Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. September 13, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES ——— The Evening Star Newspaper Company Moo . Editor » 114 st New Vork O Chicagn OMce Buropean Oftice’ The Evenine Star with the Sunday mern- [0 edition. ls delivered by carriers within R Sltras 60 conts” per. month: dajly enly 45 cents per month: Sundazs oniy. 20 T et by mail or PoL month, Orders may siaphone Main 50 Collet:on is made by o) ain 5000, Collection ar at snd of month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia. Pafly and Sunday....1yr. $200: 1 mo Daily aniy . T1wrl €000 1 mo. A unday oujy . 11579800 1 mo., 73¢ All Other States and Canada. and Sundas. 3 AT o Sundar oS08 o T Sunday only .. 1yr. $1.00:1 mo. Member of the Assaciated P The Associated Press xchis vely o - vru Wise for republieation of all news dis- natehes credited to it or not atherwise ered- ited 'n this paper and also tha local naws R Rerain " A1) riwhis of mibiication _— Thunder, Not Issues. Democratic thunder is heard again. A loud blast entitled ““The Democratic Book of Tacts, or Facts Against Fal- lacies,” has been issuyed jointly by Senator Gerry of Rhode Island and Representative Oldfleld of Arkansas, the chairmen. respectively, of the senatorial and congressional eam- paign committees. The book is pre- pared especially for use of the Demo- cratic spelibinders and candidates in the congressional campaign now under way. It charges. among other things, that the Republican admin istration is “morally bankrupt,” that it has surrendered completely to wealth and big business, and that it has lost to the United tes “that world-wide respect we enjoyed dur- ing the last Democratic administra- tion.” Like Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democratic member of the Senate flnance com- mittee, the new Democratic campaign book urges a further reduction of the taxes during the coming short session of Congress. The Democrats for months have been seeking an issue with which they may go to the country and ef- fectively contest the elections with the Republican party. But an issue that may be expected effectually to arouse the people has not been forth- coming. To prate to people about big business when the country is in the midst of an era of prosperity that has astonished the world, and when labor is more highly paid than ever before and employment good, is unusually idle. Just about as idle as it is to call a labor strike when thousands of men are walking the streets and labor can be had for a song. In their effort to pronounce the Re- publican party morally bankrupt, the Democratic leaders turn particularly to the Harding administration, to ac- tivities of Fall, Daugherty and Forbes. They forget that the people differenti. ate entirely betwéen the administra- tion of President Coolidge and that of the late President Harding; that in 1924 by a tremendous sweep they re- turned Mr. Coolidge to office notwith- standing the revelations that had been made in connection with the Harding administration. The Democrats are naive. In one breath they insist that the Republican administration’s vaunted economy is & myth. In the next they declare that a further reduction of the Fed- eral taxes should be made at the com- ing session of Congress. The Repub- licans have only to refer to the Dem- ocratic statement itself In order to convince the people that their admin- istration has not squandered the money raised in taxation, and to show to the voters that business, under the Republican guidance, has been so good that unforeseen amounts in taxation have rolled in. Three Federal tax reductions have been made since the Republicans took charge of the administration in 1921. The latest reduction is still tickling the fancy of the voters. Since the Re- publicans are in control of the legisla- tive and executive branches of the Government, they will be given the credit for these tax reductions. The Democrats must realize this, although they insist that Democratic amend- ments to the tax bills have been adopted and have been in the inter- est particularly of people of moderate means. Every one, as the Democrats have discovered, is favorable to tax reduc- tion. But the voters apparently have been just as willing to let this tax re- duction proceed under Republican leadership, feeling safer under that leadership in the long run. Issues do exist in this country to- day with which a minority party might grapple and with some hope of arousing the people. But the Demo- cratic leaders have omitted them from their list. The wet and dry issue is giving the people generally far more to think about today than taxes or tariff or moral bankruptey of Govern. ment. It is forcing kself to the fore- ground =o rapidly that it vet become a major questicn in the next national campaign. The ag-icultural problem is another that would giv a large part o 1 ation a real thrill if tackled effectivel; The Dem- ocrats, however, have been unwilling, as have the Republicans, to go the whole route for what the farmers have demanded. B may The man who refused to read the mewspapers used to go to a hotel and blow out the gas. Now he drinks wood alcohol. ————— The People and the Markets. Keen interest is being manifested by the people of Washington, Indi- widually and through their civic or ganizations, in the matter of the loca tion of the market center, which will mpon be moved from its present site owing to the public building works about to begin <ome of the associa- tions have already taken action on Others, which are about to resume activities, will consider, this question early in the season. 001 mo..'