Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1926, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......August 30, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England. the Sunday morn- by carriers within daily only. 20 cents The Evening Star. with ing -edition, i delivered the city at 60 cents per month: 45 cents per month: Suudays per month. Orders may be sent by mail or teiephone Main 5000. Collection 18 made by carrier ab end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daly and Sunday....1yr. DAty ony i1y Sindas only .. All Other States and Canada. Daily and S : 12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 Daily only .. .. 75e Sunday only " 4001 1 mo., 3¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exciusively entitled to the use for republication of ail news dis- patches credited 10 it or not otherwise cred- tted in this paper and alko the local news published herem. All rights of publication of epecial dispatches herein are alao reserved German Imperialism. Any idea that the monarchist sp In Germany is ebbing must be modi- fied by the spectacle presented yes- terday at uremberg, where 20,000 soldiers of the war-time armies goose- stepped past a reviewing stand oc- cupied by representatives of royalty, including Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and Prince Oscar of Prus- slu. Rupprecht, as the representative of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Ba- varla, wore the uniform d carried the baton of field marshal of the an Empl Numerous other < and military veterans of the gime, in the full dress regi- mentals of 1914, surrounded these two scions of German royalty. As these notables drove through the streets to reach the point of review they were wildly cheered by crowds imated at a quarter of a million. The whole ion of r ffair was a demonst vali and taged obviously republican sentiment was o offset a demonstration in the same city a short time ago. \ll of those who took part are op- posed to the repubiic and Germany’s entry into the League of Nations. It is related In one of ‘the dispatches that the tailors of Nuremberg have been working overtime for several weeks cutting out the uniforfns for the monarchistic military socleties and duplicates of the pre-war uni- forms A significant feature of the occasion was the delivery of messages of greet- ing. Prince Oscar brought the greet- ings of his brothers, the former Im- perial Crown Prince and Bitel Fried- rich, and urged that the new gen- eration be taught loyalty to the fatherland. Field Marshal Macken- sen, present as envoy for the ex- Kaiser, voleing the will 8f “His All " Highest Master, His Jmperial Majes- , the Emperor,” declared that the spirit of the old army must be carrled on by the new. Several times slnce the debacle of 1918 the German monarchists have undertaken to revive the imperial regime. They have heen defeated on cach occasion. Plainly the dominant spirlt in Germany is for the republic. But that monarchism Is still a live sentiment and is being nurtured as- stduously and persistently by the sup- porters of the old regime is evident. Yesterday’s demonstration at Nurem- bers was palpably an appeal to the old lovalty of the people of Bavaria. It was a carefully staged spectacular affair, calculated to arouse the im- perialistic emotion of @ people fond of display and proud of the achieve- ments of the old regime. No other nelusion is possible than that the purpose eventually to seek the res- toration of that regime, whether un- der William Hohenzollern or another is of no particular moment, is heing held definitely by the leaders of the monarchist party in Germany. e Tenants appeared to come and go without rental restrictions on the Phillips farm in New Jersey. What the place apparently needed was an petive and alert landlady —————— Burope Is resenting the fact that Americans spend money so freely. So are some of the American: . Fergusonism Loses in Texas. Texas Democrats have finally re- Jacted Mrs. Ferguson as a candidate for reelection as governor. On Sat- urday in the run-off primary, made necessary by the failure of Attorney General Moody to obtain a full ma- jority in the first test, she was de- cisively beaten, the vote being nearly two to one for her opponent. There is no possibility of a protest or con- test, and thus the nomination, which s equivalent to an election, is settled #nd the woman governor steps out of the picture, perhaps before the ex- piration of her term. The electfon of Mrs. Ferguson as governor was a sad mistake in the first place. She was not actually a candidate in her own right. Her hus. band had been ousted from the office on charges of venality and she was put up by him and his friends as a “vindication” candidate. There had heen somewhat of a reaction in favor of Ferguson after his impeachment and ouster, which rendered him in- eligible to hold office. A three-cornered fight fn the primaries, moreover, led 10 her nomination—just such a fight was conducted recently in the first primary of 1926. As “governor” Mrs. Ferguson has heen no more than a figurehead. Her Lushand. has sat at a desk in the ehouse and conducted bhusiness. He has been governmor in fact, al- though all papers have been signed by his wife. He has made all public Ktatements for her, either preparing them for her signature for publica- tion or uttering them himself. During the two campalgns this vear he has occupled the stump and made her Epeeches. _ Thus the spectacle has heen pre- Jented of an ousted and legally ineli- Eible offictal of the State actually ‘conducting the office “in his wife's name”® The wonder is that so large -Iz.ranflfirs and backersfand states that a number of Texans condoned and supported this evasion of the law as was indicated by the votes cast for Mrs. Ferguson in the two primaries. For every vote cast