Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1926, Page 8

L] THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Kdition. WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY........June 3. 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Rusinese Ofe nd Prnnsyiva mpany _Hh st cago Offic Ruropean OMee The Evening Star. with 1 ne edition, i< delivered by the eity 0 cents 45 cente per moath: Sunday only Per month. Orderx may ba ~eot by mail telenhone Main 3000 Collection i miaue b oarriur at tha end of eycl month Rate by Mail—Payable Adva Marsia Darls and Su Dailv only nday iy ani s Datlr on'e Sindar only mber of the As: The Associated Pease is 0 the nee for venui atches creaited to it o nthecwiss cead ted in this paper and aleo the lncal uews nublished herein ation | of snecial dispatches here reserved. | i - . Headlights. conducted 5L the owe the Alarming small percent Although tesis Trafic Pureau disc fact that very age of headlighis in Washington are rroperly adinsted. it ix the view of many drivers in the city that the sit uation materially improved over that of a ago. Regardiess of whather tha bright headlight law was | whether the best of tratic the vegulation was promulzat that the intensive v bit to improve only # i vear wise or in. terasix whan ed. it is a cartainiy compalgns conducted fo lighte have done their eonditions, ont of a ared and tenis only weve found Rix had nunapproved lenses, eusable fanli. seventyone were fonnd n and two hundred and thirteen On the face of it & ve flects no credi Washington. Those legal lanses on their dently falsified in permit applications called 10 account for such praciices It is & noticeable fact. howeser. * those who have iven in both Mary land and the District during the last months that the headlight siiua- | Washingion is hetter than in This may not. or night were seryed per head. totnl number of tvo hun ninsiy-five Trafic five sets of 10 be properly Burean lanps adjusied an inex- nesd of vepairs, wer record adjusted, such as (his the who carried on motorisis of [ evi wut their cars very making and Le ton tien in the neighhoring Siate. Ana 1o 1the more condensed population of the Distriet the nsequent eaxe of enforcement compared to the probiem Maryland, where have great aveas 1o cover. But this <honld he amply balanced by the tenzth of 1ime that Maryland has hud a striet headlight 1t all comes back 10 the swine thing. | With the present number i biles and the present size forces, there can be no real enfor ment of headlight regulations in any eommunity. Further the lighis of sven the mo: Heniivns In he jarred out « ffry them S0 he and « in police | law. of autom- | . i rore ol may foeus within tmilly corvected, it makes little difference what rezulations drafied. They will be vinlated hy the wholesale and are wnenforceable jo a degree realiy | safe driving “conditions. Washing tonians, however. seem io have | gragped the essentinls of the propo. | sition and nndoubtedly siand as high | 8 the residents of other ties At leasi that ems ense at present. Connecticut was the first anact what was then “model headlight law.” missioner of Vehicles Rtate recently admitied that wae than fifty cent. it Connecticnt, with its splendid and eMcisnt police force and admin. | istration. cannoi enforce the regula. | tion, whai chance has any other Staie | ar the District 10 do 17 In any event Washingion has the | bright headlizht law for ite city | limits. and it 1= wp to the moiorisis | to ca.operate 1o the hest of their ubil. | Y. Cooperation is the only 2n otherwike impossible situation. | and it the drivers make the fullest nge of it the conditions here will still | further improve. thus benefiting svery motorist In the operation of his auto mnhile, - p— Intimations 1hat England American celabrations relating to the War of the Ravolution are probably lacking in serious intellscival author ty. The War of the Revolution ehabled the English-apeaking people th take a stride forward in political fdeals and financial responsibili which would have heen impossible withont ‘inspivation from a new world. ey are communi- | to be the State termed The com- | of that enforce. | motor ment S0 lens per | aild 1o rese Speeding Court Processes. T.ast week Richard R. Whittemc war convicied in Baltimore of murd Ing & prison guard. Yesterday the Su- preme Court In that city denied him & new trial, argument having bheen made on Saturday. The (rial court ix now at Itberty 1o Impose aentance. and finless an appeal is taken (o the Court of Appeals of the State (ha sentence will stand and its #xecution will prob. #bly follow in short order. This Is an sxampla of expedition which shouid be iwbservad in all jurisdictions. Should the case ba taken 1o the (o of Ap. Peals of M: land, it should be heard and decided as prompily as the Su- preme Conrt of the State has ren- dered its decimion. Court delays are with reason re- garded as responsible in large meas- ure for the prevalence of crime in this eonntry. In the great majority of remer there are long lapses between indictment and punishment. First, there are delavs preceding trial. Theu after conviction there are delays\ in making appeals and in declding them. Months sometimes pass between a conviction and the hearing of the case in review by a higher court. Fre- quently technicalities serve to evoke decigions that throw the case back for retrial, and the whole proceas is gone through again. and by the time the Poriginal alivtme, {nical jsite | o [ for schonl year of 1 Lwhile ther miles of driving afier he has hadi | | street ana shot | thre ldiction and camnot be summaned Mamories lapse as to happeninas and onfusion in the testimony resulis. Safeguards sgainat injust w e 1o per off as s mecused of crime st not be quite every of losse 0 gmra tawhreakin aree the fullest chanece as o guarantee the Nt punishment of thuse who are proved But it doesx seem us thy the sufeguurds for the accused bud [heen multiplied unl extended until he [ has more thau an ‘even chance to ex Ape penslty, in the face of plain proof [ enitt, e wh de fenxe, e the ruilty. s - School Bids Within the Funds. tn the public sch five year the