Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING ———————————————————————————————————————————————— e e ————= THE With Su WASHINGTON, D. JIONDAY June 28. EVENING N THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Star Newspaper Company Businese Ofice . i Py vania Ave s hil ' Even 1 st New Yor Chie Turon Office 0 O Oftce 11 R b The Evening Star. with the Sun g adition. fx delivered thoe ity @t GO eants o 45 cents per month month carier at the end of Rate by Mail—Payable in Adva Maryland and Virgink. P sna0c 1 mo S0 1 me PERTII R Maile and Sunda Tl ol 1 Simiiay oy 1 Al Other States and € ant Sunda an iy <0 anly S0 adln. 1o 1o 1 mu Daine Daily Sunda i & Member of the Associated Press. The A sso clpavely en 0 the T o Al pa tehos o 1 ath and alsa th nihlished heremn, Al vizhts of wiblicatton ot snarial dispatches herein are also reserved e s cred Farm Relief or Politics? Nao one ques the rejected McNary-Haugen of agricultural relief were sincere in helieving that the they Anrsed was for the best interest of the however they understanding of its economic con sequences. On the other informed person is biind to the that the political possibilities of MeNary-Haugen preciated and highly relished by many of its supporters. Kor this they are not to he ton severely criticized. It is an old of play polities any or otherwise, that has in it the pos- siblity of winning votes, and the game 25 heen played by both parties and by all factions within the it the time inevitably com when @ decision must he made between political advantage and constructive statesmanship. That time now has come in the matter of agricultural re- . Nef. ‘The McNary-Haugen proposal has had a run for its money, and has failed to come under the w! There 1< that supporiers of scheme mensure in- farmers. lacking were hand. ne fact the hill were keenly ap- | ame. politicians o with ties. fs no possibility that it can be resur-| rected at the present session of Con- gress, and having been twice rejected it certainly has no chance in the fu- ture that is worth putting a bet upon. 8o its supporters are confronted now with a final test of the sincerity of their professions of anxiety to aid the farmer. 1If they will get behind the Pess-Tincher bill it can be passed in loth houses and signed by the Presi- dent Lefore the week ends. 1L zoes without saying that the Fess- Tincher bill is not what supporters of the Me. -Haugen idea want, but is it not worth giving a trial? So far as experience, either in America or abroad guide, co-operative marketing is the farmer's one best Vet in giving him a larger share of the consumer's dollar. The Fess. Tincher bill proposes to organize effici- ently and finance adequately co-opera- tive marketing on a national scale. The argument .that farmers already have borrowed too much mone, valid as to this measure, for it does not contemplate lending money to farmers as individuals. propose is a revelving fund of $100.- 000,000, he advanced from the T'nited States Treasury, to enable co- operative marketing assoclations to finance themselves as they could not possibly he financed in any other way. 1 co-operative marketing assoctations have done so much for the farmer with the inadequate financing under which they have been forced to labor. 1< 1t not Ingical to believe they will he uble to do a great deal more when e ample funds with which to Will supporters of the Me- n Bl if they reject the plan. be able to stituents in the face and tell them honestly that they did all they could do to afford relief toagriculture? [USesa 3 is any to Science proceeds with orderly and important It is the im- mense amount of unscientific investi- the slightest p tion research pation ing on that morse, ar texi causes irri and P Getting the corner of politics has evidently enabled a num- her of people to save up their money and enjoy larger campaikn funds. o Summer Mass Movements. New York has such a vast population. rising above six millions, that whenever any impulse je felt hy the people the result is an azerezation of enormous proportions. 2y ciphers are requived to express the round-number reports. Mere tho sands are trifles and tens of thousands are commonpiaces. For example, when the weather grows warm and thoughts of New Yorkers turn to the beaches, the news reports draw saloon ot Greater common Yesterday warm enough to cause the New York mind to turn to the traditional subject of a day at the seashore. First of all, Coney Island. Ry single xtrip of beach that years ago constituted the chief seaside pla sround of the metropolis, but all the ne: and semi-detached beaches. Coney. Island is virtually a gener term for New York's Summer gath- ering place. Then there is always At- Jantic City, which can be reached by motor from New York in a few hours, The day was not particularly warm, but it was warmer than most of the Sundays since the passing ' of the rosts, so New York turned seaward in ow body. The figures of the news reports are o * suggestive of the mass movement that | as one of the ablest men of all politi- takes place whenever the metropolitan | cal history. ¥ mind i acted upon by a single idea. For one thing, the motor cars return- ing from the Jersey shore resorts were lined up two abreast in solid forma- tion for hours front the Staten Islantl ferry terminal at St. George to Tomp- ! kinsville, a mile distant. A fleet of sight ferryboats, four of them exclu- sively carrying automoblles, plied the . waters lo relieve this congeStion, measure, economic | What it does | the | that name Is known not only the | STAR'S astimuted these I la not s | pressed. [ Fifth of July [ woe will he spread over {the hig sed | Tacal news | loss than 125,000 metors were car- ‘ing the day by this 1and the attendance was | 30,000 persons, ed 160,000 enter: at ite. ried i AL Coney AL over while the Rockawny addition, and A 100,000, ney in 1 The bathers | At lenst those who wor 100000, the number of | run down (e have tai & tslind suits—numbered ord of the heaches, hut there must ven more than the ronds could safe- | hold, RBut hiz ax they of the They are, - have | these fizures, tha h the benche; N ers ssions t have heen arrested