Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1926, Page 8

8 THE EVENI NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, -1926. THE EVENING S With Sunday Morning Editi WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .September 1, 1926 - . Editor THEODORE W. NOYE The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office . 11th St and Pennsslvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 4nd St Chicago Office: Tower Building Buropean Office 14 Regent St.. London. England The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn. Ing edition. 1a delivered by carriers within the city at’ 60 cents per month: daily only. 48 cents per month: Sundaya only. 20 cents month_ Ordera may. be sent by mail or elephone Main 5000, Collection s made by carrier at end of each monih Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Ballz and sunday... 1yr.$0.00:1mo. 78 aily only 1¥r $6.00° 1 mo.. b Sunday only 1¥r. $300: 1 mol 2 All Other States and Canada. aily and Sunday..1yr. $12.00: 1 mo. aily only .. 1¥r. $8.00:1mo.. Bunday only 1yr. $4.00:1mo. 35 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Presa is exclusively entitled %0 the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited 1o it or not otherwise cred ted in this paper ana ajso the local news published herein. All rights of publication ©of special dispatches herein are aleo reserved The Bathing Pools. On September 16 the Fine Arts Commission will be asked to approve plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for bath- ing pools for Washington, despite the fact that these plans are entirely un authorized by Congress, and the urg- ing of them bids fair to deprive resi- dents of this city of bathing facilities for a long time to come. At the last session bill was passed which authorized the construction of two pools at a cost of of Congress a $845,000. Stress was placed on the passage of this measure so that ‘Washingtonia at the earliest pos- sible date, would be provided with bathing facilities to take the place of the Tidal Basin beach. After the bill had received favorable action all that remained to be done was to select the two sites and begin work. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission was given the task of site selection. Difficulties im- mediately arose and the entire project was held in abeyance. Finally the commission announced that it had been unable to agree on the sites for the two pools, but suggested an al- ternative plan of several pools. In the meantime, because of this disagreement, the appropriations com- mittee refused to grant the money authorized, and indicated that there must be complete harmony before the funds would be available, The line of reasoning used by the commission in arriving at an alterna- tive plan is difficult to understand, es- pecially when all that was required to carry out the desires of the cltizens here and the intention of Congres was to select two sites. If difficult be was encountered in selecting two sites it was certainly harder to select several. It is apparent that the bathing pool project has been unfortunately han- dled. A Summer of unusual heat is now waning. Washingtonians have been entirely without public bathing facilities. although prompt action on the part of the commission ®ould have made the pools available at least by this time. At present there are no pools and ttle prospect of pools even for next Explanations will be de- eldedly in order when Congress con- venes in December, but these ex- planations will not serve to provide Washingtonians with what they have 80 earnestly pleaded for, public bath- Summer. ing pools for the hot Summer weather. = e A National Guard Arnfory. Nation wide support for an adequate armory for the District National Guard will be sought at the conven tlon of the American Legion to be held in Philadelphia At a meeting of the District department of the legion a vesolut s passed call g upon ¢ w immediate action For vears civie organizations here have striven lo secure proper quar ters the National Guard, but <o 10 no avail. The quarters now being ured are ern untitted for the work of this important organization and speedy velief ix needed » that it ean function at its highest efliciency Impetus (o movement will doubtless ven the national con vention « he Americ logion takes cognizance of the situation and adopts the resolution prep rd by the al” departmer Tt is herefore, hoped that, aided by the legion and in tensive camp tlons, the speedy «ull t 1t stati Radio experts never Le overcome. Neither will the nasal announee the amat - - Motor Forts for Defense. Two armored banditproof trucks have been delivered to th Bu reau of | ng and Printing in this city for service in wsfer of currency. securities and stamps from that establishment to the Treasury and the Post Office Departments. As described in The Star vesterday, they are masterpieces of security hey are safeguurde winst attack with bulletproof windshields and windows. heavy steel grills und loopholes fe rifies. ‘They are motor forts, veritable steel vaults on wWheels While there may b a sense of | pride in mechanical development of these trucks us American products. Ly no means the necessity for the flattering 10 1 American spirit of civil 1. For they are ¢ an evidence of the lawlessness which prevails in this country. They are a token of the fact that the frontiers of society are now in the hearts of the cities of the United States and not on the plains and in the forests and on the mountains sparsely settled territory Trucks of this character for the safe transfer of valuables are in use in almost all of the large cities in this country. They are needed to effect the safe transportation of mon- and securities through the streets — | thwarted i 1 will | i | | of crowded centers of population. Highwaymen have been for the time by them. At least their tactics of assault upbn the means of transit have been defeated and they have been compelled to adopt new methods. Now, instead of raiding the vehicles of conveyance, they rob the places at which valuables are deliv- ered. The United States Government has ! suffered very few losses from high- waymanry. In a few cases mail trucks have been held up and valua- ble pouches ha been stolen. Money trucks, however, have not been at- «acked. But the Government is tak- ing no chances on further immunity and is equipping itself with vehicles that will withstand assault.. It would seem to be impossible for the most .