Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING With Sunday Morninz WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY... .June 21, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor 1th st New York Office Ohicazo Offie European Office” 14 Reze: Fngland. The Evening Star. with the Sunday Ing edition. i delivered b carriers tha rity at 60 cents per nonth: dajly 43 cents Ter month Sundas_only. 20 cents DA ‘moath. Orders may he sent hy mail or Talephone Main 5000 Collection ix me iy carrier at the end of cach month | | Advance. | | | Rate by Mall—Payable Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday 1 ve, K000 1 mo Daily only 1¥r 10 1 n Sunday only 1 ¥e. $35.00: 1 mo All Other States and Canada. v and_ Sunday *100 iTv only ... Sunday only .01 1y 1sr Member of the Associnted Press. The Ascociated Prese ie exclusively entisied o the wse for revublicaiion of all news dis atches credited 1o it or BOL OLRETWine credd ted in this paner ard also the Tocal new puhlished herein. Al right ©of special dispatches herein are al German Confiscation Fails. Although on the face of the ret A tremendous majority cast Germany in favor of the confiscation of the estates of the former rulers the plebiscite fails to warrant action by the Reichstag. Those recorded in favor of confiscation numbered 14.- £20.703 and those against 542311 Under the terms of the plebiscite, hows . It was necessary that a ma: Jority the eligible of the republic should t referendum bal- Iots. As the total registration is ahout 40,000,000, 000,000 votes were required to he cast in the plehiscite. The vote cast yesterday was, therefore, a little less than 5,000.- 000 votes short. Had all those opposed to confisca- tion voted vesterday the result would have heen a mandate for seizure. 1t was known in advance of the pleb- iscite that a largze majority of the people fuvored the seizure of the es- of the opponents was tain from voting and so reduce the total of the ballots east. Thus the unique spectacle was pre sented of the most strenuous efforts exercised by the negative side to pre- vent the people from goins to the polls. Every anti-confiscationist who abstained from voting lessened the ehance of the majority to reach the| In was in of voters at tates. The strat o necessary total. 1t was the “silent minori many that determined the result. this country the stay-at-home vote has often contributed thus te electoral de- Rut here there is no require- ¢ of the total pos- Usually far is recorded ! in Ger- cisions. ment that a majorit sible vote shall he cast. less than such a majorit ! systen, [um line the District was sparsely | settied. Reyond the Roundary and on in streets us far the | Disivict line, the new Washington is | oW more thickly peopled than many | of the old city which {overhead trolley was forbidden by act ! L and the density of street lic is surely greater than wh ar lines changed fi e [ horses to electeeity, Oe of the great campaizns in Wash ington, and which The Kvening Sta ted, that which prevented the Street cyr companies from putting in the ovelhead trolley ayste I'he car companies threugh their officers and attorneys insisted that the cost prohibitive, through the { “experts” they tried to prove that the underground s; em w ractic though it was working Lovily in Buropean cities, hington hullt 1 lmits wnd the County of Wash- ington disappearved the car companies should have extended the underground 1L has been necessary to Lring strong pressure nst them to have them remove trolley poles frc the middle of some streets, notwith- standing that those poles had become dangerous obstructions and the cause of many fatal accidents. It would have been better had the car com: panies extended the underground sys tem as the growth of the city and their traffic warranted, and have avoided any conflict with public opin- fon on the old question of the over head trolley. If that question Is ever forced to an issue there is no reason to think that the public will not com- pel the traction companies to install the better system on streets thi e - The World Racers. With the Aquitania running behind schedule and an amphibian airplane unavailable at Cherbourg, Fdward S Linton Wells are facing < ut the very start of their attempt to circle the world in record: breaking time. They had planned to have the airplane meet them outside of Ch ourg at dawn tomorrow morn- ing; thus saving at least two hours in isembarking from the liner. Now, however, it will be necessary for them to jump into a fast boat when the Aquitania drops anchor. They will be met at the French port by a land plane, which will rush them to Paris in time to catch the regular Paris. Berlin airplane. In order to make connections at the German capital the world racers will have to arrive there by 6:40 o'clock Tuesday night. At that time the fast expi leaves for Konisgberg and Ivans and Wells must be passengers on this train It they hope to smash Menrs' record of approximately thirty- five days. Parachutes have been added to their equipment as a measure of safety. The most dangerous part of thelr trip will be through Russia, Siberia and M many as " in of Cong ) was was and testi mony s not e use, at even the most important elections. Whether this 1t in Hn'mnn\-‘ will lead to future trouble remains to | he seen. It Is impossible to predict. | The fact. that only about thirty-two | per cent of the total possible vote was | cast does not signify a lack of interest | in the question. Had all who were ap- | posed to the confiscation gone to the | polls in all likelihood at least 25.000.