Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1926, Page 8

s THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening St Business Off h and Ponney 1y ama e | 53 o d st Ly Building <t Loudon, Luopean O 14 Faatand i1 o | which is made b ble in Advance. Virgin 1y nd 1 Caf States and ad <40 Associated P Member of the cise cre thie ot Potomac River Forts. Efforts now o s o on opposite Hunt mae four- n and vot Forts teen miles s ed as a part of Nationul ¢ benefits o b the park syste tal, ought being would ace Properties pared grou at park aress would be A with the seat of Governmie: icle published ar ol mong responsible of Congress in these milit; purposes. Un- taken, either pews columns of dis stror officials and member ¢ retention vations for park action slation ati entiment favor o of ess somo is hrough le; w segre » Washington or milit an f longer needed for the War Department but to propose their But % son that Live ought not to be e necessary int ot sperties "o ry ha purposes, no opt sale at wuction nimity of opin execu action view of the u such congressional or action desirable, lifficul t to obtain, once rest used. The Washin othe do necessary civic bodies of ton, citizens’ and ents can stimulate this they will take Liold of the matter in earnest. ns organizations res 2 sreat interest “ort Washingtor and Fort Hunt with nearly 200 acres, are ideally situate? for recreation pur poses. And one of the strongest argu ments for their retention is that they would be immediately available with- out any considerable outlay of mon Even during the coming Summer the barracks and other buildings at the forts could be made ready to house thousands of children who otherwise might have but small opportunity for fresh air and sunshine. Fort Wash- ington especially is of historic interest, and from its ancient ramparts there is a magnificent view of the broad Po- fomac and of Mount Vernon, on the opposite shore. Opportunity comes to but few cities to acquire outing places of such desirability, and the people of Washington ought not to leave anything that can be done to bring about realization of this opportunity. e o A po gets & weaith of expe that ought to make him a vajuable acquisition to the staff of a cert pe of magazine, A few year: of studious service should enable him 10 tell at a glance what is likely to offend conservative good taste and so command a arge sale. —v————— surpassing undone office censo The most careful guardianship of St Bllzabeth patients has not prevented &n enormous amount of foolish money from being turned loose in the world. P Cuba’s Birthday. T'hig is the birthday of the Repul- Ha of Cuba the 2ith anniversary of dne of the world's great events. The da; ‘where b sons and daughters of the island na- idon, and all the people of the United States = that Cuba happy. Cuba en ree with the world and being honored ever joy is d looks larged com 6 a vast extension of business rel- tlons with the United States. We are the largest buvers of Cuba’s products, and the sale of our products in Cuba ought steadily to increase. Tt is like- ly that the demand in this country for the field and factory products of Cuba, will grow until commercial ties between the two republics will be as close, or nearly us close, as between the States of this Union. The President Cuba. Gen. Ma 1o Washington in spoke his heart and the sentiment of the Cuban veo- ple when he sald: “As a soldier of Cuba’s of independence T re- member with profound gratitude the tmely and unselfish aid of the peaple of the United States: as the President aloot of your sister republic sure T tertain the warm cere friendship and solidarity. in the pursuit high ideals, that united peoples on the field of battle. Tt s my intention to give every possible facility to the expansion of our com: mercial velations with the United States. [ will endeavor to obtain all useful information on the ways and means of intensifying those relations on lines @ greater exchunge of commodities and mutual advantages and. concessions. with the hest spirit reciprocity co-operation be- tween both countries.” That was plain and direct speech from a famous soldier of the Cuban revolution of 1895-9%, who has risen to the status of statesman. aud who is held in honor and the people of his country his vear in office as Machado has justified hi words by his works Celsbrution of ghe ious future, to of on his visi 19, ing of 5, war i as will continue to en- sentiments of sin vou that of and vegard by During President G pre-clection birthday of the STAR| . May 20. 