and warrants are out for ten others, The killing of Deputy saused & scandal which nearly ad the Fasclst vegime in Italy. silinf weathered that storm smergzed it without any 1pon him. He doubtless realiz that theve is no such thing a nt purity in ounded upe high emotion. blaekshirted men who marched with him to Reme and in one of the dramatic ements in history turned one government and set up an- without firing of u single doubtless nctuated by K wre and from cloud 1 Those [ over other, shot, were a e de- ny big' rekward senson and T have ni 1ble them to cateh up. They | % whead to the th and | to lift them ount of the . If those days should be br lll‘ all will well, " Id be chill and wet, and the mass take phice, then the sands of round. had 2 hey must days o e e they | | movement does ot city's play - Dangerous Delay. “The death of (wo swimmers on Sat- urdiy stresses again the necessity for le Lathing facilities for the peo. ple of Washington. Since the aboli tion of the Tidal Basin beach therve| have been many fatalities. Unsuper- | vised swimming in the Potomuc River| sui 'is not only dangerous hecause of the | and i | | | i | i | I | pools at a cost of $345.000. { the look | | kept the light burning to warn ships {steel pole to tend the ofl lamp, and | {too often is unappreciative of the seif- ! electrified the world by his daring as- iheart and that it has developed fac- j itictans, hut is injurions to health of the fmpurity of the | no other place hathing. | the ! fast current on account water. Yet there is ©© Washingtonians to enjoy until facilities are provided death toll will steadily mount Congress has done its part in au-y thorizing the construction of two W K was | 10 have started early this Summer, and it was thought that the |mol.~4“ would he completed in August or Sep- tember. But controversy developed hetween residents of the ity and the ! wnning Commission on the lo- | cation. The commission then went | ontside of the authorization law nnd! decides nat it would he a better plan (o mave several small poels than two large ones. Thix deciston automatic: | ally throws the project back into its | preliminary stages, ax Congress has vefused to appropriate the funds until | there is unity of opinion regarding | the proposed pools. i The of reasoning which | guided in deciding | that it would be easier to select the location for Al pools than it is for only two is considerable of a mys- tery to Washingtonians, It is also hard for residents to understand why | the commission departed from the | specific terms of the law in carrying | ont its duties under the law. Two pools have been authorized by Con- | gress, which, in taking this actien, heeded the desives of the people ofj the District. No power was conterred on the Park Commission to change | the law. The commission was merely | appointed as an advisory board for | the approval of site selections. It is| apparent, therefore, that It was going out of its way when it attempted to legisiate for Washington bathing heaches, The important thing, of course, is to begin construction at the earliest possible moment. The National Cap- ital should have adequate bathing fa- cilities and it should not be compelled 1o wait several years for them. If the Park Commission i& anxious to give the people what they want, it should concentrate on the law as it now stands and speedily select the sites for two pools. Any other course will resuit in dangerous delay, and death and suffering to the people of this community. process the commission seve Feminine Heroism. For _the first time in history the Lloyds bronze medal for heroism has heen awarded to a woman. Ethel Langton, fifteen-yearold daughter of keeper of the St. Helens Fort Lighthouse, Bembridge, England, i the recipient of this unusual honor. For three days last March, in a rag- ing gale, she, alone on the tiny island, of their peril. Her mother and father had embarked on a food expedition to the muinland and were unable to re- turn on account of the heavy seas. Subsisting only on bread she, at regu- lar intervals, climbed a twenty-foot performed the duties of her father with exactitude and proficiency. The medal is well awarded to this girl. It will be a comfort and a source of pride to her as she goes about her work on the lonely island. The world sacrifice and the devotion to duty of those who guard the destinies of ships At sea, but little Miss Langton knows that her dauntless efforts on those three raging days and nights calied forth the unusual recognition which she most heartily deserved. _— SN The election of a candidate some- times fails to convince a discrimi- nating constituency that the value of the goods corresponds to the price tag. now B Faithless Fascists. Mussolini is cleaning house. Ias- cismo has developed impurities that must be purged else the state of Italy under its rule will be worse than un- der the oid regime. The leader who sumption of power at the head of & 1 of patriots, fighting both bu- rats and communfsts, is fully aware of the fact that his following is not altogether pure of mind and tions and produced self-seeking pol- So he is tryving to reform his party and at the same time to keep it in power, a difficult task, the ac- complishment of which will mark him ! The latest development of false Fas- cismo is the manipulation of & bank at Parma, where Fascist managers have betrayed their trust. Reports of the bad condition of this institution having reached Mussglini, he unhes- itatingly divected the secretary gen: eral of'the Fascist organization to in- vestigdte and act. So effectively were his orders carried out that already tslys membtes of thi| Paguist perty ! burdened lofiy ideal. But when the Fasctst or der canks, some f from selfish ones. was established others i high motive he and the latter have the suce maneuvers. of such a force There seriously men wement by the The vole of leader Is one of the greatest difficulty must be no wave There must be no compromise with dishonesty. The high repute of the uncorruptible ideal ist must be maintained at Mussolini has gained the of the people of Italy and this latest action, in supporting the raid wpon a upted financial institution, will serve to increase his prestige. 