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8 THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. .. THEODORE W. NOYES. . = . with the Sunday morn- g editio ivered hy earriers withi the ety at 60 conts ner month: 45 cents per month: Sunday r month_ - Orders ma elephone Main Collection is maule by earrier at the end of rach month ble in Advance. viand and Virginia. Daily and Sunday <0.00° 1 mo Daily only 1 3.00: 1 mo. Sunday only 130 83000 1 mo tes and Canada. 1vr $!700° 1 mo. 1y Tekan 1 mo $4.00: 1 mo. All Other ~Danly and Sunday Daily onte Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press 18 wxelusively ertitlod o the use for ren ion «f all - atches credit The Will to Peace. In his Memorial day address Ington at the graves men who fought and perished in one of the rs of all history, President Coolidze made peace his theme. And it was fitting that he #hould do so. The men who struggled in the desperate conflict between the States, whether they wore the blue or were clad in zray, did not march to battle in any lust for martial glory. The men of the North and of the South were inspired by the belief that they were doing that which was best calculated to “achieve and cherish a Just and lasting peace among them- selves, and with all nations.” And in proof that they were not warrlors from choice or inclination, when the @escending curtain Appomattox brought the tragedy to an end, the hosts of Grant and of Lee rejoicingly put aside their arms and meited into the body of peaceful citizenry. There w a “will to peace” in America in 1865, and though twice since then the Nation has been called to arms as a last rt to adjust grievances longer tolerable, the American people still are lovers of peace and haters of war. and stand ready at all times to co.operate with all other peoples who are sincerely desirous of removinz the causes for war and lichtening the burdens of ermaments. In emphasizing that this 18 true, the President cited the suc- cessful Washington conference for the limitation of naval armaments, and then turned to a discussion of the preliminary arms conference now sit- ting at Gene call of the League of Nations With full and sympathetic under- standing of the many difficulties against which Europe must contend and which do not vex America, the President still is optimistic that where the will to peace exists a wav to peace will be discovered, and he pledged that this country will do all it can wisely and helpfully do to assist other countriex which are less fortunate in thetr circums He believes the League of Nations can be made use- to solve problems which v European, and that the Court of International Justice at The Hagye can be of inestimable value to all peoples who seek peace and are content to abide within the law. vesterday, greatest w res no under nces ———— The French frane has reached a status which calls for consideration of the whether the W of paper have a better status in finance than it times had in diplom: —eeens A Crown Prince is showered #0 many hospitalities that his position becomes one of serious responsibility involving considerations of tact and endurance. Ther true sine. cures, ne question is 1o has some. are no - s It must be conceded that Washing- ton, D. €', produces more brilliant and charming weddings than any other city on earth. ) = The Sesquicentennial. Philadelphia. which has a corner on celebrations of the sizning of the Dec- laration of Independence, vesterd: dedicated and cpened a second show designed to commemorate that his torfc event. To many people it is a repetition within their memory, for there are still numerous “sprvivors” of the Centennial of 1876, and doubt less most of those will seek to attend this observance of a century and half of American freedom. To the newer generation a “world's fair” of historic significance will be largely an occasion for a pleasurable visit to an always interesting city. Eleven vears have elapsed since the San Francisco exposition which mark- ed the piercing of the isthmus h waterways Despite the World V then in progre it a Since then much has happened to di vert attention away from such great gatherings of exhibits of mechanical and industrial artistic and seientific advance. The war itself, into which the United Stat few months after the San Franei fair closed its gates, gave the people of this country much to think about and much to do in reconstruction. It may be that national appetite for these great shows has been whetted by the more than a decade of abstinence. Comparisons hetween the Centennial of 1876 and the Sesquicentennial of 1926 will be inevitable, and the present exposition will necessarily suffer some- what in consequence. The former oc- curred at a time when mechanical and scientific advances were notable. But the “marvels” of that time are the commonplaces of today. Greater things In the way of exposition setting have been accomplished since the Cen- tennial closed. Chicago, Buffalo, St. Louis, San Francisco, not to miention half a dozen others, have established new marks in splendor and novelty. Ingenuity and resource are severely taxed to exceed them. ‘There is a savor of repetition about the Sesquicentennial which will un- doubtedly handicap it somewhat. Yet ar, Wi a4 SUCCess, progress, he-date is significant and worthy- of 'arduous trip in the shortest possible 'advice &'V doln’ sny goods STAR .. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 0 cents Le sent by mail or S1.00 defined | | with s entered a | distinctive note. Philadelphians of fifty years hence will perhaps deplore {the holding of this present show, be- cause of the effect upon their enter- 1. 