Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1926, Page 6

TAE EVENING STAR.' WASHINGTON. D. C. e e ————— e s THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY...September 11, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES:. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaner Conzpany Business vaniy Ave 2110 East 42nd St. Tower Builinz ce: 14 Regent St.. London, England. The ¥reqin- Star Ing edition. ‘e dal ity w1 60 cen cents ver rionth: pes monih. O t8lephone Ma: carsier at et of each month. Rate by )lnll—_l'nynhh in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Patlv and Sunday S0.00:. 1 mo. Daily only oo TSa00: 1 mo Buncay only 3200 1 mo with th cored b per month Sunduy morn- earriers within dajly onl; 20 All Other States and Canada. D: 1v and Sundav..1 vr. $1700:1 mo. $1.00 Dailz oniv 10 Seon: ) mon 7 day only 15 $4.00: 1 mo.. Menber of the Associated Press. Thna Associated Preas is exclug vel to the use for renubiication of all patches cradited to it or not otherw! fted in this namer the loeal m noblishad herein of publica ¢ snecial d a)s0 reserved ows d el Preserve the Mall! Tt is announced in dispatches from the Sumnmer White House in the Adi vordacks that President Coolidze favors the prescrvation of the Mall & & park, and in principle approves the proposition to locate the Com- merce Department building on a outside of the reservation. It is known that he is great nterested in the de velopment of Washington artistically. new 1 and itsfollows as a natural deduction that if the matter of the emplace- ment of any of the proposed new Gov- ernment structures is referved to him for decision or advice ne will be dis. nosed to advance that development Iy +he wrescrvation of the Mall and the veclamation of Pennsylvania avenue from its present condition by wrilizing the spaces available along it for public constructions. Visitors to Washinzton have always heard of Pennsylvania. avenue as the Capital's chief thoroughfare. It is historic. It has been the scene of the most significant and important pas- eants and parades. It is the direct communication between the Capitol And the cxecutive offices. Tt is the tangible, visible link between the two great co-ordinate branches of the Gov- ernment. Its present condition is fur from satisfactory. Plans have been drawn for its improvement near the Capitol. ir connection with the devel- opment of the Capitol-Station Plaza, and will no doubt in some part be executed in the course of a few years. But those plans contemplite the evo. lution of a new boulevard flanking or within the Mall, which will serve as the parade ground of Washinzion. To this proposition there are strong ob- jections on the zround that the nat- ural “line of march” on such oce: sions should be between the Capitol and the White House as directly as possible. To place the Commerce Building on the present market site, with ad tlonal land acquired for that purpose to the west, would dignify I’ennsyl- vania avenue without reducing the park arca. It would make the Capi tal's chief thoroughfare more attrac- tive than ever before. "The public con- venience would be enhanced without heavy cost. Had advice given n two dec- ades 220 been followed fully instead of partially, the whole of the Mall- Avenue triangle would by Teen taken by the Government. it was, only the wescern «dge of it was acquired, five “squares” flanking the “White Lot," designed at the time for three public buildings. For vears this land has lain virtually idle. so far as Government uses were concern- ed, but allowed to remain in private occupancy under Government owner- ship. Now it is to be used for the construction of two department huild- fngs. Meanwhile, the value of the re mainder of the triangle has increased with the general advance in realty alues in the city, and the cost of ac- quisition is certain to be greater than ever. But that fact should not oper- ate against the present taking of sites for public buildings. in addition to those already selected. In the case of the Commerce Build- Ing site, now favere larze part of it 1s already in Government owner ship. To complete the site two pri- vately owned blocks would be needed. The space of two streets would be avallable, Ninth street hetween 1'enn- vania avenue and I3 street, and Toulstana avenue hetween N Tenth streets, These street spaces, costing nothing. would be a very a- terial contribution to the site, and their loss would not b fohi. Every practical considoration favors the Avenue cite fo Pulldinz. 'The use of the Mall for thas construction would park space. but would encourage, and probably iead to, other Mall invasions for building uses Now the time whether tie Government is to tres. pasa upon the central park of the Capital for constructions that were far better located elsewhere. The President’s Interest In Mall preserva, tion should be a determininz factor m favor of the Avenue site, and hence the development of Washington alows the lines of 1ceal Capital makins. Sir G it 1s predicted by Lady. Astor that woman will end ths world's unrest. This would be a fitting culmination according to Genesis. N i the Commerce is to determine Mussolini Escapes Again. Tenito Mussolini, Italian and dictator, has for the rd time narrowly escaped ascassination. To- ay a young ltalian threw a bomb at the motor car in which the “Duce” was ridiag from his home to his office. Tha mikstie struck the cer and fell ‘o the strect, where it exploded. with out injury to Mussolini and horming only a few bystanders slightly Two other assaulls upon Mussalini have come close 1o & On one occaston a rifie at the place on a balcony across ihe street upon which Mussolini vas 1o stand a few minutes later to re- ceiva a delegat He was taken ju.t ia ume 10 prevent tragedy, Some premier 1ccess, man was found aiming inth and, not only destroy | time later a woman fired po!nt-blank at the dictator as he was leaving ¢ meeting, the shot merely Infiléting ¢ slight wound in the face. tempt failed only by a fraction of space and time. The first of the three attempts was inspired Ly political plotters. The second was the act of a fanatic. whe had no political