Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 8

e ————— e —— e —— ay Morninz !'I(IM WASHINGTON. D, C FRIDAY ..June 18, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYTES.. The Evening Star Newspaper Co Business Office 10ty St and Pennsylvania New Vork Office: 110° East hicago Office: Tower B Buropean Office: 14 Rezent St ngland. Ave. 4 The Frenine Star Ing editian. ix delivared he - the city g1 60 cents ner month 45 conts ‘ver he Sunday onty. 20 month e ‘sent tiy mail or hons Main 50 aller tion 18 marie b earrier 2t the cug of each menth with the Sunias eris Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin Dant and Sunday . $0.00: | mo Il g ungay. . S Sn.0n 1 mo nday oty RENSER RIS All Other States and Canada. PRI R Y] exao 1m £1.00: 1m0, Paile and Sunday Daile onlv fundas only i 1y Member of the Asso The Associated Prrss is o x 0 the e for renihlieartcy o all vews dis atches credited to it or not atheswiss cred- teq in this naner snd altn the Inear Bubliched hersin AN righte of sublication necial disnatches hevein #: o also reseiyed ated Press. Sealy e tittad Spare the Mall! The Public Buildinzs and the Commizsion of Fine ering 1 recommen the building to he construr Pepartment of Commerce unde: fve-vear fifty-million dollar program should be located in the section of ihe Mall south of B street hetween Twelfth and Thirteenih af the propo:= site mow by 4 line of greenhouses h Inz 1o the Department of Agzrienitw This sugges a site is not in agreement with plan for making Washin Capital. A few nounced that * meree Buildinz that w the ihe tion ed o a th, streets, part heinz coverell st ton 1he werld's gre davs swgo it e Depariment o il be on the bloek he s an. Com tween B and ¢ siree’s and Fourteenth | and Fifteenth streets.” 1t was also an- nounced at that time that the pro- posed Internzl Revenue Building would be erected on the Mall on the south side of B strest, probably be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, The open spaces of the Mall seem to A n almost attrac n to rchitects wer ment buildings. overpoweri sites for € 1t is the ntral part of Washington. vet there is an un lenting desire to destroy it park cha mcter, its vistas gardens and Arives @nd to build it up with Govern- ment houses. Between Pennsylvaniu the Mall and Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets the hought squares of land for the pu avenue and pose of erecting Government buildings | that “re- making n" or 1 of the city to help in Government nzs out of the parks. The cvided for under the zeneral hwilding bill 1 Tay should be, as far as possible, | that Government land between the Avenue and the Mall. and upoen the remainder of the Mall-Avenue tri- angle. and not on tha Mall would bring that part of the out of its shabby and l-lookir would halt the degeneration of Penn sylvania avenue and help to it what the founders of the Capital and many founders of the United States desired it 16 be, the main thor- oughtare of the (‘apital and ope of the grand avenues of the world. Now. while the Government has hought a part. and will finally own the whole of the triangle between the Mall and Avenue and Third and Fifteenth streets, there seems to be a disposition not to use the Government land be. tween the Avenue and the Mall for sites for the buildings authorized by Congre but to make a new invasion of the Mall. whi courage other invasions finally umda the main planned by the desizners of the Capital. The spirit of the Bruce amendment is azainst the use of the parks for building sites. That amendment de- clared that with certain exeeptions the proposed buildings shonld he south of Pennsylania avenue or south of the AMall. The purpose of that amendment was to improve a part of Washington zveatly needing improvement, compel the use of land bought by the Govern- ment for building sites and relieve many persons from the temptation to cut Government parks up into build- Ing lots. If Senator Bruce had written Inte his amendment prohibition against the proposed huildings the amend- ment in that form wenld, without Asubi, have heen approved by Con- Fress. The reason for as to “recla o that pa there. and Leeping hecome nz state. and park a e oy A fourteen-year-old girl announces she is ot to convert all New York. She has just as gzood a chance as anyhody else. e The District’s Wishes Heeded. Adoption by the House vesterday of the conference report on the chil- dren’s aid hill. already approved by the Senate, completes this législation and insures a system of public assist- ance in the maintenance of homes. In this énactment the plan preferred by the people of the District has been followed, with the administration of the system of aid vested in the newly created Board of Public Welfare in- stead of in a separate organization. It is provided that applications for rellef shall he made to and considered by a subcommittee of the hoard, in order that this class of beneficiaries shall be in a measure separated from others who are subject to the bounty and care and supervision of the Dis- triet Government. This so-called com- promise between the District plan and that urged by proponents of a sep- arate board is in fact only an expres- dion in the Jaw of the natural course of procedure, and is in nowise con- trary to the principle which underlay the measure proposed by the Commis- stoners upon the recommendation of their public welfare commission and supported by practically all District citizens, The organization of the Public Wel- fare rd has not yet heen effected. The are preparing ilt on | This ! make | h would no doubt en- | nsing park land as sites for | THE EVENING STAR. carefully for the establishaent of Ih!