,’ with others following There plenty of tion, bt of it tempered by certain ess that the author rarely . 1t seems almost if taken up the biblical use o sentences largely with and und “but Wilde also beeathed in and out some of the love of the Savior. . In The Happy Prince,” best most heautiful of these tules, is spirit of true Christianity initiated by the Master. child in the world who be the better for ing read it “There are few of their elders, either who will net henefit from the perusal “The Happy Prince.” the simple iale of the statue and the little awal- low v ihe best effect, it is neces sary 1o hear this tale recited by some one who understands the true art of using the speaking voice. ® Then will the inherent heauty of thix story he brought forth, and then will the hearer rea the jewel like perfection of which the nglish tion which Jeads him afar from the | language is possible. Much has been studies of hybridism and interpollen. | Made of the condensation of the ation. REiNAMRETILT { French tongue. and properly so, but it is much to be doubted that this lar ddol 1 and story eould be better told in the latter upon his hurd-earned pedestal language. - | In the fairy tales | “tried out" different methods of tell ing, ranging from the strictly bibli- cal style of ““The Fisherman and His Soul” to the plain English of “The Happy Prince. It is encouraging to realize hix best style was the pliinest | simply. vet effectively ! Prince” begins' “"High ahove the city, on the tall any principsl farm crop ot view " Whatever made up by an fee o be levied . \ Nt of the measure term the sasury ndvi e loan and deny | IS to be so that tixi subsidy. They % keen uhserva most aweet Adisplay having hezinning | deny vernment | there is to be price 2. but the board which is to | selling and selling chief difference thr scheme seems that while the latier orate plan M do the buving and is overnment age f its buying to be & ¥ the purpo nd I measure is 1o main ks MeNiry Huugen twee i original | be | noelab. | nd there the here wonld this sort no provided Intainiog (arm p hip o the prices of pro is not story n velation hi in the newer Federal Farm Bourd ed Jar its own sweet will in the determination ———— is to by o matter of prk When Luther Burbank ed 4 himself @ “psychic.” he left many ad puzzled. As-a horteulturist the world has learned 1o trust him He steps into 4 new field of Investiga decls induce @ popu- remain safe sec :-! as & whole, Wilde Colonization of Mexico ix said to be contemplated the The | enterprise larze especially | when the obtrusiveness of the Mexl. | an bandit, whepe any ready be concerned, Is considered, Japa is & o that How “The Happy sh may P The influence of American capital in rope is scarcely to be resented by | opean statesmen whose greatest | has appeared 1o be the adoption ncle Sam of a policy of isolation. — fea by 1 e ‘The League of Nations hegins to appe the of the eternal contention between the social idealists and the politicians, RS | i ! Washingtonians may soon be eager o achieve the honor of becoming {Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. Not {to have that distinction will he lequivalent to living in Rome without | Roman citizenship, or in Boston with no Puritan claims, or in Virginia point that calls on political economy |without connection with the Cavaliers come to the rescue of personalior the “F. F. Va' The automobile economy. {does not outshine the Golden Horse. . " 4 shoe It glo:‘ifl!:‘ :lnr(:l\lfifinnvo (;'hi:’;h R s ommemorates the prowess of its A New York night cluh is, according | wearers who first ctoseen tie Pie to current description. not =0 much a | Ridge Mountains and discovered the revelation of wickedness as of in.|Deauties of the future Shenandosh Park. AR Laxt evening Washinglonians met laround a banqueting table to toast {the park project. The contrast of their toasts with the original toasts *[when the region was first taken pos- k session of by Gov. Spotswood and his s zallant cavaliers was tvpical of the The 1. 8. Senate issues at vegular {change of customs in the t intervals the notice, “Please stand by |turies. for the next investigatio ! 