Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 6

THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Kdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. EATURDAY. May 22. 1926 i THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offive <ol lth St and Pennayiva " Ohicago Offics: Tower Buildind ; European Office: 14 Rezent St.. London. Ensland. nia A The Evening Star. with the Sundas morn Ing edition. is delivered hv Wiehi e ity at B0 cents ner morth: daily onle cents per month: Sunday onl cents P Ordera may he sent by mail ar “lephone Main 5000. Collectior. is made by earrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daste and Sun v Baily iy Sundey- -} &unday only 1 v €3:00: 1 o All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday. 1 yr. €17.00: 1 mo. S Dale ante " 130 a0t L Sunday only 1. .1yi. $1.00: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Pre The Associated Prass is ex. 10 the use far renubtieation ¢ f a1l news [otches credited o it or mot. atherwiss cre ted in this naner snd alse the loeal new Bublished herein. Al rizits of nublication % upecial dispatches herein are also reserved. In the Balance. Stiff-necked Republican leadership in the House threatens to prevent final agreement by the two houses of Con- gress on the lons-hoped-for bill to liberalize the civil service rvetirer t act. The attitude of this leadership meems o be that the Senate musi ac- eepnt in toto and without cha the Bl as it passed the House. This ix the so-called Budger Bureau bill—ihe bill which has had the approval of President Coolidge The Senate. on the other hand. has put through = more liberal mensure. and. in the usual rourse, the bill would be sent to con- ference and &n effort made 10 adjust the differences between the two houses | and bring out perhaps A compromise measure. But the House leaders decree other- wise. 1t is reported they even 20 so far as 16 say they will not permit the Bill to 20 10 conference unless they &et some kind of azreement from the Renate or the Senate conferces that the House hill will finally be acceptef. This is a high-handed proceeding to sy the least, unfess the subserviency of the Senate to the House is to he | acknowledged forthwith. There is a feeling in some quarters that no tears will be shed by some of the administration leaders in Congress and out if the civil service rvetire- ment bill fails to become a law, not- withstanding the fact that friends of the civil service employves have ob- tained from the President and the Budget Bureau assent to the bill which has passed the House. The eivil service employes will have an epportunity to learn within the next ‘week or two their real friends in Con- mress. The present civil zervice retirement act, with its $720 maximum annuity th superannuated emploves. to Which the emploves must contribute during their period of active service, is ad- mittedly inadequate. To ask a retired Government emplove who has given faithful service for the major part of Ris dr her life to live on 360 a month ®r less—and the annuity in most cases = considerably less than $£60- like asking the Israelites to make bricks without straw. The House bill increases the max fmum annuity to $1.000, but at the same timé increases the contributions of the Government employes to the re- tirement fund from 213 per cent to 3'3 per cent. There is no change made in the age of retirement from the pres- ont law— Furthermore, the House bill will actually cost the Government less than ‘the present law. Yet it is ealled in the House a “liberalized™ re- tirement bill. The Senate bill, on the other hand, increases the maximum Annuity to $1,200, increases the con- tribution from 2'; per cent to 4 per cent, and permits voluntary retire ment after 30 years' continuous serv. fee. The attitude of some of the House leaders is that the civil service em ploves should contribute th2 entire amount which makes up their retire- ment annuity. They say the Govern ment should pay sufficient salarics to permit the employes to save for their awn old age. Government does not pay such aries, and It ix idle to present such An argument In view of the we!l understood fact there i< to no increase in_ Government sal aries. In industi 1d commercial or- ganizations in this country, retirement plans are more and more wldely adopt- | ad. In many of them the employing concerns either pay the entire an- nuity to retired employes or con- tribute largely toward il. Can the Government aford to be less just to its hard-working civil servants? e E World War finds no excuse in any reasonable political economy. Nations that insist on hostilities will at least be compelled to localize them. —————we Zoning Disputes. Considerable heat was shown in the hearing before the Zoning Commis- aion on the propcsed amendment to allow only detached homes to he built in A restricted areas. Various huild ers argued agalnst adontien of the amendment and representatives of citizens’ assoclations for ji. One point stressed by some of the huilders was that having bought tracts of land in those areas Wwith the plan of building semldetached and community homes | the amendment would work a hard- ship on them. Representatives of cit- izens’ assoclations and of people own- ing property in the areas argued that the amendment was needed to protect the home owners—the owners of de- tached houses—against depreciation of their property by erection of semi-de- tached and community houses. If un- der the zoning regulations erection of community and semi-detached houses was allowable at the time of the purchase of the land the builders have a grievance. Most persons will sympathize with home owners who seek to protect their neighborhood against buildings whieh tend to lower the rability and therefore the value of property in that neighbeehood. 1t has alwavs ? a dificelg problem to keep a resi Well and good, hut the | be | [ v S'l‘:\R . dence neighborhood from going cownl |in value. A number of men buy, let one say, $10,000 homes on a mew street. The gardens are well kept and | the neighborhood quiet. 