1 costs, contidence ) The, his extutes former Kalser is restorea to With & generosity which the spirit of relertless and rvetri- Lution is not so strong over there. indicates that investization remorseless - Having salled for ports unkuown, Ponzi 1s on his to show some untry that foreign lands muy be with unde- able alien from our own shores. way an occasional r—.— - Caillanx is now in the position of official compelled to discharge one or'two people, not necessarily be- cause he dislikex them, but in order to show his authori In spite of her various discourte- sies—in fact, because of them—.Miss Suzanne Lenglen is recognized as the world's greatest exponent of tem- peramental tennis P R Only an old man can remember when elections could be influenced by a brass band and a barrel of cider and the highest retail price for a vote was $2. R Mrs. McPherson appears to be in the position of the Indlan who, when found wandering on the plains, ex- plained it was not he who was lost, but the wigwam. ————————— A number of congressional agitators are in evident hope of putting away a collection of controversies in moth balls for the Summer. — e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Independence Day. With nerve so strong and steady wnce again we're making ready To put the pyrotechnics on display. We may miss the oratory with its overwheiming glory That was once brought forth by In- dependence da Our modern rhetorician is not wvhowy in position. w statesmen take the trouvle to . declal We will miss the thrill ecstatic when a speaker grows emphatic — we're going to have the fire- works, just the same. Rockets have no words to utter, as they #cintillate and splutter. They will bring no reminiscences of rage. : They’ll salute with golden showers Honesty's Protecting Powers ‘Where Freedom holds the center of the stage. We need no dissertation on the perils of a Nation Secure in her prosperity and fame. But we want to send a token toward the stars of Faith unbroken, AND we're going to have the fire- works, just the same! A Constructive Mind. “What we want is construgtive legislation.” “I have always been strong for it,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I don’t believe anybody has brought more propositions forward for the construc- tion of more and bigger Government buildings.” Self-Service. The farmer says he wants relief. Perhaps he’ll get it later. At least he does not face'the grief Ot tipping a head waiter. Jud Tunkins says bathin' suits are gettin’ so prevalent that he won't be surprised to see 'em carried instead of umbrellas and put on whenever there’s a shower. Alcohol and Gas. The bootleg man makes life torlorn In traffic dark conniving. ‘The worst about J. Barleycorn Is constant reckless driving. Figuring the Profit. “How much did the strike cost?” “I can't find out,” answered the ultimate consumer. “All I can say is ‘that the arguments were feeble and the speeches commonplace. I don't teel that ¥ had my money’s worth, “In addition to havin' strevts of gold,” sald Unele Eben, “I has faith dat Heaven is gineter pervide plenty of parkin’ space.” »nos Merciful Treatment. From the Cleveland News. Oklahoma schemers. showed thé Osage some consideration it they got one Indian heiress dead drunk before they shot her. - —— e More at Home. From the Portland Evening Express. It would appear that Represents. tive Vare knows a great deal bettep how to get along in Philadelphia than Gen. Smedley Butler did. SR e Yet to Learn. From the Oklahoma City Daily Oklah jman, The Swedish Crown Pripce I8 praising. the u{eed of the United States. Bvidently he hasn't any ene-$ 7ot Matteotti | ( then | -~ | think most ned the | of the | STAR. WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY. JUNE 28, 1926. Mus. | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. What does -and tin hospital Dear Frien recelve interesting cliest sensatl v envelop when Ll getting over | other unp | at a fhive bucked up dustry recentiy. receiving leters from fa Calitornia ~ “letter shop,” which pifers to send out three letters for $1 to any person whomsoever. A meader of this column at Moy Alto Hospital recently sent us the follow i “Dear Annir Don’t you just letters; 1o K vou are in the wppendicitix o el love [ Ixn pital 5t new in- 5 The inclosed me, and 1 pass it along to you as apparently indicative of the comme: al spirit of the age. *Tis an original idea, of course, although only a phase of the paid secretarial system, and probably will gain a following. “But can you imagine Shelley, fc instance, or Roosevelt, or Goethe or Poe, or’ legions of them, ‘ordering letiers a lu phone for friends’ The form letter inclosed, alter ask- ine the recipieni, as given above, if he didn’t “just love to receive inter- esting letters,” goes on to unfold the happy, merry plan: “Haven't you often wished you had the time to write a bit of gladness to poor Aunt Fanny, who lives at Home for the Aged, or litte Fa Smith, who is crippled and a shut- And then there is poor Miss Jones, who lives all alone: how happy #n oc casional letter would make he . mat True, true, dear friend. How happy we could make many persons if only we were not too lazy, too thoughtless. too indifferent! But let the “letter shop” continue to circulari the gos- pei of “how to let George do it." “Oh you only had the time! But life is 80 full of things that have to be done. We know just how busy vou are. That is why we have opened our let- ter shop.” his is indeed kind. Away off in California they know just how busy we are, and we have a suspicion just how lazy, thoughtless and indifferent we are, too. They do not put that in the letter, however. What they do say is something along the following line: “Do you know that every day we manufacture just the kind of letters that you would like to have Aunt Kanny or little Lucy or Miss Jones receive? We do, and we send them along, 0o, so that all you need do is telephone or write us your order.” The “letter shop” is naively honest. Notice that they make no pretense of | take up “manufacture” | health, mix around, see things, play them