- | 00 votes wouid have heen cast, or| £21; per cent of the whole registra- tlon. As the case stands, it was nec- essary for those favoring the confis- eation to cast an actual majority of the registered vote. Will the absten- tion from voting of those opposed be the canse of a reaction of bitterness | on the part of the proponents, the So. ecialists? That is an important ques- tion. which can he answered only by events, re. o The Police Court Site. The proposal to locate the new Police Court Ruilding in Judiciary EBquare does not meet with any degree of public approval. The fact that al- ready two courthouses stand on this park does not warrant the inclusion of another, especially one of the char- acter that it is now suggested for park occupancy. A police court necessarily draws a large crowd of people, and not a par- tleularly orderly class of people at that. It should have its own setting, | apart from the other courts, and es- pectally removed from the Court of Appeals, alongside of which it is pro- posed now to place it. The site tentatively chosen for the courthouse in the park is now cov- ered hy a growth of large trees, which must he sacrificed if this building is there placed. This fact is to be noted as an additional reason against put- ting this most inappropriate building in & public reservation. r—ors Jt 18 now in order for the German Reichstag to find out how much was spent in the plebiscite to induce voters te stay at home, in reversal of the American mode at elections, e Trolley Poles. The Public Utllities Commission will hold & hearing on the proposal Brought forward by a committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions for removal of electric trolley poles on Georgia avenue from W streat 1o a point north of New Hamp- #hire avenue. The federation has long urged that the underground conduit svatem be substituted for poles and overhead wires on streets through closely peopled sections of—the Dis- triet, but the traction companies in- sist that the cost of the work is pro- hibitive. Perhaps the best the citizens can look forward to at present is removal of the poles from the middle of the street and erection of more poles on the =ides of the street and continu- ance of overhead trolley wires. It is| A matter of regret that the electric traction companies do not enter into the spirit of the law which forbids overhead trolleys within the City of Washington and come promptly to | the extension of their conduits, which they must do If car tracks remain for any considerable time on the atreats. When the law was enacted which required the car companies to put in the underground system within the city limits, the north boundary of the clty ‘l Florids avenue. North of Manchuria by airplane and they are taking no chances of a crash ending their ambitious attempt to create & new mark. The real test of modern transporta- tion starts early tomorrow morning, when they leave the Aquitania. Then it is 2 question of fast travel by land and air, with good luck playing a large part. Only minutes'have been allowed at some of the connections in remote places of the world and fog, rain or a thousand and one incon- sequential accidents can nullify their efforts. Both Evans and Wells are confident, however, that every ar. rangement is as perfect as can be de- vised and that with a fair break in luck they will arrive back in New York in record-breaking time, — o Six young people up at Sault Ste. Marie have been sacrificed to the dance craze. One of them tried to do the Charleston in a skiff and dis. covered that it is not suitable for aquatic performance. This is a strictly modern variation of the boat- rocking prank. ———— Mr. Briand may after all have to turn in and save the French govern- ment again. He seems to be the only chef who can mix the political factors in palatable manner. ———ta——— Tammany Troubled. All is not well in the wigwam in Manhattan. The sachems are troubled, The pipe of peace is clogged. War feathers are bristling. Hatchets are being sharpened. Tom-toms are tun- ing up for the war dance. The sachems are not looking out of the big tepee toward an alien enem: They are muttering against one an. other. The tribe of Tammany is think- ing bitter thoughts about its own mem- bers. A family scrap Is brewing. Wherefore this breath of trouble in the wigwam? Because, forsooth, an alien paleface has been lately admitted to the council, one from across the Big Water of the East, from the City of Many Totem Poles. He was brought into the circle of the tribe last year, when durk days were at hand. Now he is making signs of leadership. Up the Great River, at the Big Wig- wam, sits the Grand Chief of the great tribe. "To his side the newcomer from over the River of the East is crowding, whispering words of shrewdness. Is this alien newcomer in the circle of the sachems to be allowed to carry the Big Chief’s war bonnet in the next great fight? Dark looks are spreading over the s of the sachems, the greater ones and the lesser ones, who sit round the fire at the wigwam. ‘Then, too, there is the strange con- duct of the Keeper of the Wampum. He is acting oddly for a faithful brave. He is calling names at the Warder of the Big City. He is holding out on the wampum. If the warder dallies at his fishing or his play the Keeper of the Wampum scolds him for not sitting faithfully at the council. The warder answers back with sharp words. And again, the big brave who com- mands the guards is not acting ac- cording to the ancient rites of the tribe. He grants no favors to the faithful. He reads the scroll of law with rigid mind. He speaks in: keen rebuke to those who go to him for the pemmican that has always been avail- able for the trusty ones of Tammany. There are heavy hearts and there are angry feelings among the braves. So the sachems ll'w in the wig- the | THE EVENING they st In council, or alone in deep stemplation, while they whet theic huwks, and it is u bad sign when chems wonder. The nd Chiel fin the Big Wigwam up the | River will have to speak soon, or the wws of the tribe will get beyvond \trol. There « {view. Enemies all sides, ! pecinlly one whose birchbark scrolls [ Autter thickly in every breeze that blows. Under the flap of the tent of this one sita a former sachem of the tribe. nursing his wounds from the last fight. So the sachems wish for {helpful words from the CGrand Chiet [up the river in time to keep the peace which they want even if they must fight for it, 2 ireat are on es —————— Duggan Found. Bernardo Duggan, the sportsman who with two c is flying om New York to B Aires, has been found at Vigia, ter heing miseing for more than ‘I'he =1 1 bund of ploneers Nenrch has airplanes, nd A message yes- Argentine mpanions enos " zil six days, disappenred lust Sunda heen made