1926 v spaper Company ation to avert the Washington, and | ceo und others kept attention of o = | aro THE Republic of Cuba will cause many { men to repeat the trite sentiment, ime flies.” On May 20, 1802, the flag of Cuba, carried by brave armies on many flelds, was raised over Havana and saluted by United States troops and warships. Let us not for. get that Cuba's warring for inde- pendence was not limited to the revo lution w broke throughout the island in February, 1895, There had been a succession of patriotic rebel- lions against Spain for three-quarter: century The of 18 55 are memorable and th War for Independence, n 1868, 4 heroic | struggte of u hrave and liverty | people. hundred years before | the desur of the Maine Cuba {was in the thought of the people of ~] the United The { Ploods vevolts against the authority king and his Vi tains ge the v tragic strug | gles 1o <et up a republican form of | government. Lopes Wition, ich | of revolts 1844 and 18 Ten Y a began was loving on States numerous of an overseus cap: eval the ex | gresstve Republican and two bitious politiclans have mnot infre quently raised the cry that an election was being “bought” when the tide of popular favor turned against them The make-up of the Senate commit- tec, two regular Republicans, one Pro- Demo- crats, should be factory to the most captious critic. The personnel— Reed of Pennsylvania, Deneen of T nols, La Follette of Wisconsin, Reed of Missouri and Bayard of Delaware gives assurance that the inquiries will be conducted with thoroughness. The committes has in its own hands the opportunity to render valuable service to the country. Should it undertake, however, to play politics for politics ke, then will its value change to a heavy lability - - Guns and Crime. vesterd: the fivearms, it t potential \ithough the Tlouse Lill prc for cof ed use o nuudls still for « drink dict. a paroled conviet o iibiting ealuble in the Nation's inflamed person L person bent Capital o dope ad the Virgini r, the talk of annex ation vife in the United States in t the nineteenth century and s o niddle o | the nume | disturbed condition of Cuba by having { the United States buy the island from Spaiin mnd the | very much in the mind of our people. | The revolution of 1895, the campaigus and exploits of Gomez, Machado, Ma- ous proposals to settle the kept Culba Cubans Then the Unit Toduy Cuba | people tixed on Cuba ed States played its pawt and the United States all time will be friends - To Plan Greater Capital people of Washington are 1o ix the excelient e P | compieting the Natio and Pl Comr | members appointed sident Coolidge in U al Capital Park The four lite 1o assist {in the work the comm will be called upon to do. Frederick Law Oimsted stands at the head of his pro- fession in this country as a city plan ner and landscape architect. Frederic A. Delano of this city, after a distin an engincer. has de sted many years to such problems as ning sion om tied sion private all excellently quali wuished care | those with which the commission will be called upon to deal, having served on the committee which secured the Burnham plan for Chicago, and he was the almost unanimous choice of | Washington residents who knew of his qualifications. Messrs, Nichols and Medary are less well known to the s public, but they high among those engaged professionally along similar lines, and were selected solely on the basls of their eminent fitness for the work. Out of the studie d recommenda tions of this commission there ought to come the utmost in the way of prac- | tical development of the Capital City. | And no greater benetit could result from the commission's activities than to bring Congress and the country to a realization that development of the Capital is a national and not merely local problem. . Associated on the commission with the four gentlemen just appointed by the President will be Maj. Gen. Taylor, Chief of Engipeers; Col. Bell. Engineer Commissioner of the District; Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Park Service; W. B. Greeley, chief of the Forest Service; Senator Capper and Representative Zihlman, chairmen, re- spectively, of the Senate and House District committees, and Maj. Grant, director of public buildings and grounds. The personnel of the com- mission thus is one to inspire confi- dence, both as to its ability and i broad-minded appreciation of the dig- nity which should attach to the Capi- tal of the world's greatest and wealth- iest Nation. -t - New rules for the next Democratic national convention are under consid- eration. Evidently no hopes of mak- ing the decision immediately unani- are at present seriously enter- ran | | | Campaign Investigations. The Senate has ordered w careful scrutiny of campaign expenditures in this year's senatorial elections, pri- mary and general. Practically with- out debate, on the demand of Sena- | tor Reed of Missouri, Democrat, the resolution setting up « ate committee to conduct the inves- tigations was jammed through terday. | The purity of elections, for Senator | or for any other office, is vital to the Nation. Corruption in the selec tion of the people’s representatives spells defeat of the popular will, and government of the pe®ple, for the people and by the people falls to the ground. If the special Senate com- mittee shall serve as a deterrent to ! corruption even in a single contest, it will have justified its appointment. There has been an implication that political advantage is. sought by the Democrats in forcing the passage of this resolution, introduced by Sena- tor Reed: that the effort is to place the Republicans “in a hole.” What- ever the reasons animating the Democrats in their demand for Senate investigating committee—and it must be assumed that the reasons of the best—Republicans who at heart the real interests of country, as well as