Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1926, Page 8

926. ? THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, THE EVENING STAR)]country nasaccepted the aamission ot | nomtnation, rematns under the rute in | { With Sunday Morning Editlon. women to full suffrage with the men, |a position to prevent an unsatisfac-, ——— e tory nomination. Will the South yleld its advantage, which in the existing political circumstances is Iits maln asset? Repeal of the two-thirds rule does not necessarily mean that a deadlock will be impossible under a majority rule. It would be calculated to en- courage favorite-son candidacles, to enlarge the fleld of aspirants for the nomination, and thereby to divide the vote of the convention so that none would get the necessary number on at least the early ballots. Short of a concensus in favor of a single popular candidate, as in the case of Cleveland in 1884 and again in 1802, and Bryan in 1900, a deadlock is quite as likely to result under the majority as under the two-thirds rule. It is urged by the advocates of two- thirds repeal that the movement is not in the interest of any particular «ndiaate, and citation is made that f those favoring the change is Uam G. McAdoo, who, his oppo- { "ents now maintain, is a waning star. 1Tt is known that the friends of Gov. Smith favor the change. Indeed, the movement has been attributed chiefly to them. These next fifteen months will prob- ably see much maneuvering for and against repeal of the two-thirds rule. Combinations will be sought, but com- binations made in advance of conven- tions are unstable factors in the politi- cal equation, Tradition is a powerful influence, and if there is one tradition that the Democratic party has stead- fastly maintained and observed and respected it is that its candidate must be the choice of more than a mere majority of its representatives in con- vention assembled. ——ve—s The prize ring has its achievements, but it has not developed a champlon who can approach the popularity of John L. Sullivan, who in his day jest- ed with the Prince of Wales, but died poor because he did not know how to wield the bauble as well as the boxing glove. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.....September 24, 1026 THEODORE W. NOYES Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St and Pennayivania Ave. New York Office: 110" East 42nd Chicago Office” Tower Buil Buropean Offics: 14 Rez Englan st. \ding. . London. The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- Ing edition: 1x deliv the city at 60 centa b 45 cente per month r month Orders may be sent by lephone Main 5000. Collection is carrier at end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ally and Sunday. ...1yr. $0.00: 1 mo. T8 pallz ang, Sunday. ... 137 Sh00: 1 Mo 0 Stinday only 51111131 $3100: 1 mo. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. ally and Sunday..1yr. €12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 ailv only ¥ril SK00° Imol 7h Sunday only 1yr. $4.00:1mo. 85 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred- itad fn thia naper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserv Take the Whole Triangle Now! Recommendation to Congress that authority be given for the immediate acquisition by the Government of all the land in the Mall-Avenue triangle remaining in private possession is likely to be made by the officials charged with the task of locating the public buildings provided for under the new program of public service housing constructions. It is gratifying to find that this move, so long urged in the interest of the reclamation of the Capital's prin- cipal thoroughfare, and also in the interest of Governmert economy in the location of public buiidings, is at last to be made. The immediate sit- uation calls for it urgenty. Congress has manifested a disposition to pro- ceed constructively with building pro- vision for the executive departments. It is familiar with the proposal to es- tablish this area between Pennsyl- vania avenue and the Mall as the gen- eral site for the public structures of the future. On several occasions in the past it has been close to the point of actually legislating and appropriat- ing for the wholesale acquisition of the land. There will be no delay of the actual bullding projects in going to Congress for the necessary authority to use for this large real estate transaction a part of the fund already established— though not in fact appropriated—to carry through the general construc- tion program of the Government. The Public Building Commission must se- cure the specific allotments as the bulldings are determined upon. For sites it can use either Mall space or the land already bought by the Gov- ernment, that comprising the “five- square” section at the western edge of the triangle. There is no present disposition to use the Mall for such a purpose. At the most only two of the department buildings can be located on the Fifteenth street site. If the Commerce building {s there placed the Justice and Labor buildings must go elsewhere, presumably somewhere within the triangle. If they go on Fif- teenth street the Commerce building must go to some point in the triangle. Therefore, land buying within the tri- angle is necessary at once to permit the execution of the building project. If one or two or three squares are taken for the immediate purposes of the building program, the Government will lose money if it delays for later action the purchase of the remainder of the area. It also delays the recla- mation of the Avenue, which is the Capital's greatest street, its historic thoroughfare. Every consideration of good busi- ness management demands a whole- sale immediate taking of this space, which is so plainly indfcated as the ideal location for tne Geovernment structures of the future and which has been included in all recent Capital planning projects for such use. —— et Perspicacity of a certain kind must be accredited to Mr. Jack Dempsey for not having consented to fight sooner. —— e Diplomacy is now engaged in drop- ping a number of hints which may prevent future