| skilled and desperate band of high- waymen to make a successful onset against one of these armored cars. 1.00 3¢ | But the bandit fraternity is persistent “|and resourceful, and there is no posi- tive assurance that it will surrender to the steel walls of these motor forts. o Preserving Historic Movies. In the course of an interview with the President yesterday at Paul Smiths, Will H. Hays proposed the as- semblage in the new archives build- ing to be erected in this city of a col- lection of motion picture films of his- toric events. This idea, which has al- ready been Indorsed by Senator Smoot, chatrman of the public buildings com- mission, was heartily favored by the President and it is probable that in the planning of that building provision will be made in the new national hail ot vecords for u series of vaults in which these reels may be stored for vermanent safe-keeping. These films start witk the inaugura- tion of President McKinley. The mo- tion picture art was then in its first stages of development and this reel s comparatively crude. But it never- theless shows the scenes incident to that ceremony. The pictorfal record from that time on has improved in quality until now the cinema depic- tlons are practically perfect. Only experience will demonstrate the degree of deterioration in these cel- luloid strips, but it is known that they last with slight if any impairment for a long time. The McKinley inaugura- tion reel is said to be practically as good as when it was taken nearly thirty years ago. The value of such a collection of historic films cannot be overestimated. Students of history are certain to be greatly aided by them. They are not merely souvenirs of actual records of events supplementing the written rec- ord graphically. Some months ago one’of the leading news-event companies celebrated an anniversary by presenting a combina- tion reel of significant items covering a considerable span of yvears. It was remarkably stimulating to all who wit- nessed it. Memories of events crowded out of recollection by the rush of great happenings of the past decade were revived and a better understanding of the relationship of historic occurrences resulted. It is appropriate that the Govern- ment should itself undertake the pres- ervation of these historic motion pic- tures “archives.” These films should properly be placed with the documentary records of the Nation. They will require special housing in carefully planned vaults, with particu- lar care for ventflation and safeguards against explosion, which is always a menace in the case of the handling of this material. - The films that are fo be stored as records include many that have been taken by the Government itself. There is in existence an extensive motion picture history of the Great War, “written” by the cameras of official observers, airmen and operatives on the front and at the points of prep- a as aration. These, of course, belong in the natlonal collection. Other films, taken by private concerns or indi viduals, should be added when obtain able, and it is indicated by Mr. Hays that the motion picture producers will co-operate fully to insure the preser | vation of a complete record in motion | pictures of American history. begin- ning practically thirty vears ago and Jasting indefinitely, for the education and enlightenment and inspiration of posterity. LN The French politician and the | French peasant are usually engaged in ~ome form of enterprise which holds | brilliant possibilities for the politician, while the peasant inevitably gets the worst of it People who merely desire a change as well remain in Wash- of scene may The big thoroughfares never ingtor flook the same from one Summer to the next. o e Coming Home. Raiirond tions and steamship piers are elogged with travelers and ge. It is the annual story of re turning vacationists, but the crowds station und pier are larger ‘than | | | | | | | {at llast year and, no doubt, larger than ever. The vacation habit has had a emarkable growth. The man who “never took i vacation” used to be heard of. but he died long ago. The modern man considers the vacation one of the necessities of life, and his wife, daughters and sons. of coul have come to think of a Summer va- cution as part of life’s routine. An in- creasing number of persons are get- the habit of not only taking a Summer vacation, but also a Winter vacation. A growing number of per sons travel between home and resort motor, and the tourists who take tions on the roud and in automo- bile camps have become uncountable. Yet trains are jammed with vacation- ists. though the trains are more nu- merous and longer than ever. ‘The spread of the vacation custom 1% due to prosperity and the spending pirit. There never before was so much money in America and never a time when so many persons spent it freely. The man who noards money has become rare. Not many years ago almost every neighborhood had its “miser,” or some close-living and tight-fisted man who was believed to ting by spent a cent except under neces- be rich, but who never gave a dollar sity. One does not hear much about misers now. It is believed that too many per- sons in becoming ready spenders have crossed the safety line. It is said that the House without a mortgage or two or three trusts is rare, that many automobiles are bought on time and that hosts of people are having a good time on borrowed rmoney. If that is so, time will work an adjustment, which will bear hard on some of those who will have to revise their way of living and spending. But the vaca- tion custom has grown, and it is fair to assume that a man and his family do not take vacations unless they can afford them. Men can afford a great many things that could not be “af- forded” twenty vears ago. Timesare different. A dollar will not buy so much of many things as it did twenty years ago, but it is easier to get the dollar. e Women, Tobacco and Sport. A