Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1926, Page 34

THE 'EVENING ‘With Sunday -Moraing ‘STAR . Edition. SUNDAY....... 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... The E\:enln( Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office: 114 8. and Fennevivania Ave, Now Jork Ofice: 110 8. Buroposs BmorYs Horeut St ‘England. {nly 11, Editor morn- ng with the Sunday morn. itar, Efi'um by ear o jay only, 20 cen sent by mall or i ., Collecs ‘on is made br carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. iaryiend and Virginia. 1 vr., $8.00: 1 mo., 78¢ .. B0e e 38 Member of the Associated Pnu.‘ . ‘The Associ: Press fs exclusvely entitlel 1o tho Hae Gox Topunieation of all news dis- atches credited to 1t or not otherwise. s e eer 2ol i, B ey s n s 0 ©f epecial dispatees herein are also mm:@ == = Seeking a Remedy. Practical steps to prevent a disas- trous increase in the volume of Dis- trict expenditures and consequently an increase in the tax rate have been taken through the initiative of the Board of Trade committee on ‘munici- pal finance. These citizens as well as members of other committees of the Board of Trade have conferred with District officlals, and as a result of that conference a special committee is to be named to study the estimates for the next fiscal year and the sources of revenue. In August this special committee will make a report and a further conference will be held ‘with the Commissioners to agree upon a program of recommendations to Con- gress as well as upon a conservative budget of District expenditures. It is evident that with the restraint imposed upon Congress by the fixed- ratio principle of Federal contribu- tions to District maintenance removed there is no disposition at the Capitol to hold down the lncal budget. On the contrary. thera is a. disposition to impose upon the District the full cost of important works which should be financed jointly by District and Government. There is even a dispo- sition to wmake the District pay for strictly Federal works. This was se- * rlously proposed in the closing hours of the last session in the case of the national arboretum. At present it is the policy of Con- gress in appropriating District reve- nues for Capital maintenance to com- pel the meeting of the costs of Jarge, improvements out of current reve- WASHINGTON, D. C. nues: The District is at present build- ing for posterity on a cash-payment basis. Its budget of today represents improvements for the benefit of Dis- trict citizens of the future. It is prac- tically impossible to obtain appropria- tlons for such projects save upon the basis of payments out” of "current funds. ; No other municipality in the United States is thus cg}m elled to meet its g D ra0D needs of the future out of today's revenues. No other municipality is Increasing its annual budget at the rate of the District. No other munici- pality is menaced with so large an ad- ® vance in the tax rates. And all be- cause of the fact that Congress has abandoned the fixed-ratio principle and is compelling the District to put itself upon a cash-payment basis, with- out regard for the item of tax rates and indifferent to the breaking strain that is imposed upon the community by this unnatural mode of provision. Expedients to avoid immediate large expenditures for permanent projects wiil be only palliatives. They will not cure the essential fault of the system which has been established in substi- tution for the fixed-ratio plan. The Board of Trade committee is to seek a formula of legislation that will pre- vent the swelling of the budget and the consequent increase of the tax levy. There is but one conceivable method whereby Congress, so long as it contains no representative of the District, can be held to reasonable re- straint in the spending of District money, and that is the restoration of the fixed-ratio principle, which will act as a check upon so-called liberality of appropriation, which is, in fact, lib- erality with other people’s mori ———e———— One of the wise sayings of great men that nobody pays any attention to is that old remark of Andrew Car- negie to the effect that it is a dis- grace for a man to die rich. ——— e + _Potatoes for Italy. Mussolini makes one of the boldest moves in his campaign for the re- demption of Italy’s finances when he raises restrictions that have long been imposed against the importa- tion“ef seed potatoes. . He do€s this in order Yo encourage, the growth of the tuber, which forms large a part of the dietary of other nations, but which has been denied entrance into Italy because of the universality of the use of ‘“pasta,” generally known as macaroni. N Pastas in various. forms are made throughout Italy. They are made in factories by wholesale and they are made in homes. Travelers through that country making their first visit find much to interest them in the sheets and strings of this food ma. terial hanging on lines in the yards of dwellings to dry, just as clothes.