activities in dropping bombs. e gt ‘Wadsworth and the Suffragists. Political enemies of Senator James ‘W. Wadsworth, who is soon to seek re-election at the hands of the voters of New York, are attempting to cap. ftalize an ancient dislike of woman suffragists for the Senator, a dislike which grew out of his opposition to the adoption of the suffrage amend- ment to the Federal Constitution. In- deed, the opposition of Senator Wads- ‘worth to the two latest amendments to the Constitution, prohibition and suffrage, is the real source of his pres- ent danger. If the women and the drys of the Republican party, in seri- ous numbers, align themselves either with Franklin W. Cristman, who is to | run as a bone dry, independent Re- publican, or Justice Robert F. Wag- ner, the choice of the Democrats for the senatorial nomination, the Wads- worth goose will be well cooked on November 2. Senator Wadsworth should be given credit for acting frankly and courageously upon the suffrage amendment to the Constitution at a time when political expediency would have dictated a friendly attitude to- ward this measure. No man in the Senate has a record more free from the charge of political self-seeking or & record of greater independence when called upon to pass upon principles of government. He has used his best judgment, and if he has been mis- taken he has been honestly mistaken. Men with the courage of their con- victions are more valuable to the Sen- ate and to the country at large than men who swim ever with the tide. The attack, if it really materializes, of the woman suffragists in New York upon Senator Wadsworth will savor of revenge. There is no present pro- posal to repeal the woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution. Nei- ther Senator Wadsworth nor any other political leader has come for- ward with such & pien. The entire Senator Wadsworth along with the rest. Revenge, it Is said, is sweet. To roll the political head of Senator Wadsworth in the dust may tickle the hearts of some of his former oppo- nents among the women. But these women might with some advantage both to themselves and to their State remember that once a fight has been honorably settled there is little bene. fit to be gained from tearing open old wounds. They may find that if they rush to the attack on Senator Wads- worth for the reason now advanced, that he was an opponent of woman suffrage, there are other voters who will rally to his support. “The female of the species is more deadly than the male,” Indeed, if the senfor Senator from New York Is to be singled out for defeat this year by any appreciable number of women because of his attitude on a question that har long since been settled satisfactori It scarcely seems probable that we . en, belleving in Republican principles of government, should forsake thefr party candidate for the Senate, know Ing full well that it means placing a Democrat in his stead, merely to fesd fat their desire for revenge upon an individual. It belief in principles of government {s to be so lightly thrown aside, the vengeful wumen may re- vive against themselves the argument that they are not fitted for suffrage. ———————— A Bad Year for'Champions. The year 1926 wHl long be remem- bered by sport lovers as unprecedent- ed in the overthrow of champlons. In boxing, in tennis, both men and wom- en, and in golf new figures have stepped up to take the highest places in the natfonal hall of honor. When Gene Tunney last night out- boxed, outsmarted and outslugged Jack Dempsey, heavywelght pugilistic champion of the world for the past seven years, the climax to a serles of upsets had been recorded in the ledger. Tunney, the ex-Marine, the fighter for Uncle Sam as well as the challenger for the heavyweight throne, had achieved the goal for which he had so earnestly striven. Helen Wills, monarch of woman's tennis in the United States, was the first to feel the lash of defeat, al- though of all the dethroned champions she, perhaps, is the most likely to re- gain her title. Returning from abroad following an operation for appendi- citis, she essayed to defend her cham- plonship, but proved unequal to the task, and Mrs. Molla Mallory regained the trophy which she had held five times before. “Big Bill"” Tilden, heretofore invinci- ble on the courts and conceded to be the iInternational champion raquet wielder, surrendered the title when he was eliminated in the recent singles championship at Forest Hills, N. Y., by Henri Cochet, the dashing French- man. The fact that for the first time in history all-French finals were played in the American singles did not serve to console Tilden for the loss of the championship that had been solely his own for six conbecutive years. Next came Bobby Jones, the master golfer, who for two years had relgned as the amateur champion of the United States. Winner of the British open and the American open, Jones was a heavy favorite to- make it three straight in the amateur, but it was too much to expect from the fickle fortunes of the links, and Bobby bowed his head to George Von Elm, who has carrled the title back to his native California after knock- ing at the Jones stronghold for sev- eral years. Of the four who went down fighting in this year of upsets, Wills, Tilden, Jones and Dempsey, only Wills and Jones are expected to regain thelr for- mer titles. Helen, by the time the next champlonships roll around, will be completely recovered from her ill- ness, while any man who successfully battles Jones' string of pars and birdies on the links will have to at- tune his game to a high standard. Sport champlonships arg elusive at best. A rare degree of co-ordination and skill are necessary to triumph in the various flelds of endeavor. Coupled with these must be the urge to win, the competitive spirit. These qualities cannot be retained over a long period of time; something is lost, and a new champion is crowned. A boxer, a ten- nis player or a golfer—it is all the That is what makes athletic the center of the same. championships world's interest. B Nobody can question the success of Philadelphia’s Sesquicentennial, even it it is not quite what is described in sporting circles as a knockout. s e T 'he Two-Thirds Rule. Prediction is made by the Iowa members of the national Democratic committee that the next Democratic convention will abolish the two-thirds rule and operate in the selection of candidates on the majority basis. Mr., Herring and Mrs. O'Neill have issued a statement showing that forty-eight members of the committee have pledged themselves for the adoption of the majority rule, and predicting that an overwhelming majority of the convention vote in 1928 will be behind the movement. The two-thirds rule has been re- pealed on several occasions between conventions, but the repeal has never been effected by the conventions. This time there may be some basis for the optimism of those who would like to see the deadlock-causing rule of pro- cedure abandoned. 