for her was a vote for the continuance of the man who had been found gullty of mal- feasance .and declared disqualified ever after to hold office in the State. Mrs. Ferguson hersélf is a worthy woman. She has proved herself to be in fact an exceptional woman in her bearing in office during the try- ing two years of her first candidacy and her tenure. She occupied a diffi- cult position and maintained it with dignity. The mistakes made by her husband in administration and lnl campaigning were not her own, but she did not evade responsibility for them. Nevertheless, her role has been one that offends the sense of political propriety. Sentiment for a loyal wife has fortunately not pre- | vailed over respect for the spirit of the law in this final test of the judg- ment of the Texas Democrats. Gertrude Ederle to Res Having conquered the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle has col- lapsed in an attempt to swim the tide of popularity on her return to this country. She has been ordered to bed by her physician, who says that she is completely tired out by the emotional excitement of the last few days incident to her home-coming. It is not strange that this young woman has Been overwhelmed by the adulation of the welcoming multi- tudes. She has been under a con- tinuous strain for many weeks. In fact, she has been in constant train. ing for two years and the swim ftself imposed a severe strain upon her. It surprising, indeed, that she was not put to bed for a week after her achievement. She appears, however, not to have taken any protracted rest on the other side and practically from the moment of her landing on the British shore she has been in the pub- lic eye receiving acclamations, the center of concentrated attention. This young woman was in the nearly fifteen hours. It is obiably realized by only a few peo- ple, those who have done long-dls- tance swimming, what such a perlod of muscular exertion demands of the human system. The strain of un- ceasing movement against resistance in a treacherous, unstable element was intense. “Trudle” had to keep her arms and legs going in rhythmic movements with practically no Inter- mission during all of that time. An untrained person, or even one with considerable athletic training, cannot maintain a continuous muscular move- ment for a very long time. Let any one who questions lie down upon a soft pad and go through the motions ; of swimming without remission for one hour. The alr offers little resist- ance, nothing like the water of the turbulent English Channel Fatigue will come within the sixty minutes. Added to the necessity for constant movement against resistance Is in the case of a Channel swimmer the need to maintain flotation. There must be no relaxation. Subconsciously the swimmer is fighting the sea to keep from sinking. ‘In the case of a trained swimmer this becomes auto- matic, but it involves a strain never- theless. So there is no reason to wonder that Gertrude Ederle has now re- laxed and is in need of complete rest. Nature must be repaid for the great effort. The marvel really is that the girl has kept her health so well and has borne so admirably the test of home-coming as a heroine. S T An Unfortunate Controversy. Dissension between Capt. Rene Fonck, French war ace, and Capt. Homer Berry, United States Army | Reserve flyerfi threatens to prevent the non-stop flight from New York to Paris early next month. Soon after the attempt to link the two cities was 1nrunused, the Argonauts, Inc., back- ers of the trip, announced that Lieut. A. P. Snoddy, U. S. N., was to be the navigator and Capt. Berry the co-pilot with Capt. Fonck. A few days ago the giant Sikorsky plane to be used on the voyage was completed. It was taken up on test flights by Igor Sikorsky, the designer; Capt. Fonck and Lieut. Snoddy. It mow develops that Capt. Fonck, who asserts that he is n complete command of the ex- pedition, belleves that Capt. Berry is not necessary to the success of the trip and will use the space which was to have been occupled by Berry for additional gasoline. Capt. Berry, in « heated rejoinder, charges that he is being “squeezed out” of the expedi- tion, of which he was one of the or- he will resort to the courts if neces- sary to insure his participation or prevent the flight iIf he is not restored. Tt would be unfortunate if friction should cause the halting of the flight. Elaborate preparations have been made and a large capital invested. It would seem that prompt action is necessary on the part of the Ar- gonauts to clear the atmosphere and to insure the organization of a har- monious band of fivers to make the attempt, which will need every ad- vantage If it 1S to be a success. —————————— Gertrude Ederle has been receiving munificent offers from theater man- agers. A salt-water swim may, after all, be more remunerative than a champagne bath. Northern Tobacco. British Columbia is taking to the growing of tobacco and farmers in the Okanagan Valley seem to be do- ing well with it and selling it at a good price. British Columbla lies be- tween the forty-ninth and. sixtieth de- grees of latitude and the country be- tween the coastgrange and the Pa- cific 1s not so cold in Winter as one might think from its northerly situa- tion. In the interior the Winters are all that could be expected of them. The valley of the Lake and River Okanagan is in the south middle in- terior and extends from the border of the State of Washington about 200 miles north. The Okanagan River from the district of Yale, in sh Columbia, down &gto the State of Washington. The story is that IU. S. Should House | THIS AND THAT “after experiencing many vicissitudes over a long period of time the tobacco- growing industry in the Okanagan Valley would appear to be getting under way auspiciously.” Tobacco grows in a wide range of climate. Soon after