nose and throat specialist says: “Smoking isn't doing women any good. It enlarges their vocal chords, making their voices harsh and gut- tural instead of soft and sweet, and creates a general catarrhal tion.” and from one of those countries in which it is freely thought in America that most women smoke and were using the plant long before many American women ucquired the habit, If this forsigner were asked whether the Juropean or the Amerlcan wom- an has the better “oice, probably he would say: “The American voice i harsh, high-pitched and nasal and its modulation is not under such har- monious control the Kuropean voice.” It has escaped the male American that the volce of vur women is fail. ing. The voice Is often loud and clear, sometimes appealing and usu- ally commanding. The Amefican man considers the voice of the Amer- fean woman all right, depending opn the words she says. If they are pleas. ing words coming from smiling lips and helped along by pretty, merry eves, the voice is perfect. There are times when the voice of the Ameri can woman may not be so delightful, but jarring sounds happen also even in the best regulated European fam- lfes. © doubt some man will come along to say that tobacco is undoing the stamina of the American woman, weakening her heart and lungs, mak- ing her muscles flabby and, giving her flat feet. Yet, here we have Ameri- can women swimming the English Channel one after another, swimming across Chesapeake Bay, issuing chal- lenges to swim around Manhattan Island. etc. The pools and beaches are bright with woman swimmers, the tennis courts sparkle with them and the bowling alleys know them well. Few women are going in for croquet and solitaire. Men are gasping at the athletic progress of woman and it would not shock them to hear a woman fssue a challenge to meet the winner of the Dempsey-Tunney mill. v as Americans can afford to buy cham- pagne in Pari Parisians resent the libations with a frankness which is to be admired in so far as it implies no willingness to retaliate on the Amer- ican liver for the ostentation of the American purse - e The British humorist who evolved culty of being funny without being vulg: PO — The Hall-Mills case continues to as- capitalized mysteries on record. e fade-out.” —oee TING STARS. SHOO' BY PHILS DER JOHNSON. Starting Anew. Soun we'll start all over, When the Autumn days are done And the bees have left the clover To the starlight and the sun. The Summer with the dreaming And the doubts that gather fast, Buried 'neath the snowdrift gleaming, Will defy the Wintry blast. Fervid dissertations On topics all abstruse Angry demonstrations Which end in “What's the use?” Often seem appalling And oppress the weary But the katydid is calling And we'll make another start. heart. Trreconcilable. | “How do vou reconcile your views | of several years ago with your | ent expressions of opinion”” “1 don't.try answered Senator Sorghumn and present view uncompromisingly an irreconcilable.” to.” Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, an air of humility is usually an effort to conceal intense pride. talization. The soap box orator. I vow, No more need try his tricks. You need a lot of money now To fool with politics. Jud Tunkins su parade for a change because there a ukulele. Youthful Authori “Why did vour boy Josh dear old farm?”” ave the agin’ land and decided T wasn't enough help to enable him to run the place successful.” To a Departed Friend. All dimly lighted is the way we trea [ with dread. | And vet this dreaded end lets down the bars Unto a path lit by a billion stars. what he says as by de fact dat he's terrible excited 'bout somethin’ other.” < | | condi. | The specialist is a foreigner | at the seashore. | I | komo | the phrase “Uncle Shylock” merely | jon D. illustrated the long recognized diffi-|around cancellation” of World War | little plac ! with sweet concord of WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. imagine but one thing worse than trying to find “The Lost Chord,” and that is attempting to be “in tune with the infinite” in Gayvilla. All the parents are voung in (iay- villa, and all the chi so that when a soulful spinster sits down to read Trine's good book. she finds Shings not dreamed of in his philosopy. “No one can hurt you but your- self,” the author says, or words to We can screams Willie, as ar older, bashes him over the head with a stick. Trying to be in tune with the in- finite under such circumstances be- comes somewhat of a task. Ask mother, she knows. Gayvilla is the healthiest commu- nity in the world. “It is such a ga . said one excellent lad. No old-fogies or any of that sort of thing, vou-know.” Yes, we know. Some day we are going to write “The Secret Chron- icles of Gayvilla,” and then you are going to read something! Until then, the best we can do is just to dabble around on the edge, as children do Dear old Gayvilla! In my dreams it always seems to be & roar (tra la la, la la la la, la, la, la, la!) with a few barking dogs, spark-fed radios and lively parties thrown in for good mieasure. Fverybody is so happy, and we are right glad of it. No one can ever get us to admit that we have any desire whatever to be in tune with the in- finite or anything else, except, may- be, station WRC. Wk ok Yet, sometimes, in the gloaming, when' the darkness is settling down over our happy little community, just the same as it is in Oshkosh and Ko- and Mauch Chunk, we un- doubtedly wish we were not all so darn healthy. B Health_has its drawvacks, at least in the United States. Hindoo yogls seem to be fairly vigorous and yet be able to sit immovable for huge spaces of time. American Indians have been known to wait patiently for hours, like cats at mouse holes, wi ing a sound, and yet eve admits that they were healthiest of peoples. Gayvillans, however, find and noise synonymous. To be healthy health is to be noisy. To be sick is to be quiet. Since every one wishes to be well. of course, every blessed’ soul must be noisy. The thing is as simple as that. Healthy—nolsy; fll—quiet. So_the formula runs. There is no escaping it—especially if you are trying to be in tune with the infinite, or something along that order. We would like to