Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 42

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ....July 25, 1826 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor - The Evening Star Newspaper Company 110n st uhd Fenoayivants, A cago ice: Tower Bui . Buropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- fng edition, is delivered by carrier withi the city at'60 v oenss r month: dail A &3 cenle Der month Sanday 20 cenie per ‘Inonih, : Orders may. be sent by m telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily and Sunday....1yr. $9.00: 1me. e Daily only ... 186 me Sunday only . 195 3860: 1m0 25¢ All Other States and Canada. aily and § ¢ 1 mo.. $1.00 Bafiy ang, oustay 13055500 1 e >'ige Bunday only 111011 3r $4.00: 1mo. 38¢ Memben, of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for repuhlication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news ppblished herein. Al rights of publication The Country’s Response. In The Star the other day were noted the first results of the work of the local citizens’ committee on na- tlonal representation for the District in distributing among representative people of the States copies of the “hearings” before the House judiciary committee and asking for expres- slons of opinion on the question. Despite the . fact that many of those addressed are now on their Summer vacations a sufficient re- sponse has been elicited to indicate that the sentiment of the country as exemplified by those who have replied and expressed themselves on the sub- ject is overwhelmingly favorable to the grant of national representation to the Washingtonian. These expressions of opinion from men and women in all walks of life in all parts of the country are de- cidedly encouraging to the District residents who are asking American- ization. They indicate clearly that their plea for justice as expressed in the present application for a consti- tutional amendment enabling Con- gress to admit the District citizens to representation in the electoral college and in Congress has the support of the country at large. It has always been belleved that if this question were ever put before the country it would be decided in favor of the District by popular vote. In the calculations of the District citi- zens who have been engaged in the promotion of the national representa- tion plan by constitutional amendment there has never been fear of the rat- ification of the amendment by the State legislatures, for it has been felt that if Congress were once to submit this proposal to the people in the form of an amendment to be rati- fied by the States the general senti- ment would be favorable throughout the country. _'This present survey by correspond- ence justifies that confildence. More- over, it indicates that there are many Americans who stand ready upon oo casion to become partisans of the Dis- trict in securing the adoption by Con- gress of the constitutional amendment resolution. In the course of the numerous re- sponses favorable to national repre- sentation there are a few—a very few indeed—that express doubt or Botual opposition. In no case, how- ‘ever, is there any substantial argu- ‘ment against national representation, Bimply a feeling that “things are all right as they are” and that there isno ‘occasion for a change. That these few objectors can be persuaded of the error of their thought is believed. They simply do not know the nature of the proposition. Indeed, many people do not under- stand just what it is that the Dis- trict proposes+and asks. Some think that the proposition is for an elective municipal government, differing in organization from that of the present. Some think that the District aspires %o statehood. Some think it asks es- tablishment as a territory with a dele- Eate in Congress without vote. All of thess, of courss, are wrong. All the District asks is that its people be given the voting rights of citizens of & State with representation in Con- gress and in the electoral college, and with the right to sue and be sued in the Federal courts, leaving unchanged the existing mode of municipal gov- ernment and making no move toward the status of State or Territory. The District's claim’ to citizenship rights appeals to the American sense of justice, and with that support it cannot. be denied. —_——————— 'Abd-el-Krim's voyage to Reunion Island is officially described as exile. To him personally it will probably seem rather like a vacation. Seattle’s Runic Rock. The rock near Seattle, Wash., which is sald to mark the place of a fight between Norse settlers ‘and Indians in the year 1010, which was 482 years before Columbus reached the New ‘World, 1s engaging the attention of scholars and others. It will be re- called that about two weeks ago & Norse historian, Prof. Oluf Opsjon, translated the markings of the rock and said it told the story of battle near the place in which 12 Norsemen ‘were killed and 7 of their women cap- tured. The characters, according to Prof. Opsjon, also tell that one woman with her child was hurled to death from a high rock nearby; that twelve Norsemen escaped the Indians and that six of them returned to bury the @ead and trace the tale of the fragedy on the great stone. A translation of the rock carving had been made by a Beattle savant, or at least one claiming understanding of rugic char- aoters, and the translation made by. that persch was confirmed by Prof. Opsjon, who seems to have standing as & scholar in classic Norse. Bxcavators have used picks at the rook and an Indian arrow and frag- ments of bone have been gnearthed. It is reported that bone gncmonu * were found fp several places nearby same level at which the arrowhead was found. It is said that the arrowhead was in earth that appeared mnot, to have been disturbed for centuries. It is an interesting question and it may be proved that the Vikings not only founded a settlement in New England—a region to which they gave the name Vinland or Wineland be- cause of the frequency of wild