‘nr the site iz being conducted by Dis: new tem [vice npon the division of fand by the consideration A the per- of the hoard. In view of the ance of the duties ar&l respol hy sonnel rganiz Gion, em- | plans may he field ion and of sugery correet.ans A wide Lover charities | survey should be thorough In the working eut of this program |0 tezisiation, in the form of the two !IIIFN\l that have pw received ap- ovel, Commissionsrs have A« | complished decided gain for' the [ henefit of the nesdy and the unibriu i nate memhers of the communitya A better administration is assuved, with loss nd delays and errors of omission And The District is grateful for heeding its desives flor laws and for giving Wit gurdless of the imi- portunities of 8thers who sought to impose their will upon the unrepre4 4 Capital community. pele Briand Gives It Up. Briand’s failure to form a sered union” ministry, or, jn fact. sny kind of ministry at all his recommendation that the task bhe turn ed ver to former Premier lierriot the Socialist leader, launches Irance upon another period of uncertainty the outcome of which cannot he fore- cast. 1t is difficult to see how Herriot ecan overcome ithe ohstacle which' ve ulted in the undoing of Briand ugh his followin is the most nu | merous single party in the {¥reneh Partinment. it does not conati- tuta a majority. and in order to put thron program he {must win votes from the Right. while hoiding the Left in line. Briand hav- inz failed to do this, despite hix bet {ter position on middle ground. it would seem almost hopeless to expect Herrlot Rut the ways of French nge, and the situation i i 1 | mmission. {10 Congy j these ¢ what it wants, 0 new emier and of any \ anyv financial to succeed. politics are passing necessities of the pressing that a forlorn hope may win where a more 1 contender has failed to make headway. Of chief interest in this country, of {course, is the question ax to what ef- | fect a change in ministries will have {upon the Franco-american debt set | tlement. Briand ommitted | the Rerenger-Mellon agreement, as ne i sotiated in Washington. Herriot has declared for safeguarding I hich would protect France in case of |default in German reparations {ments, Poincare, another possibility | for the premiership. also is insistent upon safegnards, so there would seem but slizht chance for ratification of the agreement in the form in which it is pending before the United States Senate. This provides Senators opposed the agreement with an {argument for postponing action until the reconvening of-Congress next De- {cember. They will contend that it would he fu ratify a settlement { that is likely to be changed in a whelly unacceptabl r under the leader- ship of #u new French government. In the meantime. the franc waits to be rescued from its lowly position and there is no agreement upon ways of The one hope- conditions have poliey of drifting cannot be followed much longer. Some- thing must be done soon, and what- { ever is done ought to bring a turn for |the better. France as a nation is i Anancially sound. It is only the gov- | eaimantithathiaBnnanaialy ik San it is weak only because of the multi |tude of its political parties and the | rivalries of its political leaders. When | this condition no longer is supportable by the French people a cure will be ound. —— e Trafic Reforms. Passage of the amended traffic bill, which seems at the moment to be cer- tain within the next few days, will give Traffic Director Fidridge an op- portunity to start immediately on a campaign of reform which is not pos- sible under the present code. More than two hundred automobile drivers, arrested for serious offenses but never brought to trial, are now running ihrough the streets unmolested by the authoritles. As soon as the bill] passes Director Eldridge will revoke the permits of these operators and remove from the highways a danger- ous and menacing class. Other reforms to be undertaken will be the placing of street cars under the control of the director, the reissuance of permits to all drivers in the District, the extension of the auto- { matic light system, which has proved an unqualified success in the regula- tion of traffic, and the general clari- fication of the entire code, It is therefore of the utmost im- portance ,that the bill be pushed { through its final stages with all pos- ! aible speed. Five of the six conferees |of the House and Senate have agreed, |and it ohly remains for the sixth to acquiesce before final action can be taken by both houses of Congress. +The measure has now been | whipped into acceptable shape, ac- | ceptable to District, citizens as well as the legislative body, and no dif- ficulty should be encountered when it is brought up for conclusive action. It is confidently expected that before meny days pass Washington will be operating under an improved traic code, are so a 1o was o clauses pay- | now to man whieving its suee ful phase [ grown so bad that i —— e The Roosevelt beys brought back a number of sheepskins from Asia, but the collection Crown Prince Gustav Adolf will take back to Stock- holm bids fair to be enough to cover a bass drum. e Premier Briand is becoming expert at the manipulation of the revolving. door ministry game. His repeated ex- its and entrances have qualified him beyond any other living Frenchman. s oo Sl An Obtrusive Smoke Stack. Consideration is being given by District officials to a protest by resi- dents of the region in which the new Technical High School is to be erect- ed against the location of the power house at a position on the site which will bring it unpleasantly into view trom the main approjch to the build- ing. It is un&emofi' that a survey chance for conflicting Jurisdicson ' | i i and | power ) public welfare agencies in the eapital. | yanging the plan in general. ft s desirable that this preftminary | securing yexpert ad- | trict authorities, together with a rep the work | resentative of the Senate District although the matter has sed Beyond the point of legislative action —and that a revision of the ordered if it should he location the without IIF-‘ mmittee found that of s in feasible, another o 1t ix undoubtedly desirable that in the planning and placement of all public buildings, schools included, the tractive features should he lo- < far as possible out of view. e of the v not an agreeable item. should not be put on the main st line, but whenever possible it should | be set in the interior of the block, out of vision save perhaps for the upper portion of the stack. In this present case there is abundant room on the site that