osecution of its ) building program | Distriet now the unusual fortune of fuding it possible to pro ceed promptiy with the construction of 1@ of the wost lmportant of the proj ectx without having to resdvertise for has Boud bids or ublaining u lurges o meet the extimutes of the bidders | Upou [ new MeKinley High Schoul it s found | that of them within they vemuining available of after the initiul ex st ave Amount Bave been viation n Within the frequent and theve i W expect upt award of o and an early start on the work. In cousequence of inadequate und tardy appropriations heretofore it s bean com o to find the bids, 1 exceshiug the ounts expenditure. This has wpplivations for audi appropriations revision of i leading to delnyx Important ures of Lures had 1o o ihe Nli Bt veatn appr the therefore. it o experience pust is reus Wopr whei finally receiv available for e ried Uonul or the plans either case long peimes fe: have ence the sty be proposed itted n - that ‘L for con tirms i the [T within struction work v utlable The advauluge of 4 lurge appropria tion i thus o fested fu the present case. Vet the project of providiug » new aud wdequate howe for the ( izl school caunot be suld to have been rushed Lo the puint of con anurding. Severul yewrs have since (he new build was recommended, purt of the u \ a has the school tract elui specifically Gme haviug been tinal determination Mesnwhile the overcruwded conxutned fu sea i school for oid bees aund sered. few ex Work has been seriously hu With the bids in haud, with ception Hle. there s good reason 1o ook sturt on the work itself it xhould be ready paney at the beginning of the . or fifteen months I there Is hope that mean- Will not be untoward happenlngs in the matler ty cause (he overcrowding of (he uew school when 1 finally opened for use ava an early With good fortune, hence. A ny B ) Threats and Murder. Sunday nisht a fnflamed by jealousy threatened w woman in this with a She fled sod he fulled (o dujure her. She mude co plaint (o the police, the man was wi- | rested charge of (hreats to ki, and in court was released on Wednes 1 the plen of the accuser: Yex afternoon he met her in the her to death. 'Then, failing to take his own life, he was 1 and is now held for murder. Release on reconnalssunce of a man of threstening unother per- life is apparently no protection Whutever, even though his threat walves the charge. Perhaps i thix nian bad been sent to Juil fu period on a charge 15 he would have beeu given a e 10 coul hix homicidul pussion. he might have left Juil even determined Kill. Bul there city pistol. on duy te a y K sed son's u of murderous fwould at least have been w chance Lo protect the victim of his rage for period. if nol permanently. Again it may be asked why release was granted by a court officer in a case | of this kind when the accused person was armed with a pistol on first of- fense. Should not a charge of “con- cealed weapons” have been brought against him? Or was the weapon not oncealed” in & manner to meet the ments of the daw on this sub- The man was unquestionably armed. Whers he got the gun ap- pears to be of no moment. It is in deed of no concern of the law in its present state whether he bought it, or where, This case illustrates the of the law and the practice in the matter personal armament for ceiminal purposes. 'This crime cun be laid ai the doors of the present sys- tem which permits a potential mur- derer to go at large after a warning luosenens ot i has bheen given in the most formal manner. —— . The ordinary city gardener at least has the satisfaction of knowing that be will finish the season ahead of the game as compared with the average New York roof gardener. g i s Goldstrom's Course. Goldstrom, round-the-world racer by train, plane and ship, should be at Chita, Siberia, today, about two- (hirds _of the way from the Ural Mountmios and the Pacific Ocean, Chita 18 400 miles east of lake Bal Lkal. Near Chita the lrans-Asia rall route branches, the left branch guing east along the svuth border of Amur and skirting the north border of Man- churia, to Khabarovsk 200 miles west | of the Sea of Japan. At Chita the other branch of the trana-Siberia or trans-Asia rall route, this branch be- ing the Chinese stern Rallway, runs southeast through Manchuria to | Harbin, sbout 300 miles, .at which place & branch leads to Viadivostok on the coust of the Sea of Japan and 400 miles frem Harbin. At Chita Goldstrom plans to hire & locomotive to take him to Harbin, where a Japanese plane should carry him to Yokohama. about 1,000 miles south- easi. At Yokohama he should catch the steamer President Madison, sall- ing for “the States’” June 7. Thus far Goldstrom I8 two dayvs ahead of the time made hy the round-the.world W trial i= had witnesses have he racer John Henry Mears in 1813, A sening of the tenders for tme | theti nmonnts | Within the limit of the funds | the object of | THE EVENING ! [of the progress of the traveler were ceived. Along the we from the [ WSt front of Asin, The Niar hax ' noted Coldstrom’s progress day by AU Chita he nhout milex trans-Riberian the f Nl expresses Goldstrom The Altal day. ravele the train ity will have 00 il Herons e Vo Asin, an d speed Americ In yesterduy's ave u pletu o Uanscont i mexs ¢ of Sibeviu, gh | IMountaing (o the south could be seen | {amd he o { endous “xtu de iron I that those bills hold coul field=” wud Limosits of 55 per maguetic jwe. e told this will be the } steeb i king of Siberin and T Ukt the Bovernment “ix plun nitig a Works here whose first { WAL WL Cost $20.000,000." He eems o have passed over of wessiern Siberia and a | mwe cheerful Wible Jungle which Ween " prabiie ! iy funmous guernila | peusanix whose hules were des i he altempied {overthrow the Bulshevik regime.” seownx (hat | new sstndx Breut a5 cent that center Soviet steel the steppes I crossing of the couniry. heglu 1o dot the and o the north we can see pact he sayx inpe, Wi« for itx Kolchah when to [ nre ul the statlons there CVust “of cheap book populur Issued for o boukstands, s ntities lets Che suaw, on agriculture, selence pur atlon and propaganda by printing every aud government are posex of e e government sule Hstriking statement he PMhix rallroad ticket house und ure for at Nt hes Is that Muscow trom [ Wiadivostok uciows Laulf of Burope ¢ and the full bresdih of Axia eleven dayx' rail travel cost him $40, Waste and Extravagance. At & ueetiug of the Ulily Demvcracy leld yesterday ut Columbus spexkers hoviticized the Coulidge administrution an oue of “wasle, vaguoce und woliguey.” This will probubly bring L smile (o the fuces of most Americun taxpuyers who huve substantial i o regaed the present admiuistia Uon ux vne of econvmy aud retrench ment. 1f this is 10 be the kevuote of the Democratic campuign it will tuke sowme S0gINE 1 put 1l vver us u party slugun. 