$1.00 ¢ to the people. If the market is placed at a remote situation, dificult Io! access, it will not be of full service. {1t it is situated conveniently, with facilities for car parking and with an | . efficient street railway service, it'will | be used to the maximum. *In this likewise ave intimately con+ cerned those who will use the stalls | in the retail market. Their interests jdemand especial consideration, for if !there is nut a large public use of the {market the wtall holders will suffer. Whether the farmers’ market i as- !sociated with the retail or the whole- onl cents sule establishment is to be considered | ihkc\\"lse on the rcore of the character jand function of that branch of the orvice. If it iy chiefly retall, for {the supply of the consumer directly or for the smull trades man, it should ibe located with reference to ease of {access. !should go with the commission houses "lnd wholesale establishments. tion of the truck farmers of Mary- {!land was printed i The Star, indicat- jing that they desire the establish- ment of their open-air market in the center of the city, in close relation to the retail mariet. The Virginia farm- ers may not take the same view as to the situation, though doubtless their interest lies in the establishment of their stands near if not alongside of the retail center. All these considerations. affecting the publio interest, are being taken inta account by the people as they come singly and in groups to study the question. A decision, though it is desirable that it should be rendered promptly, should not be made until a full expression of the popular wish has been made. — ———s No Police Court Park Site! In view of President Coolidge's an. nouncement that he opposes the fur- ther use of the parks for public buildings, it is in order to call for a change of the plan to locate the new Police Court in Judiclary Square That proposition has not been ap- proved, and it is to be hoped that it will not be decided upon when the time comes definitely to place this new structure. Only by rigidly holding to the prin- ciple of no further park emplace. ments can the public reservations in Washington be safeguarded agalnst sradual occupancy and absorption. Too much bullding has already been done upon these spaces set apart as parks. They were not designed as building sites. They were laid out in the beginning as open areas for the recreation of the people and to pre. vent congestion. They were de- signed as ornaments and not as future building lots. There is no fustification for con. tinuing to place public structures in the parks in the fact that some have already been placed there. Indeed, the fact that there are some now in the parks is the best of reasons against further encroachments. The United States Government is not so poor in funds that it must spend its park capital whenever it has to provide a new building for its expanding work. It has the money with which to buy sites as well as the money with which to erect buildings. The District, pressed as it is for funds to maintain itself adequately, does not desire to save money by using park areas for buildings erected and in greater part paid for by it. | The Police Court will be a District institution. The park on which it has been proposed to locate it is in Government control. It would be economy in the sense of money sav- ing to place it there. It would be an extravagance, however, from the point of view of public welfare to do so. Convenience of access is, of course, a material consideration, but not primary to the point of demanding or justifying a sacrifice of park space. A suitable site for the Police Court can be found within a short distance from the present location. Whatever its cost, the people of Washington will cheerfully pay it in ofder to pre. serve the park spaces from further trespass. o e Bomb throwers have a proverbially inaccurate aim. The greatest danger that Mussolini faces is the common one of getting into an automobile crash, — e Nation-Wide Broadcasting. Organization of a national radio broadcasting service is announced by the Radio Corporation of America, with station WEAF, in New York, recently acquired from the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., as a nucleus of a continental system. An official statement in explanation of ]lhe move is to the effect that the corperation is not in any sense to seek a monopoly of the air, which “would ibe a liability ragher than an asset,” but is seeking to provide machinery insuring a natienal distribution of na- tional programs and a wider distribu- tion of programs of the highest quality. Tadio broadcasting is still in the ex- perimental stage. As a business it is maintained by direct roturns in ad- vertising fees and by indirect returns {in the sdles of radic apparatus. No figures are available to show the vol- jume of the advertising patronage or income. Nor are there figures to show the present state of the industry as a result of the stimulation of pur- | chasing by the maintenance of regu- lar programs. Broadcasting Is done by many es- tablishments that seek only their own advertising. Their competitive enter- prise has contributed to the confusion in the alr that is due to the use of wave-lengths without regulation under | recent court decisions. Legislation | may be effected to cure this difficulty. Program broadcasting has become <o universal that station managers ‘nre hard put for “talent” to hold the interest and the attention of the “un. seen audience,” Musical numbers are | most highly favored. and there never was a time when singers and instru- mentalists and musical organizations s0 wide a market as today. But It it is wmainly wholesale it | Recently a statement of the posi- | Whether the newly formed organiza: tion can offer a wider variety and a more attractive serios of programs remains to be seen, or heard In one respect the formutivn of this new broadeasting ovganizatic have a distinet value. 