Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1926, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY.......August 16, 1926 THEODORE W NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Oftir 11th St. and Pennesivania Ave New Vork Office: 110 East $2nd St. Chicago Office. Tower Building Turopean Office: 14 Regent St. Londen, England Tha Freing Star. with the Sunfax mom Ing edition. s delivered by rarners within ha o1t at’ 80 ents per month: dafly enlv 45 centa per month- Sunday onty. =0 cents Per month Orders mas he sent by mail or telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paile Sunday. .. .1 vr..S2.00- 1 mo. T8 Dhilr fage Undar: ] £ Sa00- ] mo f0e fundas oniy 1¥r.%3.00° 1 mo. Z5¢ All Other States and Canada. Puile ant unday &1000 1m0 ails oniv <8001 mo. £unday only $1.00; 1 mo., @ an 750 35¢ 1er 15r Member of the Associated Press. The Arsociated Pr exclusivaly entitled 10 the se for sen oation of all news o Pathes ceadited 10 it ar not otherwise cred: ted T’ 11114 naner and alan the loeal newe Dublished Tarmin. ATl richts of publication 07 spacial dispatihes herei - Yielding to Necessity. The Democrats of New York are Bent upon renominating Gov. Al Smith despite his earnest and sincere request that he be permitted to retire from public lfe-at least for two vears. And if the Democrats in party eonvention renominate the governor, he will accept. 1le made this clear in his latest discussion of the subject be- the Erie County Democrats on Saturday, when he said. referring to the State Democratic convention in Beptember. “waatever you decide upon thera, T shaill have to do.” 1t is weil understood that if left to his own de Smith would be glad to 1otarn to private life apd to business—at least for two vears. He has made this clear repeatedly in pri- vate conversation and in public state- ment. e wished neither to be a can- didate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate nor for the Democratic nomination governor. But the fates decree otherwise. The governor has been compelled finally to vield to the tremendous pressure brought to bear upon him. and he has signified he will accept the gubernatorial nomi- nation, if the party insists. It is a case of “politics oblige.” With Al ¥mith at the head of the party ticket. the Democrats hope to sweep the State. With Al Smith off the ticket Republican chances would be greatly enhanced. In a measure the party leaders and the office hold ers and wouldbe office holders are elfish in their determination to force Gov. Smith to be the standard bearer in the State, But to Smith belongs real eredit for having beeg a faithful and efficient executive. His ability and his personal pepularity have put him on a pedestal in fore es Gov for Gov the Empire State. have placed him In a position that few men | have before achieved for Gov in that State. The demand Smith to per. mit himself again to be nominated for governor i really a case of the job ing the man rather than the man seeking the Job. He has done his best to zot away from it. but the force of circumstances and politics has been too strong for him. Any conside of Gov, present and nolitical must take into ‘account the presi dential race in 199X, His friends frankly declare he must be the Demo cratic nominee two years henee. The presiden about hi there jon future Smith's career head for been a long time, and has one indi cation thit listened to the buzzing. If he should now turn down, the demands of his party to run again for governor. and i Republican should be elected in his place. how would the Democrats York regard him when 18258 rolls round? On the other hand. if i be nominated for governor, he must win the fourth time. and he must conduct the State government for another two yvears in such a way as to please the people if he is to he their presidensy in 1325 Public service and personal ambition have laid their hands upon Gey shoulder. It is fmpossible for him to turn aside, even for u brief respite more than he has of New azain. for Smith's The Jerser Summer resorts grod press agents. But the chief fame of the State at prasent rests on the gruesome Hall Mills case. The crime wave refuses to sacrifice its interest to that of the ocean wave. r—ee - ————— The who thriftily saved his earnings has made his place in Amer- fea and superseded by the multimillionaire who does not know what to do with his money —— -t The Kitchener Body Mystery. An astonishing report comes teday from Lendon to the effect that when the “Kitchener” casket brought from Norway was opened by Scotland Yard officials there morning it found to contain no human remains. It was empty save for some tar cording to one report Here is a mystery. Unless the whole affair is a hoax. concocted by the man who savs he has conducted a three- year research in Norway for the body of Kitchener. it will take rank with the most famous of puzzles According Power. he found the body under a cairn of stones on the coast of Norwayr and identified it as that of Kitchener. FHis announcement of the discovery was recsived by the British home office with skepticism, indeed with a positive denial that any bodies from the Ilampshire had drifted to the Norwegian coast. Arrange- ments. however, nere made to receive and examine the box containing the alleged body of the field marshal and with scrupulous precautions to pre- vent fraud it was removed to the of. fictal mortuary and there opened this morning in the presence of representa- the government. It was boy is now this was w0 A suggestion of burglary of the un- dertaker's establishment where the packing box was held pending exag- ination by the officlal party is cqe- veyed by one of the dispatches. A re- port mentiens testimeny by neigh- e also reserved. | a1 bee has buzzed pleasantly | candidate for the | have | bors who saw two men climbing over a fence at night. Thus does the plot thicken. What possible motive could there be for a hoax? Its exposure would be certain. The supposed finder of the body called loudly for examination. If he was faking the fraud would be im- mediately exposed. On the other hand. what motive could there be for the abstraction of the body