Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1926, Page 8

EVENING STAR ___Viih Sunday Morning Edition. ASHINGTON, D. C. October 7, 1926 T TCODORE W. NOYES. . .. Editor Business Offic 1, 11'h St and Pennesivania Ave. & York Office: 110 East 4nd St. Eurch cazo Office: Tower Building. robean Office. 14 Kegent St.. Loidon. ,. The Exehine Star. with the Sunday morn- dition ia delivered by carriers within T A1 60 centa par month: dajly only. cenia mer month: Sundays only. 20 cents i6r month Ordera may. he aent by mail or “iephone Main 5000 carrier at end of each month. Rate Mail—Payable in Advance. ryland and Virginia. L1yr.$0.00:1mo.7 135 3000: 1 mo- & .$3.00: 1 mo.. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. Pails and Sunday..1 yr.. $12.00: 1 mo. $1.00 ily only "] wrll TSR00° 1 mal 78e inday only 1yr] $400.1mo. 35c Member of the Associated Press. The Assoriated Prese in exclusively entitled 0 the wes for republication of all news dis- Patches credited to it or not otherwige cred- ite1 g news i and also the loc: All rights of publ hies here:n are also re his naper here: Philadelphia and Washington. In inspiring address yesterday Sesquicentennial, where the t of Columbia shared the day wi South Carolina as guests of the exhiition, Dr. William Mather Lewis, president of George Wash- ingion University, voiced the appeal ©f the citizens of the National Capi- tal for the right of the franchise in terms which should awaken a sy, hetic response throughout the country. Describing this community as tyvpically American, as progres- sive, as rapidly developing, as in all respects devoted to the fundamentals ©of American Government, he asked his hearers support of the Dis- trict’s claim for the right of national representation in Congress and in the 2t Collection 18 made by | Iy suspended, if not revoked, on the { theory that the motor car might have {been so managed as to prevent or avoid a collision. The complete exon- { eration of every motorist whose ma- chine causes death, when the victim is a pedestrian who inadvertently steps or runs in front of the machine, puts walk. There are many who believe that the driver of the motor should in every case share the blame to some degree. Inasmuch as people are prone to ignore or forget or misunderstand traffic signals and rules when they alk, it Is undeniably up to the drivers to exercise the greatest possible care in the manipulation of their car Death should not be rated as a fitting penalty for a lapse of attention on the part of the pedestrian. Unhappily it is true that a very large number of drivers do not have the same regard for the rules of the road as do even the majority of pedestrians. This lat- est killing shows that a rule sup- posedly safeguarding the school chil- dren is constantly violated. Perhaps the cancellation of this per- mit may have a good effect upon other motorists who have fallen into the habit of regarding the “school zone™ signs as of no significance. But even ncellation of “the permit will not bring back to life the little boy who s crushed to death as he ran for school upon hearing the last bell sound. oo The Mystery of Base Ball. Base ball is a strange, unguessable proposition. That is why it has such a strong hold on the affections of the American people. It is a game of chances, as well as a game of skill. Nobody can confidently. “dope out” the results. Nobody can with assur- ance foretell the final¥score. Conse- quently every game is a puzzle, the solution of which holds the interest until that final moment when the last man is out in the last inning. electoral college. He offered an argument for that long-denied en- franchisement that cannot be coun- tered, for there is no logical or effec- tive rejoinder to the plea that half & million Americans living at the scat of Government be admitted to full American citizenship. Appropriately linking together the cities of Washington and Phila- delphia, Dr. Lewis called attention to the fact that it was from the latter that the Government moved when the new Federal center on the banks the Potomac was established under the Constitution. It may appropriately be asked whether Phil- adelphia fully appreciates the fact that it might ftself have been dis- franchised if the Government had nged its seat. Would it have ed the deprival of the suffrage? District of Columbia was a “created” Vederal territory. It did-| not exist when the Constitution makers came to the point of desig- uating the location of the Capital. It Was constituted out of portions of vland and Virginia, the selce- of the site being a compromise contending sectional interests. There were two small communities here then and they were merged and With <ome additional area hecame | the District of Columbia. Nobody the; thought of the question of Federal enfranchisement. The resi- dents of the already existing cities elected their municipal officers, as did these of the newly created City of Washington. It was not until later that it was realized that no rro- vision had been made for the na- tlonal representation of the inhabi- Tiants ot the one hundred square of miles. lad Thiladelphia been continued 8x the seat of Government, would it | have Leen deprived of the vote and tho vight of representation in the law-muking and the executive-choos- ve hodies? Would an area of non- eitizenship have been defined, cutting t off from the State of which it as, as it is today, ihe metropolis? it be conceived that a proposal to do So would have been affirmed by the people of that community? Would they have chosen the rank of National Capital in exchange for the priceless right of representation? There' was no occasion for the ral of national rights to the resi- dents of the District of Columbia the time that it was created. © has never been occasion for s aly of a disfranchised, un- resented community merely be- use it has been designated as the &°at of Government. There is today 10 reason for the refusal to extend ‘merican rights to the permanent @wellers here, other than the reason for inertia and long-continued error, v hich is no reason whatevor. Philadelphia, having escaped this fate