Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1926, Page 6

EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. C. WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY.....August 14. 192 THEODORE W. N OYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Rusiness Office i Prane i ania Ephork Siee 110" Eant European Ofce ++ B tni S Enlind The Frenine Star. with the Sun Ing edition. 18 dalivered by cacriers within the it at G0 renta per month: daily onlv 45 cente par month: Sundat only. 20 cents Per month. Orders may be sent by mail or tlephona Main 5000 Collertion is made by carmier at the end of each month sl st - York' ¢ Rate by Mail—Psyable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Datlr and Sunday 1 ve. 80001 mo. Daile onle = 1 vr ®a00- 1 mo Sundas ony 15775500 1 mo. s0r 25¢ All Other States and Canada. Daile and Cunday.! v- $12.00 1 mo., & Daitv onis I3 L S 0. 1 ma funday only 1yr. $4.00:1mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusivels entitled 19 the ues for renallication of all news dis- Rtrhes credited 1o it or ot otherwiss cred ted in thia paper »nd aleo the local news published hersin_ All rights of publication Datches herein are also reserved. Hoover's Air Plans. A network of airy tng the United States, under Government supervision, but owned and operated by private American capital the picture presented to President Coolidge Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com- merce on his visit to Paul Smith: Mr. Hoover, having been authorized by Congress 1o proceed with plans for the development of air trans- portation for commercial purposes, has not let the grow under his feef. A concrete proposal for the airways connecting widely sepa- rated sections and great clties was lald before the President. The lat- ter gave his formal approval to the first two which will be laid out, one connecting New York with the Pacific Coast, and the other linking Chicago with the Southwest. The prediction of Mr. Hoover that airships will be transporting mail, passengers and freight over these routes within six months is extremely gratifying. Tt fs an indication that American capital, American genius for organization and American skill are fully occupied with making the afrways successful. While the United States first developed the heavier-than-air craft, and while its machines and pilots have won world record after world the prog- ress in commercial aviation in this country has lagged. Money, seeking the easiest way to big earnings, has passed it by. largely because of the tremendous opportunities offered in other lines of endeavor. Now with the backing of the Gov- ernment and the assurance of sta- bility which it gives, Americans, ac- cording to Secretary Hoover, are preparing a great advance in com- mercial aviation. To permit the United States to remain a laggard in this great, new development of transportation service would be an act of utmost folly, both commer- cially and from the standpoint of national defense. For the airship of commerce is a potential airship of war, just as the speedy merchant ves- sel of the seas is an auxiliary of the Navy in case of emergency. The United States is the richest Nation in the world today. It has unlimited resources with which to develop com- mercial air services. The folly of per- mitting other maritime nations to win the control of the overseas car- rying trade has been well demon- strated to Americans since the out- set of the World War. Mr. Hoover, in his discussion of the proposed commercial airways, used the names of leading Americans in industry and transportation, among them Henry Ford and T. k. Mitten, Philadelphia traction oper- ator. With some of them air trans- portation on commercial lines is al- ready passing the experimental stage. The big drive for American premacy in the air is under way. In addition achieving athletic triumph & fine example in keeping cool at a time when the advice was most needed vast spread over was by al grass record, su- o a great - <o Traction Merger. Prospect of a voluntary merger of the local traction companies having faded, the Commissioners are plan- ning the preparation of measure for a compulsory amalgamation to be presented to Congress at thé next ses- sion for immediate enactment. It is evident from the happenings of the last few months that the two corpora- tlons gree upon terms. Yet for a merger re- main urgent ever. In fact, it is more desirable today that the lines be united under a single owner- ship and management than it was when the merger plan was first pro- posecd Any enacted drawn to consolidation. the minority corporations. There mu ance that their interests are not to be put in jeopardy by consolidation. The capitalization of the ed com- panies must be pliced at a fizure that will permit a fair return without ex- acting too high rate of fare on the public. 'fo work out such a plan will require great care Tt is altogether likely that any enactment requiring merger will be subjected to court seru- tiny. and it is therefore probable that union of the companies Le effected for a consider- the passage of the a cannot the reasons a as merger measure that may be must be most carefully neure an equitable basis of with consideration for Stockholders of the two be assur- com the actual would not able perfod after merger law, 7t has lwen suggested that one of the means for compelling merger un- der the contemplated act of Congress 1= a plan t) permit the establishment of competitive bus lines paralleling street car routes and serving the same territories. This, however, is of doubt- ful expediency. A direct competition between the bus and electric traction would not Le eftective unless the rival the bus, were able to operate at a profit. Thus far independent bus com panies In this city have found it diffi- cuit, i not impossible, to gpemmte Gertrude Fderle set | even a higher rate of fare than that permitted the rail companies on the basis of only semi-competition. Could they succecd in direct competition at a lower race of fare or an equivalent to that permitted the raflway lines? It is still possible, of course. that the rail companies may merge of their own accord on terms which will be ac. ceptable ta the