1t is account- " !ed a desirable neighborhood and under normal conditions the property r | mains at the value the home-owner, pald for 1t, and under some conditions: may show a moderate increase in mar- ket value. "There is vacant land in the neizhborhood on which the home- owners have reason to believe thei as; | 2ood houses s thelrs will be built. A | professional or speculative builder j takes over that land and bullds small- er and cheaper houses, or some form | of house not as desirable or valuable as those already there. He sells them at a good price because of the able neighborhood™ to the creation of whose values he did not contribute. The earlier homes become less des; able and their market value declines. The original buyers invested in real estate because It was safe, and vet they lose money. They worked hard to establish a home, and another man | comes along and takes from them part of the value of that home—takes from them part of their capita It _required agltation for vears to give home owners a measure of pro- tection for the money invested in their homes. Not many vears ago the home owner had a struggle to keep a saloon trom beihg opened in his neighbor hood. and he often falled. He might not oppose the saloon with the usual moral argument, but he opposed it be- cause it destroved part of his home investment. 1t was only after a good many vears that a saloon could not be opened on a street without the con sent of a cartain proportion of prop erty owners both of the streei. The roning idex having | ten into law. it is reasonable that the tegulations for the ot af man's home will become stricter. or more protective. It is reasonable that | home ownera should have some right to say what sort of buildings may be put wp in their neizhborhood. They are the persons most affected by any change in property values, and it is reasonable 1o assume that thev are the best judges as to what will hurt | help their neighborhood. on sides heen writ protection —to—a Giving Geneva a Chance. President Coolidge is represented as beinz unresponsive to the Japanese proposal that a conference be held in Washington, attended by Great Brit- ain, the United States and Japan, 10 consider the further limitation of na- val armaments. It Is the President’s view that nothing should be attempted by this country which in any wav would militate against the success of the conference called by the League of Nations, an agenda for which is now being arranged ar a preliminary con- ference at Genev ‘The American Government stands ready at all times to further the cause of arms limitation, but it is the view of the President and his advisers that ino useful purpose could be served by “throwing a monkey-wrench” into the Geneva machine They can see no reason why naval armaments, as well as land armaments, cannot be dealt with by the League of Nations confér- ence. At least. they think, that con- tevence should be given full opportu- nity to try. 1If it tries and fails. then it will be time to consider proposals | for another conference in Washington. As a matter of fact, progress at Geneva during the last few days en- courages a more hopeful view as to the ultimate success of the league con- ference. Germany has met her former enemlies on equal terms, has declared her position in no uncertain voice, and the declaration has been received in good pari. That, in itseif, is a hopeful sign, but no less cheering is the prac- tical manner in which the conferees have set about clarifying the ques- tions which ave to be placed upon the agenda. There is evidenced a genuine desire 1o geL down 1o realities, and, so far as possible, to brush aside an- clent animosities and political jeal- | ousie: The proposition advanced by the American delegates, that the Iimlla-l tion of iand armaments can best be advanced by regional agreements ther than by a universal one, ap- | pears te have met with general ap- proval, and it was promptly indorsed by the principal Latin American pow- ers. Such a method would permit the United States to lend heipful counsel in the formation of European agree- { ments without being asked to go guar- antor for any of the security pacts which may he deemed necessary pre- liminaries to the limitation of arma- ments. e 1t is the era of discovery. In addi- tion to the rediscovery of the North | Pole, radio registers the rediscovery of the mouth organ and the jewsharp as legitimate musical instruments. F e ! America at Work. | 1t is a cheering and wholesome pic- { ture of a nation industriously at work | which Judge Gary drew in his ad- {dress vesterday before the American | ron and Steel Institute. of which he is president. He belleves conditions | in this coun are as good as ever | before, if not better. and he can see 10 .1hreatening clouds on the indus- jtrial hovizon. There is no unemploy- ment problem, labor is well paid and i generally coniented, and the enlars ing productivity of industry is ereat | inz an ever inereasing stock_of goods | for the commen pool. wakinz possi | ble rising standard of liv- ling for the average American family. Amer . it would seem, has i thoroushly iearned the lesson which labor in other countries seems unable ! 1earn, that the welfare of the wor! | er cannot be advanced by limiting pr ductign. Also it has been learned by both American capital and American labor that the prosperity of one class or section cannot be permdnently maintained at the expense of other classes or sections. The manufactur- ing liast cannot prosper if the agri- cultura! South and West are in ad- versity, and the workers of the Kast must be steadily emploved at good | wages if they are to buy the products of the agricultural aveas. This grow- ing realizition of the interdependence of all parts of the country promises 1o be the strongest of all ties hinding the states together and a hétter as. surance of the permunency of the an la desir- |, ichasging hin { tually reform. THE . EVE Unlon than any amount of flag-waving of Kourth of July oratory. 