Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1926, Page 8

"8 HE EVE With Sunday Morning Fiditio WASHINGTON, D. C. 'MONDAY.........June 14, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor | Wit il (o huve un iniu The Evening Star Newspaper Co Busineas Office 11tk St and Pronsvianin New Vork Office: 110 Eust 42nd St, Chicago Office . Tower Building 14 Rezent 1. Lon Engiand Ave RBurepean Office 0. The Fvening Star Ing adition. s deliversd The ity at G0 cente ner b danty only 43 centa per month: Sunday_oniy Par month - Orders mas he sent v telenhana Main 3000 Collection s made by enrriar at the ena of sach month with the Sundas by carriecs withi Rate by Mail—Payable \dvance. Maryland and Virglaia. 2l and Sunday 900 1 aslt anle o0 Sunday only L300 LA hw R Al Other States and Can; Dajly and Sunias b L DAl i S Siinday only S400: 1 o ted Press. Jele o titled 1 s din Member of the As <ot Wieh ot eninl od 0 i1 or ot othersise coed hie naper and alao the local news nrhlished herein. Al rights of vublication atches heran are aleo rexerved | National vhservance of Flug duy is mainly by an especiul display of the ambiem. but the value of this unnusl soncentration upon the symbol of the T"nion is no less because of wny lach of ceremonial. Al thix season of the vear patriotic anniversariex are close together; Memorial day, Klug day wnd Independence dax vecur within span | of five weeks. No there ix no lack of osecasion for attention to the matters which form the background of Ame an citizenship. A study of the reveals the development tion history of the Aug the Nu the A comparison between va forms of the the evalution of the s viens emblem dixclones ate. m the first erude symbol of unity to the pres [ there have which tell their story and impressively. ont m been numerous chunges Vividly Tt has been said often that the fHug is & common they tacle to them when they see it floating abroad. Every this try who ha Jhas experienced the feeling of pride that arises when this striped, starred emblem appears. It betokens the fur reach of the Amervican influence, the principles of wunity which form the foundation of the Nation. is derided by clask of people who profess o possess spirit of universal citizen <hip. 11 has heen ridiculed and assailed hy pecifists, who assert that nati sentiment is the cause of wars. uce (0 Americans when ave at home, but « thrilling spec citizen ot coun Patrintism a certain « hroader nal actual disloyalty is but a step. Fortu natel:. those who hold it are in a very smail minority in this country. Flag day occurs just as the public schanls are closing for the year. ltx obsarvance in the schoolroom is caleu- lated to impress the children deeply They the citizens of tomorrow They drilled in the history of the emhlem. its significance, its meaning for them individually. They are taught the impertance of paying the flaz whenever it is are a borne past them in processions, as a token of the | power of which they are a part In Prospeet. a power that them and providing them with advan- tages. Flder citizens may learn a fram the youngsters in this matter. Ton often they aliow the flag to pass without note of respect. Let them all upon this anniversary of ilx making and adoption, never Tail hereafter in paying tribute 1o the na tinnal symbol when it is borne before them on occasions of ceremony. e i resnlve, to seldom line-y eur-vld The artistic temperament eolms down. A seventy musician, affronted by & blare of ju stopped his ears, ran, collapsed died in a few minutes. How good his harp must fesl and sound to him! —e—s Tt a Gothamite can s Jvn Rridge or the City Hall it a pity a Secretary of Wur cannot zive away a couple of old forts. o Radio and Weather. Paul Painieve, the minister In the KFrench government, is a scf antist as well as a statesman, and in the intervals of comparative leisure aforded in his strenuous offic raer he studies electrical phenvmens, particularly radio. lately he has eoma to the conclusion that the uui versal use of the radiv has exercised 2 baleful influence upon the weaiher. Far some time past the climatlc con ditions of western Enrope have béen wnsatisfactory. The temperature have been unduly low and the humid- citv ha= heen high. Rains and fogs have prevailed to an unusual extent. This is M. Painleve's hypothenis: 1t yon introduce radiotelephoni: amirsions into a tightly inclosed room where the air is absolutely transpar ant. in a moment little drops of water will hegin to form on your face. What hae happened? The Hertzian fog has hecome fonized and electricized and the Invisible fog. found in every home. hax turned into water. You have made rain In your own house. Oue therefore, can conclude that the mul titude of radiotelephouic waves exiut ing in the ether Just now produces the same effect upun the wlmosphere the vesult being (he very beauttul month of June with rain each duy. Which is certainly interesting. But, it may be suggested, there have been ,rainy spells in the past, long befor ,radio was known: spells when fo “wmany days and even for weeks rains here fallen and fogs have prevailed, and there were no brondcasters, and there wag no listening-in. Were the i Pertzian waves then going furth us ithey do mow, only iu some other Fform? Of course we know that the 2 present.day scien covery and application a ;tion of forces that have alv fisted. Man has simply found a way to ereate the impulses artific baing of his own production susceptible of managemen moreover, radio is not of eh cent general use that it is confidently hlamed for the inclemency of this t June. There have been many periods since the redio Il the Brook- very to VING STAR! ) centa mail or traveled in foreign lands | From | this academic attitude to a position of | respect to | i5 guarding lesson and seems | he | hecame almost universally employed communications, However, there {think about in M o we have lovsed vibes- hat upon tor i something o | exix. Ltions through the broude: viainky sters ke for [ the stmosphere. Wheth, for aridity, be know - they heat Miybe th that the for rain . sl ot feeble nuy " meteore: nly furces dv upe phenomena, i light Wil be thrown upon AL present M. W ws any other . —ome Automobile