Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1926, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edltion. ~ WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY........July 3, 1926 THEODORE 7W NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company - Businees Office 11th St. and Penneylvania Ave 1 New Vork' gffice: 110 East 42nd St “hicazo Office Tower Buildin Buropean Office: 14 Recent St., London. ngland The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- g edition. 18 deliveref by carriers within 1he city 4t B0 centa per month: dally only, 5 cents rer month: Sunday only, 20 cents Per month_ Orders may be sent I or {=lenhone Main 5000 Collaction is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily d Sy 9.00: 1 mo., 76¢ o ey T 3000: 1 ma.. Boc Sunday only 133,00 I mo.. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. Pailv and Sunday 1 vr. $14.00° 1 mo.. $1 04 aily only A SRO0 L mo. The Sunday only .. $4.00: 1 mo., Member of the Assoctated Pre: The Ascociated Press le exclusively entitled 0 the uee for republication of all news dis. Fitchen credited to it or not otherwise cred ted in this paper ard alsa the local news in__All rights of nublication atches herein are aleo reserved. No Power of Impeachment. In its decision. by the largest vote cast upon any of the questions ins volved in the Fenning case before it. that a District Commissioner is not a Federal officer, the House judiciary committee follows the law and the decisions previously rendered and the hope is that it has thereby settled for all time this question, which has lately been presented in a most dif- ficult form. This decision is to be hailed as righteous without any regard what- ever for the merits of the case imme- diately before the committee. Irre- spective of the fate of the official accused, it would have been most unfortunate if the judiciary commit- tee had taken the view that a Com- missioner of the District is a Fed- eral officer, subject to impeachment and trial by Congress. Such a rul- fng by the committee would not necessarily have settled the ques- tlon, but it would have raised grave doubt and perhaps led to diffi- culties for the District in the future. A District Commissioner s a municipal® officer, appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate, as are all other presidential appointees. He is >ne of the administrators of a munici- pal district created by Congre: under the “exclusive legislation elause of the Constitution within which_ the seat of Government s lo- cated. He is answerable to the Pres- jdent and not to Congress, thoush he must deal with Congress in mat- ters of legislation as the District law-making body. and as its source of appropriations. To hold that a District Commis- sloner is a Federal officer and there- fore subject to impeachment would be to place the District municipal government under complete con- gressional control. For every action, in any degree displeasing to ind vidual members of House or Sen- ate, a Commissioner would be liable - to formal accusation and indictment. The administration of the affairs of the National Capital. as a munici- pality, would be transferred in effect to congressional committees and to tndividual members of the two houses. For the power of punish- ment would involve the power of dictation, under penalty of removal from office. Fortunately the House judiciary committee has recognized that the substantive law creating the District as a municipality does not grant to the National Legislature the power of control over the administrative officials of that municipality. The responsibility for the personnel of the commission named conduct the affairs of the Capital community rests with the President, who ap- points. Denial of the impeachment power of Congress over District Commis- sloners does not, of course, limit the power of Congress to investigate all the actlons of the Commissioners, to the point even of condemnation. It may, through its committees or by its own vote, recommend removal from office by the President. It is the District's legislature, with all the legislative powers over the District government save that of impeach- ment and trial and removal. But the Commissioners, under the pres- ent organic laws, must remain sub- ject to presidential selection and dis- missal in the event of malfeasance or misconduct or failure. —— e —— a to The police are still able to regulate styles in bathing suits for small boys who take a splash In the park foun- taine. D — Summer. ‘Washington Summer seems to be getting into its stride notwithstand- ing the forecast that there would be no Summer. There were daye in May and June that were perplexing, when old citizens of Washington felt that something had gone wrong with Sum- mer, that Government regulation of the seasons was not working as it should and that the Weather Bureau should be investigated by Congress. But within a few days Washington Summer has shown that it can come back and that it is faithful to the trust placed in it. One of the Summer notes is that boys are splashing in the fountain basins and taking showers under fix- tures of bronze and marble that cost great sums. They are poor substitutes for city bathing beacheg, but not hav- ing beaches, though they ought to have them, the boys have com- mandeered the public sprays. Turn- ing the park fountains into bathing pools may disturb the sense of pro- priety held by some persons, but it is believed that they will survive, The boys will be as comfortable as they can. When the boys made their attack on the fountains and their enterprise was suppressed for the moment by he police it was not so much because © boys had taken possession of the untains as because neighbors com- plained of the noise.. Some way may be found to silence the boys, but it has been observed ‘that when boys splash and flounder/in pools they al- ways whoop. Another sign that the no-Summer forecast has hit the rocks is that many excellent citizens are saying: like Winter better than Summer,” “January Is my favorite month’ “You'll never hear me complain about cold weather again,” etc. One of the Summer signs is that Congress s leaving town. Many of the members are leaving Washington not for a vacation, but