10 will be very hard haleed to per suude th people of this country o wny contesi. whether for Cougress v two yeurs her that this administation wasteful uud extruvagu mesnt by profligucy dislusure, But uud extruvagaul” will reyulre defi ton fu the fuce of two largs redie Uons of tuxes permitied by heavy culs in the natlonal budgets. pa——— Paper money 18 a public ience, but when too liberally employed it becomes a financial fallacy, such as i now causing uch stutesmanship anxiety, The Micawber school of | finance 18 not limited to the charming | fiction of Charles Dickens. Jasen Oue of the difficulties future llew in the wany refuse popular ever without @ certain mmount Lraggadociv. ex rea has been Just what in rewalus for the terms “wasteful conven- in averting fact that so believe that Le satisfied of milltury war natlons [ funcy van ‘- A rise In the price of gamoline cre ates no grest populur resentment. The Jgh cost of motering has been trans erved from the question of fuel and upkeep o that of meeting the fines. RS Kurope never took much interest in Whitcomb Riiey’s postry. “Knee Deep in June” meuns nothing to people who| are head over heels in debt. R Z i | Une way to promote Weonomy up- peurs Lo be the avoldunce, as far as | rope’s tinancial uftaics. , oo The war fn China declines to permit Itself (v be luterfered with by foreign entanglements. .o Street railroads used te be accused of monopolizing the highways. 1t ix now the taxi driver who helps himself. e Flying over the North Pole has be- come one of the great modern literary activities. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Perfume. Jt I8 just & breath of sweetness with a delicate completeness That we knew we'd find about us pretty moon, And beneath the stars that giisten now we pause awhlile and listen As the honeysuckle whispers to the moon. A the messuge it is bringing as sweetness it is flinging ‘When the world has jogged along to joyous June, And we overhear a story of life's gentle, generous glory, As the honeysuckle whispers to the moon. Trying to Play Fair. “Are you a wet or a dry?®’ “I'm a dry answered Senator Sorghum. *“Out where I live the wets appear able to help themselves, while the drys need all the legal support they can possibly ge! Stranger Still. ‘The Russian composer has dismayed. 1 bow in respect to his fame, But | can’t sing or whistle the tune that he pluyed, r even remewber his name. left me Jud Tunkins says he's going fishing and forget his troubles; or at Jeast get himself & new kind of disappoint- ment for the time being. Why Travel? Why don’t You go to Europe? can't see any reason for doing 80, answered Miss Ca,\"tnne. “We Americans have invented more ways of spending money than Europe ever dreamed of.” Adaptation. Mehitabel, a knock-kneed maid, Would not make friends, we were afraid. But she has surely found her chance— She trlumphs in the Charleston dance, - man dat minds his own busi- ness,” sald Uncle Eben, “git's lone- come nnavailable, some have died, I Tn the leng rail z from Moscow | some; but nnt as lonesome uda.fin One | e for (he presidency, | possible, of complications with Ku STAR. WASHINGTON THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACER ELL. | Now that warmer weather Is coming jaround this way, muny persons wiil ‘Pn‘l|| down on th daily fo intake, will reduce their foud needs stically that instead of eatin three times as much ax ix good fo them they will consume only iwice | ax much food ux they need: { Thexe hervic oues will pride them- selves upon thelr self-restraint. If could louk nto the life of Louis o, however, they would see | (hemselves us mere dietetlc pikers. Vechupx there ix no unme which ought 1o be better known o the American people (han that of this old Venetian noblems for he tsught a frugality in eating hablt of which | this country stands in xore need. Yet, of thone reading heve, how mauy will ey have hewrd of the [ nume? o the general mass of the public, perliaps uot one in a theusand | Will know wnything e wll about old Ludovico, while wmong bovklovers us Whole, where he should be ke W ull perhups not vue fu u b Wil huve reud his | course o the Sober Life.” S0 applicable ure his precepts to- duy ! su charming remain hix | exsuvs, tsal we know no better life fund works to present here ax the | bot weather comes ou than that of Louls Cornare wnd hix writings, ok Conninre, who Hyed (o be wore thun 1100 Venrs wld conly 93, wecording (o suipie hisorinns), preuched the vir (fex of the (emperate life in four delighiful essuys, which should be Zveud by wll thoughtful per The bent edition we know of that culled e Are of Living Lo published by Willlam . Butler st Milwauhee i 1905, lu 200 puges the reuder will flud collected 10t valy Cotiare's own four essavs, bLul uise ih additivual wuterial, iucluding Joseph Addiseu's tribute u the Spec- Wior pupers, HBucon's essdy upon Cornaty, aid Kindred essays. ‘T'his edition ix likely to remsin for a long Uiie the standurd Cornure e originel “Discorsi della vit sobrla,” (he "Discourse vu the sobe lite,” 15 tmnxluted fu this edition under the title of ““The ‘Temperate Lite,”” which would huve been a pref- aruble title for the whoule wurk Gur estimativ the lallan's writiugs Is that of tem- persuce iu ull things, particularly fu vne's eating habitx. The title, “The Art of Liviug law 1s rather (o0 much of a condesceusion v the mod eru Leslth propagunds, slthough must be sdwitted that Cornure 100k 4 wondrous pride in rounding out the century