1f forty-elght members of the national committee, nearly one-half under the new ar- rangement of two votes for each State and territory, have pledged themselves for the change the majority rule advo- cates may get a recommendation from that body at its meeting in Decem-- ber, 1927, in preparation for the con- ventlon. But their minds may change in the next fifteen months. A great deal depénds upon the candidate situ- ation when the committee meets. And, furthermore, a committee recom- mendation does not necessarily bind the convention, which is the judge of its own rules. The chief strength of the two-thirds rule as a Democratic institution lies in the veto power of the South, which, not being in a position to dictate the 7 o The loss of life in a catastrophe is never so large as as first estimated. An original exaggeration proves be- neficent in leaving room for the re- minder that matters might have been worse. —_—— e Enormous sums of money change hands as the result of a prize fight. In addition to the sporting interest it offers the fascination of a colossal financial transaction. ——s. It is intimated that only prohibition officers who are secking evidence will be permitted to taste alcohol. The situation suggests the possibility of a modern martyrdom. ———t————— Congenial relaxation is still avail- able to President Coolldge. There are fine fishing places all along the Poto- mac. JEESE—-. Like the postscript to a letter, a reservation may prove the most im- portant part of a World Court com- munication. ——r———————— Devastation is always tollotved by reconstruction on new and improved lines. An even greater Fiorida is now in order. — vt The prize fight is over and the Hall- Mills case may now be resumed as a subject of dominant interest. ———————— The World Court discusses oper reservations, which are better than reservations of secret diplomacy. —————————— 01d Mother Nature is impulsive and merciless; beyond the control of any peace conference. " SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Championship. There goes a champlon! handsome elf! The world apparently was made so he’d enjoy himself. He has the plaudits of the crowd and lived in handsome ease, There goes a champion, whom now nobody se He was a Here comes a champion, the idol of the day! He had the lucky punch to send the other on his way. The same eternal lesson he will be compelled to learn, For every champion has to take a lick- ing in his turn. Jud Tunkins says a prize fight lasts years and years, if you count the pre- liminary publicity. Fame's Ways. Fame’s ways are hard to understand And often they seem funny, One day we hollered “Dempsey!” and The next we holler “Tunney!" Patriotic Publicity. “Can you sing ‘The Star Spangled Banner'?"” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Can you recite it?” “How do you show your patriot- ism?"” “By grabbing the most prominent seat on the platform and leading the applause.” Detterment. The world grows better day by day ‘With sclentific movements, And yet it's tough when you can't pay For all the new improvements. Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, says wisdom s of no value when it is made an excuse for loafing, instead of a guide for work. Self-Sacrifice. “Do you play bridge?"” “No,” confessed Miss Cayenne. "I merely sit in sometimes and provide a more expert partner with an excuse for losing."” Artistic Egoism. The katydid a tune doth play ‘With melody precarious, And values a hind leg. they say, More than a Stradivarius. “Determination,” sald Uncle Eben, fine, but expensive when it keeps a man ruannin’ his fiivver on a flat Hre” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. First Girl—Isn't he silly? Second Girl—They're ail silly. First Girl—But he's a nut! The object of this conversation, one of the gallant bus drivers on our line, was happily ignorant of the trend of the younsg ladles' conversa- tion, else he would not have run so0 blithely across to the bank to get some dimes. He held his cap gayly in his right hand, waving it to and fro as he ran, no doubt priding himself on his free and easy stride, and happy in the fine impression he was making on his fair passengers. Bus drivers on our line are a gal- lant lot. Any one of them would willingly wreck his machine in order to get a woman passenger to a connecting bus on time. Traffic “cops’ in similar manner have been known to wink at violations of rules and regulations by beautiful lady drivers. The power of a pretty face and bright smile {8 nowhere better fllus- trated than on the bus. Drivers will stop in the middle of a block to take on a falr damsel, but sternly ablde by the rules in the case of gentle- man passengers. 