see some one “go into the silence,” as it is phrased, in Gayvill “There ain't no sich animule,” as the immortal farmer said when he saw his first giraffe. Similarly, it may be said, that there is no quiet in Gayvilla. Gayvilla may be defined as a happy, healthy com- munity entirely surrounded by noise. We love noise. We positively dote on it. We are never xo happy as when we are making it. If we are between the ages of 8 and 16, as many of us are, we have no difficulty at all in making all the noise we want to—and we want to make a lot. Positively, life is action and a tion is noise. i We possess infinite capacity for noise-making. Our ears are strong | ears and our eardrums are thick. The who is not pleased precious loud sounds wight President Coolidge has thus far pre- etical silence about New- served a her proposal for' an all- aker authorities in Wash- debts. But man ng these days what ington are rec | the President is reliably reported to | sert itself as one of the most highly | House. No incident in Valentino's picture | er. career was so spectacular as his final | Pre i \ | | l i i | | pres. | So far ax some of my past | fishing and politic ve concerned I am | he {has not determined whether to make | no chance in the band for a banjo or |0, “He got some new ideas about man- | monwealth of Quay Through mortal life. We view the end Capt. “A big speaker,” said Uncle Eben, been placed at his disposal. ““don’t allus impress you so much by | Sanders’ doctors recommended a sea have said on a famous occasion when a delegation of New York bankers talked cancellation at the White Mr. Coolidge listened intently He did not inter- to their argument: rupt their persuasive flow nor inter- ject any questions. When the bank- spokesman had told his tale the dent spoke exactly seven words, which broke up the party, as far as he was concerned. He said. “Well, they hired the money, didn’t the; 2 R 1, A good many people think, it is Newton D. B intention to attempt to crystallize public opinion in favor of eventual cancellation, the Coolidge attitude on that issue is worth remembering. It was set forth in a few typically terse phrases in the President’s message to Congress 1 24, as follows: d to the cancella of our £12,000,000,000 of for- cign debts, and believe it for the hest welfare of the world that they should be liquidated and paid as fast as possible. 1 do not favor oppressive measures, but unles money that is borrowed is repaid, credit cannot be secured in time of necessity, and there exists besides a moral obligation which our coun- cannot ignore and no other can evade. Terms and conditions may have to conform to differences in the financial abilities of the countries concerned, but the principle that each country should meet its obligations admits of no differences and is of universal ap- plication. on December 3, I am oppo tion P . Gifford Pinchot of Ttenn: s gone away for 10 day 1 meditation. While off duty, he's going to make up his mind what to do about the Penn senatorial situation. After defeat for nomination in the Republican pri- maries, Pinchot was nominated by the Pennsylvania labor party and at this writing is formally its candidate. He this independent run or to renounce the nomination and remain, at least nominally, a regular Republican. The Democrats of the State are naturally keyed up to a high pitch of interest over what may be the governor's final determination. If he stays in = he likes a street | the race and polls the full personalpaceq® v }0¢ TE% S8l = e | pinchot following. making correspond- | Cnsam o he assumption that Calvin ingly heavy inroads into the normal G P. vote, the cause of “Billy” Wilson, Democratic opponent of “Bill” Vare, would be materially enhanced. It might be just the straw that would break the Vare camel’s back and bring’ about the phenomenon of a Democratic Senator from the com- nd Penrose. * Sand secretary td the President, is making long strides to- ward regained health while sailing the Spanish Main—the billowy waters o Everett 4! of the South Atlantic and the Car- ibbean Sea. once the playground of Kidd and his jolly bucca- neers. Mr. Sanders after falling ill at Paul Smiths and undergoing a siege in hospital at Boston, planned to re- cuperate_at Swampscott, where the Frank W. Stearns place, adjacert to the 1925 Summer White House, gxd ut voyage instead, so for the past fort- | night the President’s right-hand man, Or | accompanied by his wife, has been aboard the United Fruit liner Zacapa. ought to go live elsewhere —as., no. doubt, he will. He is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils, and ought to be wrapped in linsey-woolsey, in order to protect his sensitive membranes from the harsh blasts of this happy world. How can one do anything without making a racket about it? Is not life movement, and is not movement noise? Recall the ponderous trolley that grinds its way up and down the avenue. Have in mind the hefty five- ton truck that causes the vases to sway on the mantel and the cracks to_appear in the plaster. Nothing that is done is done with- out noise. When we dance we do it to the accompaniment of five or six gay young men deftly beating out an African drum melody on various in- struments. When we feel happy we sit down at the piano-player and pump it with vim and spirit, keeping our finger on the “loud” button all the while. (We want the neighbors to know we have one.) Your true Gayvillan doesn’t mind the noise at all. Why, he hadn't noticed it. No, it didn’t keep him awake. What, those 20 youngsters imitating High School Cadets at 10 p.m. hadn’t annoyed him? No, not a bit of it. He was study- ing a learned subject, too, and ought to have been annoyed if any one was. As a matter of fact, the grand- stand was supposed to be right in front of his house, and the winning company marched and counter- marched there. Id‘ Yes, he had been sensible of a slight i sturbance somewhere, but positively it did not interrupt the flow of a single thought. The well trained mind is not annoyed by such things— especially the well trained Gayvilla mind. i What you need, my dear sir, is to read “Power of Will."' There are some exercises therein that will make you immune to such