Fatalities. | P An dnerease in e number of dute voin way ) | | Some i thix maiter, nleve's mobile fatalities 18 shown in statistics velensed by the eil was ional Nafety Coun In 1923 the deuth rate per 100 000 148 per cent, in 1924 00 jumped HLCON Py id im0y the rale wus 17.2 [ per cent. During the past year 2200 wre people were Killed than in B Thexe slatistics show conclusively thut dexpite hetler taftic regulutions. [hettes u equip Jwent for handling traflic the acecident ll will continne to long the number of aut in [ reuses und the incompeient i e Kireets multiply have ln the lust he mere suls wecidents, That con | denied AR slreel ‘llA.Nh- becomes | | | | and beller physi u 0t ax i~ wbilex drivers | ax rapidly as few siiles. ihey veurs. the more | i | usion cannot e Space avallable for through the gregalion of automobiles ino all cition of the United St i | nstural that collisions hetween pedos nl u slarctline lessened tex, i ax only tria v will alow incres The road buns 11 hix huge Lusses amd trucks. | v e, e thing applies Lo the open automobiles daily o vty Intermingled tram the | Alten Long lines v ) ety 3 passenger ure M Lo pass ut " tho nighfures Lo i muking turns or stupping wid the simple con high speeds narrow | | | lack of ca ! | | xestion of machines coutribute to the list v thieso (hings the large ) Who are beiug sxe v Lhe highwayvs and by withuut driving € sud in some casex ubguali woeunting accidents. Add Ler of we i wind won trned | Wars of the country experie Gipd f stand more (ha Driving an aut of hewvy traftic | ve learned o takes experience every wuy ex, and it is ot hard o under- the fai 000 i one v o vperate auty how lities cun increase obile in these duys It cannot seguired overnight. It caveful training und ud with the driving tech- | be hined the i the urdina % anart, vears of nigue itselt must o elements of courtesy decency. the ruilrouds are the stringent inutionx. They have in their churge the lives of many persous. Their vebicles, however, run on trucks and u free to roum st will through city streels or country roads. Ix there any conceivable reuson why sbile drivers in i today should | variety Sugineers on | quired puxs re- [ most exa ot (Lie prospective auto the Americ ties of not he required to pass si lar exam- Linations and e similurly competent [in order that the lives of themselves and others should be protected As one who applies for a driving perwit is allowed to his automobile and legally operate it through the congested [ traffic of today the figures at the end of euch will show & decided up- ward elinb. When communities, however, begin 1o renlize the basis of the entire prob- |lew und put into effect ay strict regu- lations for the granting of u permit us ruilrosds vequire for thelr eugi- | neers, thew, und then only, will condi- tons lmprove, There is no short cut to eud this veurly ritice of American lives, It 1% u reform (hat can be brought about | tirough the process of education. Sviue communities are even now ultempting to weed out the incompetents, but they ure few and it will require u nution-wide effort. Until (hat is done, ull cities working to- gether o refuse permits to those who cannot pass the strictest examination, America will continue to pay a huge levy to the pleasure, luxury and ne- cessity of the automobile. A ————— The “New World” is at least get- ling into the adolescent class. Queen Aune’s purish down in Maryland yes. terday brated ils 222nd anniver- sary. it flourish its n long ax almost uny take vear e vuly slow o May ud! to enjoy as—_— = it will display an ovis poli at (he Harvard commencement. 1t will | be u pleasuut cliwuge from bulidogs | aud tigers, unyhow. New Kngland game laws are com- plicated, but It seems to be open sea- son mest of the ne in Massachu- setts for Ponzl. r——— Measured by peychiatric standards | Mussolinl is said to be suffering from | “hypobulie.” Now you Know. ! . R Pennsylvania's Political Prodigals. If this week's revelations before the Senate investigaling committee re- zarding the use of money in the Penn- sylvania primaries equal those of last week in frankness, the spectacle will, | indead. be vie of the heenest b o all A Alrsudy u tremen dous total of caupaign fubds has been | disclused. Mure 18 vet to come. The winner of the primaries has stll to tell his story, und there i3 no resson 1o doubt that be Wil be us steaight- | torward in his acknowledgments of o | genervus war chest s have his rivals | for the senatorial numination. A most unpalatable situation has been revealed by the successive wit- nesses before the Seuute committee, | Fhere has been no sttempt 10 conceal ur excuse the use uf money not merely for legitimate cumpaign expenses but for ihe hire of “workers” and | “watchers” in obviously unnecessury numbers. And there have been plain- spoken acknowledgments of methods that are suppusedly beyond the law. svidently a state of political {morals prevails in Penusylvaniu. Kvervbody was “doing it.” The only tificution for the most serupulous andidate or manager who adopted the methods that haye ‘heen unhesi- tatingly avowed has bien that others ¢ i, Tow, Painleve's hypoth- | candidutes, although Dorolabily the hest thing (o happen. eessful Hietlow ing it tan's JUertuin dihculties that |there | thought of THE EVENING we! not tent syl thus engaged control the 1o the ex of ordering a new test in Penn nination of party that e The primaries i for the would is the sole Julge of its own meliber ship. candidute for m there in It cun reject any selmission 10 against wi proof of corrupt measures in securing "W So that ex now that thix obtalned ¢ nomingt - election. it an ~ belng u rer through rexult of the dise e It should sppeur iaviva the the nomination wi ver wethods use of money, o the cundidates, and on Senute should reject of the certificate of election, uld be requited, in a more xerupulous re. and the proprieties of d. impr Whikey e unsue [ sround the the holder new conlest which probibly gurd for the law political procedure w W 1d be obner e A Moslem Temple of Chance. News that (he former Sultan of Turkey porus e al Vildiz s to be turned the sunouncement that the in extablishinent of (he former peror of G { riany