1t will more definitely & national distribu tion of important programs, not mere 1y entertainment. And there a casions when it is desirable that the attention of the whole people be ar rested to listen to important an nouncements or statements from au thoritative sources. By co-ordinating the broadcasting agencies this can be accomplished. Evidently the market for radio ap- pliances is not yet exhausted. With all the wide distribution of sets there remain, doubtless, many millions of people who are still potential buyers, They may be “sold” to radio if the programs are made worth while and if the service is efficient. e o — Real Heroism. Since nineteen.year-old Gertrude Ederle brought long-distance swim- ming into national prominence by ne- gotiating the treacherous English Channel in what was then record- breaking time, the youth of this coun- try has emulated her example by per- forming notable feats in the water. ‘The Chesapeake Bay has been crossed by a fourteen-year-old girl and girl twins, aged twelve, have breasted the Hudson River from Yonkers to the Battery. At Ocean City, N. J., yes- terday, a boy of seventeen and his sister, sixteen, saved thelr own lives and the lives of seven others when they swam three miles, fully clothed, to shore from an overturned fishing boat to summon ald. Through their efforts their father and his crew of six were rescued in an exhausted condition as they were about to release their hold on the upturned keel of the boat. The boy reached shore first and three motor launches were speedily manned. As they put out for the wreck a figure was seen making fast time through the water. “That's my sister,” ex- claimed the boy; “she will get in all Mght!” The life guards were afraid, Nowever, that she might become ex- hausted and insisted upon picking her up. When they approached she waved them aside and said: “Hurry and get the rest of them. I can make it.” That is real heroism! Three miles through the ocean for the saving of life! These two, boy and girl, may never gain the international prestige of swimming the Channel, but their feat was greater and finer because upon it hung the fate of seven other people. All honer to them! ) It would have been better for the Church of St. John in New Bruns- wick, N. J., if the Rev. Dr. Hall could have been engaged in a controversy over modernism sufficiently acrimoni- ous to demand all his time and at- tention. Contentions which superfi- cially seem futile often have their uses. oo | | ————————— Spain gives notice of retirement from the League of Nations in view of her doubts as to whether it will favor certain adjustments she desires relative to Tangier. A general sys- tem of guarantees in advance would leave the League somewhat handi- capped in duties which relate to an impartial understanding. oo Eminent writers are questioning the value of a college education. There is no doubt as to the value. A college education is like a Cremona violin, capable of fine results when well handled, but of no use in the hands of a bad performer. —_———— It may be that Secretary Mellon found out some important things con- cerning conditions in Europe. It is certain that he was in a position to convey some valuable information be- fore he left. B ————————— The hope that war may be ended forever may reasonably be accom- panied by a hope that reckless driving will cease to make even peace terrible through sacrifice of human life. ——— oo China may yet succeed in compel. ling enough outside attention to bring her perpetual war to a definite, though possibly expensive, finish. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Talkomania. When life seems filled with pleasures fair And joy vou clutch, You'll always find somebody there Who talks too much. When music sweet is in the air Our hearts to touch, The radio speaker brings despair, He talks too much. Even when men for peace prepare, Their ways are such That they, unless they have a care, May talk too much. Assets. “What are you going to say in your next speech?” “I don't know,” answered Senator faybe T won't make any to say something.” “Yes. But an expectancy is a bet- ter political asset than a disappoint- ment.” Training. A pugilist ready to hammer A foe must be willing just now To pause and take lessons in grammar And also voice culture, I vow. Jud Tunkins says the Ku Kiux Kilan has planned a big program if it _proposes to carry out all its ideas of spelling reform. Charm of (yriosity. When you weuld raise a clatter, Uplifting or depressing, The reasoning doesn’t matter If you can keep folks guessing, No Parader. | “What is Statesman: Wil parade?” “I don't think so. He can hardly be induced to walk from hersko the vour husband be in the THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Gayvilla misses T May, the major's daugh She was such a happy, cheerful creature, the imprint of her smile is on our hearts yet. Sha was with us for a time, then a eruel government ordered her father to a distant military post. We will never forget the day we first asked her by what name she ! might be called in this tervestrial life. | : Picture her, us she stood there, not | yet 4 vears old, slight, pink-cheeked, | flaxen-haived, large gray i Hear, if You can, that baby talk that lingered always: with There was ne hesitation in that bright answer of hers, deliciously un grammatical, to our blunt question, ur name?" “T May!" she said; and I May she ever remained. ok ok % One happy Spring—they are all happy in Gayvilla—the buttercups and the tulips came up in the front | vard_together. T May, fascinated as children al- ways are, with the velvet sheen of the buttercups, started along the front yvards to pick herself a bouquet. She had several small companions with her. There had bheen some depredations among the. tulips, however, so a householder who saw the young flower pickers on thelr rounds be- came alarmed. “Do not pick the flowers, I May,” came a voice from a window. The other children looked sulky, but that was not I May's way. She looked up, the happiest smile of all adorning her round face, and piped out: “Me not! At the same time she held an