1t will be a happy day for the Na- tion when the politicians become ar thoroughly *“sold” as are sagacious business and labor leaders upon this doctrine of the interdependence of prosperity. When that day comes we shall have less of demagoguery in pol- itics and less of propuganda seeking 10 array one section of the country jagainst the other. A Maligned Young Thief. Shipsky, uged sevenieen, in New York charzed iHe was inaignani. The ice had traduced hini. ‘rhey had vously maligned him. ‘They had «d to make him out & very bad hoy, with the commission of swxty-four robberies. As a matier of taci, Stephen told the couri with feel- Ink. be had not commitied sixty-four robieries. ile had commicted only (higty-seven. He was not nearly so bad a boy the police would have the judge believe. Only thirty-seven! Suephen was right in his demurrer, it sew Nobody could prove more than thitty-seven thefts against him. In fack, Stephen was the prosecution’s besi watness in the case. He had been taken cold on a job and had no de- fense. ‘So he faced the music and pleaded guilty and mevely tried 1o keep the reccrd straighi. The judge sent him to the reformaiory. Sevenleem vears old and already an expert thief! ‘Thirty-seven vobberies! This precocious youlh wiil go the usual voute, in all likelihood. He will spend « few years in the veformatory and then, on his release. perhaps with A parole thai requires ntm to report from time 16 time 10 some authority and tell how he is gelting along, drift right back into the gang life in which he has lately heen a shining exemplar of crime. Perhaps. however, Siephen will ac Maybe by the time he j« free there will have been a change in practice in the courts, possibiy a change in the law (0 the end of giving sterner sentences and stiffer punish- ments. 1t may be that the prospect of (he electric chair will be brought closer to the law-breaker. So it is within the range of likelihood that when S phen once more treads the pavements ot New York he will find that the life of crime is altogether 100 desper- ately dangerous for him 1o pursue, and he will go to work at some honest Job that, while it fs not thrilling, is nevertheless safe. g The way to keep the Stephen Ship- skies from carrying on crime by whole- sale is to make even retall crime wlto- gether too risky to be attractive. s — 1 Stephen < in court with robbe: Musical prodigies are discovered xo trequently that the stage manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company may eventually find himself in danger of a nervous breakdown. s Gasoline costs a cent more per gal- Jon. There ix no use of arsuinz. At least. you have the privilege of park ing space while the tank is being filled. The village choir sings “The Lost Chord” with a tervency which inspires admiration for the spirit of intrepid exploration which animates our pres- ent time. o oo RSP A well organized machine leaves the average political speaker about as much actual influence on popular (hought as that exercised by.a radio announcer. B The estates of the Hohenzollerns represent a fortune large enough (0 bring solace to many a thrifty mind for the loss even of an empir e roe—. Congress is disposed to divert Penn. sylvania's attention from the coal miners 10 the political “'goid di et Demands for a véeferendum will en- courage “Vox Populi” to hope for his old-time prominence in popular print. ——— ot —— Nobody favors the old corner saloon. The modern problem is the hootleg- ger's high-power car, vt " SHOOTING STARS. RY PHILANDER IARNSON, Print. The pictured page beguiles the eve; The type is oft six inches high. In all the mass | cannot note One line like! what 'Gene Kield once wrote. No.clamor that compels the crowd Repeats his name-in accents loud. And yet, in many a heart. I'm sure, His gentle songs must still endur B:.—:Gms. “Old Nero did a lot work."” “Without doubt.” answered Senator Sorghum sadly. “But it’s too late to start an investigation.” No Suspense. Forth to the Pole I fain would steer, ‘Where, 'mid the icy gale You know for certain every vear The fruit crop’s going to fall. of crooked Jud Tunkins says a multimillionaire can buy 'most anything he wants, hut he still has to be cautious ahout going into the vote market. lumidity. “Are yon a¥wet’ or a ‘dr “In view of the controversies that arise,” answered Senator Sorghum. “'T would define my attitude as disereetly moist.” Candy Kidding. “Re good and you will haj But who is there to blame us If a new motto now we see, “Re bad and you'll be famous"? “Mind yoh-own business,” sald Un- cle Eben. “In order so to do, vou wants to pick out a business dat ain't callin’ foh no police interference.” - ———— Re-Heated. From the Muncle Star. The chances are that the new crisis reported in the Tacna-Arica fuss is nothing but an old one warmed over. e still Fighting. From the Rockford Star. Engineers say the age of windmills s past, but there are as many people fighting 'em as ever. \ & G _STAR , THIS AND THAT WASHING There is a pageant going on in Washington right now that has not received first-page headlines, but is {A beautiful and instructive entértain- { ment just the same. | It is the blooming of the iris, magic j®pring Aowers spending their fra- { &rance on the fresh ali, <nchanting ‘many an otherwise drab garden, now that the tulips have gone. | i This is our first personal experience | I with iris, hence our enthusiasm. We | feel confident that no iris “fan” will | be put out because of our slowness in i grasping the beauty of his favorite flower. Flowers are experienc A yellow primrose on the brim. sald Wordsworth, was primrose to one who looked at unseeing eyes. S0 may every one be said (o look at flowers who does not personally at- tend their appearance in the world. A rose is a rose, but until you grow some yourself you do not know roses. The gladiolus is something to be ad- mired, in an off-hand sort of way, as one passes the florist's window, but not until you put some bulbs into the ground and personally escort the flower spikes into the light of day can you be sald to really appreciate this wonderful creation of God and man. To look at a row of irls waving in the breeze and remark, “How pretty! is one thing. Fo grow them voursell is another. AT river's | just a | it with | The blue fiag of grandmother’s gar den once held the entire American fleld. Today the German and Japanese irig, with others. rule the garden. To some persons the love of this flower will come as by instinct, while with | others it will be a growth. I« udlity in the garden. itx erect and beautiful leaves and long period of greenness (practicallv evergreen), together with its strange. vet beauti ful blossoms, give (he iris & premier position. Perhaps no flower Is easier to grow than the German bearded irit. It may be placed almost anywhere in