1926 |Pri%e when the second century of American independence has been com- pleted and the time has come for an- | other national merry-making. But { the Philadelphians of today, custodians | of the most cherished relic of the Republic-formation days. are not de- terred by a sense of regard for the | chances of their successors of five decades hence. | 1t may be doubted if the Sesquicen- tennial will remain the subject of rec- ollection and conversation as long as did the Centennial gf 1876. Features that then becume household words for millions of people for nearly a gefera- tlon are today lacking, in the sense of novelty and surprise. The hlase ac- ceptance of wonders of nature and of man’s invention by today's public sets an almost unattainable standard for any enterprise of this character. To great numbers pf people, of course, the Sesquicentennial will be a motor- ing objective in the of the Summer outing. To them the ques. tlons of importance will be: Can we find parking space and will the ga- rage accommodations be sufficient? rather than, Will there be anything new to see or hear k All these considerations are to he borne in mind by the prospective pro- moters of big ‘fairs. Historic dates are not lacking for commemoration. course held “world fairs™ are hopeful of op Portunities to display their capacity to entertain enormous crowds. Unless the Sesquicentennfal is a dismal fail- ure—and there is no reason to expect failure of any degree—these aspirants for concentrated visitation will doubt- less take inspiration from Philadel- nhia’s present enterprise and perhaps competitively plan for a big show for about a decade hence. ' Fort Foote. The War Department will offer Fort Foote for sale again. Sale of the fort was authorized in 1923 and the property was appraised at $2.498. There was strong protest, and the Secretary of War withdrew the prop- erty from sale before the bids were opened In order that Congress “should have the opportunity to reconsider its decision.” The War Department an- nounces that it will offer the fort ing on the theory that the military reservation is not to be incorporated in the park system of the District of Columbia.” Fort Foote of the Civil War defenses of Washington and oc- cupies a bluff and plateau on the Maryland side of the Potomac about five miles below Hains Point. If the Civil War forts of Washington are to be reserved by the government Fort Foote should not be sold. There is as strong reason for saving this fort as for saving Forts Washington and Hunt. General Barnard.engineer in charge of the defenses of Washington. in his report for 1865. wrote that Fort Foote was bullt for the purpose of defending. in connection with Battery Rodgers below Alexandria. the water approach to Washington. He said: “It commands the channel as far as Fort Washington, three miles below. | The river front of the fort is 515 feet llong. The rear of the fort is parallel to the water front and i bastioned and armed with field and siege guns for land defense. The { parapets. which are exposed to naval attack. are from twenty to twenty- i five feet thick. The armament of the | water-faces is arranged in sections {of two guns each. with intervening traverses rising seven feet above the crest and having a thickness at the | top of twelve feet.” | The building of the fort was be- I gun soon after the beginning of the [ Covil War and was finished in 1863. A | garrison kept there until the | mid-seventies. and after that it was left in charge of a succession of fort keepers. Probably the first of these {was Ordnance Sergeant Rowley, whose grave is in the post cemetery and is marked “1874." One of the old keepers was Sergeant Van Dusen. He was a retired sergeant of artillery, was on duty at Fortress Monroe when Jefferson Davis was taken there a prisoner and was sergeant of the guard which was set over him. When Sergeant Van Dusen died, which was close on twenty years ago, he was succeeded by the widow of Ordnance Sergeant Tucker, and she was given considerable publicity as the only woman fort keeper in the United States. Before the World War the {fort reservation was used by Engl- neers from Washington Barracks for training and during the World War | troops were trained there. o % is a fierce game. Europe has at the two-o'clock-in-the-morn- was one was W arri ar ed to borrow more chips or else come to an understanding about the 1 O U's already out. = s thoroughly respectable busi- ness the bathtub trust may yet feel called upon to restrict' shipment of supplies to certs men. As a o A Speedy Trip. John Goldstrom is now speeding across Asia in his attempt to break the globe-circling record held by John Henry Mears of approximately thirty- five days. Goldstrom, leaving New York on May 19 by fast liner to Plymouth and going from there to Berlin and Moscow by airplane, is ahead of schedule and hopes to com- plete the circult in thirty-one days or less. The entire success of his trip hinges on his ability to catch the President Madison, which leaves Yokohama on June 7 for the United States. According to present calcula- tions he should arrive in Manchuria with four days to make the jump to Yokohama. Goldstrom’s trip is an interesting feature of modern transportation, which, with the addition of the air- plane, has taken long strides in the past few years. Every facllity, of course, is being offered to the world racer by the various governments, but, if any one cared to make the Numerous hiz cities that have never ! and appurtenant land for sale. “act. | ing stage, when it will be necessary | The tenor hath a lovely tone. York show- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1926. THIS AND THAT | time without such aids he could prob- ably come close to the speed of Gold- strom. Alrplane lines connect prac- tically all of the principal cities of Eu- rope, while fast trains and boats fill in the gaps when planes are not avail- able. Whatever record Goldstrom suc- ceeds in setting will seem slow in fifty years' time. The airplane will have then come into its own and a month’s round-the-world trip by air will be merely a little jaunt for a Summer vacation. Distance 1is being anni- hilated so rapldly that it takes a trip like Goldstrom’s to awaken the world t0 the wonderful developments of mod- ern science. Juvenile Crimes. Four youths and a woman have just been arrested in this city accused of the robbery four months ago of an ex- press company’s messenger of $300. The male members of this gang runge in age from fifteen to nineteen years. The woman is thirty-one years of age. This case is an lllustration of the pres- ent tendency in crime in this country. The majority of the