mark Nothing 1 all ltersture gulte ‘equals the old Luy's pride fu his loug life, especially lu his ubility lo write esnavs Bl hix wdvauced sge. ludeed hix four articles—one cun cull them hurdly wore than (hat—would d credlt to uny wriler tn the world hintory, AU the ma such w curlous combination of the old man und the young man that one will search fn vain through the | world's literuture to equal them. It for this reason, as well as for eir content, that every thinking on should read them. Too miguy persons today ave afraid of uld age. Louls Cornaro shows wne that if life 1& lived temperately oie need not feur the oncoming of the “halcyon davs” us Walt Whit- mun called them While Cornaro undoubtedly did be- in time they pussess The upheaval i Poland is watched with dniversal sympathy by Ameri [ cange whose concern for the weifare of that natlon is mingled with regard f6r Marshal Pllsudski, who has been ding in the political and military irbance. Many queries are of- fered. chief of which the dictator will be able to meet the economic demand of the immediate fugnre. %Chaos has followed chaus fur the fast six years,” recalls the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, “and so it seems that the mniddle und working classes now are bent upun establishing a strong overnment with a strong man ut ity head, rather than 16 worry along with democracy holding forth ouly us (o form, with noue of democracy’s blessiugs. Thums they ® turned Lo the mun who saved Poland from the Russians to save Polund from her- self.” Representing, those who hoid & critical toward the new leader, the Seattle Daily Times asserts that while “‘six vears ago Plisudski fought the Rus- slans, there is a widespread bellef that he contemplates establishing friendly relations with the Soviet union.” The | Times fears “the Soviets would find the time propitious for settling old scores,” and holds that “a high order of statesmanship and patriotism will be needed in whatever form of gov- ernment is established if the country 18 (v survive and prosper.” The Cleve. land News also feels that “now thelr country 1s hedged about with hard conditions which cannot be talked away or wiped out by the sword' whai the Poles need 1s vision, patience and much fortitude. ‘The Roanoke Times wonders whether Pllsudski “will have the political sagacity, the statesmanship and foresight to grap ple with present-day problems as they exist in Poland,” while the Baltimore Evening Sun raises the question ‘‘whether Gen. Plisudski, who is not as young as he once was, can giv Poland that atability which has been lacking. It may turn out,” concludes the Sun, “that.other self-Interested factions are merely using his name to cover up their own designs.” PR ““Ihat Plisudski's advent will con- tribute to economy is not certain. the opinion of the New York Times, pointing out that “there have been ugly reports of corruption in various government enterprises, and it may be the contention of the new reglme that the financial situation can be redressed by eliminating graft. Ultimately, however,” contends the 'limes, “it would seem that Plisudski will have to call upon his own mill- tary and labor supporters o make sacrifices if the economic and finan. clal crisis is to be definitely ended.” The military leader's position as a proved patriot is emphasized by the Albany Evenlng News, which states that “he has been a builder and it is doubtful now that his course is one of destruction. Yet sometimes," this paper concedes, ‘‘national heroes develop feelings of spite. However, before judgment is passed the world will await developments. Reviewing the great difficulties in Plisydski’'s way, the Nashville Banner suggests that “it will be interesting to see what he proposes to do, what cure for Poland's ills he will pre- scribe. Pilsudski's job,”” _continues the Banner, “is not one that would appeal to most men. He may be a on the other to be a villain tomorrow. He will need to be a financial, economic and political wizard if he avolds going into the discard in his tur * X ok % Universal regret is seen by the Miami Daily News “that the young républic of Poland, formed after a sruggle of centuries in which patriote were striking for freedom. has found the problems of self-govern- ment-tea §ifioulttto soive. Tha-TEIM fu | ax (he whole theme of | ‘Pfléfidski’s >Col‘1p m Poiand Arouses Deep Interest Here to whether | hand, | attitude | hero today, but he is just as likely | D, €. THURSDAY. | lieve that hix methods would induce a [long life in all who put them into | | practice, the gist of his teaching les | vuther in the beauty, the mental and | «pivituel satisfactions of temperate | living. His first essuy was translated into glish in 1668 and ran through 30 or more editions. kuch new gener tlon jmugined it had found somet unlque, S0 there have ulways those to sing the praises of the man. ' Lord Bacon in hix “History of Lifé |and Death.” which has always siruck | us ux m most Inteiguing tide, spoke ! of vur subject in this wise: “A pythagorical or monastical diet, | |according to stvicr vules, and slways | exuctly equal ax that of tornare | was seemeih tu be very effeciual for [1ong 1ite.”” He speaks again of “Cd nare, the Venetisn, who did eat and | drink S0 meny veurs together by a just welghi, whereby he exceeded hundred vEuars of age, strong in limbs and entlre in his senses.” Joseph Addison mentioned Cornavo in his Speciator paper of October 13, 1711, saving: “The wmost remarkable Instsnce of the efficacy of temperauce toward the procuring of long life in whet we met with in a little book | publishied by Louis Cornare, the Vene. | tan: which 1 the ruther mention, be- cause it is of undoubted credit, us the late Veueliun embaxsador, who wax | of the same fudily, uitested wore than lonce in conversation when he resided L gland. | Cornure. | the little treatis | was of an inf | | the author of [ sentioning, u o conatitution about 40, when, by obstinately per- | sisfing fn mn exact course of tempec: unce, he recovered u perfect siate of iusomuch (hat &t fourscore lished his bLouk, which hus been | transiated under the title of "A Sure and (Brialn Method of Allalndug & luug und Healthy lafe.’ “He lived to give a third or fourth editlon of it, and, after huving passed hix hundred(h vear, died without agony lor pain and like one who falis asleep. | 'The ‘trestise’ I ntfon has been | taken notice of by xeveral eminent wuthors, und is written with such a spirit of cheerfulness, religion and vod nse af ure the natural concomi {tants of temperance and sobriety. | 'The mixture of the old man in it is ruther u recommendation than a dis [ credit to 10" whu was « e Tuday equally en wen count themselves honured to follow the pre- cepts of Louls Thomnas ldiso; vng those whe tion 1o bene- fitx received from Cornarv, und the life of the gresl fuventor is u testl wonial stronger than words Mr. Butler, fn his introduction to his voluwe, sald, “For u people of whom less than a twohundredth part of | per cent reach un uge that nature intends all should pass. the words of the aged wuthor of ‘La Vits Sobria’ 'he Temperate Life) pussess a deep import. ‘To them this volume is ad | dressed. | ‘The publisher wiso says and this I will be of interest 1o many, “While | thera are some who, though of the | number of Cornaro's most zealous | pupils, regret that he permitted wine | to form & portion of his abstemious | diet, yet when his position on the | question is contrasted with the pre. | valling custom of his country and age his life is none the less recognized by all as one of the most salutary exam- temperate career the world has vet witnessed.” | however.” adds the News, “is tin | with a certain satisfaction that the | present movement does not carry | with it the threat of a netional | collapse. Am a matter of fact, the jturn to Marshal Pilaudski for leader ship is because of the faith that he | alone may guide the government | through its fiscal troubles and pre. | serve its solidarity against suspected enemies abroad Qur position “should be vne of for- bearance and sympathy,” urges the Flint_ Daily Journal, which sssumes | that “Polund is not trying to over- throw orderly government, but to (i eves are Fa and turned upon traveling homeward, querles ax to the effect of his jo He is. however, accord iug to the Muskegon Chronicle, “far 00 luviug and lovable, (oo gentie and | umiable, " to maintain himselt aa | president of & Poland which still | requires a strong hand, an indomi- table will, to maintain order among the warring elements.” The Savannah ] Press thinks Paderewski ““had dis- missed all thought of entering polities again,” but suspects that “the coup of Plisudski mayv have put him in the notion of re-entering the national affairs of Poland.” *x ok Paderowskl's visit is discussed also by the Charleston Evening Post with the stutement, ““lie savs he is golug to Geneva for the benefit of his health, | and doubtless he will confer there with men of good will in the hope to put an end to strife and to save Poland n national suleide.”” The Reno Eve- ning Gazette adds that “no doubt he I8 going to France because every day has shown that it is in France that whatever is happening in Poland has enis.”’ Internal jealousy red the history of Poland from its very beginnings,” declares the Wiscon- sin_ State Journal, which refers to Haller's opposition to Pilsudski and advises that ‘‘Pilsudski and Haller, known as Polish patriots both, might well read the lessons of their own his- tory together,” The present lack of harmony is accounted for by the Ne ark Evening News by the fact th: “Polish conservatism is very conserva- tive and its radicalism runs to a deep pinkish hue. Here's a task for a ma ter of harmonies,” the Evening News continu “stately minuvets, savage Slav dances, simple folk songs, color- ful sonatas, thundering fugues—all to be blended into a fine political concert. The great Paderewski will need all his art in his ‘retirement’ to his quiet villa in Switzeriand. Wild Prices. From the Chattanvoga News. Potatoes are sald to grow wild in Chile. 1t is the prices, however, which { run wild in this country. oo No Contact. From the Oklaboma City Daily Oklshoman, The trouble with the teeth in the present dry law iz they don't meet. vt A Good Idea. ‘row the Flint Daily Journal. One way to keep from gelting run over by an automobile is to get a job on the police force. et State Flowers. From the South Bend Tribune. New York and Pennsylvania h just observed Rum Blossom week. —eoea- No Sunshine for Him. From the Naahvills Ranner. Thus far, at any rate. this has been the Summer of the ice man’'s discon- 8ot JUNE 3. 1926. THE NORTH WINDOW By Leila Mechlin. i ‘The visit of the Crown Prince and| the unveiling of the Kricsson Me- morial last week focused attention on ! Sweden and brought to mind certain | bonds of unfon hetween that nation| and our own, | In the field of art we have a con- | spicuous example of a Swede who in| coming to this country and udopting | it as his own, has brought « valuable | gIft which hus enriched us national- Iv - Birger Sandzen of Lindsbor Kans. Mr. Sandzen cume o the! United States in the Fall of 1894 und | wccepted u position in Bethany Col lege. which position he still holds. Besides the characterization of his people courage, determination, love of adventure - he possessed al that| time more than common knowledge | of art, haviog siudied under Zovn, | Bergh and Hasselberg in Stockholm, and Aman-Jean in Paris. 