1t is to the credit of the drivers on our line that they are almost as nice to the old ladles as they are to the voung ones. (Perhaps we should say “older ladies,” after the manner of the stores which refrain from say- ing “fat women,” using the good term “larger women” instead.) * x kX Indeed, all of us would he surprised it we could know in full other people’s opinion of us! We belleve Mr. Burns sald something along that line several vears ago. It is quite true, as the world has known ever since. Bus drivers, being a happy, care- | | moment. free sort, never worry at all what others think of them, but go right ahead driving their vehicles, bawling out taxi drivers, taking on passengers at corners, making change, punching transfers. The big adventure of the day comes when some snappy lady heaves into sight at a downtown corner, asking breathlessly if the bold driver can get her to her connection with another bus in time. Can the brave driver do it? He certainly can, if it is humanly possible. As the lovely creature climbs into the bus, the artistic driver notes with approval the latest shade of her silk stockings, and mentally swears to get her to the transfer point or bust in the attempt. Let it be noted that he does not say “burst.” He will get her there in” time or bust, so he assures her, in respectful enough tones. “I gen- erally make that bus, m'am,” he says, “but I am a little bit late (m;,a.)fl But rn e There Is such a world of assurance in his statement that the passenger sinks back into the leather with a sigh of relief. The brave driver will make that bus if a good engine and four stout wheels can do it. “Oh, thank you, so much,” says she, rewarding him with a bright smile. And what greater reward is there In the world than the sweet smile of a fair lady, especfally when one never saw the creature before in his life? Now the bus driver knows, if he stops to consider the matter at all, that the lady, off the bus, would not give him a second glance. Here, however, he is officlal; in a sense, a cog in a great wheel, and a cog re- sponsive to smiles. “If 1 miss that bus” says she, “I will have to walt an hour.” “I think I can make it,” says he, with great modesty. What he really says is plain enough. “Fair lady,” he declares, “if any power on earth can get you to the bus on time, 1 am it. It fs I. beautiful lady, who will run this old tub like mad past mere male passengers vainly Wwig-wag- ging on corners as we fly past to get you to that transfer on time. Leave it to 'me, fair one!” * k% % So away we go. the gallant bus driver, the beautiful lady, pink or otherwise, and a few assorted pas- sengers that do not count. There is something electric in the air. This trip is out of the ordinary. We all feel it. The driver is aware of it, the lady knows it, the rest of us feel it. “Do or die” is our motto, as we speed up the street, grazing the side of the taxi, whosa chaufleur yells out a term of derision. “Go to—" We mentally shrink at what we mistakenly think our hardy driver is going to say, but we are very much mistaken. “Go to thunder.’ he yells, with deft concern for the lady, as we g0 thundering by, leaving the taxi man hopelessly in the rear, both as to distance and repartee. “Go to thunder” has become, all of a sudden, tout a coup, the French say, a whrase of great Tt was the proper response at the right moment, and especially under the circumstances. Especially under the thrilling circumstances. ‘We turn into another street, put- ting on speed, for we hope to plunge into the open space ahead hefore the line of cars from the other direction closes in. It was not to be. Iere is a great garbage wagon parked solidly in our way, broadcasting swinish odors, in- sulting both to men and fair ladies. The collectors are taking their time about it, too. Will ihey not hirry up? No, they will not. How do they know that a beautiful lady wants to catch a transfer bus, otherwise she will have to wait for an hour? Think of that dread possibility, men of toll, and hustle up with those big tin cans on your shoulders, and dump that garbage, and pull out of there! At last we are free. Our driver steps on it, juggles a few levers, and we are on our way. The old bus makes pretty good time. Our driver looks at his watch, shakes his head. It is a difficult task, but if any man on earth can do it—- Well, what's the matter now? Here we are at a busy street, with a street car line, and traffic both ways. And there s a fellow in a neat road- ster, calmly sitting in his soft seat. without making any move to go on. What's the matter with him? Is he asleep? An frate taxl driver jumps out of his cab, runs forward. “Move on, with your old wreck,” he commands, pointing with scorn at the shiny roadster. The man sits immovable. He does not hear the taxi driver. He ignores him. Angrily the chauffeur returns to his cab. “Well, I never saw any man like that,”” he says, in mingled tones of disgust and wonder. “Just won't move." Suddenly, however, the man_starts up, then we all start up. Trium- phantly we put on our best speed, and dash on block after block. The circle comes into view. “There comes your bus, lady!” says our driver. He has done it. He has got the lady to her bus on time! He deserves another smile—and gets it. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Separate diplomatic representation for Canada at Washington is likely to follow the recent Liberal victory in Canada and the return to power there as premier of MacKenzie King. So far the Irish KFree State, represented in Washington by Mr. Timothy A, Smiddy, is the only member of the British Empire which has elected to avail itselt of the privilege of a sepa- rate diplomatic representative at Washington. The Canadian Liberals have advocated the same policy for Canada, and Washington observers are anticipating that a definite move from Canada’to this end will be shortly forthcoming. Among those mentioned for the Canadian appointment are Vin- cent Massey, a capitalist: Senator Dandurand, a former presiding officer of the Assembly of the League of Na- tions, and Rudolphe Lemineux, speaker of the last Canadian House. * X ¥ ¥ Grover Cleveland wrote one and only one book. It presented his views upon the nobls art of angling. A dozen coples of this volume, along With a vast assortment of fancy fishing tackle, were among the array of gifts showered upon Mr. Coolidge at White Pine Camp as soon as the country learned of his new-found fondness for fishing. Friends of the President say he read the Cleveland book with keen relish and found between its covers much sound philosophy, which coin- cided to a nicety with the Coolidge