grapes —but that parties of the adventurers crossed our continent and made set- tlements that endured perhaps for & number of years. Already the Seattle rock is called “the runic rock.” It is possible that there are Americans who do not know that the adjective “runic” is made from the noun. “runes,” meaning the characters used in writing by Teu- tonic tribes In northern Europe in early times. Of runes the encyclo- pedia tells that three classes are recognized—Anglo-Saxon, German and Scandinavian—but that the differ ences of form which distinguished them are no wider than the differences between ‘the alphabets employed in very ancient times by various Greek peoples—between the old Athenian alphabet for example and the old Corinthian, or between the earliest Phoeniclan and the earliest Hebrew. The Teutonic * word “runa’” meant priest or sorcerer, and it was believed that there was magic in writing, hence the writings were called “runes.” -te o Honor an Humble Friend! With a Government forecast that the weather will be cooler, or at least not so hot, it might be grateful topay the poor tribute of a few kind werds to an humble thing which has served us well, the watermelon. - The groves, drives and capering stream of Rock Creek Fark have done their part in helping humanity in its Midsummer stress, and Potomac Park, especially Hains Point, deserves a word of praise. Even the parklets and their trees have helped. The street trees— those that have escaped the massacre said to be justified by traffic—have given such shade as they could. The fountains, public and soda, have lent ald. But there is fear lest the be- nevolence of the watermelon be over- looked. It has sacrificed itself for us. It has suffered destruction by -tens of thousands for our comfort. It has striven, even as the ice cream plants have striven, to keep us cool, or at least to keep down our fever. There may be some who look with scorn on the watermelon. They do not hold it in the regard they profess for the pomegranate and the orchid. But the whole world knows that there are women, and even men, who are supercilious to the onion, the turnip and the cabbage. The watermelon lays no claim to style and class. It came to America from Africa in a slave ship. It is a member of the gourd family and has many poor relations. Like wmany other creatures of poor and obscure ancestry, it has come to be'a thing of worth and influence. It shows the topsy-turvy state of society that a thing of such humble origin should become a thing of eminence and power. One does mot hold that the water- meélon has achleved perfection. It still has seeds, and but few water- melons come up to the claims made for them by them that sell them, “Sweet as honey, ‘Red to the rind,” etc. But the watermelon, in this pres- ent fine example of old-fashioned Summer, has done us a good turn. A ‘Washingtonian, chock-full of civic spirit, may regret that it is the Georgia and North Carolina water- melon which has rushed to the res- cue, but he is confident that the Poto- mac watermelon, the fairest of its kind, is tugging at its vine and rearing to go to the help of its friends and kindred in Washington. Of course, the watermelon that comes from the South to sunny Washington is not the noblest example of its tribe. It is the melon that comes to Washington in sloop, pungy and bugeye from tide- water Virginia and Maryland that is the perfect fruit—or vegetable. And when the home-grown melon is ready for our defense, then let Summer do its worst! ————— A rise in temperature does not in- terfere with the tourists who make ‘Washington, D. C., the goal of a Summer vacation.” When every place is warm a city beautiful has at least the advantage of intellectual and artistic interest tending to bring for- getfulness of temporary physical dis- comfort. ——e— Essayists have referred to war as a form of cannibalism in which nations, instead of individuals, endeavor to consume one ancther. Evolutionists may be moved to take up the subject with a view to. defining primeval traits whose traces ihevitably sur-¢ A Business Failure. Another business enterprige has “gone on the rocks.” ' This fact would draw forth mo comment if the busi- ness failure was an ordinagy one, but inasmuch as it is both extraordinary and novel it is worth at least a few “rt'KippermAn'l Reach” is the enter- prise that was rendered null, void and inactive by a New York court. In this hot weather it does seem a shame that such a cool proposition should be allowed to fail, but it was its very coolness and effrontery that brought abaut its demise. 5 Observing a great many children scampering around in wet bathing suits in a locality that he judged to be at least ten miles from ordinary bathing facilities, ‘a’ policeman in- quired of one of the youngsters the location of the beach. “Kipperman's Beach,” answered the child, who at the same time offered to show his big friend the new bathing paradise. Oft they went, to end up at 260 East Houston street, which generally. the policeman knew, was an arid spot, but which at the moment was boasting a gushing stream of water from a high-pressure fire hydrant. Directly back of the hydrant was “Kipper- man's/ Clothing Store,” which was specialising at that particular time in at a depth of two and a half feet, the/ the only bathing sults allowed on - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 25, 1926—PART 2. “Kipperman’s Beach.” Business had been great in these bathing suits and Mr. Kipperman, with nis store and beach, had been reaping huge profits from his customers, who assisted him in maintaining the new slogan, “Buy a suit, take a dip, but no dips without a Kipperman suit,” It all ended, however, when the po- liceman took Kipperman to court for turning on the hydrant. All's well that.ends well, but Kipperman's Beach is no more, and if the hydrant is agaln turned on, no exclusive privi- lege will be granted to the wearers of Kipperman suits, ———— et e Cigars and Nimes, * A decision { just been rendered by the