of their cannot quarrel with the course taken by the Senate when it voted 59 to 18 in favor of the resolution. ‘The Republicans will scarcely admit that they are less devoted to clean elections than the Democrats. Charges of corruption have too fre- quently been made in past elections. ut these charges have laid against Democratic organizations and bosses as well as against Republican. Doubtless the Senate investigating committee will be asked to look into many charges of excessive and corrupt spenditures of money during the campaign. The committee will weigh the reasonableness of such charges carefully. It can scarcely afford to give its time to charges so flimsy that an investigation would amount to no more than a fishing expedition in the |interest of a single candidate Light and publicity are {evils which flourish in the.dark. and publicity also have acted special Sen- | are have their varty cures for Lignt | in the s charges of | st to put at rest ba corruption raised by demugogic caudi- & ) laddress and sit | by Cong he nearest any death his tancy shown played by transports fire for the to walk and that its action of when h on murder into hardware dealing weapon The louse, by a recognition Uncle 8, arms throu in neither the stord bu he am use, jut L in rom many « erim T the Se i House ut spite of annual recommendations the local Department. civic or has taken situation citiz deplorable ft the shadow " b, f - bill will doubt long way toward the the Senate o n House essen me throug [ i the criminal to clip rest <. because it will make it impossible an advertisem ut, scrawl his name and en chooses nails to comfortably back sconced in whatever place to call home and wait for deliver, C. O. D.. the desired revolver, But in the District its effect will bhe negligible, inusmuch as it is a perfect- Iy simple matter to waik ac street and b Tt is this ver matter of oss the nd of a that wakes it importance that Washington should bave a prohibitory law. Only recently a youth, crazed by Hquor, bought a revolver with the Rl‘e‘“lfl‘si ease and proceeded to injure seriously an innocer he attempted to er mands on a taxicab dr Every day. with Washington a wide. open town s fu S guns are con cerned, the potentialities of death and injury to It a situation that should not be telerated ess and should be remedied at rliest paramout t bystander when vitizens increa s the e possible moment. —oe A senatorship from Pennsyivania commands as much attention now as in the days when it revealed little more than what that stalwart figure, Boies Penrose, thought about the mat- S The discovery of an open polar sea clinches the sad revelation that Santa Claus is a myth. In the child lore of the future a motor boat will have to be substituted for the reindeer. Correspondents continue to roam the world for material to print. The most interesting news pertaining to civilired | progress at present is right here in the U. B. A s ———— A Communistic movement is inva- riably agitated by people who think they might derive personal advantages from a new deal. R Old John Barleycorn may be down, but he is never out of politics. S ING STARS. SHOOT BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Sentiment and Business a la Radio. That tenderness of sentiment Now bids my heart enthuse, When melody is sweetly blent With the industrial news. The baking powder stirs a thought Of biscuit you have made. Toothpaste and carpets brought A tender serenade. oft have Dear Heart, each tune brings unto me A recollection fair; And when 1 shine my shoes I see Your face reflected there. Mid codfish cakes and type machines And ice cream cones 1 hear An echo from ecstatic scenes; And you are alw; Resourcefulness. “Do you ever regret anything you have said?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. ‘“When anything I said proved unpop- ular I have always managed to make a big hit retracting it.”” Artistic Pertinacity. How often when we do our bit ‘We don't know when to stop! Some little turn will make a hit. The encore is a flop. Jud Tunkins men are smart enough to vote, but most of ‘em have too much sense to get into a scrim- mage for office. s Wi Stratagem. “Why does an editor use the noun ‘we pro- As matter of strategy an article gives offense, he doesn't want readers to think it was written by one lone, defenseless pers The Eternal Utilit A lot of Arctic ice he hit. That gallant navigator. It doesn’t seem to help a bit With my refrigerator. Proverb in Dispute. great deal can be said on both sides of any question.” remarked the ready-made philosopher-. “1 don’t see where you got any such idea,” rejoined Mr. Meekton. have just had an argument with Henrietta.” Modified Aspiration. In life a lofty aim I set; My motor car leaves me perplexed., 1 now am satisfied to get L'rom one gas station to the next. “De world was made in a weck,"” aid Uncle Eben. “After human bein's took hold of it, it has been takin’ cqn EVENING STAR, Capi- | WASHING' Which is the true man, the one others see, or the one he sees him- self, as himself? The one with many faults, or the one with many aspira- tions” This {& a question which always has hothered us, and no doubt has proved something of @ puzzler to