philosophy of life. Mr. Coolidge's fa- vorite passage in the book, according to his friends, was the following: “Moreover, if those who fish most be patlent, no one should fail to see that patience is a most desira- ble national trait, and that it is vastly important to our body poli- tic that there should continue among our people a large contin- gent of well equipped fishermen, constantly prepared and willing to contribute to their country's fund of blessings & liberal and pure sup- ply of this saving virtue.” * ok kK The address of Postmaster Gem’\:;\l New before the convention of the Na- tlonal Assoclation of Postmasters at Kansas City this week was an ad- mirable campalgn document from the Republican viewpoint. And lest the sallent points of his review of the growth and efficlency of the postal service be overlooked, the mimeo- graphed coples of his speech which were liberally distributed to the press by the Post Office Department con- tained, in addition to the text, a page of headline summaries. This innova- tion is a welcome time saver. The high lights as summarized included: “Postmasters adjured to rigir econ- omy; economles and savings recount- nd; efficlency of service greatly im- proved: billion and quarter dollars added to postal expenses in last elght vears by Congress and I. C. C.; only 40 millions added in additional rev- enues in same period to offset this sum; postal revenues paint vivid pi tion's growth; New York City’s postal receipts in 13 than entire postal revenues * koK % Massachusetts, which boasts of the lowest percentage of illiteracy of any State in the Union, furnishes a “hor- rible example” of what can happen in the direct primary system when the voters don't use their heads. A popular and widely advertised Demo- crat, long in the public eve, was picked by the Democratic chieftains as running mate on the State ticket with Willlam A. Gaston, the Boston banker, candidate for governor. Atl eleyenth houg another appeared, unknown and unwelcome, to contest for second place on the ticket. He was prevailed upon to re- nounce his candidacy, but too late to prevent his name going on the bal- lot. But weeks before primary day it was broadcast that he was not a candidate and the voters were urged to disregard his name. Yet he was nominated by a handsome margin. After some hectic hours and some hectic statements he filed formal declination of the nomination. It was then offered in due form to the man originally picked for the place and who had been defeated by the fluke. The latter huflily refused to accept the place and the harmony program of the B: State Demoerats is a bit shaky in consequence. * K ok ¥ Primary results appear to have set- tled the ‘question of the number of women who will be members of the next Congress. In all probability there will be four. The three women in the present Congress, Mrs. Edith N. Rogers of Massachusetts; Mrs. Mary Norton of New Jersey and Mrs. Florence P. Kahn of California, were all renominated, and he election of all three appears assured. The new- comer to Congress, to make the fourth, will be Mrs. John W. Langley of Kentucky, wife of the former Con- gressman now serving time in the At- lanta Penitentiary for participation in a conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. His wife's nomination last month and her Drospective election is hailed a “vindication” by e ' e n” by the voters of his * ok ok % Thanks to the enterprise of the pub- licity department olpan v-lt,'l'lricnxx'i frigerator concern, Washington corre- spondent.}! received the story—and generously printed it—that Mr. Cool- idge's White House ice box is lffl(l’::::: equipped with electric refrigeration, Not to be outdone, the bathtub manu- facturers come forward with some in- teresting facts about White House bathtubs. We learn that an achieve- ment of President Fillmore, which story books usually fail to record, is the fact that he installed the first bathtub in the White House. This was in 1850. The bathtub issue was a major question in those days and feel- ings ran high. In Philadelphia an ordinance was proposed prohibiting use of bathtubs between November and March as a health safeguard, and Boston went a step further by making bathing in patent tubs legal on doctor's prescription. The \White House bathtub stemmed the tide of popular alarm, and the Fillmore tub remained in the White House and in use until a dozen years ago, when Taft ordered it replaced with a modern out- fit. Perhaps Taft found the tub too small for his comfort, although that is doubtful, as the early tubs were of huge proportions. The very first one in the U. S. A. was installed for Adam Thompson in Cincinnatl in 1842. It was of niahogany wood lined with sheet lead, and was 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. It weighed a ton. * ok kK The Ku Klux Klan has blossomed out into a business organization, and its Washington headquarters, now the “home office” of the order, comprise several suites of lavishly furnished of- fices in a centrally located downtown office building. The Klan's former headquarters here were very much “sub rosa,” tucked away obscurely without any identifying marks. The new offices are resplendent with much gilt lettering, and manned by a corps of well dressed men and women. Klan political activity in State and national politics is hereafter to be carried on in the open. In addition to the regu- lar program of the order an insurance business is to be developed. 