1t was from his fellow students in the latter city | that he heard of our big new lund. and it was the spirit of adventure moving within him thut induced him to crose the ses und tuke up his work v our great pluins. No one hus done wore than he to encoursge and pro- mote w love of art in America. For 30 yeurs young people of the Middle West huve been passing through his classes, and no oue has come in con- wact with him without enkindling en- thusiasm und real love of hemuty in nature and in art. Krom his young men and women have gone as teachers 1o schools and colleges throughout our West and have handed on to others that which he has given to them. What is more, Birger Sanduen has interpreted through him own art the beauty and significance of the coun- try in which he has lived. As a writer | (he Scandinavisn Review hus said “Afler a fow yoars' resdence in Kau sus Lhe idea that heve lay & new teld | for expression begun to germinate in | his mind, and instead of looking buck- ward he begun to look forward.” To- day he in regarded as one of the most progressive, forward-looking artists of America. To a grest extent, it whould be re membered, Mr. Sandzen haw worked | ing remote from the so-called :t centers aud too busily engaged with his teaching to come East, but he has not got out of step with the times. Of recent yeurs he hus exhibit ed quite u little in the Kastern art ters. A collection of his paintings whown here at the Arts Club » couple of years sgu. Three of his works have been added to the perm: nent cullection of the Nationul M seum in Sweden. He has suited his style to his mubject. He indulges strong color. His landscapes rendered in weodblock and his lithographs are powerful presentations of our West- orn scenery. Him work is extremely individualistio. retaining those sturdy qualitien which set apart the art of Sweden; yet he is an American to the core. It is his conviction that from out of this vast land of ours will come an art which, if kept from com mercialism and insincerity, will reflect those larger and better traits of great and noble nation-anart which will, without losing sight of tradition. mark an era of progrese and a new development. *x ok x Sweden fs one of the countries retained and evidence strong tion- { alistic tendencies in their art. This is | partly due, presumably, to compara- tive isolation, to the distinctiveness, up to the present time, of Swedlsh national life, It Is also due, however in part to climatic conditions and ad- herence 10 national traditions. Yet, curiously enough, our first in troduction to what Is called today modernistic art wax (hrough the channel of a collection of Scandi navian art brought to this country by the American-Scandinavian Societ. some yvears before the Great Wa Even then the Swedish section was the moat sane, the least eccentric. Such men of world renown as Zorn, Liljefors and Fjaestad, through ac- between tradition and innovation. And what a showing that was' None | who saw it can fall to recall it with the utmost pleasure. In the Zorn e hibition shown here last year memor of that great general Scandinavian exhibition was revived, but in the for- mer instance there was varlety and at the same time noveity. Up to the time that this exhibition came to America we were but poorly informed concerning the works of Zorn's cotem- poraries. ‘There is probably no animal painter living today, or Who has ever lived in the past, comparable. (o the Swedish painter, Liljefors. Never, unless we except, perhaps, the renditions of the great Chinese and Japanese artists, has snow been interpreted more ex- quisitely than by Fjaestad. ‘There is a bigness about the works of the land- scape painters of Sweden, chief among whom is Prince Eugen. the uncle of the Crown Prince, which reflects the bigness of that far northern country. In the illustrative work of Tarsson there is & charm and simplicity rarely excelled. All of these artists including Zoi have given themselves, it should be ri marked, chiefly to the interpretation’ of 8wedish life and Swedish scenes. Zorn's best paintings are his pictures of Swedish peasant festivities, his por- its of Swedish peasants. l.ljefors studied the animals in their native haunts, has lived and skelched much | out of doors, and his plctures are trus to nature in every respect. Kjaestad likewl as interpreted Winier as it comen to Sweden-—-a great silence, a suprems purity. larsson’s illustrations have heen drawn entirely from the life of the milddle 88, that homely simple life which.as yet is unspoll by the teverish touch of modern living conditions. It is interesting to know that these artists are held in higheat esteem by the people of their own na- tion and that, while they have at- tained international renown. the have found patronage at home. * xR X land resu { which, up (0 the present time, have | cepted leadership, maintained balance | | upon, {and when, Q. What is the status of the pay- ment of the Boxer indemnity? -C. M. A Upon the remission of the first self to send to the Unied Stutes 100 students each year for 4 years and 30 eafter for 28 vears, province and regurdless of religious or political bellef. The Taing Hua College in Peking, opened in 1911, trains students before they ure sent to Amer Puyment of the Boxer in- in 1922, 1917, By entrance in the World War ed December 1, act of Congress, May 11 to $6.137,563, was remi ing ov by President turned ANSWERS TO QUES pavments of the Boxer indemnity by | the United States, China pledged her- | o he selected ' Bible K demnity was suspended upon China’s | Euphrates River, the TIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. mining how the total vete of the county or State shall ba cast. Q. Is it correct to speak of the nundation of the world during Noah's time a flood or a deluge?- T. P. M. A. The Internationsl Standerd cyclopedia says that ther are in the suthorized version of the Bible 13 different words which have been transiated “flood.” including the words indicating the deluge of Noah, the waters of the Red Sea. the ile, the Joi dan. a torrent. » tempe: and inces. sant rain. For this reason the word the bal- | deluge is more correct 1o designate ance due to the United States, amount- | the universal catastrophe. ceination compulsory he- for a child is i year old in Fng , 1925, to the China Founda tion for th and Culture, & board « Chinese and five Am Q. What s the most cor name in lreland? C. M. E A.Mt is #eld that thers are one third more Irishmen by the name of Patrick in Ireland then by any other name. Q. Please opening of J. M. A, 'A. The latest announcement ix that the opening of the Sesquicenten- International Kxposition has postponed from June 1, 1926, to 23, 1926. give exact date of the the Seaquicentennial Q. How long has Capt. Suntelmann been the leader of the Marine Band? P. T. A. Capt. Santelmann has be leader of the Marine Band and a member of the band 36 vears. Q. To wl families of Engl belong? - T. M. K. A. The surname of the roval fumiiy