the discovery of America by Columbus and ‘the spread of the smoking and snuffing fashiop or habit in Europe the commercim Browing of tobacco was entered on in Spain, Italy, France and Holland, and later its cuiltivation was carrled on in England, Ireland, Scotland and Germany. The building up of large tobacco plantations in the West Indies and the North American colonies brought about the declne of tobacco growing in Europe. The farmers of that part of the world seemed to find that it was cheaper to use their land for other crops and to import tobacco from America and later from south- eastern Europe and Asia. With the spread of the tobacco habit and the increasing of the popu- lation of the world, the growing of tobacco has pressed to the North, and it 1s known to all Amertcans that good smoking tobacco, especially for cigars, is grown in Pennsylvama, West Vir- ginfa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and other States. It may not be as sweet, cheerful and {rlendl;' tobacco as that grown in the South, and it may not be so gentle and com. forting as tobacco grown in our Poto- mac country, but it is rolled into good smnk‘es. Those Connecticut plants &ive off leaves which have become fa- mous as cigar wrappers. Tobacco culture is carried on in parts of eastern Canada and the news story says, “With the brighter pros- pects facing the Canadfan tobacco in- dustry today, there is every indication of a thriving industry ¢ being bulilt u; n the Okanagan Valley.” 4 In contemplating the prospects of another theatrical season, the play- goer may as well try to reconcile him. self to the theory that language i atter all, only a vehicle of thought and that Anglo-Saxon monosyllables hitherto regarded as significant of y11. Breeding are asserting social pendence and intruding soclety. ————— When President Coolidge goes fish. ing the public waits attentively for news of the catch. This is not a mercenary nation. The interest fs truly sportsmanlike, for no presiden. tial fishing 1s likely to modify in the slightest degree prices'in the fish market. inde- into polite —————— A “safety glass” has been invented which will prevent the flying splinters which in case of collision assail life | With an onslaught like that of dag- gers and scimitars. Its use should be made compulsory by railways, bus lines and road vehicles. ————— Winter furs are now being shown. There is no effort on the part of thelr manufacturers to compete in prices with Summer bathing suits. ————— Americans are represented as so unpopular in Europe that the waiter almost refuses to smile when he says “‘merci” in acknowledgment of a tip. ——e—. Those who enthusiastically refer to Mussolini as another Napoleon warn him by inference against a rough finish. e Jack Dempsey is preparing to dem- onstrate that he is a champion prize fighter as well as a literary man. ———— Lady Astor reaps political honor in England, but still looks to America for her liveliest publicity. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Out West. Out West The sun goes gently down 'Mongst clouds that lose their stormy frown When scenes of gilded beauty rise In the enchantment of the skies. The world appears in splendid rest Out West. N Out West The twilight colors play In echo of a beauteous day, Where stars salute the blooms that throw Thelr perfumes where soft breezes blow. The fading day makes life seem best Out West. Responsibilities of Accompaniment. “Can you sing ‘The Star Spangled “What do you want band?” “I want it to prevent the bystand- ers from discovering how little I know about the words and the tune.” Back to Earth. I sat beneath the stars one night ‘That shone so far away; I pondered on their rapid flight With feelings of dismay. with the An auto’s lamps were turned on me As it came speeding by. Such lights henceforth I'll strive to see As I forget the sky. Jud Tunkins says an old friend is always a new inepiration. s Bootleg Measurements., “We want farm relief,” said the orator. “We do,” replied Farmer Corntos- sel. “We want some arrangement by which a bushel of corn will be worth as much as a half gallon of rye.” Radio. I'll write no postcards as it flings Its various sounds erratic; No writing could express the things T think about the static. Measurements. “Any gold-bearing quartz in that mine you grubstaked?" “Quartz. repeated Cactus Joe. “There aren't even pints!” “A camp meetin’,” said Uncle Eben, “is a tourin’ camp on de journey to Heaven," A & W BY CHARLES Templeton Jones’ pipe was feeling poorly, as the country newspapers used to say about Grandmother Hicks. Only there was a difference. Mrs. Hicks always felt {l, whereas the pipe of M. Templeton Jones merely took spells at it. Jones sometimes |wondered if it wouldn't be best to issue bulletins about his pipe, in the manner of the big physicians attending great pa- tients. “How is your pipe today, Jones?" became such a common question that the owner of the smoking implement became slightly bored. Jones was one of those happy men who can get a kick out of anything. He not only got what pleasure there is in pipe smoking, from the smoking itself, but he enjoyed going back over the race history of man, hecoming E. TRACEWELL. stand. After that, it smells. ' The boss hates to have it around. Jones regarded his pet briar with suspicion. Something had happened to it, he did not quite know what, but something that offended his sensitive nostrils. What to do? Instead of being a blessing, the thing was turning into a curse. Some- thing must be done to that pipe, and at once, unless he intended to throw it into the alley. Maybe the pipe salesman was right, after all. “A man can never have too many pipes,” he had said. Now Jones began to see why. Common sense dictated that he put the briar away somewhere, and allow it to rest up for a while, but Jones was an impgtient man, and