'R b e was in 1716, that v, SHOOTING STARS‘. Spotswood of Virginia, with his escort arena The franc has receded in value to a o Trotsky Is engaged fn an endeavor to wear Lenin's shoes. The effect sug- zests neither grace nor speed, ——— s, It of 50 knights, set out from William burg, the capital, to explore the r zion bevond the Blue ‘Ridge and take possession of it in the name of King George 1 of KEngland. There was gavety in that cavalcade as it {out of Williamsburg, to Germanna, on ithe Rappahannock, and crossed the and | Shenandoah River 10 miles north of Port Republic, perhaps with the same heroic determination which two cen- turies later justified the immortal vow of the French at Verdun: “lls ne passeront pas!” though the oath of the Cavaliers was in reverse, for it expressed a determination to pass the | barrier: “Sic jurat transcendere montes!”" (“Thus he swears (o Cross | the mountains!”) oA Up to that time no Knglishmau (ex- jcept perhaps a certain irresponsible peddler and a weaver, wandering fool- hardily among the Indians) had ever crossed tha skyline of those wonderful mountains. The French had jealously prevented the English from gaining knowledge of the region beyond the sunset which gilded that horizon, for it was France’s plan to unite their settlements about Louisiana with French Canada. | Now at last the English cavalcade {viewed the P'romised Land from the | vidge of the mountains, and, as re- corded in the diary of one of the knights, John Fontaine, they formally took possession by burying a written vecord of thelr claim in & bottle, Says Fontaine: “\Ve had a good dinner, and after it wa got all the men together #nd load- {ed all their arms, and we drank the | King's health In champagne and fired a volley, the princess’ health in Bur- gundy and fired a volley and all the rest of the royal famlly in claret and fired a volley We drank the gover- s health and tired a volley, We had several sorts of liquors.” In 1870 a silver knee buckle of rare beauty and value, set in diamonds, was found near Elkton, Rockingham County. It showed signs of great age and is believed to have been lost by one of those Knights of the Golden Horsoshoe while they “fired a volley.” 1t. perhaps, symbolized the luxuriant character of the knights. After the return of the cavalcade Gov. Spots- wood presented each member an ex- quisite golden horseshoe to commemo- rate their exploit. EE The settlement of the fertile Shen- andoah Valley dates from 1730, when John and Isaac Vanmeter obtained a grant of 40,000 acres from Gov. Gooch—a grant which Lord Fairfax later contended was in confiict with The man who has been felling about | his own rights. Prolonged litigation the cold shower he takes avery morn-|ensued which threatened to deprive ing soon will he brageinz aboutphe | the original settlers of their rights. fich he has caught. @ The first settler was John Lewis BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Opportunity. Opportunity knocks st each door, we are told, And the man who rough Will answer. cold. He couldn’t deliver the stuff, is ready Anovaer s left in the proud Disdaining the self-centered bluff, And passes alonz. leaving those in the crowd Who couldn’t deliver the stuff. Convcilintory. “Ave you in favor of prohibition?” Absolutely,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But I'm not so narrow- minded as to refuse a light-winer the privilege of voting for me, Whe Kn As polities goes on its way We turn from joy to sorrow. e honored hero of today May prove a boob tomorrow. Jud Tunkins says he isn't super- stitious, but when he nears a strange nois2 in the house he'd rather believe & ghost instead of a burgiar, ut! Tt The ancient tomb, ‘mid treasure, wi reveal A mummy. Even today ceal A dummy. great splendor may “A woman puts her money stocking. “And a man,” rejoined Miss Cay- enne, “puts his in a bootleg.” “De man dat talks too much,” said Uncle Ehen, “gits credit only foh what he is savin’. De man dat keeps quiet gits credit foh what folks imagines he's thinkin.” O Boaster! From the Dayton Daily News. in a STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THIS AND HARLES E. TRACEWELL. | sees. the | THAT column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.” * x % % So Wilde “gels in" his character without any loss of time, just as Guy de Maupassant did when he began one of his storles: “He was a red- headed man who slways came through a door first.’ The prince looks over his city, and is 1ouched by the sights of misery he sees. He asks the swallow 1o pick out his ruby, and take §t away to a deserving woman. Winter is coming on, and the swallow longs to fly to ERypl. but he stuvs and does the prince’s bidding. One hy one the statue's eves follow, for, with the sublime inconsequence of fairy tales, the statue is siive, and loves and suffers. Faithfully the! Jitile swallow staye, until he falls dead from cold, when the statve's heart cracks. “Bring me the things in the city,” said God 10 one of | Hix angels, and the angei brought 1wo most precions Him the leaden heart and the dead { said dise ever the ave in rightly chosen my garden of little bivd shall sing o and in my city of gold Happy Prince shall praise me. | In giving _this condensation, course, the effect of the tale is lost since a perfect art work cannot be | other than 1t ix. \We can guarantee | that no one of ordinary sensibilities P this more, | of | a | BACKGROUND OF EVEN BY PAUL V. COLLINS. rode | will be able to finish this story with.