| are hung in the yards of American homes. monest of food units throughout a large part of the world. The potato is an American plant. It was in cultivation in the Western Hemisphere before the discovery of America, and was taken to Euvope, probably from Peru to Spain, im the early part of the 16th century. It was introduced Into England either by Bir Walter Raleigh in 1585 or by T A s ST Franels Draks in 1886, On this | Pasta fs made of flour ofa, certain: srade of wheat, of high farinaceous quality. The soil‘of Italy Is especial- ly tavorable to fta growth. The pos tato, however, could grow. in ftaly, as it can practidally anywhere in the world. is easily \grown and is susceptible ‘of wide variations, Nu- merous experiments have been con- ductéd 'by the Department of Agri- culture at Washington looking to the adaptation of various forms ‘of po- tato plants to particular solls, So tenaclous are the Italans of their habitual foods that it is a mat- ter of some question whether the po- tato ‘will be welcomed, even, though for economic reasons the thange from pasta wheat to the tuber would be advantageous. Mussolini has al- ready found his reform program stoutly resisted, particularly in the matter of lonnl/houn for the work- ing men. His attempt to introduce the potato as a rival to “macaropl” may be just one of those little things i3 | that sometimes breed great trouble. ot Tell the Pilgrims the Truth! Many | visitors to the Sesqui- centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia are already coming to Washington as one of the important points on a pa- triotic pligrimage. Many more will come, as the great fair is more fully established and draws larger numbers, Those who have coupled Washington already with the Sesquicentennial have had the advantage of seeing Con- gress at work. Those who are to come will miss that spectacle, But whether they , have already come and been treated to a visit to the halls of legislation ‘and to' the sound of the voices of the American lawmakers in debate or exposition, or must make the journey without know- ing that experience, they will perhaps g0 back to their homes with a sense of something wrong at ‘Washington. Having stood in the presence of the great relic of Liberty, the ringing tones of which proclaimed the birth of the new republic, they are puzzled to find here a community of Amer- icans, fully endowed with all the theoretical qualifications for citizen- ship, who, despite the solemn trutié enunciated in the Declaration of [n- dependence, are denied any participa- tion whatever in the making of their own laws, or in the choice of their executive, or in the levying of taxes. Yet this condition has prevailea for many, many years. It has existed ever since Congress accepted the gift of a tract of land, ten miles square, from Maryland and Virginia, to serve as a seat of Federal Government. For | a part of that time the small com- munities comprised within the Dis- trict boundaries were seif-governing, in a sense. For more than half a century, however, there has been no shred of representation of the Capital community In the body that makes its laws. 2 ‘This has not been for lack of pro- test or appeal. Washington has al- ways claimed its share of the funda- mental pational right of representa-| tion. It is claiming it now with par- ticular emphasis and with specific proposal for its grant. Eventually it hopes that its claim_ will be granted and that the people of the country will have an opportunity to pass upon it in the form of an amendment to the Constitution permitting Congress to extend to the Washingtonians the right of national representation in the Federal lawmaking body and the right to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. This is an opportune time to set forth to all the patriotic pilgrims who include Washington in their route to and from the Sesquicentennial Ex- hibition the fact that the principles rid. (e o by zave ; sixty, emigrated to Vinland, and there ‘planted a colony, which seems to have thriven, but after a. time we hear lor nd the New England States, through Canada ‘and the United ~States to Alaska and Puget Sound, some of them dating 0. a period before the Christian era,” will surprise most. of our people, On the coaht of New Eng- land are some stone ruins belleved to | v be Norse relics and Arctic axplorers have heard from Esquimaux of stone structures back from the sea Th Lab- ‘rador which are believed to have been bullt by Vikings. It is not lkely that we will know REPARING FOR TOMORROW. Joghua, ‘A, 6., ased this wway heretofore; sdnd-. Hiy wourselves, for tomarrow the | Lord will do wonders among you.” ““It 1a great for a man to come to & future which he does not know," said Phillips Brooks It Is the prevailing t of life to be ever looking for- ward to new days of better things: Indeed, it is this habit of anticipation, of forward looking, that has Inspired and brought into being and creat benefited the race. TFranklin once much more about, Norse visits and |, settlements im erica than we do now, but if Prof. Opajon's transla- tion of the Spokane boulder is all right it shows that the Vikings crossed our continent nine centuries ago, | bee: That boulder should be made the ob- Ject of further Inquiry.by a body of Scandinavian authorities on Norse markings. : It is hard to get at the bottom of the early ‘settiement of America. The time of coming of the race misnamed “Indians” and the land that people came ‘from areé not settied to the sat- istaction of anybody. Some sclentists hold that the Indlans came from Asia and perhaps across the Aleutian archi- pelago. That North America was set. tled before the coming of the