believed heartily in the power of mind. Surely there must be a way to take the smell out of a too-odoriferous pipe. Somewhere the sun must be hining, somehow pipes are always interested in what millions of men | “sweet.” Jones would look into the had found necessary to their daily |matter living. * ok K X Brands of tobacco, formerly only fancy packages in a window or on| He did. He consulted an expert. the desk of some associate, suddenly | A pipe expert, be it known, is a developed into something real. Vil gentleman who has smoked pipes, ginia, perique, Turkish, Burley— |therefore thinks he knows all about these became matters for specu-|them. His case is analogous to that lation. of the lady who imagines that be- After smoking a pipe for a couple of months, Jones could tell by merely {smelling the outside of a packet of tobacco whether he was going to like it or not The trouble was he could never tell what his pipe would think about the new tobacco he crammed into it. A pipe is as temperamental as an opera star, Jones discovered. One day the precious “cake,” the result of a: slduous smoking, is as sweet as a nut, the next it smelleth to high heaven. * k X *x I¢ Jones had issued bulletins, as he threatened, they would have run something along this order: “8 n.m.—Pipe resting easy. in satistactory condition, with odor of cottage puddin “10 a.m.—Condition of pipe still tisfactory. A consultation of ex- perts pronounced its lining properly carboniferous.” oon—A slight uneasiness of the ‘cake’ developed shortly before noon, but nothing to cause any particular comment. A filling of the old re- liable H Mixture seemed to cause the respiration_of the patient to become more placid.” “2 pm.—The vague premonitions of uneasiness mentioned in our pre- vious bulletin have become more pronounced, following a two-hour rest, but the prognosis is good. After consultation it was decided to try a different mixture. “3 p.m.—I Mixture tried with little success. Patient still {1l at ease, with premonitory symptoms of halitosls developing.” “3:30 p.m.—Symptoms mentioned developing nations from pipe not regarded with favor by friends, especially wife. No cause for alarm.” “4 p.m.—Pipe now suffering from well developed case of odoriferous- ness. Situation acute.” * ok ok ok The best behaved pipes will develop these streaks of evil smelling, for no apparent_reason In the world. Jean Nicot is responsible for would sgeem (Jean is the French gentleman after whom the tribe Nico- tlana was named.) Pipes that at previously pidly. Ema- dawn smell to be quite plain about it. So much nicotine, and no nfore, a pipe will WASHINGTO BY FREDERIC neuver. call a “casualty of service.” W] it is incurred in the face of the foe or suffered in the “Jack” Rodgers passionately the practical to the the It was at his own s oni feat. preferred retical in aviation. request that he w tached from the a naval aeronautics tive experimental craft scouting fleet. Rodge two outs qualities of : he modest and he was deeply religiou This observer had the privilege of ap- pearing on the same broadc ing pro- {gram with Comdr. Rodgers on Navy day, 1925, when the hero of the H: wailan flight recounted in_sailorlike terms the story of that brilliant fail ure. Nothing could have been mo dramatic or seli-effacing; nothing more touching than Rodgers’ expr ed bellef that it was mainly the power of prayer that saved him and gallant comrades. * ok ok K ssigned to ac- with an a dron of the Pacific Chief Justice Taft to recuperate at Murray Bay is his pleasure over the first political triumph of his son, Charles P. Taft, jr., recently victor in the Cingnnati primaries for the Republican ing atto; *Charley won_out after a two-fisted campaign against the antireform forces in Hamilton County. His friends—as well as his distinzuished father—believe that young Taft is now definitely headed for a worthy public_carecr. It happens that the Chief Justice himseif made his debut in politics in 1581 as ‘assistant public must spare himself more than he is prone to do. The Chief Justice will be 69 years old on September 15. Throughout his five years on the Su- preme Court bench Taft has been ac- customed to assign himsed the most | difficult cases sent to that tribunal. His admirers hope he will particularly restrain himself in that direction. %k ok Senatorial courtesy is taking a brand-new form in New Hampshire, where there's a merry primary con- test raging. An imposing group of George Higgins Moses' colleagues in the United States Senate has gone on | Cake | friend | much, it | like | violets, at eventide positively stink, Comdr. John Rodgers would not have thought that he met death in-| 3 ed to his | > peace-time plane ma- | He was what our naval men | hether | workaday duty of preparation for war detracts fm no way from the merit of the particular recently de- | stant chietship of his One of the things that are hl']pm;:‘ nomination for prosecut- | -. 1t was a stiff fight and | cause she has several children she is an authority on child raising. To have smoked a pipe foryears does not mean that one knows anything about to- bacco, any more than to have a child necessarily implies a God-given knowl- edge of child health, sanitation and mentality. Templeton Jones approached the expert with awe, however. He put his question, and the oracle answered, “Get some pipe-cleaning fluid.” Jones asked where the precious liquid might be bought, and secured directions. At the shop he found several bottles of the elixir sitting on :he counter. “Give me a bottle of that,” he directed. { Carrying his bottle home, Jones got | out his offending briar and followed directions. He poured some of the fluid into the bowl of the pipe, held his left thumb over the mouthplece and swoggled the nquid back and forth. When he allowed the infusion to run out of the stem, it was of