4Consriahic 080D . _acldile, THINK IT OVER Tell Him About It. By William Mather Lewis, President George Washington Universits A leading Washington merchant now has the congratulating habit. Whenever he sees in the newspaper that a fellow townsman has done worthy public service or has received a merited honor he drops him a friendly note. Although he has writ- ten many hundreds of these, they never ck a tone of sinceri and enthusiasm. And the recipients hold their heads a little higher on the day the letter comes. The congratulating habit is a good one to cultivate. Many men who add to our enjovment of life never re- celve words of commendation. Have you just finished a thousand-mile automobile trip, during every mile of which the engine ran like velvet and the car rode like a hammock? Write the manufacturer and tell him he is producing something worth while. Have you read a novel with peculiar enjoyment? Take time to thauk the author for the recreation he has pro- vided. Does the sermon help you solve a problem and face the new week with confidence? Stop and tell the minister about it. Heaven knows he gets little enough en- couragement from the stolid pew- holders! It 1s no mere accident that radio announcers urge the unseen listen- ers to send a postal with a word of praise some successful number. Kind words do butter pars- nips. They ofl the machinery of a day's labor. Get the congratulating habit. It is perfectly safe; there will never be a constitutional amendment against it. It is a simple, sane way of adding to the sum of the world's bappiness. (Covyright. 1926.) ———or—s Plenty of Help. From the Dayton Dally Ne For fear it might escape your notice, at’ention is called here to the total absefice of that SOS signal out of the golden West, to which cur ears have become accustomed-—the call for harvest hands. And if you will do a little investigating, you will also be impressed with the fact that that call has been growing more and more feeble for the past several seasons. It isn't because the wheat crops are smaller, for they are not; in fact, this year's harvest is one of the heaviest in the history of the United States. It isn't because the “back-to-the- farm” movement, at one time the Na- tion's leading “problem,” has met with popular favor, and that a vast army of former rural residents have put aside the white lights for the £0od old kerosene lamp. Not at all. Two things have served to drown out, and make unnecessary, the an- nual ery for harvest hands in the wheat fields of the West and Middle West—the automobile and improved harvesting machinery. There never was a time when a dearth of farm help existed, but it was not until the auto came that this labor could get to the wheat fields when it was most needed. Today the auto makes the wheat flelds of Kansas but a skip and a jump, so to speak, from every corner of the Natlon, and within two or three days after word is sent out that the grain is ready for harvest a steady swarm of flivvers litters all roads leading to the grain belt, and makes the cry for more men unnecessary. Improved machinery, too, has come to assist in solving the Nation's har- vesting problems. s Devastators of His Day. From the New York Times. Secretary Mellon in Paris acts like a man who knows how it is himself. During his years at the Treasury he must have encountered many times indlviduals who didn't want anything and hadn’t anything to say,” but who could not resist the impulse just to drop in at the Secretary's office and “‘pay their respects.” And not un- known to the Secretary must be the impressive gentleman who gets in at a busy time merely for the sake of giving himself the pleasure and honor of “taking you by the hand.” As {if having learned in suffering of this kind an example which he would set to others, Mr. Mellon, who had ceremonial calls to make in Parls, at least had the grace to cut them short. He seems to have divided up his day into nicely planned fractions. With the prime minister he spent 18 min- utes. His visit of courtesy to the for- eign minister, M. Briand, consumed only 9 minutes. This left him 15 minutes in which to inspect the Gobelin tapestries. Then he must have breathed a sigh of relfef with a sense of duty done by all the public curiosities. Public men in all countries are sub- jected to this kind of invasion of their day. Perhaps Americans are not sin- ners above all others in this respect, but they undoubtedly sin grievously. Various plans have been suggested for relieving high officials from some of their routine and irksome work. If ever there was a case for a “double” for a statesman, it would be when he has to stand at the receiving end of a line of visitors who simply want to gaze upon the great man as if he were an animal in a cage. —— e The Human Fly. From the New York World. Johnny Meyer, incumbent possessor of the title “Human Fly,” about to sail for Europe, muses over the life he has led and the career that lies ahead of him. There was a time, he recalls, when he was a prizefighter, and another time when he was a soldier. and still another time when he was a smokestack cleaner. But then he discovered that he could climb buildings with his finger nails end life became rosy. Iame, riches, . what more could a mag wish? Now he is going to Europe to climb a few score cathedrals and battle monu- ments, and shortly he will return to sell many bottles of nerve tonic, and just loaf around, taking it easy and allowing the more reputable universi- tles, such as Yale, Harvard and Princeton, to confer honorary degrees upon him until the parchment runs out. Well, we agree with him, he has a career. But, so far as we are con cerned, he can have it. We go further and beseech him to go back to the prizefighting business. The trouble with the title of “Human Fly” is that it is vacated in just one way—you go up, and then you come down faster than you went up. But, if Mr. Meyer persists, we engage to write a very moving plece about it on the day when he becomes the “former Human Fly.” It will wind up with the simple but affecting words, “Gone, but not forgotten; may he rest in peace.” ———————— Why Not Now? From the Buffalo Evening News. Eventually it may become necessary for the A. A. U. to give serious at- tention to the handicapping of Chan- nel swimmers. Common Knowledge. From the Indianapolis News. The police can't be everywhere, of course, and nobody seems to know this better than the thieves. . et s Ao The Real Reason. From the Lynchburg News. That laughter sweeping over the Nation was started by “Jim,” saying that “Ma” 15 & §00& EpQTte ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Arve there any insects which live | tion to which a few drops of vinegar in the snow?