Indians is almost proved, but what kind of a race that was and where i came from is for the present beyond the wisest of men. Inscriptions in Mexico, Guatemala, TYucatan, Peru and elsewhere in the far south have been said to bear re- semblance to Chaldean, Egyptian, Carthagenian and Phoeniclan charac- ters. If Carthagenians or Phoenicians came in galleys to people the .con- tinent south of us, they no doubt found a race in possession. It is hard to get back to our true aborigines. . ——— « Evolution and Politics. ‘When' the late Willlagy Jennings Bryan . “broke” the evolution case down in Tennessee there were many who figured that this question of edu- cation and religion would yield politi- cal results. A dispatch from. Nash- ville tells that they were right.. Men who were conspicueus in the Scopes evolution trial at Dayton last Summer are now in the ring for political prefer- ment. The senior counsel of Profes- sor Scopes, advocating repeal of the State evolution law, 1s a candidate for the Democratic nomination for gov- ernor. The governor of the State, who signed the anti-evolution act, is a candidate for renominatfon. The superintendent of education at Day- ton, who was the official prosecutor. of Séopes, is a candidate for.the Re: publican nomination for the governor- ship. The judge who tried the case is running for re-eléction on the' Re. publitan ticket “and is opposed by &/ ‘Dembocrat, “whio “has’the indorsement of the prosecuting attorney of the dis- trict. in which the, case was tried. No mention in this catalogie of candi- dates is made of Scopes himself. . Why should he not be in the field? - Per: haps he has no political aspiratidns. Maybe he is too busily éngaged in his studies at Baltimore, doubtless in deeper research into evolution than heretofore. But it Is a pity that he is not in the running in Tennessee, ———eee e The opinion advanced by Mr. Frank Lowden that farmers should become more intelligent will not satisfy many a rural citizen who has been thinking set forth in the Declaration of In- dependence and proclaimed by the tones of the Liberty bell have been denied to the half million people of the National Capital. Many of them do not know the fact. Let none of them get back home without telling them of this anomaly and of the plan tdnder way to correct it. et President Coolidge has at last yield- ed to the delights of a fishing trip. He may be playing golf next, and eventually resume the presidential custom of throwing the first ball at the opening game of the base ball sea- son. A President, however engrossed in dutiful occiipations, is compelled to realize that the Amierican people like to see him enjoy himself occasionally. ———— Changing. the government seidom goes far to changing the immediate tendency of economic conditions. A new ministry makes no. impression whatever on the French frane. et ‘When: Mussolini ‘'goes after the grafters - many Italian people are likely to make inquiry as to:who let them in, in the first place. Norse Relics. An inscription in color on a boulderi| near Spokane, Wash., has been trans- lated by a Norse historian as a tale of a fight between Norsemen and In- 'dians ' where that boulder rests. This Norse historian, Prof. Oluf Opsjon, says the stone shows the date at that fight to be 1010, He says the rock painting tells-of a battle by a spring near ‘the boulder, that twelve of the Norsemen were killed, seven of their women captured and that one woman and her baby were from a high rock. Norsemen escaped returned to bury the story of the the rock. It is the time of Wi Vikings were in America in"the tenth or eleventh century. In the Eneyclo- pedia Americana is this: “In the year 1000, according to the Saga narratives, Leit, son of Bric the Red. leaving Greenland, which had been discovered and by his father, a Norwegian, southwardin aship, accom- things out for himself, and who feels | He that his intellectual attainments will meet practical requirements if he can persuade the farmhands to be more industrious. The farm problem is, in large measure, a labor problem. LI R e A man in Henry Ford's position is Jlikely to face boredom. Every at- tempt to interest him must consist in telling Kim soraething to do with his money that will result in biing- ing\him still more, money. ——ete— One obstacle to prohibition enforce- ment is the constant advertisement in the news columns of enormous profits to be derived from rum running. . SHOOTING STARS. the satisfactions of an attitude means. we face a new tomorrow. The wisest of our prophets. ean hardly tell o8 what that tomorrow fs t One need is clearly evi 5 the flight ‘ot the years we have come into a finer national consciousness and lieve that “God has served us a Nation,” and we further believe that only as we maintain nn- falling_trust in Him shall we go for- ward fo a new day of higher achieve- ment and more sausfying endeavor. The call.upon every true citizen is to pause at sych a time as’this for re. dedication to the high cliims of God and country. ' If. we believe that “to. morraw. the Lord will do’ great won- ng " it we are hopeful that better days lle ahead, then we must more completely seek to. fulfill His will and to understand more fully His dlyine purposes. _In the hurry of our present life we are sometimes reluctant_to pause for more serious reflection or