a deep amber color, having taken up much micotine evidently. Jones took a whiff of the bowl hopefully, expecting to be greeted by no less an odor than that of lili To his dismay, the pipe smelled worse than ever. Was there no balm in Gilead? His pipe now had a sick- ening sweetish odor, new to it, but behind it came, clear and unmistak- able, the old smell for which he had treated it. At the end of a few hours the briar was as Insufferable as ever. Jones was in despair. He got out the bottle of a well known mouth wash. He poured some of this in the bowl, waggled 1t around, poured it out. Now his pipe had the odor of menthol, and 0 on—and still the old odor lingered. Jones bethought himself of the aro- matic A Mixture, the strong, per- fumed tobacco smoked Dby seafaring men and other hardy customers. “That will glve it a new smell, if any- thing on earth will,” said Jones. Sure enough, the tangy A Mixture did good work. After a few pipefuls the howl took on a scent midway be- tween menthol and Virginia, some place hetween eucalyptus and perique. I Then, out of a clear sky, the briar suddenly became sweet again. It happened just after Jones had smoked his first pipeful of H Mixture again. He didn't know how or why, but it became sweet. So rejoice with | Jones, brothers! OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. ation he annually indulges him- probably gives away more s than anybody in Washing- In every case, they're time- s he's carrfed himself. Another | peculiarity of the Hoover gift watches is that they're bestowed indiscrimi- nately upon the first urchins the Secretary of Commerce meets when he decides to divest himself of them. All his life Hoover has scorned watches that cost more than $1 or $2 aplece. He finds them good time- ieepers and says the habit enables him to have a lot of new watches in his lifetime. Hoover carries a watch till the shine begins to wear off. Then he buys another, hut never until he's passed a street hoy who looks as if he'd like to have a watch. Hoover the joy he extracts from watch- “Ikid” recover from the ensuing itement is worth all the gold watches on earth. ; W Vice President Dawes on September 15 will talk over the greatest radio hook-up the broadcasting companies 50 far have ever linked together. The oceasion will be the third annual ban- quet of the American radio industry at New York. A battery of no fewer than 33 microphones will record the vigorous eloquence of Gen. Dawes, enabling him to address by far the | biggest radio audiencé yet reached by a single voice. On the occasion |of President Coolidge's inauguration, in March, 19; 7 broadcasting sta- tions participated in the nation-wide hook-up, until now the most extensive on record. Six more stations will be tuned in for Dawes’ forthcoming New York addr He is not unlikely to attune h r-flung song to his fa- vorite theme—reform in the Senate rules. The Vice President and Owen D, Young, chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America, are buddies. Their friendship was cemented as joint members of the [reparations commission. They visit each other periodically. One of their prosecutor of Hamilton niy. Mr. | mutual hobbies is a passion for rare Taft scouts all suggestions that he is | old books. “slipping”* physically, although he has e been compelied to realize that he One of these days, when our rela- tlons with Germany are more com- pletely normalized—when American war claims, let's say, are settled—one of the Fatherland's legendary heroes may be rescued from an ignominious | hiding place in Washington. He's the ex-Kaiser's_celebrated ancestor, Fred- erick the Great, whose bronze coun- terpart has been in storage in the basement of the War College since 1917. It's the statue presented to the United States by Willam II and which formerly stood on an imposing pedestal in front of the college. When we went to war with Germany nine years ago, it was decided to de- record in pamphlet form in favor of | D Tt ; his return to Congress. Republicans, | throne Frederick, and he's been boxed Democrats and Farm Labor's sentinel in the Senate (Shipstead of praises elo- quently and them are Reed, ) Louisiana; Blease, and Stephens, Mississippi (Demo- crats). and Frazier, North Dakota (Non-Partisan League _Republican). The Pennsylvania and Illinois slush fund revelations are the New Hampshire campaign, too. All over the State, are wearing buttons emblazoned pald Moses Worker," Ransdell, South Carolinia, n- of any person using money illegally in the primary or the November election. * & k% Herbert Hoover, lone | Among enlivening men and women while former Gov. Bass, Moses’ principal rival, has offered a $3,500 reward for conviction who s sunning himself {n California for the few days' up ever since. * x ok % Death of Senator Fernald of Maine once again recalls the amazing mor- tality in the United States Senate. During the past nine years no fewer than 28 members of the upper house passed to the eternal majority while in office. The roll includes, in the or- der of their departure: Newlands, Husting, Broussard, James, Brady, Stane, Gallinger, Hughes, Tillman, fartin, Bankhead, Penrose, Knox, Crowe, Watson (Georgia), Nicholson, Nelson, Dillingham, Colt, Brandegee, Lodge, McCormick, Spencer, La Fol- lette, Ladd, Ralston, Cummins and Fernald. Advancing age played its part in the collapse of many of these men, but some of them were states- men in the prime of life, (Covyrisht D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926. Its Workers Decently To the Edi‘or of The Star: The proposed plan of an unnamed philanthropist to build apartments to rent or sell at cost to Federal em- ployes has among its assets the consistent, even enthusiastic, support of the Government. So stanch has been Secretary Hoover's backing of the project that local realtors openly implied that he