Public Utilities Com mission, representing the community; that is to say. on a basls of capitall zation that will permit a lower rate of fare than that which now prevails. {"The possibiity of compulsory merger by act of C'ungress may stimulate the to the point of ugree- | | { corporations jment. e — The Free Ice Public co-operation | free ice fund which was terday has been such a: l('unl]llete success of this move to pe- lieve the sufferings of ‘the poor of Washington during the present hot weather. With only brief notice of the purpose to supply ice to suffering poor families, subscriptions to the fund have been received in generous volume, and the work will proceed to meet as far as possible the needs of all who require this succ During the Summer local relief agencies have been endeavoring to supply ice to peor families, but their resources have been inadequate. In {the belief that the people of Washing- ton would lend aid in this endeavor The Star yesterday invited them to contribute to the fund, itself starting The response has Fund. The arted ves. 1o insure the in star's the subscription. been immediate and liberal, and it is now assured that many hundreds of families who otherwise would be with- out ice will now be furnished with means of preserving food and supply- ing them with cooling drinks during this period of intense heat. Through the police, the Associated Charities, the Salvation Army and other agencies, the distribution of tickets is effected with assurance that they reach the most worthy and needy cases. These organizations are serv. ing the public welfare in this emer- gency admirably. The American Ice Co. is cooperating valuably by keep- ing open its stations to permit an efficient distribution of ice. This prompt response by the peopie with funds is indeed gratifying and demonstrates anew the generosity of this community in all cases where human suffering is felt. The Star thanks those who are in this manner assuring the success of the plan to furnish ice to the needy and is confi- dent that the subscriptions will con- tinue as long as the necessity remains ———oe- Police Conduct. Maj. Hessa is determined to stop police brutality and discourtesy. He has just issued his second edict on the subject, which flatly tells the men they must either treat citizens in a civil manner or leave the force. His statement allows no compromise. He means what he says and will see to it that his orders are enforced. police is to be commended for his stand. There have been far too many cases of blackguardly tactics of police toward decent, self-respecting citizens who have committed mno,crime other than a minor infraction lof the park ing rules or some other equally trivial offense. There have been far too many cases of brutal handling of prisouers, unnecessary even to subdue hardened lawbreakers. And, finally, these ac- tions of a few members of the force cause friction between the public and the police and bring the entire depart- ment into disrepute. Policemen should not only read the manual which prescribes their con- duet toward the public, but should acquire that valuable trait, discretion. to a patrol box who has overstayed the parking limit for five minutes an. more than there is in giving a mur- derer or bandit a summons to appear in court. Policemen should adju themselves to conditions and cases and not treat offenders of every char- acter in the same way Conditions in Washington are good deal better than they were a few ago. Under the capable administration of Maj. Hesse addi- tional improvements will doubtless be effected. A courteous, well-behaved and alert police force is the ideal of every community, and the police of the National Capital should strive to meet this ideal a When one town is about as hot as another through a large section of {the country. the cltizen who finds himself in Washington, D. €., can at least find cause to congratulate him- self on being where monuments of pa- triotic interest are surrounded by groves and lawns and flowers. Even the thermometer in its most excessive moments compel this city to surrender its claim to distinction as a resort for all the vear 'round, includ ing the good old Summer time. e Bad Railroading. A railroad wreck, differing from the usual rear-end collision. occurred last night on Long Island, when a heavily laden passenger train, drawn by two locomotives, was derafled. Six per- sons were killed and fifteen were se riously injured. So far as known the accident was the result of the loosen- {ing of the rails at a switch point. Both locomotives left the track, and the train was jumbled into a ma: wreckage. There is some question whether they were not thrown off by jan open switch. Inquiry into the dis- aster will. of course, follow, and weeks hence some report may be re- ceived For an open switch there is no pos sible excuse. For a loosened rail {there may be some excuse. A wrong- 1y placed switch is due to careless. ness. Adequate track inspection should disclose loose rails. If the | road’s headway between trains fs too I ehort to permit continuous fnspection the margin of safety for the public is narrowed too fine. There is a keen public interest in |every rallroad mishap. The percent ge of safety in this country is not as high as it is in other lands. Toc much reliance is placed in the the cretical efficlency of signals, of track cannot a and women under his command that | The major and superintendent of | There is no sense in dragging a man | well-trained, | i | | | | | | {On terra firma. ¢ |1t 1s & rather clums of | matter of rearcend collisions—head-on collisions are now fortunately uncom- mon because of the general double- tracking of roads—the record is shocking. It has taken vears to com- pel the adoption of devices that pre- vent the meeting of trains in conse: | quence of misunderstood or unseen or ignoref« signals, and they are only now being installed, after much pro- test and obstruction by the rallway | companies, This Long Island wreck calls for sharp inquiry to ascertain whether the track inspection was adequate. If the equipment was too heavy for the rails, or the speed was too great, then human judgment was at fault, and that failure should be punished in some