by land scouting parties. terday from the mayor of Vigia to the Argentine consul at Para stating that the aviators were safe was the fiest word from the fivers. lack of gasoline caused the forced descent on the Island of Maraca, off the Brazilian coast and 300 miles from Vigia. Righting a large canoe, the aviators asked for assistance, which was specdily glven. It was then de- cided to leave the airplane, which was funharmed, in the care of natives and proceed to Vigia, making slow prog- ress southward by the canoe. Duggan and his companions will be tuken back to their stranded machine by a tug. The airplane will be re- fueled and they hope to continue their flight to Buenos Afres. The town of Vigia in the meantime is showering boats | uttentions on the fivers and has given | them the key to the city. World in Duggan's flight. If it is successful extensive plans will be carried out for a regular North American-South American airplane service, with New York and Buenos Alres as the ter- Duggan has met with many | minals. difficulties, but is nearing his goal. “I'he news will probably soon be flash- ed that he has landed safely in Buenos Avies, thus completing another classic in the annals of air transportation. voe—s When the team is away, and It is raining, and the fish will not bite, and business is slack, and there is nothing much to do, ‘you might try thinking over the fact that Lydia Pinkham, were she alive today, would be 107 years old, —_— o So far as known, the young woman who won the national spelling bee has received no offers to go on the stage. Orthography 1s not rated as one of the dramatic arts, despite the fact that the average spelling nowadays is tragic. ——————— Blaming the dead engineer for a rallroad wreck may stop legal pro- ceedings, but it does not satisfy the claims of those who have suffered in- juries or whose relatives are among the slain. ———— If the psychiatrists succeed in driv- | ing the hypothetical question out of court, as they are now trying, they will deprive future criminal trials of their most diverting features. SRS Perhaps the former Emperor of Germany will extend hospitality to Abd-el-Krim. It will be remembered that he once tried his hand at Moroc- can intervention. —————— Aviator Duggan found that the old- fashioned canoe was after all a good substitute for the flying boat. Pad- dles last longer than gasoline. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, A Single Purpese. White folks keeps a-workin’ All de livelong day— Figgerin’ on a paper An' wonderin’ 'bout de pay. I watches "em respectful, But I doesn’t feel so strong, ‘Cause dis here is de season Foh jes’ trifin’ along. De butterfly is floatin’ ‘Whah de sunbeams dance an’ shine, De cricket keeps a-singin’, Though it ain’t so very fine— An’ dey ax me foh to join 'em, So I he'ps 'em in de song, An’ de chorus of it it's sumpin’ 'Bout jes’ triflin’ along. Don’ try to do two things at once, Da's what de white folks say. But what you's doin’ do it good. I reckons da's my way. I don’ want no distractions, ‘Cause I might do sumpin’ wrong. It takes up my attention To keep triflin’ along. A Question. “At least,” said the author who had made A sensational success, ‘“‘my manuscript didn’t go into the waste- basket.” 0, answered the cold-hearted publisher, “but that's where your book will go after the average reader gets through with it. The Hypochondriac. “He is a man of wonderful robust- ness,” said the pharmacist. “But he has taken every kind of medicine he could get hold of, his assistant. Yes. And he has survived them jan.” ' Deserves a Medal. He is no hero in the fray, Yet he is loyal, brave and strong, The man who seeks a holiday And takes his two small boys along. Her Need. “I do so dislike arithmetic,” says Mrs. Burnes-Cache. “I think I shall have to get one of these adding ma- chines to help me keep track of my bank account.” “No,” replied her husband, gloom- ily. “What you want ls a subtract: ing machine. ' weishty matters in interest has been aroused | STAR. - - ——— MM en Fourteenth street are think ng deeply, no one wholly trustful of his fellow, They wondering, WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The inspection committee of the Kxstee Alley Garden Club recently went on a tour of the outlying alleys of the community, with the intention of reporting at the next meeting of the club. We have heen privileged to see an advanced copy of the report, and {found in It mapy interesting com- ments on the neighbornood, with espe. clal reference to back-yard treatment. Planting and care of the average city back yard is a subject one sel- dom, If e sees mentioned in the garden magazines or books, so that the report of the committee was uin- usual, to put it mildly. Some of the most Interesting fea- tures of the back yards examined were as follows: 1. A miniature clothestine posi. Kk birdhouse windmill a on n a fan-shaped icks set slantingly on end ux borders, ks piled arvound the base of an antenna pole, Privet hedge hiding around a vard. eaders Wil sens pointers 1o be gotten fr and may be able to e them into effect in their vards, ‘The tiny windmill, gayly painted, with its revolving wheel. must be a perpetual source of interest, not only to the children, but to their elders as well, since anvthing in motion at- tracts the human eve, a principle often used In store show windows, * ook % wire fence cle instantly the m these notes, v some of own back The bark birdhouse on the trellis was an_effective feature of another yard. Bricks set slantingly on end along a border gave a new idea on the use of hricks fn the small yard. The common practice I8 to place them on one side, making an effective border. The up-ended use, however, adds a touch of novelly, which might be easily overdone, but was not in the vard noted. Plling of sténes are an antenna pole was of sufficient novelty and beauty to attract the favorable notice of the committee. It is an unfortunate fact that too little thought is generally given to the beauty of radio in lations, particu- larly as to the antenna pole. A bare pole arising from & back yard may be enhanced in appearance, and made { more stable, by the piling of large stones