from the packing box shipped from Norway? What interest would demand its theft and concealment? This may, of course, prove to be one of those rare cases of megalomania in which a person avid for notoriety Roes to extremes to get himself in print and public notice. But what an elaborate fake to the end of certain exposure and immediate public con- demnation! Yet the hint of a hoax is definite in a statement in the official report that the box not only contained no human body. but had never con- tained one. If the man Power actually spent three yvears in search of Kitchener's body and then found it and shipped it to London for examination and identification, he was surely the vic- tim of very bad luck to have it filched on the eve of the official scrutiny, or else he was a clumsy (operator. Time may reveal the facts in this extraordi- na affair. — R The Capitol Guides. ‘The question of the propriety of a lowing the regularly appointed and licensed guides at the Capitol to take fees—in fact, permitting them to exact fees—from visitors to that bufld- ing has again been raised. Several vears ago this matter was brought to attention and it was urged upon Con- gress for action. Nothing was done. Now with the tourist tide incrcased it is once more noted and it remains to be scen whether any move will be made at the next session to stop this busincss. It is desirable, of course, that tour- ists to Washington should be shown the Government buildings properly and to have al] points of interest ex- plained to them. It is necessary that they should go through some of these places of public interest under super- vision. In certain of the Government establishments they are guided by regularly employed conductors, who work on salary and who are not permitted take fees, in the Treasury and the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing. The Capitol is the only place where fees are allowed. There the fee system has been devel. oped into a business. In the circumstances in which the majority of the tourists visit the Capi- tol the fee that is exacted by the “of- ficial” zuides appears like an admis. sion charge to the building. If they reach there in large parties by sight seeing busses they ave turned over in a body to the guides, counted, and herded through the building at the fixed rate of twenty-five cents apiece. Probably most of them leave with the that they have paid a quarter each for the privilege of enter. ing a public bullding. They do not know that this is an arrangement be tween bus The: enter without a to as impression do not know that they could and walk through the building hindrance and without ment. They carry away impres that is distinetly unfavorable. There are no guides in the Library of Congress and visitors are free to roam thére through praetically all parts of the building. except the read. ing room unless they are readers. The zuards at places where they should not enter suffice to keep them in order. The same is true in other buildings. The Capitol guides should be put on a salary basis to give sery- They would Congress would not be willing to pay them at the rate of $15 a which is ported as regarded a minimum taking by the average Capitol guide. Rut good service could he rendered to the people by a salaried corps and a condition would be aveided that at times reaches the point of scandal and assuredly glves rise to a most unde- sirable belief that the United States Government is charging admission to its most important establishment in Waehington. pay- an ice free to all whe come. probably make lass money. aday, re. as ——rees Ry seeking to establish himeelf as President of Turkey, Kemal Pasha un. compromisingly asserts himself as the champion trouble hunter of his time. e New York May Take to Water. New York may take te the water in order to escape or relleve the conges- tion on land. This does not mean that the Manhattanites may go to living on the rivers and the bay, as do some of the people of the Far East, notably China. whoe spend the greater part of their lives on boats for lack of room ashore. Tt means that the crowding of the subway, elevated and surface lines may compel the people who move about dally on business to use | the waterways that lie g0 conveniently at hangd for thelr transportation over the longer distances. The chief exccutive officer of the New York Rapid Transit Commission in a report notes that during the re- cent subway strike in that city many people were accommodated by boat lines operating from convenient points and fed by motor busses. and he ex- presses the belief that eventually a permanent waterway transportation system will be adopted. Such a plan would call for stops at five points on the North River. at which motor busses would be in readiness to trans. fer passengers throughout the adfa- cent districts. Something like Venice. this. In that ciiy those who do not own pri- vate gondolas or who do not care for the slower travel of hired boats use the vaporettos, or small steamers, which ply the Grand Canal. stopping 1t regularly established stations. These are regarded by lovers of the ancient city of the sea as iconoclastic intru- sions. but they do a large business. Use of the water for north-south transport would be much more agree- able than subway travel or even ele- vated riding. There would be no bad air. The time required would not be very much longer than ths average mpanies and the guides. | i THE EVENING of tube travel. The proposal now be- ing considered is to use swift steam- ers, which, making brief stops at pier ends, would make the run in but a little more than the time required by subway expresses. Certainly the situation in New York requires relief by extraordinary meas- ures. As the city grows and business concentrates on Manhattan Island, with several million people requiring transport daily and with subways | costing enormous sums.’ the water | transport plan has its merits that will probably appeal strongly to those New Yorkers who are not in a frantic hurry. Tts cost will be insignificant compared with the establishment of any other line of transport possible in the circumstances. o Improving the