through the loss of the seat of vernment morve than a century third ago. should deepiy with Washington today for final and full Ameri- It should regard Wash- s plight as that which might teen its own, had the Constitu- me chosen it cather than « on the Potomac shores, and o exclude its residents from < which the mnstrument they 1thize Americ: rians are reminded that they have the technical right . it s of little use after a se- ollision with a fool motorist. o A Canceled Driving Permit. le boy on his way to school the wrning was Killed by an auto- as he darted across the street final bell rang. Although the stances indicate that the acci- s unavoidable, the permit of ver of the car that struck the been canceled, upon the amendation of the coronor's jury, *h exonerated the driver. He had n'tted that he was driving at the of eighteen miles an hour through ~*hool zone. Signs denoting these nes have been established, but are cnerally ignored. The disregard paid has » them was plainly the cause of this tost fatality. It hias been suggested that a rule be adopted whereby the driving permits of all persons whose cars cduse t deatinmf people should hmmn; Take the performances in New York and St. Louls, where the ‘contest for the world championship is being waged between the two teams that have won the pennants in their respective leagues. On “form” there seemed to be nothing to it at the outset but the Yankees of New York. They had the hardest hitting “murderers’ row" in base ball, including the mighty Ruth, he of a remarkable record of home runs during the past and preceding seasons. Yet for the first three games of the series, two in New York and one in St. Louls, these famous wield- ers of the wand did little or nothing and the whole team acquired a pitifully small batting average. The favorites in the betting dropped two of the three games after winning the first and their opponents became the favorites. Then came a sudden change. Yesterday at St. Louis George Her- man Ruth, the champion hbme-run hitter, got his bat aswing in that per- fect timing that has given him a world-wide fame. Three times he put the ball out of the lot for homers. Twice the opposing pitcher “passed” him to first lest he repeat. He liter- ally “broke up the game.” A failure previously, he became a hero. He turned the tide in the contest and gave his team an even break in the series. Batting is not merely a matter of strength. It is a question of precise swinging, of perfect timing, of good judgment in selecting balls at which to hit. Little men may be as great batters as big men. There was “Willie” Keeler of long ago, who, though of mmall stature and light weight, had an uncanny faculty of placing the ball, shooting it through the infield with precision. He was not a slugging hitter, but a sure one. On the other hand, there was Dan Brouthers, who could hit the fence with ease, a man of mighty frame and ungainly figure, but gifted with the quickness of eye that successful bat- ting demands. And there have been many others, great batters, each with his own style and specialty, all the terror of pitchers, and all subject to that strange tendency at times to slump in their hitting which is the despair of managers. Just what it is that causes a bats- man to lose his faculty for a few days, only to regain it, is one of the mys. terles that make base ball so fascinat- ing. There was ‘‘Babe” Ruth yester- day, in a deep slougn of batting de- spond for three games, and then com- ing out of it with a world record of three home runs. Somethirg to mar- vel at, there; something to cause the base ball world to cheer. And in con- sequence of this sudden return to form the betting odds have reverted to the stage of the start, and the series remains in suspense, not to be decided for at least two more games, ir“ludinfi that of today. e, The reputation of Charles Dawes as a melodist encourages hopes that he will be able to expand his talents so as to secure harmony in the Senate with reference to rules. Matrimonial Rowdyism. Just what actuates the turning of a wedding into a travesty by means of rowdyism passes the average under- standing. Yet that practice prevails in these supposedly enlightened days and in circles of supposedly intelligent Americans. Not content with shower- ing the bridal pair with rice and old shoes—strange tokens of blessings and hopes for happiness—the “friends of the couple” engage in such rites as the plastering of their departure vehicle with blatant placards and with strings of bells and old tins, to rattle and draw <he notice of the world at large to the fact that two more young people have embarked upon the matrimonial sea. Maj. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, has called the attention of the force to this latter practice as a viola- tion of the long-established régula- tions against unnecessary noises, and directing a rigid enforcement. There should be no difficulty in determining the cases of violation. It does not matter whether the occupants of a can-dragging motor car are pleased or displeased with this token of the “af- fection” of their friends. The noise that is made by the crashing cans and by the horns of accompanying motors racing through the streets is a nui- sance to others. Passersby may smile when . they THE EVENING lhnr this din and regard it as a huge joke. But suppose every motor car was thus decorated and appended. Would there be many smiles then? Is the joke merely a question of degree? If the matrimonial rowdyism that manifests itself in tin cans and need- lessly shrieking motor horns is ex- all the burden upon the people who!cusable on the score of our national sense of humor, why should not the privilege be extended to others? Why make a riotous joke of a wedding, anyway? The rigid enforcement of this rule, against all perpetrators of the public “shivaree,” may irk some who hold that rules that have been broken with impunity in the past should never ap- ply to them. But it wouid tend to re- deem. the most significant and solemn of all social rites from the realm of Jest. Optimism. Eventually a solution to the intri- cate problem