motive. This latest effort was apparently the work of Mussolini's enemles. Thus far this remarkzble Italian seems to bear a charmed life. He hus gone thtough many other perils than those which he has just escaped. He carries himself with superb courage. acknowledging his danger, but taking it self. It was characteristic of Mussolini that today. immediately after the at- tempt upon his life, he issued & manifesio to his supporters, urging them to remain calm and 1o attempt no vepriszls againsi his enemiex. He has done this on every prior oceasion. And on each occasion his word has been observed znd Eome has remain 2d quiet in the main. Perhaps some day one these assassing will “get” Mussolini. He has dedicated himself to Italy and has philosophically acknowledged the pos- sibility that he may be slain. Recently he has been organizing his forces to have rcady for service strong men who can carry on his work. But there i no other Mussolini. #nd if he should be “removed” change would come in Italy. - —eaves Law-Aided Crime. A few days ago three men Lound and robbed us many traveling jew elry merchants in 2 milroad in 1llinvis @nd escaped with heavy loot. The; soon after captured 1. posse as they were floundering in @ muddy ficld, to which they had fied when their commandeered motor car stalled. The loot was ‘ound intact. Yesterday three roblers entered a mail car on a train in ihe suburbs of Chicago, bound the clerks and es- caped with sacks of currency io the estimated value of $500,000, in transit between banks. According to latest accounts they had not been caught or the stolen funds recovered. They made a clean job and a thorough haul. “These robberies occurved in circum- stances that should have made such crimes impossible. The three wmer- chants were overpowered in a passen ser coich. The mail clerks were heid up in a car that is supposedly thief- proof. "The suzgestion has been ad- vanced that the latter robbery was an “inside job." That ia to intimate that the thieves had advance infor- mation of the dispatch of the cur- rency, but does not impugn the in- tegrity of the mail clerks. Are the railroad trains of this coun- try to become the most profitable field of the highwaymen? In the old days the train yobbers held up the trains themselves and looted them systematically. Now they enter them and go afier specific loot. The jewelry robbers doubiless had trafled their vietims. The mall-car rosbers doubt- less knew of the presence of currency on the mail Crime has been sreatly simplified. The men who were caught in a muddy field after robbing the jewelry merchants are now in jail. /They will in time be indicted and again in time will be tried. They will get perhaps long terms in the penitentiary, and after a few Years they will get out on parole or under shortening of sen- tences for “good behavior.” They will, if experience is any guide, be again at large in 2 short time, keen to practice thair crooked game anew. They should be given a swift trial and the lonzest terms possible under the law, with no prospect of remis- sion or shortening or parole. An ex- ample should be made of them. It is urgently important that this oppor tunity afforded by their quick cep- ture be improved to strike terror to the hearts of the fraternity of high- waymen. For vhserve: The mail rob- bery came within forty-eight hours from the jewelry rolbery and the cap- ture of the thieves. The taking of those roLbers did not deter the mail looters. They were willing to iake chances. \Why? Because they knew that the slow processes of trial and the tender mercies of the law in pun- ishment favored them even if they were caught. We have come 1o the pass in this country where the law, with its de- lavs and its consideration for its vi- olators, is actually aiding and abet- ting crime. The price we are paving for crime is enormous, in lives and in treasure. Government is not af- fording protection, because it is too slow of action and too kindly in treat- ment of those who flout it. Banditry is the mode. The time has come to malke a change, and it can be effected only by a complete reversal of the procedure of law enforcement. ——— He does not hide or seclude him- of car, were car. Credit 1s at least husky men that swimming {he En3 {lish Channel is a comparativkly easy matter. U, ‘This cordial interchange letween France and Germany would have been of inestimable value to the world if ic ~:uld have been arranged twenty vears carlier. el Mrs. Corson’s Welcome. Although not the first of her sex | to swim the turbulent English Chan- nel. Mrs. Clemington Corson arrived in her adopted country vesterday to receive the honors due to & conqueror of what is conceded to be the wicked- | est stretch of water in the world Shortly after Gertrude Lderle estab- lished her world merk for women, of fourteen and one-half hours, the courageous Danish-American, Mrs. Corson, sot out and negotiated the twenty-mils stiip in a little more than fifteen hours. She was, there fore, greeted yesterday as the second lone who deserves high hohors fo eomplelion of # heroic task. Corson was visibly touched by, the {calebration which was loosed when !the Aquitania hove into sizht down the bay. “Sonny” and “Sister” were on hand o greet their SmPUs-MBAAR Today's at- | no extraordinary precautions to avert | | So, due Gertrude | Ederle for showing « lavge number of | woman to swim the Channel, but a« | The mother of two children, Mrs. | ! ind the rexnion was 2 glad one. Mrs. Corson tzkes her place with Trudie” Ederle as a conqueror of | the Channel. Her sportsmanship in ¢ sommenting on the Ederle swim was marked inasmuch as she refused to ‘oin In the English criticism regard- g the ald rendered by tugs to the Channel swimmer. She ls deserving of all the honors tendered her and ’congmlulation! are in order for a sreat swimmer and & fine sports- voman. - o o The Davis Cup, With “Big BUI" Tiden and “Little Bill”" Jobuston winners of their singles matches and R. N. Williems and Vin- cent Richards victorious in the doulles, the United States agzin has demonstrated its world supremacy on the lawn tennis courts. Yester- day's triumph was America’s “third straight victedy