has been acquired for this unit of the school establishment. The corner at which it has heen planned to place it 18 conspicuous the point of main approach. From that angle persons will obtain (helr first view of this impressive new aldi ton to the District’s school establish ment. 1t should not be marred by the shirusion of a amoke stack and an en- zine room. : P 1 the cat In house public a power 1t ot is most [ 0 ampion Speller. The word “cerise” will probably be significant to thirteen.vear Pauline Rell for the rest of her life. It was the medium last night of her rise to #me aa the hest speller in a natfonal Educated in a one-room school building In Clarkson, Ky., The Ch: miest, awline carried away the honors wikh ease and eclat when confronted by ‘“cerise.” her last remaining op- ponent having been eliminated by speflling it “cerease.” P'auline evidently learned her spell- ing'lessons well In the little Kentuc| school. And les well learned are never forgotten. From the beginning of the contest she showed the results of steady and conscientious work by spelting the difcult words without hesitation. Her ultimate victory was predicted long before the “bee’ was finished. Pauline will never regret the study which made her a good speller. In whatever she undertakes to do as she grows older the beneficial effects will be felt. If she enters the busi- ness world her command of words and spelling will stamp her as an ex- ceptional employe and will tend to push her stesdily upward, while if she chooses to be just a plain wife to some deserving man she cannot only help him in his probably deficient speiling, but her letters to her friends will he charming examples of what the “well educated woman is writ. ing."” So, gold medals and cash prizes asid€, Pauline last night kon great honors, and the stimulus of winning will carry her far along the rvad of life's work. Good luck to her and may she never spell a single word tly as long us she lives. A local pedugugue has been chosen as the model American school teacher and she will be rewarded with a trip to the Sesquicentennial. Without knowing anything about or even con- sidering the winner's personal ap- pearance, it can safely be said she wins the most beautiful of all beauty contests, s In connection with the Hsting by the engineer department of four new bridges for the District comes to mind the remark of a Washingtonian showing some friends over the city amd suburbs. “You are now going over,” he said, “the only bridge which, so far, no one has gone through.” e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Conservatism. A wise man sought to woo a la: He talked to her of history; Told. how some things had come to pass Which had been wrapped in mys- tery. He showed her what mistakes and crimes Had tempted nations, furious, To needless strife in ancient times. She smiled and said, “How curious To his great mind he sought to prove That nothing was inscrutable. He told her how the planets moved By schedules quite immutable. He showed the constellated sky, ‘Where pictures astronomical In mighty pageantry pass by. She simply sald, “How comical!” He told her then her starlike eyes Might tempt him to hostilities, Like those of old, were she the prize— This and such like civilities ‘Which swains have used since days long past, ‘With purpose most ostensible, He offered her. Quoth she, “At last I find you talking sensible.” A Primitive Community. “Have there been any improvements in Crimson Gulch since I was'last here?” “Yes,” answered Threefingered Sam. “We sent away two of the worst men in the place.” Did you send them to jail?” “No, we didn’t have any jail, so we had to elect ‘em to the State Legisla- ture.” Scarcity. q “One has very few friends in this * said the misanthrope. answered Miss Cayenne, “I suppose that is one reason why a friend is so likely to be overworked.” Conquering Difficulties. “My daughter says she is deter- mined to conquer every difficulty that her musical studies present,” said Mr. Cumrox. - “I understand she has become in- terested in Wagner.” “Yes, it sounds to me as it she had tried kindness in vain and was re- sorting to violence.” The Ball Player and the Umpire. The pantomime afibears to be Rut just too far away to hear. Expressive of a mood severe:’y ° It's well we're close enougir‘to ;p.‘_ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “O Dem Golden Slippers:” van the one-time minsirel song. The sight of a baby's house xh held aloft in a public vehicle b proud father, hrought to ouwr mind the whole xubject of slippers. Slippers ought to be worn more than they are re people than do, on ne. T'o take the strain off the fegt and, by reflex action, off the brain, there is nothing quite so good as an easy palv of house slippe Yet how many persons Insist on wenring their leather shoes from the moment they hop out of bed until the second they pop back 4nto it? Their number is more than legion. As a result, men and women are aficted with all sorts of foot evils, including the unromantic but ful corn, callus, bunions, arch bles. ete. All of these cannot be lald 1o the o of fallure to wear slippers in- but no doubt thix is a common of some of them, especially when ‘they are practically WI-Atting shoes, shoes too small and lack of hygienic care of the feet. Get yourself & pair of comfortable slippers and wear them in the house and watch your foot llls take wings, * ok ok x persons seem e, trou Few to know that | wearing loose slippers every moment possible while at home will do much to banish corns. Experts In these matters say that no one would have a corn it he went barefooted. The sure way to end them is to go without either shoes or stockings; but, as most of us find this a rather ‘impossible prescription, the next beat thing is to wear slippers. One can get today slippers that are 0 good looking that one can almoat wear them when ompan comes, but, if one does not care to go that far, he at least can don them in the acy of the home. Thus the stress and strain taken off the feet, not only me ically, but also in relation to air. foot 1% a sort of breathing organ. 