unblushingly without a second's | the saxophone or eat onions. | ‘The thing is a pure busi- | keep closely in touch with the people made | who are doing the big and interesting | were joined by another impecunious writing letters. They hesitation. ness proposition—everything easy for the subscriber. Just write or | things of the day, and see how bright | Englishman, telephone. ““This 1s how we do it: ‘Dear Miss Jones: Mrs. Anderson (that is you) has told us that you are in the hos- pital and asked us to write you some cheery letters to help pass the time away,’ and so on. Then we sign our name and our address. We use plain stationery and write long-hand. We make each letter in- dividual, gladly following any line of thought you may suggest. will_let music he the Kevnote of our letter, thus assuring her interest as well as her pleasure.” Now for the master stroke: course, our work has made it sary to keep alert on every subject “of neces- WASHIN ‘With “millions for senatorships” be- come the issue which will make the politica! welkin ring in 1926. it's an amusing circumstance that the sena- torial campaign leaders of both parties are about the richest men in their respective organizations. Lawrence Cowie Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, who will lead the fight to keep the Senate ‘‘safe for Coolidge,” 18 paid to be worth $50,000,000. There isn't a Republican Senator in his financial class except James Couzens of Michigan, who's assessed at $30,- 000,000. The Democratic senatorial campaign chieftain is Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island. Senator Gerry is not only several times a millionaire in his own right, but his wife is the former Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt. There's every indication that the 1926 congressional campaign is going to be fought by both parties on the model of the Coolidge economy program. The’ particular example each of them would like to pattern after is that of William B. Wilson, Democratic senatorial nominee in Pennsylvania. The former Democratic Secretary of Labor told the primary probe committee that he spent $88 on his recent campaign. ok ok X Speaking of Wilson, this observer can lift the veil from the “mystery” surrounding the recent offer to the Pennsylvanian of a place on the new Railroad Mediation Board. In some Democratic quarters the offer was roundly excoriated as a ‘“‘bribe” to Wilson to leave the senatorfal race. The facts are authoritatively said to be that his name was suggested to the administration from labor quar- ters, which had been consulted as to their choice for labor's representative on the board. Wilson was acceptable at the White House, but, before any formal tenu.r of an appointment to the $12.000 job could be made him, informal assurance was forthcoming— as he testified before the Senate com- mittee—that he would decline the profter. EE Numerous and important resigna- tions from the KFederal bench are ex- pected if Congress adjourns without passing the bill for increases of sal- aries to United States judges. Poli- tics and patronage squabbling are at the bottom of the failure to enact into law a measure upon which there is virtual agreement in all interested quarters. The Senate has already passed the judigiary salary bill, but it hangs fire in the House. All over the Union there are distinguished jurists who are serving Uncle Sam on pav notoriously inadequate to their needs and position, and wholly incommensu- rate with the incomes they could com- mand in practice at the bar. In most cases these judges have continued in office through a sense of high profes- sional responsibility. goes home this or next week, feeling that its own pay is the only thing about which there is need for speedy action, it s freely predicted that the !, United States will lose the services of jmany splendid judges. * % x X Isidore B. Dockweiler, whom the Democrats of Cgglfornia want to nom- inate for the Senate, is a'well known figure in Washington thgpugh his long-time activity as a Democratic na- tional committeeman from his State. He has a good many qualifications for the job with which his name is now associated. He's geographically right, from the standpoint of the present | necessities in California, being a Lo Angeles man, while both of the State’s Senators now are San Franciscans— Johnson and Shortridge, also has the indispensable advantage of being & native sen, fgure (b the national- the | what joy vou could spread if | ample, should you tell us that Miss | Jones has a passion for music, we |would have an honest ring: “Too bad. | into the morphine habit. But if Congress) { subject that ix interesting to you. | They will be ni it | came to | | does live at the Home, | vou). * 1 \ GTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILe. ) a former service man | people who are doing the big and in —when he gets a letter tteresting things of the day “For that reason, you might Iik order some letters for yourself on a We give that service, ton. Our is three letters for §$1. fled at specitied times, ach month N spe such as birthdays, anniversaries or the are glad special pr one each week, cial holidays, Mother's day, like. sn't idea you (Wow?) If we haven't Just the most delightful have ever heard about” there are any questions made clear, won't you telephone us and let us explain further? We hope to hear from you soon. Happily, ete,, ete.” * oK X ‘We always did think Califo; great State, and now we suy We cannot help feeling, however, that poor Aunt Fan would not be exactly pleased with such a business like m| e as outlined. Poor old Aunt Fanny even if she as & heart in her, and she would much receive a few lines in than 10 pages in another's. We know Aunt Fanny (and so do She would get tremendously more kick out of such a letter as the following, if an agency has to write Fanny: Cousin Bill is oo darn lazy lo write you, but he has plenty of money, so he has hired ux 10 do the job S0 we take onr pen, at 33 1-3 cents | per, and put ourselves to the trouble | of inditing you a few lines. Cheerily, happily, we must somehow fill up this page with longhand! “Isn’t it delightful, Aunt Fanny, to have dear old Bill remember you via us? Ah, what joy it is to know that Bill has remembered you, to the tune of a dollar, at least! ““Cheerlly, cheerily, Fanny, {sn't this the rip-snortingest idea that ever crashed its way Into the Home for the Aged? RBe honest now! 