over irance, the only survivor of twenty-four original nationzl challengers, and tirs, seventh { successfie win of the Davis Cup, the highest international honor. To be crowned again with the title of international supremacy America’s stars were forced to piay with con- summate tkill. Tilden’s opponent in the singles. Jean Borotra, recently crushingly defeated him on indoor courts and it was thought that “Big Bil's” star was on the wane. but the Tilden on that occasion and the Tilden in the Davis Cup singles were different persons. “Big Bl leashed an «ttack of such concentrated fury on the Erenchman that as many of his shots went whistling by Borotra merely sndled and shrugged his <houlders to indicate that no wmortal olarer couid hope to compete with such wizardry. This exkibitlon, coupled h Johnston's ‘win over Lene la ston’s win over Rene Lacoste and the Coste and the Americun doubles team over ducques Brugmon and Henry Cochet, gave the ['nited States the nececsury three points fo retain the cup. The Nation. un- therefore, sxiends its | heartiest congratulations to the men who have placed it at the top and kept it there in international tennis competition. To the losers, who put up a splendid and courageous battle, America also extends its congratula- tions for their sportsmanship and their skilliul exhibition. Next year may tell a different story, but for the present at least the Davis Cup is firmly held in America. France, however, is a serious challenger and it will requive all the skill and re- sources of the Ameriomn players to keep possession of it. B Fminent Republicans are assuring the President that the tariff is recog- nized by =ane voters as the cause of the country's extraordinary presper- ity. The growing bank account is re- gavded as an even hetter argument than that old slogan, *“The full dinner pail” et - In a republio high rank al‘!ordfl'nog protection from the possible expe- riences of the common citizen. 'The fact that @ man s & distingulshed of- ficlal one vex is no guarantee that he will not be appearing hefore @ grand | jury the mext. { ———s A peaceful Furope can prosper and | set an example of value to posterity | in the matter of that orderly resvect for financial obligation upon which! stable understanding as to commer- cial relations wust Gepend. e Pugilisin, like politics, growa more refined. No prize fighter will be as picturesque as John L. Sullivan. No Tammany boss will be as ruggedly in- teresting as Richard Croker. ———e—a—— SHOOTING STA BY PHILAD RS. DER JOHNSON Philosophically Considered. We're told that oil will soon give out. And then what shall we do? While seekind things to fret about This gives us something new. The flivver, for the lack of gas, Will be compelled toshalk. When this condition comes to pass, We'll o'l get out and walk. We are informed we cut 100 much And lead the Ta Our manners are hecoming such That weaken toil or strife. when the flivver useless lies— With philosophic talk We'll say, “Ie need the exercise. Let's all get out and walk Personsl Observation. “What is the sentiment on deb: cellation? “Varible,” answered Senator ghum. “My debtors scem all in favor of it. but when 1 mention it 1o a cred- itor he laughs.” Exceptio “The Nation wealth shows splendid healtin; Result of wise endeavor. And vet the men who borrow ten Are numerous as ever. i | Jud Tunkins says & man is known by the company he keeps and is espe- cially admired if he can keep asso- clated with a w haughiy yueens. powerful kings or high-flving aces in a poker zame. Considerate Candor. “If you will marry me," said the happy.” You're happy enough now.” an- swered Jiiss Cayenne. I think a great dezl of vou, and 1 would rather see you joyously paving for taxicabs and theater tickels instead of worry ing about the renr.” Appreciable Advantage. When Susie used to play a tune The folks to entertain. The wish we formuiated svon “That Susie would refrain. | And even though at radio 1 sometiraes mildly scoff. {of the Los Angeles | Tribune | the Nation were on this contest | though | persistent sultor, “vou will make mé | THIS AN What 2-mile walk Two miles is not much of a hike. as walking goes, but 1t anables one to see a great deal of thui mox interesting of commodities, human nature. g Perhaps one ean 2 miles as he would in the first mile it ix merely ihe same old thing over and over again. Ten hoya pestering kittens are not difrerent ' from boy engaged in the game occupation -there is merely 10 times &= much cruelty as in the | first instance. Ten hoors encountered in xs many miles means just (hat many with- out breeding. "Ten gentlemen are not essentially different from one gentle- man. Ten gentlewomen are not particularly more to be praised than one. A good quality is no betier, in essence, because It & multiplied. ex- cept in <o far as this world sorely needs all such multiplication. ‘The | mass attack of crudity upon civiliza- ton Is renisted. in the final analysts, not so much by an aggregation of virtue aganst it as by the force for right thought and suggestion. It. in our 2-mile walk, we mee! one instunce of kindliness. it will far outweigh. as it ought. any amount ot 1l we may encounter. * ok ¥ ok o miles may easily he clipped {off in half an bour, bui we ave tak- ing it easy ioday. just loafinz along. Our object 13 not so much mileage as smileage. We want to be in tune with Nature on this besutiful after- noon which stands where Summer and Autumn meel. The air is warm. but has a sug- gestion of crispness in it. The boyvs and girls are bareheaded, and the crickeis sing in the underbrush (we suppose they are cvicketa). hut a slight chill tempers the heat, even at 4 o'clock in the afternoon Deftly we tread well kept side- walks " A high official of the District | sovernment lives in this - hlock | Street sweepers appear here regular 1y, day after day. Isn't that nice of | the “white wings So thoughtful of them! Around the corner we go. like birds in Spring. heading north, a clean, straight mile before us. Here we pass a row of mewly built houses, with no one in them as yet. Hope- fully real estate salesmen sit on the steps. There is porch after porch, and front door after