manner to emphasize the need of the most scrupulous and per- fect safeguarging of the public when it intrusts itself to the care of a com- mon carrier. — oot Morbid sentimentality has concen- trated on the kiier, Whittemore. Since capital punishment is deemed essential to the preservation of order and decency, the pubiic should be more cautious in contradicting its warning influence by manifestatjons of emotional impulses of ill-deserved | sympath; The Jady. who insisted on undress ing herself in the street is undoubt- edly a subject for psycniatric super- viston. Before appearing on the street she could have undressed in her own apartment to a degree that would permit her appearance in attire sufficiently limited to defy a hundred- degree climate, e — Great importance is attached by Mussolini to poets as a means of su- perseding the influence of the day- day journalists. This reminder should have recalled to D'Annunzio a sense of dignity sufficient to prevent him from giving out those silly interviews about his irresistible fascination for women. by~ e When a nation agsumes a financial obligation every citizen becomes an indorser of the debt to the extent of his own fortune. The necessity of in- creased taxation abroad to meet hon- orable liabilities should create no re- sentment in the minds of a patriotic public. e Philadelphia’s Sesquicentennial pro- moters might recall the fact that the founders of the Nation dld not hesi- tate to keep busy seven days in the week in the furtherance of a worthy | cause. . ‘T'he city gardener is again jeered at because, with all his faith and indus- try, he could not foresee the failure of the municipal water supply in the midst of a general drought. ses The Hall-Mills case appears to be rapidly drifting out of the hands of the detectives into those of the psy choanalysts. Ma Ferguson is tn the spotlight, but there is a growing impression that Pa Ferguson is still the head of the famil e S— OTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON SHO Remnant of Superiority. A girl can dance until the dawn Its colors will unfold. A girl can put few garments on And never take a cold. | A man grows weary, as of yore, And for old togs will call. He is extinguished more and more— But he can play base ball. A girl can beat the tennis game Or swim the Channel rough. In politics she gathers fame, Defying each rebuff. Oh, gentle Male, be sure to hold To this advantage small. Although a girl is brave and bold, She Cannot Play Base Ball! Another Evidence.’ “Have you faith in the w the plain people?” “I have,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I notice that during hot weather most of them would rather &0 to a motion picture or a cabaret than get excited over politics.” The Rain. The way we greet the rain must show It foodstuffs we would buy or sell. The farmer meets it with a hoe. The city man hoists an umbrell, isdom of Jud Tunkins says since wealth fs barred from politics it begins to look as if all a rich man can do with his fortune is to go ahead making more mone; Tmproved Rhetoric. ““That man used to be a canal mule driver—a most profane person."” “Humph!” exclaimed the traffic offi- cer. “You ought to hear him since he began learning to drive a flivver.” From Sky to Earth. The airplanes we are called to heed We must admire their wondrous speed. Yet, when they're landing every place, How shall we give them space? Though like goose, The airplane has its worthy use, we have heard. ¢ bird. sineter parking the duck. or like the “If dey's put sho' nuft pizen in licker.” said Uncle Eben, “de undertakin’ business is gineter look like it was bein’ subsidized by de Gov- ernment.”’ Smash It, Probably. From the New York Sun A movement is afoot for peace in the textile world. What will they do with ft? ST O T The Eternal Balance. From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat Nature adjusts things: he may dodge the income tax. but his son keeps his money in circulation just the same. ——oe—. Riding for a Fall. ¥rom the Philadelphia Eveminz Bulietin Mussolini_invites the supreme test of dictatorship. He proposes to dic- nspection, of running rules. In the'tate fashion in women's dress, -», THIS AN - Silas Hicks, assistant chief clerk of his division, was to be demoted. ‘When he went home to his three- room-and-bath apartment in the Philanthropic, erected by a Great Unknown for struggling Government workers, he was in despair. “I am going 1o be demoted one-room apartment and bath,” announced, bluntly. His wife was stunned. “The chlef said I shot off my mouth too much, and so he gaye me 19 demerits,” went on Hicks, unut- terable woe depicted on his counte- nance. “Ala sighed Mrs. Hicks. “Tom Hustle, the demerit clerk. showed me that my rating had so suffered that we will have to leave this three-room-and-bath apartment and take the one-room place.” | “Isn’t there any chance of us get- ting a two-room apartment?” “No, the committee has the thing vorked out too well,” went on Hicks. “Fifteen or more demerits means one room. To get into the two-room class one has to have no more than 10 demerits. Then there is no hope?” moaned Alrs. Hicks. “Is there no chance to get_even an outside apartment?” o, T am afraid not.” replied her husband, as he stuffed somescheap tobacco in his pipe. “The board of promotions has that in hand and the secretary told me privately today that it would be impossible to slip me an outside apartment. “‘Hicks,’ he sald, “you know how this thing is. If T slipped you an out- side apartment, there would be 22 old maids and 46 old bachelors on my neck. and that is entirely too many entirely too many, my dear fellow’ “What did you say?" asked Mrs. Hicks, enjoying for the last time the splendor of their three-roomer. “Why, T said, ‘Yes.' What else’ was there to say?” Mrs. Hicks didn't answer. o W% The demerit committee was in sion. The president sat at the en the shiny mahogany table. To right was the secretary, to his the assistant secretary, behind them several stenographers. “The case of Silas Hicks, assistant chief,” read the sccretary, in the sol- emn tone one usually uses when read- ng. “It was charged and proved that Mr. Hicks talked more than was goord for the service, hgnce it is hereby ordered ‘that he be given 19 demerits on his eflicfency rating.” There was silence around the hoard. “Has any one anything to say asked the president. looking up inquir- ingly through the gold eve-glasses. The seeretary of the board of pro- motions and demotions desires tot be heard,” said the assistant secretary of the demerits committee. “Gladly,” smiled the president. He wd the hoard of promotions worked hand in band. It was a case of nds across the corridor.” in fact In view of the deep responsibility this department has assumed of car ing for the Philanthropic Apartment. began the secretary, in his deepest voice, “In view of this deep respon- sibility, as one might say, this present case is a very serifous one.” The president looked serious, the secretary, the assistant secretary and the stenographers looked very serious. | to a he R THE 'EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14. 