of England 1s Windsor. The roval fam. ily of Italy belongs to the House of Savoy-Carignano. The Spanish roval family are Bourbons. Q. About how long have women worn high heels? - E. K. A. Heels in the modern sense were practically unknown before 1600. Once adopted they soon became gen- eral. Q. —M. : A. 1t is & rule whereby the votes of Il the delegates of a unit in & con vention are cast according to the de- cision of & majority of the delegates of that unit. For example, in a State convention in which the units are counties, if the convention adopted the unit rule the vote of each county would be controlled by a majority of the delegates from each county, and ifi a national convention, with the Siate as a unit, the majority of the delegates from a State would dictate | the vote of the entire delegation. Un- der the unit rule, delegates do not vote as individuals except in deter- houses do the reigning v and Spain What is the unit rule in politics P Next comen Portugal with a revolu tlon, the dismissal of her parliament — the Cortes—and the rise of & poseible aictatorship. Anti-pariiamentarianism spreading over Europe, in Portugal fires no shot and develops no riots. although led by an uprisen eariy all Portugnese re\ ol itions have originated in the army. T'he dent, Gen. Bernardino Machado, who, when he was a lieutenant of infantry, jed « revolution which dethroned a President, unseated and his resigna ltion is flled and accepte accepted by no authority which has constitutional power so 10 act. o ox o What are the moving causes of the pending revolntion and what are the principles to he maintained. different from those of the government for- merly in power? There is but meager information in the press dispatches regarding the trend of events. highest authority on Portuguese poli- ties explains that party has been in power some 14 or 16 years and that the opposition feels that it is time for a change. Further light is shed by the state- ment that the tobacco monopoly which has been farmed out (o private enterprises is about to expire and the cabinet proposed o make it & govern- ment monopoly. To this the opposi- tion objected hecause It would give more power to the government and ‘thereby tend to perpetuate the grip of the “Ins” upon the profitable offices—to the distress of the “Out P On the day befors the resignation of President Machado. a telegram was received in official Washington from Senhor Cabecavae. announcing that President Machado had appointed him minister of marine and empow. ered him to “take charge of the other cabinet ministers.” The previous cabinet had been obliged to resign when the Cortes refused to support its tobacco monop- oly policy. Senhor Cabecavas there- without ratification of the became provisional premier, the next day, President Machado vacated his own supreme of- fice, Cabecavas automatically became head of the “skeleton” government. and inferentially dictator of Portugal. Who is Cabecavas? Assurance given only that Cabecavas. like all the rest, is “an honorable man” and a patriot, and that there will be no riote nor any violence in this coup d'eta The constitution of Portugal de- clares that the Cortes cannot be dia- missed without its own consent—yat the army has called for a change of government and dissolved the Cortes, and the army is led by patriots—"all —all honorable men.” A new election Cortes, ‘There are other insiances than that of Birger Sandzen of those of Swedirh birth bringing to thig country rare gifts in this same fleld. David Ed- strom, the sculptor, came to this coun- try as an immigrant, worked as a me- chanic and Qeveloped into a sculptor of world renown, whose works are in- cluded in the National Museum of Sweden and in many of the leading museums of Europe. His portraits of the Crown Prince of Sweden and of Princess Fhtricia of Connaught are In the Royal Palace at Stockhoim. He 1s well representad in the Gothenburg Museum. Some of his reliefs ave 1n the Faehrens Gallav at Stockholm. In the Masonic Temple in this ety are his “Isis” and “Nepthys.” For Montreal, Canads, he has produced a ‘war memorial rellef. * * ok x Among the nations of the world Sweden takes high place in the culti- vation of the handicrafts among her people. A gifted young craftswoman, who is semething more than a crafts- woman—a& sculptor—Vicken von Post, now Mrs. George Oakley Totten- came to this city from Sweden, bringing with her a remarkable collection of gay little sculptures in porcelain which she had modeled and executed, representing Swedish folk-lore and nursery rhymes. We have here in Washington no porcelain factory, so that Mrs, Totten was unable to con- tinue her work along these lines, but she is now producing sculpture of a more imposing sort, rendered, however, with the same naive charm. Through her, Sweden has again made substan- tial contribution to the art of America. L A Michael in his agyte- Macanhy. GuY his et in called to be held at an early date. and upon that election will depend the lite of the Cabecavas regime. The Portuguese are very peaceable folk and do not ily resort to vio- lence, as was demonstrated when their “colony,” the “Brazils,” sepa- rated from the mother country with- out firing a shot. Today Brazil and Portugal are on most cordial terms. and two-thirds of Brazil's “big busi- ness” is owned by Portuguese. Peaceab! Of course they are only occasionally killing a driving him out of the co the army finds 1t necessa k% x There I8 no fear of a roval up ing to reseat King Manuel upon the throne, whence he was ousted Sep- tember 10, 1910. For many prior to that revolution Portugal had been governed by two parties—the eradon (or Reactionaries) and the Progressistes—alternating in power, it is alleged, by agreement between the leaders. The two pa ties combined, became known, fa- citizen wers not those which could be tabulated and that therefore in all probability he would not have been ad mitted to the country, according to the present immigration laws. It is gratifying to know, however, that the Government does recognize the gift of art as a national asset and does occa- sionally admit an immigrant for this reason, who would otherwise be dis- qualified. It ix well. indeed, for us to recognize what Sweden.has contribnted. through her one-time cftizans. to the avt of America. and 1q find in this & strong unlon. e Promotion of Education | land BACKGROUND OF BY PAUL V. COLLINS, army. | Kking. is today, for the second time as | although | The | the Democratic | B. B. . The parenis of every child horn in England must within & months after the birth of the child. or the per- son having custody of a child must within 6 months after receiving it, | have the child vaccinated by a regis- tered private medical practitioner or | by the public vaccinator for the dis triet. Q. What was meant by the old ex- pression, “whipping the cat.” In con- nection with shoemaking?