front door. Soon families will move in, for houses are still selling like hot cakes. Here, where only empty rooms greet one, will live men, women, children, dogs, cats, canarles, goldfish. Fach moving-in will be an adven- ture. It will mean a great deal to each family, in turn, and to each dog, cat, canary and goldfizh, in its turn. The human beings will go from the old place to the new of their own free will, whereas the so-called dumb beings will be taken. Probably one will he no more free than the other; but it helps a great deal 4f one have imagination! can one see on a see 25 much in 10, for after e k% Here the sidewalk ends: now we must take 1o the street, which is not exactly dirt, but which is certainly not asphalt or concrete. This:street is in e section evidently overlooked when street laying was discussed in the past. Now that the “city is going this way,” something will have to be * { ice men, as a class, | ing need for safe D THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL in. Householders sit on their front | porches, eviden dy amuzed ac the ap- | vearance of their thoroushtare. 'The | novelty of the thing strikes them. One can sez them congregated in lit- ! te groups, discussing the most ex- citing thing that has happened since | that day old Mre. Jones fell down the, basement stairs and broke hec hip.| Poor Mrs. Jones! But she is all vight. | now, and every on> fs glad for her S0 the paving wili come this v no doubt Then the automo! will be glad. How the truck drivers | will rejoice, putting on more speed, swearing their engine has a “zovern-| or' on it. waich prevents them from | running more than 18 miles an hourt When the police. however. put the truck to a test run, they find tnat it easily makes 28 miles an hour. WF a fine thing for the world it would b ifgmen roturally told the truth! | thére was somethins within the con-, stitution of men's minds that mhade it easy and pleasant to tell the truih!} What a world of worry would be| ved. and how much less work ”‘"i courts of justice would have impused upon theli busy shoulders! * % % S2e yonder man and woman walk- .ng wlong, minding their own busi ness, and see yonder fce man, about 10 start his wagon. He does not.be- lieve in minding his own business, as heavy as it is. He ogles the girl, from under the thick thatch of his yellow hair-—why do such chaps al- ways have vellow hair of just that characier’—and beging to sing loud- Iy, “In a Little Canoe Built for Two” | < His tone is offensive, his looks are | even more so. The girl shrinks from | them. Do not mind him,” says her companion. (We wished he had said | it loud enough for the ice man to hear him) *A big loafer who has no more ambition than to peddle ice. in all probability will have no breeding, | either.” Perhaps he was unfair to but not to the | specimen under discussion. We bethink ourselves of an impend- ty razor blades of the | make we favor, Here is a drug store, and we will go therein. and purchase a packet of the same. ‘This we do. ‘The man charges us 50 cents, instead of the 45 that we have been paying in all the drug stores downtown, Go- ing out. we soliloquize in this wise:, “Now, why should we pay this chap | 2 voyalty of 6 cents? We should not There is no reason why we should. We can use that nickel as well as he can. Five cents extra on evervthing, and he is that much richer and we that much poorer.” So saying, we step out for the first—and last—time. What a bright, cheerful afternoon! How the sun glints on everything and makes patterns on the vines growing over the old cemetery wall, which leans heavily over the narrow sidewalk, as if heavy with age. and tottering to its falll No doubt it will be replaced, in the march of time, by homes. and the dream called life will take the place of thé dream called death. The solemn sleep of the dead will give way to the sleep of the liv- ing: dogs will bark. where now only crows call: the sounds of a jazz or- | chestra will blare from a score of | radio sels. where mow only the murmur of hiding insects disturbs the solitude of the place. But we must move on. We leave the cemeter blocks behind. Our walk is over. We ente: the | well paved streel. where the ardent e | el his door, done about it. Nown a side street we see a whole block torn up from curb to curb. Barriers are in place, but the concrete has not heen poured “white wings" are still polishing the curbs. We are very glad that a high | Government official lives fn our block. I Outstandin Commént the California pri maries discloses varying opinions as {o the extent and significance of the | rebuff suffered by Senator Hiram Johnson, but there is almost universal agreement on the point that emphatic indorsement was given the Coolidge administration and its policies, in- cluding adherence to the World Court. The Johnson candidate won the Re publican nmomination for governor, while Senator Shortridge was renomi nated in the face of Johnson opposi- | tio “As well as a sweeping indorse- ment of the administrative policies of | President Coolidge,” {n the .opinion | Lxpress (Repub- lican), “'the renomination of United | States Senator Samuel Shortridge was | a decisive victory for the World Court. The court,” adds the Expr Cwas | forced as an issue upon the people of .California. There had existed no | opposition sentiment, but & general | acquiescence in the policy of Presi-| dent Coolldge. But during the pre- primary eiection campaign that sentl- | ment was challenged, by a demand; for retirement of Senator Shortridge, because he had voted in the Senate| for the resolution of adherence. The immense vote by which Shortridse was renominated was the answer of Calitornia Republicans.” “'Qutstanding national significance i seen in the result by the Oakland (independent Republican). According to that paper, “the eyes(or,‘ or it was the one senatorial primary in which the World Court was made the issue and accepted by both sides, and where that issue was clearly defined. * ok k x he Sacramento Union (independ ent) contends that “Hiram Johnson was the real issue,” and its comment is: “Johnson came out to tell the peo- ple of California whom they nhm'\ld send to Washington as Senator. Not even Hiram Johnson ever displayed more impertine But the people would not take his dictation.” 