Acting Commissioner of Pat- ents in favor of the manufacturer of a brand of cigars to which he has given the name of America’'s most famous motor car maker. Protest by the De- troit motor magnate has been denied on the ground that the word in ques- tion is not necessarily confined to the corporate name of the petitioner, but is & common word of our language, used not only as a name for many persons, but also as a common noun and as a verb. So long as the name 18 not coupled with the first name of an individual it may be registered as a trad® mark if it has not already been pre-empted by a manufacturer of a similar article. Many cigars have been named after famous men and these brands have in some cases survived the repite of their willing or sometimes unwilling prototypes. A cigar named for a once popular actor is still going strong years after his death and is favored by a generation that knew him not. It was once said that to have a cigar named after him was the high- est compliment that could be paid to a man. - Sometimes the owners of these names were compensated for the use of their titles. Again they were merely flattered. Some public men have protested against the un- authorized use of their names and have been sustained; where the names were clearly and fully indicated. In this present case, with only the last name used, there is in the eye of the law not a sufficlent identification to Justify a protest. ‘There are cigar smokers who might question the business wisdom of put- ting forth a smoke named for the most numerous factor- in the traf- fic congestion in America. But after all, it is up to the cigar and the smokers of it may muse with Shakespeare: “What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ———e———— King Tut waited a long time for the fullness of fame to which he is entitled. Many monarchs have com- manded the attention of political his- torians and economists. Few have commanded such close consideration from the scientists. e g e Actress accused of smuggling gems brings disappointment to the idealist. Art is not its own sufficient reward. B Not content with her manifestly sufficient political difficulties, Mexico is making room for religious agita- tions. . — e It is now suggested that there are now fewer people in St. Elizabeth's who ought to be out than there are people out who ought to be in. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Dear 0ld Home. 1 sometimes sit and dream about The dear cld home. Where in the street the cows turned out . To doze and roam. The home’s not what it used to be. Flip flappers flop along with glee. It almost breaks my heart to see The dear old home. The taxicabs now run around The dear old home. The girls whose hair is short abound And need no comb. The menu hits a jazzy pace. The cost of living’s a disgrace. And that is why I call the place The DEAR Old Home. Student of Effects. “I hope there will be plenty of static when I speak over the radio,” remarked Senator Sorghum. “Plenty of static!” “Yes. Maybe outside listeners will mistake some of the racket for ap- plause.” Marvels of Fame. Life's like a jest for some bold few ‘Who lightly seem to play with it. You wonder, not at what they do, But how they get away with it! Naming the Statfon. “From what station is that tenor singing?” “I dunno,” answered Mr. Dolan. “But, in my opinion, it ought to be the first precinct.”™ i Ready! Aim! “Motion picture star has challenged a critic to a duel.” “Are they'going to shoot at each other?” “Maybe; with cameras.” - You Can’t Do a Thing With July! How welcome is the Summer show'r ‘That brings a hopeful thrill. The earth grows cooler for an hour And then grows hotter still. “De way We recognizes de grestness of a man,” sald Uncle Ebeén, “ain't allus appropriate. We still goes on christenin’ mules ‘Napoleon.’” - Immutable. From the Duluth Herald. Rty It might be worse. The definition of sin changes, but the definition of vir- tue doesn’t. : The man who does all that his wife plans for him to do during his vaca- tion won’t" have any. A Singular Exeepfiég. ‘EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D.\D.. LL. D, Bishop of “THE HOME AND THE NATION.” To say that the home is the unit in our social life is to express in- adequately {ts importance. It con- tains within itself the possibilities of our greatness or of our humiliation. It either contributes to the finer vir- tues in our national life or it is the genesis of those vicious elements that destroy at once our peace and prosperity, Governed and regulated by ur%t.-‘t!u control and sustained by filial obedience, it is our glory and our pride. Unregulated or uninspired by high ideals, it becomes a source of infection and poisons the well- springs of our corporate and soclal being. Our age is witnessing too much an attempt to regulate indi- vidual and social habits through legal enactments. We seem to forget that laws do not make either manners or morals. They are regulatory and of value if rightly conceived, but. they do not and cannot contribute to our virtue. We can neither thfough reso- lutions nor multiplied laws affect the moral character of our people. Every day in the calendar great national conventions are held to con- sider the best ways and means of pro- moting our individual and corporate interests. They usually conclude their deliberations by passing well phrased and high-sounding resolutions. Having accomplished this, the mem- bers return to their homes felicitat- ing themselves that they have con- tributed mightily to the weal and wealth of the Nation. On every hand there are conspicuous evidences that witness to the tragic fallure of our present course of action. If we could all resolve to stay home for one year, mind our own business, mend our own fences. and give consistent care to the regulation of our own household, we would make an advance that we have not hitherto approximated. We are not irritated by the convention habit, nor are we unmindful of the value of legislation, but we are clearly