of how to furnish an of- ficer to control traffic at the junction of Pennsylvania and East Executive avenues will be found. All concerned seem to be agreed that the need for such control, urgent at various heav- iy traveled and unofficered intersec- tions in the city, is most urgent at this point. It may be that, in order to achieve the end desired, one or another of the local traction companies will have to be prevailed upon to make a street- car line intersection at the corner in question and supply the pay for an officer. It may be that a popular sub- seription or an act of Congress will be necessary to get action. Or it may be that somebody down in the District Building will go to a telephone and ebody else, “Put one on.” Somehow, ‘in the end, the big prob- lem will be solved and the thing will be done. ———. Archeologists claim a great deal of respectful attention, although none of them has discovered anything that compares in importance with the tele- phone or the radio or the airplane or even the flivver. Ancient grandeurs are impressively poetical, but not con- vincingly practical. ————— Europe persists in trylng to inter- est America In political and financial matters when interest in base ball is at its height. They should realize that there are a few moments in each year when Uncle Sam positively re. fuses to be disturbed. e Taxation is always a great topic for discussion in matters of govern- ment. The income tax has added considerably to the burdens of debate which formerly was largely concerned merely with the old-fashioned tarift controversy. —oa Jack Dempsey still thinks he can beat Gene Tunney. Gene thinks can easily repeat his victory. The beauty about prize fighting Is that it always gives the dear people some- thing to talk about. et China invented gunpowder. Amer- ica invented the airship. Neither country provided for exclusive privi- leges in the use of cne of the greatest factors in military affairs. . Fashions may decree longer clothes. But the flapper finds the abbreviated garment more in accordance with purse, as well as helpful in an accen- tuation of charm. ———t—— An exposure of the amount of money used in a campaign means but little. The vast unbought vote is certain to prove the ultimate de- ciding influence. ——— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Ad to the Rescue. ‘When you've read all the poets of old And you long for more literature, The print that today will unfold May leave you a sense insecure— Yet here is a quip or a rhyme; You admit it is not at,all bad. It offers no effort sublime. In fact, it is only an Ad. The statesman grows turgid and drear. j The poet grinds on at low speed. ‘The words philosophic grow queer, And smiles are reluctant, indeed. But here is an honest old pun -And a jingle not hopelessly sad— ‘When w= sigh for some genuine fun ‘We must gratefully turn to the Ad. Instability. “What do you intend to talk about ‘when you make your next speech?” “I don't know,” answered Senator Sorghum. “You can never tell these days what changes time will bring. Interest shifts so rapidly that what seems a subject of solemn importance may, in twenty-four hours, appear like idle gossip.” College and Prize Ring. Though wise in literature or law You may stay poor, but clever. A simple wallop on the jaw Might make vou rich forever. Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, says we show respect to our ancestors with fireworks, but disobey them in our dally doings. Left at a Loss. “A working day should not be more than eight hours' long."” “But what are you going to do with your time,” inquired the naturally in- dustrious person, “when you don't care for dancing or motion pictures?” Dangerous Try-Outs. Inventions new are daily met. They leave the public thrilled. The more inventions that we get ‘The more of us are killed. Mistaken Kindness. The man had fallen into a violent fainting fit. “Shall I send for the ambulance?” asked the policeman. “Let him alone,” answered the ar- tist. “He's my favorite model, posing for the finish of a comic strip.” “De man dat shouts de loudest at @& camp meetin’,” said Uncle Eben, “is often de one dat can’t be located when e contribution plate is bein’passed.” " fears STAR, WASHINGTON. 'Astounding tactics are indulged in by ladies who get on street cars and busses without their fares in hand. Despite admonitions painted in large letters, so that all who stand and wait may read, countless women daily hold up public vehicles while search- ing through a pocketbook for a dime. A woman who stands 20 minutes for | a bus, for instance, will wait until she actually gets aboard before she once thinks of the mundane matter of the fare. Here is the good Mrs. Potherington, who has been bored to tear: she says, by reason of the long wait for the bus, which is supposed to come along every 12 minutes, but actually is always behind time. Constant rerouting, due to torn-up streets, is partly responsible for this condition. Huge public busses are forced to use streets hardly wide enough for two lines of passenger ve- hicles. Mrs. Potherington, however, is not concerned with causes. She stands patiently, her fare neatly tucked away in her capacious handbag the mean- while, watching the passersb Mrs. Potherington swears that in no other city in the world will pne see such a queer array of freakishly dressed women, many of them her own age, wearing costumes which “must have come out of the ark, my dear.” Really, they are positive frights. Why, the women of Triple Cross Cor- bhack home. dress much more ly, vou know. And these terri- ble flapper persons! They. on the other—er—er—hand, do ndt dress at all. ¥k along. Now, it would have been the easfest! thing in the world for Mrs. Pother- ington, during the 20 minutes she was cooling her heels on the corner, to have delved into her handbag, ab- stracted her fare and to have had it all ready to drop into the fare bo Her actual procedure is as follo: “Ten cents?” she queries, sweetly, knowing as well as the driver what the legal amount is. “Yes, ma'am,” says he. making no motion to start the vehicle. Company rules prohibit him moving until the fares are in the box. A transit com- pany is obdurate, in this respect. No tickee, no movie. Mrs. Potherington slowly opens her large handbag. The remainder of the company wishes from the bottom of its composite heart that Mrs. Poth- eringtol. had had the forethought to have had her fare ready, but, lack- ing that, that she will be able to find | it quickly, right there at the top of her container. There is no such good luck. There never s. Mrs. Potherington is taking no chance with her change. Within the handbag is a pockethook, or small purse, and within the purse there may be the stipulated fare. She is not sure, but she hopes so. J. Jenkins Smith, sitting just be- hind Mrs. Potherington, is already Jate for an appointment—un impor- 1 At this juncture the bus ‘cnme&\,‘ D. €. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1926 - THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. | tant one, too. He mentally assists the lady find her coin. Carefully Mrs. Potherington dips into the handbag, in search of the— no, not the ture, that will come later— of the purse. To be sure, the j urse! * X X X Now Mrs. Potherington has found her purse. . Carefully she peers within. Evi- dently it must be rather dark in there. for the good lady does not seem to be able to find anything at all resembling a ticket. Strong men fidget. The bus driver yawns. Behind the bus a long line of cars is piling up. Several impatient automobilists’ honk their horns fret- fully. “Get a search warrant,” says J. Jenkins Smith, under his breath. Mrs. Potherington, not nearing him, proceeds very methodically to look for that ticket. (This line uses paper tickets.) One by one she drags to view a lace handkerchief, good for nothing except to display a bit of lace; a key, large size; a powder puff, small size; a_com- pact, as the girls call them, of the flapper type; another small handker- chief, a sales ticket, vellow; a sales ticket, pink: a sales ticket. gray. ““Here it is!" triumphantly exclaims the searcher, noticing for the first time that she is actually holding up the bus. “You can go on,” she says, with much dignity, dragging forth a bill. The other passengers, having ex- pected a ticket, which would allow the whevls to turn around. groan in muf- fled unison at the sight of the Lill. Suppose it is a twenty? zood Tuck has it, however, thie quickly enough changed ady driver into a_ strip of ts and geveral coins of the realm. drop a ticket into the hox. ¥8 the driver, grabbing the “Don’t hurry me, young man,” re- plies Mrs. Potherington. “Don’t do it, young man,” says J. Jenkins Smith, combining a_ threaten: ing tone with such a tremendous wink that the driver nearly falls out the windo Mrs. Potherington drops the fare into the box. There is an utter lack of sound as the slight bit of paper flutters to the bottom of the hopper. So_this is what the bus stood still for! The driver clicks the handle on the side of the box. The fare disappears in the strong-box. The bus is off at last! Smith, Mrs. Potherington the other passengers are on their way, five minutes late, it istrue, but un- doubtedly moving at last. Why will women do this? | Some men, of course, offend in the | same way, but they are few and far | between ~when compared with the number of feminine offenders. Public co-operation, to the extent of having one’s fare ready. is needed in Washington, for thesake of every one who rides the cars and busses. Since this is such an easy matter to mttend to, there must be no other reason for it than thoughtlessness, that necessary evil that causes so much unnecessary trouble in the world. . BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Europe is in_the midst of what a traveler who has recently returned from a sojourn there describes as a “pathetic struggle for peace.” Just how the adjective fits with the ag- gressive defiance of Mussolini, each observer may decide for himself. Or what the renaissance of “balances of power” through political alliances signifies, may be given various con- structions. But the pan-European conference, which opened auspicious- ly in Vienna last Monday, holds out a new hope—pathetic or chimerical, as the future will disclose—concern- ing industrial prosperity of Europe. It is proposed to organize a ‘“pan- European republic,” to comprise all nations, but to have no connection with the political independence of the several nations. To the Vienna conference came the outstanding leaders of the govern- ments, hence the conference cannot be dismissed as merely a_gathering of dreamers. There was Dr. Joseph Wirth, former chancellor of the Ger- man Reich; Paul Loebe, president of the Reichstag; Dr. Rudolph Ramek, chancellor of the Austrian republic; Dr. Ignaz Seipel, former chancellor of the Austrian republic. Letters of sympathetic greeting were read from Joseph Calllaux, French minister of finance; Herriot, minister of public instruction, and Painleve, minister of war. When the lions and the lambs lie down together, dreams should be pleasant. * ok ok ok ‘Washingtonians will recall that a year ago Dr. Loebe attended the Interparliamentary Union Congress held here, and that he aroused con- siderable enthusfasm with a speech outlining the hopes of certain ele- ments in Furope that a pan- European union might be organized ‘which would parallel the Pan-Ameri- can Unfon. The idea had originated in the mind of Count Richard Cou- denhove-Kalerghi, an Austrian, whose fundamental thought® was to abolish all customs barriers between European nations, wiping out na- tional boundaries so far as they af- fected economic freedom. In that respect, there is no similarity be- tween the European plan and that of the Pan-American Union, which has no jurisdiction over national tariffs. The Pan-American Union has proved its very great usefulness through open conferences between the diplomats of all the member nations, especially upon political questions. It arrives at no conclusions binding upon the re- spective governments, but it clears away many a diplomatic misunder- standing and encourages frankness and good will. It is not primarily economical in its functions, and