criminals in the large cities are ung. In many cases mere schoolboys are implicated. Some of them have been professional, or at least habitual, criminals for several vears. They organize gangs and work often under the direction of older per- sons who, as a rule, keep in the back. ground and are only rarely caught. Reformatory sentences are custom- Iary in cases of juvenile delinquency. But it may be questioned whether such sentences are best suited to the present urgent need of deterrent penalties. It Is. of course, desirable to check a criminal career and reform A vouth who is starting out on that line to earn his living. But reform is problematical. Only a small percent of the inmates of penal institutions, whatever their style or designation, relinquish their crooked w gaining liberty. It has been said recently that the schools of this country have failed in large degree in their function of proper education in view of the large centage of young people. some of them still in school, who adopt criminal courses for a livellhood. Probably not one of the four lads just arrested in this case is at present attending school. But quite as probably all of them have lately been under educa tional guidance If so. they failed to learn the fundamental lesson of honest behavior. Should not the schools stress more definitely and effectively that les. !son and the pe! ties for misconduct? S e a s upon re- per- Neither the prayers of the funda- mentalists nor the scientific explosions of the modernists have produced any {reliable method of making rain. Very few abstract arguments have proved rewarding in tangible results, In the meantime the humble peasant remains willing to revere elther the medicine | man or the meteorologist if a cloud | { happens along to relieve a drought. | All that the “wisdom of the plain peo ple” (salutations to Uncle Joe) de |mands is Results. The question credit is. after all. a minor considera. | tion. — o Portugal is to have a new govern. |ment. The fact serves as an impor- {tant and interesting reminder that {Portugal is entitled to consideration as one of the numerous nations en gaged in making history. e - |, When James Whitcomb Riley wrote Knee Deep in June” he must have been unaware of the present possibili- ties of prolonging the snow-ball sea son into early Summer. ST German movie managers prevent stars from mar value of divorce as a source of pub. licity is evidently regarded as having been exhausted | Chinese politics refuses to be in- {fluenced by foreign entanglements. Every “tong” has its headquarters Iback in the old home country. ! - SHOOTING STARS. to BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Fundamentalist and Modernist. | The merit that you can display As you your life pursue { Depends, in candor I should say, | On this: What Can You Do? | Yet Altercation brings a task Which makes the thoughtful grieve. What Dogmatists now sternly ask Is “What Do You Believe?" H Reasonable Inquiry. “What are you going to investigate nex “Evolution,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. *“‘There has been so much dis- cussion of the subject it's time people got a chance to know what they're talking about.” Musical Mechanism. His larynx, simple truth to tell, 1s like a perfect saxophone On which he plays exceeding well. Jud Tunkins says a woman always has the last word in an argument, and he's always glad of it, because he was afraid there wasn't going to be an: last word. A good listener is admirable, until he shows symptoms of becoming a loafer and a chronic “yesser.” Uncle Bill Bottletop says prohibition has not succeeded in making the man with a corkscrew as much an object of sympathy as the man with the hoe. Jumping Genius. “How is your boy Josh getting on? “First rate,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel, “I heard he didn’t pass his examina- tions.” “I dunno about that. But he can play the saxophone in a way that makes people call him ‘professor’ while the regular teachers get no no- tice whatever."” Financial Backer. Enforcement upon land and sea Needs a prodigious sum. An “Angel” Uncle Sam must be To fight the “Demon Rum.” “When you gives a friend advice,” said Uncle Eben, “you is liable to make him suspicious dat you thinks you is smarter dan he is, which pervantl‘p Naws BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. What we do not know about roses would fill many large volumes of the size of the annual publication of the American Rose Soclety. Yet in the past three years we have learned one or two facts about this queen of flowers which we are anx- fous to pass on to those who do not know as much as we do. We want to prevent the newcomer to the fleld from experiencing disap- pointment in one of the most enter- taining branches of home gardening. Every one loves the rose. It is the universal flower, known and appre- clated the world over, from the oldest countrles to the youngest, from the long-cultivated gardens of England and France to the still more ancient ones of China. The beauty of the rose has become an expression for comparing the beauty of women. When we wish to tell how soft a baby's skin is, we find no simile so good as that of the rose petal. With this delicacy and rare loveli- ness the rose combines such sturdy utility that it deserves a place in every home garden, however small. There is no more common failure in the garden, however, than with the rose. Why is this? * Kk ok X Roses right are roses delightful, but roses poorly grown are like unto the famous little girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead. When they are good :hey are very. very good, but when they are bad they are distinctly disturbing Rosebushes that produce a few pinched-looking blooms, or bring forth blossoms with scrubby-looking outer petals, roses that do not open up their buds properly, are not the sort we want. If we are to get no better results with them, then the precious space given over to them had better be de- voted to the zinnia. the marigold or some other “sure fire” flower. The primary reason for failure with roses is the inability of amateur grow- ers to take advice. Put still more bluntly, many an