im- mense bouquet clutched tight in her small fist. It need hardly be sald that I May made good her escape with the bunch of flowers. Even the angel of the Lord, with his flaming sword, would not have had the heart to turn her back. ‘We were sure of that. * ok ok % One time her family was discussing a trip to the Military Academy com- mencement, the major himself having been graduated there. I May listened quietly to all the talk of the parade ground, the build- ings, the cadets, the commencement l’mr:les. the bands, the guns and all it. She heard her mother tell of the beautiful young girls who would be there, many of them sweethearts of the lieutenants. Suddenly 1 May looked up. “Will they like me?” she asked, | warm blood. wistfully, .ike you!" smiled her mother. “Why, you are only a little girl!"” “Don’t you think they might like, TRACEWELL. just a little bit, a little girl like me?"” 4 T May So she proved herself a real West Pointer, as * % k% It made no difference to I May whether she wore a dress much too long for her or was dressed immacu- lately in one of the small frocks which seem to ¢ tifully no She w and day v at home in either, Wtogether charming, too. No s teo cold or rainy for her She skated and played on the hottest and coldest day Vet she was a shy little thins. She might brighten your day with a mile, but it was a shy smile, and fol- lowed by few of those baby-talk words. Here was one child to whom baby-talk scemed natural As we picture her, it seems impos, sible that she will ever talk any othel v. Sincerely we hope that always there will li r some vestiges of it in her soft s h I May. without I May’s way of talk- ing, would not be exactly I May. ok kX We come, now, to our last conversa- tion. By this time we had won, to some degree at least, that most pre- cious thing in the world, the confi- dence of a little child. We knew and understood I May a great deal better than we did her father, which was not to be won- dered at, for he was a fellow crea- ture, like ourself, while she seemed a combination of a fairy tale, a flower and a song, all things which we love. It we were to set down here all she told us, as we sat there in the sun- shine on the front steps, no doubt blushes might be brought to her mother’s cheeks. Those confidences, sacred. Such little ones tell such amazing things, with such frankness, that one's breath is almost taken away. Ours was, several times. Just as we were preparing ourself for the knock-out, along came the bright and gentle Nony, also five-and- a-half years old, or thereabouts. Nony joined our front step part: Soon the conversation was genel We even indulged in Rossip. In the mysterious way of conversa- tions, the theme became sickness, and then—strangely—death. Imagine those pretty bables talking about death! It was as if two gay bhutterflies had stopped in their glint- ing flight to discuss the browning Autumn, “I know a lady,” said T May, “whose baby died.” There was a pause. “She will never be happy again’ continued she, with a sad shake of her golden head. “She will get over brightly crled Nony. always be sad.” “Maybe she will not always be ¢, unconvinced. “But there will always be an ache at her heart.” w however, are it in time.” “She will not WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Disfranchised District of Columbia's denizens make a proud showing in “Who's Who in America,” that au- thoritative compendium of the great and near-great. Vol. 14, 1926-1927. s just off the press. Although the Dis- trict's population is tiny compared to most of the States, Washingtonians rank sixth in number of American immortals, with 1,451, and trailing, in the order named, New York, Massa- chusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Californfa. The first words in the new “Who's Who" are to the effect that the names in it “are selected not as the best, but as an attempt to choose the best known men and wom- en of the country in all lines of useful and reputable achievements.” That seems to have disqualified Mr. Jack Dempsey and Mr. Gene Tunney, while Miss Gertrude Ederle had not arrived on the Inglish side of the Channel when “Who's Who" went to press. Rudolph Valentino, actor, {s included, but Babe Ruth was overlooked. * X ¥ ¥ Editors of the Dictionary of Na- tional Biography proudly record that of the total number of 26,915 names listed, 24,112, or 89.58 per cent, are natives of the United States. Ioreign birth 1s attributed to 9.53 per cent, 9 persons were born at sea and 288 do not report as to place of birth. Of the forelgn-born “Who's Who™ Americans the most came from Can- ada, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland and Russia. Thirty-six natives of In- dia and 25 natives of Turkey made the necessary grade for inclusion. An in- tensive effort was made to ascertain the value of an education as the foun- datlon for eventual canonization in “Who's Who.” The publishers come to the oconclusion that “education " Thelr figurea (based on the 1922-1923 edition) show that collexe graduates totaled 64 per cent of the whole number of names. But there were 1,880 notables who reported the advantage of only common school education. Prof. Visher of Indiana University made a survey regarding occupations and environment of fa- thers of American notables. Business- man fathers number 35.2 per cent; 34.3 per cent were professional men; 23.4 per cent were farmers; 6.3 per cent were skilled or semi-skilled laborers, and only 0.4 per cent were unskilled workmen. Seventy-three fathers were reported as ‘“‘men of leisure.” Eleven per cent of notables had clergyman fathers. * K kX Now that Ambassador Sheflield is returning to Mexico with a mandate to be vigorous in prosecution of American demands, one wonders whether he's authorized to go as far with President Calles as Robert Lan- sing, former Secretary of State, once went with President Carranza. The story goes that Mr, Lansing