around the base. ‘The use of privet along the fence in a back yard is worthy of note. FEvi- | dently the hedge was allowed to grow unclipped at first, so that it did not branch out at the base, as is most often desired, but was not, in this |case, or the walk would have been filled with it. | Another feature of interest to the commlittes was the large plantings of |the giadiolus, queen of Summer | fowering bulbs. In past years, only a few yards held their sword-shaped leaves, but this Summer perhaps a I majority of the back yards feature this incomparable flowe The. entire tour showed but one , vard having the hibiscus, three plants {which ought to hloom this season. ‘The comrmittee will recommend, it is understood, that more gardeners be- come acquainted with this easily ind the buse of its huge flowers 6 and often 8 inches | ncross, ook K The yards following, with their best contents, will be exhibited as favor- {able in the report of the inspection | committee: c A—Hollyhocks, climbing roses. B—Iceland poppies. C—Roses. A D—Annual larkspur, good grass and small birdbath. This yard ranks as the neatest seen. E—Privet hedge entirely surround- ing yarad. ¥—Stones piled pole base. G—Gladiolus along walk. ‘H—Unusually large red climber. Was It Excelsi I-~More “glads.” J—Gay snapdragons. K—Galllardias by garage. L—Fence filled with climbing nas- turtiums, M —Specimen privets clipped flat on top. like kettle drums. N Unurually good grass, broken only by small circular bed of dwarf nasturtiums at end. Effective. O—Grape arbor along walk; hi- biscus. One entire block of lawns in front of houses was in perfect condition, although the homes were on the south slde of the street, thus throwing the front lawns on the north side. The small circle of nasturtiums, labeled above Exhibit N, showed that a bed, even in a small yard, can be made attractive if done right. There has bheen much propaganda—and, in the main, properly so—against the use of beds on lawns, but there still in something to be sald for them, evidently. around antenna roses on * o ok The committee is unanimously of the opinion that the one feature mill- tating against the appearance of many back yards was lack of neat- neas. In the main, this untidiness was brought about by failure to keep the grass properly mowed. Evidently such householders had falled to con- sider that the small city back yard lies open to inspection at a single glance. Whereas, in the large garden, crowded and straggling treatment may be in- dulged in, because the eves can take in only so much at a glance, in the average back yard the beholder sweeps the whole scene at once. Good, bad and indifferent alike lie under his eve. The necessity for garden neatness, therefore, is paramount. A vard with nothing but grass in it, and that grass kept cut and trimmed, is a better garden, to the committee’'s way of thinking, than a yard with overgrown grass and borders jammed with flowers poorly tended. A universal disdain of mulching the soil was noticed. The necessity for stirring the ground, to form a dust mulch, 18 not seen by many amateur gardeners, and often I8 not practiced when it is. Yet nothing does more for the soll, or for the plants, than constant mulching The committee will also report that vegetables cannot be recommended as a beautifier of the average small city back yard. No matter how neat the rows, a planting of beets is at best utilitarian, Beets, as community beautifiers, take second place to roses, the committee thinks. NE 21, 1926. Husic Lover Takes ‘ Issue With Critic/ To the Editor of The Star: I have no quarrel with the writer f the article in The Star of June 16, reporting the concert given by the National String Quartet at the Cham- regards the criticism of the perform- ance. There may, possibly, have been A jarring note, but my music-loving soul caught only the harmony. 1 do wish, however, to take issue with the writer of the article in the |ences by contact of a metal with a | completing the throw. criticiem of the audience. Conslderable stress was laid upon the fact that there were many new- comers in the audience—''young peo- ple,” “apparently tourists” and even some persons who ‘“‘could not pro- nounce the name of the composer of the music rendered, or ‘recognize the difference hetween the vioia and vio- Hn"! And, to the writer's evident dis- tress, these undesired visitors oceu pled seats which should have heen occupled by professional musicians. I cannot plead guilty on the first count of these charges, because, to my sorrow, my Bible shows the record of my uge as therefore 1 cannot truly be classed as a “voung person. I irm also not In the “tourist” class since I have lived in Washington the greater part of my Jife. It is quite posaible, however, that both & “young person” and a “tourist” might also be a real lover of good music! On the last serious charge I am obliged to plead guilty! Heaven forbid that [ should be compelled to forego the de- light of enjoyment of these wonder- ful concerts, unless I could publicly pronounce, without stammering, the name of the third. composer on the program—aAntonin Dvorak—as well as the names of the distinguished artists who interpreted his works so beauti- fully! Even the immortal Shake- speare sald, “What's in a name?" Speaking for myself and other non- professional music lovers who so thoroughly enjoved the concert, I am not willing to believe that the good woman whose generosity made such treats possible to us would wish us excluded from these musical feasts. ‘Therefore, with all due respect for the opinion of the writer of the ar- ticle, I shall most certainly try to be on hand in time to occupy a seat at the next concert. T trust that the writer will not insist on my going to Glen Echo to listen to the jazz play- ing—because 1 can pronounce, if I have to, the names of composers or musiclans. C. W. LEWIS. r——— L4 Gen. Fries Explains His Longer-Hours Proposal To the Editor of The Star: I had not intended to write another letter at present; however, the im- pression among readers of The Star seems to be so general that the ques- tionnaire put out by the school board is based on some recommendations of mine that I think it necessary to state that it has nothing whatever to do with my recommendations. After an hour's vigorous discussion with members of the school hoard on the afternoon of May 19, I dictated and sent to Mr. Graham, president of the school board, a letter in which I made the following statements: “My specific recommendations are that the present hours of 9 to 3, with the neceasary Intermissions, calis- thenics, etc., are sufficlent for chil- dren up to and including the fourth grade; iIf not, 30 minutes should be added. 