amateur thinks he knows it all, to begin with, therefore he will not heed words of warning. Lack of “gardening with brai therefore, must be set down as the primary reason of failure with roses, for it is distinctly understood that we regard a poorly producing bush as a failure, To have high expectations, and not to have them realized, is to fail with roses; for anything short of real beauty in roses Is, just to the extent that it falls short of floral perfection, failure to get out of them the pleas ure and inspiration that is in them. Horticulture is the oldest science and art in the world. It was only when man settled down to “grow things" that he began to make homes, and out of home-making have come most if not all the real benefits of civilization h newcomer to the earth, how- ever, has to Jearn for himself some- thing about this sclence and art. Be- cause it is so old does not mean that you and 1. gentle reader, can know it without applying ourselves to its study. Bspecially f& this true of roses. A rosebush fs like a Boston ter- a somewhat tricky thing to raise to perfection, but the final re- sult is worth all the work. * X % K therefore; and Investigate, read is the first commandment in rose growing. Without it all that you might manage to accomplish would be by pure luck, and it would be luck you did not deserve at that. Why trust to luck, when brain is so much surer? The second commandment is to leave the one-year-old plants alone and purchase only two-year-old bushes. The little plants ought to be bought by the average amateur only If he has a place which he can set aside for “growing them on,” as the horti- culturists insist on saying. The trouble is that the average new grower expects these little fellows to turn into big rosebushes almost over- night. When they do no such thing of the kind he loses his interest in roses and often gives them up alto- gether, bellieving that it takes an ex- pert to grow roses properly. The amateur will find it more profit- able to buy a single two-year-old bush than a dozen baby plants, unless, as stated, he a place off to itself where he can allow the latter to ma- ture. The newcomer, however, most often wants results quick, so the older his bushes the better all around. At that. he should not expect real results under two years in the new location. PR To bring the blush of health to your children’s’ cheeks you have to feed the little ones properly, as every par- ent knows. The rose children, too, require food, and plenty of it, if you want the blush of beauty to mount into their soft petals. Yet how many would-be rose grow- s stick a bush into the ground and forgret about it. fully expecting it to “blossom as the rose! Feed the brutes—that is the third commandment of rose growing. The fourth is to spray them when required. The first, and often the only, attention they need along this line i3 a 40 per cent solution of nicotine, which dries up the aphids or lice. .. powdery mildew, rose beetles, thrips and other pests and dis- eases do not attack rosebushes half much as many of the articles on »ses would lead one to helieve. Buy, at first, the standard roses nor mally easy to grow, and take care of them properly, and you will be de- lighted with the resu This is the fifth commandment After you have succeeded with fou can go in for the ieties to your heart’s content We could double this Jist of com- mandments without haif tr but the five given are fundament: hey are so basic, in fact, that many of you reading here may sav “Pshaw, who doesn't know that!" Too many poor rosebushes, how. ever, show that too many amateurs either do not know these five rules or, knowing them, do not put them into practice. ther BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS, There. have been more applications for tickets of admission to the X tional Oratorical Contest upon the American Constitution than double the capacity of the Washington Au torium, where the contest will ta pince this week. Most of the popular interest les in the crossing of swords of the vouthful gladiators and the thrill which oratory, as such, still gives the receptive soul rather than a general hunger for new Information on the subject. It has been the fashion in recent vears to declare that the day of elo- quence hax passed. Even Congress is often pointed to as a demonstration that more votes are changed in com mittee discussion than by the forensic influence of the orators in open ses- sion. Many of the most fiery speeches are delivered into the Congressional Record, but listened to by empty chairs and almost as empty galleries. Yet oratory is not dead and great crises find the public still moved by a modern Demosthenes or Patrick Henry. ok ox o It takes the bravery of vouth to at- tempt to stir new thrills by discussing such a threadworn topic as the Amer- ican Constitution, vet, doubtless, facts will be brought out in this week’s ora tions which will surprise statesmen and college graduates. For example: A few days ago a graduate of a leading university ex pressed personal satisfaction in re- lating how a State had elected a So- cialist to the House of Representa- tives and Congress had refused to seat him. Then his district had re-elected the same man with a larger majority and again the House had refused to admit him. Finally, he was elected a third time, for the “voters were de termined to teach Congress a lesson. by showing Congress that it had no right to refuse any Representative they chose to se -it was none of Congress’ business.” ‘The university graduare practic- ing lawyer—was greatly surprised upon being told ‘that the Constitution made it very much the business of each branch of Congress to decide upon the qualifications of its members, and that it held the sole power so to decide as to what sort of a man the constituents might send, and what sort they could not profect -into the National Congress. He was curious to learn where such a clause might be found in the Constitution. Within the last vear, in the debates of the United States Senate, more than one ‘“grave and reverend seigneur’ argued that a Senator is not a national official but a representative only of