lost his patience with Carranza’s “stalling” over the liberation of the American consul, Jenkins, who was captured by Mexican bandits. The American Army was through fighting in France, but not demobilized, and much of it was back home. One day the Mexican Am- bassador at Washington was called to the State Department and informed that Uncle Sam was tired of promises about Jenkins and wanted deeds. When the Mexican envoy expressed astonishment at this unexpected evi- dence that the United States meant business, it was quletly explained that we now possessed a big Army which could be easily utilized wherever it was needed. Consul Jenkins was re- leased before the week was over. Lan- sing's effective diplomacy on that oc- casion i{s said to have been one of the reasons why he and President Wilson parted company. * % k¥ Here's a_picture of Senator “Bill” Borah at home in Idaho, drawn by filo M. Thompson, editor of the Boise Borah comes and goes unobtru- and tukes his place among Boise people as if he had not been away most_of the time‘for a dec- ade and a half. The Senator wan- ders about, alone for the most part. He nods to all. He shakes hands with many, amiable, affable, for- saking his Washington manner of studied avoidance At lunch. on days when he is not out ";:.':k‘" at some church, ), 1 or Eiground. e 518 19 ¢ round table,” with a group of law- vers, bankers, merchants, physi- cians, sheep-barons, newspaper Their battlecry is, “I disa- " They have no awe, no fear, s"_complex. They differ vio- Borah on Russia, on prohibition, on the direct primary. ‘He tries out his new ideas on them. They respond with mingled ap- proval and ferocity, not alw: without profanity in a big borr servants, and goes daily to a rent- ed office’ to study his mail. That's Borah in Boise. ® K % K Lady Astor thinks it would be a good idea if & woman some day be- came President of the United States. There's known 1o this observer a res- ident of Washington who had the distinction of ching, within the same 36 hours, first with “Al” Smith at Albany and then with “Cal” Cool- idge at White Pine Camp. l1fe told Smith that a “winnng ticket for " would be Smith’ for President and Grace Coolidge for Vice President. 1” said he'd be perfectly satisfied h such a running mate. What the First Lady of the Land observed when the “ticket” was spruns on her —as it was—is not on record. * %k k k Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, minority leader in the Sen- ate, has just elevated the Pennsy vania and Illinois slush-fund scandals to the dignity of the Democrats’ “transcendent issue” this Fall. Tie made that announcement the other day in a keynote speech before the Arkansas State Democratic conven- tion. Incidentally, Senator ‘“Joe,” who is a powerful spellbinder on fighting occasions, bitterly chastised President Coolidge for preserving a Calvinesque silence on the slush-fund situation. * ok ok K samuel Gompers' first monument is about to be erected. A new pub- lic school building in Chicago, Ry re- cent vote of the Board of Fducation, is to be named after the late labor leader. It will appropriately stand in the heart of one of the Western ¢ great working-class dis- Samuel J. Gompers, elde: surviving son of the long-time presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, is chief clerk at the Depart- ment of Labor in Washington. LR B Mormon will meet Mormon in the November senatorial election in Utah. Senator Reed Smoot, who has just been renominated for a fifth term, will in all probability be opposed by Ashby Snow, Mormon, native son of Utah, resident of Salt Lake City, Democrat, lawyer, capitalist, and brother-in-law of Anthony W. Ivins, a high official of the Mormon “presi- dency.” Smoot ranks as invinecible, but he has his detractors, even in the church of which he has become ranking apostle. Many of the Sena- tor's co-religionists feel that he has not only been in Washington long enough, but that the Mormons ought not to be so closely entangled with high national politics. Snow will give Smoot a hard race, particularly if the La Follette radicals coalesce with the Democrats, but betting favors the tall sycamore from the Brigham Young country. (Copyright, 1926.) A Total Loss. From the Boston Traveler. ‘The one high record that wins no applause is that made by the ther- mometer. Finis. From the Memphis News-Semitar, Almost any car {s a *lifetime car” if vou're in it when the locomotive does its stuff. ] Fractional. From the Rock Isiand Argus. A celebration is in order. The an. nouncement is made that the cost of the has the the little ones so beau- | ve: Tensepy We oan't THINK IT OVER You Can Speak. By William Mather Lewis, Precident George Washington University _ The power of effective public speech | thority on atoms, has measured a is an asset of inestimable value to any | ilm of oil on water that was a fifty- business or professional man. There is little truth in the statement that speakers are born, not made. Good speaking is the result of determination and preparation. In his “Meme Robert I and Portraits" son says: W d a hook or a passage that pleased me, in which a| id or an effect rendered | with propriety, in which there was | either some conspicuous force or some | distinction in the style, I must own at and set myself to ape that | quality. T was unsuccessful, but at least in these vain bouts I got some practice in rhythm, in harmony, in construetion and the co-ordination of parts. That, like it or not, is the way to learn to write."” Stevenson’s delightful style demon- strates the success of his system. Even more effective will the student of public speaking find this method. The speaker has a more difficult task than has the writer. The essaylst may spend hours locating the word which brings out the exact shade of meaning he wishes to convey. The speaker must have the needed expres- sion at his Instant command. Thus it follows