to set apdrt definite tinies for meditation and We seem ‘to be Irritated If HARVESTING “¥Ye have vot | ose agencl tions that have cpfly‘hefl and | i ce embarrasses us, Some one- say! ‘e havesmachinery, but no motio f the Master of men ent ‘upon great world crusade, H “into the silences for a protras d. . What those diys of silen meant to' Him the world may not know, buf that they empowered Hi and gave Him a larger vision of A. the hope that.a way may be found by the Government: send such mu organizations, -oernd fo noné in the world, on tours of the United States, “thus giving ail ot the | | people ab opportunity to recelve the great inspiration that ~comés f iistening. to these concerts,” which they can now hear only by radlo. - | Representative. Woodrum recails in- terestingly the history of the Arm: 0)- | Band, and pays tribute to its leader- it m;;;m “‘m shades of a n that He might once again :‘m the issues of His divine mission and be strengthened for the impend- crisis. great leader—indeed, every one who has contributed to a better tomorrow—has emulated His example, When . the great fléld marshal France bore the heavy burdens of di- recting the greatest army the world has ever known, he repeatedly stole away from the scene of action, with has | g jts turmoll and distractions, that he might spend a' silent ho from the noise of gun: an exacting servic lghtened my way tion when asked concerning these pe- riods of quiet. v & Sunday was designed to"afford man an opportunity for reflection and u better understanding of the purposes of God, Its practical value is clearly demonstrable. It is not designed as A ‘day of stern. seif-Qiscipline,, but rather that it may afford a larger op- portunity for checking up the suc- ceskes and failures of preveding days and prepare us for the increasing and wider responsibilities of the days that are 1o follow, There can be no prog- these periods of reflec- ‘The best balanced life is the one that has fashioned for itself a prescribed schedule. *Eight ~hours for work, eight hours for play and eight hours for sleep,” with no time rovided for renewing. the - spent forces or repairing the breaches, re- sults in fmpairment, incompetence and failure. What some one has called the “lust for haste” is a character- istic of our time. We stand expect- antly and hopefully at the beginning of an age that we believe’ will mark t!’;umun advance the world has ever known, but Jet us be clear about it, its progress will be determined by those who, with high devotion, sanc- tity themselyes and give more heed 1o the voices of the spirit. -~ - b THE WHEAT BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Alded and directed so far as pos- sible by the free service of the United States Department of Labor, the an- nual invasion of the wheat-growing West by 100,000 temporary harvest hands is under full ing. These men, with the farmers and the more permanent help, are laying low the waving fields which raise the bread crop of the Nation. Starting in Texas in June, the harvesting army has moved northward into Oklahoma and ‘Kansas, is sending its advance guard into Nebraska and has new flelds to conquer when these ha been won by the reaper and t binde: f Tempted by the lure of the out-| doors and the three and four dollar & day wages, all sorts and conditions of men make up- the harvesting Army. . Some are regulars who have n these lands:before and will see -again, Summer . after Summer. Others: are: college. men .on vacation. or-city men seizing & chance to travel and see the West. Others are work- ers of the raliroad and highway con- atruction camps and laborers in other lines, who. seek more permapent :jobs in the Winter, but hit the open trails Wl June rolls around.and sleep- ing uud-r“g:a open sky is a joy’ an e. Government and State supervision and in finding jobs for men and. men for jobs have improved the circumstances of the harvest hand a good deal in recent years. He does not sleep in the open unless he wants to. “Bunk houses or tents are supplied. He travels by railroad in a ‘coach, unless he owns a flivver or prefers the chances of free riders on freight trains, or a 1ift along the highway by tourists. gets more money and takes fewer chances than of old, but he is -still essentially an adventurer, follows the crops northward and westward and gets over about as much territory as suits his fancy. The long hours and hard work of the harvest flelds” have not changed much. There are no easy jobs. It is a man’s work, and it hardens the muscles and calluses the hands and browns the skin and produces an ap- petite the like of which is not found outside of a fighting army. Supplying this army of labor to the wheat flelds when it is needed and under fair conditions to the workers is mo simple task. It is a task that men mus move to the place where the Job is w&lllngi State cmpl:{m nt of:- fices and public of Government cam ‘|ot. Labor established its nation-wide '| system , of. June goes journeying on her way, ‘Mongst blossoms sweet and kind, The bees, While workin’, pause to play ‘The tune of “Never Mind.” Sorrows come an’ sorrows go. Wé've laughed an’ we've repined; But June comes singin’, sweet an’ low, The tune of “Never Mind.” As Civilization Advances. “Politicians used to fight duels,” re. marked the. friend. * “We have grown more refined