1 believe that from the fourth grade to the eighth, inciusive, 3:30 will do: vet I unhesitatingly recom- mend that the time for these pupils be extended to 4 o'clock if necessary, in order to cut out night work. Night WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Coolidge, with somewhat more than characteristic caution, ex- nibited complete and non-committal im- | partiality in his greeting to the Roman | Catholic Eucharistic Congress at Chl- 'cago. He would have been well within [the truth in depicting the United States, numerically, as almost the principal Roman Catholic country in the world. It contains roundly 20,000, :floo persons who own religious al- {legiance to the Pope. France, with | perhaps 30,000,000, is probably the only nation with more Roman Catholics |than America. The late Cardinal Gib- (bons for many vears was the only | dignitary of his rank in the Uni States. Now there are 4 cardinals, 16 |archbishops, 101 bishops and some 29,000 priests, $merica is far and away | the richest Catholic country, in point |of the wealth of those who are af- fliated with the Church of Rome. Once upon a time. more than 50 vears ago, the United States maintained | diplomatic relations with the Vatican. | During the World War, because of the | central powers’ activity at the Vatican, |there was a considerable body of | American opinion that favored at least temporary renewal of official associa- tion with the Holy See. ’ * X ¥ X It happens that the Washington diplomatic corps 1s overwhelmingly Roman Catholic in its personnel. Of the 13 countries represented here by Ambassadors, no fewer than 11 have envoys who are Roman Catholic. ‘These countries are, in the order of their seniority on the diplomatic list: Spain, Belgium, Great Britain, Argen- tina, Peru, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Cuba, | France and Chile. Only two Ambassa- dors in Washington are non-Catholics —Baron Maltzan of Germany and Mr. Matsudaira of Japan. The percentage of Ministers who are Romanists 1s also very high. Practically all the Latin American diplomats of that rank be- long to the Roman Catholic Church, and many of the European Ministers a3 well. Sir Esme Howard is one of the first, if not the very first, envoyvs of the Catholic faith ever sent to the United States by Great Britain. EREE Albert Sidney Burleson of Texas, who, as Postmaster General, wielded |the * Democratic snickersnee with | neatness and dispatch during the Wil- | son administration, is out with a re- | markable statement on behalf of Wil- | Ham B. Wilson, Democratic candi- | date for the Senate in Pennsylvania. | Burleson {8 an uncompromising wet. Wilson is a bone-dry prohibitionist. “Billy Wilson,” says Burleson, “with whom T was associated for six years in Congress and for eight years in the cabinet, is brave, liberal and tol- erant. As every citizen should be, he is for law enforcement. But I do not belleve he would sacrifice every principle of free government in order to please the fanatical element of our country, who are ready to burn a man at the stake should he even mildly express a desire to take a little” wine for the stomach's sake. The Keystone State will never have occasion to blush because of any word spoken or act done by Willlam B. Wilson.” Other comrades of cabinet days in Washington have recently ‘“‘come out” for Wilson, too. P One of the genuine orators of Con- gress, Representative-at-Large Henry | R. Rathbone of Illinois, will be the | speaker of the evening at Washing- iton'- 150th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence. There's an appropriateness in the se- lection of Rathbone to glorify our Magna Charta. on the steps of the Capitol, for he is himself a child of ‘Washington, having been born here in 1870. The Congressman’s maternal grandfather was Ira Harris, a United States Senator from New York during the Civil War. Rathbone’s father and mother were intimate friends of Pres- ident and Mrs. Lincoln. While they were a young engaged couple they were guests in the presidential box at Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was. assassinated. Capt. Rathbone, an Army officer, was severely wounded by Booth when the former attempted to protect Lincoln. The Illinois Con- gressman is a Yale graduate anjl the holder of a law degree from the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Illinois gave Rathbone the mammoth majority of 844.153 votes when it re-elected him Representative-at-Large in 1924. When Lincoln is his theme the Congressman I8 one of the most silver-tongued Frank B. Kelloge. Secretary of State, has abandoned all hope of a Summer vacation during this second vear of his at the head of our trou- blous foreign affairs. He doesn't even expect'to find it possible to tear himself away from Washington to do the honors when the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden visit St. Paul during this month. Mrs. Kellogg will represent the secretarial family in the Twin Cities on that august occa- sion. If you want to know the reason why Kellogg Is condemned to weather the equatorial season on the Potomac, say China, Geneva, Mexico, Tacna: Arica, Lausanne treaty, British block- ade claims, French debt ratification. World Court reservations, Spanish commercial treaty and a couple of other things, and yow'll answer your own question. * * % X A charming girl known as the heir- ess of the Senate has succeeded in having her name linked in a romantic connection twith that of a younger member of the foreign diplomatic set In Washington. If he gets her, and the fortune she’ll some day inherit, Il be enough to pay off the full debt his country owes the United