that the student of public speaking should make his own the best examples of oral phraseology available. He should bear in mind that the vocabulary of speech must have certain qualities unnecessary in written composition. It must have a greater element of vividness. The hearer has but a fleeting moment to grasp the thought, where the reader may pause to ponder over some in- volved sentence. One must study those compositions ‘which have stirred listening audiences. He must likewise analyze those efforts which have put audiences to sleep. Speakers are made, not born. \ (Copyright, 1926.) ) A Dangerous Traffic Condition Noted To the Editor of The Star: The condition at Fifteenth and Har- vard streets northwest is one of the most dangerous in the city. Cars ap- proaching either way on Fifteenth street cannot see until they are half- way across Harvard. There have been several bad accidents at this corner in the past few weeks. Police are present, but cases seem to be settled out of court. What will the authorities do? Will they wait until several deaths occur at this corner? Why not place a “stop” sign on each side of Fifteenth street, making cars stop before they cross Harvard? Ask any_citizen in ‘that block or send a trafc officer there a couple of hours at any time, and &ee the number of brakes that are locked, cars that skid up on the walk from quick stops, etc. I am sure every citizen in both blocks would vouch for this, and even be willing to donate money to pur- chase stop signs. T would like for other citizens in the 1400 and 1500 blocks on Harvard to write their opinions on this condition, as it is becoming very serious. In this same block from Fourteenth street, on the right-hand side going down, cars com- ing down Fourteenth street turn into Harvard every hour, as there are no one-way" signs in the whole block between Iourteenth and Fifteenth streets, though Harvard is supposed to be a one-way street. The Rire De- partment apparatus passes through there very nearly every day. Unless these two main points are remedied a very serious accident is going to oc. cur in this block, when a few metal signs would prevent it. F. O. THOMAS. e A Good Railroad Year. From the Wall Street Journal. Enough of this vear has passed tb render a prediction of record net r:)ulrv:;d 9;11-‘n1ngs ffiirly safe. 1f the class 1 carriers realize something like $1,260,000,000, as now seems l‘;koly. this year will be the second since Federal control in which net oper- ating income, in dollars, has exceeded that of the best year before entry of the United States into the World War. 1In 1916 these carriers had net operating income, the measure of re turn on_investment in carrier facill ties, of $1,040,000,000. Superficially, it might appear that the railroads were prospering accord- ing to the well known Americ standard of prosperity; that the: been fully restored to the power of the good old da position will bear closer examination. ince the end of 1916 they have added ,800,000,000 to their investment in road and equipment. 1f depreciation accrued on the books in the interim be deducted, the added investment is still around $4,925,000,000 net, an in- crease of 29 per cent. The amount of this year's net operating income, as assumed above, represents an in- crease of 21 per cent over 1916. This year's return on the book value of road and equipment, to say nothing of additional facilities placed in service this year, or of the nec sary working capital, will approx mate 5.50 per cent, compared Wwith 6.1 per cent in 1916. But, since the end of Federal control and its fixed compensation, the rate of return has sagged as low as 3.07 per cent in 1921, and the recovery to the present leve! has been slow. Even last year, time of general activi profits for many industrial under- takings, the railroad return barely ex ceeded 5 per cent. ; Infortunately, the effect of railroad legislation since 1913, not excluding the Transportation act of 1920, has been to discredit the property ac counts of the carriers in the popular mind, as a measure of real investment, Without as yet offering any authentic cubstitute. Enough has been done, however, to convince the unpreju- diced mind that any measure of pres ent value, even that will-o™the-wisp alled “prudent investment,” could hardly vary 10 per cent from record cost. %o, the fact emerges that this pros perity for the raiiroads which we now have in our midst means a re- turn of between 5 and 6 per cent on all railroad capital. Little wonder that the railroads do their wallowing in the lap of luxury with an appre- hensive eye upon mamma’s brow! A New Contest Proposed. From the New York Evening Post. The Summer season for Channel swiming having ended, Eliza’s record for crossing the ice may be contested next. ————————— Some Difference! From the Lonisville Courier-Journal. The difference between community boasting and community boosting is the difference between talk and action. o Provocation. From the Huntington Advertiger. Perhaps a man in Chicago who shot two train porters wanted to carry his own bags. A Good Reason. From the Asheville Times. “Why deny yourself the best in motor car bodies?” lnvvheu a tanta- aa | | | | | | 11, for ml'rype"“r:flltc { were homemade, with the farm per- | centage showing 25 per cent home- | sian_refugees who settled in India, jenth and eighth centuries. | question of what ¢ {mud hole hear ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. Q. Is it possible to measure a film of oil?>—J. P. A. Prof. Perrin, the French au- millionth of an inch in thickness. Q. Are the. custodians of the harems of Eastern potentates always | eunuchs?