on the Ixland of by u syndl- a similar L hus been tahen over e o promoters f pur- | MY Imptom ! ey in Kurope. the uversge Euro hoto risk I i guimes of wlotulned nerons o (s churacter, the most Which is that st Moule Evidently there s u demand mure wccutnmodativ ey e regarded retur The disposition ol tons of x of | wotion of circulutivn. The furmer Sul tuken Ly vucessivnaires who puluce 1% o be uver u group ut lalian | huve bLeen Uon for the some Ume 1 negotlu Turkish gover nent. have risen § the deal huve been now with | the ¢ removed. und ulready iletie wheel W all Kiuds of gubling 8 ure being tulled fu the hume of the Sultan, The gov- Indicuted, will recelve x iesivn and expecis realize ulwul 300,000 u vewr. Bul the patron sge will be coufiued striv Mousleis, for the Korun forbids all wembers of thut faith o gumble, | however, no article ju the Mosiew law which forbids catering tov the wporting propensitios of others Ui the followers of the prophet. la deed, u revenus of $500,000 @ veur § wupport of (he Turkish governwment contributed by nen-Moslems will be il | the more wcceptuble for coming from uch @ source. Evidently there ia no wuy particulur sanetity about the Yildiz kiosk, where n long line of Turkish Sultans resided, that prevents the utilization of this mag iificent establishment for & practice wgalnat which Mohummed sternly set his fuce. card (ables : wppurat to v v non ix, P 2 A professor in the Yule Schuol of | reports the discovery in Centrul America of a tree that gives | sweel und palatable milk. It can be | used to muke gravy for the products of the famous ham tree and biscuit | bush made dear by MeclIntyre and Heath to three generations of thelr fellow countrymen. comman T President Faunce of Brown Uni-| versity says he knows too many things about the former generation | to giticize this one. So do mont of us, but we are not honest enough to admit it. Even the Mennonites show tendencies of wanting fo unhook themselves from the past. e Frunk Pack, @ professional buse Ll player, was wedded in Kuoxville st the home plate, immediately prior (o the calling of the game. aispatch failed to state whether or not he struck out on his first time at bat, but the polls are now open in this great guessing contest. - B SHOOTING STARS. wrestry BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Real Boss. The skies are bright with vernal cheer, The wintry chill is o'er; The stalwart help doth now appear To clean the house once more. “The man with terror in his eye Flees to some haunt of gloom He knows ‘tis useless to defy “The woman with the broom. *he muckrake man now_ hides head, he whitewash man turns pale; Auother figure in their stead We tremulously hail. . When to investigate she's sent There’s noue who will presume o trifie with her flerce intent, ‘The woman with the broom. A Helpful Volume. “fo you ave reading ‘Pilgrim’s Prog- resy “Yes,” answered the statesman, “Tt's a great book. No matter which side of an argument you may be on, it gives you a fine list of unpleasant characters with whom to compare the people you don’t Iike.” A Drowsy Day. ‘o sit and think is pleasure deep. About the best a man can take — oo wakeful quite to go to sleep; Tou sleepy 1o stuy awake, Not couraglog. “When do you think the Sen gel through with thut question Not at all,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “We may drop it, but we won't xet through with it.” Not a Fan. “Bligging dvesn’t take any interest in base ball.” “How dv you kmow?" “He says he never allows himself to become angry or excited.” A Puzsled Observer. ““Fhere is another custom which il lustrates how different your ideas are from ours.” said 14 1.0, the eminent Chinese scholar. tis that?” “\When one of our financiers proves untrustworthy we behead him and keep the money in our country. You send him te Burope and let him A?- the meoney along. P da | the { balm {and reaping (he hurvest not ! difference can account The news | STAR. WA [ Renate can- i “Reud ‘e wnd weep!” shouts thrower of ivory dice. Weed ‘em and reap,” suys the Ol Gurdener Whether the el one ruives vegetablex. fow- % o just grass, the operation of | Weeding Ix equally necessary good red-blovded weed can Lany flower, vegetuble or ever lived. 1t one wants to floral loveliness, or cr Vefetablex, or tread u festive meusure Lon (hick sward of his own growing, {he must weed conslstently. | Now approach the hot days, if they jure not alveady here, when it will be 150 much easier to st in the shade [than 1o venture i the yard. On lthe une hand will be s rative comfort, a cold gluss of lee en and w gomd book: 1 the other, blaz NUnL Ny ameunt o spivation, dix comfort, all” for the suke of getting the weeds out of the lnwn, o from rows uf vegetubles, ur from fower burder. [ UIx AU worth it the weak-kneed gardener Wil usk blself, und promptly decide in the negative. At thix tme of the veur ull the host of Npring enthuxiusts will begin to drop out. une by one. Al the eurly-bird chupr, who were seen In huge num- bers toiling und molling throughout Murch und April,” now will b get cold feet, in inverse vatio (o the mounting thermometer, and will let the garden take pot-luch, wnd the weeds take the rest s 0 Lot weatlier in whut leals the mei- e of the gurdener. If oue ix willing (u gl vut in the blazing sun, and hoe oul the weeds, he or she haw the in- stncts of the trae gurden luver, Is there nu roud d. though, no In thix Gileud of fowers and vegetubles desired, this weedy roud (o Roral perfection? S Yew, (here is, und I huppens (o be une of the few whort culs we kiow of. There ix no (rick to it, only com- 0 sense. This roud veap hurvests of does not free you from { toll, but it probubly will enable you o #it on the porch and tuke 1t easy when the good growing weather ar- rives fu July und August The thing is su simple that one Las to wehieve 1t by instinet, almost Plaluly put, the secret Ix Just this the weeds out before hot ‘vtnes. U motientons discoveries, (hat iy not fmpress vou so much Neither did Columbus and his egg or Newlon aud his law of kravity ‘There ix grand simplicit o mat ters of this sort that disconcerts this movie-fed uxe. In Naturve, resulis do arrive with a grand fanfare of