many an- other, sbice every man must ask it alout himself some time or other. If we could solve it correctly, we might end most of the problems of the world, for the individual 1 the key 1o the mystery of life, IHe is at once the problem and the answer thereto. iZvery one remembers the old-fash- ioned hmetic books, in which ok something along that that the Teacher wili look in the back of Life i3 a 1 order, except not allow us to the ook, The problem man is one some, we ar man, to such glorious chap he Perfect Man, tihad with pruderies left out ue ry the not v »f which fch does quite aware. The 1¢ @ gentleman, is the sees as himself, the veritable modern Sir a few of Sie Gal's » suit modern con trained to helieve t this self-satistied person duves, ut times, or, at least, at_some tiwe in his life, wonder what life is about and what he is doing in it and 1t sort we he actually we are con con Play Once he question trie me, s far, the inevitable up, “Which is the the fellow others myself: the one the one with will er after all e oone 1 osoc mar aspira th iy niove essential it others than about one's self, I best Jizzht possible ook be “cheery, courageous, hap but precious few of them reader just how to %o it today is a prac tical one. w bit of advice that may he put into practice upon any m indifferent, nasty, fll-tempered person any ‘person of any age or sex who strikes one the wrong way There are very few so blessed heaven with gracious minds that they do not constantly meet people who “rub them the wrong way,” as the saying s M of u arcely can [ for a walk without seecing many whose Very appearance arouscs our inner resentinent It is this common has led some to propose the e of an “aura’ emanation around the human figure, which. they de clare, can be seen under proper con ditions. Thus is otherwise which two the moment best expressed in T do not like But 1 do not When your aura, unless tl same rate, thes an ether distt tual static, whi claring, “i don’t away asserting. “'Sol about feller rubs me the wrong wav.” Whether or not the aura theory true, the thing itself estahlist fact. Two men s every way equal, who ought to get along in great style, finally end by refusing to speak to each other, or simply by avoiding each other as much as {one to jpy. ete to tell the our suggestion out experience that istence expiained, they the unexplainab! persons of meeti: the classic say il feel from and which is lines s h sends 1 the THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. the answers were printed at the back. | antipathy | THURSDAY, possible. They may even try to r main on friendly terms, but fnwardly be as far apart as the poles. If one will try to think. however, of the true man in every one, he prob- lably will avold holding these unthink- | , ing resentments. and, even in cases of | real injury, will come to the point | where he will simply forget. |, Molding ~resentment. —as various teachers have taught since early times, | | Is something which works 99 per cent | | of harm to the oneg holding it. One | {of the most valuable of old Iebratc | maxims {8, “As a man thinketh in his | heart, so 18 he.’ Another 1, “He who digs a. pit for wther shall fall into it himself.” Usually this is applied to physical mat | ters. rather than to mental, but its | Intellectual application is no whit less {apparent |1 vou dig a pit of spleen. and envy fand i1l will in your own mind, hoping | that some one will fall into it. in &} {figurative senso (und bust his dan {neck), vou probably will end by stib bing your big tve on the edge, and plunging in he first yourself. Thus when we have forced lour sfght the illbred action acquaintance, and we unwittingly {mark upon it to a friend, and i friend straightway trots to the ac guaintance and teils him about it, and the lutter thereupon refuses to speak to_us We should wort Instesul of cursin ill-bred fellow (which, of course, he | is), we will simply try our best to rermeniber that perhaps th man | in bim is the one v ho lov and little ones. the tell 1ng hard, eut of none too mnch original material, to reach certain stands ds | By Aoing Last to recall that the | ~eitl man is the best one that he sees | Q0 much the petty one we that such aspirati he has t to blot out his faults. we may we from our minds something, that | hurting us, and leave 1 to go his | and God be with hin | i | i upon of an re- the | the cliap as an not ¢ is b | Look & ind your and see upe all des, not onl in personal affair but hetween nations, the tremendous amount of il will and friction which exists because practically no one uses his intelligence upon these common problems of everyday life 3 They taught us in school to con: jugate the Latin verlh amo. “1 love,” hut left us to apply the principle our and with lamentable res are given 1t befor | for mer ! thinking. o | Thus. when one fails to speak to us in the str ad of instantly | thinking. “lle did not see me,’ we | fall wonde “what we have done him."” and probably make some remark as “Getting up stage, We ng instructive collog voung men of the Standards. One all the acting to sucl eh? recen e averheard the f between t very highest g of going to jokingly, “Yes, T and 1d ladies g0 to