his State which sends him. What Con- Rress needs, according to some critics in the gallerfes, is more oratorial con- tests based upon intensive research— saving the United States Supreme Court the odium of declaring so many unconstitutional. James A. Froude observed, “Nations are but en- larged schoolboys." * X % x The United States is one of the very few governments which have ever had a written constitution. In a republic such as the United States, the original and absolute source of power lies in the people— not in the Government. The people have delegated only certaln powers to the States and to the National Con- gress, executive and judiciary. Power comes from below, up to the Govern- ment; in kingdoms it descends from the ruler, by his graciousness down to his subjects. Lest the representatives of the sovereign people of the United States misjudge the extent of their commis- sions, they are given written orders— called the Constitution—and they are powerless outside of the limits of those written orders. The people re- tain their sovereignty and all rights and liberties not delegated to their servants in office. ' It is often claimed that’ Great Brit- ain is as democratic as is the United States, but the British Parliament makes its own constitution and un- makes it, without the participation of the masses of the people. The per- sonal motto of Edward VI was “Ich dien”—but that was said in German, oot English, The Kaiser scarcely claimed that his motto would be the same as that of King Edward, “I serve.” except in the broad assumption that he knew best what the people needed in servi e the whole ment has been reversed days of Homer! In the laristocracy he declared good that few should many; let there be one and one king only.” Today Europe seems to he revert- ing to that Homeric ideal in denounc- ling parliamentary government or. dained “of the people and by the people.” and setting up dictators— Pangaios in Greece, Mussolini in Italy and Pilsudski in Poland, not to mention the absolute rulers of “Soviet” Russia—each assuming that the confusion of their country has been brought about by the multi- tudinousness of the representatives of the masses. In none of those coun- tries where dictatorships are sup- planting orderly rule of the people through their representatives in of fice has there been a written con- stitution adopted, like ours of Amer- ica, where “We. the people,” write it in, adamant, unchangeable. except by the edicts of the people who created it. How of wern- since the spirit_of ‘It is not ruled by ruler only theory ek No words of Gen. Washington were ever more eloguent and emotionally Government than what he wrote in his last circular letter to the governors of the several States, requesting them to present his appeal to their legisla- tures, and, through the legislatures, to the people. lle viewed the growing disrespect to the Federal Constitution in behalf of State or local advantage with the gravest concern, saying: “Essential to the existence of the United States is the friendly disposi- tion which will forget local prejudices and policles, make mutual concessions to the general prosperity, and, in some instances, sacrifice individual advan- tages to the interest of the commu- Liberty is the basis of the glo- s fabric of our independe: national charaoter, and whoever would dare to sap the foundation, or over- turn the structure, under whatever speclous pretext he may attempt it, will merit the bitterest execration and severest punishment which can be in- flicted by his injured country. ““It 18 indispensable to the happiness of the individual that there should be lodged somewhere a supreme power to regulate and govern concerns of the confederated Republic, without which the Union cannot be of long duration, and everything must very rapidly tend to anarchy and confusion. * * * ‘We shall be left entirely in a state of nature; or we may find by our own unhappy experience that there is a nat- ural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny, and that arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. Sometimes Washington appears to forestall advocates who would select parts of the Constitution to condemn, or to set aside by local opposition or illegal plebiscites. Washington wrote his warning more than a century and a quarter ago. (Covyright. 1926, by Paul V. Collins.) Drivers and Debt. From the Christian Science Monitor. Many a careful driver has to exer- cise additional care not to run into debt. R Beyond Summons. From the Springfield Daily News. Prolonged fasting may be an aid to health, but most of those who have tried it cannot testify. .y ———— Wo;(ing Our Literature. From the Butte Daily Post. Who says this generation isn’t thorough? ~First we read a story in the magazine, then we read it in book form, then we seek it in movies, then somebody comes arognd lectur- ing about it. L the | expressive of his faith in the Federal ; NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M HELOISE AND ABELARD. George Moore. Boni & Liveright. mes Huneker, looking backward, calls it “the pathos of distance charm of mingled beauty and which a long past casts over every present. And in no other domain is the spell of time more potent than in that of love—the love of men for women, of women for men. It is as if the pallid and fleeting wraith of love manifest around and about, eva- nescent as hurrying shadows under a cloud-clotted sky, needs the long out of great distances, violet and pur- ple rays, to redeem its squandered heritage. Love, immediate and near, iacks the shining grace of that old “divine passion” of the poets. Be- trayed by a thousand errancies of unfaith, bedraggled by countless usu- rious bargainings and exactions, the love at hand must needs turn, now and then, to the great lovers of the past, deep in the glamourous fra- grancies of time, for a refreshment of its vision, for a repeopling of its dreams. So, out from Avignon does one, time and again, betake his way to the shrine of Vaucluse, there to re- member Petrarch and Laura, the ablding flame of whose passion has wirmed 500 vears of waning personal affections. Or, further back, to old