trumpets. The director is too far off to worry much about the “effec 1f vou waut to get rid of your weed for gouod, get rid of them in April and May. Perhaps it may take you through June to accomplish vour good purpose. If vou get them out however, during the months speci- fled, you have weeded to good pur- pose, and no doubt shall reap. oo ox Nothing but sheer laziness and in for weeds in borders, beds and lawns. Weeds will grow if you won't get them out, but Get weather Like 1 Practical politicians, like the Penn sylvanians now on the grill before the Senate commitiee on primary expendi- ture. exhihit no suggestion of moral scruples about slush funds. That is the outstanding impression observers get from hearing them reei off figures stagger an ordinary person. Kenna, Vare hoss in Pitisburgh. a | $6.500-a-year road commissioner, told of giving $20,000 to the Vare can paign with the same nonchalance that would distinguish him if he'd said he paid $5 for his hat. Nor did Kenna | turn & hair when, under *Jim" Reed | prodding, the Pittsburgh ward leader confessed that he'd made a fortune of $130,000 “‘ont of politics.” Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsy vania Manufacturers’ Assoclation, narrated unblushingly that he became responsible for a $400.000 contributlol o the Pepper-Fisher cause in orde to insure a governorship at burg that would not upset the tax laws to the disadvantage of big busi- ness. Senuton King, Democ of Utali, asked a witness how it comes that Philadelphians remain “corrupt and content.”” The reply was that it's impossible o “get a rise out of them.” A Pittsburgh man testified that “anybody who spends money enough can always carry Pittsburgh. *x oo about half # dozen of the 34 State primaries for senatorial nom- inations have thus far taken place It is as certain as weather and taxes that candidates and managers will watch their financial steps in the 26 or 27 regions in which nominations are still to be made. Supercaution will extend right up to election day 1\ November. The Pennsylvania dough lines, of which the country is now hearimg, arve responsible for the reétitude with which remaining can paigns will be conducted. Senator “Dave” Reed of Penusylvania pleads in extenuation of (he recent gold rush in his State (hat Penu is nation of 9,000,000 souls und ‘not a small Western commonwealth with a pop. wiation an_efghth the size of Fhila- delphis.”” ‘There’'s something lo that. Pennsylvania is not only populou {but imperial in area. FPrinted mat- ter and spellbinders must travel long distances to cover the ground. Even scrupulous campaign managers know | by experfence that expenses have a | way of piling up. But even “Dave” Reed's alibi doesn't quite explain away the Penn system of hiring “watchers” on election day in batche: of tens of thousands at $5 and $10 a head—depending on the sex. I ‘When “Joe” Robinson of Arkansus, Democratic leader in the Senate, at- tended Ohio Northern University, Sen- ator Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo was ils vice president and one of Robinson’s teachers. The Arkausan, in the heat of last k's farm debate, mentioned thut he ouce Imbibed Kuuwledge at wess’ feel. ‘1 um sorcy the Senutor from Arkunsus has disclysed he was once w pupll of wmine” inlerposed Fess. “l ain jusl us sorvy about that 48 you are,” relorted the suave gen temau from Little Rock. *r kA Judge John Barton Puyne, chal man of the American Red Cross, will spend the Fourth of July in Parls, whither he is about to sail. Payne, who became the heud of our Red Cross in 1921 on condition that he should not have to uccept any of the emoluments of the job—including a salary and a house—is chairman of the board of governors of the World League of Red Cross Socleties. The director general of the league, Sir Claude H. Hill; has just been appoint- ed Governor of the Isle of Man by the British government. The Paris meeting i mainly to elect his suc cessor. { that ! Only x X X % Evan E. Young, American Minister to the Dominican Republic, is home on his first leave from Sante Dowmingo )since President Coolidge sent him Jthere last vear. Like a saiior who can't_keep away from the old ship. Mr. Voung ix Maunting the Faatern ! Buropean. Division of the Stata De- HINGTON THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. b of suceulent | the | ot ‘weeding | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Harris- | MONDAY, J | D i i TRACEW ELL. You can get them out fn more wuyx than one, if you -will investigate and [ use vour noodle, nx the boys xay | | The easiest o get weeds out of | | beds and borders, nuturally enough, | lix when they first come up. Where fure, expericnced horticulturists uni- { formly wdvise early weeding. Get the jump on the weeds, or they will get | the jump on you | “Mulching and’ weeding ure per {furmed fn the sume operation, fur nishing une of the grandest examples of killing two birds with stone | in the whole range of 2 nnl; activities of mankind. one sUrs the soll o conxerve molsture and accomplish variety of other put bowes, he also kills (wo weeds with one hue. IVIDK grass and other seeds cannol sel a foul or root hold it the upco ing plantets are ruthlessly dug ug soon us possible after the crop 1% up, whether it he of vegetables or of fow ers. ‘The newly seeded bed ought not be disturbed, but should be weeded soon ax possible ufter the plantx Then, if one will wulch and thus weed, after every rain, nnd keep this up for several weeks, when really hot weather comes around he will fingd his unwelcome weed guests reduced to & minimum, so that they are easily kept in check by the mulching, which must be kept up especially in hot weather. The gardener will not huve 1o worry, however, aboul weeds. oAk x People miahe more unnecessary fuss over weeds in lawny than about any other horticultural problem. ‘The com ot senxe way o weed a lawn is to rowd out the weeds with grass. Yel commonly one seex s house holder spead e in buck-breaking work, often drafting his whole family into the tusk, unly tu be rewarded with huge, unsightly sputs in his lawn wd more weeds later than any other gruss plot in the vielnity. The secret of getting rid of weeds in a lawn is twofold: 1. Crowd ‘em vut with grass. 