is either himself the originator of the proposition or he is taking advantage of his official position to further the interests of a favored competitor, an accusation based more on business chagrin than on Hoover’s attitude in the matter. Hoover’'s sole interest in the plan seems to be a sincere desire to pro- vide Government workers with com- fortable living accommodations at rates within their means. President Coolidge also maintains this attitude. He has, in fact, long interested him- self in the rent problem which faces Federal clerks, having two years ago made a strong effort to amellorate housing conditions here for Govern- ment workers through ex-Senator Ball. The discussion with the Presi- dent of the cost-apartment plan is cited as one of the purposes of Hoover's recent visit to the Coolidge Summer home. The Government's favorable atti- tude toward the low-rent apartment plan is concretely demonstrated by the alacrity with which E. W. Libbey, chief clerk of the Department of Commerce, has undertaken the work of distributing questionnaires among the Government clerks to determine the extent of their support of the proposed housing plan, and to secure from the information thus obtained a survey of prevailing rent con- ditions in the city, and in this way to determine whether or not the demand for cheaper apartments is sufficient to warrant carrying out the propo- sitlon to provide low-rent apartments to house 60,000 persons. But while Government officials thus support and further the project to build inexpensive and comfortable living quarters for Federa! employes, the fact that a large proportion of thuse same Government employes spend seven hours a day in old war- time “temporary” office buildings of declded discomfort and questionable safety rouses little official concern. The sinking floors of the War-Navy Annex are hurriedly reinforced with concrete girders, and in all the worn- out “temporary” bulldings leaking roofs are patched, loose windows re- framed, rotting flooring replaced, and sagging walls braced in the effort to make these flimsy structures hold together, while the plans for modern fireproof office buildings to replace the unstable “temporar: buildings progress sluggishly because the Gov- ernment building fund is scant and inadequate. The situation is a little ironic. Gov- ernment solicitude for the home com- | fort of‘the workers it dafly houses in unsafe offices seems somewhat mis- placed. Washington is already filled with excellent apartment houses, in many of which no more than half the apartments are rented. And assum- ing that prevailing rates are exorbi- tant, as Secretary Hoover declares them to Be, at the present rapid rate of building an oversupply of housing facilities must automatically and very shortly bring about a re- | duction of rents. In view of which fact, any and all official concern for the housing of Government employes might appropriately be directed to- ward getting the proposed new office buildings definitely on the way to construction, EVELYN McCLAIN. Sure Justice in Britain Lowers Homicides To the Editor of The Star: The latest volume of judicial sta- tistics of England and Wales has Just been received, and a few facts may be of interest to reduce the crime of murder. The statistics state that homicides and infanticides - in England and Wales have not exceeded 150 in any year for the last half century. homicldes alone were 100 in each of the years 1923 and 1924, with popu- lation about two-fifths of ours. The cause of this low homicide rate appears in the prompt justice of fmpartial trials. There is no se ond degree or other escape for mur- of mercy by the King's sending them to penal servitude for life. In 1924, the latest year tabulated, 42 persons were tried for murder, 14 were sentenced to death Of the 14 sentenced, 1 succes: fully appealed on grounds ‘of man- slaughter and 3 received the pre- ative of mercy after the sentence, rather than leniency before or dur- ing trial as in our country. Ten were hanged. We think this record is worthy the attention of the American peo- ple, who could have success in pre- venting _murder if they would. EBEN W. BURNSTEAD, Director ivic Welfare Alliance, Boston. Kenmore Was Not the Home of Nelly Custis To the Editor of The Star: Please permit me to call your atten- tion to the statement in the article on old homes in Virginia, which ap- | peared in The Star of the 28th instant, | to the effect that Kenmore was the home of “George Washington's sister Betty and the famed beauty, Nelly Custis.” It is true that Washington's sister Betty, who married Fielding Lewis, lived at Kenmore, and it w: also the youthful home of Lawrence Lewls, who married Nelly Custis at Mount Vernon in 1799. Nelly had lived at Mount Vernon as the adopted daughter of Washington for a num- ber of years and after her marriage to Lawrence Lewls they continued to live at Mount Vernon till Mrs. Wash- ington’s death, then went to Western View, Culpeper County, for a brief in connection ! with the efforts in the United States | The | derers from hanging unless they are | acquitted by the jury, or after trial | and sentence receive the prerogative 17 were | found insane, and 11 were acquitted. | i | | | | | stay, and then, about 1803, went to live at Woodlawn Mansion, Fairfax County. They lived there for nearly 40 years. After Maj. Lewis’ death his widow spent her last years at Audley, in Clarke County, Va, ANNIE R. HUNTER. Sen. Ingalls’ Remark on Foot-and-Mouth Disease To the Editor of The Star: A little humor is always relishable, so here goes! This morning’s press telegrams include one saying that a | Denmark doctor has discovered the source of the ‘“foot-and-mouth” dis- ease, 5o fatal to cattle. It is sald the disease originates in the foot, but from licking the afflicted member the disease is carried to the mouth. Dur- ing consideration once of a bill in the Senate Hon. John J. Ingalls, Sen ator from Kansas, “had the floor.” This “foot-and-mouth” disease of the cattle was the topic. The Senator, a Republican, sald the trouble reminded him of the Democratic party—it never opened its mouth without putting its foot in it. | JOHN E. RASTALL. The Long Wait. From the Albany Evening News. Before long now small boys will be- | tume, and to sing the native songs. | gin to count the days before schocl war fell upon her land, went { |derstands the necessity of app ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. craft was a semlrigid dirigible called the Norge. 