Diamonds. The latest example of “painting the iy is reported from New York. Yel- low diamonds, subjected to radium treatment, become the finest biye. white stones. Dr. C. Lverett Field, director of the Radium Institute of New York. has been experimenting for four yvears, and has evolved a sy tem by which the stones of inferior grade. as the yellow diamonds are re- garded by the trade, lose thelr yellow hue, due to impuritles, which are drawn off by the radium treatment. The New York scientist, with com- mendable caution. says that he can- not say definitely that the change in color of the diamonds due to the radium treatment will be permanent. But ‘he does say that none of the stones which have been so purlfied during the fourycar experimental period has reverted to its original hue. The alchemists of old worked for years to change the baser metals to gold and to procuce jeweis of value from lesser stones. There have been many attempts in recent vears to “make” diamonds out of coal or other substances, and cases have been re- ported where stones of very small size resembling diamonds, have been pro- diced. But nothing of commercial value has resulted so far from these efforts. The radium treatment of dlamonds to improve their color is still not ready to be adopted on a commercial scale. Radium required for the treatment of a stone is valued at $8,000. Tt requires four davs to complete the treatment, it is sald.” With the scarcity of radium in the world it does not seem likely that the probabillty of whitening dia- monds in large quantities ix fmminent. Dr. Field, having improved diamonds, is to turn his attention now to radium treatment of other jewels, such emeralds and rubles. » oot Authentic photographs * showing French villages during the war and as they now stand restored, together with pictures of the graveyards in France of American soldiers, consti- tute reminders that should assure a United States citizen respectful wel come under all efrcumstances. —— catm Putting pofson in the alcohnl used by bootleg synthesists was a sugges. tion bringing up the question of capi tal punishment from an entirely new angle. o ——— st Those who follow the traininz of Jack Dempsey declare that his pen as { manship and grammar are particular- Iv to be commended. s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Proud Obscurity. There hasn't been much in the news ‘hout Pohick on the Crick, Where roses smile so sweetly an' the grain is growin' thick. There hasn’t been mystery bring detectives ‘round, Nor terrible explosions tearin' up ad. jacent ground. The airplanes clrele high above and never fall to earth. ‘The crops are fair, an’ we expect to get 'bout what they're worth. We've several flivvers movin' an’ we point to them with pride, The drivers all are friends considerate to collide. no to an’ ton No gangsters ever venture to spread terror through the lane. We need no psychoanalysts to argue and explain Our little bank is solid and no burglars ever try To dally with the savings we have patiently laid by We meet no gamblin' gentry playin® tricks so smooth an' fine. simply “What's yours s vours, and what is mine is mine." An’ so. we're kind o' proud to note, in times that move so quick, There hasn’t been much in the news ‘bout Pohick on the Crick e sav, Personal Benefit. “Your latest remarks contained ad- vice that everybody ought to follow said the admiring friend. “I believe you're right.” answered Senator Sorghum. T belleve T'll read that speech over and pay some atten n to it in my ewn personal affairs.” Returning Vacationst. Helle! An' howdydo® Summer’s on her way Friends are greetin’ us anew, Back frem hill or bay. Howdy! Likewise. hello® Old heme town's heen zay Yet it seemed a little slow While yvou were aw: Jud Tunkins savs the primary sys. tem has put enough complications in pelitics to make it seem ‘most like & game of mah-jong. Welcome Tntrusion. “There’'s no pleasure in the radio when static prevails.” “T turn omrs on just the same.” said Miss Cavenne. Tt at least serves to interrupt tiresome conversation.” Tn Return. A dog is man's dgvoted friend. He ought to be. Though falthfully vour dog vou tend, The small return that he can send Ts just a flea. “Patience,” sald Uncle Eben. “is 4 virtue dat enables a pussoggto recog- nize when he's in hard luck-and can't Relp hisse'f.” | denving i his | White House. STAR., WASHINGTON. D. C THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “mpe smokers are a superstitious ot. Each one believes he has some in- fallible method of making a pipe “sweet.” Sweetness, in a pipe. is the same as bravery in a man, modesty in a woman. A pipe has to be sweet to be worth a darn. Bill Sykes, who is never seen in public without his pipe, believes that the ultimate is attained by allowing the ashes to cool in the instrument after smoking. Instead of knocking his pipe out, as common mortals do, on his heel, Bill permits the residue, including the £00. to remain in the pipe until cold. This is a leisurely method of pipe emoking and has much to commend it. It prevents the rash pipe smoker from lighting up again while the pipe is stili red hot. ‘Tom Haddon, however, will not give this system a leg to stand on, as the saying is. He is a stanch advocate of the ‘knock-'em-out-immediately” theory. This practice alone, he de- clares, enables you to get the most out of a pipe. “What, let all that asks with infinite scorn goin' to keep a pipe Tt can't be done. friend." strong on the word “friend. “Live tobacco is one thing, and smoked tobacco is another,” he con- tinues. “When tobacco is lit, it is fragrant, but when the fire dies, it is pretty poor stuff. “The only way to keep the sweet taste in is to knock your ashes out at once, the second you finish smok- ing. Let a little fresh air and sun- shine get into your pipe. and it will be sweeter than chocolate candy.” * K ok % stay Bill Sykes, curiously enough, luughs Haddon to scorn, and pokes his briar into your nose as proof positive that he is right. He says he has an emi- nent London authority on his side, too—the most eminent English au: thority, as a matter of fact “Have you ever heen in London?" asks