b o The other looked somewk 1 the first, seeing the look “What did you think 1 said blushed, und replied, “I hought vou said, ‘I and the old lady | go to bed at 9 The other | smiled. “I thought you did, but you must know as well as 1 do that I woull never kay such a thing, even to Wu." As the other did know it perfectly well, but had fallen a victim to the common failing, he wi aid ) more. He had failed for once to see the true man in the other, the man of aspirations. spen | amazed asked The first r ock.” ion in calling off the general strike in Great Britain after a labor contest which was kept free from rev olutionary tactics is viewed by Ameri cans us a notable achievement. Both sides are commended for avoidance of Ditterness, and the British govern- nt espectally is pralsed for the wisdom shown in the proceedings, Tt is admitted, generally, however, that the coal situation itself is by no means solved. “This is a victory for the govern- men wt it is no less a victory for the strikers,” in the opinion of the Dayton Daily News, which holds that, “above all, it is a victory for the great third party, the general pub- lie, because order rules, business con- tinues and justice is promised for all as a guaranty of industrial peace In making this outcome possible the strik according to the Spokane Spokesman Review. e to be com- mended for reversal of their attitude, and intelligent recognition, before a bad matter had been made worse; that the general strike was at cross pur- poses with the welfare of the nation and with British public opinfon.” Speclal credit is given by the San Francisco Bulletin to “the stub- bornness of that js called the middle class, those that are neither rich nor poor.” * % % 3 “The general strike proved futile as a weapon of compulsion” and also “demonstrated the solidarity of the British people, outside of labor or- ganiz says the Washington Star, “in behalf of the maintenance of constitutional government. It set Great Britain back a number of years fn industry and trade, and from this setback none will suffer so greatly as the workers themselves.” In agree- ment with this view the Providence Bulletin states that *“when the smoke of this great industrial battle clears away it will undoubtedly be found that nothing was accomplished which could not have been accomplished more easily and with better spirit by more peaceful method: Moreover, it is observed by the Baltimore Eve- ning Sun that “the bill” to be paid “is already being presented” and “the stupldity of the proceeding is already taking toll.” Premier Baldwin's success in mak- ing “such a peace that no bitterness would remain afterward" is commend- ed by the Anniston Star, with the comment that he ‘“has rendered a service alike to the govérnment and to both sides,” while the Seattle Daily Times finds cause for satisfaction in the fact that as to the basie problem “both sides will approach the question in a spivit of tolerance.” Telief that Baldwin “sincerely desires to play fair, to deal justly,” is expressed by the Manchester Union. which hopes that “the British faculty of arriving at agreement ought not to be lacking now. when the questions involved are of such immense importance to gov- ernment and people.” ok “It may be that Baldwin will be able to deal with the coal erisis and with other labor problems,” says the Cin- cinnati Times-Star, “in a way that will lower the class barriers and hurry along that return of prosperity in England which is important not only to Fngland itself, but to all the free nations of the world.” An outstand- ing factor in this situation, it is point- ed out by the Charlotte Observer, is that “British labor had confidence that the government was animated by the spirit_ of justice,” and a further thought from the Rock Island Argus is that the strike “served to clarify the atmosphere. bring about a better understanding between the labor unions and the government. and if it {will eventuate in the reorganization of Jthe coal industry, its general effect Both Sides Commended As General Strike Ends | _“This give-and-take the Rochester Times.U essence of {ndustrial as other statesmanship,” to which the ! Oakland Tribune adds that “‘censerva- | tive England has learned that organi zatfons of workers are capable of pro. ducing efficient leadership.” while the Salt Lake Deseret News is convine that she will “require inherent energy and patience and the work of all he people in harmony to achieve reco ery But “after-etrike pains make Britain limp and wince for weeks,” avers the Syracuse Herald “The problem fs still far from solu tion,” nevertheless, declares the Youngstown Vindicator, as it sur- veys the coal situation, and the Bloomington Pantagraph sees in the situation a *“Pandora box of serious problems,” but the Savannah Press | feels that “the world will breathe freer now that the alarming part has been called off.” The cllmax im- presses the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, which pictures Premier Baldwin “pufling calmly at his charred cherrvwood pipe as though nothing had happened.” ke according nfon, “i it is of all | the | | | “Though in revolt against the gov- ernment, the workers remained Brit- ons,” is