and humane. ‘'When a politician-has given offense the resignation rumor is substituted for the challenge to, com. As ragged rhythms float sbout, ' ‘When all is sald and done, 1 wish they'd cut the “music” out And let the “statie” run. \ ‘—— " - 4 i Jud Tunkins says the only objection he'sees to “The Spangled :Ban- ner” {s that it positively d¢mands re- spectful ‘attention to 80" many bad States, and closed when the crop ‘each From offices to gather and dis- tribute timely and accurate informa- tion to harvest workers, Central Office Maintained. From its central office at 2028 Main street, Kansas City, Mo, the Farm Labor Division of the United States Employment Service now directs seven permanent branch offices and several scores of temporary branches, which are opened up at seasonal times in 14 in State is barvested. the City office go out timely bul- letins setting forth wheat-cutting date: in_varfoun sections, wages paid eachi section and the estimated num- her of men that will be needed from outside, together with the address of the nearest temporary e, where free directions to the job will be avail- able, with a minimum of travel ai b ey and tRIeh hin ‘own own o ~ In Washington. Others are selected as the demand indicates need for an office. In Chicago there is a Federal State office combined at 116 North Dearborn street, in St. Louis at 1403 Chestnut street, and in Little Rock at 106 Center street. These offices are a good distance from the harvest sections, but help with information to thousands of -harvest laborers pass- Ing through those cities and guide men in the right direction to the nearest job then available. Time Element Important. Fortunately for the workers and the . farmers, the biggest wheat- growing State, Kansas, harvests its crop earlier than the Northern areas, and the usual army of about 40,000 itinerant = workers needed in that State can later scatter into Nebraska, the Dakotas, Iowa ‘and Minnesota. The Montana cutting later, usually in August. ppire area, between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades in Tdaho, Oregon. and. Washington, attracts a. few; ofthesdnore venturesome:work- ers. who have. harvested earlier-in Tem:l. (o:(th)l’omn and Kansas, ‘but of 8 forces came fro ‘est Coast. o Most of the wheat-belt States have other crops which: call for seasonal labor, and the oat, rye, barley and hay fields offer jobs, some before and the wheat crop. Theshing in many sections is a separate job from harvesting. Corn husking, po- tato digging and fruit picking call for help late into the Summer or early Fall, and the agricultural army does not break up all at once when the wheat is cut. In every bunk- house from the Mississippi to the Pa- cific Ocean there is talk of the next Jjob to which men aré moving. The harvesting ‘army has heen mobilizing nlldllguflm early. June, and after July 4 its ranks pretty well filled and the northward march golng steadily forward. The Govern- ment ‘fleld employment offices move ahead the outposts and information sources for this army, while the cen. tral office keeps the divisions fn- formed of conditions as the attack on the wheat flelds progresses® The chief clearing house is the Kansas City office, to which the Department ::c lhbo’d. r urges that inquiries be ai. comes* stili The Inlafid jones Self-Master. | Example- in Control May Guide 4 er Golfers, From the New York Herald-Tribune. All followers of golf can remember the days when the latest winner of the British open ‘used to tear up his cards at the end of a badly played match, throw his putter across the green after failing to hole out and break theé club that had refused to do his will. “golf temperament,” that stolld qual- ity which has enabled more than one distinguished player to continue a game complacently, even after three or four bad holes, 5 Jones is a golfer who has set to ‘work deliberately to master himself, knowing ‘that until that was done he co never master the game. Highly strung, nervous, given to fits of disgust with himself which broke out in violent exhibitions of temper, he_was under ‘a trémendous hand!- cap. It is evident that by the sheeér. force of will power he has leariied nd | to ‘hold when the devil inside him was insisting that he stamp on his treacherous, vs “up the game forever. One of &i the reasons why~ the majori f | members of every gol? elub co ° [to play far over | “gete A H par is that the game ‘them.” Even it their fury at breaks out only in bad lan: suage, it ists till the end of the round results in vicious swata ;:‘tm ball which are fatal to good p! are able to maintain sel three or hu;;whmr- at 'even when * breaks™ them, they will in time m nority ‘who now and then play under - Jones s really | 0 fe jor niblick and | pack ship. ; . As a result of close observation of the European military bands during |the World- War, Gen.. Pershing real: ized the need of a representative band in our own Army, capable of holding its ‘own with the best bands to be found in any ,country in the world, Accordingly, upon becoming Chief of 8taff of the Army of the United States Gen. Peérshing gave orders for the formation of such a band. Ninety musicians were therefore selected from the different service bands of the. Army d were gathered in Washington. In the Spring of 1922 . | thege musicians were organized .into