to enter on a time of considerable exertion. They are going back to those who sent them here .to render an account of what they have done here. The paths of some will lie in pleasant places, while stones and thorns will strew the paths of others. The President is going to the Ad- irondacks for a change of scene and climate. He has had a hard year and his friends hope that he will have a calm and restful time at White Pines Camp. 1t is three miles from a rail- road station, but such a trifle will not balk men who want to consult the President in their own interests. It is said that plans are made to discour- age the coming of too many patriotic guests, and Americans as a whole hope that the President will be able to eat his meals in peace and take afternoon naps on the plazza and be lulled by the wind singing in the pine: Meanwhile a large part of the half million of Washington are already boarding and camping by the side of the Potomac, Chesapeake and Atlantic or in mountain hamlets within an hour or two of Washington. Hosts of them are finding happiness in cot- tages and hotels that neither look across the sea nor from mountain tops, but which are in some vale or field, or copse of pine or oak. —————ete—— Independence Day Illumination. A Washingtonian old enough to re- member happenings fifty years ago, and perhaps longer, reminds The Star that on the occasion of the opening of the exposition at Philadelphia in commemoration of the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, the people of this city in response to a re- quest to flluminate their homes light- ed the gas burners in their houses. The Star's correspondent notes that his father did so and that his own home was thus “lit up” in honor of the occasion. He is living today in the same house that was occupled in 1876 and he and his family are plan- ning to let their light shine forth on the 150th anniversary as on the 100th. It will be easier and safer to fllu- minate the homes of Washington on the 4th of July, 1926, than it was on the same date in 1876. Electricity has replaced gas almost universally. In- stead of the open flames of gas jets in- candescent bulbs will glow in greater security and with greater brilllancy than halt a cenfury ago. Washington can be made Into a jewel of brightness if every bulb in town should be light- ed on the night of the Fourth, or, it the day of actual celebration is ob- served, on the night of the Fifth, e ‘When the Declaration of Independ- ence was signed on the Fourth of July, 1776, the people rejoiced as the word spread from Philadelphia. They fired guns and rang bells and illu- minated their homes. But they had no electric lights, nor gas, nor even lamps. They {lluminated with can- dles, waxen or tallow, according to the means. In every window stood a aper flickering In the breeze, dancing as with joy. There was just as much jubllation on that occasion by means of this feeble flame of candles as could possibly be expressed by the brighter lights that invention was to permit in after years. Indeed, those tallow dips were perhaps more sin- cere than are their successors. No one would suggest a return to the olden method of illumination on a patriotic occasion and the use of can- dles, for the sake of reproducing the atmosphere of that perfod when the Declaration was signed. It would be too dangerous, in the first place. And again many people would not care to have their premises daubed with the grease of candle drippings. But sup- pose all the electricity were suddenly to be cut off and the gas wers to cease flowing. There would be but few homes equipped with lamps to replace these means of illumination. And there would be a great scurrying about for candles. Probably the stock avallable would be inadequate to meet the demand. So while the Washingtonians of to- |day are planning their Independence day illumination in response to th suggestion of the elc~ Wasbmgto nian who has written to The Star, it | may be well to recall the past. Such recollection may evoke appreciation of the benefits of invention and prog- ress during the past fifty vears, and especially during the past century and @ half. ) The “demon Rum” has long since lost confidence in his ability to go into a fight with the largest war chest. S e Britain's New Suffrage Move. A woman suffrage demonstration is being held in London today. Many women are parading in the British capital from the Themes Embankment to Hyde Park, with much speaking in the latter place, where countless millions of words have been loosed in the course of the years on every pos- sibly concelvable subject under the sun. These women are demonstrat- ing im behalf of political equality for 5,000,000 members of their own sex who are disfranchised in Great Brit- ain under the present law because they have not reached the age of thirty or lack residence qualifications. There is no hint that “militancy” will develop in this renewed campaign of the British women. The demon- stration, it is indicated, will be con- ducted in a strictly orderly manner, not only today’s affair, but all sub- sequent spectacular assemblages. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader in the long fight for suffrage that was marked by frequent encounters with the police and caused the imprison- ment of many others besides herself, igjleading in this present agitation. Sffne American women are taking t in today’s pageant and protest. | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1926. The British women are particularly protesting the discrimination in the voting age. Men are permitted to vote at twenty-one. Women must wait until they are thirty before they can exercise the franchise. This point will probably be carried. The women of Great Britain have a good cause, an unanswerable argument, and they should win. There is no justification whatever for maintaining two age standards for voting citizenship. The United States admitted women to the ballot without any such difference, and Great Britain should now amend its law to put the sexes upon even terms in this regard. ———on—s “Smoking the Baby to Sleep” s the title of our latest fox-trot success. “Mother Nicotine” was the runner-up in the contest for the best name, but the other