| out & molstening of the eves * o orow “The Young King'' s but lacks the sublimity Happy Prince.” In “The the Infanta” the author of the dwarf who Is happy | sees his ugliness in & mirror. When | he talks 10 the roses “they did not understand a single word of what he | was seving. but that made no matier, | for they put their heads on one side |and looked wise. which is quite as good as understanding, and very much easier The interesting of “The Birthday of tells the tale | until he of these talea (too long) is “The Kisherman and His Soul,” which the reader is at liberty 1o regard as an #llegory or not, just ax he plenses. Its theme is. “What doth my soul profit me, if it stand between me and the thing [ love?" This tale contalos many word-pic tures, replete with the color in which Wilde delighted, such as: “The priests in their vellow robes moved silently through the green trees. and on a pavement of black marble stood the rose-ved house in which ‘the god had his dwelling. , Its doors were of pow dered lacquer, and bulls and peacocks were wrought on them in raised and polished gold. The tiled roof was of sea-green porcelain and the jutting eaves were festooned with little hells, When the white dovea flew past they struck the bells with their wings and made them tinkle.* | “The Star-Child” fs a story of in- gratitude and Its redemption. “‘The Selfish Giant” will please all children, | voung or old, for its beauty—indeed. | It must rank with “The Happy | Prince’ and is & favorite piece for | recitation. The remaining tales, | gale and the se. “The Devoted | Friend” and “The Remarkable Rocket,” complete a remarkable col- | lection of falry tales, like and vet unlike any other such collaction in the world. - The Nightin- from Ireland, who located near Staun- ton in 1732, He was the recognized leader of the community and founder of the growing settlement. from ! which, in the following generations, | developed such geniusex as Madison, | Washingion. Patton. Patrick Henry, | the Breckinridges and others who helped form the national character. In the course of time the valley developed into one of the most famous fruit reglons in America, as| it remains today. | * % | Between the valley and eastern Vicginia run the Blue Ridge Moun- taine, too rugged for farming, ex-| cept in occasional gaps, covered, even | over their peaks, with luxuriant blue grass and trees. picturesque with a wild grandeur rivaling the lzm-klemf The altitude of the Blue Ridge 18| only ahout 4,000 feet and the alti-| tude of the Rockles of Colorado is double that. vet the Blue Ridge is said to be even more impressive (0. the beholder, hecause the height of the peaks above the visible land about them is greater than fs that of Colorado peaks, rising out of val- leys which are themselves 5000 feet above sea level. ! * o e ox Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior. Dr. Work. it was proposed two vears ago fo establish the next national park somewhere In the East. It was noted that of the 19 national parks 18 were west of the Mississippl River and one in Maine. Congress authorized commission to select and recommend a suitable location, and after several months of active exploration the commission recommended a region of the Blue Ridge averaging 10 or 12 miles wide by 68 miles long of which the committee say “The greatest single feature ix a possible skyline drive along the mountain top following a continuous ridge and looking down westerly on the Shenandoah Valley from 2,500 to 3,500 feet below. and. also, command- ing a view of the Pledmont Plain stretching easterly to the Washing- ton Monument, which landmark of | our National Capital may be seen on | {a clear day. Few scenic drives lnl the world could surpase it.” * ok % % The entrance to the proposed park is 90 milex from Washington—a three hour run in automoblle over the Lee Highway. Crossing the park 10 miles, there is the famous .Lurav Cave, and in all directions there are scenic wonders. Congress requires the State to pur- chase the land and donate it to the Government for park purposes. ‘That will cost $2,600,000. Virginia has al- ready raised $1,200,000 toward the purchase, and is calling on the Dis- trict of Columbia to help financially, since Washington will be the greatest gainer by the development, Wash- ington borrows the motto of Chicago in meeting the call, and answers, “I wil After the land is acquired, the Government will plan roads and | maintain the park, but, in the devel- opment, wild nature will be carefully conserved. ok % % Washington's activities in co-opera- tion with Virginia are headed by Col. Robert N. Harper, chairman, who grows enthusiastic in analyzing the advantages, both recreationally and commercially, in having such a mag- net of Interest so near the Capital, ‘which will draw thousands of tourists to this city as well as to the park. , (Cobyright. 