1926. D THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Indeed, the case of Silas Hicks was a serious one. “Perhaps I might review the situa- tion.” continued the secretary of the board of promotions. “Hicks, on ac count of his previous good record, was given one of the best apartments in the Philanthropic. “We had 496—ah, pardon—497 ap- | plications for that apartment, but we decided that Hicks should have it—" “And Hicks had it,” boomed the president. “And Hicks had it," repeated the secretary, delighted to be so wellj upheld by the president of the board. “Such matters require the closest supervision, of course. In the prog- ress of this work we have been re- quired to use, literally, gentlemen, all the colors of the rainbow in our card system. “When a man does E plus work, he gets a bright blue card, indicat- ing by the symbols 3 R B—three rooms and bath—that he is entitled to the finest living quarters that the Philanthropic Apartment affords. “We gave Hicks one of these cards and thought he was stowed away ah, pardon—properly quartered, for life. But what does he do? I ask again, What does he do? You gen- tlemen know what he did—insisted on telling the department heads how the place ought to be run. ‘Shot off his mouth too much,’ as the vulgar say. So there is nothing for me to recommend than that he be put back into his old one-room apartment. pproved,” snapped the president. case. B All the neighbor landings when Mr. and Mrs. Silas Ticks were demoted. In particular, there was Mrs. Doolittle, wife of the second assistant file expert. Mrs. Doolittle was a firm believer in the French maxim, “There is something in the woes of our besi friends that is not displeasing.” She was enjoy- ing the day immensely. “I ses you are going up in the world,” she smiled to Mrs. Hicks, as the latter climbed the stairs with a favorite lampshade. “Oh, yes,” smiled Mrs. Hicks in She would have liked to have used other words, but what could vou say? Maybe Mrs. Doolittle didn't Teally know Silas had been demoted, after all. Sometimes persons changed apart- ments in order to escape from noise. Maybe she could bluff Mrs. Doolittle. “It is so much less noisy on the floor,” sweetly sald Mrs. Hicks. Ye: hut it is rather hot,” grinned Mrs. Doalittle, So Mr. and Mrs. Hicks found it. They crowded their belongings into the place as best they could, until there was hardly enough room lo get between the phonograph and the radio. It was bad enough to be demoted, in fact as well as in home. It v hard enough to be forced to live with one's business associates, Mr. Hicks thought, without suffering humilia- tion before then. As for Mrs. Hicks, she said she would never get over the disgrace ¢ it long as a family was going down, in the Philunthropic, they were on the upgrade, but when they start ed going up they were going down “m going to move to Bethesda,” Mrs. Hicks sobbed. “Nex g * were on_the Contempt lIssue In lllinois When Samuel Insull, Tllinols pub- lic utility magnate, and State's Attor ney Crowe rcfused before the Senate investigating committee to answer questions relating to local primary campaign contributions they raised questions involving the powers of Congr to punish for contempt. and possibly affecting the whole congres. | sional investigation practice. Most; of the newspaper comment indicates emphatic belief that the public has a right to know the facts about all cam- paign contributions. Vhether the Senate has or has not | a legal right to extend its probe to local primaries and elections may be a debatable question,” admits the Syracuse Herald (independent). but “the Senate is entitled to the benefit of the doubt for two reasons.” The Herald then refers to unchallenged Pennsylvania and Ilinois investigi- tions covering contributions to the primary funds of contestants for State office, as well as for the senator ship, and argues that the ‘“'same pow Xtends to campaigns in political subdivisions of the State.” As the second reason for the Senate's right to inquire, the Herald contends: “'ln sull, in his capacity of a public utili- ties czar, was the biggest contributor to the campaign of Col. Frank Smith. Inasmuch as his political activities and his personal prodigality in that | direction are a matter of grave pub- lic concern, it logically follows that | the committee had the right to o to the limit and to show the full measure of Insull's operations as a political promoter and ‘angel.’ PR In further support of this view the| Grand Rapids Press (independent) states that “plainly Mr. Insull could have given and Mr. Crowe could have received and spent sums which direct- 1y were for the support of candidates for judgeships and other county jobs. but indirectly were for the obtaining of good will and support for a sena- torial candidate.’ The Press adds that “‘contempt of the Senate is a seri- ous offense, carried down from the age- old contempt ‘of the high court of Parliament,’” and this seems to be a case for its justified application.” The Newark Evening News (independ- ent) agrees that ‘“technically, Tnsull may be right, in law,” but it insists that “it would be better business, as well as common sense, after the flood of light already shed upon his cam- paign largess. to make a clean breast of the whole thing. And if he won't, he should be made to, if that be pos- sible,” concludes the Newark paper. “The Senators have every right to inquire into expenditures and methods in the contests for Senate seats,” re- marks the Durham Sun (independent). ! “but the State and the county will have to wash their own linen. Which gives rise to a certain amount of sur prige as to why Tlinois isn’t aroused { by the manner in which elections are { bought and traded away there.” With a similar suggestion the Saginaw News Courier (independent) points out that “'it must not he forgotten that by far the greater part of the $172.925 was contributed to advance the candi- dacy of Frank L. Smith, who hap- pened at the time to be, as he now is, chatrman of the Tllinois commission exercising extraordinary powers over regulation and rates of all the man utilities in which Mr. Insull is inte ested.” ! e “It has never been shown that either | hranch of Congress possesses the power to inflict punishment for con-| tempt in such instances,” according | to the Reno Evening Gazette (Republi- {can). but the Spokane Spokesman Re- | view (independent Republican). be- lieving that “the Senate committee, and probably the Senate later, will | deal with that suspicious contumacy asserts that “public judgment will hardly wait for that action. Expendi- | tures in primary elections,” continues the Spokesman Review. “are public | business. They affect the wellbeing | and even the life of our institutions. The refusal of these witnesses to give the committee further information will | primary Big Factor Primary Inquiry discredit the organizations that have been throwing money into political contests with the abandon of a drunken sailor.” Citing the ease of Thomas W. ningham of Philadelphia. who told the Senate committee that it was none of its business where he got the $50.000 he gave to help nominate Mr. Varve for senatorial honors,” the Phi adelphia Bulletin (independent Repub- lican) says: “When contributions lik that of Mr. Insull and also that of Mr. Cunningham for the selection of United States Senators are regarded as the ‘private business’ of individ- uals, it becomes ‘public business' to search out. the circumstances and con- ditions of the gifts in order satistac- torily to determine under what strings the beneficiary of such donations will enter public office, if elected. W ‘private business’ deems it profitable to grubstake a candidate for the United States Senate, it becomes vital ‘public business to find out the why and wherefore of the expenditure.” * E K K “A numerous type of politician.” observes the New Orleans Item (inde- pendent Democratic), “looks on votes and political intluence exactly as a grocer regards potatoes.” The Item deplores the fact that “interest in politi has gravely lessened” and feels that “If we were asked what would improve our political fiber most, we should say, anything that tends to quicken and sustain public concern in public affairs Of the attitude of State’'s Attorney Crowe in the case, the Kansas City Journal (Republican) says: “The refusal of a criminal prose- - cutor to co-operate with lawmakers in an effort to make elections cleaner and freer from the taint of excessive cam paign expenditurcs i without a par- allel.” The Indianapolis News (independ- ent) holds the opinion that “it 1s a nasty business all around, in some re- spects worse than the Pennsylvania It should be said.” says the News, “that the enormous expendi- tures in these two primaries were not made necessary by the primary svs- tem, costly though it is. The money was given and spent by those \\f\o <ought political control.” ~The Ya- kima Herald (independent) thinks “it will be interesting to watch the re- action of lilinols to the inve: igation. That of Pernsylvania was profoundly cynical. But there are probably enough patriots left in the United States to sec the danger to repuh\u‘_an sovernment involved in affairs likq these.” ————s !Government to Study Coal Mine Accidents Frem the Birmingham News The fact that falls of roof and coal cuse approximately half of the fatal accidents to men employed under- ground in the coal mines of the United States has impelled the Bureau of AMines, Department of Commerce, to appoint a speclal engineer to make a careful study of the causes. A highly | trained man from the Pittsburgh ex- periment station has been relieved of his duties there to undertake a spe- cial investigation of the tragedies that take off so many men in the mining industry. The conducting of this special study is made possible by the recent con- gressional appropriation of the sum of $7,500, which was voted as a volun- tary move on the floor of Congress during consideration of the Depart ment of Commerce appropriation bill. It is recognized by the Bureau of Mines that the reduction of loss of life from falls of roof and coal is one of the most difficult safety prob- lems in the mining industry. Most of these accidents naturally occur while the miners are loading coal on the cars or while engaged in cutting or barring dc the coal. and if the loss of life frob this cause can be ma- tand still 1 entl THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. One of the most comprehensive and valuable works on a subject that is just now calling out a flood of books is “Evolution. Genetics and Eugen- ics” by Dr. H. H. Newman, profe sor of zoology in the University of Chi- cago. The book first appeared in 1921, but a revised edition has recently been published, containing among other new matter a chapter on the Scopes trial and the recent attacks on evolu tion. A particularly valuable feature of the book Is that its author makes a definite attempt to show that evolu- tion and religion are entirely com- patible—that one can be a Christian believe in evolution. The author quotes the statement signed by 40 of the most distinguished scientists, statesmen and clergymen who are at once evolutionists and Chri: n gen- tlemen. The book is primarily in- tended as a college text book and is largely made up of excerpts, long and § short, from writers of an carlier pe- riod and of today, presenting many di- verse theories of evolution. These excerpts are woven together by intro- ductory statements, connecting pas- sages and