States Treasury. * ok % ok To this observer comes a contribu- tion which is a parody on one of the popular songs of the season, “That Certain Part Its motif is the farm relief bill which has just been laid away in lavender, and the ‘“Certain Party,” it would appear, is the Re- publican party: A certain party has two sons, You may not call them brothers, for ““Tariff”” is the name of one, And “Farmrelief” the other. Now “Tariff’* 1s the older one, Hence “‘Farmrelief” is younger, And for his brother's potent place Young “Farmrelief” doth hunger. One certain party is perplexed At early votes compiled: Still he insists that ‘‘Farmrelief” Is but a door-step child. The youngster (spanked) to ‘“Tariff” says: “With sudden death you're flirtin’. That’s why our certain party feels That he is more “uncertain.” * K K x The administration very evidently doesn't try to gag its officlal spokes- men. Within the same 24 hours, President Coolidge and Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, were, respec- tively, disapproving and acclaiming military training in schools and col- leges. While receiving an honorary LL. D. at Chester Military College, in Pennsylvania, Secretary Davis ob- served lome persons do not wish to, or cannot, distinguish between mili- tarism and military training. In this country we hate war, with its horrors, but there is no antagonism between military training and peace, in a free democracy like ours.” (Copyright. 1026.) ——r— Let Them Thrill! From the Muncie Star. Young men who burglarize for the thrill should not be denied the excite- ment of cell life. A Swollen Value. From the Davenport Democrat. Bran, before it began to advertise, used to sell for around $20 a ton. Now it reaches the breakfast table at about $1,000 & ton, P, 3 \ work Is unsupervised, unhealthful and slow. In the high schools the time should be from 9 until 4. If proper calisthenics be added for a couple of intervals of 10 minutes each, the chil- dren would be better off than under present conditions, and there should be ample time for supervised study and instruction so as to cut onut night work. The elimination of night work is the fundamental.” It will be noted that T recommended no increase for kindergarten and the first four grades, unless experience, say six months, should show it nec- essary to cut out home work. Only a 30-minute increase was recommended for the remaining four grades of grammar school and junior high school, unless the same experience should show the same to be neces- sary, when I then recommended hold- ing school until 4 o'clock in these grades. Then I have recommended ex- tending the high school day until 4 o'clock for reasons heretofore given. Nothing whatever was said about Sat- urdays. Injecting the question about Saturdays, confuses the entire ques- tion and will make any vote, in the way it is being obtained. useless. If it is desired to find out what the parents who have children in school think, let them send out a question- naire based on the lines I have recom- mended, through the schools, to every parent having children in the schools. AMOS A. FRIES. e Home Influence Versus Longer School Hours To the Editor of The Star: Your strong editorial on the pro- posed lengthening of the school day was much appreciated. No thought- ful parent in the District wants a child kept in school the whole of the day. Nothing can be gained and much will be lost. The school svstems that have tried the long school day have discarded it as futile and detrimental to the pupil's health. ‘The public schools cannot be made into day nurseries to take care of i children whose mothers must not give social campaign to look after their restless charges. ‘Mothers' pensions should be provided for those that cannot properly raise their children without outside help. The Government should not employ in the schools or in the departments of the Government activity young married women who are shirking wifehood, motherhood or familyhood. ‘Where the child misses the contact of wholesome home influence a greater part of the day, there is no school routine that can take the place of it and we have conditions that pro- duce Rhinelanders, Loebs, Leopolds and others in machine-educated people. The agitators seem to* think the teachers are not earning their money. Some of the incensed parents think it is a ruse to pay the teachers more for a longer d ‘Why don't these people that are s worried devote their energies toward improving, rather than trying to dam- age, the schools? G. F. DRANE. —— Neither Parents Nor Pupils ‘Want Longer School Hours To the Editor of The Star- T have read what the ex-teacher, Miss Caroline Clift and Gen. Fries have to say about school hours in this evening's. “Star.” I know that the ex-teacher and Miss Clift ¥now what they are talking about. We have too much specializing and not enough plain teaching and there is a lot of waste effort and wasted time under the present administration. The effort for some years appears to be to make education as complicated and expensive as possible. We don't need longer hours nor less home-work ex- cept where the sium element is con- cerned. Home is more comfortable for study than many of the schools. My girl, who is about the age of Miss ‘Clift, spends longer hours and gets along worse than 1 did at her age of schooling. All Summer she keeps well, and most of the Winter she has ajlments traced to schooling. If the hours are increased there will be nothing short of taking her out of up a fat Government position or a| ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. 1 have found from experience Why do I have a biting sensation | when | get a piece of this metal in | contact with a gold erown?—L. J. 7T. | A. Mineral Technology says that the | biting sensation which ona experi- gold tooth is due to the nerves of the mouth. They form a very delicate | galvanometer which detects the slight- est electrical current set up by two metals in the mouth. Q. I8 an effort being made to ex- plain the difficulty of radio communi- cation around the North Pole’—R. E A. The American Museum of New York is sending an expedition to the Arctic. 