won, for obvious reasons. This little ditty was Inspired by the sight of a beautiful young mother, leaning over her baby and puffing a cloud of cigarette smoke into its face. The child, as far as observers could tell, did not bat an eye. No doubt it was used to it. The Record Breakers. Seven days ahead of the record held by John Henry Mears for circling the globe, Edward S. Evans and Lin- ton Wells are due to arrive in Yoko- hama at 7:50 tonight with twenty min- utes’ leeway to catch the Empress of Asia salling for America. The big liner will speed them across the Pa- cific Ocean in nine days to connect with special alrplanes already char- tered to make a two-day transconti- nental trip to New York. The tired travelers now have high hopes of set- ting & new record of twenty-seven or twenty-eight days for a complete cir- cuit of the earth, as compared to Mears’ mark of approximately thirty- five da; o Evans and Wellss have already broken all records from New York east to Yokohama. By train, airplane and boat, and with bug little rest, they have covered about 112,000 miles in seventeen da) Menrs arrived in Yokohama from New'York in twenty- four days, so that the new record holders have a very comfortable lead in the long race. A mix-up in arrangements at Har- bin nearly ruined their chances of arrlving in New York together. The Manchurian war'lord, Chang Tso Lin, understood that Wells was the only man on the trip, so when he dispatch- ed one of his airplanes to Harbin for the 420-mile flight to Mukden he pick- ed his fastest ship, but it was a single- seater. It was found impossible to carry both travelers in the small air- plane, and so, after thirty minutes of feverish discusgjon, Evans jumped into the plane. The Chinese Kastern Rallroad, however, came to the rescue of Wells and made up a special train 80 that the globe circlers had a joy- ful reunion at Mukden. It is almost certain now that a new mark will be set. Plans were so care- fully worked out and the co-operation from the various governments was so perfect that Evans and Wells have covered the most dangerous part of their tour exactly on schedule. Mim utes only have been allowed at some of the terminal points, but since the travelers left Berlin there has not been the slightest hitch. Of course, there are still obstacles to surmount. A two-day airplane flight across the United States is no child's play, but 'considering what they have already been through in the way of long and dangerous jumps across Europe their chances appear exceedingly bright for a new record. s A member of Congress welcomes the prospect of adjournment as much as anybody. From year to year he has been obliged to work for increas- ingly hard audiences. B It 18 to be hoped that Mussolini's patriotism will not render him so gelfish as to prevent Italy from send- ing some of the world's greatest opera singers occasfonally to this country. The attitude of the Italian dictator warrants a change of name such as Roman custom has sanctioned in cases of individual distinction. He should be called “Muzzle-ini.” L It seems paradoxical for a lady who finds it as easy as Mrs. McPherson does to collect large sums to be com pelled to worry about a two-cent post- | age stamp. s Much faith is still manifested in the use of aerial explosives to produce rdin. The Fourth of July is likely to take credit for breaking the drought. — ae————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Paradox. 1 wonder why the faults persist While all combine to chide. Strange fashions never yet have missed A chance to flaunt in pride. And while disapprobation clings To each audacious move, We somehow seem to like the things Of which we disapprove. ‘We fear the military show, Yet love the big parade. ‘We scorn the jazz; and yet we go In glee to hear it made. ‘We flout rough drama; yet it brings The crowds. It doth behoove Us all, somehow, to like the things Ot which we disapprove. Custom. “Investigation is sometimes a dif- ficult duty.” “More than that,” declared Senator Sorghum. “It's becoming a national custom. Jud Tunkins says people are now more careful than years ago and July the Fourth has ceased to be a day when “Fireman, Save My Child” sounded like a national anthem. General Demand. , “What kind of relief do you farmers want?"” “Same as everybody else,” answered Farmer Corntossel; “less work, more pay and a chance of parking space when we go down town.” Tags and Toggery. His brand-new suit displayed a lot Of style; and yet we scoff And smile with glee, for he forgot To' take the price tag off. A Senatorial toga fine Has brought him only pain. A jeering public stands in line. The price tag shows too plain. “Tain’ often,” said Uncle Eben, “dat any fisherman is as lucky as de man dat got cash foh sellin’ him de bait an’ tackle.” Perhaps the supposedly antiseptic action of tobacco is good for baby, making it lively, eppy’’ and antl- old-fogy, a most desirable list of traits, in this swiftly moving age. ‘There are those, of course, who have deplored the sight of the cigarette in the mouth of an otherwise dainty maiden. Old-fashloned persons, of whom there seem to be a tremendously unfortunate number in the world at any one time, deplore almost anything that “we moderns” have chosen as the brand of our modernity. Just because these horrible old- fashioned persons do not approve of ladles smoking cigarettes i{s just the very big reason why we take it up! And, If one of these modern thorough- breds wants to smoke around baby, why, what section of the United States Children's Bureau shall dare to say her nay? ““You tell 'em, Gertie, I'm too full of smoke." % e Mother Nicotine, bending over haby, sings to him or her the following song, the beat notes accentuated by puffs of smok Sleep, little baby, Mother is smoking, Baby is choking So prettily! Slumper and rest Here in your nest, The tobacco company Kn §o merrily! Let clouds of vapor Calm each cute caper, ‘While mother sings (puff), ‘While baby swings (puff). Chorus: Smoking the baby to sleep, Tra—la—la! There, little rascal, don't weep, Tra—la—Ia! Cross-cut _tobacco dreams, Dry up and mollify baby's screams; Some day, my dear, you'll grow up, Puff—puft—puff! : Ah, such a_charming young pup, Puff—puff—pufl! Then