™ R. A. R | " A. In colonial days an apprentice who had completed his term of serv- ice in learning the shoemaking trade | usually started out in business in a | manner that was known am “‘whip- ping the cat,” which meant journey- ing from town to town. living with a family while making e vear's sup- ply of shoes for each member of the family and then leaving 1o fill other were adopled. Whai were the others | engagementa previously made. Q. It in said thai when the first amendments to the Constitution were 1bmitted there were 12, of which 10 | about?- . Y. | he 2 amendments of the 1% submitted ax the Bill of Rights which | were rejected were the one which re- | lated to the apportionment of Repre- ntatives to Congress and the ona xing the compensation of the mem- Q. Can guinea pigs be eaten?— E. McK. The Bureau of Animal Hnm » guinea pigs can be eaten, Howaver, they are not generaliy dis- | posed ot in this manner. This is @ special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the aere- |ices of am extensive organization in | Washington to serve you in amy oe- pacity that relates to information. This service ia free. Failure to make wuse of it deprives you of denefita to which yow are entitled. Your abliga- tion is only £ conts in stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Addreas The Evening Star Informa- tion Buregu. Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington. D). (. EVENTS | cetloualy, as the “Rotatives | plain United States language the were the “Rotarian Club of Portugal” Tt has been intimated that the pre ent overturning is but a renascence | of that rotarian exercise - xoxox In 1906 King Carlos appoinied Senhor Franco prime minister he- cause he belonged not to the Ro- taria He immediately. with the approval of the King. undertook re- forms which antagonized the ald leaders of hoth parties. He dissolved the Cortes, suspended clvil Itherties and presented a decree which tha King signed (there heing na Cortes to discuss it). by which any palitieal offender could he seized and trana- ported te Afrira upan a moment's notice, without trial. % In 1910 the army rese in reveln: tion, Carlos and the heir-spparent | were assassinated. and at the head of the insurgents was Lieut. Machadn —last week the President of Portu- gal. Machado said of that Franes | regime, ““The dictatorship left ns but one libertv—that of hatred. | Manuel succeeded to the thron | Later a provisional government had been set up, the newly elected Cortes by law abolished the monarchy (Oe- tober 18, 1911), and also the Couneil ‘ur State, Council of Peers and all | hereditary titles. It broadened suf- frage to include not only all whe | had held it under the monarchy, hut “all others who conld résd. “except soldiers. bankrupts and sx-conviet | Yet the army had created the Re- public! ‘The dethroned King Manuel fled tn |England, and Iater Machedo was made President. One of his first acta |was to relea, all Rovaliste trem office. He was the “war Presidant™ | (October 5. 1915, to Decamber 8, 1917), 1and, under the inspiration of England. |he seized all German vessels In Portuguess harbors, besides contrih. uting heav artillery and. subee quently. an army to the allies. But In the midst of the World War a Portuguese revolution drove Machadn out of office and substituted a “Junta’ with Sidoneo Paes as head—later electing Paes as President. For the last two or three years Machado has |agaln been President. Last Tuesday's | resignation was under pressure of the new revolution. *xox % Ex-King Manuel has never ahan- doned his ciaims to the throne. In May 5, 1922, the officis] press organ of Manuel. published in Paris. an- nounced an alleged agréement be- tween Dom Miguel. another pretender, and his successor as pretender. NDom Duarte Nuno. to whom Miguel had given & quitclaim to the throne fin 1920, parties of the first part. and ex-King Manuel, party of the second parf. This agreement was as follows: 1. Manuel is recognized by the Mig- uelists and Nunolsts as King. Manuel agrees that in case he Adies without heir nis successor shal be chosen by the Cortes. 3. King Manuel, upon resuming power, shall consult the Cortes on amending the constitution. and upon a new concordat with the Vatican. By this agreement, there remains lonly one line claiming the threne— !that of Manuel. *oxox o | But the present revolution ix not the whole story of Portugal’s troubles, | There ia the charge of tyranny over 'her 8,000,000 natives in African col. onies, ax made and reviewed hy Prof. |Ross of the Wisconsin University, | who has recently spent nearly two {months with an interpreter, inter- |viewing the Africans. The tyranny charges are against the Porfuguese managers of sugar and other enter- |prises there. He deciares that the natives are forced to worl The Portuguese anthorities, through |their representatives at the League {of Nations, point to the fact that in all African “‘tyrannizing” over the §.- 000,000 natives the government main- tains only 500 soldiers, and that the only compulsory work of the natives s to work out their “hut tax" of about one pound sterling per year for & whole family. They do that with from a month to six weeks of work upon the public roads or other public enterprises. This is part®of the government's effort to teach the native men to work: otherwise. they, A= savages. spend all their time in hunting and fishing. ving all field work to their wives.