1t is very sensitive to lack of oxygen, which fact any one may t self by taking off a hot, tig] shoes and letting his faithful old feet “breathe” for a few. moments. In many {nstances it is more refreshing than a water bath Loose-fitting _slippers allow air to circulate around the feet, and offer practically no polnts of friction, the cause of corns. ‘The result of wearing them is feet free from this common cause of misery. To get the feet off the brain. as some one has phrased it, I« a very de- sirable thing, for no man can call himself truly’ happy in this world if his feet hurt, or woman, either Perhaps mors chronic “grouches” re- sult from sick feet than from any one | se. Many a child has received a panking simply because mother's corn hurt. The child’s behavior was the reason given, of course, but the veal one lay concealed in mamma's pretty 3AA shoes. * * % @ When a person gets fat, and has foot ills thrown in for good measure, the cup of ordinary physical afiction WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC It there's anybody in public life today who's enjo job more than Senator “Jim )t Missourd, the name of the individual hasn’t been thought of. Cross-exami nation is Reed’s hobby, specialty and grand passion. He's been at it all his life. As far as the average witness who faces him is concerned. there's engraved over the portal of Reed's house: “All hope ahandon enter here.” In his autoblography in “Who's Who" Reed records that he convicted 285 out of the men he prosecuted in Km\\sux City in the years 1898-1900. He plays with an un- fortunate on the stand as a_cat plays with & mouse. He knows his power. One day during the Penn primary probe & witness started in to argue with him. “Don’t try to argue with me,” snapped Reed, “because I'll get the best of you every time.” He almost always does. Yet the Missourian can be eminently fair. He is most danger- sus when in apparently conciliatory mood. His favorite way of starting upon an inquisitorial rampage is to “Now, {sn't it a fact?” x oKX Two class A adminlstration utter- ances will be forthcoming during the approaching Fourth of July week end. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, will speak at Charlottesville on July 3, on the occasion of Jeffersonian memorial ceremonies at the University of Virginia. On July 5 President Cool- idge will glorify the Declaration of Independence at the Sesquicentennial in Philadelphia. Mr. Kellogg may be expected to make some timely pro- nouncement on the innumerable for- elgn problems now occupying the at- tention of the United States Govern ment. Upon just what theme the President has decided to hold forth is, as usual, being kept a her- metical secret. The setting would be appropriate for a Coolidgesque discus- sfon of current political developments In Pennsylvania, but the President has a _genius for keeping off of thin ice. The Philadelphians, by the way, are in high dudgeon over Mr. (ool- idge's decision to tarry with them only & couple of hours. He came under heavy fire at a meeting of the city councll the other day for planning so precipitate get-away after his Sesqui oration. Amer ing * koK Ok Members of the administration and of Congress will be spellbinding in the four quarters of the Republic on In- dependence day, or during the three days over which this year's anniver- sary is spread. Senator Arthur Cap- per of Kansas has an interesting en- gagement at Mooseheart, IlL, the great children’s home of Secretary “Jim” Davis' Loyal Order of the Moose. Capper has been'a Moose almost as long as the labor chieftain and a member of Mooseheart’s board of gov- ernors since its foundation 10 vears ago. In 1916 the home sheltered and cared for only about 50 children. At this year's commencement exercises 2,000 children will take part in a Fourth of July pageant. * Kk K X Carmi A. Thompson, President Coolidge’s special commissioner to the Philippines, is now afloat on the Pacific, and within a month will be at work in Manila. His plan includes the holding of public hearings at the island capital and all other important points, in which Americans and Fili- pinos will be given full opportunity to air their views, grievances and aspir: tions. Mr. Thompson expects to re main in the Far East roughly about three months. His present program calls for departure from the Philip- pines on October 25, arrival In Seattle on November 18, and return to Wash- ington in time for preparation of a report to the President before the re- assembling of Congress in December. Thompson told interrogators at Seat- tle on the eve of taking ship that he expects his report will prove the basis of presidential recommendations to Congress fot fundamental changes in the so-called ‘‘organic (Jones) law” governing American administration of the islands. * K oK % Senator Samuel M. Shortridge isn't addicted to the rabbit's foot cult or “ other favorite indoor supersti- _But every time he squints at 'nia, ajtomobile license tag WASHINGTO?Y pain- | forced by | ve who | ’ D. . FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926. [l i legine to overfiow, for the fatness| makes for inertiu and the corns re | strain one from walking. ‘so an @il | cirele ix begun, one that will be ended only by the use of brains and will power n that may he stated ax a proposition no one will like the joyous art and constitutional exercise of walk- ing unless he is “foot loose,” which simply means free of corns, etc. Famous pedestrians take as much care of their feet as great musiclans do of thelr hands. It I8 necessary if one is to do much walking. Much the same treatment is required if one is to do any walking. One rea- son why so many well-to-do folk use the car to ride two hlocks is one small corn, which slows them up out of all portlon to its size he common-sense view of feet has | made great progress during the past vears, with the result that shoe infacturers are giving the public good-looking vet comfortable shoes. Women's shoes, in particular, are better shaped than ever—more sensi- ble, as they say. Kven the most sensi- bie pair of shoes, however, was not I made to be worn 18 hours a day. Those who are experiencing