the Army Band at Fort Hunt, Va. Pirst, Lieut, P. W, Lewis was selected us’ commanding officer and remained with the band until 1924, when €apt. R. G, Sherman assi command. For drum major Gen. Pershing we- lected Sergt. Willis 8. Ross, who bad been drum major of -the General Headquarters Band (otherwise known #s Pershing’s Band) in France. He is one of the most efficlent drum majors in the United States Army. Inzmemb‘r. 1922, the Army Band was ofdered to Washington Barracks, D. C., where it immediately plunged into the many duties of the city. The need then hécame apparent to select A capable leader, who must necessa- rily. Nm more than average ability as a leader. - Accordingly, a board of officers and warrant officers was appointed to report upon the effi- ciency of the applicants for the posi- tion.” The board, having gone over matter very. carefully, selected Warrant Officer W. J. Stannard the band leader, and he was accord: ingly detailed for that duty, where he has continued to the present. Largely through Mr. Stannard's ef- forts the Army Band has taken (ts place in the very forefront of musical organizations, and he has placed the Army Band on an equalify with the best ghere is. - Mr. Stannard” éntered the Arm when 18 years of age. He has studied under C. L. Staats of the Boston Sym- phony; Mr. Norrito, clarinet soloist with Sousa’'s Band for many years; Mr. Leroy.of the Garde Republique Band, France, and Mr. Levy of the Russian Symphony Orchestra. In 1911 he won a scholarship to the In- stitute of Musical Art, under the di- rection of Dr. Frank Damrosch, and graduated after having completed a four-year course in two years. He was appointed band leader in June, 1913, and wae immediately assizped to the 30th Infantry, in Alaska, which he reorganized and brought to such a high‘state of efficiency that he was complimented by Capt. D. E. Nolan, now Gen. D. E. Nolan.- From here he went to the 13th Infantry, and un- der his baton the 13th made an en- | viable reputation., While in the Phil- ippines Mr. Stannard had the honor of directing the Constabulary Band, a werld-famous’ musical _organization. On his return to the United States Mr. Stannard, as ranking band leader at Camp Eremont, Calif., directed the consolidated band concerts given at the camp and also those within a 100-mile radiu: He directed a most Auditorium, Schumann-Heink. ~ Upon _being_ or- dered to Camp Merritt, N. J., with the;13th, he was placed in charge of all the.music.in the camp, and was selected to direct the camposite band of the 1st Division-for the reception tendered to Gen. Pershing upon his return from Frane 1so directed the band upon the occasions of President Wilson's . departure for and return from France. X In 'December, 1919, Mr. Stannard was detailed as instructor at the Army Music School, Washington Barracks, D. C. but was requested to return to the 13th Infantry by its commanding officer, which he did, remaining with the 13th for a period of one vear, when he agaln took up his duties as instructor, at the Army Musie School. Upon receiving his assignment as leader of the Army Band, his able leadership very ' soon manifested itself. One of his first acts was the organizing of an orchestra, which proved its worth in,a series of con- certs . during the inter of 1924. Two of these concerts were given at the House Office Building, which brought forth many commendatory letters from members of the House. The Army Band has been in forefront at the more i rtant af- fairs in the National Capital, h led the funeral procession of the late President Harding.and the Defensc day parade. ¥ 2 * x % % . A certain lunchroom in Boston is reaping & rich harvest of publicity as a result of application” at the Unitéd States Patent Office for ex- clusive rights to a square doughnut. After much furore to determine all the whys and wherefores, th secret has been tracked to its lair that the big idea behind the square doughnut is that it fits better into lunch boxes. bt 0 Representative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota, chairman of the House veterans committes and next friend of every service man, having been “buddy” with them in the ‘American Expeditionary Force, is telling a_new. story on - Controller General McCarl, official watchdog of ury. \ rl. went to the thealer and took a stroll afterward to get cooled off. He met a Marine from Quantico ‘whose shoes were pinching and who was plumb tired put. Rather shamae- Hhaads, youll not be ianded it T ook 7, you'll not. you something?” Rather anticipating a totich, Mr. McCarl was not too cordially encouraging when he directed ‘the Marine to say his say. The story was that he a streteh, | agains n " teliow | fect-3 . BY ROBERT T: SMALL. * Before the vital'and titanic contro- versy between (i on_and Mem- phis as to the origin of the Charles- ton assumes more ‘serious . propor: tons and to civic duels, a bit of Southern history should be recall ed as having in it the elements of & rom | compromise. An old-time resident-of Atlanta has come forward with the suggestion that history weuld best be served «nd all jealousies allayed if the dance were called the Atlanta. It is just like Atlanta to make a suggestion ke that sort, for mdern Atlants never has been . a .shrinking violét. It 18 rather prone to come forward in ‘times of great