Paris, where 900 years ago Heloise and Abelard taught men and women to love through all behooving and unbehooving, ~a lesson reconned through the intervening millennium ot innumerable broken faiths. * K ok K And here, by wayv of George Moore, the old story of Heloise and Abelard comes into current life again, the dewy freshness of the morning upon it, the leaping ardor of eternal youth vithin it. ~ France, under the Capets, is just rising into a nation out of the fighting feudal states that hither- to have constituted the Frankish empire.” Paris, the center of the young kingdom then, as it is the cen. ter of the great nation now. Such, roughly, is the material out of which with words more plastic than wet clay this artist rebuilds old Paris and sets alive within it the men and women at whose center of poignant concern are the moving figures of Helolse and Abelard. The most inspired realists of the present, each digging with infinite care in his chosen garden spot of human needs and behaviors, each re cording stralght from eye to hand that nothing of essential truth be lost—not one of these operating in the immediate field around him has presented a more d, 4 more tan- gible, immediacy of fmpression than George Moore has achfeved out of this one-thousand-vear distance from his subject. One marvels at the man, recreating this long-gone past and moving it forward 1o the forefront of current Interest. e R Critfes call George Moore the great stylist—whatever this may mean. 1f he be such, then it would appear that the term connotes the man possessed of no generally regularized and nac- stvle of literary invention. s here but in the ways of speech. There {is here but an infinite patience that i b ¥ of this central innumer {able little paths and trails and lanes, {each contributing to the vivid life of |the whole, to its naturalness. to its charm. Here is a complete seizure of r alues. To the front are the great lovers. Near them and a little behind them are those who make up the learned and disputatious coterie of philosophers whose support, or overthrow, makes up the existence of the famous medieval scholar. And through a haze of time old Paris rears itself in the true features of that day | This the Paris Into whose streets wolves from the forests of Orleans were sometimes driven by hunger. The Paris, nevertheless, of the great cathedral. It is not only the hand of the artist that is at work here setting the mas- | terly composition out in its revealing relationships. The mind of the scholar is here as well, familiar with the Latin and the Greek. with poets {and philosophers and dialecticians, carrying on gravely and knowingly through the subtleties of analysis and the deljcate points of logic. And equal to all this—indeed, source of all this— is the Irishman whose Celtic imagi- nation has been rigorously suhdued to a creative service that stifl holds beauty a_ dear possession. The whole is cast in a speech so simple, in a feeling so sincere, in an intimacy so warming that, under such impulsion. the great story grows to its tragic fulfillment in a singleness of effect that is classic and beautiful and surely enduring. One reads it at a leisurely tempo, so that none of it may be missed, so that all of it may filter into one's deepest apprecia- tion and satisfaction. And having read it, always thereafter will the names of Heloise and Abelard evoke, not a bit of the dead and forgotten past, but rather the high living spirit that serves to inspire the present. Having read it, never again will one give careless tribute to this twain ly- ing in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, but rather will he pay deep homage to the gallantry and daring, to the { ®ood faith and enduring of this im- perishable pair of great lovers and great souls, Heloise and Abelard. * ok K ok THE OLD FRANCISCAN MISSIONS i OF CALIFORNTA. George Whar- ton James. Little, Brown & Co. The old Franciscan missions of the { West and Southwest are but frag- Iments of a great historic adventure left upon the shores of a new and urgent day. They are the driftwood of an old order around which have risen the tides of a young and dif- ferent civilization. A" pictured rem- iniscence, these, of discoverer and ex- plorer and ruler, followed promptly, after the fashion of the Christian world, by priest and missionary. Under the practiced and Interesting leadership of Mr. James, one is per- mitted to travel from one to another of these missions, reviving the history of their origin and service, rebuilding around them the life to whose bene- faction they were consecrated. “It is of incalculable benefit to the race’— Mr. James talking—"that the mission fathers lived and had their fling of divine audacity for the good of the helpless aborigines. With all their faults and failures, all their rude no- tions of theology, all their errors and mistakes, the work of the Franciscan fathers was glorified by unselfish aim, high motive and constant and per- sistent endeavor to bring their heathen wards Into a knowledge of saving grace. It was a brave and heroic endeavor.” It is upon this foundation of sentiment that the author rebuilds the old days of the missions. Selecting here, rejecting there, separating revealing essentials from mere ruins, Mr. James guides the reader, or the traveler, through the land of these relics of a period deeply significant ag an element in our composite commonwealth of states. Equally informing and inter- esting to both tourist and reader, the book is bound to be most acceptable to either of these. Story and record and picture work hand in hand to pro- duce this really delightful excursion into a part of that which is, in reality, our own past. A Paradox. From the Wall Street Journal. Paradoxically, textile manufacturers might make more it they mads lesy a rare individual | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What are the most famous mili- tafy bands in England?