'The santa Rosa Press-Democrat (inde- pendent) concludes that “Hiram John- son’s influence is shown to be noj| longer formidable in this State,” | it explains: ‘“I'he Press-Dem- ocrat supported Johnson when he was governor, and was glad to give him Tull credit for the progressive meas- ures he fathered while in that office. When he deserted his progressive principles and showed himself to be only a Johnson man after all, we were through.” | The conclusion that the people of | California “sized up the World Court jssue as one largely manufactured for campaign purposes” is drawn by ¢ the Reno Evening Gazette (Repub-! lican), with the added comment that | “they were convinced that Shortridge | had made a good record in the Sen. ate.” With a more favorable atti tude toward Senmator Johnson. the Portland Oregon Journal (independ. ent) records that “to the campaign against the court, California gave an unqualified, a decisive and an over- whelming answer, even to its own | Hiram Johnson. The Journal con cedes that Senator Johnson “has a strong personal following in his home State,” and that “he has been highly accessful in directing public opinion | in California.” aking issue with those who see a world Court victory. the New York Sun (independent) analyzes the vote and directs attention to the fact th ceturns give Senator Shortridge 3 on 1t has this merit great: 1 know That I can turn it off. “De tmportance a man attaches to hi= own uvpinions,” sald Uncle Eben, never enough e make him lock | "em up like dey wa* sumpin’ 3ho -nu¥ 400 votes, but his opponents, Robért M. Clarke and Representative Line- berger. both anti-court. polled beiween them 343,000 voies.” The Sun flndai that “Senator Shortridse owes his re- nomination not only to the division in the camp of his adversavies, but to the fact that he is known as an Ad- Victory for Administration ! pendent) | pressive In that it was won in opposi- | Hiram .Johnson, whom California has g in Californial pended upon to support in the main ithe policies of President Coolidge.’ The Loulsvilie Herald-Post (inde- also finds differing sizni nce in the primary. emphasizing the statement that “Hiram wins _and lose teferring to the nemination of the Johnson candidate for governor, the Herald-Post believes that “the latter victory is the more important | of the two.” and declares that “the | issue is complicated by the question | 1o whether the dominating per- | sonality of Hiram Johnson shall once 2in e suffered to dominate. The | answer seems to be in the afiirma- | tve.” The situatior is sadly confused.” remirks the Charleston lvening Post andependent Democratic), “and it is | not easy to make out whether Hiram Johnson is going or coming back. All | 1t is certain ix that he is, as usual, raising some sort of ruction within his own party, and that in the ai- tempt to defeat his colleague for re- nomination. because he voted for the World Court. Hiram was decisivgly beaten. And in the process Mr. Cool- idge sets one good mark.” The vic- tory appeals to the Houston Chronicle (independent) s “all the more im- tion to a candidate campaigned for by following for been in the habit of quite a number of years. “The people want the World ( asserts the Albany Lvening News (independent Republican); “they be- lieve in it. The irreconciiables ought | to understand that by this time.” Of Senator Johnson the Philadelphia Public Ledger (independent) says: “U'pon his own pet measure he can- not carry his own State. He may con trol his State patronage, but he will know and all the world will know, when next he rises in the Senate to denounce the court, that California is not behind him ‘fhe Schenectady Gazette {independent Democratic) holds that as “the Johnsonites failed o capture the senatorship and the Coolidge forces lost the governorship, each actually has suffered defeat vather than achieved victory.” The Menchester Union (independent Re- publican) also points to the two con- trasting victories with the conclusion that they “pretty fairly preserve the equilibrium The appraisal of the result by the New York Herald Tribune (Republi- can) that “California stands squarely behind the President”; that it “approves his financlal, tax and debt policies, his tariff policy and his loreign policy,” and that “insurgency in the West is on the wane.” urt,” ———————— A League Showdown. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The men in the key position behind the dispute over Germany's entrance to the League of Nations seem at last to have put their backs to the wall. Austen Chamberlain and Aris tide Briand are determined that there shall be no repetition of the Geneva fiasco of last March. Come what may, and at all costs, Germany is to be admitted at the session which begis this week. Brazil has already been sacrificed as a League member on this issue. Chamberlain and Briand are prepar ing ,to sacrifice Spain also, if neces- sary. The peace of Locarno is at stake, and these men, Who were it architects. will not see it further en- dangered by side issues. This, of course, is the stand that should have been taken in the first place. A time must come when trad ing ceases, and men concentrate upon the main chance. It seems that the SATURDAY. SEPTE | blindness and asthma and the jhe true"—and |sevent. MBER 1. 