things. What! Even from the man who insisted on laying bricks £t 1 a.m.! Yes, yes. 3 R You labor, my dear sir, under the old-fashioned idea, happily relegated to oblivion, that peace and quiet ought to reign in a residence section at night. The police, of course, have the same antiquated notion, but we will overlook that. They have the rules and regulations on their side, and the law, and large clubs, and all that sort of thing, so we will not argue with them What we will attempt to do is simply to relieve vour mind of the absurd idea that peace and qulet ought to prevail after 10 p.m.. say. Do vou not know, my dear, dear sir, that Gayvilla never even thinks of going to bed until midnight? At that hour we begin to consider the matter. But there is no hurry, no hurry whatever. Art is long, and life is short, and we want to get as much of both as legitimately pos- sible. There is another old-fogy idea, we realize, about burning the candle at both end: But wiat a jolly light it gives! Who, having a candle capable of being burned at both ends, would be satisfled with one light? Consider us, ve who judge so harshly, and realize that we are healthy, happy, hearty. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. We have plenty of ‘“pep. ‘We digest our food well. When we finally go to bed we sleep. Why, we do not find any noise whatever go- ing on when we go to bed We have outstayed the last radio and the Jolly party singing, “Just a Song at Twilight” (4 a.m.. ‘We love the merry, clanking milk fnan. Let him rouse us if he can. We live in gay Gayvilla, and are in- wensely American. He touched at Havana the other day and is now en route to Panama. The secretary expects to return to the United States about September 15, and be at his desk in the White House in time for Mr. Coolidge's return a few days later. * ok ok % John A. Baker, a resident of Wash- ington, boasts a proud life insurance record. Two months after President Lincoln’s assassination, Baker ap- plied for a $3,000 policy. It was is- sued to him on June 19, 1865, on the ordinary life plan. The policy is still in force and is belleved to he the old- est active policy in the District of Columbia, and certainly one of the oldest in the country. The insured’s entire premium, less dividend, this vear is $6:96. He has paid in 62 premi- ums for a net total of $1,845, and- his policy has a present cash-surrender value of $2,680. Baker was 26 vears old when he bought the insurance, is now in his elghty-eighth vear, and ex- pects to pay any number of other premiums before his estate cashes in. fl el Senator Rice W. Means, Republican, lof Colorado, has just issued an infor- {mative statement about the prohibi- | ton hearings, which gripped the coun- try’s attention last Spring. More than 30,000 citizens who warmly espouse {the cause of Volsteadism addressed communications to the committee while its sessions were in progress. To each one of them Senator Means has addressed a printed posteard re- ply reading as follows Your ‘communication supporting the cause of prohibition was re- ceived. The hearings are now over and the report has been made. It is the opmion of our subcommit- tee that the cighteenth amend- ment to the United States Constitu- tion is hoth morally right and eco nomically wise. It is the duty of every officer, legislative, executive and judicial, to aid in its enforce- ment. The hearings have strength- ened my beliefs. Because of the thousands of communications re., | i | | ceived, it was found necessary to | print this reply. . * % % % This seems to be the seagon, how- ever premature, for Republican poli- ticians to make known their “second choices™ for 1928. Not long ago C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia pitched Speaker Nicholas Longworth’s hat into the ring, the tossing being accom- panied by the suggestion that it was reaspire. Now comes Senator Arthur Capper of Kan- sas, at his seaside golfing camp at Magnolia, on the North Shore of Massachusetts, and opines that “Frank 10. Lowden of Illinois is the strongest man in the field, should President Coolidge decline to become a candi- date.” Within the past few days Slemp has startled the political na- tives with an interview in Atlantic City, in which he warmly espouses AMr. Coolidge for “a third term.” Ex- perts at Washington aren't sure whether that “third term” stuff is a boost or a knock. Dyed-in-the-wool Coolidgeites don’t admit there is any such animal as a third term in their hero's case. They aver that “Cal” ix just now in the midst of his first term. (Copyright. 1926.) ———— A State Strike. From the Sioux City Tribune. Gov. Hammill and other State offi- cials of Iowa are asking for increased salaries. That's what might be called a mild reverse action dfifarm relief. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. While representatives of the League of Natlons are preparing in to consider the American reservations to the adherence of the United States to the World Court, American partici- pation In the court is receiving its knocks from Senators who voted for adherence but are now sorry for it. Senator Gooding of Idaho, Repub- lican, seeking re-election, has an- nounced that it he had it to do over again he would vote against adher- ence, In Florida, Senator Trammell. Democrat, has also recanted. He was for the court with the Senate reserva- tions, but only with those reservations. Now he Is against the court, lock. stock and barrel. Senator Trammell is not up for re-election this year. His colleague, Senator Fletcher, who also favored adherence to the court. is running for re-election, however, and it is confidently predicted he will be re-elected. * % % % Out in California Senator Hiram Johnson has been roaring up and down the State in an effort to defeat Senator Shortridge, his Republican colleague, for the senatorial nomina- tion at the primaries held vesterday. He favored Judge Robert M. Clarke, recently converted to opposition to the World Court. Senator Ellison D. Smith, whose political career was put to the hazard in yesterday's Demo- cratic primaries, was also under at: tack, because of his vote in favor of American adherence to the World Court, by at least one of his oppo- nents, Edgar A. Brown, speaker of the General Assembly of South (aro- lina. Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina, it will be remembered. was one of the two or three Democrats in the Senate who joined with the i reconcilables in thelr efforts to defeat the resolution for American adherence to the court. Senator Lenroot of Wis- consin is battling in Wisconsin today to survive his vote for the court, These flurries over the World Court are but samplos of the mixed frame of mind in which the rank and file and even the leaders of the two major po- litical parties find themselves as the campaign warms up. The titular head of the Republican party. President Coolidge, did more than any other sin- gle man to bring about the ratification of the resolution proposing adherence to the World Court. When the reso- lution was adopted with only 17 votes cast against it in the Senate, it was hailed as a triumph for the President, as it was. But now some of the men who voted for the court and who must be re-elected wish they had not. Some of them have already met defeat at the polls, including McKinley in Tllinois, Pepper in Pennsylvania and Stanfleld in Oregon. On the other hand, some of those Senators who voted against the court are counting on that fact to help pull them through, as in the cases of Watson and Robinson in Indiana and Harreld in Oklahoma. W o The World Court, like the tariff, however, appears to be something of a local-issue. The opposition to the court is dependent upon geographical and racial layout. In Idaho, Sen- ator Borah, the outstanding figure in the entire State and a _national figure. is violently opposed to the court, and has threatened to campaign against men who supported it, Sen- ator Gooding's recent declaration against the,court may help him to win his way back to the Senate next No- vember. The court is not an issue be- tween the two major partfes. Both President Coolidge and the Democratic leaders of the Senate, barring Senator Reed of Missouri, espoused the cause of adherence. ‘The old anti-League of Nations spirit, fanned by the harsh criticisms voiced by European leaders against the United States in recent months, has come a-running in aid of the anti- courters this Summer. There are politicians who say the Republican ad- ministration is’ running in luck be- cause it now appears that the mem- ber nations of the league and of the court will not agree to the American reservations, and thus America will remain outside of the court. EE Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker stirred anew the interna- tionalists in American politics when he declared for cancellation of all the interallied war debts. He was not the first member of President Wilson’s cabinet to favor cancellation of the debts owed the United States by its associates during the war. The late William Jennings Bryan, one-time Secretary of State in the Wilson cab- inet, spoke feelingly at times in sup- port of such cancellation. But Col. Bryan had little effect on the policy of the Government and the country in regard to the war debts and it is un- likely that Mr. Baker will have more. The war debts and their settlement have been made a political issue in this country, and most assuredly in European countries, for a number of vears. The American taxpavers have been told that the debts must be paid by Great Britain, France, Italy and others or the American taxpay- ers will have to bear all the burden It is not an easy argument to com- bat. Tt is scarcely likely that Mr. Baker can hope to make debt cancel- lation a party issue. If he could do 80, it would be welcomed joyfully by the Republicans. But Mr. Baker must have made his suggestion re- garding debt cancellation without con- ty in the railed sulting the leaders of his p Senate. There they have against the settlements with Ital with France as far too lenient. ator Pat Harrison of Mississippi ator Reed of Missouri and others the Democratic side of the chamber have attacked these settlements on the ground that they dispose casually of the American taxpayers’ money. T Back of the determination of dry leaders to mive Senator W worth of New York the gate this Fall {s something more than a desire to eliminate one of the “wet” Senato They are thinking ahead to the time when Senator Wadsworth may loom up as a strong contender for the Re- publican presidential nomination and for the presidency itself. As a presi- dential possibility Senator Wadsworth would look worse to the drys than a three-month drought to a farmer. If they can kill him off this year, de- feat him for the Senate and cause a new deal in the Republican leader- ship of New York State, they figure they will have accomplished some- thing. At the present writipg, how- ever, it appears that Wadsworth’s op- ponents have a big!contract on their hands. While up-State Republicans are in very man ses di they are also dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, loyal to the organization. After Sen- ator Wadsworth has been renomi- nated, as he surely will, at the Repub- lican convention in New York, Sep- tember 27. many of these drys will vote the Republican ticket and take ‘Wadsworth along with the rest. It is bred in their bone to vote Republican. However, the efforts of the Repub- licans in the Empire State to be dry up State and wet down State are reminiscent of the fate that overcame Senator Pepper in Pennsylvania, when last Spring it appeared to many of the voters that he was wet or dry ac- cording to the part of the State in which he happened to be. The situa- tion in New York is not giving the Republicans any great amount of joy at the present time. Privately, they admit that if Gov. Al Smith runs, as he is expected to do, he will be swept the too ANSWERS ; TO Q. Do seeds of the same kind vary | in weight>—R. \". A. Most seeds do, but the term | karat. used in weighing gems and ex- pressing the fineness of gold, is de- rived from the weight of the seeds of a certain coral tree of Abyssinia because they never vary. A Kkarat is equal to three and one-sixth troy grains. Z Q. Has Manila always had a good harbor”—L. B. S A. Before the American occupation large ships were forced to lie two or three miles off shore. An inclosed harbor has been built by constructing a long breakwater, and dredging. Q. Counting shades and tints, how many colors are there?