'Fess up, old dear. And remember—-remem- ber “You are going to get two more just like this one, onily more so. “Yours happily, merrily, and eke cheerily, the Letter Shop, per Susle Scribble. Poor Miss Jones, who lives all alone, no doubt would find life bright- ened by the following: Dear Madam: Isn't this a nice fat letter? Oughtn't you to he hugely srateful for such a fat letter? You solemn old owl, you certainly ought. | Take it from us, you live alone too much, Miss Jones. “You ought to step out, Miss Jones, the Charleston for your We and animated we are! “You may wonder who is writing this. We can't blanfe you. Your silly old friend, Hiram Jenkins, who once thought you were pretty, got sort of ashamed of himself, and wanted to write you, but couldn’'t bring himself quite to it, so he hired us to do it. We charged him double rates, though. “Lovingly, happily, vours, the Letter Shop, per § For ex- | Scribble. The following. to little Lucy Smith, child, you ain’t got no legs, but, the next time, don’t run out in front of a 5-ton truc 1t isn't being done with much success these days. Ned Jud- kins, the driver, only paid us 10 cents for this letter, ta ta, Luey! Yours Roman Catholic Church and a Knigh of the Order of St. Gregory, Dock: weiler has lived up to the big-family traditions of his faith. He is the father of 11 children. One of them, Henry I. Dockweiler, is secretary of the Ameri- can embassy at Madrid. e e Waldo G. l.eland of the Carnegie Institution at Washington has just achleved a piece of practical work in the realm of international understand- ing. He has succeeded, by dint of some tactful perseverance covering a considerable period of time, in bring- ing about another international con- gress of historians. It will be held at Oslo. capital of Norway, in 1928. Every five vears, for a long time, the historians of the world have come to- gether to compare notes. In 1913 they met in London. The war prevented the next meeting. planned for St. Petersburg in 1918. In 1923 the his- Yorians assembled in Brussels, but it was too soon after the war to expect the Belgians to invite German and Austrian historians. Meantime Mr. Leland has been pouring oil on the troubled waters, with the resul: that for the first time in 13 years the his- torical scholars of the globe will meet again for common purposes and with no vacant chairs. Peace came about under the auspices of a permanent “international committee of historical sclences,” of which Mr® Leland be- came secretary. It lately held fts first meeting in Geneva. x o %o S. 8. Malolo, the biggest and fast- est passenger vessel ever launched in the United States, was christened at_Philadelphia on June 26 with un- mistakable champagne. No sailor who reveres the traditions of the sea could ever be induced to ship aboard a boat baptized with grape juice, ginger ale or ice water. “Malolo” means flying fish in Hawaiian, so there might have been some appropriateness in im- mersing her in her natural element. But nobody wanted to take the risk of offending Father Neptune. * oK ok x A Coolidge biography that isn't well known as some others is *“T) Boyhood Days of Calvin Coolidg The author is Ernest C. Carpenter of New Haven, Conn., who taught the President when the latter was a lad of 12 at Plymouth, Vt. Abigail Cool- idge, his only sister, was a pupll in the same school. Mr. Carpenter as- sumes responsibility for this evidence jof the President’s adolescent humor: One day, when Calvin was a very smail boy, he came in with hands and face very dirty. Some one sald: “Cal, you are a dirty- looking boy. You better hustle about and get some water and wash up.” he replied, with a nasal drawl, “I don’t know about that. I've known people to get drowned in water.” * X kX There’s a brand-new 1928 Republican icket in the fleld—in the field of ru- mor and prognostication. It reads, “Dawes and McNary.” It has its jorigin in current agricuitural legisia- tion events on Capitol Hill. Its ex- cuse for existence is the belief that it'’s a combination around which the boys down on the farm would rally. Its geographical balance—Illinois and Oregon —1s _described as perfect. Friends of Frank O. Lowden think the ticket is weak at the top. (Copyright. 1936.) S A Preference. Dockweiler | From the Columbus Dispatch, It isn’t very nice to be hanged In AR g | to | ‘{he fell rather | own hand | enthusiastically | T o THE LIBRARY TABLE | | & B 1 By the Booklo | unrivaled collection of hard | is to he found in Alger-| wutoblography of | Before Thirty." | sronto trom England at | .ot 20, 3 # hundred pounds a year from his| father. Algernon Blackwood felt that | the world was his “oyster.” But suc- | cess lingered. He first “licked stamps | in the back office of the Temperance | and General Life Assurance Com- | pany,” then accepted eagerly a job! on the Methodist Magazine at four | dollars a week. His connection with Methodism ceased not because he was dismissed or fafled to give satisfaction, but because. unfortunately for him, | he at this time received all the capi 1al he would ever have —two thousand pounds. To his youthful inexperi- |ence this seemed a large sum and an eamy victim 1o the first | person offering an investment for his |funds. He went into partnership with A tarmer and started the lslington Jer- sey Dairy u short distance outside Toronto. ~ Much capital was invested |in fancy milk carts. with the part- ners' names in black lettering on a yellow background. But the milk per sisted in souring and customers de. |serted, so after six months the firm {of Cooper & Bluckwood dissolved partnership, “Blackwood having got the experience and Cooper having got | -—something quite ax useful, but more marketable.”” After this venture, only | six hundred pounds remained and with this the young capitalist went {into another partnership, which also Insted only six months. This time {it was a hotel