1996, THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklowr: The rouzh furze of English moors, h its sharp spines mingled with fragrant yellow blooms, made symbolical of nature, which human heings by a fair appear and then stabs them savazely “Furze the Cruel.” by John psendonym of Frnest G. Henham. This nmovel of his, written in the early vears of the twentleth century, should be betier known than it is for it 1s vigorously written and powerful in its characterization and fatalism. In a brief foreword Mr. revena “Almost _everywher> n e rtimnoe vanite. ~nggest is i nee in seems 10 Heather en- dvrrnce and the Gran , strength. The Furze s desfroyed by Sre. but srows sgain: the Heather is torn by winds, bui blossoms again; the Gramie is worn away impe eptibly by the raia. This work the first of a proposed trilogy. which the author hopes 1o continue and complete with ‘Heather' and ‘Gran- ite. " These two novels have since heen published = he Fur cruelty. the e * “Furze the Cruel of Pendoggat, hypocritical, brutal, tenacious in enmity, thor- oughly evil. is symbolically identified by the author with the furze which, beautiful on the moor, cruelly hurts the human being who touches it and is the tenacious enemy of tilth, grow- ng again from its charred roots when it is burned over by the annual swaling fires. Pendoggat preserves from burning the big furze brake he- hind his house at Helmen Barton because it conceals some of his evil secrels; but the furze is inextricably tied up with his evia life and there in his own brake he meets his tragedy. The burnigg of furze on the moor is a terfble sight. espe- cially when the onlgukers know that there is 2 man in the “vuzz.” “The fire seemed to swi through with the rapidity of light, but nothing else could be heard excepi the roaring and the screaming and hissing as the big bushes melted away. . . . for the furze screams when it is burnt like a creature in torment. ... All the sounds had ceased and already the great flames were going out. leav- ing A ved smoulder of ashes and big scarlet stems.” . * In the char- acter cor Brightly, who tramps ihe moor with his poor little mongrel Ju, col- lecting rabbit skins, finds the world as cruel as the furze. His rubbishy little clay vases. which he exchanges | for the skins, are sometimes destroy- ed by malicious children or the more malicious Pendoggat. He and Ju well know the feeling of empty stomachs, and his only shelter is a deserted cow barn on the moor or the cave in Belstone Cleave. Yet Brightly is an idealist and never ceases 1o dream of “a little ramshackle cart, with fern at the bottom for Ju to lie on, and & bit of board at the side bearing in white letters the inscription. ‘A. Brightly, Purvevor of Rabbit Skins. and a lamp to be lighted after dark. and a plank for himself to sit on, and a box behind containing the red and vellow vases.” Meanwhile. however hungry he is. he always keeps “dup- pence” wrapped in a little packet in his pocket, so that when hunger and pros- pect of the workhouse or the prison become too much for him, he can purchase the rat poison which shall take him to the “celestial dairy.” the Jerusalem the Golden of his dreams and his songs, flowing with milk and honey. But the furze has its fragrant vellow blossoms, as well as its sharp Spines: and Aubrey and Boodles, the two vounz lovers. after walking over !'a rongh path for a time, tinally reach the Garden of Happiness. which for them means marriage and a cottage “at Garbis Bay, looking over St. lves at a. a lovely place where the sun shine: * One of the characters in “Furze the Cruel” is Peter Tavy, who is 4 feet in height and looks like a gnome. He has “‘a beard like a Turze-bush, a nose like a clothes pes. and a pair of eves which had probably been in- tended for a boar. but had got into Peter by mistake.” Pefer aspires to be a philosopher and keeps a diary in which he records his thoughts about people and things in general. Some of his observations are: “There be a lot o' volks in the world, and some be vulish, and some be artful, but me, Peter, be artful” ter to be happy than good.” ful maids what feels ugly still bootiful. It bg contrary like, but it ‘the number of that was one-hundred-and- one. Mr. Trevena has obvi- ous sympathy with his Peter Tavy, for he is something of an aphorist himself and very much of a satirist. For example: “What luck is nobody can know, but it is certainly a gift 1o be preferred before natural abil itv.” “He might have started for Tavistock presently with nothing lost honour, which was_ of no “Up to the time of his con- viction he had never been a thief, but since leaving prison he had feit it was necessary to live up to his reputation as a desperate character, and so he took anything he could find.” “He (a preacher), seemed a plous old man, although he could not have been observant, or perhaps he had gone about with his eyes shut, as the Pgalmist must have done: but he was eloguent, and his words thun- dered upon the congregation like Dartmoor rain upon a tin roof.” ‘“‘As sober a set of justices as ever lived, as learned in law as a row of owls, but carefully driven by a clerk, who kept their heads up. and their feet from stumbling into the ditch.” “Life is not a fairy tale, but a winding path between rocks and cruel furze. * K kK Some cherished secrets of French cooks are revealed by Alice Hotchkiss Crippen in her “French Pastry Book." illustrated, and dedicated “to my daughter, who loves these things, but will not make them Mrs. Crip- pen says that during the war she was able to secure from a number of the best French chefs some of their tavorite recipes, which she here pre- sents for the use of those who are able to appreciate and apply them. There are over a hundred of the recipes, including those for such luscious delicacies as gateau St. Honore, marron stars, Savarin cakes, almond rolls, gaufrettes, petits fours and banana jalousle. * koK * The Humanizing of Knowledge Se- ries has recently published two books, one, by James Harvey Robinson, “The Humanizing of Knowledge,” and the other, by Harlow Shapley, “Starligh The first, by the author of “Mind in the Making,” is a dis- cussion of what science has done and may still do for the human mind. The scientific method should be ap- plied, says Mr. Robinson, to the study of all subjects, and certainly to the problems of society. The sec- ond book is a popular treatise on astronomy. The author is the di- rector of the Harvard Observatory. * ok ok French Indo-China is still romantic, in spite of modern machinery “for jungle elearing and planting, accord- ing to M. Roland Dorgeles, in his hook of travel “On the Mandarin Road,” transiated from ihe French by Gertrude Fmerson. M. Dorgeles is @ thorough Frenchman in his pride over French achievement in Indo-C‘hina. He tells many stories of adventure and hardship encountered thought trading upon Germany’s admission has halted and that the stmnmrx n the seitlement of trading sections and 'reven. | are KFurze, Heather and | | | t bodies e eeeeee—— — ——————— ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What percentage of farms have telephones?