summaries. x ok x X Dr. Newman's longer hook may well be read entire by the inquirer who secks an adequate and up-to-date treatise giving the best thought of today on the subjest of evolution. If the reader’s time is limited then “The Gist of Evolution,” by Dr. Newman, will give in brief compass a compact statement of the present status of evolution. Tt will be remembered that during the progress of the Scopes trial Dr. Newman was present as an expert witness for the defense. Cer- tain parts of his statement were at the time published in the press. The author states that many persons have written asking for copies of his state- ment. Tle is well tvised in publish ing it. since it is clear, succinet and readable. From the very purpose for which this little hook was written, its or emphas on the reconcilia- tion between evolution and the Chris tian religion. b Another dellghtfully written little hook, whose thesis is similarly “that there is no essential opposition be- tween creation and evolution,” is Sir Oliver Lodge, entitled * and Creation.” This distinguished scientist says that “one is the method of the other. They are not two_proc- esses, hey are one—a graduil one which can be partially and rever- followed by the human mind. To me ation seems to he an eternal process, always going on. * * * So far from excluding God and the spiritual world, our present outlook—in moments of _insizht— leave room for little else.” Elsewhe in his book he says that “evuoiutic represents the method of creation— the method, that ix, by which thing change and improve and come in existence.” Allhough this book se forth briefly the latest scientific in- vestigations in such matters as electrons, protons, radiation, the ether, chemistry and biolo; i written in the ‘calm faith and viction of a Christian believer. * ko Somewhat different from the view- point of Dr. Newman and Sir Oliver Lodge is that of Prof. John M. Mechlin in his book “The survival Value of Christianity,” a militant at- tack on fundamentalism, with its or- ganized opposition to the teaching of evolution. To him fundamentalism ix a “revolt of traditional Protestant orthodoxy against the spirit of mod- ern culture.” This opposition is due. he thinks, to a misunderstanding of the purpose of science and religion. “Science,” he clafms, “accounts fc the facts of lite, for the world of external or objective reality. Reli- gion, on the other hand, ministers to inner or subjective emotional needs, satisfies inner or subjective aspirations.” The author urges the fundamentalists to give up their op- position to evolution With its war on academic freedom and theological reconstruction—advice they are not likely to follow. The author, who is neither a scientist nor a theolog but a sociologist, has in this book set himself the task of determining “the*principle by which our age must revalue its Christian heritage.” His destructive argument is well sus- tained, but it is feared that in his constructive argument he =0 na rows down the content of Chr tianity as to weaken its vitality. ¥ % ¥ ¥ * Imma Lady Hamilton Byron have been the gossip-biography fiction by 1. Bar rington, now known to be Mrs. L. Adams Beck, author of exotic Oriental tales before she turned to famous scandals. Both “The Divine Lady” and “Glorius Apollo” are supposed to adhere closely to the facts of the lives of their notorious subjects and without the least doubt both novels are most Interesting. A third novel of the same type has recently been published by E. Barrington. “The Ix quisite Perdita,” which deals with the private life of Mrs. Robinson, actress and mistress of the Prince of Wales, afterward George IV. The beautiful wife of a profligate and impoverished husband, Mrs. Robinson was discov ered by Sheridan and trained for the stage by Garrick. She had successes in the parts of Juliet and Perdita and hecame the fashion in London. so that Garrick and Sheridan were obliged to protect her from the attentions of the gallants of the time. The attentions of the Prince of Wales she kept sec from her protectors and for a brief perfod he established her in a man sion of her own as his mistress. The lialson came to an end throush the influence of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. who led the Prince into other adventures and excess This story is told with detail in Exquisite Perdita.” The lives of Sheridan and Charles Fox are woven into the story of Mrs. Robinson * ok ok K Among analyses of our not too remote past, “The Dreadiul Decade,” by Don C'. Seitz, discusses the period between 1869 and 1879. During this backward age, Mr. Seitz says in his foreword, “the United states under- went some strange experiences in the way of political, physical, moral, i tary and financial calamities.” Poli- tics was the chief determinative force of the epoch and reached out into many fields from which it has since been excluded. Most unfavoruble con- ditions _in both politics and finance were, of course, the result of the Civil War. Grant's adminisiration was marked by various scandals. The Tweed ring was powerful in New York. High finance was in the hands of Fisk. Gould and Stokes. In 1876 came the contested election letween Havyes and Tilden, and Mr. Seitz com- ments: “Critical consideration cs the conviction that nefther side hon- estly won the election. Had there been a legal way out, botn Ha. nd Tilden should have been disqu X The “dreadful decade” ended when, in 1879, the United States backed up every dollar in circulation with gold. * * k¥ it con- # in and Lord subjects of { The best seller mystery story is al tempting new writers, because they know If they' can only turn out something with enough® shocks and horrors, however poor the character ization and the style, they will not re. ceive their manuscripts hack from the publishers. Herbert Adams entered the mystery story market with “The Secret of Bogey House,” and has now QUESTIONS ANSWERS TO 'BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A. There are three Mills Hotels in New York City, provided for by Darfus Ogden Mills (1825-1910). They were established for poor, but self-respect ing men. who may obtain lodgings and meals there at a nominal rate. Q. Why is it that the Supreme Court has to pay postage on its letter Why doesn't it enjoy franking privi- leges like the other Government de- | partments?