that is exactly the fleld into which the pan-European union proposes to en- ter. In short, the fundamental idea of Count Coudenhove-Kalerghi is free trade between all European nations— a proposal radically different from free trade between American nations, including_ the high-waged United States. Labor and Industrial condi- tions throughout all nations of Europe are more nearly upon a level of low wages and a comparatively low stand- ard of living. Withal, '‘a pa thetic struggle” such as has no simili. tude with conditions here, where wages are unprecedentedly high and where the livest question now is that of five days’ work for six days’ pay. * k * % The promoters of the pan-European union point to the recent agreement, at Brussels, in a combine of the steel interests of France, Germany, Lux- embourg, Belgium and the Saare. The demonstration that all steel manufac- tures can come together in a mon- ster international combine s taken as proof that all other European inter- ests of production may similarly com- bine, with mutual benefit. * k ok The European steel combine is mo- mentous, and does open a way for similar combines between producers of many countries of Europe. It may also prove significant in the competi- tion with the United States Steel Co., although President Gary expresses no o our any competi- tion European’ steel industries may put up. The European steel trust or com- bine agrees upon .a Iimfted and con- trolled output of steel, to be divided among the nations on the following basis: Germany, 4322 per cent; France, with Luxembourg, 39.45; Bel glum, 11.60; Saare, 0.73. For Poland. Austria and Zechoslovakia together. there is reserved a quota of 5 per cent. These quotas may be changed from time to time. Alrcady some di satisfaction is expressed in Germany, on the ground that she receives a quota of 75 per cent of her total ca- pacity, while France, Belgium and Luxembourg, it is claimed by the Germans, are allowed 90 per ecnt of their capacity. For each quota ton produced a tax of $1 must be paid into the trust's treasury, and for each ton above the authorized quota, $4 must be paid in From this fund will be paid out to the respective countries money needed in slack seasons to keep up wages of unemployed workmen and to main- tain the overhead costs. Each coun- try will be advised as to the amount of steel produced for war purposes. * % Tk % The total normal output of the Eu- ropean trust will be between 28,000, 000 and 30,000,000 tons per annum, while the United States produces in excess of 45,000,000 tons. Judge Gary hopes the European trust wiil suc- ceed, for it will stabiliza conditions in the world markets. It is easier to meet the competition of one concern than the disordered competition of six or seven desperate nations, com- pelled to fight for a modicum of trade, England, Italy and Soviet Russia de- cline to join the trust, With 30,000,000 tons of steel in Eu- rope under one control and 45,000,000 tons in America, the markets of the world will be in the hands of just two powers, aside from the comparatively small output of England and Italy. What effect that concentration of control may have upon construction will remain to be seen, but it is ar- gued that the wise conduct of the world monopoly, or at least duality, will recognize that prosperity of steel will depend upon further building throughout civilization, which will act as a governor upon trust extor- tions. It will be difficult to build up equivalent control over other forms of production—agriculture particu- larly—hence it will be impossible for the “ultimate consumers” of the prod- ucts of the double steel trust to .get back of the operators for any extor- L!XOHS of costs. * ok X ¥ It will be noted that the Vienna conference is an anomaly when it calls its frée trade project a pan-Eu- ropean republic. It would destroy na- tional barriers of economic divisions, but retain political barrfers. It re. sembles the development of the United States out of the thirteen colonies, or, rather, out of the first abortive at- tempt of the Confederation, except that our thirteen States undertook to maintain State independence by maintaining State tariffs. When our Federal Constitution united all into one Nation, it abolished State tariffs, but strengthened the central Gov- ernment. The pan-European re- public would abolish state or national tariffs without setting up a federal central political power. It exalts in- ternationalism of industry, while re- taining ties of nationalism in political affairs. A political federation with a federal supergovernment would face vacial prejudices and traditions much more formidable. (Copyright. 1926. by Paul V. Collins.) ———r—t—— Augury. From the Detroit News. It is understood that both the Cards and Yanks tried to elicit unfavorable opinions tfrom the sport experts, Still Simmering. From the Providence Journal. The Teapot Dome in Wyoming still appears to hold two things—oil and 3 | { company THE NORTH WINDOW By Leila Mechlin. It is an interesting fact that when art is spoken of, the majority of per- sons immediately think of pictures. The truth is, however, that paintings represent only one phase of art, and | the same elements which constitute merit in a work in this medium are | to be found in many other forms of art expression. Maude Adams, in the latest install- ment of her biography running serial- ly in a leading periodical, tells of the enormous help she received in put- ting on some of her productions from the late John W. Alexander, at one time president of the National Acad- emy of Design, and his wife, Eliza- beth Alexander. Miss Adams admits that she had not dreamed that there could be such whole-hearted help in the world as these two gave. She had hesitated to ask Mr. Alexander’s co-operation because, though she knew he loved the theater, he was an extremely busy man, on all sorts of committees, interested in every- thing civic and philanthropic. How true this is! Never was any one more public spirited than he. The School Art League of New York, which has done so great a service bringing art and opportunities for its study and better