2. Keep the weed leaves cut off tv ground. The first puint Ix commonly over lovked. Grass, tvo, is a grund grower. leven us ure weeds, und if it is sown thickly envugh, especially mmediate Iy around weeds, will tend to win the Lattle. If, In addition to this seeding, the leuves of broad leaved weeds such as | the daudelion, and the leaves of ali weeds whutsoever, are carefully pulled M1, the 1oot system will rot and die. Not even u weed can stand to be |reguliscty deprived of ity leaves, ey it out for vourself; no matter what Some one may sy abuut the neces sity for getting up the rovts It is easier to pull off the tops of weeds, much easier, than trying to ex | tract the whole plant It can be done immediately after mowing, when trim ming the borders with the shears, aud it leaves no gap iu the greenness, The rotting weed fertilizes the s and helps the desired grass on igs way. Thus two more birds are killed with ‘unnlhnl stol To achieve succeas, it x necessary to keep the weed leaves ff all the time. It is not so difficuit t sounds, however. “Weed ‘em and reap!” Gardener. th says the Old partment. of which he formerly was hief, during his stay in. Washington. Young was one of Secretary Hughes' towers of strength in sustaining the United States’ policy of non-recogni- tion of Soviet Russia.’ Formerly a lawyer in South Dakota. Young has been fn the foreign service for 21 vears and seen active duty in Russia, the Near East and Eecuador. The Minister says he keeps in touch with American affairs by radio_and fre. quenty haa listened in at Santo Do- mingo when this observer was dis- cussing ““he Political Situation in Washington Tonight.” R Here's a headline from the admin- istration’s principal metropolitan newspaper supporter that sounds a | bit like heresy: “'Coolidge to Live | Monthe Under Shaky White House Roof. L Senator Curtis of Kausax, Republi- an leader in the Senate, who's proud of his ¢ ee blood, recounts with equal pride that Troop C, 114th Cav- alry, Kansas National Guard, is the only tull Indian company in the Army of the United Statex. It contains | representatives of 29 different tribes, recruited from 20 States. There's onty one enlisted man on the roster who isn't a tribesman. and he's of | Indlan descent. Troop ¢ is headqu |tered at Haskell Institute, wh since the abandonment of ~Carlisle, | has been the largest Indian school |in the country. It is the ‘“show troop” of the Kansas Guard and | famed for its “silent drill." when, | dismounted and without guiding sig | nal of any kind, the troopers go si | lently through 10-minute maneuvers |Involving 1.192 movements. Thirteen | Cherokees constitute Troop C's larg- ent tribe contingent. followed by 11 Sioux, 6 Pimas, 5 Navajos, 4 Utes and scattering members of the Seminole, Shawnee. Apache, Arapahoe, Chip | pewa and other tribes. | * & ® * House and Senate will uward a Con gressional Medal of Honor (v anybody man, woman oc child- who can ) any approximute degree of d pendence say when adjournment will come. Insiders themselves confess complete ignorance. The date varies almost from hour to hour. June 19 is the earllest guess; June 30, the latest. Statesmen are anxlous {o return to the sticks. Many have Fourth of Jul spellbinding engagements, which ar designed to he opening guns for re. election. They don’'t want to miss firing them. (Copyright. 1926.) B Spokesmen for Universities From the Champaign Newn-Gazette. An assertion was made by Prof. Charles H. Woolbert at the Kiwanis Club meeting last Thuraday that al most invaviably the spokesman for a university 18 an administrator or holds an executive position. He declared thal the average fustrucior Is ex pecied tu confine his remarks on edu catlon largely to the classrovin. The professur was stressing the fact that there should be u return (v un educa- tional policy which would muke teach- fng primary and administration sec- |ondary, His remarks referred to uni- versities in general and to no partic- institution. 1t muy be true also thut the aver- age instructor feels a restraint in dis- cussing his institution that is not wur- | runted. 1t cannot be denied, however, that he is scrupulously careful not to {uffend the administration and execu- tive officers. If academic freedom ex- tends to a free discussion of the policy of his university he has hesitated to take advantage of it. Conditions are wrong If the right of free speech is denied teachers, if their opinions must be suppressed for fear of administrative revenge. the mun in the classroom vanced ideas on the subject of his life's work—education—and he should be encouraged to express them. ‘To | their nerves, besides giving them a UNE 14, 1926, ! Reason for Six Days of | Schooling Clearly Slaltdl s the Editor of ‘The Star: i 1 suw n statement recently (o the «effect that under the present school | system ull but the deficient childre learned, or words to that effect. As the Kentucky mountaineer replied to the preacher who asked in a loud | \ “Who Is it who called the plano ! player a darned fool?” the question is not who called the plano player a durned fool, but who called the darned foul u piano player? It is not a question of whether o not the brightest ur poorest children | learn Abraham Lincoln learned with practically no texching except that of hix mother and stepmother. But God Almighty has made but one Lincoln | in the 150 yeurs of our naticnal ex- | islence, The fundamental busis of our Schools is to give to every child, rich pour ulike, equal opportunity for an educstion such as cau be given | it in the time uvailable without injury | o its health, 1t Is not a question | of whether or nout the children lear H 10 In # question ss (o who I8 gomg tu do the (eaching, the part or the teachers. IU 15 u question of whether or not the children shall pore lonk hours ut night over books without ald or instruction in candle light, gas light or electric light. in poorly heat- ed and ventilated rooms, instead of studying in God's own sunlight, in fresh air in well lighted rooms under able instruction. 