the explanation by the Du- luth Herald of the successful out- come, and as to the other side of the conflict the Atlanta Journal savs of Premier Baldwin that he “was true to the hest Anglo-Saxon traditions and true to his country’s future. The Kansas City Journal adds that “the spirit of compromise, so dear to the British mentality, seems to have prevailed,” and the Roanoke Times observes a ‘“characteristic combination of English luck and English pluck.” The further con- cluston of the New Orleans Tribune is that “there is nothing in Britain's conduct during the war or following the war, including her conduct dur- inz this gigantic strike, which is cal- culated to make any one believe that the elements of greatness have | passed from her people.” Recogniz- ing the existence of a current of feel- ing which “could have been provoked into starting serious trouble,” the Milwaukee Journal asserts “it 1s a tribute to the leadership of Britain trades unions that this feeling was held in leash.” “The end is not a stale, profitless compromise,” states the Newark Evening News, “but an undertaking to apply the knife to the cancer ing at the coal industry, which is likely to be drastically reorganized. The Oklahoma City Times also takes up this subject with the comment, “British workmen might learn from Americans that increased production and higher pay go hand in hand.” “With true British taciturnity,” according to the Fort Worth Recor Telegram, “little was said during that eventful week concerning the influence of Russia on the strike. There will probably be some just retribution along with the final set- tlement. There will be some individ- uals who will not reside in England any longer.” The Racine Journal- News also declares, “One of the great- est tributes to the workingmen of the island is that they refused aid of the Russian government.” et Only a Hope. From the Parkersburg News. That pretty women aren’t bright isn’t so much a conviction as a hope. oo | Public Taste. From the Passaic Daily Herald Some critics proceed on the ilieory at if the great mass of people like | daten-fop offics, Disgruntiad but-afn. fupies L0 QubeD-Ae Anishin’ Jouchess” will I wholesome jn gharacters® @ 2RING 46 must bo in 8098 astey | theories or { radical ja | variably | press emotions through the me | scalptors MAY 20, 1926. THE NORTH WINDOW The subject of modernism oc a large place on the program of the annual convention of he American Federation of Art walch was held in this city last w k. and those in attendance were given opportunity to h r two of the lending exponents of modernistic expression— Walter Pach author of one of the sanest books on the modernist movement which been written, and himself both painter and an etcher, and Ralph A Pearsou, well known as an etch and a leading modernist in the graphic arts. Mr. Pach_illustrated his talk on “Leaders of Modernism" by a series of stereopticon slides. 1. Pearson demonstrated his theory of “Continuity in Modernism” by af series of prints which he had as embled and also by drawings en- arged and thrown on a ground glass | serfen Somewhat those seeking Pach nor Mr. Pearson sion to anv show to the d it appointment o nefther rave revoltitionary of @ very modernists the tradi hap: n Mr | sort galning in sanity, tlonalists heing won a little of hoth What Mr. Pach Insisted upon, 1o will concede -the return ‘to simplic of express an emphasis on structural and the element of desig common meeting zround fi two supposedly opposing camy In this direction modernisn g 10 good results. To be sure, Mr Pach objected to the phrase, *Tra dition of nobility and beauiy in : but acknowledged frant tully worth-while herit governing factor in the art of Mr. Pearson indicated by 1 ser lines « knowledge of design «n part of Raphael istine Madonna, knowledge it would be diffic: Quoting Bened Warbeke of Mount deciared that art ha in the department of inti tion—in other words, that the artist is born. not made. Ife did ne W ver, discount the value of t * e T aud Mg students rearson o desirability strength Here is i | but wheatie: S conscious o 1t to prot » - Croce Holvoke its | | * Let not be supposed. however that complete agreement existed or ex: i6ts hetween the exponents of moder ism and those of the Mr. Pearson strongly oppose placement of reproductions reproductions—of the works « masters in the public schools, and vocated instead the works of moderr even modernist, print m thou he did include in category of pr worthy of such placement works some of the early masters which cc formed in design to the new prints In other words, it was not old art, but art of a certain sort, to which he found exception. John Sargent, he claimed, was po artist : 1 bec his ings do not pattern, not fit prescr «d geometr esign as do cr tain works by Raphael and some o th ¥ masters ) there were those who took par this discussion whe strongly ad ated the placement of modern in the schools rather t ks of the old masters, lest the pu pils should he enc = to be little Rembrandts and 1 tians Following the same should net Shakespeare and likewise be hanished lest we pr line of little Shakespeares : Miltons This obvic the day child, and the inborn genius of child. hood