consclous of the fact that, with all the effort we are making to effect more wholesome and salutary conditions, the progress is not com- mensurate with our zeal. It still remains true that the things that vitally affect the life of the Nation are not enacted in halls of legislation, but in the homes of the people. One high-minded mother with fine religlous zeal and discriminating tact may do more to lift the moral tone of a community than some well meaning society that meets periodi- cally to discuss soclal betterment. There is little recorded about the humble home in Nazareth where Je- sus was brought up. We only have ntary bits of information con- cerning it. We do know that He was the son of @ carpenter and that fru- gality, if not poverty, marked His GOVERNMENT Washington. We do know that He emerged from that humble home the| | early years. supremest Master the ‘world has known. That there whas discipline, regulation, paternal and wmaternal love, those greatest elements that make for character, is conspicuously evident. The plety of it is disclosed in the precision with which .its reli- glous practices were maintained. It is the unapproachable model toward which we vainly aspire. Every biography of the good and the great rehearses a like story. Every out- standing career has had as its dis- tinguishing mark a wholesome and finely disciplined home environment. ‘When Robert Burns would describe, in hip “Cotter’s Saturday Night,” the glory and the greatness of his coun- try, he took the humble setting of a peasant’s home, and declared: “From scenes like these 0Old Scotia’s glory springs, That makes her loved at home, Revered abroad.” \ We are addressing ourselves with too much concern to the so-called “youth movement.” It would profit us more if we would give serious hebd to the parent movement. Youth today is‘only reflecting, in speech and habit, what it has caught from its elders. It is doing precisely what we did when we were young. It is in- concelvable that a home can be rea- sonably secure in its moral character where the imperatives of religion are neglected or ignored. No amount of culture, no consistent luxuries, no en- vironing refinements, can take the place of this supreme requisite. ‘When the French Revolution was running its course, one of its great leaders declared that the abandon- ment of religion menaced the security of the government. “Spare the wod and spoil the child” was once a widely recognized maxim. Neglect religious training and you impair the moral and spiritual char- acter, is a better maxim. If the mothers of this land would highly resolve to think more of their solemn and sacred obligations to develop the children God has given them, by re- storing to the home the principles and ideals of religion, they would con- tribute more to the happiness, per- manence and prosperity of soclety than all the reform and betterment movements now so vociferously pur- veying their wares. Fewer duties out- side the home, less response to the persistent appeals of society, coupled with a firm consecration to the holy duties of motherhood and character building, and we would register an advance that would bring peace and happiness to a distracted and anxious world. “Set thine house in order” is the challenge of the present momen- tous hour. 3 DETECTIVES BY FREDERIC J. HASKI] The modern superdetective does not ‘wear false whiskers, have a fiashy badge inside his coat lapel, talk in whispers, nor shadow his victims. He uses very few of the tricks of the trade attributed to supersleuths by earlier detective fiction. His first re- quirement, according to the Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice, is education in the law, which in turn must be based on a thorough allaround edu- cation. The third degree is some- thing he knows not of, and would be ashamed to use if he did. And he gets a great deal better results than his predecessors, but he does not say much about them. ., The United States Government em- ploys exactly 306 such detectives in the Bureau of Investigation, but does not call them detectives. It also em- ploys similarly quiet and capable in- vestigators in the Secret Service of the United States Treasury. The Post Office Department has some in- spectors who are in effect super- detectives, although they are more likely to be certified accountants than strong-arm men. The prohibition force has a large number of agents and the narcotic force a smaller num- ber. The Secret Service and Bureau of Investigation men are inclined to look down on prohibition agents as mere amateurs. An Afr of Mystery. Not many facts come to light about the higher grade operatives of the Federal Government, and the depart- ments for which they work encour- age an air of mystery as a suitable setting for their operations. Crimi- nals are more afraid of a force they know little about, and the psychology of fear is one of the elements which always tend to betray a crook. person operating outside the law fears & detective more than he does a po- liceman, and fears a government operative more than a detective of the local force. He' knows less about such to start with, and alone breeds fear of their power. The Bureau of Investigation does not often talk about itself. R‘oel’:']{ its operetives who gathered the - dence which convicted the murderers of several rich Osage Indians in Okla- homa were accused of using third de- gree methods and being ‘*‘common, brutal policemen.” The Department of Justice issued a flat denial of this charge, and then when the accused slayer whose friends made the charges was brought into court he pleaded gullty and withdrew his statements about the Government detectives, His only complaint about them was that they had traced his crimes home to him and assembled ovérwhelming evi- dence of his gullt. ‘The Bureau of Investigation seldom bothers to deny anything, but there is a pride in the Government service which resents accusation of crude or brutal strong-arm methods. The De- partment of Justice