>—D. D. A. The Nizam of Hyderabad fis said to be the only Indlan prince who prefers to tmust the care of his harem to woman guardians, emploving for the purpose a body of Amazons. Q. Are there many homemade radio sets now in use’—F. W. N. A. A recent survey made by a large radio company showed 29.1 per cent of the sets in 2,218 city homes made. Q. Who are the Parsees' A. They are descendan A M. of Ter mostly at Bombay, during the sev- They are adherents of the teachings of Zoro- aster, a fire worshiper. There are about 100,000 in the world today, the majority well-to-do or wealthy. Q. Why was the sea battle won by Lord Nelson known as “Trafalgar’?- R. L. W. A. Tt was so called because it was fought In the vicinity of Cape Tra- falgar, southern Spain. It was one of the engagements of the Napoleonic ;\;l\)l:s ands took place on October 21, 5. Q. Why isn't thunder always a sharp crack instead of a long-drawn- out rumble?—A. C. B. A. It is not believed that thunder iIs caused by the inrush of air into a vacuum, but by the violent heating and disintegration of the air along its path, which produces a sudden and great expansion of ‘the same nature as an explosion. However, this does not explain the relatively long dura- tion of the thunder; this duration is owing mainly to the facts (1) that the several parts of a streak of lightning are at different distances from the observer, and (2) that sound travels at the rate of about a mile in five seconds. The duration is also owing, in part, to sound reflections, or echoes. Q. Do as many people walk up the Washington Monument as ride up in the elevator?—(". G. . A. On a recent record day for vis- itors to the Monument, some 3,200 in all, almost exactly half of them rode in the elevator, while eth other half climbed the stairs. Q. Whera does Nell Brinkley live? —G. 1L ¢ A. Nell Brinkley is Mrs. Bruce Me- Rae and she lives at New Rochelle, Q. Has the Sesquicentennial an ex- hibition of foreign and domestic post- age stamps?—C. 1. C. A. The Post Office Department says that there no official booth at the Philadelphia exposition showing stamps of foreign countries. There has been some talk of establishing such a booth at the exposition show- ing the stamps of the United States, but so far there has been no appro- priation for its establishment. Q. What is meant by bogus setting? —W. . ML A. The term “bogus setting” was one used in the olden days for a reprint copy that was made to kill time. For fnstance, when workers were through before 11 o'clock, instead of quitting, they were given this copy to set which was afterward thrown a V. This held the men on for the copy that came in the afternoon. Q. What W, H. B A. Peach blow ware is the most valuable of Chinese pottery. It be- longs to the Chinese potteries. which are transmutation glazes embracing a type of Flambe color. These glazes differ from red to a delicate pink, which is peach blow. Peach blow products have realized prize amounts is peach blow ware? in - salesrooms, and man of these pieces are exhilgjted in museums. They are no longer made. blow was made in was_considered as of the potter's art. Q. What race and class of peopls eat u;n most meat in this cowntry? -D. R. A. Forelgners as a rule consume ger quantitles and more varieties meats than do Americans. This s particularly true of Germans;iPole Hungarians and Bohemians rveys made show that home owners and tenants of large apartments purchase meats in considerable quantity and of wide variety. Tenants of small apart ments purchase small quantities and usually buy steaks and chops. Work- ing-class people buy large and many varieties of me workers ~ consume quantities and few varieties. ness and professional classes consume high-grade meats. Q. Is Denver nearer to San Fran- cisco or New York City?—W, K. A. It is nearer San Francisco. which {8 1,457 miles aw: New York is 2,025 miles distant. Originally peach Kingtehchen and a perfect sample Q. Ts it true that geniuses are gen- erally small>—R. W. G. A. Lombroso, in his “Man of Genjus,” says that greatness and stature are rarely found together. In consulting blographies of a number of great men in American history. however, it has been found that this statement does not always apply. There have been on the whole more prominent men above middle height than below. Among the short men may be numbered John Quincy Adams, Admiral Farragut, John Paul Jones, Gen. Philip Sheridan, Stephen A. Douglas, William H. Seward and Martin Van Buren. On the other hand, it is found that Charles Sumner was 6 feet 4; Thomas Jefferson, 6 feet 215; Andrew Jackson, 6 feet 1; Samuel Adams, Samuel P. Chase and Jona than Edwards, “over 6 feet”; James Monroe, “6 feet or more”; George Washington, 6 feet; Benjamin Frank- lin, slightly under 6 feet; Danlel Web- ster and Patrick MHenry, about 5 fest 10. Q. Where is the largest fair held that is an annual event?—(". N. L. A. The Canadian National Exhibi- tion, which is held in Toronto, Ontarlo, is sald to be the largest. (Q What is"a ground puppy? . B: A This is another name for the prairie dog. Q. TIs it known how many radio’ sets are in use?—D. M. A. A rough estimate of the num-. ber of receiving sets is in the neigh- borhood of 10,000,000, with a daily radio audies of anywhere from 15,000,000 to 25,000,000 Q. Vow many acres of land are devoted to raising of the tobacco from which cigarettes are made?—D. 8. G. A. The Department of Agriculture says that the domestic and foreign demand for clgarettes is such that tobacco planters are Increasing their acreage. Last year the combined acreage of the principal clgarette types, burley and flue-cured, was 1,177,000, with 30,000 acres of Mary- land ‘tobaceo. The estimate for next year is 1,179,000 acres of burley and fue.curedand 32,000 acres of Mary: land. he chicken have magnify- 8 . 