Bill, puffing away for dear life. “You ought to see his shop.” The way he savs “his’ makes vou feel Sykes himself spells it with a capital “HL" “All the clerks wear vellow gloves, o that their hands will not touch the pipes. They hand them out to you as if they were jewels. “If any onc would start to put one in his mouth, the clerk would send in a general alarm. and the offender would be cast into the Thames, or something. . “They take pipes seriously in Lon- don. They spend more time baking a pipe and making it fit for a man to smoke than we do amending the Con- stitution in this country. “Now, this High Priest of Pipe Smoking says emphatically that the one and only proper method of smok ing is as follo et a good pipe. “Two—et some good tobaceo, “Three— Stuff it in tight “Four—smoke slowly “Five—Allow vour pipe tn become cold hefore vou knock out the ashes. “Six—Poke the ashes out gently with a match—never knoele them out on vour heel or the side of a building, or the top of baby's head.” R The *‘cake” is another fetich of the | pipe smoker. Getting a cake in a pipe is almost as hazardous an undertaking as going to the North Pole: in fact, a great deal more so than going to California used to be, if you are willing to listen to your dyed-in-the-tobacco smoker. To listen to the veterans talk, the timid _soul might think that the “cake” in a pipe is a thing of pray- ers, tears and cuss words. Well, maybe it is. The plain truth of the matter, how- ever, is that if one is persistent the “cake” will come of its own free will, in due time. without any fretting Wait patfently on the “cake,” there. fore, and it will give you your heart’s desire in the way of a cool, “sweet smoke. Many smokers have a_superstition that one must smoke the same t bacco continuously to get a ‘“cake of the right consistency. with the proper power of inducing ‘“sweet- ness." What would some of the old-timers say of this neat theory? Take the old fellow who goes down in the street car every morning. A block from the camhe takes his last Puff, having smoked about half of his pipeful. sort of action in peculiarly efficient. So when he mounts his public vehicle, he fully complies with the rules and regulations that “lighted cigars, cigarettes and pipes are for- bidden on this car.” | He keeps his faithful briar hetween his lips, however. * ¥ k% It is an old-fashioned affair. It has a silver band around the stem. and the latter is of an antique model. Instead of neatly swelling from the mouthpiece to the bowl this specimen of ancient craft dips to half, then swells out again Every time the gentleman puffs out. through his unlit pipe, the ladies sniff terribly. When he finally gets off. at his corner, they are glad— and so is he. He stops curb, and from then on are automatic He reaches for a hox of matches, strikes one with a sweep, brings up his left hand to shield the flame from the breeze. takes exactly six inward puffs, drops his match in the gutter, marches away, puffing con- tentedly. Even the ladies, who hate “smelly old pipes.” must env When it comes to tobacec erage pipe smoker, If he be of any standing in time, has few supersti- tions. Fle smokes anything that will &o into his pipe and lets it zo at that. Only the fastidious newcomers, whose taste has not heen' blunted by the narcotie, insist on the “perfect hiend.” Over in London, however. the pipe smokers’ paradise. they do things right. In the shop previously men tioned they sell tohuccos as one finds fine teas and coffees dispensed in ultra fashionable grocery stores in this country. which pipes are his actionxs forward, attired in vellow gloves, a smile and a large linen duster of the o1t once used in automobiling in the United States. He leads you to a row of hins and, upon your stating vour preferene raises a lid and, gloves and all, bring | you up a scoopful. Tn Londontown pipe smoking is an art as well as a science, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans' Rureau, tells this oh server that just about the biggest job now confronting him is arranging to deal with the guardianship of 40,000 wards of the bureau which Congress, #s a result of the disclosures in the Fenning case, directed that the bu veau should hereafter supervise “Wholesale” guardianships are to be abolished, guardians’ accounts are to be inspected by bureau agents as a check against overcharges. and the welfare of the wards safeguarded by personal oversight of the hureau. Of the 40000 wards about one-half are orphans or fatherless children. The remaining 20.000 are the mentally in- competent cases, of which approxi- mately 11,000 are now in Government hospitals and 9,000 outside under pri vate guardianship. The hospital cases, too, have private guardians whenever they own personal property or are the recipients of Government insurance. The legal aspects of the guardianships. rest in 3,800 equity courts in 48 States with a variety of Tawe. * k¥ ¥ The appointment of social service workers has just been authorized hy Gen. [Ilines. These women will hr assigned to hospitals and to bureau regional offices. Their duty will be to visit at regular inter vals the children and the insane wards and see to it that they are be ing adequately and properly provided for. Ry another executive order just iseued, the bureau's legal division has been reorganized and enlarged. Henceforth there will be two separate units, one ta handle litigation and claims, the other to handle guardian ships. The American Rar Agsociution has appointed a special committee to co-operate In the lezal work. The American Legion is doing splendid work on its own account, but in en- tire harmony with the bureau in look- ing after the welfare of the crphans. * ok k% women as Herbert Hoover celebrated his fifty. second birthday anniversary last week, closed his desk at the Depart. ment of Commerce and joined the Summer pilgrimage to White Pine Camp. This duty disposed of in hand- come fashion, he headed for California and a 30-day vacation on the West Coast, where the fishing is quite as good as in the Adirondacks. Secretary Hoeover is doing his best to spike the rumors which picture him as angling for the presidential