—T. T. A. Aubert estimated the solar spec- trum to contain about 1,000 distin- guishable hues, from which, accord- ing to Rood, 2,000,000 tints and shades can be derived. Q. Which President was the first to: use an automobile as a White House | vehicle?—R. E. L. W. A. The first White House automo- bile was used by President Roosevelt. Q. How many missionaries are sent out by the churches?—M. G. A. The Protestant and Roman Cath- olic churches of Europe and America support 54,000 missionaries, who min- ister to more than 21,000,000 people, and teach 4,250,000 children in mission gchools. Q. What is the rate of increase of the population of the world?—J. W. H : A. It is approximately 0.01159 per cent, which doubles the population every 60.15 years and would in 10,000 years give the number 22,184 followed by 46 ciphers. Either this rate of in- crease must be very much greater than has éxisted in past history of the world, or vast numbers of human beings have been blotted out by catas- the hotel in Washington, D. C., was named?—A. C. A. Grace Dodge was the founder of the Y. W. movement. She waa prosident of the Working Girls So- clety and president of the Y. W. C. A. of the United States. She dled on December 27, 1914. Q. How long can pearl divers stay under water?—P. R. R. A. It has been said that pearl fishers could stay under water for 20 minutes, but most authorities say that there is no truth to this state- ment. Two and sometimes three min- utes under water is the limit of the most skillful divers unaided by me- chanical means to support respiration. Q. What is the correct temperature for a hot bath?—C. B. A A hot bath may be from 100 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit. A cold bath should be between 35 and 60 degrees 3. 1# Tice paper made from rice?— A. Rice paper 1s made from the pith of a small tree. known botanically as Aralia papyrifera. Q What is the shortest time in | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. QUESTIONS which a big league base ball game was played’—J H. A. The shor game by time in the major leagues was 51 minutes, played by ‘the New York National League club and the Philadelphia club. The score was 6—1. This was the first game of a double-header on September 28, 1919, play Grounds in New York City. Q. Who first us “Perfidious Albion”"—J A. The expression was used by poleon on leaving for St. Helena. is belleved that he quoted from Be suet, who, in his sermon on the Cir cumeision, preached at Metz, ex claimed, “Ah! Perfidious England!"” Q. Hew long is the rug in the gov ernor's recelving room at the Harris- burg Capitol? A. It is 60 feet long and weighs about 1,200 pounds. Q. 1Is the paper-shell pecan a spe cial varlety?’—J. S. K. A. The term “paper-shell”” has been extended in its application until it is now practically without significance. Properly speaking, the term ‘‘paper shell’ never referred to a particular varety; its correct application hax been only with reference to varieties having thin shells. Q What was the first State to secede?—H. T. T. A. Mississippl was the first of the Southern States to pass the ordinance cession, taking that action Janu- , 1841 Southern Q. For what criminals sent time \ A. A survey of the inmates of many penitentiaries made by an offi cial of the Juvenile Court showed that petty larceny was the outstanding first offense of the prisoners ex amined. Q. How many people can be ac- commodated in the New Madison Square Garden’—M. I1. offense are most to prison for the first trophes at various times. - A. When both floors are occupied. s approximately 35,000. The grand Q. Who was Grace Dodge, for Whom | rena on the upper level will seat about 18,000. Q. What is the highest salary paid an_official of the State Department aside from that paid the Secretary of State?-N. G. A. The ranking salary of a suhor dinate official in the Department of State is §9.000, which Is*paid the chier of the division of Mexican affairs and the chief of the division of current in formation. Q. Who invented lithography? - ¢ A. B. A. Aloys Senefelder, a poor Bohe mian dramatist, resident in Munich accidentally invented the art. Did you ever write a letter to Fred i You can ask him any question of fact and get the answer in a personal letter. Here is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in_the world—American news- paper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a mewspaper—service There is no charge except 2 cents in stamps_for return postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Evening Star Information Burcau, Washington, D. . Government officials who decided in favor of admitting to_this country a British magazine which contained an advertisement of cherry brandy checked a broadside condemnation aimed at the port of entry where the magazine was temporarily excluded. 1t is held generally by the press that no harm could be done by the adver- tisement, and that the cutting off of foreign publications would uselessly deprive Amerfcan readers of current literature. “Such silly acts as the officlal denial of entry to a London publication be- cause it contains a_liquor advertise- ment,” argues the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times, “will not improve foreign opin- fon of Americans. We can afford to take a chance on some few people here being corrupted by the informa- tion it contains that a certain brand may be bought at a specified place. True, the prohibition law makes it illegal to advertise ‘anywhere or by any means the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale or furnishing’ of liquor. But common sense rules that this applies to announcements b Americags, for Americans, in Amer can advertising media. No attention should be paid to such ‘ads’ in forelgn publications, and in the p: no at-| tention has beerr paid to them. “To apply the law to a foreign magazine containing an advertisement announcing that some dealer in an- other country sells a certain brand of intoxicating lquor there is absurd,” according to the Duluth Herald, which contends