you'll be glad you had A wicked and bad, so bad, Mother to smoke you to sleep! * % k% Those familiar with the modern fox-trot will have no difficulty In sing- ing the above, making up their own tune as they go along, which melody will do as well as any. no doubt. The main point is to get your ac- cents right In the chorus, for in stance, the “tra la la” and “puff puff puff’ stuff must be put in by the bass horn (or in your mind, if you have no bass horn) in an ascending scale, with @ clash of cymbals (see previous note) ending the triolet with a crash The last three lines depend for their will soothe your THIS -AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. of the rhythm, hen you'll be glad——"" after which there is a slight pause; “you hada” is the way the next must be grouped; “wicked and bad——"" another slight pause: “moth- er to smoke——" this key-word is the high point of the last line; and all the following notes must be lower; “you——" pause; “to——"_ pause; “sleep.” Boom (by the orchestra).. Now that the reader knows how this song ought to be done, we can go on to a consideration of our main theme, which is none other than Mother Nicotine, her sweet self. Personally, we find ourselves in the dilemma of Longfellow's maiden, who 8tood where brook and river meet. Old-fashioned {deas are at war with so-called “flaming youth.” We are willing to concede that a woman may smoke and still be feminine (we know several and have seen many more), but we do not think she ought to smoke around baby It is tough on baby, you know. Baby's little lungs were made for oxygen consumption. Strictly speak- ing, there {8 no air too fresh for baby. Bathe the little dear in the free air of heaven, swing him from the tree top, as the simple old ballad had it, souse him in ozone, immerse him in a continuous bath of fresh air. - Keep Old King Tobacco at a safe distance from his tender tissues. Do not call upon baby to emulate a smoked herring. * k% % Think of the difficulty the smoke- raised baby will have in recalling vi- sions of Mother when he 18 old and gray and time has lald its mellowing hand upon him as upon a ripe tobacco leaf! “‘Ah, dear Mother, in memory 1 see thee, cigarette in hand, puffing clouds over the baby carriage! Behind the curls of smoke thy gentle tresses, bobbed in the prevalent style of that era, twined like the tendrils of Nico tlana, sweet flower of our tiny garden “I yvet can feel the impress of: th stained fingers, as they clasped m baby hands, and left an odor of stale tobacco on my satin skin. ‘“Then you bent over me, and min gled thy tobacco-laden breath with the odor of waterproof rouge, also a stylish thing of that far day. “I can remember that I thought— and bables think a great deal more than they are given credit for—I thought, ‘What on earth is the good of Mother washing me so carefully if she Is going to blow tobaceo smoke all over me immediately after?’ “Ah, Mother, in dreams [ see thee attempting to &cratch a match on that half-inch high heel, and failing miserably in the attempt! I remember that Father secretly did not approve of you smoking, but it being done by the rest of your €0 he gladly vielded to fashion. What flam ing youth of that period thought of resisting” “Eminent scientists pointed out to you, Mother, that tobacco has a pecullarly perniclous effect on women, but you laughed, and cried, 'So is your old man! which was the pre- vailing witticlsm of the period “Ah, dear Mother, hold me in vour arms again; let this old man place his head in memory once more upon effectiveness upon a proper jazzing your tobacco-scented breast!” BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. The Fourth of July brings from all good Americans the famous exclama- tion. “Lafayette, we are here!"— here in America, where we might not have established the republic but for Lafayette’s aid and the French assist- ance which he brought about. Vive Lafayette! It was a romantic and glorious part which the 19-yearold major general rendered to the American revolution- ists, but the part he took in liberating his own country from the tyranny of Louis XVI was no less distinguished. France, at the time of the Revolution, was sharply divided between the privi leged classes and the masses of peo ple, and it is impossible to consider the French as represented only by the ruling class. The same is true today there is more than one French peo- ple—the governing class and the gen- eral mass. “Lafayette, we are here!” in spite of the fact that our first war, after your great segvices, was with your France. And éven prior to that war another Frenchman, Minister Genet, had made himself so intolerable by his_ignoring the Federal Government and enlisting men in our territory to fight England on behalf of France, that President Washington demanded his immediate recall. It was a legacy of the Washington administration that President Adams fell heir to—the trouble with the French directory, which demanded a loan of a large sum, in order to finance their war with England, and also bra- zenly demanded a bribe of $240,000 for the five members of the directory. The penalty of remusal was to be that French cruisers would ravage our coasts. That brought Pinckney’s famous de- flance, “Millfons for defense, but not one cent for tribute!" The directory had decreed that any American found on board a hostile ship, even If placed there by impress- ment, should be hanged as a pirate. England at that time had already be- gun exercising her alleged ‘right of search,” by virtue of which she stopped our vessels upon the high seas and impressed any American sailors she liked—a practice which led to our war of 1812. Actual hostilities between French and American ships followed, and Gen. Washington was recalled from Mount Vernon to take command of an army of 20,000 men. Yet the directory was the-revolu- tlonary government after the fall of the Bastille and the beheading of the monarchs, hence ‘it represented the liberty-loving French. This bit of his- tory demonstrates that it is impos- sible to hold a people responsible for the foreign policies of their govern- ment. Lafayette was still the leader of the people in the days of the di- rectory, but he could not control the hostile and