nomination two vears hence. It would be poor poli- ties and had manners-and he is not given to either shortcoming—for him to take public cognizance of the bandving about of his name in con- nection with 1928, But in conversation and personal correspond- ence he does not mince words in that he is a candidate or even a potential seeker for the nom- ination. As proof of the good faith and wholeheartadness of his denials he couples them with the assertion that in his judement the Republican party should and will renominate and re-elect (alvin Coolidge in 1928. * k ok x The delivery to Mr. Coolidge of a brand-new limousine shortly after his arrival at White Pine Camp served to focus attention on the automobile fleet which eyery President has at dispesal —two limousines, two seven.passenger touring cars and one of the town car type. Of course, the President does not. own them person- ally, but it is a little-known fact that the Government does not own them either. They are merely “rented” to the executive department by the company manufacturing the partic- ular brand of auto now in use at the The contract is on a yearly hasis and stipulates that the manufacturer shall keep the cars in good order and repair and replace from time to time cars which are be- ginning to show signs of wear with new ones. Needless to say, every one of the White House autos has the perpetual appearance of being right off the showroom floor. Will Rogers or some wit who pat. private | ner recently printed the remark that “the enly statlstical statement which the Government has ever issued which was exactly aceurate was the statemient that half the married per sons in the United States are fe males.” This brings the following comment from an official in the Cen sus Bureau: “Curiously enough, al though such a statement surely ap pears on its face to be correct and it would seem as if it must be true, it is not correct and is untrue. The census records show thaf. less than half the total number of married per- sons are females. This is explained by the fact that there are a consid erable number of men in our census properly listed as married wives are atill on the other side of the water. So the total mar- ried men exceed the total marrfed women in this country. * ¥ %k ¥ The ways unconseious humorist s al- the most amusing. In this category is the primary campalen ex- pense report which has heen received by the Secretary of the Senate from H. N. Midtho of Donnybrook. N. Dak. Midtho was a candidate for the sena: torial nomination against Senator Gerald Nve. Ilis efforts were imperceptible that he scarcely his name in the newspaper patches autside his hgme Senate primary candidates required by law to report penses to the Senate. and Midtho had a responsihilities. ot dis State. are mot their ex But many do, high gense of h He sent his return on a posteard. It appears that his expenses were: Petition hlanks, $1 obtaining signers to tition, §5; postage Total, §6. Then he adds as a postseript to his return: “T did not win the nomination hut played the game square. Please call the attention of the Senate to this and ahen it has some lucrative ap pointive position to fill, it may have another name on its list as available and worthy."” * % %k ¥ » Now again for the second time has appeared in print the statement that President Coolidge wears an old fashioned cotton nightshirt. And no denial is forthcoming from the official spokesman. The authority for the statement this time is a laundryman At Woodstock, Vt. He describes the garment as made high In the nec and of “full length." i o Mrs. Beverly Wall Sunderfand of Baltimore, who has lived through the administrations of 27 Presidents. was 101 vears old this menth, according to the records. But ghe celebrated her third ninety-ninth birthday, as she has vowed never to he 100. She is in good health, has a 70-year-old son, and attributes her golden years to the following formula: “Ry the grace of God and minding my own business.” (Conyrizht, 1926.) —————— Liquor Law Breaking Not a New Phenomenon To the Editor of The Star Why do the opponents of prohibi- tion pronounce it a failure, and at the same time advocate license and regu- lation of alcoholic beverages? They insult the intelligence of the Ameri can people. License. regulation and dispensaries proved an utter failure long before prohibition was tried. My knowledge of saloon keepers dates back to 1870, and from that time to the passage of the prohibition amend- ment, 1 never knew one who did not disregard the regulations whenever it suited him to do so, and as for speak- easies, they existed in all large cities, and Washington had as many as it had licensed saloons. Liquors and to- bacco were free to the policemen on the beat, which enabled them to do business without rference. It is the nature of the &mff to corrupt all who have anythina’to do with it. Brewers and distillers kept watch- terns his style after the Rogers man- ' men, gaugers and collectors abun- Thus his pipe goes out, a negative upon the | The Major-Domo of the Blends stepe | MONDAY, AUGUST 16, I | | lat wholesale rates, so that 1926. [Doubls Feasibility of - Cost-Housing Project To the Editor of The Star: ‘Without wishing to pose as a proph- et or a pessimist, T wish to raise my voice in warning against the proposed housing scheme for 60,000 Government clerks and their families. There arve several reasons why it is doomed to failure. In the first place, Washington being overbuilt right now. Where are the .people coming from to fill the acres and acres of new houses under is construction or planned, to say noth-| ing of the thousands of houses and apartments for rent? In issue of The Sunday Star more than 1,000 apartments and houses were ad vertised for rent, many of them at $12.50 per room per month or less. In addition there were four columns of suburban property advertised. to say nothing of city houses for sale or rent. I want to see Washington with a million inhabitants as soon as safely possible, but the issue cannot be forced, and if overbuilding con- tinues there will be a slump in rents a that will take care of the situation.