men are picked for braing rather than brawn, and trained get their results by out- thlnklr:’x i crog);;l ‘The morale and esprit de corps of the service are very high, and the men are both proud of what they do and the way they do it. In the Osage cases, local authorities had failed completely to detect and punish a series of murders. The Fed- eral agents worked quietly for a few ‘weeks and collected a complete chain of evidence, convicted one T, Se- cured the clu of gullty from another, and have mplices yet to try. Not Political Jobs. ‘ 1 During the World War the Bureau of Investigation added many people to its forces and was busy hunting down spies, and later in running down reds and communists. The whole country was aroused over these mat- ters and the bureau had to have its work more or less in the public eye. This is not the most eatisfactory way to perform investigating work, and in recent years the bureau has returned f in the public prints. In the ::d" its branch offices have F] - £ ® 2 & £ g =8 L -3 i 54 to 32 and its EEE “made & D! found it almost impossible to deal with automobile stealing because stolen cars were almost always quick- ly taken to distant States for altera- tion and sale, the Federal law has greatly enabled Federal investigators to break up this form of crime. Illicit garages have been ferreted out, and gangs of auto thieves broken up and imprisoned. The Durkin case in Chicago, in which a Federal agent was slain in the course of his duty, began as an auto theft case. Durkin had been trailed, not literally fol- lowed but carefully traced, through many States in stolen cars prior to his attempted arrest which ended in murder, of which he has since been convicted. Help Other Departments. The Bureau of Investigation is wholly separate from the prohibition force, which belongs under Treasury Department auspices, but Federal at- torneys sometimes have the aid of Department of Justice operatives in building up big bootleg cases. The recent trial of a bootleg ring in New York revealed the qulet, secret hand of the bureau operatives. This was a case in which one witness testified that a United States Coast Guard boat actually ran whisky ashore for a master gang of bootleggers. This witness, who wes also one of the de- fendants, testified to a long period of hiding in New York and a later flightt to Canada. He had assumed various names. His associates thought he was safely “missing” and so did most of the Government authorities. Then one day he walked into court and took the witness stand. It developed that Bruce A. Bielaski, a former chief of the Bureau of In- vestigation and at the time engaged as special Government counsel, had never lost track of the man, and when he was ready for him had sent officers who brought him into Bielaski's of- fice. A very few words showed this man that Bielaski knew all about his career, and he readily agreed to take the stand and tell the whole truth. Up to this point, while hundreds of columns’ had been printed about the case since the first {ndictment, neither the public nor the press nor most Government authorities even knew that Bielaski was doing any Government work. Building a Reputation. The Bureau of Investigation is building up for itself, since relieved of its war and post-war duties, & repu- tation similar to the Treasury Secret Service. The latter service, which has practically broken up counter- feiting and keeps its eye on other offenses against the public finances, and also guards the President of the United States, has long been respected and feared. Both services pick their men with care and put them through careful training and probation periods. They must learn, above all else, not to talk. They must be satisfled with the approval of their superiors, the rewards, and the promotions of the service, and the pleasure of serving their country well, and get along with- out public acclaim. . The less the pub- lic knows about them the better. The Government operative seldom even appears as a witness. His case is best handled if handled with- out any ap e by himself even in court. To do this he must be a lawyer, or.very well versed in_ the law. of evidence, and that has been requirement. Hence the Government detective of today does not wield a wicked sneer nor an ugly club, but he is the most,| vestigator efficient in: produced. . Cohen to Kelly. From ihe Worcester Evening Post. New York Giant fans waited for it a long time, but finally it happened. ! Andy Cohen, substitute inflelder, was isent in to pinch-hit for Frankie Frisch. He singled. Then he took his place at second base, and a few min- utes later he threw out a runner at first base and down into the records ‘went the play—Cohen to Kelly. Cohen to Kelly! Shades of dad's famous double-play combination of Trkn o B bl B to c! of Peck to Harrls to Judge! ni.,’ Baseball is the American game, but numbered among the star performers of history are i the country has Capital Sidelights | Apropos of the plans to be urged upon the next session of Congress for extension of the east front of the Capitol and completing this principal building of the greatest Nation in the world, it is of historic and sentimental interest to note that August Schoen- born was architectural draftsman for Thomas U. Walter, architect of the great dome and of the Senate and House wings, and who, nearly 70 years ago planned and advocated the exten- sion ‘which is now being brought to the attention of Congress. A grandson of Schoenborn, who has followed in his professional foot- steps, Is today the right-hand man of David Lynn, architect,of the Capitol. in bringing those plans up to date for presentation to Congress. This is August Eccard, civil and architec- tural engineer in the office of the architect of the Capitol. Since his early youth Mr. Eccard has heard his grandfather discuss details of the famous Walter plans and all his life has been interested in the prospect of some day seeing the Capitol, which has been workshop for both of