corrupt policies of those in power. Years after he visited Amer- lca. and was lionized for his great service and faithfulness to libert; R Six years after the end of the re- cent World War many American Legionnaires visited France to see again the revastated region of the bat- tle lines. Here is an incident as told by gne t;& them: “‘One of our Legion delegates, who had been & member of the 136th U. S. Artillery, recalled that just after the battle of St. Mihiel his regiment had been billeted in that village (Bussy la Cote, near Bar le Duc), and that they had left their regimental flag in the village church. Making a detour, we drove up the hill to the village, and were happy to discover the Stars and Stripes hanging over the altar. We had scarcely entered the church when the cobbled street was clattering with the wooden shoes of the peasants and children, who gathered excitedly around the church door chattering about ‘les Americains.’ Among them, hurriedly removing her apron as she ran, was an old lady, 78 years old as she afterward told us, who plays the organ in the church. She trembled with emotion to see the Americans after six long years, embraced most of us and, with tears in her eyes, told us that every Sunday since the battle of St. Mihiel she had played ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ at the mass. ‘It is our sanctus,’ she said, ‘and we always play it just before the elevation of the host,” and she added, “To me vour American national hymn is more beautiful than the sanctus of Beetho- ven.' “The memory of Mme. Grandpierre of Bussy la Cote will ever remain with us as the symbol of the friendship which gripped the hearts of the French and American peoples during the days of 1917 and 1918, It still continues, and God gar that no actlon of cold-blooded officials of either government shall ever disturb it R Tn contrast with that French appre- ciation of our national anthem, the New York press has reported a meet- ing this week of alleged ‘“patriotic’” Americans, where the president had nnounced that she would not permit ‘The Star Spangled Banner” to be sung, but that they would sing in- stead “Clod Save the King"-—meaning Ceorge 111—hecause if it had not been for his tyranny we thould not have gained freedom: therefore, George II1 should now receive American homage It is also reported that the audience, in deflance of the prohibition of that martial song, did sing it, and then most of the singers left the hall. Today word comes from France that the new ministry “expects to pay the debt to the United States, but not the full $2,000.000.000. Men who know France say it is the French statesmen who say that— not the masses of her citizenry. The government of France is not in as close touch with the people as is that of England. Every four years the French elect their Deputies and then the Parliament selects, sustains or dismisses its ministry without ref- erence to the people. There is no dissolution of the Chamber with a responsive vote of the people to guide their administrators as to the will of the nation as in England. In the last 17 years Aristide Briand has headed 10 cabinets, which shows that the life of the cabinets averages less than two vears and is subject to the whims of the Deputies. Usually the Deputies are not elected as members of any party: each selects his party later. When Pinckney cted out, “Millions for defense, but not one cent for trib- ute!” heswas not answering the French people, but their directory. When we hear from the Irench government threats of repudiation of her loan from us, we may turn to Mme. Grand- plerre and learn the final answer. Froude tells us that “a nation with whom sentiment is nothing is on the way to cease to be a nation at all.” France has sentiment, and the col verse of Froude’s maxim therefore is that France is not ceasing to stand among self-respecting nations. (Copyright. 1926, by Paul V. Collins.) jhnkioaebtio il Ingrowing Sham. From the Decatur Review. Frequently there seems to be an outbreak of so-called “tragedies of love,” where the victims of jealousy kill other’ persons and themselves. Srangely, the affairs come in groups, suggesting a sort of contagion. In fact, there may be some slight power of suggestion in these actions to the weak-minded individual who reads of them. People whose lives are con- trolled by self-thought, who worry over their own troubles, who magnify every molehill until it nears the size of a mountain, are never happy, nor are they truly in love. Men and women who know the power of real love demonstrate this knowledge by trying to give happl- ness to the one they love, while the “love murders” are the result of in- jured vanity and the desire for physical ownership. It will be noticed that few of these slayings occur among husbands and wives who are intent on making a living, or those who are willing to make sacrifices for each other’s happiness. The wife who has no time apart from her housework and who does not brood over the little troubles of her marriage seldom swerves from the path of law and honor. And the hu!-' band who is sincerely in love with his wife and who is ever working to; Dbetter support her has no {ime to sub- i mit to the pangs of jealousy or to THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. Andrew Fletcher, Scottish politician of the seventeenth century, said, “‘Let me make the songs of a people, and you shall make its laws.” Mark Sulli- van, perhaps having this in mind, de- votes a number of pages of hia book, “Our Times," to the songs popular in the United States in the nineties. Regi- nald de Koven's “Robin Hood,” with its popular song “Brown October Ale,” captured public approval and has held it for over a quarter of a century. “Daisy Bell” was one of the most popular songs of the period and the lines: v wer_tre, Fial?"erias™ A Tor 1Re 1oV of you' were heard everywhere, ‘‘There’ll Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" was the most popular air for the bands during the ' Spanish-American War. “On the Banks of the Wa- bash” and “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” were composed by Paul Dresser, a brother of Theodore Dresser. “The Sidewalks of New York” was revived at the Democratic convention