company. The chief income was to be from the bar and |it took Blackwood some time to make up his mind to this, as he had been brought up in the home of a father who was a4 temperance reformer. He finally overcome his scruples but the sacrifice of principle was in vain, for the Hub Company failed, as the dairy company had done, and then there was no capltal left. * ¥ % * An | luek stor Blickwood s s non youth Comin the with an allowance Real hard luck began then. There followed a period of sordid poverty and undesirable associations in New | York. Mrs. Bernstein's rooming house on East 19th street, third floor hack, breakfast included, for eight dollars a week, seemed cheap enough, but the eight dollars were rarely paid. In this wretched room, where the fight against insects had to be continual, Blackwood and Kay, his partner of the hotel enterprise, established their home. Kay became an actor and Blackwood a reporter. The earnings of hoth were so small that their meals were frequently composed of oatmeal and condensed milk. cooked over a | gas burner, and dried apples followed by copious draughts of hot water, to reate a sense of repletion and ailay he pangs of appetite. Here they Arthur Boyde, who | shared their small crowded room for { months, without contributing to ex- penses, and even swindled his friends out of clothing, personal belongings and what scanty cash they acquired. But the story of Arthur Boyde, which ended in the Tombs City Prison and |the Blackwells Island Penitentiary, | covers many chapters of the book. There was also the German doctor, | Otto Huebner, who cared for Black- | wood through a serious iliness and | then, himself an addict, initiated him The New | York phase was terminated by news of the discovery of gold in the Rainy River district in the northwestern corner of Ontarfo. Blackwood imme- diatelv set out for the scene. ‘It was spring, the primitive instinct to strike camp and move on was in the blood, a nostalgia for the woods was | in it, too. . . . And, truth to tell, it was not so much the lure of gold that called me as the lure of the wilder- ness.”” Of course, no gold was found |and in a few months Blackwood was |back in New York, pawning the blankets from his bed at intervals and getting a large proportion of hi meals at free lunch counters with 5- | cent glasses of lager. Many of his | nights were passed on a bench in Cen- tral Park or beneath the trees of Bronx Park. An imterval of play- acting now broke the monotony of his free-lance journallsm. An adven- ture into the perfumery business also enlivened this period. A position on the staff of the New York Times at $35 a week seemed to him affluenc He says, “On the Times 1 was happ: Another stroke of good luck made him private secretary to the millionaire banker James Speyer. His fortune seemed made, but just before he reached the age of 30 a growing desire to return to his native England be- came irresistible. His troublous dec- ade from 20 to 30 ended as he “first sew the blue rim of Ireland rise above the horizon.” “‘A shutter dropped. I entered a totally new world. . . My American @pisodes were finished.” * ok ok K The injurious effect produced upon the life and happiness of Balzac by the woman he so long and devotedly Joved is emphasized in a new French book. “Eve de Balzac.” by Charles Leg It is evident that M. Leger considers it would have been far bet- ter for Balzac if the selfish Polish tagainst the Germans he i beauty, Mme. de Hanska, had devoted herself to her old husband and her five children and had néver taken it into her light head in 1832 to write that first letter of admiration to the French genius. However, she did write it, and Balzac, led by some evil spirit, replied warmly, and their long love affair began. It was understood from the first that as soon as the old M. de Hanska died the two lovers would marry, but Mme. de Hanska put Balzac off for nine years after the death of her husband—years in which his struggle with financial obligations, poor health and hope deferred made life for him & rather discouraging af- fair. During those vears Mme. de ‘Hanska, wealthy and free, pretended love for him, but did nothing to help or encourage him. She finally mar- ried him only a few months before his death, and apparently paid little at- tention to him in his last days. M. Leger quotes the famous account by Victor Hugo of his visit to Balzac's house on the day of his death, when he found him alone with servants. Mme. de Balzac was absent. M. Leger also quotes Octave Mirbeau's story that while the great novelist was dying Mme. de Balzac was entertain- ing the painter Gigoux in her private apartment. M. Leger thinks all these things justify the epithet applied to Mme. de Balzac by Henrl Bordeaux-— the Mme. Bovary of Poland. LR “Rude Rural Rhymes,” by Robert M. Adams, have been appearing for several years in many country news- papers and have found a very appre- clative audience. Now these friendly “pomes” have been collected, selected and put in book form. Mr. Adams writes about the mosat familiar home subjects with genuine feeling and hu- mor. Some of his titles are “Irrigate Your Eden,” ‘“Feeding Father,” “A Pome of Patches and Pants,” “The County Fair,” “Anti-Fat” and “Coal Substitutes. Consider this excerpt from “The Rooster’: 4 Droud and haughty bird. by heck. ho fiaps his wings and curves his neck ! From east to west. from perch to pole. His morning bugle echoes roll. Arousing men {rom snoring deen ‘And maidens from their besuty sleep. * K ok % Basil King's home in Cambridge, Mass., 18 ‘in the midst of literary homes of the past. Next door is a house where Howells once lived; across the street are the old homes of Richard Henry Dana, John Fiske and Willlam Roscoe Thayer, and i‘:'l.rb[yll.' trg"cr&l"le house, where nglellow 11ve wany yeurs and Vaus ke Gt ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. walls, 4 feet height and two great Q. apart, Why will built to any plumbed straight up. he farther apart | the than at the hottom? A. at B top n e Bureau of Standards savs that the reason that two walls start- ing at 4 feet apart at the buse and | plumbed straight up for any great helght will he farther apart at the top than at the base is hecause the plumb bob points to the center of the eurth. Q. What was the street number of the hoarding house kept by Mrs. Sul utt in Washington when the Lincoin conspiracy was planned?