the aun, where it will do its glorlous best. The Japanese types ave good in moist places, where the German will not go. There are other types on the mar- | ket, which any iris enthustast can tell you all about. Our personal experi ence s limited to the German. to date. but will be broadened next vear—as| every enthusiast can imagine. The beauty of the iris grows upon | the grower, even as hix plants mul tiply in the border. One who has : few plants this vear will hardly be satisfied with that number next sea- son, but ,must put in more this vear | for bloom next Spring. | Evervwhere in Washington the irises | have been blooming. Those who have only a few varieties find their bloom- ing at an end. but the fortunate ones will have flowers for several weeks | longer. There are early. middie and late bloomers, and each has itx tvpi- cal charm. To have one s to want all. To create an enthusiasm on the part of others—that is the desire of all per- sons, and the achievement of some more so than others. ‘The sume thing is true of flowers, and of some in a marked degree. | The rose, the gladiol peony—these are the “hig 4" of the modern American floral world. The enthusiasm which they have created the Iris, the has resulted in the formation of the BY PAUL ¥ “If Mussolini came to America®' “The paraphiasing of the title of Wil- llam Stead’s famous book about con- ditions in Chicage, suggests an offi- | rial of the American Federation of Labor. contrasts American liberty with the state of labor and enterprise existing in Italy today. The Kascist cabinet, he proved this week the most all of Premier Mussolini's program, which revolutionizes statecraft and in- stitutes & more dictatorial regime than ever a (zar of old Russia dared as- sume. The cabinet decides to support this plan: “Phe instruments of capital and jabor, both manual and Antelléctual, are longer opposed to the State, but are inserted vitally into State or- nism."” B2 uls X1V dared declare only, “"The it is mysell’ L'Etat, c'est —but Mussolini assumes to be not merely the political head. but gen- eral manager of all industry -Ind all professional activity, and the “walk- ing delegate” and strike committee of all wage earners, organized or unor- anized. 5 Al labor unions are abolished. and. in their places, Premier Mussolini will substitute 13 national assocfations, to- gether with three national co federa- tions “for lialson purposes.” 'The query comes as to why three liaisons in place of one official who would re port to the dictator. An undelermined number of new corporations will be created to control the three associations of contede tions, all to be under the direct orders of the ministry of corporatio; which, in tu is under Dictator Mussolini, who thereby comes into absolute and unquestionable control of every sort of industry in united Italy. P /ill there be strikes in Ttaly? All labor disputes must be submitted to compulsory arbitration. A strike will last only until Mussolini. through special courts, orders the strike settled according to compulsory terms. All Jocal and municipal government has long ago been superseded by official? appointed by Mussolini. and the n tional government assumes the right to interfere in everything at any time, “for the protection of national inter- ests.” Fascism considers the nation’s productivity wholly & natfonal con- cern, in which individual prosperity must give way regardless of personal rights or benefits. P As indicative of the “nationalism’ of Fascist doctrine-of ~ltaly for the Ttalians,” 3t fs‘notable that in the new ‘axsociations” which take the place of_trade unioné ‘mone but Italian-born are efigible to membership. “All “non- xo@uters’-aye barred—only workmen Damdting. fopls ~and their employers art ellglhle?’,’fiiw this ineludes farmers & shopkeepers Who-*work for them- iy who Ver. > . Strikes and lorkouts ‘when not au- thorized officially will he penalized by prison sentences, whether concerning workingmen or employers. This strangle-hold of the government does not stop with industry. This law covers banking, merchandising and transportation. Italy becomes ‘“one big union” with one big boss, and his name is Mussolini. EE O At the forty-third annual convention of the American Federation of Labor the Fascisti was officially condemned by resolution. The committee re- ported: > 'What is of immediate concern to us is the effort to organize Fascisti groups in the United States. We de- nounce this effort as.a token of hos- tility to our democratic_institutions, and particularly “to our American trade -union movement. * * * We call upon workers of forcign birth to refrain from joining the Fascisti or any_similar moveément in our coun- . circular of the A. K. of says: ““Organizations have been formed in this country te discourage.the nat ralization of Italian immigrants, It | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. American Rose Society, the Ame Gladiolus Society, the American Iris Society and the American Peony Society. 1f there is any one who “does mot like ' any one of these flowers, he had hetter stop (o consider that there may he something the matier with himself, not with the flower in ques- tion. One will have a favorite, of course, hut at the same time will appreciate the others at their full value. The secretary of the Iris Soclety, in a recent_article, put the thing neatly when he sald that he liked the irlx, but that he liked all other flowers, | too. * ok ok % The more one works nup (hese floral enthusiasms the more he will appreciate all flowers. The rose, in its way, is just as fine as the gladi- olus, and the.