crisés and offer a solution ‘which will redound to the credit of the Gate City of the South. But, ‘entirely aside fromthe mers | ¢ spirit of compromise, Atlanta can put forward what would seem to be a fairly legitimate clalm to the dance. n says it was created on the docks. Memphis says it had its birth on the levee. At- lanta has neither docks nor levee, Mut it has an old union station which once resounded with revelry, partic- ipated in by residents‘-probably the rotarians of their day—of both Charleston and Memphis, and there by hangs the tale, It seems that years and years ago when the first direct rail eonnection was made between Charleston and Memphis there naturally wis a great celebration of the momentous event. The good people of Charleston Journeyed over the ralls to greet their brothers in Memphis. They took with them a hogshead of sea water from the good old Atlantic. With much ceremony and clrcum- stance the salt water was poured into the Mississippt River, symbolizing a new connection between the ocean and the Father of Waters. The good people of Memphis, not to be outdone in politeness and courtesy, made the return journey to Charleston, taking with them several barrels of the murky waters of the Mississippl. This they poured into the bay at Charieston, as another symbol. The point of all this is that the 0od people of both Charleston and mphis had to pass through At- lanta, and while there were royally entertained. There were high jinks and high jigs. Whether or not one of the jigs had in it the embryonic elements of the Charleston, the writer cannot say, but the old Atlantan-says it probably did. In any event, At- lanta has laid claim to many things on more slender threads of evidence. Charleston, however, is in posses- sion of the dance at the moment and probably will be to the end. Memphis had its hours in the sun with the blues. 4 Automobile tourists from all parts of the country made Columbus, Ohlo, an objective the past week; stopping over to see some of the play in the national open goif championship. Soon | after crossing the Ohio line the mo- torists began tu notice ‘white crosses by the roadside. They stand stark and still, with no word of explana- tion vouchsafed. ' They are the mame sort of white crosses that mark the fields of Fanders. But they are not arranged in those same long, rows of orderly, if sad, precision. The white crosses of Ohio stand singly for the most part, but occasionally they seem to come in clusters. The crosses are extremely puzzling to the newcomers in the State d often the suggestion is heard t ps they have .been placed by Ku Klux Kian. All wrong. The crosses are placed by the Ohio Highway Com- mission to mark the tragedies of the road. Wherever an automobile death & cross {s planted. At some gradeé crossings in f numerous, They warnings. It is too bad the road commission does not erect a sign at each entrance to the State explaining the mission of .the crosse They would be far more effective. Other States might follow the Ohlo precedent, for the country certainly needs a constant and consistent warn- ing on the road. The wild and reck- less driving encountered on even a brief tour is both alarming and dis- couraging. The bad driving is not all the work of the “city chap” or speed hound, by any means. The country’ folk in’their flivvers come pretty near to disregarding even the most ele- mentary rules of the highway. N one knows just what they may do at any moment, A few more crosses on the roads ought to help, if anything can The style in golf attire hasn't changed, after all. It was said at the beginning of this season that knicker- bockers, plus fours and plus sixes, all were to go by the hoards. There was to be a _renalssance of the old-time long “pants.” This word supposedly came from those in a position to know what they were talking about. It was argued that the styles simply had to change. Plus fours had held sway too long. But at the open champlonsh to see what the dressed golfers will wear this seasc Just three of the leading players the country appeared in long trou: i and they have never worn anything else on the links. They were not con- verts to a new style. One of the men in “longies” was long Jim Barnes, national champlon in 1921, when the open was held at the Columbia Club in Washington and President Hardings played the winner. The second devotes of golfing “stacks,” as lqng trousers are known in the British army, was wee Freddie McLeod of the Columbia Club, natfonal champion In 1908. Freddie’s long trousers would be knickers for long Jim, but they cover Freddie right down to the ground. Freddie is known as ‘“demitasse” among his fellow “pros.” The third piayer in “longs” was Willle Ogg of " (Copyright. 