--C. G. H. . ‘The Surratt house was at 514 H street, Washington, D. C. Q. What per cent of the world pro- duction of passenger cars and trucks is in the United Statea? M. O. A. In 1925 the United States had per cent of the total world pro duction, Canada 3.5 per cent and othe, countries 9 per cent. Q show the white feather’ N. A A. We say that a person “shows the white feather’ when he displays cowardice, and one explanation is that a white feather in a bird marks a cross breed, and it is not found on a fighting game-cock. Where does the expression “to " originate?— Q. What occasioned the choice of “The Rosary” as the song sung in the novel by this name’—A. T. A. Mrs. Barclay paused while writ- ing her novel to ask her daughter what song Jane Champlon should sing. The daughter casually selected Nevin's composition. . Q. How much milk does the aver- age person drink daily’—M. C. C. A. In 1925 a new high mark was reached, when the per capita con- sumption of milk and cream was 1.2 pints daily. The total amount con- sumed in fluid form was 54,326.000.000 pounds. In 1924 the total was 52,782, 000,000 pounds. Q. How long has the Indian Rights Association been in existence?’—M. B. A. It is over 43 vears old, having been formed December 15, 1882. Itm aim is to promote the civilization of the Indian and secure for him his nat- ural and political rights. Q. How old is Gertrude Atherton? —A. R. A. She was born in 1857, and is nearing her 69th birthday. Q. What is the cost per mile to operate an automoblle?—M. H. J. A. A study of operating costs of 11 ypical cars, ranging from $400 to $1.800, conciudes that 10 cents per mile pavs all costs of operation of an average car. Q. Would it be possible for quick- sands to engulf an automobile?—M. T. | A. The effect of quicksands fis well illustrated by the sinking in 1875 of a locomotive and train at Pueblo, Colo., which sank bevond discover: though probed for to a depth of 50 feet. Q. Why are some Englishwomen spoken of as “dame”?—A. M. D. A. Dame is a title of honor which long distinguished high-born ladies from the wives of citizens and com- moners in general. and which is still the legal title in Great Britain of a onet’s or a knight's wife. 1In the se of Dame Nellic Melba the title Dame indicates membership In the Order of the British Empire, which | was instituted in 1919, for services rendered to the empire at home or abroad. Thix order is open to hoth men and women How is it known that the moon M. H. The fact that it has ne atmes. or.at best,an exceedingly rare < proved hy observation of the lipse of the sun or occultation of a {star. The moon's limh is perfeetly ‘dnrk and sharp with no such diator. {tion of the sun as would ba seen due refraction. had the moon an at- mosphere. A star. occulted by the moon, disappears suddenly and not gradually as it would if fts light were | being more and more extinguished by an atmosphere. @ has no atmosphere” A phe o Q. What games are plaved at | Monte Catlo?—K. D. W A. The chief gambling games | played in the Casino are roulette and trente-et-quarante. with stakes rang |ing from 5 to 6.000 and 20 to 12,000 | trancs, respectively. Ths gaming | tables are patronized by people from |all parts of tha world. but ars for | bidden to the natives of the prineipal lity of Monaco, in which Monte Carlo |15 situated. Q. What is the common grindsiones” 3 A. Grindstones are usually made of a siliccous sandstone, in which the grains are sharp and thers is lit tle cement to bind them together. Artificial grindstones of very uniform |and perfect texture are made from ;umr.v. Grindstones ars now also made of carborundum. compositjon of J.K Americans eat as Englishmen Q. Do an crackers |w. 8. | A. Our annual per capita sxpendi | ture for erackers is oniv one-tenth of that in England. It iz probable | that the demand in Great Britain for | jams, marmalades and cheeses adds to the popularity of biscuits as they |are called. | Q. Are soy beans roasted and sold | as & substituta for peanute’ H. R. &. {""A. In China and Japan soy beans | are raised and used as we use pea- nuts. Soy beans thus prepared are not on the market, however, in thix country as far as we know. Sov | beans in this country are used as & | forage crop. in North ‘America was Whe S introduced? | daviight saving first {P. s, A, Nova Scotia introduced daylight saving into the New World. The meas | ure was brought forward in the United | States in 1918. This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the serr- ices of an extensive organization n Washington 1o serve you in any ca pacity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of the benefits to which | you are entitled. Your obligation is | only 2 cents in stamps, inclosed with youur inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureou Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. €. Sergeani York Wins Fame In War Against Ignorance Sergt. York is winning fame in a new war. His enemy this time is ignorance in his native Tennessee mountains, and for the rifle used substitut- ing an industrial school for boys and girls of the hill country. “York is more than a great hero of the war,” says the Anniston Star. “It is his hope that these people. many of whom are still untouched by the finger of modern civilization. be given a chance to learn the practical, better things of life. German prisoners helps to win a war. but the courage of peace is not less great.” : The Los Angeles Evening Express pays this tribute: “The distinction he earned as the best individual soldier in the American Expeditionary Force might easily have been capitalized In fact, upon his return home as Sergt. York, tenders were made that would have tempted many men. The easy road to fortuffe lay before him. But it was not for this earnest. God- fearing mountaimeer He had done his duty. not for glory—for he didn't believe there was glory in war—and not for fortune, but because