—C. M. A. Probably the Grenadier Guards Band and the Coldstream Guards Band. Q. How many immigrants were ad- mitted to this country during the last six months of 19257—R. H. A. A. During the six months ended December 31, 1925, 243,961 aliens were admitted to the United States. Of this number 137,686, or 56 per cent, enter- ed the country at the port of Neyw York; 75,793, or 31 per cent, at the border-land ports, and 30,487, or 13 per cent, at the other ports. Q. How many colleges and normal schools train teachers . B. A. In 1923 there were 382 institu- tions engaged in training teachers, having an enrollment of 418,533. Q. When was the tangerine intro- duced into America?—R. R. A. It was introduced into the United States from India in 1888. It was produced in America from the mandarin orange. Q. Which was the last letter added to our alphabe L. A. The letter J. It was disti guished from I by the Dutch scholars in the sixteenth century and intr duced into the alphabet by Giles Bey: printer of Paris, in 1550. Q. What does the word “fake" in_connection with the coiling rope?—. D. A. One complete circle of a rope in a coil. A number of such turns make @ tler, or sheave, and several tier: superimposed, a coil. “To fake a line 15 to coll it down carefully, in opposi tion to “coil,” which is to perform the work loosely or hastily. Q. When was insurance first em- ployed?—H. T. B. A. The orfgin of insurance is un- known. Suetonius ascribes it to the Emperor Claudius in A.D. 43. Marine insurance was in use at the beginning of the fifteenth century. In 1574 Rob- mean of @ fice of insurance within the Royal Ex- change, London Q. Why do we say that a man % “dyed in the wool” in his political or religlous falth?—G. E. M. A. Dyeing woolens is done in three s—in the wool, in the thread after it is spun, or in the piece after it is woven. Ti v that a man is “dyed in the wool,” therfore, mes he ac. quired the “color” of his faith or be- lief in the first or fundamental way. Q. What is the wild flower known as broom?—G. V. A. Scotch broom is a flowering shrub or bush with a bright yellow bloom. Q. How is the water mark put into paper’—E. B. T. A. When the pulp is ready to be made into paper it is poured out an endless cloth made of fine wire. This cloth travels constantl one direction by, m is given 4 vibratory motion, to fibers to become m iy felted ther. On the wire cloth web are ‘n words or designs in wire that rise above the rest of the surface. These words or designs are trans. ferred to the paper, making what are called water marks Q. Which Is harder to reach, the North or South Pole?—J. A. A. It is difficult to say whether the North or South Pole is the more diffl. cult of access, since similar condi- tions are to be met with in both cases The south polar region fs swept by viclent and prolonged blizzards, and eing i pro- The answers to questions printed here each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquiries handled by the great information bureaw main- tained by The Evening Star in Wash- ington, 0. €. This valuable service is for the free use of the public. Ask any question of fact you may want to ert Chandler, under a patent granted him by Queen Elizabeth, established a chamber of insurance in London. The earliest life policy of which particu lars have been preserved was fssued on the 15th of June, 1583, at the "ot know and you will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 centa in stamps for return postage and ad- dreas The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Challengers of the Coolidge order authorizing _the appointment of local officers as Federal agents to enforce the Volstead act claim that it not only violates State rights, but will result in confused conditions worse than those it seeks to cure. Yet there is strong support for the step. The case for its legality is stated by the Knoxville' Sentinel (independent Dem- ocratic) this way: “The constitutionalists possibly for- get for the moment that prohibition is itself a part of the Constitution that the law enacted to give prohi- bition nation-wide efficacy is the voice of the Constitution —and with !he Constitution and its laws goes the im- plied authority to enforce those laws ‘Strange bedfellows are found b the Fort Worth Record Telegram protesting. “At last.” says this Te. paper, “prohibitionists and antis have something upon which they appear to agree. The President announces his intention of making all pease officers national prohibition enforcement of- ficel He is going to give them a title, a badge, and make them dollar- a-year men. Then comes the deluge of protestation. and, strange to say, it comes alike from the ‘wets’ and the ‘drys. " The Record Telegram views the new order as “a_forcetul-looking gesture without much punch in it, as it sets forth that “after the com missions are all mailed out and the badges duly distributed, we are of the belief that we would have about the same State and county offices that we have now." e As to the effect on the public mind the Omaha World-Herald (independ- ent) suggests that “Andrews’ repeated siatement that the new order drafting local police for the forces is to apply only to California may raise the thermometer out there while the res of the country remains comfortable. A wider scope, however, is recog nized by those who engage in the general diseussion of the matter, and the Canton Daily News (Democratic) says of the situation: “The comment lies that the executive order is no more drastic than the law it attempts to enforce, and violates no more rights of States than does the prohi- bition amendment. It may be that the time has passed to talk about States' rights, if the States them- selves join in refusal to enforce the law they have helped to make. This final act of dictatorship should lead, however, to serfous reflection of a situation which daily see: to grow worse.” The Kansas City Journal Post (independent Republican) adds, “When, as was brought out in the testimony of Gen. Andrews before the Senate subcommittee, the Federal agents themselves are not above suspicion, can the policeman on the beat be expected to perform more creditably? “Then again,” suggests the Flint Daily ' Journal (independent), “there is doubt if many officials would accept the extra work involved with no in- crease in pay, and the possibility in some States and cities that they would lose the jobs they already hold should they accept.” Astonishment is re- flected by the Syracuse Herald (in- dependent) as it states that the order ‘“comes in a tumultuous era when all the. local agencies of State protection are woefully insufficlent to cope with a far greater danger than violations or evasions of the Volstead act.