1926.) (1] Fifty Years Ag In The Star Files of The Star 50 years ago contain the :onle- ;l'n':. ;o(hm:r assacre. ght in or comman Massacre. ‘weré ‘overwhelmed at Littie Horn River took place on the 25th of June, 1876, but the 8 of the disaster dld not reach the East for several days. In The Star of July 6, 1876, is the following: “A disastrous fight at Little Horn proves that the troops of the Regular Army have no mean foe in the hos- tile Sioux. Heretofore our Indian campaigners have acted on the no- tion that one soldier was capable of successfully contending with from 10 to 20 Indians, and the most suc- cessful of our officers have made it a rule, after a brief skirmish, to charge down upon the savages, who almost invaribly fled and loned the contest. successfully has this style of tactics been employed that heretofore it has been taken for granted that no force of Indlans, however large, would stand their ground against an impetuous charge of cavalry. Unfortunately, in this deplorable affair at Little Horn Gen. Custer seems to have acted on this theory. The war with the hostile Sioux has now become a serious busi- ness. loss of 17 commissioned officers and more than 300 men must convince our general officers operat- ing against the Indians that more caution is necessary. ‘Most of the Sloux are armed with improved fire- d the resuit at Little Horn shows that they know how to use them to advantage. Of course, the hostile savages are doomed to ulti- mate destruction, but in accomplish- 4ng this it is desirable that our own loss should be as light as possible. It is unfortunate that in this contest it must be conceded that the savages are fighting for their rights and for a of their country, the Black Hills, of which they have been forci- bly dispossessed by the whites. It is quite possible that the late success of the hostile Sioux induce the friendly members of that powerful ‘band to join them, in which case the War must be'a bloody and a prolonged one.” In the Senate on the 5th of July, ll‘fi. Mr. Sherman introduced a h‘:il:t resolution declar- To Complete the ing {hat the Sen. ate an louse of Monument. R 3T otativen in Congress assembled “in the name of the people thank Almighty God for ;'l.l- safe guidance through the century 8t closed and acknowledge their de- pendence t::pon His divine will; and * * * .of the people will complete the lonument to his memory in the city of Wumnfiuu. and the committees on public buildings of the two houses are directed to report the proper legisia- necessary to carry this into ef- ly. adopted. ' It later adopted was later by &- use, and thus the work of com- the )lonu-a‘nt. mnnh had many years in an unfinished state, was at last begun. disaster. In ‘The Star of 8, 1876, ia the fol- This and That By Charles E.' Tracewell. A bed of catnip for Jack Spratt has been planned for fhis Summer, but dificulty in securing the seed of Nepeta cataria prevented the planting. So it seemed that Jack would have to go without his catnip, after all. One might think, off-hand, it would be the easiest thing in the world to g0 down to a seed store and purchase & few pounds of catmint seed. Do not all cats like catnip, and do not all friends of cats like their cats? These propositions are self-evident; yet the fact remains that we were unable to find catnip seed in any store in the National Capital. Fancy! Cats pining for catnip, and no seeds of Nepeta cataria to be; had for love or 'money! Congress ought to look into this, or send around some of the free seed formerly ‘sprinkled freely over the United States. Being almost as persistent as a real estate salesman_ or an insurance agent, we besieged the seed houses of New York by letter, clamoring for cat- ni PWe are out of catnip seed at this writing.” the gentlemen replied, “but/ when we get some we will let you know.” Patiently we waited, pinning our hopes on one firm in Philadelphia, which promised to satisfy us in regard to Nepeta cataria. One day a package arrived. Eagerly ed ‘Sorry we have no " said the letter. “Are enclos- ing you a packet of smilax. Hope that will do.” ER From the look in Jack, Spratt’ eyes we saw that smilax would n¢ ever do as a substitute fof catnip. “I want cat- nip, Mister.” This was “weeks a todhy Jack Spratt is fairly rolling in catnip. On our desk, as we write, reposes fragrant, too fragrant, sprig of cat- mint, its small greenish-white flowers 141 it. “Smilax?” he smiled. and ask how “we pe miracle, we hasten to declare that we did not perform it at all. One of Jack’s friends, and constant reader, is ble for the catnip horn of plenty.from which Jack will enjoy genuine catnip all Winter long./ She, while motoring ‘through Vir- ginia, spied a big bed of the plant growing by the wayside. Instantly she stopped the car. “Catnip for Jack Spratt!” claimed. . Great stalks of Nepeta catarla, four to five feet high, were pulled up by the roots, Ah, what a treat was in store for you, Jack Spratt! Just before the storm descended upon Washington, there came a ring at the door bell, and ther od Jack's friend and her assistant, hold: ing & tremendous bundle wrapped 1" newspaper, The ‘bundle somewhat resembled a mummy—but the mystery was soon solved as the lady cried, “Some catnip tor Jack lpn(:!“‘ PR Jack, eying his friends suspiciously fro:d:. t'-i nc:rn T, nfulno‘d to manifest any interest in the catnip. It the bearers of the catnip gift, however, could ’h.\-. -'t:l:“?oll ;:‘m: 5 ‘minutes immedia ni thei ar re, they would have bee: e pro- protruding from the package, then be- %an to anuffie around in the paper. Nothing would da_him than that he proceed inside the wrapping. Sticking out his striped right fore- 1ég, Jack tore great pieces out of t paper, and, in.doing so, bruised some of the catnip blossoms. * This released the strong odor. Next Winter, however, Jack will get the most pleasure out of his ca h when it has been dried, as cats pre- fer it in that state. q