1926, by Paul V. Collins.) e What Is an “Entente”? From the Morgantown New Dominion. ‘Bntente” is supposed to mean ‘“‘un- derstanding,” but there's little under- standing in Europe’ .!umo Entente.” TUESDAY. MARCH 30. | the victory of His enemles was com- | There have heen 1926. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM 1. G. M. THE MAN NOBODY KNOWS. Bruce | Barfon. The Bobbs-Merrill Co. | THE HIDDEN YEARS., John Ox-| enham. Longmans, Green & Co. By way of these two books Bruce | Barton and John Oxenham have sel the present day deep in their debt. | Through different paths of approach. | through different moden of projection. they arrive at the same point. Both Eive the effect of restoring (o Jesus of Nazareth the human dualities of which He has been almost wholly de prived through raligion’s exclusive de- votion to the soul and spirit. These | studles are intended to restors the original natural balance broken by such one-sided consideration. Preoccu- pled with the tuture life, religion with- | in these 2,000 intervening years has gradually lost the amazing signif cance of Jesus. tha man, meeting such daily affairs as other men had 1o meei and in @ spirit which in this day, as well as in that one, would be of in- estimable 1oment—if only the man haod of Jesus had not been quite lost in His Christhood. Coming out from these two readings, one cannol resist the thought that Jesus would have heen a magnificant and heneficent par taker in the greatly expanded life of the present. an incomparable teacher of the hard lessons of todav—if enly the humanity of the man had not heen o greatly obscured and sup nressed. oo Bruce Barton almost at once takes away from us the picture that early and medleval art has made of Christ the frafl, man, undermuscled, with A woft face, a woman's face save for the beard—-a benign but baffled | look as though the problems of living were so grievous that death would be # welcome release.’” He sends us back to the facts —the Bible facts—in correction of this portrait. And we find it to be true beyond question that Jesus was an outdoor man, a working man. a carpenter digging house foundations out of the rocky hilisides, felling trees in the forest and shaping the hard wood with tools. Karly in the morning, with ax over His shoulder, He would set out into the woods. coming home at night with the rough-hewn beam. A man tanned by sun and wind, toughened to hard muscles by train- ing work. One who, later, on His Ereat mission tramped the country- side. sleeping-out-of-doors. eating plain and scanty food. Responding to this hardy life. the red blood leaped in His veins and health went out from Him 1o the suffering folks of Galilee and hundreds were healed. by strength from an overflowing foun tain of strength. And so Mr. Barton goes on in & spirited portrayal of human character- istics of Jesus. And we find—not the ascetic that tradition and custom have represented Him but the soclable man instead. the friendly companion. the fuil partaker of life in that simple time and place. Yet, when oceasion comes, Jesus is promptly sagaclous and wise, ready to meei the moment with power and divination. And oddly enough. or so it seems to us steeped in straine notions of reverence, He proves te be | a man of business acumen. of method in his action, of attack at the right | point—in short. a man in whom the modern sense of business was as ripe | a8 that day and circumstance re- quired. In a word. Jesus, rightly understood. is of no special dav, but of all days in their various demands. Yet, with it all He was the Master. An enduring Christ, as munch a part of this time as He was of that so | long ago. “On a barren hill beyond the city walls they nalled His perfect bodv to the cross. Two robbers were cruct fled with Him. It was over. Surel He could do no more miracles now. And’the voice of one of the robbers whispered. painfully. ‘Jesus. remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom. Read that. oh men. and bow your heads! You have lei vourselves picture Him as weak, as a man of sorrows. uninspiring, glad to die. leaders who could call forth enthusiasm when their fortunes ran high. But He, when His enemies had done their worst. so bore Himself that crucified felon looked into His dving eves and saluted Him as king.” plete. * ok ox o “The Hidden Years” ia the story— the completely beautiful stor: 1ad who. with his boy friend Azor and ‘the little dog Tobias, raced the val- leys and climbed the hills of Galilee. The hilitop gained. they would throw themselves down in the sunshine, the two boys. while “obias nosed the clumped grasa for unwary beetle and | bug. And the two talked the long talk of bovhood—the future, far places, strange happenings. So friend- Iv were they, nol only with each other, but with evervthing around them, that little birds would come a-hopping 10 