| ‘While the governmental salaries will remain the same, there will be a lower- ing of rentals. Another fmportant fact which must not be overlooked is that the average | Government clerk dees not want to be helped in that way. Clerical \Wash- ington is perhaps the most complex and independent social element in this country. They want to do things their own way, and are not objects of char ity or even philanthropy such as prompted the erection of the Mills Hotels in New York and similar bene factions. Their tastes differ so much that no general housing scheme would please many of them, and we would have the speetacle of empty or poorly patronized apartment houses. If the present building rate continues the | situation will easily take care of itself Government clarks are not good sub jeets for co-operative That has been proven. Eleven years a anklin K. Lane greatest of all Secretaries of the In- terior, founded the Home Club. and under the stimulus of that brilliant intellect and fame and influence 1.700 members were enrolled among the em- | ployes of the department, with a monthly fee of 50 cents each, forming | an. organization for co-oper a pur chase of the necessaries of life and for mutual improvement and social bene fits. Classes in dancing and various educational branches were formed. | and purchases_of table supplies were | made at far below the usual retail| prices. Eggs at 25 cents per dozen, | and butter at the same price ‘V"‘V' pound, purchased in large quantities in North Carolina, were delivered to the clerks, and the saving on these and other items amounted to from 3 to 30 per cent. Men like chief clerk of the Interior Depart ment (who now helds the same posi tion in the State Department). Con troller W. A. Ryan of the Reclama- tion Service, the head of the Geologi Survey and men of like promi nence gave their spare time to help ing along the worl very weil—for awhile plove of the Pension made chairman of the committer of the Tome selected members of my from each of the nine hureaus of the department. We called upon the arange growers of Florida, the sweet corn ralsers of the Carolinas, the dried fruit and canned goods men of the Pacific Coast and dairymen of Wikconsin, for supplies, and the ex- press companies gave us speclal rates Other committees were to lnok after <hoes. clothing, building material, We were promised fresh Columbia River salmon on fco at @ low cost: whole bheeves were cut and sold tenderloin could be furnished at conts per pound, and cheaper cuts In proportion: brick cheeses were sent from Wis consin and delivered at 16 cents per pound. Good shees were 1o he fur nished at $2.50 per pair The main object was to effect direct delive from the producer to the consumer md do away with overhead and mid dleman expenses as much as possible Seeretary Lane was so elated at the initial suecess of the undertaking that e planned a consolidated Home luh from all departments in Washington with many thousands of members, | purehasing their supplies by the train load and cutting their Jiving expenses | in half, and establishing a great recre- | ation center, a big farm for Summer work and pleasure, etc.. near Wash- | ington. A meeting was held in the office of the chief clerk. Mr. Avers. to which the chief clerks of all the executive departments in the city were invited, to consider the big ame. A spirit of apathy prevailed, perhaps born of the fnherent imposs Bility of catering to such a diversified eclass of Government clerks of Wash ington, and the thing fell through The Home Club itself dwindled, and if it is still alive it must he very modest There is too much general prosperity in the country for cooperation to suceeed here as it does in Europe John Clark and his wife JTane want to do their own shopping and their own housing in their own way. The proposed big beehive for them will do nothing but sting the promoters L. & PERKI ———— Mid-City Site Be for Market Center To the Editor of The Star It {s surprising to note the stand taken by the Southwest Citizens' Asso ciation as regards the location of a new Center Market. When the pres. ent site was chosen B street was an open sewer, the southwest was an Island (and was so-called). to zo be vond the Boundary (Florida avenue) was to venture into the country, and in view of the fact that the city has steadily grown northward it i posed to locate the market southern éxtrema of the city suppose it would he called Market.” As one lady recentl gested, it would be an ideal lo so that it would be an easy matter to throw the refuse overhoard and let it float past the War College and Mount Vernon—in fact, along the whole Virginia waterfront. To my mind, the logical location would he the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth and K and L streets northwest This site is avallible to both car lines and freight station. We have a mar. ket.at Fifth and Kextendingto Lstreet. The appearance of the same could be improved. then duplicated at the Fourth street corner, with a large central building and the necessary wings connecting all. T am not eritici ing this from an architectural point of view, as I know nothing of archi- tecture, but I do know that it is available by car from all nearer the center of the city than even the present market. with an area large enough for an imposing building facing the average width street (K) not cut up by car lines, and way of thinking. it would serve the greatest number to the hest ad vantage. MORRIS LUCHS As an em Office T was food supply Club, and committee up at the —_—_— dantly supplied with the best. The people are not deceived by lving propaganda, they know that wine and beer would be dispensed by the same class of law-defiers who handled | it in the days of the saloon. Mild drinks would be spiked with high- powered spirits, and its co encouraged. ‘“‘Create appetit be the slogan as of old. Thinking, pa- triotic citizens are not diverted from their determination to see that prohi- bitien does prohibit by the velping of recent | Avers. | and things went | ote. | points, | to my | Q. Is “My Wild Trish Rose" from an opera’—T. R. | A. The song i from “Romane Ath- |lone.” the words and music of which | were written by Chauncey Alcott. Q. Did the railroads ever use day light-saving time?