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent) maintains that “in an effort to en- force an unenforceable law, principles and right government have been thrown overboard.” ERE Satisfaction that “it has been made clear on behalf of the President that local officers thus appointed to Federal positions will not be permitted to func- tion outside of their home States” is expressed by the New York Herald Tribune (independent Democratic), ‘which adds: “To strike out blindly, as the latest executive order apparently did, is to intensify confusion and fos- ter bitterness. We are glad that the President has curbed the zealots of prohibition enforcement.” “Whatever may be the practical ef- fect of the order,” in the opinion of the Waterbury Republican (independ- ent), “there can be no doubt that the President, who is charged with the support of the Constitution and en- forcement of the laws, has acted prop- erly.” The Pueblo Star-Journal (inde- pendent) adds that “no officer need ac- cept a Federal commission unless he wants to do so, and in States where peace officers are prohibited by law from doing any other work, no one ‘would be asked to accept appointment as a Federal agent.” Similarly the Grand Rapids Press (independent) holds that “as for the wet plea of ‘tyranny’ it is only necessary to point out that local officers who wish to as- sist the Federal Government can do so now, and in most States are amply co-operating.” -~ * ok k% The Worcester Telegram (Repulli- can) argues; * Mfl.fl‘ of lo- ® | “this (independent Democratic) among those | Critics of Coelidge’s Order Say Confusion Will Result cal officers as Federal agents mav may not be found practica is both legal and logical. B: token the eighteenth amen is in the 1 more action taken by the Rochest es-1"nio (independent). with the as: 4 “it is probably desirable that Stat administrative machinery should bear a greater part of the burden involved than it does at the present time, even under the usual State enforcement Strangely enough,” remarks Burlington Free Press (Republic commendable move has the wet politicians more unhappy than when they claimed the law was not being enforced. It is hard to satisfy some people.” So also the Lincoln State Journal (independent Republi- can), “The wet brethren act as if they feared the law which they say cannot be enforced were in danger of being enforced.” And the Des Moines Register (independent Republican) avers that the order “at least has served to bring into the bright light the real desires and purposes of the campaigning wets Among various comments on the question of State rights and divided authority are the followin; authority may easily result in weak- ening a police department”—Oklahoma City Times (Democrat). 0 assur ance against carpetbagging across State lines can obscure the fact t it contemplates precisely that div of service’—Brooklyn Eagle (inde pendent Democratic). It is a question of setting a precedent which in the end must leave the States prostrate and helpless”—Akron Beacon Journal (Republican). “He has asked the States to take more responsibility on themselves; his order goes contrari wise to his advice”—Waterloo Tribune (independent), “There is increased viction among a majority aimost ¢where that it is time to set the currents backward so far as prac- ticable toward a reassertion of the doctrine of State sovereignty"—Hart- ford Times (independent Democratic) B R A Wise and Timely Warning From the Houston Chronicle. The commissioner of agriculture of Texas has long persisiently and in- telligently sought to impress upon the farmers of Texas that it will be unwise—indeed, the supremacy of folly—to plant another such crop of cotton as was planted in Texas in 1925. While the present outlook does not seem to furnish very substantial grounds to fear that such a crop will Dbe raised. it should be kept in mind that Texas weather is very capricious and Texas sofl very resourceful and the whole situation may be changed in_a few weeks. Mr. Terrel says greater areas are being planted than should be. While many farmers are reducing the area of cotton land, new land is being de- veloped in sufficient quantity to more than offset the reduction, and he fears a 6,000,000-bale crop may be pro- duced. If his fears should be realized and 6.000,000 bales are added to the 000,000 surplus carried over, 20-cent cotton will give way to 10-cent cotton. Much less than 6,000,000 bales raised in Texas added to the 5,000,000 sur- plus will be sufficient to lower ma- terially and harmfully the price of the leader of all staples. The slightpst attention given ele- mentary mathematics will show the farmers of Texas that a. repetition of the crop of 1925 will mean financial calamity. That calamity will be In- tensified just in proportion as feed crops and meat are sacrificed to cot- ton. Nursery Relics for Ford. From the Allentown Morning Call. Henry Ford, who has been buying relics of all kinds up New England way, now possesses three corner stones in the schoolhouse at Sterling. Mass., attended by Mary‘Sawyer, the child concerning whom the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb" was writ- ten. The schoolhouse now is in dilapi- dated condition, but all Ford's agent wanted was the corner stones for which he was willing to pay $5, which appeared a goodly price for a few old building blocks. ‘While Mr. Ford is making such a collection it would be interesting to have him locate and buy the “house that Jack built,” the tuffet on which the timid Miss Muffet sat when the “great big spider sat down beside her,” the stile which the Ilittle pig would not cross until the whole procession of animate and inanimate things had gotten started into action like a train, and a host of other in- teresting objects dear to all who learn- ed the most famous rhyme of all, that of the pursery.