them, architecturally completed. Thus the threescore and ten’years that have elapsed since the plans were first de- signed have been bridged and the work can now be completed with the same spirit and complete understand- ing and sympathy as though carried out by that famous buflder of the Capltol himself. * ok ok ok The evolution of the Capitol from a comparatively small and insignificant Structure to its present magnitude and nobility is interesting to trace. The southeast corner stone of the orig- 1nal north wing was laid on September 18, 1793. The surrounding country was then a wilderness. George Wash- ington, then President of the United States and master of the Virginia Masonic Lodge, No. 22, was the lead- ing figure of the occasion and took the trowel in his own hand and laid the stone. The first few years of building were marked by a succession of quarrels between architects, contractors, Dis- trict Commissioners and Executive. Actual progress on the foundations of the old north and south wings was not made until July, 1795. The north wing was completed first and into it in 1800 the Supreme Court and the House of Congress moved. The south wing was finished in 1811 and work was about to begin on the central section and the old rotunda when the War of 1812 intervened. The wings a};u:. hnddb?n flhnuhod were partially stroyes y the British ti April 24, 1814. g On the restoration of e in 1815, the task of rebullding was taken Up, and the structure was improved by use better materials. The founda- tions of the central building were laid in 1818 and the edificc was completed in 1827, capped by a homely little wooded dome sheathed with copper. The extensions on the north and south, by which 187 feet were added to each side, were begun in 1851. The corner stone of the new south wing was lald by President Fillmore on July 4, 1851. In December of that year the west facade of the central building, which until 1897 was occu- pied by the Library of Congress, was accidentally destroyed by fire. This was restored the next year in connec- tion with the new construction work. Both extenslons were partially com- pleted in 1857. The House of Repre- sentatives first met in the new hall, which is now Statuary Hall, in De- cember of that year, and the Senate met for the first time in the new |Jject Senate chamber on January 4, 1859. The new dome was finished in 1863, and on December 2 of that year Thomas Crawford's colossal statue of Freedom was raised to crown it. Ar- chitect Walter, who had designed and engineered the wings and dome, re- signed in 1865, and the remaining por- tions of the wings, including their por- ticos and stalrcases, were completed in 1867 by his successor, Edward Clark, by whom the beautifu! marble ter- races on the west front were begun in 1882 and finished in 1891. Although “not a creation but a growth,” the Capitol, in symmetry, dignity, grandeur and sublimity, has been called the noblest public building of modern times. Many of our State capitol buildings have been modeled after it, and the architecture of others has been more or less influ- enced by it. Moreover, it stands as the physical and visible nucleus of the Federal Government. Begun a back in Washington's day, 1793, par- tially destroyed and then restored, and added to as the public needs in- creased, it has now become a veritable edifice — history epitomizing our growth as a Nation. * ok ok X One of the veteran, most efficient and popular woman employes at the Capitol is about to retire, and leading politicians from all over the country who, during more than 30 years, have noted her helpfulness in Republican party campaigns, are regretting her approaching departure. She is favor- ably known throughout the entire Federal establishment. Miss May Carroll, secretary to Rep- resentative Patterson of the first New Jersey district, has announced her determination to retire from public life when the Sixty-ninth Congress congludes its sessions on March next. She will have had an active (and conscientious) political experience of 31 years. Miss Carroll was asked if she ex- pected to retain her position with the successor of Representative Patterson, and her reply was an emphatic “No. I have served as secretary urder three Congressmen from the first New Jer- sey district, and the charm might be broken if I went beyond the magic number.” The experience of Miss Carroll in public life has been both unique and interesting. When a young girl she accepted clerkship to the committee on' pensions under Representative Harry Loudenslager, then chalrman. She was also associated with Repre- sentative Willlam J. Browning, when he was chief clerk of the House, and later became his secretary when he was elected to Congress. After his sudden and lamentable leath his successor, Representative ‘atterson, asked Miss Carroll to con- ‘inue in the position and she consented to do so. Her work under the regime of Mr. Patterson has been most arduous, as he has always been a ‘worker and insisted upon the smaller details being looked after as well as the big- ger things connected with represent- ing a district in Congress. Miss Carroll frankly says that the work in Mr. Patterson’s office was twenty times as heavy as when she began her pub- lic career with Mr. Loude: s But congressional work has not oc- cupied all the time of Miss Carroll At odd periods during her career of ulrvla s{:: h‘;:"&vsuw practically all over the tates, assisting the best shorthand men in the busi- MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Is there a new national motto for America in the making? Is “E Plurl- bus Unum” to be thrown into the dis- card? Certainly, if common usage means anything at all, thé old slogans of nationality are about to be replaced. There is a new motto—perhaps it is & command—which is voiced from one end of the country to the other. It ruises jts head and its tongue in the humbie hamlet as well as in the humming metropolis. It speaks a clarion note, and an aphorism of yesteryear becomes a hard