pick the crumbs from their noonday luncheon. A beautiful friendliness, this, that included the sun and the clouds, the trees and the grass, and all the little things that ran or crawled or flew. But this nothing so strange. All boya ar much like that. And this fact brings up one of the fine points of the whole lovely story. No great differences are set up between this lad and other boys the world over. Yes, this is the boy Jesus, who with Azor and the dog ‘Toblas, who in plavtime and worktime leads the life of any aver- age boy. Only now and then does a subtle. touch of difference delicately forecast the great days that are to come. The story is the story of growing friendships. of the coming of John, of the dally pursuits of the family of Jesus, of the grief of separations, of the jovs of reunion—of all the com- mon phases of family and neighbor- hood life. Here, to be sure, the back- ground is that of the Orient. the cus- toms are of the Fast, the immediate setting (hat of Galilee. A setting that broadens to include the great mission of Jesus as a teach er and preacher and healer. A story that deepens with the sense of tuag- edy, this in large part the reader’s own knowledge of what is to come. For, so masterfully is this drama conceived that the whole story seems to flow on of its own accord without stress and strain on the part of the author. And as this tragedy approaches—and ar- rives—the reader becomes certain that nowhere, at any time, has he read a mo pitiful, a more heart-breaking thing than this death of Jesus Christ upon the cross, You see, this was a youn man, only 30 vears old, with the love of life deep in Him, as it is in every one, Bul—He had the courage. Apd this apparent conflict between such courage and such love of life isa wonder of sympathetic imagination. Remember, again, thisixa God as well ws o man—and think,"if you can. of harder task for any greal artist to approach. Your own tears will be the unfailing tribute to the sincerity and depth of that a “We heard Him cry out more than once in His agony. And I prayed that He might go quickly. For at times the end is long of coming on the cross— as long as several days, indeed, and the anguish of it no living man may know. We heard Jesus cry, ‘Eloi! Elof” And my mind flew back to Him as a boy standing slim and beautiful on our hilltop in the dawn and in the storm, with His arms flung up as He cried ‘Elol! Eloi!" and felt God there.” Beyond this awful climax the beauti- fully tender story slips to the lower Jevel of Christ’s reappearance to His mother. to Azor, and to another friend. “And Jesus talked with us quietly ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Where is Tenegra?—O. M. H A. It is the name of an ancient town in Boeotia. on the site of which | archeologists have found many | fizures made of terra cotta. Q. How shovld sed to the Governor O On the envelope should he in Thed™ “His cellency the Gover nor, Columbus, Ohio.”, On the inside the salutation should he “Your cel lency letter he ad dr of Ohio? Q. What edible liguid liquld when air tight, but hardens when exposed (o the air?—A. W. A. The Bureau of Chemisiry says that maple sirup Ats this descrip tion. * Q. What the such expressions as “black pitch” and green verdure’ called”—H. A A. Pleonasm consisis in the repe- tition of an idea Implied in some other word element in the sen- tence, Q. How much heat dues man body generate? 1. W A. Taking the weight of the aver- age man al 146 pounds. he gives off 336 fo 400 British thermal wunits | per hour when at rest. 368 3 when In easy action and when at hard work remains employment of ihe hu- | 'r to Q. What did rule? . M. A. At one time or other during his career Napoleon controlled Fra parts of Ttaly., Russia, Prussla. Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Q. How is the land of the United States divided as to use”—l. D. A. The use of land for all purposes is ax follows. Fourteen per cent crops for feed. 3 per cent humid improved countries | pasture, % per cent humid unimproved pasture, 31 per cent arid and semi arid pasture and grazing land, 12 per cent forest cut-over and burned-over land pasture, 13 per cent forest cut over and burned-over land not pasture 12 per cent roads, railroads, cities farmsteads and other land not in pas ture, 2 per cent crops for fiber, 4 per cent erops for food. Q. Was Covent Garden ever writien Convent Garden?—A. I’. G. A. Covent Garden is a corrupted form of Convent Garden. and was originally the garden of the Abbot of Westminster. rdest fought R. & Q. What was the h tle of the Civil War?. A. The batile of Gettyxburg—Julv 1-3, 1863—was probably the most hotly contested battle of the Civil Way Q. Was Davy gress?