of 1924. Other popular New York songs were “Little Annie Rooriey” and *“The Bowery.” Small town life produced “I Don't Want to Play In Your Yard" and “Down Went MeGinty.” Of love songs, ‘“‘Sweet Marie” was a general favorite. “When You and I Were Young, Mag- gie,” was sung at the White House by President and Mrs. Harding, as a reminiscence of their youth. “After the Ball” brought its composer, Charles K. Harris, profits of over $100,000. A song of the eighties, still popular in the nineties, was “I Had Fifteen Dollars in My Inside Pocket.” Other songs which had great vogue were “Ta-ra ra-ra Boom deay,” “Put Me Off at Buffalo,” “The Rosary,” “My Sweetheart’'s the Man in the Sunshine of Paradise Alley,” Bird in a Gilded C: Is in Blue,” and “Rastus on o One of the most delightful pieces of forelgn fiction offered in translation within the past two or three years was Ieabelle Sandy's ‘“‘Andorra, a tale of that obscure little country 1 ing in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, but belonging to neither. It was a tale of smuggling, of heredi- tary ownership of land, of family jeal- ousy, of murder. Now another of Isa- belle Sandy’'s novels has been trans- lated, “Wild Heart,”” also a story of the Pyrenees. The scene is the ham- let of Llivia, on the Spanish border, along a strip of neutral territory be- tween Spain and France. By the tre of the Pyrenees in 1659 Spain was obliged to cede to France 30 vil- lages of Cerdagne, of which Llivia was one. But the principal men of Llivia were able to prove that it was not a village but a city, dating from Roman_ times, with even a coat-of- arms of its own. So it has remained a Spanish city-village, entirely sur- rounded by French territory and Joined by a neutral road to the high way of Bourg-Madame, which forms the frontier. Against this background is worked out a very simple but mov- ing story of religlons mysticism, fam- ily devotion, poierty, suffering and love. Of the Vicentes family, the girl, Venturetta, is the only responsible member. Her mother, Metchita, though aging, is still a2t heart the loose coquette of younger days. Her brother, Miguel, is pleasure-loving, careless, selfish. Her crabbed old uncle, owner of the inn where they all work, 18 the tyrant and slave-driver of the family until the night when his life comes to a violent end. Then be- gin the sacrifice and martyrdom of Venturetta. Her love for her mother and brother, unworthy though they are, causes her to assume an unjust hurden, but she finds help in her mys- tical worship of the Virgin and her Divine Son. She attracts earthly friends, too—the hunchbacked hermit, Isal the fnsane woman, Pilar, and, the hunter and fisherman, Peyoun, who loves her. At the end the tragedy which seems almost in- evitable is escaped and Venturetta the to lodge of only trouble to go to a life of Peyoun in the forest serene contentment. * k% % A. A. Milne, who has captured the child world and many of its adult parenta and uncles and aunts by his verses in the volume “When We Were Very Young, has long written for Punch over the signature “A. A. M." He has collected some of his delightful- Iy humorous essayettes which have ap- peared in Punch in the volume “The Sunny Side.” Send it to an invalid friend, take it away on your Summer vacation, read it aloud in the family f u have a family circle u do read aloud. In his on Mr. Milne apologizes for publishing this book at all, on the ground that his literary obituary was suggested, if not written in full, some vears ago. In 1915 his volume of essays, called “Happy Days,"” was published, and a New York critic ended a review of it with the words, “Mr. Milne is at present in the trenches, facing the German bullets, so this will probably be hir last book.” After that, it seems to him almost indelicate to write anything more. der the first title in “The Sunny Side,” “Oranges and Lemons,” are de- tafled the humorous adventures of a party of original people at a lcaned villa on the Riviera. *“Men of Let- ters” burlesques certain literary types and methods. For example, Hamlet soliloquizes in the twentieth century over the telephone. The sports and holiday-making of Summer are whim- sically treated in “Summer Days.” “War Time” includes a number of sketches of the ludicrous minor hap- penings of war-time life, both in Eng- land and at the front. “Home Notes," “A Few Guests” and “And Others are the remaining titles. Throughout the volume, as Mr. Milne says, “odd verses have crept in on the unan- swerable plea that if they dldn’t do it now they never would.” For example: The sun may ehine at Colchester. The rain may rain at Penee: From low-hung skics the dawn may rise Broodingly un_Stonehenge. Knee-deep in_clover. the lambs at Dover Nibble a while and stare: But there's only one place in the world for Berkeley, Berkeley Sauare. * ok ok ok In the folk literature of the United States, Indian songs and legends and negro songs are fundamental. More has been done to collect and preserve the former type than the latter. A recent book by Dorothy Scarborough is valuable because of its contribution to negro folk lore—"‘On the Trail of Negro Folk Songs.” The author has herself collected the songs in her vi ume, traveling about the country and persuading old-time negroes to sing to her lullabies, spirituals, comic songs and other types. One thing that im- presses her is that in negro folk songs are preserved many of the themes of ‘English and Scotch ballads, as “Hugh of Lincoln,” “Lord Lovel” and “The Elfin__ Knight Miss Scarborough classifies her negro songs as dance songs, chiliren’s game songs, lulla- bies, animal songs, work songs, rail- road songs and blues. * K ok K “Some New Letters and Writings of Lafcadio Hearn,” collected and edited by Sanki Ichikawa, is interesting for many reasons, among them because of the devotion revealed for his Japanese wife. He married when he was past 40, in the province of Izumo, the daughter of a samurai named Settsu. Hearn assumed his wife's family name, Kolzumi, and later exchanged his own Christian name for the Japa- nese name Yakumo. He refused on one occasion a good journalistic offer in the United States because he would not be separated from his wife and children. Eventually he became a ge,"” “Two | Q. Who are the members of an em- peror's household?