—A. F. W A. The railroads of the United States used daylight-saving time dur | inz the war period. At present day- light saving is employed in several | States and in a number of cities, but |is not used for the raflroads, Q. What is a seiche?—A. A. It is a sudden chang | pheric pressure on one part of a large lake which causes changes of evervwhere. If the pressure Gow, of atmos is in creased in one place, the surface of | the water there is lowered. and else where correspondingly raised. if the change is one which lessens the pres- | sure locally the water surface beneath |the lessencd pressure rises while it falls elsewhere. Once these changes are set up. there is some pulsation of the water level before equilibrium | 1s established again. Q. How long a term was the Presi | dent to serve in the Southern Confed -A. I A The presidential term, according | | to the constitution of the Confederacy, was 6 vears. This is the length of the term for a United States Presi dent in a recent amendment proposed to the United States Constitution, Q. When did Job live’—B. B A. The authorship and date of the Book of Job are controversial matte a great many students of Scripture being of the opinion that the hook dates back to the patriarchal age, making Job cotemporary with Abra- ham, possibly heingz Jonah the Edom- ite, aliuded to in Genesis, tenth chap- ter, twenty-ninth verse. Others ascriba the hook to Moses, and still others to Solomn It is said that the animals mentioned in the haok would be better known in the rian Mountains than in the plains of Pales tine, while the leviathan or crocodile was a native of Egypt. The spirit of the book. hoaever, undoubted is that of the Hebrew race. combining faith, eadurance and tenacity of pur. pose. which are characteristics of the race today Q. Will eoke and hard coal mixed to- gether burn in a base burner?— J. HOH. b A. The Bureau of Mines savs that coke and hard coal will hurn satisfar- torily. Tt is preferable to use small ized anthracite. Q. How. tall is President Conlidge and how much does he weigh?—c'. A. A. His heigl i feet 10 inches, and last reported weight was 157 pounds Q. 1s there a fish known as a horse. fish?—F. B. A. Thera & a small fish known as the seaharse. belonging ta the hippo campus. Different species are found on the Atlantic coast from Florida to Massachusetts. Q. Please send me the names of all | Indian chtefs —Af. S g A. The Indian Office save that there are no Indian chiefs recognized in these times and it knows of o list of names that yveu conld obtain . | Q. 1s Adrian Colleze a church in {stitution?—G. A. A1 | A Adrian College of Adrian, Mich i« under Methadist Protestant contral | but non-sectarian, QR What is a ggffering iron>—E M A iron flute | Q@ Why ewelry -, P, 1. | ATt is hard to separate and sorbs the moisture of tha skin and | turns very dark Tt is another name for a fluting Goffering irons were nsed ito ruffs and laces. i iSn't uranium used for b Are Gauls and Celts the same?— Caesar and jtorians identify the Celts of northern Gaul. but son ethnologists now distingnish the twe peoples at least <o far as to make the | Beigic Gauls of Caesar's time only one type or branch of the Celticspeaking population of Gaul Q follow subsequent 1S with the his What precedent did Washington in addressing Congress iy son?—A. B. M A. He followed | British Kings per the ot the custom level | ab ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What countries have compul- sory employment insurance’—A. L. A. According to a réport of the international labor office, seven cou tries have compulsory schemes. Great Rritain, Ttaly, Austria. Russia, Queensland (Australta). Poland and the Irish Free State. Nine countries have voluntary schemes—France, Denmark, Norway, Netherlande, Fin: land. Spain. Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. Q. \When was the first known alpha- bet used?—-D. A. C A, About 6000 R.C. How 1. § \. Plots in second-growth spruce |have been laid out. The vields oh served vary greatly. the poorest plots showing hardly more than a third as much as the best ts, and the indi vidual trees sometimes reaching only haif the height of those growing under best conditions. Figures already ob tained indicate average yvields of 22 cords to the acre at 40 vears of age. 40 cords at 60 years and A7 cords at 50 year: What fast does spruge grow?— fairly dense stands ef of even age wera the Huzzars?™-—L The word huzzar was first plied to the light cavalry troops r by Matthias Corvinus in 1458 to fight against the Turks. The word was de rived from a Magvar word “hus meaning 20, the method of selectinn being every twentieth man in the com munity. The term huzzar was adopted by a regiment of Rritish cavairy in 1805 and has since then been applisd to certain hodies of light cav n many countries. ap Q. What is the derivation of the word fortnight 7M. & A. Fortnight is a contraction of 14 nights. Time was once reckoned by nights and Winter: Q. What can be combined witl In salad to give it more bulk and retain the fish characteristics”-T. M A. Using one part fish part celery and one part apple fills this re quirement. Q. How many there in this country A. There are at the present about 3000 quarries in the Unitad States, with an annual product valued at more than §75,000,000 stone q A. C. D, “ime Q. 1s ecasing head gasoline a nat- ural product or s it manufactured? —W. ., A, MMuminating gas comes from gas as it leaves the earth. some of {t condenses and forms a liquid. This 1s drawn off and is called caging head gagoline. It ls usually more volatile than any other gasoline. Q. What Is tha difference between beef and veal and hetween mutten and lamh?—T. M A. Agcording tn the new fand standards, heef s meat derived from cattle nearly one vear of age. or older. veal. one vear oid. or younger mutton is meat derived from sheap nearly one vear of age, or older. lamb, one vear, or younger. gas or mnatural wells and caols Q. What river has the greatest variets of —G A. Itris supposed has that the Xile Q. When old silk used tn make a rag rug stockings cut?