1t is a question of | whether our children’s evesight is 1o | be ruined by night work instead of day work. it any one questions this statement let him examine the records of the | Board of Education for the year 1925. “There it is shown that oul of 2.614 Kindergarten und first-grade puplls examined, only 11.2 per cent had de- ficient eyewight. When 52,217 pupils of all grades were exumined 41.8 per cent were found with defective vision. In other words, ln an average of per hupx five yeurs in school, defective eyenight hus iucreased nearly 300 per L. 1 have yet to find any doctor | Who says that artificial Ight is as | soud as davlight for studying. | It would be a sad commentary on teachers und methods of teaching if | the child can learn as fast alone at | night under the intermittent super- vision of parents and older children us It can in the daytime under the uble instruction of good teache It is & question of whether we are gulng to bulld magnificent monuments of stone and brick as examples of the Deserted Village, used less than 3 hours vut of each 24, or whether we are golng to use them a3 buildings to | iuspire the youlh of our land for learning character and other essen tials of modern civilization ‘There 1s a morval side to this. The Ligh school children of \Washingion are turned out at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the average parent s exceedingly busy at work and away from home. Duving the afternoon (here i» an Invitation always stand- ing for groups to get into trouble, jov- riding, cheap moving pictures and the | like. A prominent member of the school board said that he did not be- lieve in “wet-nursing the children” and that character should be taught at home. That is perfectly true character is taught at home or not taught at all. The schools should be an ald and not a detriment, however. Why shouldn't the school keep the child under proper supervision and teach it patriotism and love of coun- try, as well as the A B C's, until such time when the parent gets home? The | child leaving for home at 430 will | arrive at approximately the same | lime as the parent, and the parent will have some chance for super- vision over it. The old adage that the devil will always find somé work | for idle hands still holds good. I do not recall reading of any Leopolds or Loebs among poor boys who had to work every day in the week, including Saturdays, and perhaps part of Sun- day. 1 have been a little misrepresented in what 1 have said in regard to Sat- urday work. What I have said is that, if necesgary, to cut ont all night work, 1 would be glad to see my children go to school until noon Sat wrday. Now; I happen to know a little shout Saturday study, The United_Statas Military Academy at West Point has school six dayve a | week from 8 until 1 and from 2 to 4 | every week day except Saturday, and | on Saturday from 8 until 1. Recita- | tions in mathematica and certain of | the more difficult subjects take up an ! hour and a half. There are generally | only 10 to 16 boys in each class. In the hour and a half for study the teacher has a chance to find out what each one dossn't know. There fs supervision and instruc ton to those quite mature vouug wen than 1 being given (o our immature high school bovs and girls. Again, the West Point Cadet i quired to be in bed at 10 o'clock. He must be in his room for study at 8 o'clock. Since he must get ready for bed before going, we can figure the W Point (adet as limited to an hour and three-quarters for night Work, unless he steals some of his | playtime for that purpose. The West | Point Cadets, when they graduate. are | in an extremely healthful condition. If eight hours’ sleep is 80 necessary to them and If long hours of study in the day, including Saturdays, with so little night work. is valuable to these mature men, how much move valu- able must it be to our grammar and high school children to preserve their eyesight, their: general health and | | i i { | chance for supervised day study. ihereby learning faster and better than they can in unsupervised night Atudy? AMOS A. FRIES Major General, F— A Parent Protests Long School Hours 'o the Editor of The Star: 1 congratulate you upen the edi- torial 1 read In Thursday afternoon | June 10, in relation to the school | hours of our childven. It éxpresses' my views on that matter. The slogan of the day is shorter hours for the laboring man and Saturday a holiday Why increase the hours for the teac ers and children in our schools? 'The children in the afternoon become very restiess after being closed in the schoolroom for aix hours, which is long enough. TLet them have the fresh air after 3 o'clock. for a few houra. T also believe in home study. for it is a benefit o the children. T have educaled three children in the schools of this cily aud know by ex perience (hul It makes a happy howe aud the parents kpow where th children ave at night lnsteud of parading the sireets of our ity at late hours of ‘the night. 1 do not agree with G Fries about the longer school hours for the childrel He' is not consiatent in his views about the schoolx. EDMOND W. SCOTT. v Prosperity. Frow tLe Portlsnd (Oreg.) Jo iy it ever occur to you that in Americh we have more sutomobiles, locomotives, Summer furs, beefsteaks and silk stockings per capita than any other nation in the world” ——— st - The Four Seasons. From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. The three Summer seasons--saving, catlon, broke. After the last is the beginning of & long. hard Winter, i Law and Citizen nship. | squelch him in American universities and eolleges 1= a fory of academic asininity that should be decidedly out of-orden, o From the San Rarnardine Sun, g ::t;:l;n'g’--rp.l: ’tho m‘:lltlnlk‘l v of laws uire s bit more effort to bo-a eitizen. 8 i 4 {can happen, even in depen | %here Is this to add to the effect of | the Dulutn | sist that the ge ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN: Q. Why was the Carlisle hool abolished?”