further: “If that reading were correct, London Punch, for in- stance, couldn’t come into this countty because its pages are filled with ad- vertisements of whisky. The only harm those advertisements could do would be to make the mouths of liquor addicts water vainly, because the in- formation contained in them is use- less unless the reader takes a trip to England to take advantage of it. But the literally minded bureaucrat prob- ably would har London Punch because its name suggests a potent drink. i Surely there is nobody on earth who can do more stupid things than a Gov- ernment_official, armed with power, who reads the law too literally." *# i ““That such a plan would aid in pro- i hibition enforcement is hard to demon- | strate,” suggests the Worcester e |ning Gazette, with the further com- ment that “it would rob Americans of | knowledge of practically all current Kuropean literature, art and scienc Magazines in Europe, as well as here, continues the Gazette, “are supported 4 by advertising; the liquor trade in Eu- rope is legitimate business, and few |foxmgn publications are free from the advertisement of drinks which the Volstead act considers intoxicating. If I the mention of liquor is the objection, the Bible, our existing classical litera- ture and current American writings would logically have to be subjected to censorship or destruction. The step seems to have no value as a pro- hibition move. It would deny the rec- reation of accustomed reading to many, it would affect thousands of American students and professional men adversely, and it seems slightly abhorrent to American ideals of un- hampered educational opportunity or even of educational liberty." Observing that “the rule of reason will overrule the extreme interpreta- tion of the law:’ the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin welcomes the d cision that the Volstead act “governs only advertisements of liguors to be manufactured or sold in the United States,” and states that “this ends a rather ridiculous episode, arising from an unwarranted stretching of the law.” The Bulletin directs at- tention to the fact that “sales in the United States could not conceivably enter into the expectations of the ad- vertisers, because the liquors were| deniied entry at American ports, and no reputable dealer would assume the risk of an experimental shipment that would reduce him to the low level of a rum runner.” * % X ¥ “Not many Americang are going to i British Magazine’s Liquor Advertisement Stirs Debate they want not a hundred miles fr home,” says the Racine Journal News. We have no quarrel with the enforcement of the Volstead act in this Nation, hecause it is the law and as long as it stays on the statute books naturally should be enforced but that is one thing and irritating other natlons in a needless manner is another.” The Watertown Times also holds that “it would have been a narrow ruling to bar them.,” and incidentally it finds that “the {ncident emphasizes the extent of whisky ad vertising in the British Isles. ~The aggressiveness of the liquor dealers there in the matter of advertising.” it continues, “indicates that they found {t necessary to advertise heav ily to stimulate their business. Every effort is being made by the whole salers and retailers to revive the oid time consumption ' Quoting the head of the Associa- tlon Against the Prohibition Amend ment as saying that “it is ohviously dangerous that in a country contain ing so many flourishing species of cherry trees the existence of such m & deadly brew as cherry brandy should be made know ple,"” to the Amerfcan peo the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel sa “We think he s right in con cluding that the suggestion which has been advanced that ‘each paper be headed by a cut of the celebrated ostrich with his head in the sand will not do. For, as it is pointed out, no one could look at a plcture of sand without feeling thirsty, and there 1s no telling to what deviitry a thirst may lead.” The Baltimore Evening Sun concludes that the Government has decided “to do a_thing which ix intelligent, but damp.” and fears that “Mr. Wheeler will be very angry.” THINK IT OVER What Are You Worth? By William Mather Lewis, President George Washington Un How is the value of a boy deter mined and Jhow much is the average boy worth? These questions are more often discussed in social than in finan- clal terms. And still occasionally an attempt at money appraisal is made A New Jer judge recently re- duced a verdict for $10,200 for the death of a boy to $3,500. He justified his action on previous de of the courts These decis are based largely on the earning capacity of ho There is another way of estimating the monetary value of a vouth, and that is to determine the amount th: he has cost his parents over a period of vears. Some time ago a speaker made the statement that the cost of bringing up an American boy of a well-to-do family was ,000. An English newspaper then set out to as. certain the cost of bringing up an English boy, giving him the advan- tages of a liberal education. The boy's lite was divided into four periods the nursery, preparatory school, Eton and Oxford. These were the results: In the nursery from 1 veur of age to 8, $6560 yearly; in prepara tory school, 9 to 13, § early; at Eaton, 14 to 19, $1,500 vearly: at Ox ford, 19 to 21, $1,750 yearly. The grand total is $25,600. Any boy .with a liking for mathe matics may find interest in figuring out just how much he must earn in order to gain back the accumulated inturest and in other ways justify the investment. Obviously. the thing which makes all that parents sacrifice for children worth while cannot be measured in terms of money. But the financial angle is one that it is well to con sider occaslonally. The boy who is being given opportunities for educa- tion greater than those of others well inquire, “Does my father prove himself a good business man in in- into office again. The governor takes |send their momey abroad fo buy oasy &'oo0d deat Of “pep” eut Of the Re- |cherry brandy Whan,they can, It thelr rer'S, ® !STEe sum of .m - publicans even before they get started. thirst is stronggenough, get about all (Covyrisht. 1036