diffi- culty with their feet and have not tried the slipper cure owe it to them- selves (o give it a lengthy trial. Check over vour personal habits in regard to footgear and see If you might not slip out of your shoes into slippers more than you do. Why sit all rigged up in walking shoes when you are reading, or listen. ing to the radio, or doing any one of the pleasant things one may do around a home? *oE x X | Man is the only noisy walker in the world. Other animals go softly, except where provided with shoes by man, as in the horse. The silent tread of the cat is proverblal among us. The misery of unnecessary ‘noise is another demerit agalnst the in- cessant wearing of shoes indoors. Nothing is more provoking to the tired, the nervous, the sleepy, than the thump of shoes on bare floors, except it be, perhaps, the slamming of the old screen deor. If all the force put forth by pound- ing shoes on uncarpeted floors and stepa could be turned into horsepower, no doubt the public utilities of every great city might be run entirely from this source. Then we would say, “New York ix a city of 7,000,000 footpower., Wash- ington is & city of half & million foot- | power,"” ete. As it 1s, this ceaseless friction an- novs others, and tends to jar the spinal cord of the pounders. Why not, dear friends, give the old | hoots a rest? mulate Pussy, with her soft pads. Imagine yourself an Indian, and go | in for moccasins. Realize that noise | 18 only the ideal of the vulgar. You will soothe your feet, Your nerves, your brain and your neigh- bors at the same time, and be able to sing with rejoicing, O Dem Golden Slippers! WILLIAM WILE. aMxed to his car he indulges in the fond hope that the State will be kind to him at the forthcoming senatorial The tug bears the legend 5 - several years Shortridge has been assigned the first number issued in the State. Ie came (0 the conclusion it must be a lucky num- ber, because hix car was stolen not long ago and was recovered promptly, with no greater damage than the blurring of his tag number. The tall sycamore of the golden gate faces some stiff primary opposition. but feels that his fences are in good order, and that he will avert the fate that has overtaken other administration tors this sad and sorry Summer. * ook X There’'s a Gen. Villa in Washing- ton, but he's a gallant Italian soldier and not the Mexican bandit chief on whom the United Siates once set a price. Gen. Augusto Villa, who is an honorary aidede-camp to King Victor Emanuel. has represented the Italian army in America for the past two yvears. He not only looks like a tall, upstanding American fighting man, but says he feels him- self at Jeast 33 1-3 per cent Yankee because two of h brothers have been prominent in business in this country for many vears. With them he spends much time. One of them is married to a former Miss Lippin. cott of Philadelphia. Gen. Villa wa on duty in Cyrenaica, one of Italy's northern African dominions, when his country entered the World War, but later saw active service and made a brilliant record in the Carso campaign against the Austrians. * ok K % Representative Emanuel Celler, Democrat, of New York, has re- minded Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, proponent of a statue of Albert Gallatin in Washington, that Jefferson and Madison are still without statues in the Capital City The Brooklyn Congressman think they're entitled at least to the recog- nition it ix now proposed to give Gallatin. To that end Celler has introduced a bill in the House pro- Jecting that “all three of these giants that flourished at the birth of the Nation be honored by signal monu- ments to their memories in Wash- ington—Jefferson, Madison and Gal- atin. | * ok ok K Distranchised Washington js short- Iv to appeal to the more fortunate citizenry of the United Statgs to support its plea for national repre- sentation. A certain distinguished Federal official was recently asked to be the Fourth of July orator on the steps of the Capitol two weeks and a half hence. He declined on the ground that it was inconsistent for Washingtonians to celebrate the independence they don’t possess! (Copyright. 1926.) School Lighting Too Poor For Lengthened Hours To the Editor of The Star: In reading Gen, Fries' letter to The Star I was very much interested in what -he said about the defective vision of the children in the achools of this city. T have two children in the graded schools here, hoth with de- fective vision, not caused by the lighting syatem at home, but without doubt by the poor lighting system of the schools. T would like Gen. Fries to visit'some of the rooms in the graded schools some Winter afternoon about 3 o’clock. I have, and I could hardly see, let alone study. There was no artificial light of any kind to help out. I can't imagine the condition of the children’s eyes if kept in these poorly lighted rooms until 4:30. The lighting system of some of the schools of this city is a disgrace to the Nation. MRS. W. G. PETERSON. —— A Real Trouble Zone, ’I"hen. From the Indianapoli Star. Think of the trouble this world would have 'if Bulgaria and Greece |when they went to school; and schools | as it is. happened to be lm% alongside Chill | patriotism, | grades. Ex-Teacher Opposes Longer School Hours To the Editor of The Star: T would like 10 express apprecia- | tion of the ve ditorial in T} Star paper of June 10 relating the proposed lengthening of schoc hours. I would like also. in n perfectly friendly spirit, to express my dis- agreement with Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries’ article pertaining thereto in your paper of the 14th. “To ask the Board of FEducation and the teaching corps to ‘keep the child under proper supervision and teach it patriotism and love of country, as well as the A B until such time when the parents 0] | L Club ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What does “La Traviata" mean, and why I the title used for the opera of that name’—c'. ans “the wan- Any woman who lives the kind of life lived by the “Lady of the Camellia” is socially -astaway, or a_wanderer. Q. Is it correct to shepherd dog"?