—J. H. A. Approximately 44 per cent have telephones. "There are 2,800,000 tele- phones on farms Q. Why do the followinz words hegin with “k": knot, knee, know, Knaver—\W. W. Il A. The words about which you have inquired are Anglo-Saxon de- rivatives. Originally the initial letier was pronounced. As late as Chau- cer's day, the word “knight” was pronounced as if spelled “k-nicht.” Q. Stone l | | | Blarney thai no the h H. e has been th, t re: Is it true i« so hard one can Kiss it A. The Blarney | kissed by hundreds, if not thousands, of tourisis. The sport Kissing it depends largely upon the fact t it is almost inaccessibie. s of deseription Q. Please give mole crickeis—R. B A. Mole crickets combine the char- acteristies of the cricket with the habits of a mole. They dig winding burrows in the loose soil on the borders of ponds and dilches. raising ridges like mjniature molehills. In their sublerranean wanderings they cut the roots of plants upon which, as well as upon earthworms and larvae, they feed. A Yorto Rican species does serious damage 10 Crops. “The species occurring in the Eastern United States are Gryllotalpa horeali: and G. longipennis. They may be recognized by their large, brown with a velvetlike covering of fine. close hair, short wing cov- ers and fossorial front legs, not un- like the paws of a mole. The ear of the mole cricket is situated on the front leg below the knee. Two pairs of wings are found. the small upper wings and lower wir These crickets are not poisonous. Q. Where did speed ball originate? | —H. I. | A, There are two games plaved | under the name of speed hail. One is plaved in Maryland. and arother in Michigan. Speed ball. as plaved in | Michigan. originated with D. Mitchell. | in charge of intramural sports at the University of Michizun. Speed | ball in Maryland originated with the | Playground Athletic lLeague as a result of suggestions from Harry V. Clarke, game expert of Winnetka, IIL color are the aborigines Q. What and New Zealand?— of Australia A H. T'he aborigines of Australia and New Zealand vary from light coffee color 1o coal black. They have many negro characteristics and are con- nected with the negro stock. Q. How many American cigarettes are exported ?—N. T A. Last vear cigarelfes were ex- ported to the number of 8.145.639.000 and value of $15,042,794. More than half of them went to China. Q. How many teaching hours do high school teachers have?—C. E. K. A. Five hours a day is the average number of hours required for teaching high schools. This time varies, how- ever. Q. How many letters are there in the Chinese alphabet?—J. V. A. The Chinese writing is not reck- oned in this fashion. There are ap- proximately 5,000 characters in the Chinese language. Q. How many Colonial. French and British soldfers were there at York- town?. M. M. A. There were 16,000 allied Ameri- can and French soldiers and 7.500 British at the encounter at Yorktown. Q. Are. people born in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland considered for- eigners?—A. } A. In the United States they are considered foreigners as the people of all other countries are foreigners to us. Q. Why was named”?— ¥ B A. Atlanta, Ga., was named 10 des- ignate its relationship to the Atlantic Ocean by means of a railway running to the coast. The Atlantic Ocean was Atlanta, Ga., so | of 8.07 ! pronounce his name? named from the Greek word whi h meant the “'sea hevond Mount Ailas Q. How did the total loans and it vestments national banks In Sep tember, 1925, compare to that form « resonrces in October, 1324”7 - R, 1. A. The total loans aid invesia on October 10, 1924 (2074 nat banks), amounted to $17.514.286 U on September 28, 19 (8085 nation; banks). amounted 1o $19.105.088 00 The resources of $085 national han ‘eptembe amounted 1o $¢ \257.000 and exceeded the resoues 4 banks October 24 $1,246,466,000. Q. How does the magici T A. The name Houdini is 1 as follows: Who-deen-e. w cent on the second syllable. 2 Toud'y onoun h the Q. W¥or auction bridge is there o rule providing how the dumm:y shall be arranged on the table [ mea where the trumps all be when it is a trump bid” 1. A. 'Phere is no law of auction quiring dummy to “place his trun in any particular place, and the clarer has u right to rearranze dummy hand in any way he sees but it is customary for dunim trumps, if a#y, 1o be placed on declarer's left and on dummy s rich Q. How long would it take to the Bible through without stopping A.G. D, A. It would depend npon the of reading. The Protestant Bihle w read aloud continuously in the A ventist Temple in Boston. the elapsing from start to finish being hours 47 minutes What are the ports of North America A. They are New York Montreal. Q. three greats ?—C. H. T Duluth there more L. 8 % latest figures from United States Census showed that 1) percentage of divorces m: in 1925 was 1 divorce marriages. o for How Is sali obtained from 1ho W. W. M A There are really three wave | which salt may he secured: firs, | mining; second, by evaporating water. and third. by digsing wei until a salt vein is struck and the pouring down water and pumping | up again as brine. When the veins or leads of salt lie at a great depih below the surface it is usually m cheaper (o resort to the brine-well method than to mine it out like cou ‘This brine is put through a plant which heafs, filters and evapirates i1 leaving only the dry salt. When this product is refined, slfl'et‘._':\lld graded it 1s ready for sale and tweg: Q. What w the name of i novel for which Martha Ostenso wor a prize>-G. D. M A. It was called “Wild Geese Q. Through what poris does of the tea reach this country A. Through New York of the tea is fmported. counts for 181z per cent, Sound ports for 12'; per cent, San ¥rancisco 10 per cent, Chicago, 14 per cent, leaving less than 1 per cent which enters through other ports Q. What lake?