1t hopes 1o sclve some of the mysteries concerning the obstruction to radio communication in that region. Q. What would he the effect on the climate of Europe if the Caribbean Sea were connected with the Pacific Ocean by a wide channel”—V. G. A. The Weather Bureau says that if this channel were deep and properly located much of the warm water that now forms the Gulf Stream would flow through this chaonel into the Paclfic Ocean. Iess heat, therefore, would be carrfed to the North At- lantfc. Ice would come farther south between Iceland and Norway, and the temperature of western Europe would be correspondingly lowered. Q. What vitamines ars found in meat>—E. R. D. A. The Department of Agriculture says that all the vitamines known at present—five fn number—are found in meat and meat products. They are d!;l{lna(»d as vitamines A, B, C, D and E. Q. Do Delaware and Maryviand still have whipping posts?—A. . 8. A. They are still in use in these States. Q. What are slnusex” A . G. 1. The cells or cavities contained in m grown and beautiful perennial, with [ber Music Auditorlum on June 15, as | that metallic magnesium is tasteless, | n or base runner as to where the I will be thrown. A balk is espe cially any motion made by the pitcher while in position as if to deliver the ball to the bat without delivering it or to throw to the first base when occupied by a base runner without A balk entitles the batsman to first base and other base runners to advance one base. Q. What plants do the Japanese beetle attack?—~D. A. A. The most important economic crops attacked by the beetle are ap ple. quince, peach, sweet cherry plum, grape. blackberry, clover, sov- bean and corn. The shade trees af fected include linden, birch. oak, slm. safras, horse chestnut and willow. he beetle also feeds on ornamental shrubs, particularly althaea and rose, flowers of all kinds and weeds of many varleties. The grubs are quite injurious to lawns, golf courses and sod in general. Q. What parts of the buffalo did the Indians utilize?—N. C. A. Not an inch of meat, skin or bone was wasted. The buffalo fur- nished food, clothing and weapons. Q. What per cent of the news print made in Canada is bought in the United States”—L. M. A. Over 80 per cent of the Canadian export of news print is taken by the United States. Within the past year the amount manufactured for export in Canada was valued at about $103.- 000,000. Q. What does ‘“‘colleen bawn' mean? —F. P. 8. A. It means “fair maid.” Q. When was base ball first intro- duced into England?—A. M. D. A. The game was introduced by American exemplars of the national game as long ago as 1874, Q. What Is the differencs a soprano and a mezzo certain. hones, as the frontal, ethmoid. | W. F. W. sphenoid and superfor maxillary, are called sinuses. The frontal sinuses are two {rregular cavities extending upward and outward, from their open- ings on each side of the nasal spine, between the inner and outer layers of the skull, and separated from each other by a thin bony septum. They give rise to the prominences above the root of the nose called the nasal eminences. Q. Could balloon tires be inflated like ordinary tires and used with a pressure of 55 or 60 pounds?>—T. J. G. A. Balloon tires are not constructed to carry heavy air pressure. Q. What does “lang syne” mean?— JC I A.The Scotch words “lang syne" mean long since or long ago. Q. What is a balk in base ball?— M. J. A. The distinction between a go- prano and mezzo-soprano i= not so much one of quality as of range. In the case of Iyric and dramatic voloss the difference is in timbre. Grove's Dictionary calls attention to the fact that many mezzo-sopran! can sing higher notes than many soprani: hut there is a middle to every voice, which, as a rule, it 18 not difficult to find, and ahout this the tessitura of the music (literally, the texture) and the practice should be woven. Did you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him aniu question of fact and get the ansiwer in a personal letter. Here is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the worli—American newspaper read- ers. It is a part of that best purpose of a newspaper—service. There is no charge ezcept 2 cents in stamps for A.’A balk in base ball is any of various illegal motions made by the pitcher calculating to deceive a bate return postage. Address Frederic 1 Haskin. director, The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Washington. I. € Melba Has World Audience As She Sings Her Farewell Harmonious were the notes that fell on the ears of that audience gathered recently in Covent Garden to hear the world-famous Melba in her farewell i concert, and harmonious as well are the comments appearing in the press of this country, where she was so well known and loved, as from coast to coast the paeans of praise arise for a great artist. “Melba has sung to her jast and largest audience; for in addition to the thousands who packed Covent Garden, Including the King and Queen, there were 10,000,000 potential radio hearers,” says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, as it records of this artist that “a London public, always loyal to old favorites, long ago crowned her a queen of song. On this farewell oc- casion,” continues this paper, “they paid tribute to a woman who has given lavishly of her rare lyric en- dowment to the relief of suffering in the work of the Red Cross the world around, and whose name is a house- hold word wherever musical means anvthing.” appearance of “Dame Nellie Melba was as great a triumph for her as her first appearance in that noted hall of music,” iz the opinion of the Water- town Daily Times, which declaves that ‘Melba, though of Australian birth, may be considered as an inter- nationalist; whatever country she in- vaded she conquered with the power of her voice. All the honors that come to the musical art have been given her. Her voice is imprisoned forever on records and her memory will long be kept by those who heard her in person Continuing, the Times recalls with pleasure that though “America cannot claim Melba as a native daughter, she was a resi- dent of our country for some time, making frequent tours from coast to coast.” * ok x x “Forty yvears behind the