to create and to produce was re Deatedly stressed -by_speakers at the recent convention No longer is the child under the law, but dictator. The efforts of uninstructed children to ex dium of were cited as evidence There has however, kers P! in iine and color of progressive education. not been time enough yet to peint to actual result. Certainly the childish utterances illustrated were by no means convincing: unla. beled they were incoherent, unintelli- gible 1 * ok ok % There was compiaint that the public not sufficiently patronize cotes -ary artists, that the sale of pic by cotemporary paintérs was y tionately small; but some one d ture to suggest that a reason for this was that the painters were painting to please themselves. and that their choice of subjects did not appeal. 3reat art has alwavs been called forth by demand: great paintings have heen executed most often as commissions No art_has flourished which has not heen coherent. There must. of course, be co-operation between the publ and the artists. There is a tendenc perhaps a weakness—among modern painters, to set forth that which ugly rather than that which is beau tiful; it is easier to do. But, as some one has said, “Art represents our dreams come true,” and the general public demands at least a measure of beauty in artistic expression. Attention has been called to the fact 4 opor { agriculture | i ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASK controvers: charact . Please settle whether a the s in “the: 1 AL sinclair Lewis « in any case represer Q. What is static” A. Stripped of tech Is a natural atmospheric observed in sending or radio. It is caused elecirical discharges prevaient by day than by night and are more troublerome in Summer than in Win seience a method of persons R alities, static interfoyence re tray natural rnessing then Who ¥ Q. 18t Queer A A 30 B was from 60 t f Kgyp it Queen copatra was the an heat s At w 1 t depth M A It has| e temperature of the at the rate of | degree | cach 60 feet, Steam cal therefor a depth of ‘ e dled tamous Ather ame archon and conditions debtors lation into four « the Boule, the lage, and the o ized semt Q hich was the fi A In the eatliest huma archeologists disco ther, evidentl: by hen he painted the | by way of nor Ingland and teh of tha States?—L. ( A Itis slon of the Seaboard Air Li It has curves in on bably the 200-mi e, ida. How can the amour he estimated”— | w bar A to count appro ot well se thi Q. What man ington on the back A. ‘The incider Gouverneur Me stitutional being wine pany. Morris and and slapped ! m on the she by |ris stated i do not | is working toward | he receive made it the won wiage were taken from real [of his life Wh 8, L. § The origlr It an rame was adaptatlor e i or s They are more |1 ame of the & from whic 1] B BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS no measi on of the 13 mora peoy tion of farm j concerns tha far the consumers of f g suffers, food languish and sup mand, with conseq hancing cost of living i economists Loth in the Department of Agriculture and out of it To that extent there is no disagre ment, but when Congress faces « crete proposals how to meet needs in stimulating permanent p perity in agriculture there unlimited divergence of plans All the plans appear to ass in its present st general economniic conditiony unchang i been Mo sands of offect ure in methods and True. there h: methods for tho less than a century needs but to cross the behold the same crooked and mulebeaten threshing was common in Egypt u raohs, and is still found World. In Mexico, even toda) is harvestec with a sickle. Our forefathers used a scvthe and er. led with a flail grandfath usec power threshing machine a sulky plow. Our fathers d threshers with steam and plov gang plows and four horse plow with gas, and we plow, and seed in the same oper change vears unt T o Grande to kD) oor that the pha the Old grain ag n Now we row In that we have almost no great novel in modern times of labor, no great novel which sets forth graphically, truly, stirringly. the life of the laborer. Tt may be that we have had no novelist capable of writing such a book: it may be that the reading public is still more interested in figments of the imagina- tion, in kings and queens and high so ciety, or the sensationally vulgar com- monplace There is a certain analogy between art and novel writing. Many books are written; many pictures painted. When the great book is written and the great picture painted the public will acclaim its merit. Of this there is no doubt. PR One thing stood out pronouncedly in connection with the discussion of art problems at the American Federation of Arts convention. It was a common agreement that, after all, the thing of utmost importance was art itself, and that, no matter how the form varied, art is very much alive and moving forward. Mr. Medary, the newly elect- ed president of the American Institute of Architects, stressea this fact in the address which he made when taking office at the institute’s recent banquet. It is important, of course, that the public should be educated, that taste should be improved, that the masses should come to recognize the impor- tance of art and its