—N. E. A. In 1918 the American Kennel arbitrarily dropped the wcerd " Since this time the breed Ray “German. et home’ might foster bolshevism,|hus been called “the shepherd dog.” ‘love of country and among the school chil- dren. And wouldn't this be equiva- lent to saying to the teachers, through the hoard, ‘Keep our children in school until they have prepared their lessons for the next dav—you will be doing something we cannot do, and we cordally thank vou'"? I have been a teacher in the Dis- trict schools. And after having taught a number of vears and had the struggle that teachers have al- wi had and always will have with some pupils to get them to apply themselves and acquire an educa- tion, I resigned from the day schools to do Government work and for a time did night work in the schoels in the foreign class work. Standin; doing monitor's duty as the lines came in #and departed, it was no in- frequent thing to recognize in these 1 many of the pupils who had needed urging in the past. They had been out into the world, had found for themselves how little they could do without the deapised education and were back in the night schools where their teachers told me they were pathetically willing and anxious to absorb all they could. So, per- haps if these students who are not interested to prepare their home- work were to be withdrawn from school by their parents and put to work to find out for themselves how important that education ix, it would not be necessary to lengthen school hours and take away the Saturday freedom for the studlious, interested pupil as well as those not suffi- clently interested. When teaching in the primary schools, which were half-day schools for lack of space and room, fre- quently wished that these schools might have a full session so that I would not have to cram the chil- dren with & very full course of study. Then we teachers wauld say among ourselves, “But what would be the use of that! If that day ever comes the course of study will be added to and there would be no more time.” And since becoming a home-maker and a mother I have sometimes sighed and said, Oh, If I just had two pairs' of hands!—only to have the realization that if I had been given two pairs of hands there would be work for two instead of for one! I have something of that feeling when I contemplate the possible lengtheming of school hours. Will it not be natural with the increased hours for the course of studv to be added to and no more time be left for home study than now? Teachers have said to me since I have been out of the schools, “If they would only let us teach! But it's hand over the school to a teacher of ‘musical appreciation,” hand over the class to to a special nature study teacher, hand over the school to special in- telligence tests, excuse pupils for a nutrition clinfc,” all perfectly splen- did things to have, but how they do | encroach upon the time thai mighg be devoted to teaching the elemen- tary things, at least in the primary Couldn't the pruning knife be used on the course of study and some time be saved from the pres- ent hours for the preparation of homework ? ELSIE VANSANT GARFIELD. ——— st ——— Gen. Fries Urges Need For School Hour Change To the Editor of The Star: In The Evening Star of June 14 1 the editorial page there is printed rather than ja letter with the headlines ““A Parent Protests Long School Hours.” In this discussion of a reasonable number of hours of daylight study under supervision vers night work without supervision, it would seem very necessary that the utmost frank- ness be observed. It is also believed that parents with children in the schools are the only ones qualified to express an opinion on daylight study under the supervision of teach- ers, as opposed to haphazard night The writer of the letter referred to above states that he has educated thres children in the schools. He omitted to state that those three chil- dren are now teaching in the schools of the District of Columbia. One wonders if a parent who has sons and daughters teaching in the schools is entirely impartial in considering this question. The writer mentions the shortening of the hours of labor. He might have stated that teachers are working 16 to 18 hours a week on an average, while the day laborers are working 44. The writer might also have added that the day laborgr after work- ing 8 hours a day, excepting Satur- day, must come home and supervise the study of his children’s lessons for the next day. If the laborer does not do it his equally hard-working wife must do it, or the children study without supervision. 1 will admit that I am partial. T am partial to the child and opposed to anything or anybody who does not treat that child the best it can be treated. I can’t see how making a child study at night without su- pervision, or with poor supervision, is s good for it as allowing it to study in daylight under proper su- pervision. Night work in factories is forbidden by law. I would resent equally with the teachers any ins\iuation that non- supervised study 18 as good as study supervised by the teachers of the District of Columbia. In the vast majority of cases our teachers are excellent, but they can’t teach when they have not the time. Further- ‘more, the great amount of paper work placed on the children by night work means a vast amount of night work on the part of the teachers to correct those papers. Of course, the teacher who throws the papers into the waste paper basket, or does not correct them, is not the teacher of whom I am talking. That occasional teacher has no place in the school system anywhere. % » I have yet to see how trying to give a child an hour and a half more on the streets in daylight compen- sates for stealing two to four houra of its sleep at night and the injury that will come to evesight and gen- eral health from study under artificial light. AMOS 4. FRIES. e L High School Girl on Longer School Hours T> the Editor of The Star: As this is a free country, I see no reason why &he opinion of the student should not be given some considera- tion in the problem of lengthening the school day and week. No one kno better the weight