fact of today, for he that runs cannot only read, but must read. The new national motto meets the eye at every turn of the road, on every block of the city street. It knows neither section nor political division. It is 8een and recognized in the far northeastern villages of Maine and is saluted on the far western borders of Mexico and Canada. It is universal and ubiquitous. If you have not guessed it aiready, the new national motto simply is: “No parking here," Millions of dollars have been spent in advertising this new natl legend, and many more millios dollars have been spent and spent, for ignoring it. It is the most expensive motto to promulgate and to mankind. Rarely do the signs vary. Tren- ton, N. J., may have ideas of seceding from the Union, for in that city the command says:” “No ranking here.” The unwary motorist who tries to “park” finds ,that ignorance as to “ranking” is no excuse in the eyes of the law. . Nor can the American tourist plead either ignorance or innocence when, on a visit to wet and wicked Montreal, he encounters the inevitable notice which reads: “Ne stationner pas fcl.” He can't get away with the viola- tion, for the Canadians of Quebec province go to the expense of erect- ing double signs, one in French and one in English. Pretty soon there will be “no parking” at all from Pacific to Atlantic and then we'll all have to begin to fi-. Speakivg of automobiles, it is clearly recognized now by the author- ities that the motor car has been one of the greatest agencies of the increase in crime in America, if not the world. The throbbing, high- powered motor car has furnished transportation for all sorts of con- traband and has provided the neces- sary quick get-away for the perpe- trators of foul deeds. And, oddly enough, the detectives of the country are looking to Amer- Fifty Years Ago In The Star “How to keep cool,” says The Star of July 19, 1876, “is a question that comes home to every- Hot Weather pody, and the sug- i tions to the de- Clothing. 723 ena are various, A correspondent of the New York Post addresses himself to the sub- in dead earnest, and asks first, in a spirit of fervid wrath, if there is not somewhere among our tailors such a combination of common sense, taste and enterprise as will insure bdur lberation from the present thraldom of dress. Look at it! he says. Wrip- s man's vital parts, chest and abdomen. gauze undershirt, a linen shirt, double and treble tallor's trimmings around his waist (or his trousers), a vest (two thicknesses of material), suspenders, a coat (two or three thicknesses of material), a hat, sweltering and hot. Is there not sense enough to rid us of all this burden and make us com- fortable? We ridicule women, with their pin-backs and their pull-backs and their panniers and their bcu:- fantes, Are we men any more sensi- ble? Let some man in the talloring line correct all this, that lml: chil- dren and all suffering sons of human- ity will ‘rise up and call him blessed.” Let us men ‘wear our gauze under- WAy | jackets and our drawers and over them simply a flowing tunic and trousers of silk, delaine or bunting— anything cool; no frippery or dead- weight; let us put on the Oriental cork hat, either broad-brimmed or helmet shape.’ i “This much as to comfort in the daytime. For rest at night in this sweltering weather the Post corre- spondent suggests first a matting made in India or China, thickly woven or very elastic, for laying on mattresses under the sheets. They , they keep the are non-conductors, s . clously cool to the person. He says he has bought these in Baltimore and Washington, but never saw one in New York except in the houses of old India merchants. Failing these, noth- ing is cooler to sleep on than a can- vas ticking; stretched over the bed frame after the mattresses have been 4|iaken out and put away. A roller, with a ratchet on one end to tauten up with the other end tucked across, is all that is necessary. Try an old- fashioned canvas-bottomed cot bed- stead, with a sheet only to cover it, and test the matter. e : e recommends a Chinese nl;{:wh 8 ,’ made of raw silk, consisting of loose flowing trousers tied about the waist with a drawing string, over that a loose sack of the same material, with flowing sleeves, buttoned up to the throat. The sensation in wearing this gar. ment, he avers, is ‘perfectly delicious.’ As a contribution to a common cause, in whick many millions of parboiled men are interested, we give the read- ers of The Star the benefit of his suggestions.” * * % District affairs were under consider- atlon by Congress at this time 50 Funds for the io workl“on:’::t.lomo District. f caring for 0d of nl'w nicipality adequately. E‘: Dmrle:’ ‘was i: straits, as indicated by the following printed in The Star of July 20, 1876: L 5 nate conference com un‘;:: ::nd.ry civil appropriation bill was obliged to recede from its amend- ment giving $500,000 towards the gen- eral of the District of Colum- bia, although it is understood that Mr. Windom, the chairman, strenu- ously opposed its elimination. It is ab- solutely necessary that be- fore its ness in all sorts of Government in- ":m. proceed. vestigations, court-martial - ings, etc. Then, too, from the first McKinley campaign until the end of President Taft’s administration she o was connected more or less with campaign work, handling at times forces of men and women running into the hundreds. Her experiences have been varied and interesting and from her reminiscences she could write a book equally in as the memoirs of Col. » but she has promised not to do it. 5 ‘With all her charming personalf Miss Carroll is unassuming and modest, and Representative Patterson says his successor and the Government will lose a jewel of the first water if she persists in her intention tc retire to Fhe Taodset compstence she. has been to accumulate. the most expensive to violate known ican boys to help them cope with the automobile crook. Wherever it is known that an automobile has been involved in a crime the