1 Q. How does one join the Roy: Q. What country was the last to enter the World War?—T. M. B. A. Honduras, with a declaration of war against the central powers on July 19, 1918. Geographie Soclety?—V. F. €. A. By invitation. Q. Why is the air fresher near the floor of a room?—C. H. P. A. Used air becomes warmer and lighter and goes to the highest par- of the room. Q. Is it true that books in libraries 1_;?15 a means of spreading dlseases” > W. R Q. How many combinations are possible with the letters of the alpha- A. Dr. Vizetelly says that the 26 letters of the alphabet can be trans- posed 620 sextillion, 448 quiniliion, 401 quadrillion, 733 trillion, 239 bil- lion, 439 million, 369 thousand times— | 620,448,401,733,239,439,369,000. Q. What is meant by hard water?| A. Rillings. a former medical off! —A. N. cer of New York City, holds that 9« ‘A, It may be arbitrarily defined as| per cent of cases of communieabl that which contalns 100 parts per | disenses are transmitted from parsor 1,000,000 of dissolved caleium and | o person and almost never by books Many libraries disreg: e possihle magnesium salts. Many libraries disregard the possthi Q. How can one estimate approxi-| culosis may adhers to hooks, eepe mately how much coal is needed to | clally to the saliva-moistened thumben heat a house during the Winter?— | areas. Examination of library books for mouth bacteria Shows streptogoce: in not more than 1 in every 20 books This ndicates that disease transfer through books is not great Q. Ho e the treasure hunts con ducted?—F. A. H. A. The orsanization of a treasu hunt depends upon whether it s to involve a larze number of peopla and whether indoors or out. For a larg: treasure hunt a committee is appotn: ed, which selcets the places or loe tions to make the trail over wh hunters must At Is a ued clue, which is ambigt and decoptive and whose corre n tells where the next | il is. The hunter n the tmil until the finis nd the treasure 18 founs B. M. A. Under average conditions, in de- tached residences, when the mean Winter temperature is 45 degrees F., about one long ton of coal (2,240 pounds) is required per room for the season. The amount is less in houses built in rows. It is somewhat greater | for smaller houses on account of the | greater relative amount. of outside wall space. It increases by 10 to 15 per cent if the avernge Winter tempera ture is 10 degrees F. lower. Q. Do more women or men live to| e be a hundred years old?—N. B. L A. Of the persons reported as cen- tenarians in 1920, 1,561 were men and 2,706 were women. the largest | Q. Which Stz is disclosed to ever number of farny A. M. D A definite time Hmit A Int as led, with #he hunt. Registration tas farms, while North Carolina w ond, with 283,492 ssuied recording the time o ching the differe: n and of 1 Q. What would a million dol e Y weigh?—A. P. | If checkers are not used, tFa hunt A. A million bills would weigh one | 1l CReckers are nof ueet. et tavo « and one-half tons. | three wonds of cach clue to show th they b overed the flelo Q. How man; nited States have city Q. Mow wide is the English Cha A. The latest availal | nel where the swimming attempts ar that American cities have the| o . v city manager system of government ' (' Tpo width of the English Char by charter and 84 by ordinance, a | ol \chere the swimming attempts ar total of 342. | being made is approximately 21 miles das are so strons that the swi ',r&m"}:‘"’ s HUrse is cof Wbly onger by the Government?—R. W. How vt ihere A. The expenses of opers >l There ar Mooschead Lake i lakes of Maine c of its aren. Mayflower are paid from the : priations for the N: The dent’s personal expenses for subsist- ence and entertalnment while on the Mayflower are authorized to be| charged under the appropriation for| Q- the traveling expenses of the Iresi- . dent. e lar itute one-tent! given to tw «d Mary an Eidder name siste eth Chulkhu wis nam [ Q. What are the average earnin of {nvested money in this country in 1100 1 joined together, W. McG. | tradition states, by the shoulders an A. Invested capital in the United |hips. Ther lved for 3 wher States is estimated to earn 11 per cent [ one died. and the othe net profit annually lin a refusal separated {the corpse of her cumbe: Q. In the latitude of Boston, what |after six hou |is the greatest angle at which the trike the earth in & Q. How ¢ ppen to b lest in Winter? | called ¢ | oA p-Saxon wor al Ob: .ot which the ition is not clens Tkt call ielahiE GENE I Probably it followed the custom ol horizon at Bos served in saying he neck of noon at the land, tong £ ian of a hiil least height is. of cour: uth of & river, ba or foot of any day at sunrise or sunset. At noon | Hill and + of the 1. Tis resen at the Winter solstice the height of|blance to an eye led it to be called the sun s 24 d fan md o ¢ probably resulte | from confusion with the Fr wort Q. Why is the figure of Lincoln in|isle. the Lincoln Memorial shown sittini - e on an Am n f M. M. B, Letters 1 cvery minute fron A. The figure is not ted on @ 0ur free Information Burcaw in Wash flag. Draped ound Lincoln's chair | ington telling veaders whatever theu flag against which he le want to know v are in answer to etiquette today would not perr I kinds of querics, on all kinds of i Jrom ail kinds of people use of this free servi which cning Star is maintaining for Q. What kind of afreraft did wow. Its only puerpose is to help you, and Amundsen use in their and we wa mu to enefit from 4t over the Pole? W. B. Get the habit of writing to The Eve A. Comdv. rd’s plane was ' ning Star Information Bureaw, Fred Fokker t moplane called | eric J. Haskin, Director, Washington the Josephine Ford. Amundsen’s!