of school work than the student, with, perhaps, the excep- tion of the teacher. Yet the opinion of neither of these is taken into con- sideration. What do people working for a living know about school? Ab- solutely nothing. At least, what the: do know about it is what they knew were different thea. The majerfty of parents who want Q. How much Philippine embroid- ered goods do we import’—R. A. H. A. In 1925 the United States im- ports of Philippine embroidered goods amounted to over $4,000,000. Q. Does the fact that aliens are ex- amined abroad lessen the number of allens who are refused entry at the American ports>—A. V. N. A. At the port of New York in Feb- ruary, 1926, where 81 per cent of all the seaport arrivals were admitted, 15,379 foreigners applied for admis- sion to this country and only 90 were turned back. Two-thirds of these re- Jections were on account of lack of proper visas under the immigration act of 1924 and represented largely stowaways and seamen seeking per- manent admission to the United States. l.ess than two out of every thousand applicants at that port dur- ing this month who had secured proper visas from American consuls ‘were found to be inadmissible. Q. What is Jackie Coogan's salary? —E. T. A. Jackie Coogan has a contract with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Co. which calls for a guaranty as well as a percentage on the profits of the pictures in which he appe: This brings him in_an income that has varled in the last three years from $150,600 1o $350,000 a. vear, or, rough- lv, between $3,000 and $5,000 a week. Q. What is the origin of ship's bells?-—C. A. D. A. The striking _of bells on board ship s a_custom of considerable an- tiquity. Originally the time was kept by half-hour sandglasses and each time the glass was turned the boy in charge struck a bell, and after strik- ing ran along the deck crying out, “One hour passed in two turng and more will pass if God will!” Q. How many coal mines are there in Great Britain?—W. T. P. A. The report of the Coal Commis- sion, March 11, 1926, stated that there are now about 1,400 collleries owning some 2,500 mines. Q. What liquid will support more than its own weight?—M. J. K. A. The Bureau of Standards says that there is no liquid that will float more than its own weight. mean by dead water?—E. J. W. A. The nautical definition of dead water is the mass of eddving water forming along the vessel's sides in her progress through the wate Q. How many Woodrow Wilson stamps has the Government printed? —E. D. L. A. To date, 500,000 have been made. The 17-cent Wilson stamp is a regular issue of the current series and will be manufactured and sold in- definitely. Q. Was the chicken do ticated from a wild state?—G. M. T A. It is generally believed that the parent stock of the domestic chicken is the red jungle fowl, which inhabits northern India, the Malay Peninsula. and even parts of the Philippines. The bird was first domesticated in Burma or the adjacent countries. Chinese have a tradition that they re- cefved their fowls from about the year 1400 B.C. Q. What river has the greatest amount of commerce?—W. M. A. The tonnage passing through the Detroit River, which connects Lake FErie and Lake Saint Clair, ex- ceeds in volume that passing through any other river in the world. Q. What is group life insurance?— H. B. A. 'This is emploves’ life insurance C. paid for by the employer or by the Q. In the number of births, what is the percentage of twins and trip- leta?- M. A. Twins occur, according to Guz- zoni, Wwho studied over 50,000,000 births, once in 87 cases; triplets once in 7,103, quadruplets once in 757.000, quintuplets once in 41,600,000 births. Q. 1Is it practical to use rubber rings that have been used before when canning fruit?—M. E. L. A. New rings should be used. Tt is false economy to use old ones. Rub- ber rings deteriorate, so new ones should be purchased at the canning season even though some were left over from last season. Q. Ts there any coal being formed at the present time’—FK. R. A. The Bureau of Mines savs that lignite is heing changed to coal, but the process fis so slow that the in- crease in coal supply is too small to be considered. Q. Are poplar and Balm of Gilead trees of the same family S. L. P. A. The Forest Service savs that poplar and Ralm of Gilead are not of the same family: the former is of the willow tree and the latter of the dogwood family. Q. Do all poles?—H. M. Certain frogs, West frogs come from tad- as a tree-toad Indies, where their children to go to scheol for longer | hours and on Saturdays want it only because it affords a good opportunity to throw the responsibility of caring for the child on the teacher. I can find no good reason, whatever, for lengthening the school day and week. I am in the second year of high school, and even in that grade it 18 very hard not to look at the clock frequently when the school day nears its close. With the day length: ened it would be almost unbearable. So when a person of my age grows restless (as I observe that I am not the only one who looks at the clock), the younger ones would naturally be almost impossible to.handle. Furthermore, as it is at present, the average atudent learns all that is re- quired of him, so why make him suffer because some others do not learn as quickly as they should? As for the eves, naturally the chil- dren in the primary grades have better eyesight than those in the grades above, 35 they can't read well enough to enjoy it. They would rather be read to. When children get older they read more.. 1 doubt very much that the large percentage of deficient eyes is due to studying at home at night. It is more than likely due to too much reading for pleasure at night. Also, children need recreation. 