footlights in some of the most exacting roles is a record that will stand in the history of opera,” declares the Atlantic Citv Evening Union. which states further that Melba's ‘“position as one of the queens of song is unassailable and nothing can mar it. She has given delight to hundreds of thousands of listeners, and still to be able to thrill audlences at the age of 67 is a feat that few of her rivals will surpass,” concludes this journal. “Perhaps the most gratifving fea- e of the event was the fact that it was not a ‘benefit’ for one whose powers were waning or whose purse was slender.” comments the Kansas City Journal, as it notes that “Melba leaves the stage while her artistic sun is high in the heavens, though she has attained her 67th vear, an age when vocal powers might well be expected to show the erosion of the years. But her concert seems to have been as successful artistically as it was from every other point of view,” continues this paper. as it pietures the final curtain falling “on one who honored the field in which she had heen conspicuous for four decades and amid the universal plaudits of millions of admirers.” The San Francisco Bulletin adds its cognition and applause, saving: “A great artist becomes an institution, and somehow institutions are strengthened rather than weak- ened by the passing of the vears. Even when the voice has hecome thinner and no longer sure of itself, there will be tones recalling its earlier glory, and in these an audience will live again those moments of ecstasy when all the world seemed young and full ‘of son tu high school and educating her else- where. She has to have time 'to do something else hesides sit .at a school desk. Adults contract physical ail- ments from sitting at desks from 9 to 4:30, and children would have more ailments if they did not squirm so much, thus keeping their circulation alive. I don't want educated ma- chines, but human beings, for my posterity. Keeping the kids in from 9 .0 0 just to enable both parents to work, or mother to become a “bridge” expert, is a poor, selfish, in- human stunt. My girl saye she is glad they are this late in trying more hours on pupils, as she is nearly through school, and if she had to go Saturdays she would as lef Md-. ‘l think what we need Is a new admin- istration. 1 V. E. ALLEN. art | That this farewell Indicative of the imporiance of the diva's last appearance, the Decatnr Review records the fact that many of her audience had “‘waited in line fo more than 22 hours to gain adm tance,” and the Review says of her retirement: “Many vears will pass before any one can hope to win the throne left vacant. Her voice is as a gift from God. all classes bowed be- fore her. To hear her concerts was to marvel at the power and enchant ment of music.” The Louis Herald Post places Melba “‘with Patti and Scalchi. with brich _and Schumann-Heink, with Calve and the others unquestionably at the top. Her distinction is that, from her first early | triumph, her tenure was conceded and sure.” Of her birth and carrer the P'r dence Journal saye: “As almost every body knows, the name ‘Melba’' w coined from a place name. was born in Melbourne, Australia. s she was in her vouth Helen Porter Mitchell. When she made her operatic debut she had been Mrs. Charles N. F. Armstrong for five vear: Her long period of vocal study was completed under the celebrated | Mme. Marchesi in Parie, and her first | operatic appearance was in ‘Rigolet 10’ in Brussels in 18 A London debut followed the next year, and in 1893 she joined the Metropolitan com pany in New York. For the rest of the ‘Mauve Decade’ she was the out- standing glory of the American operatic stage and she continued to ha popular in opera’ and concert many vears thereafter.” concludes the Journal, which credits thousands as holding to the conviction that Melba “was the best of all the sopranos of modern times. * % r Referring to the honor that was con- ferred upon her by her King in 1918, the Dayton Daily News savs: “She will be known as Dame Nellie Meiba, having been made a Dame of the British Empire in recognition of her work in hehalf of British soldiers dur- ing the World War. Acknowledged hy the great of her country and admired by all. she now retires.” Thaugh recognizing that Dame Melba is “en titled to retire.” the Pittsburgh Sun voices a_hope, undoubtedly shared by thousands all over the world, that the famous singer “may now and then continue to delight people with her voice,” as the Sun recalls that “Pattl. who Tived to be 76. occasionally sang up to the last The Detroit News rejolces with Nellie Melba that she was able to say her farewell “amid one of those affectionate demonstra- tions the English love to offer their favorites. The Melbourne girl who has had such an amazingly rich and varied life, who . finishes with the flowers of rovalty in her arms, has spanned a remarkable period in her profession,” states this paperas it notes the beginning and end of her public career in the words, “Her first concert was at a tiny church, her last was sung in the ears of milllons hy means of the radio.” —_— vt a Military Training Value INlustrated | To the Fditor of The Sta In an iseue of The Washington Star a few jays ago I saw a few para- | graphs reporting the averting of an accident on Pennsylvania avenue hy the courage and cool-headedness of a certaln Willlam ckson ‘Turner, a lieutenant of Cavalry, Officers’ Re- serve Corps. Two runaway horses harnessed to an ice wagon had become unmanage- able and were running wild down the Avenue in the midst of the traffc stream. when the young man leaped to the driver’s seat and thence to the tongue of the wagon, where he gathered up the reins and succeeded in stopping them. ‘This little story might make valu- able reading of an evening for the members of certain societies the pur- pose of whose existence is to abolish all forms of military training. Wil ' those extremely gentle folk please note that of all the hundreds of men who had the opportunity to use quick judgment. skill and daring the one who seized the epportunity i an ex- ponent of military training? The Star did not mention any competition, either. DOROTHY POTTER BENEDICT.