relation to every- day life, but the real thing that counts is art itself—art and the artist. Temordant. the great French paint- er who was blinded In the war, gave utterance to this conviction when he detected in the voice of a friend pity for himself. “It makes little differ- ence,” he said, “‘that one artist shall paint no more, the important thing is that the torch of art shall be carried on, that it shall never be allowed to burn less brightly.” That this calam- ity should befall our own country and our own time there seems no need for fear. * ok X ok Leopold Stokovsky, when he was awarded recently by the American In- stitute of Architects a gold medal of honor for service in the field of mus said that for the architects of Amer- jea he had the greatest admiration; that theirs was, indeed,a great achieve: ment, for with a conscious knowledge of the best that the world had pro- duced they had found new expression, had created a new tradition in accord- ance with the needs and the opportu- nitles of the time in which they were living. This is true of other departments art—of the painters and the Tt is also true that a zreal movement toward a better ap. preciation of art and the place it holds in normal life is going forward with great impetus in the schools and his countrgs of i and has some of the dryer parts of the c try grain is cut and threshed i operation. Nowhere in the world certainly at no time in_ history farming advanced as it has i ica within the half century forward thinkers this radical develop ment means that far like other professions, is unde fu change: only to the biir pear unchanging in the f American farmers are still depen: ent, not merely upon markets whict they eannot control, but upon the un certainties of nature. which makes production beyvond the mastery of their utmost industry and most ad vanced knowledge. Amerfcan farm nd | Belgium. farming, or tensive gardening. has gone bey dependence upon the weather and in sect pests, and crops are raised and matured without the slightest refer ence to such unceitain conditi Acres are inclosed under sl artificial sunlight is “turned on arc lights, just as freely as water is showered from artificial rain. Tem perature is regulated, not alone by sunlight pouring through the giass “gky,” but is supplied from steam pipes when the sunshine fails. Farm ing in the future under some cover better than glass, which will not filter out the infra ravs, bids fair to become as radically different from to day's practice as today's methods are aifferent from those of ihe Israe ites in Egypt FElectricity specialists in conference last week discussed in great serious ness the degree of electric light need ed to make vegetation grow 24 hours a day, instead of suspending growth | The at evening or when clouded. future food production will go on days a year, 24 hours dail 8,760 hours instead of $00 hours a year, and the time when population will out strip the food production of the world, as so direfully predicted a century ago by Mr. Malthus, will thereby be set forward a few more( thousand years. e Farmers, today, insist that it is a condition and not a Malthusian theory that concerns them. It is not a question of production, but of sale and distribution which: will decide for whom they will vote in the next congressional election. ‘Wholesale we e, om an greater is this movement than who are in the midst of it are aw that it is a surprise when those f abroad voice the conviction that s, and | from | ment of New Ze the best ¢ Onr !. | people & farm cwed re he to pay i had been other farm pi such outlet upon her i redy pa Ir the furr s, In e in advanced the Federal I tem was estal tarift Finanee € eredits act ently 1o he marke cou | the : ore ia metl vim rirn asue 1 the but with more or le it is inadequate r ¥ fix farm ernment-alded staples, such DBill of 1921 | the exporta ples and export s aged. This valorization « buying up of bill was defeated in the never voted upon in the was opposed by President ¢ false economics In_the Sixty-eighth Congress the Die n the Me) Hatugen pr posed by the i* 1e bioes in Congress set out g by Ge rye by Ger Commerce partme stror wdn posed the Dickin have supported e recently v Representative urged, as modifyin subsidy of the Dickinson Tincher bill would establish eral farm advisory council made 1p of three members from each of the 12 Federal land bank distriets. | also provides a farmers' market commission of 7 members—the Secr. tary of Agriculture and 6 to be ap {pointed 1y the President, with the {confirmation of the Senate. The: | six must be ciosen from 18 nomins presented by the advisory council A measure for co-operaiive market ing known as the Administration or Jardine bill, now in the Senate, also embodies some of the Tincher prin ciples. The Tincher proposition woull require £100,000,000 to bufld ware houses—to be repaid ally, | |the farmers. It a ks for r {volving fund with which to do bust ness. It would requit total of 2350000000 for louns to cooperatives and cover Josses exports st ght at fixed pric to ad s sles era of great production, of real ad-|producers, & %o much, yance, ia alregdy, ppening Ak ADEXIGEe 4CQRITIgiLe UL Gembin P iiide e Colidagad