—G. H. R. A. While the majority of insects disappear when cold weather comes, some are known to live and thrive at temperatures which kill most of their kind in a few minutes. About 900 different insects have been found Mv- ing on or in the snow. About 25 spe. cies are known to come out on the snow In Europe and America. Some of these are so small that they are never seen except in Winter, and they are so little known that they have no popular name. It is not known how, or on what they live Meighan's new ple- ,"" be made in Can- Al This I to be filmed in the Cana- dian wheat fields of the West, and is to be completed during the harvest. Q. Is there any home or sanatorfum where a union pressman may gol— L M. B A. The International Printing Press- * Union of North America_operates at Pressmen’s Home, Tennessee, three institutions. They are a home for aged and incapacitated, a sanatorium for tuberculosis and a technical trade school. Q. Does the Government make any isfon for the education of adult lished where adult Indians may have the opportunity of learning English. These have been so successful that the work is to be extended to other reser- vations. Q. Will you please tell me what wood is used to make an orchestra leader's baton?—C. B. A. A baton used by an orchestra conductor s usually made of hickory, American maple or spruce. Q. What is the “Church of Asia”?— A. This 1s the name applied to the combined religious and educational in- stitutions established by the missions of the various denominations of the United States, Great Britain and con- tinental Europe in China, Japan and India. Q. How many tubes are thern in the most popular radio sets?—M. T. L. A. A, survey covering 2,659 homes recently showed 40.5 per cent of the sets had five tubes, 21.8 per cent three tubes, 13.5 per cent four tubes and 7.6 per cent six tub Q. Is there any “different” way to make potato salad?—E. C. K A. Souffle potato salad is unusual and lends variety to a cold supper. Boil eight medium-sized potatoes and put them through a ricer. To this add three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, four tablespoonfyls of olive ofl, one-half a tablespoonful of onion juice and one teaspoonful of salt. Chill thoroughly and then beat with a perforated wooden spoon. If it is necessary to thin the mixture, use hot water, being careful not to pour so fast that the salad becomes too thin. Sprinkle lib erally with paprika, dot with capers and garnish with hearts of lettuce. Q. What kind of a desk does the President use?—C. A. F A. The desk in the ecutive Office is a massive oak table made from the timbers of H. M. S. Resolute, which vessel formed part of the e dition sent in search of Sir John Frarnklin in 1852, Q. Can you tell me the origin meaning of the word “Kalorama™ applied to Kalorama road in this cit —H. H. A. “Kalorama'" is undoubtedly a corruption of the Indlan word “Okala Kalama,” meaning a ‘“goose.” nd as Please tell me what birds are particularly useful in the destruction of rats and mice?—E. D., jr. A. The Department of Agriculture says that the following birds are par- ticularly useful in the destruction of rats and mice, especially mice: Hawks, owls, shrikes and jaegers. Q. I should be pleased if you will kindly inform me as to the general proportion the root bears to the height of a tree?—P. H. T. A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says that the root tems of most trees ha ad than the pread of the tree: the ground. Some trees have as great as three times as large a spread In the root system as in the branches. Q. Can you tell me anything which. will remove hair dye from the bristles of a hairbrush?— 3 A. In order to remove hair from the bristles of a hairbrust washing with a sodlum sulphite dye have been added. Q. What was the first book written by James Fenimore Cooper?-B. B. R A. In 1820 Cooper published his first novel, ecaution.” It pur ported to be written by an English and was a story of English so and in an entirely different vein from any of his succeeding books. In 1821 he published “The Spy.” Q. How much money did Henry M P spend developing Florida?- R. AL M Florida Tlagler originally went to tourist, but he is esti mated to have expended during his residence there between $75.000,000 and §100,000,000 of his personal for tune in building railroads, hotels. ds, and opening up what he termed “The Garden of Fden. Q. 1 understand that the Red Cross in France makes some arrangements for the renting of baby supplies. Can you tell me z of this?—E. E. A. The Bes n committes of the Red Cross in France has recently organized a cradle society. Through this, French mothers may rent or bor- cradles, chairs, perambulators, clothes, scales, milk sterflizers and red by very young The idea has met with great favor and already nearly 300 bables have been supplied with many needs In two-thirds of the cases there was no charge made. Q. Which State has the largest and which the smallest percentage of in habitants of foreign extraction?— K. P. G A. According to officlal figures Rhode Island has 60 per cent of for- eign stock and th Carolina 7-10 of 1 per cent. The rate in the United States 34 per cent and of the Southern ates 8§ per cent. ne Q. My turtles have been thriving on fiier during the Fummer. What should I feed them during the Winter?—RB. S. F. A. Turtles eat very little in the ‘Winter unless they are kept warm. The Bureau of Iisheries suggests that you try feeding them frult, to matoes, possibly worms (slugs) and -fa little fresh meat. Q. Will you please tell me something to use to keep white hair from turn ing vellow? L. M. A. Bluing added to the final rinsing water tends to whiten the hair. Q. How can I make pastry flour?