understanding to thousands upon thousands of public school children, passed through its initial stages of organization under his leadership. No young painter came to him for advice without be- ing given friendly reception; he could never bear to turn any one away. But he was an artist. first and always, and the problems which Miss Adams brought to him and his talented wife were essentially in his field. only did he help her in the ¢ fof “Peter Pan,” but, she say that day until his death o his great knowledge and enthusiasm to v play that was produced by her “He would draw and re- lines of head-dress until ct expression to the face ‘Mrs. Alexander would inch, with her scis- sors.” “Mr. Alexander knew the lines the material should take; Mrs. Alex- ander knew how to get them.” * ok Kk x To Mr. Alexander Miss Adams gives the credit for having recognized, in the work J. Monroe Hewlett was do- ing with gauze scenery, a new idea and a great advance. It was this idea that made it possible for “Peter Pan” naller cities and to be h just the right setting of ethereal mystery £ o Mr. Hewlett, it will be remembered, is a distinguished architect, a member of the American Institute of Archi- tects and at the same time a mural painter. It was he who planned, the superb pageant which took place here under the auspices of the American Institute of Architects when the medal of honor of that institution was presented to Henry Bacon by the President of the United States on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This is as it should be. The great artists of the past lent their talents to the designing of costumes and pageantry in the golden days of the Renalssance in Italy. Also, it will be remembered, they did not consider it beneath them to turn to craft work, rendering in metal, stone and pottery works of rare beauty and artistic value. * There is great possibility of co-op- eration hetween artists, not only in the production of plays presented on the legitimate stage, but in moving which within the last 12 3 ave become so popular a source of entertainment. Some nota- ble artists have turned their attention in this direction. Hugo Ballin, who is represented in the Evans collection in the National Gallery of Art by a superh painting, “The Sibylla Euro- spent in Hollywood co-operating with motion picture pro- ducers. But, by and large, the pro ducers generally have not realized the t their command in this field, or the value of it. Tt is for this rea- son that o few of the films do more than tell a tale; and it is safe to as- sert that it is the ignorance of the public in matters artistic which per- mits such pictorial crudity to find ac- ceptance. No doubt this condition will be al- tered; it is being altered now. do some of the better films eve aw the an- art in the matter of composition, design and arrangement, but lately the element of color has been brought in and beautifully used. Especially s this to be remarked in some of the cenes in the film of ‘“Ben-Hur,” which is now having a first showing in this city. The tendency of the moving ple- ture is to take the kernel from a work of literature and present it with posterlike precision, but one may note an evidence of increasing con- sciousness of the fact that, when held within bounds, the embellishment of art adds attraction and enhances value. The real artist, whether he is a writer or a painter, a sculptor, an architect or a musician, finds delight in and demonstrates his genius while embroidering, his ‘theme. * Kok % It s interesting Maude Adams has been co-operating with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the production of certain cinema films, the purpose of which is to bring a knowledge of art visually to the people, to educate by amusing. One of these films fust completed depicts the making of pot- tery. The scene is laid in a potter's $hop In the middie of the Tast cen- ry, wi the pott a {ury, with the potter at work on & The Metropolitan Museum of started this work four years apo. & now has films on Egyptian art. on armor and its use in the ancient days, on Greek art, on French Italian and Chinese art, the making of leaded glass, etc. These are shown at the museum on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 4 o-clock, ays the bulletin of that great museum: “Thousands of people aye looking for motion pictures which have ‘artistic, instructive and enter. taining value, but the average motion picture producer does not show -auch films. He has overlooked this latent public and has sought to please only those who enjoy the type of pictures now generally shown, with thef cheap “love scenes and impossible plots.” Not only can these moving pictures be seen at the museum, but they can be borrowed by institutions in other parts of the country. This department at the Metro. politan Museum is under the charge of liss Grace Clark, formerly of ashington, a traine: c plished designer. S e * ¥ *x x With reference to art galleries museums, E. V. Lucas in an an?cnlg on “How to Look at Pictures” in g recent number of the Ladies’ Home Journal gives some excellent advice, He says: “To.go around a gallery with a trained vision at one's service (that is, a musaum guide or one learned in such matters) is a great and quicken- ing privilege, but I advise you to go around first alone.” He recommends, furthermore, a first tour without a catalogue, in order that one will not be under the dominion of names; and suggests that guessing the author- ship of the various paintings, testing one's knowledge of style, is a game well worth playing. “The finest qual- ity you can take fnto a picture gal. lery and out of it again,” he claims, “is honesty,” and by that he does not mean honesty as against theft, but rather in connection with judg- ment—avoidance of pretense, frank- ness of exp: to know that Q. To settle a dispute will you please publish in_ your paper it Ru- | dolph Valentino played a double part | (father and son) in his last picture, 1 “The Son of a Sheik"? A. The late Rudolph Valentino layed the part of Sheik Ahmed and Ahmed, son of the sheik, in his last picture. Father and son appeared on | the screen at the same time. Would you please tell me how many different kinds of whales are able to swallow a man?