—C. . Gatun Lake in.fhe Panania nal is the largest artificial lake There is no other agency the world that can ansiwer as many leoi’ mate questions as ouk frev informa tion bureaw in Washitgn, D. ¢ This highly organized institution hos been built up and is undcr the per sonal direction of Frederic J. Haskin By keeping in constant touch with Federal burcaus and other educe tional enterprises it is in a position to pass on 1o you authoritative #n formation of thc highest order. Suh mit your queries to the staff of sr perts whose services are put at your free disposal. There is no charge er cept 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau. Frederic ! Haskin, Director. Washington. 1 Q earth? mos G. M per cent Boston ac Puge is the largest artificial THINK IT OVER Higher Bnildings for Higher Education. By William Mather Iewis. President George Washington University.| Before long it will be necessary to have a closed season for question- naires. Fortunate, indeed. is that business or professional man who does not receive several in a month. And if he happens to be a member of some associations, the number is correspondingly increased. The queries range all the way from those relating to one's salary and financial standing to those dealing with his mental reactions under cer- tain peculiar conditions. Many of them prove irritating to the recipient and find an early grave in the waste basket. Others have real interest. in them elements of One of the latter has recently been issued by a city uni- versity which is about to launch a building program. The officials wish to determine the extent of the new architectural tendency toward tall ‘buildings for modern universities and colleges. For this reason they have sent a brief questionnaire to the presl. dents of leading institutions through- out the country. The officials wish to know detalls of building plans which involve the use of high buildings, of 10 to 15 stories or more. Doubtless the proj- ect of another city university for a “Temple of Learning” more than 50 stories high has emphasized to them the practicability of expansion up- ward. Soaring land values and lim- jted holdings are other factors in- volved. Reference is made to the tendency xpand skyward in high build- ings. Of course, there is a more desirable way for a university to ex- pand skyward than in brick and mor- tar, and that s in ideals. But inas- much as the material skyward tend- ency is gaining ground at the present time. it should receive careful atten- tion by college trustees and by public boards of education. Tt marks a distinct departure from the traditional type of scholastic architecture, fine examples of which are found in Oxford, in Cambridge and in the University of Virginia. 1t would indeed be unfortunate if, under the necessity of height, college and school buildings should lose their distinctive atmosphere and dignified lines. The education of environment is potent. Practical obstacles to be overcome in successfully planning all school buildings have to do with ele- vator setvice and fire hazards. Then, 00, the provisions for healthful exer- cige and relaxation would be less in tall buildings than in low ones. The physical and social life of the stu dents is a necessary part in their well rounded education. It will be a sad day when our universities and high schools become ‘“‘education factories.” Higher buildings will doubtless be forced upon certain institutions, but those which can possibly do so should secure land enough 8o that the estab- Cheap Apartments Here Believed Possible the Editor of The Star The recently published of an officer of the Metropolitan Tife Insurance Co. (quoted in The Sunda Star, August 15, 1926) gives severa! statements of intoggst regarding ') erection of apartmy ouses large scale to accommodate the axe individual. One of the oulst» ing features was the fact that t apartments, rented at $9 a room 8 per cent on the investment company using 6 per cent of amount as interest on the money vested and the remaining 2 per get aside for amortization. The situation being different New York than most other places namely, that the land was secured at a reasonable price through demnation proceedings and wa: be free from taxation—would seem uf first to prevent comparison being drawn with any other place where like conditions did not prev How ever, in the same statement 1hs oh Jection is met by the explanatlon that the company could still pay the same amount caring for taxes aud all othar charges by renting at a cost of $11 per room—that is, $2 per room more than is now charged. Tn the District of Columbia the tax rate is cheaper than in New York. The wealthy or those moderately so (who are about the only ofies_able to own Jarge properties) are not snbject 1o State income taxes as well as Fed eral. ‘Then, too, property values are much lower proportionately, and the tenants as a class are much more regular. By that is meant that Washington. not being an industrial city, is free from “shut-downs,” “lav offs,” “strikes” and general busliese depression. Government clerks re- ceive their wages twice a month in definite amounts, and the numbers employed are practically uniform Consequently, they can pay their hills regularly, and dealers of all kinde can gauge their business much niore certainly than those in industrial and strictly commerclal centers. This he ing true, it would seem that apa:! ments renting for $§12.50 could he bullt in Washington, and further, In view of the prevalling rentals, their erection should be encouraged. Reverting again to the statement mentioned in the beginning of th letter, the concluding paragraph ol which touched on demand for anch bulldings. Accommodations weare provided for some less than 2,000 families; when these were taken the walting list amounted to more than 10,000. JAMES T. ADAMS From Flood t(;Dro ght. From the Detroit News. Time flies. Johnstown. Pa., ls sul- fering from a lack of warer. ik e Ware the Pippin! rom the Watertown Times. Child health talk: The green apy season js with us again. paid lished tvpes of scholastic architecture may be maintained and the students | may be able to get into the fresh air. other anecdotes of officialdom | no matter in how small a quadrangle. To Square Accounts.