“glad.” in its turn, is beyond compare. The same may be sald of the fris, of the great and in- comparable peony, of the pansy, the | giory has been the cause not only of zinnia and of a score of others. Each flower, considered by itself, and for itself, deserves the admira- tion of those whose turn of mind and heart allow them to appreciate these growing gems. Did you think every one is so blessed? No so! In fome strange way every one is not allowed to enter into the love of plants, Such faet and fancy as ia the floral kingdom is a locked land agatnst many. He who is obsessed with the idea of the practical often not permitted 10 enter. He may think that he deliberately siavs ouiside. of his own free choice and will, but the truth is not in him, and he will n know what he has missed. ‘The flowers judge him. not he the flowers. Last year. when our private opin- ion of the iris was that It was “funny looking.” we were in error, that was all. This year, having been privi- lezed in a very small wav (o lear hetter, we have put our foot over the sl of the iris kingdom and like it very much. We recall with pleasure the ietter from the gentleman in Vir- ginfa who invited us over to see his iris, and we appreciatg the telephione invitation from the lady who asked us 10 come see her flowers in Lloom o ox o “Live and Jenrn”—what an old. true saving! We have a sheet full of notes abou | the iris family, taken nut of the en- cvclopadia. which we had thought to | Rive you, but we find our own ideas much mote entertaining 1o ourselves, s we hope they are to you. Any one can go to the encyclopedia | and fihd out that the iris family in- udes the iris. gladiolus, [reesi sisvrinchinm, ixita and belamcand hut it is nol every day that vou will find some one admitting in print that he was mistaken! While we still hke the gladidlus the best. we are bezinning to see that the iris has a charm all its own. Is {t not inevitable thai he who “falls” for the gladiolus will to lke the iris, it is a member too. especially since of the same famty, with much the same habits, leaves, etc., and filis in the early period be- fore the Summer-blooming glads ap- pear in all their glory? Ivis, goddess of the rainbow. humbly we bow before thee. and place the tribute of our admiration st thy many-colored feet. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS . COLLINS. they do niot’ obéy. their familiés in Italy are snbject to persecution the same as if they wore real enenies af Fasecisimo- and were plotting againgt the dictatorship of Mussolini. “Like the Communists who seek t® overthrow all governments, Fascisimo is endeavoring to instill that blizhting philosophy among the people of every nation, “Fascisimo and the same fangs and the same ppison which it is intended to inject into the political life of our nation.” o ox There Are two factors which make Mussolini’s projects of international concern. First, his declared policy of making modern Italy more imperial than was_ancient Rome under the Caesars. Yesterday, in the Chamber of Deputies—whose members are prac- tically appointed by Mussolini, rather than elected—the Fascist Deputy Carlo Barduzzi. in supporting the Fas- clst foreign policies, declared that to offset the possibility of -a German, Mussulman and Slavic bloc “Italy must develop close relations with Spain ahd South America.,” and he added that ltaly already bore close emigration. “The union of Latin peo- ple will carry to triumph the Roman idea. which will minimize the danger of a new European conflagration.” e x ‘This idea is more significant. oficials, hécanse of the fundamental doctrine of dual citizenship which Italy supporte. This is expressed in a Fascist law empowering the Italian government 1o confiscate the property of any Ttalian living abroad—includ- ing a naturalized American ecitizen— if he utters words or commits acts which. though not a crime. the govern: ment of Italy considers “likely 1o tend to cause, or encourage, disorders in 1taly or damage to the prestige abroad of the Italian government.” ‘The possibility of a serious clash be- tween governments is foreseen when a naturalized Italian finding that the Fascist government has confiscated his property” still owned in Italy ap- peals to his adopted country for pro- tection. A native of Italy s considered officiallv an Italian citizen, no matter if he abjures his fealty thereto and becomes a naturalized citizen of some other country. Not only is he still an Italian citizen in case he returns to Italy, but a measure is now under consideration 16 empower Jtalians abroad to have a vote in Italian legis. lation wherever they are, regardless of their adopted citizenship. In a re cent interview published in the Paris Eclair, Mussolini is quoted as saying: “Parliamentarianism, as we know it today, is done. * * * The chief of government, with the responsibilities he bears, ought to have ahsolute power and to answer only to the King.” ok ow ok 1t is recognized that under the United States Constitution the prac- tices and doctrines of Fascism could not exist here, any part of our laws. The contrast is striking be- tween the Fascist government's trend and that of our own Government, which President Coolidge declares should eliminate its surplus bureau- cracy, the heritage largely of war necessitles. The President's last opening message to Congress included this paragraph: - “The ,Government, with justice to the members of the great industrial family, can go farther and hegin with the elimination of certain boards, bu- reaus, departments and commissions.” Which is one way of expressing a plank in President Harding's plat. form, *Less Government in Busi ness.” (Copyright. 1926, by Paul V. 2 P ggles and Law. Fyom the Louisville Courier-fournal. A New York court has held it is not illegal for a girl to laugh at a polic man. -The giggle is thus given & slatus ameng the inalienable rights. O Collins.) Communism bave ! | learn Lcept the inevitable and graciously in- ! 1 i | | | | rather fe | and human society are much the same | daughter a bore i by Clytemnestra Telations with South America through | At Of Jealousy she has also murdered | ces THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. | | What did Helen of Troy look like?| ‘What was the type of that beauty which was its own excuse for being— and for so many other things? Did she resemble that archaic Svartan re- lief” of Clytemnestra, her sister, in the act of heipg murdered by her un- fillal son Orestes? 