—P. E. G. A. They are too numerous to men- tlon. The principal members are as follows: Aldes, equerries, gentlemen in walting, chamberlatn, herald, master | of the hunt, cup bearer, master of ceremonies, manager of the Roval Theater, master of the horse, chef, gentlemen of the bed chamber, pages | and superintendents of pages. Q. What Is meant by the Interna- tional Zone of Tangler’—C. F. D. A. The status of Tangler, because of its strategic position at the entrance | to the Mediterranean, became an in timate concern of the foreign offices ! of France, Spain and Great Britain, | in the years immediately following the | World War. In July, 1923, a commis. slon, composed of French, Spanis and British experts, met for the pur- pose of preparing a new agreement regarding this territory. The sittings were completed December 1%, 1923. The provisional agreement as sub- mitted to the governments of the countries represented conta following provisions: The Zone, whose permanent ncutrality v assured, was to continue as a part of Morocco under its own constitution. The municipality of Tangler was to| be under both a committee of con- trol and an_International Legislative Assembly. The customs service was| to be under the control of the in- | ternational administrition. Fconomic equality at the port was to be ob- served. No fortifications were to be erected. A protocol was signed in | July, 1925, by Great Britain, France and Spain, providing for permanent neutrality, security and Internationali- zation. Q. Are honeys that color stronger in taste?— A. Generally speaking, honeys have richer flavor. honeys, however, have characteristic flavors. are dark in ST the darker Some light pronounced Q. What color should clothes be to be coolest in the Summer time?— L. W. A. yellow. Q. What are rune stones?—N. S. A. They are stones or monuments on which are engraved runes—the | earliest form of the Teutonic alpha- | | bet. . White s best, then gray and Q. Could the Sahara Desert be con- | | verted into an inland s | A, The Sahara is, & ing, a tabledand 1,300 to 1,600 above sea level. This fact would terfere seriously with such a plan. | Q. Were there Instances during the | | Civil War when troops were affected | | by scurvy?—A. C. T. I "A. It is estimated that at least | per cent of the deaths in the Clv | War were caused by scurvy. | Q. Is there a Child Welfare clation fn Washington?—W. R. T. | ""A. The name of the Board of Chil- | dren'sy Guardians was changed July 1 to the Child Welfars Association. Q. What animal | cleanest>—J. B A. The cat is perhaps the cleanest of animals. Q. How many concerts did P derewski give on his last tour of the | United States and how much did he receive for them?—M. E. K A. Paderewski gave about 50 con certs on his last tour and the approxi mate amount paid the artist for each was §4,000. Q. What per cent of Spanish blood has the average Mexican”—V. W. K A. The Mexican News Bureau say “The blood of the old Conquistadores of 300 to 400 years ago has been di luted to such an extent that in at ss0- keeps itself the {and vo {that a record jof the least 75 per cent of the population it Is scarcely noticeable. One-third would be a liberal estimate, about one fourth being nearer the n iy one-half are full-blooded »-fourth sho slight traces “panish an- cestry and the other fourth more pro nounced indications at was meant by Training a custom which prevailed about H. H. M Training « pointed day for the d unteer forces du Hawk wars. Q was the legal it ; ap 2 of militia & the Black Q. Is there a pardons granted L. B A. The Department d kept of the President? Justica says is kept all pardons nted by the President tion may be obtained which are gr: and that inforn on any particul Q. What are the dime home plate on a base ball diamond? 0. D E A. The home plate a hase mond _is one foot square, with the on the portion facing iere it will measure 17 a corners filled the pitcher, inches across Q. What s a civil list>-H. N A. In this country the civil list sig- nifies (1) a iist of the en Government: (2) the revenue appropriated to_support civil govern- ment; (3) the officers of the civil gov ernment, who are paid from the pul- lic treasury. Is there any way to prevent the forming of scum when jelly is boiling J. B. R A. The Rurean of Home Econom says there i no way of preven this. It should be removed while ¢ jelly is cooking Q. e Pactolus Where i Why is the sand of t ow as _gold er?—R. A. M he sands of the Pactolus River vellow as goid” because of the which was in the sand. The Pactolus was an anclent br in Lydia, an affluent of the Herme brook was famed for the gold was down by its sands. Its productive ness ended hefor: beginning of the Christian era. modern name is Sarabat. Q. Isit cruel te A. D. A. The Bureau of Animal Industry s that it is no more severe to mu zle a dog than to horse with a steel bit in fts mouth. zling dogs through the Summer es an im mediate decline in number of case rabies Q. What does it det at West Point A. The War Dep the cost of putting the United States M to be §10,000. Q. When the Oregon Trail coins be struck’—G. M. A. A design for s coin has not accepted ye Q River 0k T keep a dog muzzled? c the ost_to educate a —F. 8. rtment estimates a cadet through ary Academy y reader can get the answer to uestion by writing the Evening nformation Bureau, Frederic J . Director, Washington, D. C. er applies strictly to informa- the Bureau cannot give advice 1, medical and financial mat- 1t does not attempt to settie ic troubles, nor undertake ex- on any subject plainly and brief- and address and tn stamps for return postage. ply is sent direct to the inquircry Address the Evening Star Informdtion Bureau, Frederic J Haskin, Director, Washington. D. € Thij on 1 ters dome haustive researc Write your ques Iy, Give full na inclose two cen Dry Fees While there are some defenders of the Anti-Saloon League pr 3 paying Congressmen for dry and speeches, much of the editorial comment is emphatically d ing. Discussion, which f closures in a Senate investi Senator Reed of Missouri amining Wayne B. Wheele stimulated by the introduction of a bill by Representative Tinkham to prohibit payments to