—¢. €. K A. The Indiup office says carlisle Indian’ School wax originally an old Army post which the War Department turned over ax a school in the ‘Mast for Indians. The agree- ment was that when needed the Indinn office would give back the post to the War Department. Thix was done in the latter part of the war #nd the school was used for rehabilitation work. The date was December 21, 1918 “that the Q. In there any way of ivy pofsoning can be I one has come in contsct with the weed”—C. H A. Thorough washing soon after exposure (o polson ivy reduces the danger of injury. fven after in- flammation hus developed, thorougi washing should be tried in order to remove from exposed surfaces of the skin all traces of the poison that can atill be reached. @ Lues the Forest Service put camp | grounds in the national forests?— R. C. A. It has developed or helped to de- velop about 300 public camp grounds | in the national parks. Q. When was the Cotton Exposition held in Atlanta, Ga.?—E. M. W. A. It was held from September 18 December 31, 1895 Q. What is the plan for harneseing the tide in the Bay of Fundy?” 8. G to A. It provides for the storing up of | tion Bureau, the waters in Passamaquoddy Bay, to release them through turbines in a | danger | { | |auarter degree curve only. | there something you | without delay? Indian | 15 to 20 foot drop into Cobscook Bay. and supply, it s estimated, 3,768,000 kilowatt hours a day How long a stretch of. straight ia thers on the Rock TIsland lines?— .. G. B. A. There ix a 7zmile stretch from Guymon, Okia., to Dalhart, Tex., which there ix not a curve. At Dal- hart there ix a quarier degree curve and then 25 miles without a enrve making A 97.mile stretch with one track Q. Where did Zanesville, Ohlo, get its name’~E. . A. Zanesville was named for Fhen ezer Zane, who, with his brother, Jan athan, and his soninlaw, Jehn Me Intire, of Alexandria, Va., was com minsioned by Congress 1o cut a road across Ohio from Wheeling to Lime stone, Ky., in 1796. Q. When was concrete flist nsed?” G. C. D. 'A."The Portland Cement Assoclation says that Portland cement was first used for building construction in 1756 when & lighthouse was built in Eddy stone, England. What do you meed to know? Is there some point ahout your husineas or personal life that puzzies you? I want tn knaw Submit_your queatin Haskin. Director of auy to Frederic J He Waahington Information Bureau. J. | is employed 10 help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa- Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Waahington, D. C., and inalose 2 cents in stamps for return gostage. Bm(;khart Seen as Sy ymbol Of Rising Farm Sentiment The triumph of Brookhart Cummins in senatorial primaries is accepted by the country as an echo of the congres- |a rebuke for sional fight over farm relief in which the demand for Government ald r ceived a setback. The ability of Sena- tor Cummins and his service to State | Democratic), and Natlon are undisputed, but his successful opponent {8 viewed as a symbol of growing resentment among the farmers aguinst existing con- ditions. \ Brookhart,” dectar Reglster (independent Republican), “is {a revolutionary event in lowa politics, isfvely, it serves notice on vative East that something dable Towa. Made dec the con: the nomination also —that Senator Brookhart now goes to the East thoroughly hard-headed and exper e Chicago ‘'ribune inde- Republican) adds that “the best opinion West and East will regrat the form of Towa's protest, but it will not misunderstand it.” “lowa Republicans may seem (o New York a pecullar lot.” continues the Tribune, “but there is going to be a lot more like them unless Con- gress wakes up to the situation that in steadily crystallizing in the West. In revolt, it is not the moderate ¥ho leads, but the radical, and if level- headed citizenship and responsible leadership in the East do not join with level-headed citizenship and re- sponsible leadership in the West. they have only themgelves to blame if rad- icallsm wins control.” ook ok normal times and under ordi- nary conditions.” according to the Omaha World-Herald (independent). “there can fon as 1o how lowa Republicans choose as hetween Brookhart Cummin Fixcept when the of special- pendent “In and shoe the Des Moines | over | sound intelligence' the lowa Republican | fac | | { privilege government pinches them un- | endurably, lowa Republicans are stal- waris of the stand-pat breed. (um mins, not Brookhart. is their tvps Even this vear Cummins would prok ably have been their choice, had it heen possible to renominate Cummins without seeming also, speaking by and large, to indorse Coolidge.” The Philadelphia Public Led dependent) says “the verdict is un- mistakable; it is a triumph for the farm-subsidy seekers of the Corn Relt. Towa announces.” continues the Pub- lic Ledger, “the farmer must have his subsidy or there will be blood on the face of the political moon. The East is warned that the Haugen bill must pass or a drive for downward revision of the tariff will begin.” But the Charlotte Observer (Democratic) sug- gests the danger that the “‘opposition to Brookhart might be welded tighter to the prejudice of farm relief.” PR The St. Paul r (in- Pioneer Press (inde- pendent Republican) asserts: “"The epi sode ought to provide Washington with food for thought. assuming that there is in Washington the capacity and the disposition to think about the Western farm problem. Unfortunate /s the result fs, it should. nevertheles: impress both Congress and the ad- ministration with the fact that the Northwest Is in earnest.” “Rrookhart’s _victory means tha lowa and the West mean 1o keep up the fight,” the Youngstown Vindicator (Democratic) warns. while the Port- land Oregon Journal (independent) in terprets the lowa primary as “the most slgnificunt political omen in recent times.” with the statement that “it means that lowa Republicans made up their minds hereafier to fght for the West, regardiess of party.” The Chicago Dally News (in dependent) holds that sweeping denunclations of Wall Streat and all vested interests were relatively meaningless, hut they reflected the farmers’ strong feeling that the Fast- | ern delegations in Congress did not appreciate or sympathetically regard the plight of the Corn Belt.” The Can. ton Dally News (Democratic) similarly finds primary significance in the fact “that lowa Republicans let the domi- nating Kastern leaders know what the West thinks of them in terms that cannot be misnnderstood.” * ok ok % Only one intérpretation is accepted by the Kansas City Journal Post (independent Republican), “and that is that it is a ‘protest against the policy of Coolidge’'s which has thwarted all the Duluth Herald (independent) ob- promised agricultural rellef.’ Herald (Independent) ob serving Lhat “agrarvian feellng, grow ing in (he minds of the lowa electy rate, has passed Cumining by aud left him standing lovely and aioue.” yet concludes that “Brovkhart will “be to win in ambe; A mighty effort to cuerce Coug aguinst ita better judgment” i= p dicted by the New York Times (inde- pendent Democratic), but the Times maintains “the country will still hope that Mr. Coolidge will retain his usual calm firmness and will continue to In- 1| good must not sucrificed to local or class Inter- este.” The Providence Journal (inde- pendent) agrees that “Congress can not vield to their threats without sacrificing a basic principle of sound economics, and if it does the whole country will pay the cost of this sacri- fice in the end.” - * ok ko ‘The Baltimore Kvening Sun (inde- pendent) calls attention to the fact that “the census figures show that there are more pe than there ure on be the farms." while | | the benefit of the best instruction? We | hen ha “sets hit e againat subsidy it will be regarded 3s President Coolldge's ad ministration is emphasized by the Buffalo Evening News (Republican). Norfolk Ledger Dispatch (independent Newark Evening News (independent) and Nashville Banne (independent). On the other hand, fhe Sioux City Daily Tribune (independ ent) takes issue with that view and statex: “Cummins sought renomina- ton on his own record of service and achlevement: He has been in direct conflict with President Coolidge on the major issue of the present session of Congress, that of agricultural legisia tion, and has made not the slightes: apology for the divergence.” The Pittshurgh Gazette.Times (Repuhlican) also points out that Cummins “daes not. support all the policies of the ad ministration.” and his defeat “is scarcely to be descri a rapudi ation by Towa of Coolidg P Furthermore, the Oakland “Tribuns (independent Republicam), while a4 mitting that “many of the votes given Brookhart represent a feeling that farm needs call for a protest.” takes the position that “for five months the best minds in Congress have heen struggling with that problem; Braak hart has not been recognized as ane of those great minds: he has nat cen- tributed in any way to the comstruc- tive discussion of betterment of farm conditions.” The Oklahoma City Daily Okis- homan (Democratic) save that “Mr. Coolidge could easily carry Tows if ha were a candidate. but a Coelidge sup- porter has heen defeated, a Cnolidge enemy has heen nominated. and the administration appeal through zealous partisuns for a vete of eanfidence has heen rejecied.” And. in the opinfon of the Louisville Conrier-lonrnel! (Democratich, “lowa makes it plain that there is & rift in the party.” The nchburg Advance (Democratie) he s that “not in vears has the G. O. P. been torn with so much dis cord.” The Denver Post (independ ent) finds the reasan for the Brookhart vole In the fact that “party leaders are not the whole show any more in politics.” Cummins’ vote an the Warld That the re: !l‘ollr! is held responsible for the result | npon by the Sacramento Ree (independent and the Fort Wayne News.Sentinel (Republican). oo ayv have two Democratic Senators,” declares the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (independent Dema. cratic), with the further suggestion that “such an eventuality would “he infinitely more satisfactory to the Re publican national management than to have Mr. Brookhart back on fheir hands.” A similar thought alse im presses the New York Herald Tribune (Republican), Raleigh News and Oh server (Democrat) and Jersey City Jersey Journal (independent Repuh Hean). “Cummine lost for no other reason.” insists the San Franciseo Chroniele (independent). “than the atempi of the regular Republican organization to heat Brookhart at the last election. The Hartford Times (independent Democratic) piaces the responsibility “the senatorlal worthies In Washington who have preached the doctrine of reprisal and who have believed that the wav lo treat insur gency is to reud the insurgents out of the party. Summing up the whole situation, the Syracuse Herald (independent) finde a “‘personal vindication" for Brookhart protest of the farming community. dissatisfaction. with the later con servative record of Senator Cummina.’ “lowa “Brookharts | g,q s demonstration of hostility to ward the Coolidge administration.” THINK IT OVER Fducation Upside Down. By William Mather Leswis. President George Washingten University The main object of education iz tn teach people to think. and to think straight. The most important schonl years in the child's life are the earli- est vears. Then the mind ia plastic. and good or had methods of thought are quickly acquired. Do we give our voungest children to place our lowest paid It I8 customary most inesperienced and chers in churge of the lowest grades. As soon us they Have had some expevience and have shown somie wbility ax teachers we move do not. B Thus our teachers are learning to do their work at the expense of our children. “Thus, in- stead of learning how to o their minds, these children commit to mem- ory a few pages from a book each day only to forget them the next. Remember this: the majority of our young people do not have the henefit of high school or college training. Our main ifterest, tHerefore, should be to give the majority the best }wfllble equipment with' which to faee life. And what does it profit a student ‘who goes to high school or coll it he has not been trained to use hHis mind? He will build on a muddy foundatio American life would be vasily ple in the towns | strengthened in one generation if we and | reversed o declares Mr, Coolidge “can afford to |vided for the yvounsest enl system and pro nd most [ i defy the farmers if he takes the bur- ['pressionable of anr puplis the wises den off the .Jlohn &miths in the towns.” The Worceste, avers that ram (Republican) | teachars i ident ‘“‘exercises And most experienced and best in the entire system. ADowyrirtt, 10800 pard