it was his duty. When influential persons sought a way to assist him. he Jet it be known that there was a cause very dear to him that they might aid. He had dreamed of an institution for these hovs and girls of his native mountains. Now such a school is about to be astablished. Serst. York has his reward.” * ook x “York has been halled as an al soldier in a great war,” serves the Columbus Ohio Journal, “and now he seeks distinc- tlon of another kind—a. soldier in a war against ignorance. a leader of his people out of the bonds of ignorance. Great as a soldier. he may become nn- ob- even greater as one who opened the | doors and let in the light.” The Ohio State Journal points out that “it was not_difficult to ca to full realization,” and that “classes, including a full high school course. { will be provided. with vocational, agri- ‘ in cultural and industrial training.” praise of his earnest purpose, the Champaign News.Gazette recalls that York “was stormed with theatrical and movie contracts, but he rejected them all, for he had an idea.” “Net Fall, on October &, the eighth anniversary of the day on which he faced the German machine gun bat- talion,” the Asheville Times explains, “the York Industrial Institute will open its door to the pubke. The insti- tution has finally been made a possi- through the efforts of York. Nearly 1.400 acres of land have heen donated to the school and $100,000 is Dbeing spent on the first buildings. The plans for the future will provide many additional buildings. The insti- tute js being built in such a way that all who know it vinced of its permanence. may leave a memorial that will serve his people in one of their greatest wants. Here, t00. one may point to a conservative influence exerted on one man by the war. * ok K % Praise of Sergt. York as “one of the most remakable young men of this generation” is given by the Jamestown Evening Journal, which presents the following account of his great exploit in the war; “When he entered the Army and was taken overseas. he decided to do his duty regardless of the principles of the sect to which he belonged, and that ‘was to fight the enemy. On October 8, 1918, he, with a squad of seven men, attacked a battalion of German machine gunners in the Argonne for- est, and probably no group of German soldiery in the entire war experienced a more disconcerting surprise than this group. For the keen-eyed moun- taineer with religious scruples against warfare calmly shot down man after man with a rapidity and accuracy that threw the entire detachment into con- fusion, and eventually he silenced the guns and marched 132 German pris- eners to the A@‘h&n linss, Prob. Bringing in 132 | State | ¢ his fond dream , ably no individual act on the part of an enlisted man did more o the German morale than this bit of rifia practice.” With full recognition of the bravery of this soldier, the Fort Worth Record-Telegram nevertheless feels that in one respect his experience i a rare example of a lost opportunity ew York made a prodigious effort to absorb him and stage him in the exact center of the Great White {Wav,” continues the Record-Tele gram. “But he would have none of them. He went hack to his native hills. and, heing out of sight, soon he came out of the public mind. Now he has come back into the news col umns, but on account of a very dif ferent set of reasons. He is to he commended most heartily for his lofty aims. He should. and probably will, receive assistance everywhere he goes for it. We feel that he over looked the greatest opportunity any man ever had to put over an enter prise of that sort, but that will not he offered in criticism. 1f he had told the movie magnates with the stu- pendous salaries that he was going o use the money for the benefit of his clan, it would have made him a bigger and more popular attraction while the public was so keen for him. He could have had enough money in two vears to have had his buildings all completed and have had his school established by this time. - is | an appreciated trait as one. But when & man is filled with an nrge to benefit others, he should not be confused as to what is the per sonal equation and what is the hest for his enterprise.” [THINK IT OVER Money Sense By William Magher Les President George Washington University | We are the most resourceful peaple in the world in the matter of making money, and possibly the most ignorant in the matter of spending it. The man who cultivates in his children sound financial habits does vastly more for them than he who struggles to pile up wealth that they may squander when he has gone. Sound financial habit can be culti- vated early, through the proper ad- ministration of the child’s allowance. It is the custom to give a child a set {amount each week and then either | supplement it by such sums as child- ish wheedling can draw out or else to supervise the uses of it so closelv that no nitiative is developed. Both methods are injurious. A woman bank official, herself the mother of growing children, sets down this rule: “Children should have weekly allowances, not simply money to waste as they wish but monev to i apportion.wisely between necessities, | savings and pleasure.” Her ‘method |18 to give the child of 9 years a small amount each week and to require him from this amount to purchase his own pencils, tablets, paints and stock- ings. The child of 11 is given a lit- tle larger allowance and from that !he must secure the articles specified ‘for the child of 9, and in additien |cartare and shoes. Obviously, that ichild will for a time spend his allow- ance each week, unmindful of the | necessity of shoe replacement. Then * ! one day, by bitter experience, he will learn the wisdom of apportioning each dollar wisely to provide not only for the desires of today but for the needs of tomorrow as well. Practice of such apportionment puts the child in a class of financial under- standing far above a very larger num- ber of mature Americans. There are in the United States today hundreds of thousands of people whose working days are aver and who are dependent. upon others because they never learned to look abeads (Cupyright, 1929, | | {