—G. F. C. A. The Bureau of Fisherles finds no ! record of a whale being able to swal- low a man whole. The throat of a { Whale is considered small. 5 Q. What is “galvanizing”?—C, E. H. A. Galvanizing is a process by which metal sheets and other parts passed through a pot of molten zinc take on a protective coating of that metal. The coating must be thin enough to permit forming into spout- ing, cornices, gutters, etc., without cracking and so permitting corrosion to take place at the exposed portion, and thick enough to provide satisfac- tory durability against the effect of jatmospheric gases, moisture, etc. Q. Please advise me how many ve swum the English Chan- nel this year?—B. W. A. Two women have succeeded in swimming the English Channel—Ger- trude Ederle and Mrs. Clemington Cor- son, August, 1926. Q. How may pencil marks be re- moved from a quilt just completed?’— ) N \ soit eraser such as art gum “times be used successtully in le pencil marks on textiles. ter s used for washable the soap freely and i he meaning of the word 2se embassy has In- the word “Maru® Q. Were any of the mill scenes in the picture “Men of Steel” taken in Pittsburgh?—J. K. A. We are informed that the mill scenes in “Men of Steel” were filmed in Birmingham, Ala. As far as we have been able to learn, no fliming was done in Pittsburgh. Q. Did the United States furnish an exhibit to the London Exposition of 1851?—T. E. B. A. The United States sent to this exposition held in Crystal Palace an agricultural display, as well as such articles as Colt revolvers, a trotting “sulky,” chandeliers and kerosene lamps, McCormick new reapers, planos, plows and farm machinery. Q. Will you please tell me whether the frost has any effect on the leaves in the Fall—that is, does the foliage turn any more quickly after frost?— J. M. G. A. Leaves change their color re- gardless of whether or not they are at- tacked by frost. The brilliant colors of dying leaves in Autumn are due partly to chemical changes in the de- caying chlorophyll and partly to the exposure of pigment cells previously concealed by an abundance of chlo- rophyll or other feature of vital ac- tivity. The leaf drops because it no longer recefves nourishment from the stem or twig. Q. Has there ever been a flight across Canada by a seaplane?—W. V. A. Squadron Leader A. Earl God- frey of the Royal Canadian Air Force recently arrived at Jericho Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia, after ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. the Government to enforce the pro hibition enforcement law?—A. B. M. A. According to a statement of the commissioner of _internal revenue $9,573,791.64 was expended for the en- forcement of this law during the fiscal year 1926 Q. T have always understood that the name “Kalorama,” as applied to the street in Washington, came from the Greek, instead of being of Indlan derivation, Wil vou please tell me whether this is correct’—R. K. A. The information contained in our former answer was taken from “In the Words of the Indian,” by John H. Crookes. You are undoubtedly cor- rect, however, in your statement thas the word Kalorama, as applied to Washington, was taken from the Greek, meaning ‘“beautiful view." Q. Is it dangerous to clean with gasoline In the home even though there is no flame present?’—E. C. A. The Bureau of Standards says that two pleces of fabric rubbed to- gether may produce a spark of fire which is known as static or frictional electricity. A spark as tiny as that made by rubbing a cat's back may set off the vapor from gasoline used as a cleaner. Q. What does “maniton” mean?—A. A. It is a name given by American Tndians to any spirit or supernatural being, good or evil. It was common among Western and Mississippi tribes, and was applied to any obfeet used as a fetich or Q. How much nails grow than t A. The nails of the the rate of week. while those of a millimeter In a month the wind n hour ne, why get from A Q. When it was sald that blew ut a rate of 130 mil during the Florida hurri did it take so long t Miami to Pensacola”—D. A. The estimated velocity of the wind when the hurricane struck Miami was 125 miles an hour. This did not mark the progress of the storm, however, for after the first onslaught there was a lull, then the wind came from the other direction, indicating that Miami was directly in the center of the hurricane. The storm traveled forward at about 300 to 400 miles a day in crossing the ocean and consumed 49 hours in moving from Miami to Pensacola, a distance of about 550 miles. Q. How can lantern slides be col- ored?—H. E. A. A. Aniline colors may be used, these acting more as stains than col- ors. The better-cla: workers use ofl colors in tubes, care being taken to employ only those that show their true tint when viewed by trans- mitted light. The most useful are gamboge, * Italian pink (vellow), burnt and raw sienna, Prussian blue, crimson lake and red madder. Thin with copal varnish. Q. How long has Queen Marle of Rumania ruled>—H. O. A. Marle became Queen of Ru mania on October 10, 1914. This is a special department de- roted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the services of an extensive organization in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to_information This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of bencfits to which you are entitled. Your obliga- completing the first seaplane flight across Canada from tidewater to tide- water. Q. How much money is spent by tion is only 2 cents in stamps, in- closed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star In- formation Burcau. Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. 