|p. €. Americans Prepare to Welcome Rumania’s Queen Announcement from Queen Marfe of | American newspapers and does no Rumania that she will make an Ameri- | hesitate to talk of love, of etiquette. can tour this Fall meet with the of marris of clothes and of the thusiastic response of the press of many det of a busy woman's life, en- his country, which recogn in her one | conelude + Unlon of the most plcturesque and charm e of the royal personages of the worll. |, " B A It is predicted that in her nced | {rAHie e purpose to visit all of the < she | ", the ‘[\n" w Ot b L DL O he | Journal, “with Iater sailing hack home life of this vigorous repu L D AL G Gl | A looks like. We have been e euer thie parposc of her WIS, | <5 Old World_rovalty In_that remarks the Lynchburg Ad i d we don't like ews “Queen Marie will be welcomed to the | panigl and we dont lke it vow Unlted States. Her war activities en-| Tis o o o con o tilla e Cerith deared her to millions of Americans, | sope U0 18 @ Cl it < enthusiasm. We shall fll Marle wit {and her unaffected interest in her sub. | SRthUSiasn g Gt what eat Jects, no matter what their station in | [FUe undoretanding of ‘what & erea life, 'has developed a wholesome re- [ COUNtEY this ls, sha'n't we, folks, on spect and love for the democratic |® e Nt ruler. America wants to see this mod- | D |ern-day queen. It she is seeking a | O e rich son-in-law, she will no doubt find | 10 comes to this t empire of the a large field from which to pick, for | Middle Wesi! Kansas wheat and corr it is said that her unmarri and poliltical powwowing—won't the: is fair to look upon. TIf sk royal eyes over In Sun to secure quantities of American Olahoma ofl and Arkans- tal for the developmen: of her coun- 1s rs; Kentuck: try. she will most likely find many ennessen tobacco ears willing to hear Story. ' rin peaks and hus Rejoicing that “at least we are to|t/ing hotel h evada’s dust storms > {and divorce mi the fmagina have a forelgn visitor who will giv our country a thorou ation | tion of her mafesty will ba fafrl rather than a ha the I staggered in taking all of it in ton Traveler ranks Queen oK K K ‘‘one of the most European royalt; and effect of her vi: “Rumar delegation of educators in e United She wishes States s : schoo d col. | Mitke up Rumania. The Queen’s visit will help | the 48 States and all of the fmportant still further the process of getting ac- | ¢ The way in whicl quainted.” The Little Rock Arkansas business of sigh Democrat refers to an invitation to| eriea is characteristic visit that eity which has been extend- | She 1s noted for her energy as we: ed by the Chamber of Commerce and [as her b e started on ai redicts that a call “will be immensely | underta ts to see | that when, dur | through 4 one. of her generals ex | g the wa exciting. There are women in Litt Rock,” continues the Democrat, “who will welcome the Queen for just what ' plained that he had surrendered t she 1s, a handsome, motherly, loval) save the lives of her subj , she woman who has had her domestic | roundly berated the man with the ad i troubles with her children just like so | many American matrons. = They “-ml | monition that he should have foughr until his last man had fallen. Queer Marie will not surrender to the terr: torfal magnitude of North America She will not sall back 3cxass the At lantic until she had msen ever: | state and city, and all the countr {is at her feet.” A welcome to “the most advertise: and the best advertised monarch on | the earth,” is extended by the Sacra greet the Queen as a sister under the skin, one who, when the shadow of to the hospitals, nursed the wounded and smoothed the pillows of the dying.” e “Queen Marlo is something of democrat in her life and thoughts suggests the Reno Evening Gazette, “as she has proved by her writings, | and, as she speaks English fucniiv. | she Is certain to enjoy her sojourn in for the the West, and cspecially In this State, | 0f the United States.” The .Roanoks where she is as likely to he addressed | 11mes feels that “we are a mos! by men and women as ‘Queen’ ns in | democratic people, we Americans, and B e o oravamy nom | our devotion to republican principles | mento Union, which advises that she should the Crown Prince of weden for the itinerary of his tou: like it.” The Springfield Unlon points | takes the form of. almost snobbish out that “although she hds never he- | ddulatic ever European royalty fore been in America, she is no stran- | i in ou and believes that the ger here and is already a favorite, for, | Queen quite the rage in the as no -other royal personage—save, |50l circies of Washington, New perhaps, the Prince of Wales—Queen | YOrk and other large cities. Marie lives up to the traditions with | The Charleston Evening Post com vhich a democratic people surround |ments on the fact that “she has oyalty. As few of the queens that|bobbed her hair, in preparation, she are left in the modern world, she un- | states, for the. Amerlcan visit and i Ing | order to be quite in the fashion of as a human belng. She delights to | the countr with t# stateement, .\ appear in Rumania in peasant cos-|bobbed-haired Queen will he some thing of a novelty, and it any roya! She writes novels freely and sends lady knows her business and has the e world’s criticism. personality to back it up, Marle of of memoirs for the Rumania s that one. e