1If they don't get it in the day time, they're bound to get it at night. What the lengthening of the school day would do would be to make a lot of night prowlers. Even children have things they want to do, and Saturday is the only time they have to do them. So, why take that away, too? One afternoon goe _like a minute; we need a whole lay s The school day and week is all right 8o why change it? That is an excellent_mq Tet_well enough alone.” Lid CLIFF, ¥ there are no marshes, do not pass through a tadpole stage, but hatch without tails and with legs and other- wise resemble their parents. Q. Please tell what the “Walking Purchase” was. AT, A. In 1682 William Penn purchased of the Delaware Indians a tract of Jand in the present Counties of Bucks and Northampton, Pennsyl- vania, bounded on the east by the Delaware River, and in the interior to a point as far as man could walk in three days. Penn and the Indians started out to walk, beginning at the mouth of Neshaning Creek. At the end of a day and a half Penn con- cluded that he had enough territory. and a deed was given him ‘for the land at this point, which was 40 miles from the start. In 1737 the dis- tance was increased to 70 miles. Q. Where was in Ohio?—W. W. T. A. Near Caldwell. In drilling for salt water in 1814 a small flow of oll was struck. The 1 is satd 10 be still in evidence. Q. How long has the United Stat been exrporflng cotton to Kurope ) 2 A. The first bale of ported from this country to was shipped from Charleston, in 1784. Q. Who invented dice?—C. F. A. Dice were known in ancient Greece, and their invention is attrib- uted by some to Psalmedes in the thirteenth century B.C. The dice ex- humed from Thebes differ in no way from the ivery or bone cubes of to- day. They had spots ranging from one to six on them and the sum of the spot= on the two opposite sides was always seven. Q. Where was the first chamber of commerce organized in this coun- try?—C. C. A. The New York City Chamber | of Commerce, organized in 1763 and | Incorporated under a royal_ charter from King George IIT in 1770, was the first_institution of its kind in the United States. Q. Was the base ball park ever located at North Capitol and streets?—C. K. H. A. The Washington Base Ball Park was located at North Capitol and G streets before it was moved to Fif- teenth and H streets northeast, where it remained for a period of about el years. In 1903 it was moved to Seventh street and Florida avenue, where it now stands. Prior to its location at Fifteenth and H streets northeast it was located for one sea- son at Seventeenth and S streets northwest. the first ofl well cotton ex nrope Q. What is a physicians’ exchange® . N D, A. A physiclans’ exchange i a | private telephons branch exchange | having a switchboard with a number of trunk lines from a. certain central office in the city. There are extra listings under physicians’ names in the telephone book calling attention to the fact that if they cannot be reached at the listed telephons num- bers the physiclans’ exchange may be called. The person making the call gives his name and address to thin operator, who will locate the doctor and give him the message. Q. When was Irving Berlin first ed and when did his wife die? Irving Berlin was married in February, 1913. Mrs. Berlin died the following July Q. How long have’ Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks been married? the West | were married March The | What will remove tar from | automobile fenders? We picked it up on the road and it has dried on.— |B. D. L. | A. FEqual parts of turpentine and wood alcohol will probably remove it. Q. What time did the Indianapolis Speedway race begin?—H. W. K. A. It began at 10:30 in the morn- ing. Lockhart won this race in 4 hours 10 minutes 17 seconds. His average speed was 95.885 miles per hour. Q. How much iron is there in the | body?—N. T. A. Iron, although present in_ the | body in the proportion of only about -thousandths of one per cent, i8 an important constituent, being found |in the red corpuscles of the blood. Q. Ts the name of Alan Dale, the dramatie critie, real or assumed?— 1G. S. R. A. Alan Dale is the pseudonym of Alfred I. Cohen | Q. What is the smallest county in England?—C. C. | A. Rutland is the smallest county, | containing but 152 square miles. There is no other agency in tha world that can answer as many legi mate questions as our Free Imforma- tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This highly organized institution has been built up and_is under the per- sonal direction of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in constant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Submit your queries |10 the staft of experts 1whose services |are put at your free disposal. There | i na charge excent ¢ cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Eve- |ming Star Information Bureau. Fred- | eric_J. Haskin, director, Washington, | . €. THINK IT OVER What We Owe the State, By William Mather Lewi President George Washington University H. G. Wells has defined education |as “the preparation of the individual |for a willing and intelligent partici | pation in. the affairs of the world, a state or city which provides op- portunities for the education of its vouth has a right to expect such par: ticipation in its affairs: has a right {to expect returns on its investment {in the form of intelligent and de- voted citizenship. It is the shame of a nation dedi- cated to the principle of universal suf- frage that we lead the world in stay- at-home voters. Reliable statistica show that at the last two national elections only fifty per cent of the oters expressed their choice for President at the polls. while in Great Britain, at about the same time, seventy-six per cent of the electorate voted, and in France seventy per cent voted. The citizens of Canada exercise the right of suf- frage more generally than do we. And |in the United States the largest pro- portion of non-voters is found in the best educated group. If the republican form of govern- ment is still an_experiment, it is in jgreat measure due to the fact that those who can best understand its possibilities and dangers take no in- terest in its proper functioning. It is because we refuse to think in plitical terms. ‘We have stressed the thought of what higher education offers the in- dividual. What the educated ind, vidual offers the community which has made its opportunities possible i auite as important. An enduring vepublic cannot b rected on-the mire of indifferencas