—R. D. 1 A. David Crockett was in Congrass from 1826 to 1520 and from 1832 to 1834, representing a Tennessee constit vency. At the end of his last con gressional term he joined the Texans in their war against Mexico and helped defend the Alamo in 1836. He was one of the six survivors wha sur ckett ever in Con Objectioné Few | ziven 1 rendered, and was shot by order of Santa Ana. Q. When wha the first minimum wage law passed?’—A. B. § A. The firat minimum wage law fo lahor enzaged on public works was passed in 1587 in Belgium, while the first law this character apply ing o private employment w adapted Vietor Austral it the hill of rights H. M hill of Q. What in zland? A The commonly given the rights and liberties jects and settling the succession of the crown. 1689 which emhodied the declaration of vight drawn up hy a committes of the Commons and pre sented to Williar1 Prince of Orange and his wife. afterward William [T and Queen Mary. The hill of rights i the mearest approach to a written constitution which the United King K, rights to the i< the name act declaring of the sub. 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The term was applied by Italian artists to the Rlessed Virgin, the Christ Child and St. Joseph. the Holy Fam We are sure that each reader of The Evening Ktar could be henefited by the serviee offered by aur Wash ington Information Bureau il he knew the scope and resources of this bureau. Give us a chance to he nf help in your problems. whether they be household. school or social. e are here to serve pou—it is up 1o to see that we are kept busy. Send your inquiry. together with stamps for veturn postage. to The Evening Star Information Rureau, ! Frederic J. Haskin, director, Wash ington. . € ? cents 1 Raised to Boost in Foot Ball Prices Discussion of the increase in price of foot hall tickets from $3 to $5 ai several colleges develops no evidence of serious protest from the sport loving public. but, rather, some sat- isfaction has been expressed that this major sport will be able to contribute to the expansion of some oth®r col- lege activities which are less profita ble. Yale, Princeton, Harvard Pennsylvania initiated the change, under which the alumni must pay the higher rate, while studenis and fac. ulty members will be charged only “It_is perhaps a litile unfortunate for the amateur spirit.”” savs the Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal, “that foot ball is such # monev maker that the financial side of the coliege game is s0 much emphasized. It seems as if it would be better if it were more of u sport and less of a husiness The athletic authorities of these col leges take cognizance of this fact in not raising the price of admission to those who may he supposed to he most interesied in the sport for the sport’s sake—the students. They are not trying 1o wring the last pos sible dollar out of it. not charging all the traffic apparently will bear We do not suppose the extra $2 § ticket will keep any «f the foot-ball- following alumni awayv from the games. They seem to have pilenty of money to spend for other things on these hilarious « asions, Xy Looking upon both sides of the question, tHe -Dayton Daily News thus presents them here are many who will sea in the recent decision onl what they feel is a continuation of the movement toward professionalism and moneved sport. growing out of the Grange episode. ‘Thev will be certain it presages a gradual declire toward the adulteration that has never pre viously threatened the high amateur plane on which college athletics have heen conducted. Those so minded should permit themselves a thorough consideration of the facts in the case. The note at which supporters of col lege sport will take heart and rejoics is contained in the announcement which specifically provides that the increase in annual revenue shall bhe applied solely to maintenance and de velopment of general athletic faciil ties, and not to increasing the budgets of intercollegiate athletic teams.” “In view of the prices charged for ringside seats at matches, which seidom provide such thrills as a good foot ball game.” in the opinion of the Pittsburgh Chron icle Telegraph, “$5 a ticket does not seem excessive. There will he the customary amount of ‘deploring the ‘increasing commercialism’ of foot ball and the nusual ahsence of con structive suggestions for selving the problem more satisfactorily. Every fan will admit that it's worth $5 10 witness a championship contest on the gridiron. ‘The foot ball managers are not charging ‘all the traffic will bear. That is a condition that has never been tested. * * x % Quoting & statement that the pur chasing power of the dollar has de- creased, and that the need for educa tional endowments “is so acute that athletic funds can come only from foot hall revenue.” the St. Paul Pio- neer Press suggests that “the explana ton might be more comprehensive and continues: “Colleges and univer sitles always need money. The doliar never will buy enough. The