—T. T M A. The stockings about. one-half inch the top and eircling down in an un broken strip to the heel. This should be wound up in a I as it s eut. The rug is either, cracheted. knit or | braided,” znd the mixture colorn made a5 desired, sewing the end of one or to another and working it in stockings are how are the o cut in stripa wide, starting at When in doubt—ask Haskin He offers himself as a target for the questions of our readers. He agrees to furnish facts for all who ask This a large contract-——one that has never heen filled before. It would bhe | passible only in Washington, and anly to gne acho has spent a lifetime i 1o cating sources of information. Haskin does not I:now all the things that peo ple ask him. but he knows people who dn know. Try him. State uour question briefly, write plainiu, and in rinse cents o stamps for return postage. Address Frederie 1. Haskin Director The Evening Star Informa tion Rureau Twenty-first and € streets northuest, Washington, D. € ter States Fel icitate Colorado on Her Birthday ) The sister States af tha Unfon have bean estending congmtulations to Colorada on the aceasion of her cole hration of the halfcentury that ha passed since she v dmitted as the “Centannial State.” The suceess with [which the citizens of the mountain | commenwealth have overcome the un | usual obstacles that nature provided leads mans reers to hold up the State as typical of American achieve nent With Colaridn has achieved | the entire sisterhood proud.” the Dayten Daily the fact that in area It ranks sixth |among the and says that “in | heautiful 1 seonery, the chness in the produs Coloradn stands without oday finds her not only a tourists’ paradise, hut substantial. procressive, enterpris ing commonwealth, abounding in op portunities for thosa whe see manent home site and ideal s ings." The Cineinnati T glowing tribute conquer mounts more difficult t in the tall grass homes the prairvie ironed « good job of it in Colorade,” and of which States s especially gold, a peer os Star, that in a Jares “tn ot farms “hed with road with raflways Colorad made a T who have lived continues the Times Star, ‘are loath to live ar | else. Wit jte diversified industries, | its highly literate citizenship and the {lofty ‘mountain ranges whose varie gated hues have given the State { name. Colorado is of legitl- {mate pride to all Americans as a dem onstration that the commonwealth | building spirit which i them ha | survived in vigor to our ewn time 1 R * | “The names of States." according to the New York Herald Tribune, “are |as magnificent on the tongue as Homer's catalogue of the ships. There are pride and individuality in each: if there were not. the unique | quality of our Federal Government would be an impossibilite. Of all 48 none has a nobler name than Colo rado. To a peculiar degree she pos. esses the equipment of a sovereign State. In area and resources she ranks high. Bestriding the Great Di | vide, she lnoks Fast and West. No State in the Union has a more lavish | wealth of scenery. Here are the makings of a majestic and independ | ent power If ever there were such | It is a_pleasure to greet the State of Colorado in its time of celebration and hail 1ts nobility and grandeur at the very heart of America. “‘Between California and Colorado,” remarks the Pasadena Star News, “the warmest friendship exists, even though, :P some measure, the two States arel ,vals in bidding for tourist | patronage.” Tt ia realized. however, or has n 1 tribute to the greatness that | News cltes | <a task | where | around—that man: fornia go to Colorado many who come as far rado come an ta Calife The Centennial State amonz the peaks of the Rack the Washingten €. H. Herald now in its glory and weaith dence of the hardy i sought only gold and found vastiv | ter 11 " The flerald that emigrant was attractad un its mineral wealth assured thatr | the rainbow's end was there arn towerinz peaks and bar and at its end was th ’Tivh New York Times her fiftieth hirthday Colorade | back to the eariy davs and reflect that the transition from the ‘great Ar can Desert’ to one of the riclhest States of the inland empire has hean sufficiently full of variety to even the most exacting histo * who come *0 also recails vast ‘en tablaland pot of gold adds that st an P “The natural resources of the terri tory were guessed at when it put on ways the New York Sun oveni (odaY Ty dre Rowh T whaole richness. It has found in salubrious climate and in magnifl cent seener wealth that rivale the wetals taken from it< hilis, the erops that grow on its fertile plains and the herds that feed on its broad rangs The State has an ares of 103948 sqnare miles, but its population is estimated at about a million. Colorads has room for w niore people, ane it is likely to get them, for it i= sald that those who fall under its charm are never contented elsewhere Prosident Coolidge's radio addres on the occagion of Colorado’s semf ventennial has received much atten- tion. and tha Rellinghain ‘ierald comments upon the that Colo rado’s _event has inspired in the Chief Executive a statemenr which indicates a change in historie poift! cal lines, especially as related to the States, “President Coolidge.’ re marks the Herald. “said one of th# gources of strength of the Federa Government is that the States ha* the power to function subfect to the restrictions which they them selves have invoked by adopting the national Constitution. The progress made | Colorado as a ‘sovereiz State' he observed further, ‘has hee Aue in no small part to the applics tion of the principle of Incal sflf government Of all the wealth emine that this £ achieved, this is its chief treasure It ought to be maintained undir ished and guarded with jealous ca through all the years to come’ Th President’s outspoken attitude o0 the subject shows that gradually the old lines of regional and political diversion are being erased. The suggestion half a century ago tha stateliond,” | RR TS Anv ' a Republican President would be a2} champlon of Rtate rights would have sreed and appetite. W. L. DEMENT. ' that there are enough tourists ta go i been met with hoots of derision