1f so, she was a short, t et matron, with hair in scallops about her brow. not at all the kind of woman to cause a modern man to violate the laws of hospitality and bring about a great | war. Or was she like Benor 70li's idea of her In his painting, Rape of Helen." in the lLondon tlonal Gallrry--a miniature bl doll? This seens more probable. John Krakine fn his novel, Private Life of Helen of Tro) not attempt to settle the question of the type of Helen's beauty. He sim- ply tells us, as all the anclent story tellers have done, from Homer down, that she was wondrously and danger- ously beautiful. Her beauty, so tea tells her in Mr. Frskine's the Trojan War, but also of Aganiem- non’'s sacrifice of his daughtér Iphi- genia. and of the murders of Agamen- non, Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, Cassan- dra and Pyrrhu “We can never be very good friends” he says; “T| couldn’t bring myself to enjoy the| sight of your loveliness while T knew the evil effects it had produced.” But her beauty has also served the useful purpose of saving her own life, after the Trojan War, when the aggrieved Menelaos “went looking for Helen with a sword in his hand. He was undecided whether 1o thrust the hlade through her alluring bosom or to cut | her swanllke throat. He had her for some time. She was wait as though fhey had appointed the | hour. With a simple gesture she ! bared her heart for hix vengeance, and 1ooked as him. He looked at her sword embarrassed him.” o he takes | her home to Sparta instead of killing her. There she seitles down to the humdrum life of being gossiped about |t by her nelghbors. bickering with Menelaos, fust ag if he hadn't been magnanimous, and matchmaking for her daughter Hermione. Though she I8 now middle-aged and thinks she| has had enough of men help fascinating them. FKven after all ' he has been through on her account | the face of Menelaos 1akes on an ex- | pression of satisfaction when <he comes into the 1oom. The otd gate. ! keeper, Eteoneus. worn out by the cissitudes in the household of th artan king, resignse: but Helen talks with him a few moments and he de cides 1o said Eteoneus, * ur wife some injustice, and I'd like to retract several things | said of her=we needn’t recall them. i've been 1alk ing with her.' ‘You mean you've heen, looking at her,' said Menelaos.”" Ores. | tes, after accomplishing his various duty-murders, comes courting Hermi- one, contrary to the wishes of both her parents. Helen, whose experi-: ences have made her a philosopher, | decides that it is always best to ac vites Orestes o call. with the resuil that on their wedding journey Orestes noys Hermione by talking contin- ually of the beauty of her mother. The voung Telemachus. wearied of ataying about Ithaca. which i swarm- ing with his mother's suitors, comes to Sparta in the hope of hearing news of his father. He meets Helen—and gets all abont his father. * o ox o Thix romance of Mr. Erskine is a very clever satire which shows, if it shows anything. that human heings in_all periods, whether in the Ho merie - age_or the twentieth century Hermione, speaking for herself and ! Oresteés, say to her father Jate inithe day to lead us by "Our _plders hirve made a mese UHiRgS: we're the (rue congervatives She i open! and Helen, on her slde. considers her “T am confused, must confess,” says Hermiome, “he “Is ton, tween what you have done and whar | Dear child.” no connection between them!" Hermoine ix horrified by the human sacrifices of Pyrrhus, but Helen suggests that the offering of human sacrifices to the gods is really no worse than brutally killing one's enemies in war. The murder of Aga- memnon. on his return from the war, is the occasion of some good satire. Helen comments on her sister's action: “When Azamem- non came back, to pretend an affec- tionate welcome. get him off his guard and then stab him—well, that's Cly- temnestra.” Clytemnestra’s own ac- count of the affair ix brought 1o Spar- ta bv a messenger. She has killed her husband. so he says. not hecause she wishes to marry her lover. hut he. cause Agamemnon has offered her daughter Tphigenia as a sacrifice. In his captive, regrets t Caseandra. but rather act. “It was clear now."” =he said. “'that this second murder was unnecessary. but it's hard to think I ments in » Turkish towel as s she cannot | 7 scornful of her mother. | 1 said Helen, | ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC Q. How did Capt. across the Knglish Channer, ?—W. 0. 0. Capt. M. Webb succeeded in ming across the Fnglish Channel | 1 hours August 26. 1875. Capt. Webh was drowned in an attempt 10 swim the whirlpool of Niagara Falls July 22, 1883, Q. What will keep white silk from | turning yellow when washed? -A. W A. While the result cannot be guar- | anteed. usually rolling white silk gur | on ae washed will keep them from turning vellow. They may he ironed in a half | hour or can be left for 24:Fours with out harm. Q. What that is taken in at college foot games?’—R. R. A. Generally meet his In done with the money | hall speaking. foot ball fs the only game in the college athletic curricuium which fs finanelally profit able. Some of the lesser xporis are a heavy drain on the athletic associa- | tions' treasuries, and are usually | maintained by diverting some of the | foot ball profita to them. Much of the money goes to maintaining ath- letic equipment, building gymnasi- ms, swimming pools and athletic | fields and grandstands. Q. Should a fur coat home during the Summer or cold storage?—P. O'B. - A. The Biological Survey advises that the safest and most satisfactory way to cave for a fur coat is to have it sent to cold storage. 'There are methods of storing furs by means of wrapping In air-tight containers and he kept At sent o Lhy®he use of naphthalene. pyrethum other methods such as While the above are ef fective the life of the coat will be jengthenad hy placing In a cool tem perature, hecause of the fact that nn: matter how well a skin is cured there is a certain amount of dect ftion zoine on. When subjected iix process is retarded. powder and fumization. G How many different Kinds of knots can be tied with a cord or rope’ R. €. A One authgrity. Knight's i- | Mechanical Dictionary, 51l erent kinds of knots. | Q. Why should we noi sleen with the moon shining on ns?—A. T. M A. There is no harm in letting the maon shine on a person who is alseep. “Thic is one of the queer superstitions ( the world that cannot be explained and the exact origin of which is not known ocean cahle made was manufac Q. Was the first in the United States? A. The first cable tured in England Q. How ean chicory he det ed lf‘ used as an adulterant for coffee” Does | chicory contaln caffeine?