members of Congress for speeches on matters in- volved in pending legislation “Whether Congress has the power to prohibit its members from accept- ing from private organizations pay- ment for speeches or articles in sup- port of or opposing proposed leg tion may be an open question,” in the opinion of the Chicago Daily News, but “from the point of view of ¢, decency and common sense n be no doubt as to the pro- of the bill to prohibit such payments. The Tinkham bil tinues the Daily News, “is based on the reasonable theory that the accept- ance by a lawmaker of fees from pri vate organizations for services con- nected with bills or resolutions pend- ing in Congr s incompatible with the lawmaker's independence and his exercise of honest judgment.” The Buffalo Evening News agrees that “it is bad business to permit members of Congress to appear as pa advocates for any special interest, whether it be the Anti-Saloon League or the sugar trust.” The Racine Journal-New adds the comment: “Congress has passed corrupt pra tices acts, but ignores pract that_border on the line. Most suredly it is an offense again good morals if members of Congress accept payment in any form for addr or work in behalf of pending legis tion or that which may be pending in the near future.” EE “The paid politician,” declares the San Francisco Bulletin, “is honorable only when his political servic are paid for openly and above board by the people. If he cannot live and bring up a family on his congressional salary he should feel free to engage in outside work, but it should be out- side work and not inside work paid for by outsides If the purpose amount and source of his side money are to be discovered only by means of a congressional or similar investiga- tion, then he is holding out on his electorate and deceiving it The Topeka Daily Capital believes that “so far as members of Congress are concerned, the excuse or explanation of low salary and increased living costs is largely disposed of, since they raised their own pay in the last Con- gress. Public opinion will be general- Iy against their remuneration by spe- clal interests,” adds the Capital, “re- gardless of what these interests may be, where they are in any degree controversial.” 5 “To say that the disclosure is un- pleasant,” says the Syracuse Herald, “is an exceedingly polite characteriza. tion of the reality. The service for which our Congressmen are paid $10,000 per annum is the making of law. If it were shown that one of them was in the employ of a private corporation whose interests were de- pendent on Federal legislation, the “evelation would insure his expulsion trom office in disgrace. Yet the Anti- Saloon League is no more or han a private eerporation or orj zation, which admits no public r to control its actlvities, and whose ation with | been priety nurse a conceitedness th&t will only | Japanese citizen in order to protect|chief business is to influence both rights. prove his own downfall, his wife’s national national and State legislation.” Press Warmly Discusses leaves the inn where she has known | for Legislators The Milwaukee Journal contends that “the principle is the same whether the fees are from the Anti Saloon League or an association of teel malers, the National Association of Manufacturers, or from power con- that want to get hold of Muscle for instance.” The Sacra- to Union takes the more extreme ion that “the Congressm accepts money for urging oree- ment of a law already enacted is a cheat and a fraud: it is his swc duty to do everything within power to see that the lav forced. without extra compensation.” “The Government of the United States,” according to the Yakima Daily Repub “ought 1 it Senators and Representatives aries large enough so that they can live comfortably, and then it cught to re- quire that they attend to its busi- ness exclusively. That is the hest way to get the business done.” In this connection the Cincinnati Times Star asks: “Suppose the United States Steel Corporation recognized a Con gressman’s character and entered into »mradeship’ with him by handing him a check for each speech Suppose the Standard Oil Co.'s moral position on a public question was such that a Congressm oratorical ability was hired by it. What would be the public reaction?” The Bangor Commercial also argue: admitted that men who payment fr loon League for speeches made will hardly be regarded as able to approach the matter of liquor Jegislation with an entirely open mind.” e On the other side of the question the Greensboro Daily Record oh- serves: “Since the subjects of prohi- bition law enforcement, of modifica- tion and repeal are now fssues in Congress, or at least pretexts for a great deal of talk, we cannot sce wherein a Congressman is violating even official ethics by making occa- sional addresses on the same theme elsewhere than in the halls of Con- gress, nor is he blamable for receiving such remuneration as would reim- burse him for the expense he incurs.” The Binghamton Press, taking a simi- lar position, sa he implication is that money paid for speeches in- fluenced the votes of Congressmen. But to make that hold water it will be necessary to produce a Congress- man who opposed prohibition and then flopped after getting a retainer from the Anti-Saloon League. So far, the Cengressmen who have admitted taking Anti-Saloon money for speeches have been avowed fupport- ers of prohibition for years." The Indlanapolis News, quoting the statement that “Wayne Wheeler says that he hired members of Congress to make dry talks,” adds that “of course, the members were not com- pelled to vote as thev talked.” while the Terre Haute Star remarks that Mr. Wheeler “evidently is not a good business man or he would know that most Congressmen would be delighted to make speeches for the ‘cause’ free of charge.” Referring to Senator Reed’s exami- nation of the attorney for the Anti- Saloon League, the Chattanooga News remarks that “Reed himself is not averse to earning fees on the side in addition to his senatorial salary of $10.000 a year. The Santa Bar News adds that “the is merely making political ¢ for the wet cause; he knows as well as any one that it s customary for Congressmen to receive pay for lec- tures on many subjects.”