—0. J A. The justices of the Supreme Court do enjoy the franking privilege | when writing on official business. The | clerk of the court handles most of | the correspondence and his office is| supported by fees paid by litlgants | the Latin inscriptional V, and is and most of his correspondence is to | found in inscriptions in Rome as early litigants about thelr cases. The fees |at the latter part of the second cen of the clerk are paid by litigants, and | tury A.D. V was originally the cap if the Government were to grant the | ital form. The two letters were dif franking privilege on such matters it | ferentiated about the fifteenth cen would amount to paying postage on | tury. private cases. ? Q. How long has been used?—M. D. A. The letter U is a modification of capital U Q. Who wrota “There was a_littla Q. How many automobile camps are | girl who had a little curl"?—R. F. W. there?’—L. L. ¥ A. This has been attributed to A. The follow! Mother Goose and to Longfellow. Er camps of recognized nest Wadsworth Longfellow, son of States: Town camps, 4,062; national | the peet, says that the lines were com forest camps, 1,000; national park |posed by his father while walking the camps, 300; irand total, 5,362. tloor with his second baby daughter. Q. Why & the Latin Quarter of | @ Is the White Paris so called?—S. N. W. present?—R. T. A. This is the section of the ¢ity|™ 4 Althoush the White Iouse in which the University of Paris is |6\ peing painted and some repa situated. Iducation in_the univer|gre heing made, it is open to the pub sity was formerly given in Latin, and | {0° (8 F¥ the students used to go about the ; town singing their songs in Latin, thus giving rise to the name which persists to the present day. Q. Which famous pass_is only two days a week?—A. T. A. A. The Khyber P narrow defile in northwest India, connecting the Punjub with Afghanistan, is open to traffic only on Tuesdays and Friduy The Amir of Afghanistan undertakes to police the pass for only (wo days a wecek to protect travelers from attack by the lawless Afridi tribes. Q. g is the number of standing by House forfeited to 07 of a 9 is the game Q. base s, B. A. It is an arbitrary number chosen to represent the score of such game This has been in existence ever since the carly days of base ball Why ball open Q. Where s the City of the —M. R. D. A. This is salt Lake ( a applied k¥, sobriquet Utah! Q. What is the nationality Latzo, new welterweight champi J. W. H Al He s a g What per cent of water put on cane sugar or corn SUgar is necessary for fermentation?—T. T. A. mentation will take place in aqueous soiutions of either cane sugar or corn sugar of any concentration up to the saturation point or nearly For practical purposes, it is customary to ferment solutions of from 15 to per cent sugar. Fermentation of more concentrated solutions will proceed much more slow What country has the most miles of telephone wire in_proportion to the population?—C. E. M. A. Canada stands first in this re- spect, having 3.4 miles 1o the 100 of population. United States stands first in number of telephones, with about 11 to the 100 of population. Q poor sslovakian. Are public utilities genera “d by the States?—R. D. W A ate regulation by commission { developed over a considerable period of yvears until this poliey, in varying degrees of completeness, became al most universal in the United Stat with the result that the contractual relations hetween municipalities and public service corporations were quite zenerally upset so far as they af fected rates and se Within the past year or two. has been ‘checked, and very strong, but generally unsuccessful, efforts have been made by the municipalities in number of States to get the public service commission laws repealed or vadically moditied so as to restore to the cities some measure of local con trol ove utility operations. No gen eral statement of existing public poli cies of control would be unive 1pplicable. Q regul vice this tendency of a the the have Does farm malil of inmates?—G. (. A. The Post Office Department | says that the sealed mail of persons | living in a county home is as protected from unlawful open the mail of any other citizen. Q. What is considered the life of a mere fact that the inmates are £0 un- | Jpeomotive? - G. 15, fortunate as to have been compelled | A On large railroads to seek shelter in an institution main- | epid 1o be from 25 to tained for the indigent gives the super A intendent no license to interfere with produce their letters I of uperintendent right to open it is comsid 0 vears. What flowe sleep i re smelied? Burean Q. rs Industry knows of no flowers that produce | slumber by means of their scent. peas are known to stupefy flies \ Plant What position did Matthew Hen- | hold with Admiral Peary? A, Matthew Tlenson was Peary's olored servant. e was the only of Peary’s men who stayed with him on his perilous journeys. He went with Peary on the t nd 1 1 worked with P since 15 as good a dog driver as and acted watchman r and camp stove maker | unfter Peary's ‘supervision. It is said | $ that he was more Eskimo than Afri- |1 can. Henson and four Mos were | with Peary when he reached the pole. | v The Government has not hestowed any | wor honor upen Henson for his work with | Peary. Why do flowers smell sweetest 1. D the ai Because is clearer rd the ips of “starboard right-hand How to did the e used vessel?--A. wrhourd is from the Anglo srhord, steor meaning either nd bord, side. The vence is to the time when vessels wvere steered by a paddle or sweep ked from the right side w for as ke mak Please explain the twinkling of .M Q. What became of the Monitgr?— | The twinkling of stars is L % [rapid shaking or vibration of their A. The Monitor was sunk in stormy | light caused mainly by the turmoil of ather off Cape Hatteras, December | the atmosphere—currents and strata 1862, ur officers and 17 men | different temperatures intermin were drowned. | 2iing and flowing past one another. A r's light seems to come from a Iere point. so that, when its rays are by irregular refraction, istant very few rays reach the Sord tor tearnimacs | nd at another many. This ac b |counts for seeming changes of e brightness twinkling star. Or % ot | dinarily the wets Rre not By Hay n o to use of their T New | tarze apparent disks, made up of a | muititude of points, which therefore | maintain a general average of bright ness | J Q. AL Ts vinegar a food?