astute detectives searched at once for any small boy or boys who may have been in the neighborhood. He knows that from them alone can he get & correct description of the car, the State from which it hafled and more than likely the number of the license plates. This rather Interesting bit of criminology was revealed to the writer by one of the detectives work- ing on the Mellett murder case in Canton, Ohio, the onetime home of the sainted McKinley. This was his explanation: “A motor car with engine running may stand at a curb for an hour and scores- of men and women will pass without paying the slightest attention to it. But let a boy or a group of boys come by and they will stop and give the machine the once-over. They will recognize at once the make-of it Kids can tell certain cars blocks away If there is a foreign license on the car—that is, a.license from another State—the kids will immediately spy it and the chances are 10 to 1 they will read and remember the license number. More than once youngsters have .given us valuable information which has led to the solution of a crime.” There is talk of a national campaign to have people pay more attention to motor cars which act suspiclously or seem to have suspicious characters as passengers. In case of both accidents and crimes it is the most difficult thing in the world for the police to find some one who took the precau tion to note and write down the license number. The next great commercial battle in this country apparently is to be fought between the iceman and the mechanical home refrigerator. The manufacturers of the home refriger ating machine have adopted the slo- gan that the ice man must go. But the iceman has been so long an Amer- ican institution that he does not pro pose to give up without a struggle. If the iceman by any chance should dis. appear, some of the oldest standard jokes would be forever lost to Ameri- can life. Even songs have been writ- ten about “How’d you like to be the iceman?” and sung in their time from one end of the country to the other. The iceman does not relish the idea of joining the horse in obscurity or becoming & rare bird like the dodo. He is striking back at the mechani- cal threat to his existence and in some cities of the middle West there is a lively advertising duel in progress. * (Covyright. 1926.) l This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. These are the days when friends of animals must exercise every care to provide plenty of water and proper food for their furry pets. On one of the hot days recently a woman living in an apartment called up, and said that her cat was suffer- ing from the heat. She wanted to know what to do for it. ““He screamed all night, so I was afraid & policeman might come in and shoot him, thinking he was mad,” she said. She had called a veterinarian, who told her to pour water on the animal at intervals, and to keep him as cool as _possible, under the circumstances. From our personal knowledge of apartments, we imagine the poor cat suffered along with his human friend until the heat wave was broken by the big rain. At the time we were called the cat was lying still, breath- ing heavily. Imagine, if you can, being encased neatly in fur from head to foot this hot weather! Such is the situation of the cat, with some modifications, of course, for his skin belongs to him, and is provided with pores and other means of natural cooling. The case calls attention to the necessity on the part of all owners of pets to make unusual efforts during the hot weather looking towards the comfort of their charges. * X X % There is a moral implication to this, that is commonly overlooked. ‘When one becomes “master” of one of the lesser creatures, the duty of benefiting the animal devolves upon him, if he has any regard to the ethical side of the transaction. ‘We have but little sympathy for those persons who will play with dog or cat when it is in good health, but who will as easily desert it when it becomes ill. ‘We have a deep suspicion of any one who will go away in the Summer d turn their pet house-cat out to make its own way in the world. Yet we know, at the same time, that many persons do this. It is difficult to understand how they can do it, however. Certainly all such owners of pets do not feel toward them as others do who place their dogs and cats in proper hands before they leave town. An old alley cat, for instance, can easily take care of himself, but the house-raised cat will have a more difficult time of it. Householders ought to pay particu- lar attention, during the hot months, to making sure that their pets have enough water at all hours of the day and night. Some cats will not drink water, and these should be provided with fresh milk at intervals, as a drink, not as a food, mind you. Only fresh food should be given dogs and cats at all times, and particularly during June, July and August. Perhaps one meal a day is enough for either dog or cat during such hot weather. cats. Do not be afraid, however, to give meat to your cat. Do not give him all he wants, while it is so hot, but give him enough. If he shows signs of being too heated, cut down on the supply, or withhold altogether, until the weather cools. * ok ok Above all, do not get the “mad dog" Certainly this is true for scare. If you see a dog foaming at the mouth, do not cry for the police, or run, or pull your .45 on the animal, but approach him gently with a big pan of cold water. Try the water cure on him before you resort to cold lead. He will ap- preciate it more, and turn into a normal dog again. How would you like to go for 4. 48 or more hours withwed & o water to drink during this not weather? The Vicious Circle. From the Little Rock Arkansas Demoerat. Raise in salary; the extra money you get so you cdn keep up appear- ances necessitated by the boost in im- portance. the Commissioners to anticipate the revenue from the taxes and W enough money from the United States on the District gov- ernment until those taxes can be col ’ (4