0. As National ‘The recent nominations in New York State on both Democratic and Repub- lican tickets brings “wet and dry” talk to the fore. Majority comment ac- cepts the nomination of Gov. Smith for another term as placing him in the field as a presidential candidate in the next campaign. The New York situation is described by the Nashville Banner (independent) as “mixed pickles,” and that paper, re- viewing the results in both parties, ex- presses the opinion that “New York's election will receive much attention from the general public and may prov determinative of our politics in the near future.” The Banner refers to Smith and Wagner, Democratic candi- dates for governor and Senator, re- spectively, as “pronounced wets,” and to prohibition as “the main issue be- fore the people.” It holds that Senator Wadsworth, Republican nominee for the United States Senate, “is as pro- nouncedly wet as is Gov. Smith,” and that Representative Ogden Mills, nomi- nee of that party for the governor- ship, “is a modificationist.” ““The political situation in New York has been put into direct relation to national politics,” says the Springfleld Union (Republican), by the renomina- tion of Gov. Smith for the fifth time. He is the outstanding Democratic can- didate for President in the minds of the Democrats of Eastern and North- ern States. Obviously, the fate of Gov. Smith as the favorite candidate for the presidency in these States depends upon his success in defeating Ogden Mills in the coming election.” The Dayton Daily News (independent Democratic) directs attention to the fact that “Smith and Wagner, while members of Tammany, have claimed throughout years the respect of East- ern newspapers that have been vio- lently opposed to the Tiger or- ganization Both men, it contends, “have been clean, conscientious and courageous in their official conduct.” * ok ok X The outlook in the Empire State from the viewpoint of the Lynchburg News (Democratic) is “another term for Al Smith, and perhaps another Democrat in the United States Sen- ate—a possibility that the Republican straddle on the prohibition question, Republican emphasis on national f sues and Republican attempts to pic- ture Smith as a tool of Tammany Hall scarcely serve to lessen.” The Scimitar (independent) states “the nomination of Gov. Al _Smith by the Democrats of New York to be a candidate for a fourth term is probably the record in this country for unbroken leadership. The hold that Smith has on the peo- ple of New York is not confined to the Democrats. Some of the strongest Republicans in the State count him ———— after-dinner speech that if people would be honest in regard to art a higher standard would be set. How many people go to orchestral concerts because it is the thing to do; how many assume an interest in certain paintings because those who supposed- ly know more have said they were good? Half, if not three-quarters, of the hypnotic influence exerted by the so-called modernist painters is not to be found in the works themselves, but what some one claiming excep- tional insight and wisdom says about them, claims for them. William M. Chase once said that it was better to buy a chromo which one liked and later discard than a painting of real merit because some one else liked it; and s0 it is. New York Election Is Seen Weather Vane among thelr closest personal friends. His leadership is not confined to Tam- many Democrats. Tammany is as ob- jectionable to many Democrats as it is to Republicans. Smith has a grip on Tammany and on the upstate Dem ocrats as well.” “It used to be that any Democrat who could be sure of carrying New York and garnering its 45 electoral votes could be sure of the Democratic nomination for President,” says the Lincoln State Journal (independent Republican), “but that was before New York had gained the assurance to demand national worship for its Tammany idols. Smith has been an excellent Governor of New York. His chance to show that he can be an excellent President of the United States is now small” The Butte Daily Post (Republican) insists that mith is, first an! foremost, Tam- many's man,” while it recalls that “Cleveland never had a thing to do with Tammany, and that was an item to his decided advantage with the lead- ers of the National Democracy.” The Berkshire Eagle (independent) also avers that “it looks as if the Em- pire State were booked for a season of rule on orders from Tammany Hall.” * K ok % Referring_to the platform of the New York Democrats as recommend- ing that referendum support be given to modification of the Volstead act, the Richmond News-Leader (independent) Democratic) contends that this “mani- festly will increase Mr. Smith's difi- culties as a candidate for the Demo- eratic nomination in 1928, and draws the general conclusion that “his presi- dential candidacy is weakened by the platform and = probably will be strengthened by the showing he will make in comparison with the other major Democratic candidate.”” The Akron Beacon-Journal (Republican) believes that “New York, for the first time in vears, is going to have an evenly matched battle for the gov- ernorship.” The Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratic) ex- presses the judgment that “if the referendum on prohibition carries af- firmatively by a great majority, it will naturally .be claimed that Smith has correctly sensed the public mind of the populous section of the coun- try and would make a powerful ap- peal to the Fast as a presidential candidate.” The Post also sees sig- nificance in the fact that Gov. Smith “forced his party to adopt a plank approving the World Court, although he had to drive the Tammany outfit into line on the issue.” Summarizing the New York situa- tion, the Raleigh News and Observer (Democratic) remarks: “What have the Democrats in New York gained by espousing the wet cause? They have two or three times elected Al Smith governor, but in_ 1924 they elected nobody else to office in New York State. In the days of Tilden, Cleveland, Hill and Flowers a Demo- cratic victory in New York State meant a Democratic Government. Under Smith it means Smith at Al- bany and no other Democrat elected to a State office. To this complexion has politics come in New York State. The Democrats are ready to surren der everything in the State to elect Smith. The Republicans are ready to surrender everything to elect Wadsworth. Party victory and party principles are subordinated to make each party the creature of two ‘wet' politicians.”