— M. V. A. To change bread flour to pastry flour use two level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch to replace two level table- spoonfuls of flour in each cupful. Q. Has the rate of blindness among school children from what is generally known as babies’ sore eyes decreased or increased”—R. J. K. A. The registration of schools for the blind during the past year showed that only 115 per cent of the puplls had been blinded by Ophthalmia neonatorum, more commonly known as “bables’ sore eye: ‘This is the low- est rate of blindness from this cause on record. Q. What is Corgonzola cheese? “aristo- is very ewhat similar tan_ch 1 and is so uefort, but not so expenst wuefort it is made of sheep's milk, but is milder in flavor. Gorgon- zola 18 put up in ind baskets, one cheese to a basket. The outside of this cheese is covered with a prep- aration made chiefly from gypsum and tallow. In this way it is possible to keep the cheese or more. A great deal of this ¢ the province of Lom! 1da, the singer, a —B. C. S. Mme. Alda is of Jewish descent She was born in Australia. When in doubt—ask Haskin. He offers himself as a target for the questions of our readers. He agrees to furnish facts for all who ask. This is a large contract—one that has never been filled before. It would be possible oniy in Washington, and only to one irho has spent a lifetime in locating sources of information. Haskin does not know all the things that people ask him, but he knows prople who do know. Try him. State your question briefly, write plainly, and inclose two cents in stamps for return postage. Address Frederic J Haskin, director, The Evening Star Information Bureau, Washington, D Little Effect Is Foreseen In Pinchot Attack on Vare Political observers generally foresee little practical effect from Gov. Pin- chot's denunciation of Representative Vare, Republican nominee in Pennsyl- vania for the Senate. “While Pinchot's attack is not as strong as it might have been,” the Springfield Republican (independent) believes, “It can hardly fail to in- fluence thousands of Pennsylvania voters. With Senator Norris of Ne- braska, a Republican member of the j Senate, although a radical one, openly touring the State in behalf of Mr. Wilson; with Republican ministers calling on their congregations to re- pudiate Vare; and with the governor setting the example of repudiating the nominee of his own party, there is at least hope that Pennsylvania will ad- minister a stunning rebuke to a andidacy whose very character and backing are a profanation the high office which is at stake.” The Philadelphia_Evening Bulletin (independent Republican) states that “truth is, the governor gives voice to thoughts that have been in many minds. Republican voters who do not follow a bell wether,” continues the Bulletin, . “have in considerable num- ber been facing the situation which has engaged the governor and which to them has been a dilemma. Som thing more than the appeal of party regularity and the subordination of personal inclination to the decision of the primary contest enters into the situation this vear. For the great majority of the Republican voters who were opposed to the nomination of Congressman Vare, there is, as prime consideration in the matter, the im- portance of supporting President Cool- idge and his administration, and particularly in the Senate, where the situation is cruclal. That considera- tion and that alone will be the saving grace for a candidacy that is not worthily representative of the Re- publican party of Pennsylvania and that was supported by but a minority of the party in the primary contest. If the governor had realized the hope- lessness of his senatorial candidacy earlier, Senator Pepper would, in all likelthood, have received the renom- ination that his services at Washing- ton merited, and thousands of Re- publicans throughout the State would been saved their present dilem- * K * x Gov. Pinchot's statement is de. nounced by the Lincoln State Journal (independent Republican), with the quers “ould a more malevolently mean political document proceed from human pen than this announcement?”" The Columbus ohio &tate Journal (Republican) declares that “there is a certain absurdity to Gov, Pinchot's ¢ the Vare and spent in his effort to pre- serve the purity of the ballot.” The purnal emphasizes the support would give to the I'resident, although it admits that this is not an ordinary , and remark: auched the the importance of rehuking him manner to impress future candi who might Le tempted to tr methods s :dence over eful wording of the ent,” according to Bulletin (independent), if the conclusion he ar rived at <omething Itke this: s thousands of Republicans are d to vote for Mr. Wilson (Derno- cratic candidate), Vare is eure to be elected. If he is elected, the Senate is sure to refuse to seat him. If the enate refuses to him, Pennsyl vania will ha choose some one .. And that some one may be Pinchot".” The Scranton Scranto nian suggests that “many belleve that Pinchot thought he could later run independent and defeat both Vara and Wilson,” that paper holding that the governor originally “Insured the nom ination of V: The Fargo Forum (Republican) also Insists that Pinchot “did all the damage he possibly could hy insisting upon his own candidacy in the primary, robbing Senator Pep per of whatever chance he had to de feat Vare.” governor's state the Provide “it looks as * 4 * “We do not know as we figure that Pinchot ought to support Vare,” says the Yakima Republic (Republican), “but it would seem to he reasonable and decent that he should go back and sit down and keep quiet if he does not feel that he can continue to sit in the game which he helped to organize.” The Reno Evening Gazette (Repub- lican) also holds that “it is not con- sidered sportsmaniike among Ameri cans to enter a contest, thus accepting all the conditions, and then, when outvoted, to refuse to accept defeat in graceful manner.” ‘Pinchot will go to the polls, but will not vote for Vare and—so far as stands revealed—may not vote against him," according to the Pittsburgh Sun tindependent Democ ). which adds: “If Pinchot does that he will in effect cast half a vote for William S. Vare. If Pennsylvania {s to be saved from Vare it must be by aroused, vocative, militant eftizenship, unafraid to put the public welfare ahead of blind par- tisanship.” The Charlotte Observer (Democratic) agrees that the governor should “throw his influence for Wik liam B. Wilson, the Dem¢ nense 0. )