—0. P. | A. Chicory is devoid of caffeine. | The addition of chicory may be de. tected by adding cold water to the supposed coffee. If chicory is pres. ent, the liquid will be quickly dis colored, and chicory will sink. Pure |mn».- Wil float | Q. Can gold be tempered. and to| what extent”’—E. L. B. | A. The Division of Mineral Tech. | nology save that most metals are| usuaily havdened by working when | old and gold is probably hardened | 1o n dezree, hut no metal §s szreatly hardened (or tempered) except hy the | {addition of some other substance. | such s the earbon added to fron to| | | Webb, who swam | make steel. Hy the addition of copper. Gregorian =ia, | tablets to QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. Gold _ix ordinarily hard ened, as in the United States coins, The tnited States colns contain 10 per copper and 90 per cent gold. Q. When did Japan. China. Turkey, sla _and Fumania adopi the calendar’—W. R. R the calendar 1717, Rus A 187 Japan adopied China, 1912 Turkey, 1918; Rumania, 1919, Q. Wnat Americans are repre sented in Westminster Abbev’— C. G A. The “Poets’ Corner' containe bust of Longfellow, and there Lowell and Wall Hine Page in the vestibule of the Chapie House. When wers roller skates i n.R. roller skate wi patents. nee as early as 1819, but it wa not perfected in its present form un: 1874, Q. Are there any States that d not have a gasoline tax®—T. D. A. Four States, Massachuseti- New York., New Jersey and Illinol- have not as vet imposed a tax « gasoline. Q. In “Uncle ‘Tom’'s Cabin" i« slave woman, Eliza, makes her escai« by crossing a river on floating ice Was there any incident in real life that served a= a basis for that in dent?—N. H. H. A. A slave named Eliza is said have made her escape in that man: across the Ohlo River. at or near ley, Ohio, where the Rev. John R: kin, a prominent aholitionist, lved Q. Where were first made in this countr PN, § A. The first piano made in Ameri. was produced by _John Rehnud | Philadelphia, in 1775 1375, the plan avel faster fn ho n In hot air. Nounds also trav. faster in molst air than in dry. Q. Where are the largest salt mine- in the world?>—H. T. B. A. The greatest deposit of salt in the world is said to be at Wielizka in Poland, where there iz a bed 300 mile< long. 20 miles wide and 1.200 feet thick. Q. Was the famous Chicage pul lisher. Joseph Medill. a lawyer”—B. € A. Joseph Medill hezan his profes sional caresr hy practicing la ahandoninz that professiod later for Journalism. Q. Are parents United J. B A. According to the Constitution the United States all children horn the United Staesare American citiz regardless of the nationality of thei: parents and as such are entitled 1 the rights and privileges of America citizenship. children horn of foreig who are reeidents of the States considered citizena? Letters are going every minute frou our Free Information Burcau in Washington telling readers whatere they want to know. They are in au swer to all kinds of querics. on al Kinds of subiects. from all Kinds o people. Make use of this free service which The Evening Star is maintat - ing for yow. Its oniy purpose is * help you and we want you 1o hene from it. Get the hahit of 1writing to The Evening Star Information Bu reau. Frederic 1. Haskin. director Washington. D. € Synthetic +long-silent Iaughter rising from the falls of Minnehaha echoes Lin the hearts of readers to whom the of Hiawatha™ still dea | Though some who comment on the engineering feat which has restore: the mirth (0 the happy waters are in doubt as to whether they now lauzh or merely chuckle, all re. in the | thought that their humor has been restored. “Human ingenuity Boston Transcript, “continues cne of nature’s bewitching spectacles. Tak- ing liberties with the lines of the poet, it may be said that the twen tieth century pilgrim to what was once the land of the Dacotans still shall— Hear the Falls of Minnehahas Salling_ o nim through the silence. Broken 6nly by the coughing 07 the pump that numps the wate To_ vestore the cataracts laughtes Lauehter of the Laughing Wat | while the evening breeze it laden With the odor of the motor So. thanks to the well horers and the internal combustion engine. is the gladsome smile restored to Nature's I tace. But what is heing done by the i Song remarks the of evervthing at the time.” As a ‘thriller.” the story of Helen of Troy handled by Mr. Krekine, in no wa fails 1o meet modern requirements. o owox graphy-and social hisi early vears of onr republic bined in Meade Minnigerode ome American Ladies.” The ladies are Martha Washington. Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison. Elizaheth Monro Louisa Adams, Rachael Jackson and Peggy Eaton. All of these ladies, ex- cept Rachael Jackson, were presi- dential hostesses and each excelled in some particular quality. The essay on Rachael Jackson, when it first appeared in a magazine, caused denunclation of Mr. Minnigerode at a public meeting in Nashville, Tenn , because he had frankly given the facts about her lack of educaiion and social knowledge, as well as the sad story of her marriage with An- drew Jackson. Two years after her marriage to Jackson it was discov- ~red that her supposed divorce irom her first husband was not valid. ‘When she learned. shortly after Jackson's election as President, that she was a- cause of scandal and handicap to her beloved general: success. she was heart-broken and soon after died. * ook ok ‘The dynamic power of faith and its velation to success is the theme of Basil King's book “Faith and Suec- His definition of faith is “a power within which co-operates with God,” and success faith’s ohjec tive, the purpose for which it exists. Success he measures not by the ex- tent of its acquisition, hut its con- tribution. The author develops his argument with a searching inquiry into the human heart, from which he arrives at a complete conviction that life must be based on love if it is to achieve any worthwhile success. Intensely and genuinely religious, the book makes a strong appeal to those who have broken away from the churches. It is an inspiring book, a good tonic for the bewildered. * ok ok Thomas Hardy, now an old man. recently published in the London Observer the following poem under the title “The Newspaper -Solilo- ry of the e com [am old. In me appears ‘The history of & hundred vears; Empires’, kings’, captives’ births and deaths