—L. A It is not considered a food. It | od adjunct. | at ne eve Q. What is the ing marathons?—W. A. A marathon re 385 yards was made in utes and 16 1.5 seconds, mer and William Queal vember 29, 1910, the in Yorl Q. Where was the Liber en to conceal it from the A. W. M. A. On September 14, ordéred the bells of Thiladelphiy to be taken down and conveved ( place of safety to prevent their inz into the hands of the enems September 24 the State |iouse was hauled by John rob Michley Bethlehem nd thence to Allentown by Vredevick Leaser. It was secreted | under the floor of the stone building |\ erected by the Zion Reform Congre gation in 1774, Historians have dif. | fered arding the place of conceal ment. Trenton, Bethlehem and Lan. | caster have been mentioned. The train | went by way of Trenton to Rethle- |3 A I hem, but the honor of sheltering the | " 1t "vou are ’ bell belongs wholly 1o Alentown, [nnse tre Todoniag oiE voses where it reposed until the evacustion | il qer T SIS stanzt of W of Philadelphia by the British. A ‘0 tablet was erected on the Zion Reform Church in memory of this event, Oeto ber 13, 1908 Q. What grow fast? A. Quic from poplar: tulip trees. ¥ Bell tak Iritish What are petrified Kidneys? 1777, Congress D, \. This ind refers when used is to for pav 1 English expression evlike cobblestones MI; | Q. Was 1L M. a of ineident Werther? rticutar iethe’s pa « is said that this chars thes suicide of the drich Wilhelm Protestant di N acter Johan ferusalem, a German ne. Q. What would be e 1o send with flowers to a good ver roung lads That now u'.‘ .’\»‘ How sweet and fair time andt he seems to 1 trees other ¢. B, B owing shade are rel oak than poplar | The resources of aur free Informa [ tion Burcau are at your serviee. You {are invited to eall upon it as often as wou please. 1t is befng maintained | The Evening Star solely to serve you What question can we answer wou? There is no charge at all ex cept 2 cenls in stamps for return post Address your letter to The Eve ning Star Information Bureau, Fred eric J. Haskin. Director, Twenty-fir and € sireets northwest. Washington Ho trees aside . elm and Q. What does the expression for alt mean?—G. I3 A. Tt means above the fifth ¥ in in the octave next the treble staff. | 3¢ Q. Is it true that the rutes are very | t low in Mills Hotels?—. M. . ! and he ment is murdered in his compart while she is in the dinjng car. Sliids tmelune: a8 Vetsioan | clergyman of a slum mission and lady with a erooked smile. Of course Scotland Yard comes in and, of cours there is a love story. R Are Increasing. Torento Daily Star. g1 idea that the horse would come as extinet as the dodo, which | cained acceptance when eleetricity be- came @ motive power and which was vived when gasoline was applied to propulsion of vehicles, not ed ) the he For thosa who a a small garden and w best of their space, “Garden Making and he a very helpful book is assistant professor o Columbia University Jle to compass int to make the Hugh Findley's | Keeping” will | ! The author | Canada has MO0 mor “A&ZI'UHV"\V- in{todav than she had 20 vears ago. The There are 4,000,000 more horse . den of which he writes is large| U'nited Statesthan there iy enough for a lawn. flowers, shrubs|years ago. Most o coun of and trees. He tells how to make and | the world report :1|than«:\::;],;‘ :-‘,r care for a lawn, how to make paths |more steeds than they had before the and plant borders. how to make at-|war, although tens of thousands were tractive surroundings for gatewavs.|destroyed by shot, shell and disease how to make rock gardens, waterlon e Earapeun battlefront. ardens, wall gardens and rose gar-| Instead of the coming of electric dens. There is also a. whole chapter |anq gasoline rmm-rmruuix:;n :vr:nuu[x? on a bird garden. Other chapters tell |ing the doom of the horse, it has about bulbs, perennials, everzreans |loagen i s _pe! |lengthened life, added to the en and deciduous trees, and at the end {fouinent his days and broug) there is a list of trees and plants par- | e i Lt e thiare Jmia listiot trces ana Tl im a golden age, in which he is mora E than ever a pet of humanity. Evers * % ko hot now does not see a dozen of Vicente Blasco Tbanez. author of so |his kind droppiniz dead from the many novels, most of whieh have |Strain of pulling overcrowded street been translated into English, has just | cars. which was once the routine rec published in Valencia the first of a |0rd of every large city. The hills up series of historical romances, “Fi1| Which he was once expected to drag Papa del Mar,” i.e.. “The Pope of the |impossible burdens are mastered to. Sea Tt is 4 romvince of the famous |day by machinery, while he takes on anti-Pope, Pedro de Luna, who, dur- well within his strength or is ing the papal schism of the fourtecnth | sleeked and groomed into a thing of century, swas electad Pope by the \beauty, to be exhibited before all the French cardinals at Avignon under fworld the title of Benedict XIIT. Thoug T abandoned later by the cardinals who had clected him, and recognized no where except in Spain and, Scotland, € is Jeing sust tasks sre is a moral in all this, namely that things seldom as bad as thev If poiiticians only had the properly attuned they would seem brought his = second ware, “The térially reduced. it will be necessary to | obtain real co-operation not only from the mine operators and mine- officials | land. Geoffrey Warren and his daugh- | personag but also_from the indiyldual mines, Crooked Lip.” The inevitable murder here takes place on a train in Eng- ter-Nona. are- way, to. Wales en from the horses what happened se, at least, in which thers he continued to retain the title untik hig death, in 142 Petrarch and [in one « Laura sther fourteenth cent wak mueh blue ruin talk and, from pear among the char-|their supposedly dumb friends, pes mADCey | haps acquire some-horse.sense, and acters of