It Three suthorvities might have ted that they have scanned the fuot bail horizon, and have convictions as what the traffic will bear. They migh have expressed confidence that, thoush the old grad may grumble, he wiil fork over at the gate.” The Newark Kvening News points outdhat “it 1= wholly a college f. affair’; that “tickets are not f to outsiders, who ean get them in violatlon of the rules, and have no kick whatever the price be.' The News also remarks: alumni prefer to preserve the college atmosphere; to mingle with others of a common interest and spirit. It makes a foot ball game a better show and happily.” And He said, "I am love—the love that is God. For this I came.” “Then, raising his hands, He looked lovingiy upon ne with the star- «hine in Fis eves. And oh. the won. der of Him!" A rare story, tender and beautiful. < and | so-called _boxing | They wanld weren't willinz and worth more mone, be poor sporte if they to pay what college athletics cost.” “Foot hall i& more than self-sup | porting. in spite of the heavy charges | for coaching staffs and equipment. the Providence Bulletin states. with | the further comment: “It is the most popular of all intercollegiate contests and it will probably continue 10 he | popular whether the tickets sell for 5 aplece or $3. The price boost is | Justified under the law of supply and demand. and also hecause the addi | tional revenue will he used, in mosi cases, for a broad and wholesome pro | gram of college athletics, which would {20 unsupported if foot ball did not | pay the bill." | The Jersey City I al also avers that while “there will be some few tn eriticize the price increase, the great majority will recognize that what in creased revenue is obtained eannot in any way harm college foot hall. If that increased revenue should, as Is expected,” continues the Journal serve to promote athietics generally in the schools and colleges, it will serve & pralseworthy purpose. The | eneral public has developed far too much interest in athletics, which are | reatiy improved by college compet! { tion and training. not to recognize the | value of the price increase." | Aseuming that it might ba asked | whether the game ““does not now vield" an income so large that a surplus re mains after paying the deficit on other sports.”” the Philadelphia Public Ledger explains: “Each university can and does point not only to rapidly mounting_overhead costs. but fto specific needs that the funds are not in hand to meet. The University of Pennevivania has incurred an outlay | of about §1.000.000 for the enlarge | ment of the stadium. and has a new | $1.000.000 gymnasium under way. The Princeton Athletic Associatfon s In debt to the amount of $126.900 for the | repairs made 1o the Palmer Memorial Stadium last Summer.” The Ledger mentions enterprises at other colleges and concludes, “The public and the undergraduate bhodies will probahly not_offer serious objection to the new tarifr. The Miami Datly News feels that ““the action of the Big Three will help | to buttress more firmly than ever the high standing of amateur sports fn colleges. a condition which all long to see perpetuated.” et Temperance. om the Cedar Rapide Fvening Gazeiie Temperance i< not prohibition. hut poise. gond judgment. self-control and moderation in all things. We are liv ing in one of the most intemperate | periods of American history This is a day of strenuous passions of far-flung imagination, of excessive emphasis, of uncurbed enthusiasms. We are having great difficuity In enforcing our laws and prohibitions mainly because we are living fn an | era that is not characterized by per | sonal poise, moderate tastes or good judgment. Speed and excess charac terize the age. We are inclined to “go the Himit.”" In short, this is the day of jazz. We want sensations and want them charged with sufficient excitement to | Jift us off our feet. Thrills and modesty, sensationalism and well balanced 1iving do net exi together. When people do not culti vate greatly the spirit of temperance, they lack the power to ohserve pro hibitions. Invention and prosperity have en rviched our environment faster than we have developed our intellectua and moral standards to sustain our equilibrium. The average citizen Is conscious of new powers, new oppor tunities. Many of us are like released | prisoners whose feet had been chained to iron balls. Seemingly there are people who want to explode their emotions with a big stick of dy- namite that will give them a thrill that they never will forget. In spite of our rising standards of education, we seem (o be less able to live happily In our own minds and hearts, but want “something doing all the time" (o keep, us from fainting because of the duliness of everything. Like Ol King Cole, we call for our | howl of pep and onr Addlers three. whose names are jazz, thrilis and