Strange faiths and flesting holeths. Tragedy. comedy, throngs my page Beyond all mummed on any stage; Cold hearts beat hot. hot hearts beat shih- And T heat om. es, yes, ¥ am old. sorcery of an age of gasoline where Hiawatha strode the interm'nalle forests_with moccasine of masic is inslgnificant In comparison Wwitn what may yet be done in preserving the beauty of Niagara. Kngineers have a plan which includes the reading of the water by means of artificial islands. and in addition. th lessening of the volume by permitting | the use of greater quantities for the generation of electrical energy In these reports concerning the Falls <f Minnehaha and Niagara's mighty cataract i there, perchance. hint of the coming of a day when many an engineer will be called upon t5 pla the part of beauty doctor in preserv- ing the bloom of youth on the face of nature? Perhaps so. Strange :hings have happened since Hiawatha heard | the Falls of Minnehaha calling to him through the silence."" “Low water in Minnetonka Lake.™ says the Seattle Dally ‘Times. “cansed Minnehaha Creek to drv up and to silence any gurgles and chuckles that come from the falls. Now a pumping station has been in- stalled and 1.000 gallons of water a | minute go over the 50-foot declivity. Tourists who have stood at the foot of the falls and have tried to recall the lines of ‘Hiawatha' have been greatly depressed. They have won- dered how the venerable Longfellow got that way when he could say. “Where the Falls of Minnehaha flash and gleam among the oak trees Jaugh and leap into the valley.’ Times must have changed since he cast a poetic eve on the falls. ‘Tonr ists might not be impressed by the present size of the cascade, but they could not fail to be thrilled by its beauty. A thousand gallons a min- ute would not remind a spectator tron® the West of home. vei such a fall should inspire poetic fancies.” “Perhaps the expedient was sug- gested,” according to the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph, “by an incident of a score of years ago when repre- sentatives of British nobility visiting Minneapolis expressed a desire to view the far-famed Minnehaha cataract. There was sufficlent advance notice to ‘enable the city engineéers to con- struct a temporary dam a short dis- tance above the falls, which were al- most dry as usual. and impound enough water to make a showing. On the visitors’ arrival thev were taken in carriages to Minnehaha glen and just as they approached the spot a telephone message was sent to the engineers at the dam to release the waters. The visitors arrived at the falls just as the flood went pouring over the precipice, and after a brief inspection were hurried away to the next “sight on the program. There | made cataract.” Again With Minnehaha’s Waters ““The ingenious mind of man,” 1e jcalle the Wichita Beacon. “contrive: 10 use so much of the water that there wag a mere dribble over the howeredr rocks loved by Indians. In dry ses sons there was no water at all. Laug! ing Water ceased to laugh. It wenid not even smile. But man. who pe: formed this act of vandalism. is goir to repair the damage, and hencefor | the sound of the waters will be | sumed in the glens of Minnehaha question still remains, however, as whether the visitor will receive same romantic thrill from wa pumped by engines and conducted pipes. Will the imprisoned and regulated water laugh. or will snicker”" The vesulting goal ®f the tourist is described by the Bay ¢iny Times.Tribune as “a sort of a home and that paper sus gests that “perhaps some dav. when the rainssshower down in abnormal quantities, the creek will become filled naturally. so that the Laughins Waters may continue to smile on ricl and poor alike.” The the present enterprise impre: Geneva Daily Times. because waterfall is so heautifully situated though without water much of Dbeauty has heen lost. The example to others is the et standing fact observed hy the Cincin nati Times-Star. which savs: “Here is perhaps a way to rescue—ee shall we say. to salvage—Cumberiand Falls, which will ‘be dried up pretty com pletely if the Federal Government per mits a power company to divert the waters of the Cumberland River through a tunnel from dam 1o he built above the cataract to another dam to be huilt below. The plans of the company are grandiose, and pro fuse are its promises. Possibly the power interests could be persuaded after they have wrecked bne of the greatest two cataracts in the Fast, to make another ‘fust as good.’ — et Cheer the Fat Folks. From the Newark Evening News After years of undeserved obloqu adverse discrimination in style cres tions, public ridicule and private scorn, the perfect forty-six has found a friend. Fasting is a fad that soon will die out, declares Dr. William © Lenox of Baston, speaking recently before the Association of American Physicians at Atlantic City. To be sure, the doctor advocates diet for ecurbing the ravages of embon point. but dieting can he made pleasure rather than a pain. Ta I on a diet gives one a sort of fictitious fame. and results need not he super ficially noticeable. At any rate, the Boston physician’s words of wisdom may be the wedge that ultimately shall open the way to conjoined fat and fashion. 1f the diet fails, one always can blame it for continued rotundity For truly has it been said that some people are horn fat, some acquire fa' and some have fatness thrust upor them. For the two latter claases fastink has done some good, but at what i bitter cost! As for the first group fate has ruled irrevocably. Even sta: vation holds out little or no hope Having-passed through.life to a cres the thie ni e roly-poly accepts and is silent, with drawn from popular contacts. \ide “Nobody loves a fat man." Let we who are about to diet salute vou. With émphasis on that noble Boston doctor. For it we starve. we are without the indorsement of science: and if we diet and grow aven more egregious. the blame may he placed where it belonzs. In any évent the eastern skies grow ruddy with a dawn of hope. and from their places of abashed retirement the possessors of this 100, 100 solid flesh may now wae additional reason then to eall them ‘laughing waters.” " o 4-ved 4 B i + emerge, justified In the sight of = ——and women. eendo of poundage the natural-born * importance of .