0. L. The Department of Agricultura that a chicken has very keen and it sees well, but it does not ve that the chicken has so-called magnifying eyes. What do you meed to know? Is there some point about wour business or personal life that puzzles you? Is there something uow want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our Washington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star In- formation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. €., and in- close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Hog Caller’s Language Still Mystery to hog-calling contests national discussion of the v is most appeal- ing to the porker. \While most town- bred folks probably wonder what it's all about, numerous editors display profound knowledge of the subject in explaining the mystery and upholding effective fori which have be- come classic sections. ny persons gine t s the whole of the call and would | feel as foolish a_ Supreme Court | judge uttering a_college vell” sur mises the Louisville Times, “if called upon to call hog by shouting, ‘Pigooey!” or ‘Pigoop? Nevertheless it is the rural custom so to call hogs. cannot eall a hog at any distance 3 ing ‘Piggiel’ Try it.” Tmagine vourself at the northeast corner of a 20.acre fleld with a mud hole in the southwest corner, behind a thicket, and t Tling ‘Piggie! loud enough to make a hypothetical hog in the you. Then gather the zephyrs in vour lungs and let out a hearty ‘Pigooey! Note how resonant the ‘Pigooes? is compared with the ‘Piggle! Recent led to a i * k k% “In the Ozark Mountains,” ing to the Louis Post-Di “hogs are called for miles. Nor does the hog-caller whistle or ever say ‘Piggie, Piggie? Te throws his shoulders back, fills his lungs with mountain air, lifts his face, twists his mouth around to one side and, with all the might of his being and all the music of the spheres, sings ‘Pi-goo- 00-00-00-00-00-00-ey"" that is, ‘Pig ahoy! He whistles for his dog, and he whistles for his horses: but when he calls his hogs he lays himself out toscoe Conkling found that he could make himself best heard when he pro- nounced a word with long ‘o’ in it. That is not the hog caller's experi- ence. He is operating _outdoors. There are woods, thickets, hills to be penetrated and surmounted. He says ‘00’ as in ‘ooze,’ which carries three times as far as long ‘0.’ The call is very much as Caruso would have said it-—a long, musical, resounding blast, which resembles a steamboat. whistle.” e Still. there are “lamentable dis- crepancies” between calls which have been reported to the New York World. That paper classifies them as follows: “Indfana and Western Kentucky, “P.g-0-0-0-g-4-e’ (repeated twice); Mid- dle West, ‘Whoo-ee, Whoo-ee, Whoo- ee!; East Texas, ‘Oh, Piz. Pig Oh, Delaware, ‘Who-e-e-e-e-e-e- Glasgow, Ky 00-0-0-6-€-8, e-c, Soo-e-e-e-e-e-e!’ “How can we be held accountable for knowi- edge,” adds that paper, “if the ex- perts are unable to agree just what the facts are?” We trust these gen- tlemen will find some way to get to- gether on what the national hog call {s, and when they have finished their deliberations we shall be glad to re port their findings. 3 The uncertain of the matter s ted by the Sicux Falls Ar- ghich remarks that some “Line-o- ne ‘“‘en- -aver also adm gus-Leader, time ago contributors to ‘hicago have the relative merits the Uninitiated of various hog calls. The discussion,” continues t Argus-Leader, “apparently ended without any definite conclusions being reached. ‘Perhaps, with the new e, we'll be able to get some point ers on the preferred plain and fancy methods of summoning the porkers to their ronomical activities. Mean- while, It {5 quite likely that not man+ hogs will starve because they don't understand the mess eall.” “Hog: mpresarios of Rich- ardson ¢ y," remarks the Omaha World-Herald, “have injected a new element into the symrting side of the art. They feel that more attention should be pald to the effect on the hog in judging the relative merits of competing artists. And that effect can only be determined by studying the facial expression of the hog. The point to be determined fs what par- tleular emotion started the hog. You can read that easily in his face. Does the hog come merely out of idle enriosity or with a lively expsctation You can read it in his chardson County fdea nsidered of sufficient all for a revision of stems, but it certainl suggests an interesting field for seten tific study of called hogs and hog callers The may not be fmportance to ke “The custom itself,” says the Cin cinnati Times-Star, “goes back to the time when pigs foraged far afleld, gleaning their subsistence from the roots of the meadows and the nuts of the forest. In other words, it goes back to the time when hogs were not hogs, but swine, and were something in the line of the razorback.” The Times-Star recalls that “Jean Inge low’s charming poem, ‘The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,’ pic- tures a lovely woman calling out ‘Cusha! Cusha! Cusha! to bring the cattle home. But where,” it is asked, “is the lyrie celebrating the humble hog's return?” The Winona Repub- lican-Herald dips into the classics when it states: ‘“There are different schools of hog-callers. Thelr strange cries mostly follow one general model, doubtless going back to the age of Homer and beyond, but with varia- tions such as only exhaustive research could make clear, and with personal touches of intonation and repetition that bespeak the artistic creation of individual artists.” A severe test for the hog-caller is suggested by the San Antonio Eve- ning News. “Put some lean, razorback boar,” it proposes, a beech tree where the mast lately has fallen. Then let the criers try their skill on him, and the one who moves the hog to leave the feast will be entitled to the championship. Old « backwoodsmen could accomplish that feat; they had a song both loud and soulful—a medley of sotto and tremolo which, echoing over the hills at sun- down, would bring the wildest porker running. There was an alluring quality in the veice, like the Pied Piper's charm or the witchery that Circe exercised. These notes are not heard any more, unless it be on the Western plains, and even there the; hardly ean have escaped tion' enervating influence.’ # ©