Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1926, Page 50

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.......October 24, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 1110 st A Penmarivania Ave Now Fork & (4 ‘. icago Offica: Tower a: 110 East 42nd 8t uilding. European Office: 14 Regent St.. Lendon. Fngland. The Ev e sirion: 16 Selive the city at 80 cents r. with the Sunday morn- red by carriers within 45 cenis per_month: r month: dajly only. Slindasa oniy. 25 cents per month_ Orders may be seni by mail or elephone Main 5000, Collaction is made by earrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Virginia. 1 7. $8.00: 1 m 1veodaan: {m 15783001 m 3 All Other Sta and ";nldm“ o0 aite and Sy v $17.00:1 mo.. MIx o ey | 34R A0 1 e 180 inday only Sandas only 35¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Assoriated Preas is exclusivalr entitied 16 the use for republication of all news dis- hes credited 10 it or not ntharwise o ted in this naner and also the local naws ihlished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved The Three-Year Limitation. Suggestion that repeal of the law re. quiring an exclusive residence in the District for three years prior to ap- pointment as Commissioner is neces- sary to permit the selection of a thor- oughly qualified person for that posi- tion is an unwarranted reflection upon the qualifications of District residents for that responsibility and duty. That restriction was written into the or- ganic act in 1878 and has remained unchanged for forty-nine vears. Dur- ng that time the eivilian Commission- ers have all, with one possible excep- tion, heen chosen with strict regard for the limitation as to residence, and they have all measured nup fully to the standard of the office. Why. then, the need of a change of the law now? Is there & dearth of men, women, qualified in capacity, in opportunity And in law to serve as Commissioner in this year 19262 If o, wherefore the change? What has caused the defi- clency? Those from whom it is reported the President would like to select a Dis- trict Commissioner, but who are bar- red by the law of 1878, are voters in the States. They reside here almost exclusively, returning to their native or adopted States to exercise the fran- chise which they are unwilling to sac- rifice. even for full and legal District residence. Are they the better material for appointment as Commissioners by reason of the fact that they are voters? Is there something in the pos- ion and the exercise of the elec toral franchise which qualifies a cfti- zen for administrative responsibility bevond the quasi-citizen who has been denied the vote? In the past forty nine vears that has not heen the case, if the success. of the District government under the administration of legally lecal Commissioners is the measure of judgment. Of couree, there is no connection he- tween the vote and the qualifications of potential Commissioners. The vote- less Washingtonlan is just as well fitted for that duty as the enfran chised resident of a State who has come here to reside for a part of each vear, the greater part. perhaps, and who takes an interest in local welfare and local problems. It does happen, however, that in some cases the new- comer, in a legal sense the visitor from the States, is in a financial sit- uation which permits acceptance of #uch an office at a sacrifice of private interests regardless of the compara- tively amall offieial compensation. If it ;were once conceded that the District cannot furnish a competent Commissioner from among its hona fide residents there would he no justi- fication whatever In insisting upon the retention of the thres.year qualifica- tion. But it 1s not and it will not be &0 eoneeded. Heavy though the sacr fice of income may be through accept- ance of this trust there will always be a wide range of cheice for the Chief Fixecutive from the strietiy qualified lacal supply. Despite the lack of the franchise here, in consequence of the lang continued inequity of treat- or ment accorded the Distriet, there are ! men and women In Washington who pahle of maintaining the high €tandard of the office, who can capahly represent the District hefore Congress, Wha can administer the municipal af fairs intelligently, efficiently and faith- tolly. > Of the possible immediate effect of & lowering of the bars by repeal of the Rhivea-vear clause ‘of ‘the organic) act the District has no apprehension. Rut what of the future” There can he nn suarantee that under the wide.open plan of Commissioner selection pro- posed through the repeal of the resi- dence law appointments to this office are oz would he made with strict regard for | consideration for Rather it proh- basis the civilian parti and zealous the local welfare, abls that that Commissioners would he merely favorites. to whom in the pres of patronage dispensation this office wonld he awarded in considera- tion of political services, Hence it it that despite the attrac- tiveness of the possibility of securing the services as District Commissioner of one of those who dcnces sisewhere and social residence here arve eminently qualified for yhe assignment save in terms of the three- year law, there i termined opposition that that law be repéaled for the hene- fit of an immediately gratifving solu- 11on of the appointment problem. For that problem can be solved without the sacrifice of the vitally important principle of home rule. ——— In discussing & number of sections of the world it is considered courteous to mention climate and say nothing whatever about earthquakes. —— Light in Tibet. T.ight is being let into the dark cor- ners of the world. At the present pace there will soon he no dim recesses of human habitation, no gloomy, mysteri- oue nooks to lure the adventurous ex- plorer. A very few ra Ago the city of Lihasa, eapital of Tibet, was the ultima thule of the pioneer to whom merit on n o voting resi- to r a positive and a de. | the proposal| ?rhe “no trespass” sign was but an in- {citation. Many tried to reach it and failed. At last it was penetrated by an expedition sent forth by the British | government to establish relations with the Tibetans, following its attainment { by Sven Hedin, an intfepid penetrator of the wilderness. There was a period of some visitation, scrupulously regu- lated by the Tibetans, and then the gates were once more closed. But as- piring young Tibetans had caught the apirit of progress and began to go forth to study modern ways of civillza- tion. One of them went to England to achool, and there he learned much that he belleved would be of benefit to his people. He studied electricity and, remembering the wealth of water power in his native land, he conceived | the idea of harnessing this “white coal” and turning it into electric power. He assembled an equipment and returned to Tibet. Nothing posi- tive was heard of him for a long time. Tt was then reported that he had been slain by jealous reactionaries and his apparatus destroyed as evil. But it would seem that this report was, after the fashion of other announcements of death, greatly exaggerated. For word has come that young Mr. Rin- Rang has won through the barriers of prejudice, developed power, set up an outfit and is now lighting the stfeets of Lhasa with electricity. If that is | true Tibet is doomed as a mystery. It is bound to come into the light of the world. Tllumination brings enlighten- ment, and although the jealousy | against modernism is intense in that land, and fanaticism is perhaps more acute than anywhere else in the world, the influence of young Ringang is cer- tain to work out the inevitahle lower- ing of the barriers and the eventual opening of Tibet to civilization. — e Chicago's Gangsters. A few days ago, soon after the gang- sters of Chicago had staged another ambuscade in which rival criminals were killed and wounded, 1t was an- nounced that the bad men of that elty had buried the hatchet and concluded a treaty of peace and would hence- forth “live and let live,”” each group working its own field and abstaining from interference with others. This statement caused much concern to be felt by ghe peaceable citizens of Chi- cago, who have come to regard the gang wars as their hest means of se- curity from raids and robberies and murders. Quickly thereafter, however, came an explosion which destroyed one of the gangmen, acting leader of the band whose chief is now in jail awaiting trial for killing a rival gun- man. There was a brief sense of re. lief. Had the gangsters broken their truce and were they once again at one another's throats? But no! Closer examination of the affair disclosed the fact that the .atomized rufan had merely been “holst by hiz own petard™ as he was about to break into a store for the purpose of ‘blowing the safe in order, it is helieved, to secure funds to aid the defense of his imprisoned chief. He was just unlucky, or heavy handed in his handling of the “soup. Every time one of these tragedies oc curs it is officially stated on behalf of the Chicago police that the gangsters are well known. By some means or other the police seem to know all the intricactes of the Inter-gang relation- ships, the hang-outs of the gunmen, thefr affiliations. And yet there is no general raid upon them. There hasi been no round-up of the underworld | of crime. The only dstermined prosecu- tions are those conducted against the gangsters who are implicated in as- saults upon other gangsters. Chicago has a lot of explanation to make in this connection. Why is it that these confirmed crooks are able to range the city with perfect free- dom and only come to grief when they bump into rival squads of lawbreakers or trip over their own explosives? Are they licensed by some nndisclosed s - tem of official permits? Is there a chain of receivers for the license fees | Ike that which obtained in New York hack in the days of Croker, or who aver else was in fact the “man higher up” who got the heaviest share, those days that ended with the investigation prompted by the researches of Rev. Dr. Parkhurst? Of course, It the gangsters prey upon one another and stumble over | their and reduce their own | ranks by thelr avarice and their clum- ! siness. That is all to the geod. But | what of the several million of law- | ahiding people whose property is after all the objective of these crooks and | cracksmen and gunmen? Are they not | entitled to some protection apart from that affordsd by the depletion of the lawlesy ranks by gang warfare and laccident? | “soup™ O The delightful manner in which a | queen assists in passing the hours of | leisure is highly appreciated in this | country, vet not quite to the extent | of calling for the suggestion that we ought to have one of our own e Repentance Under the Redwoods. | The Government is accustomed to | receiving various sums in money and {even in stamps as contributions to the famed “conscience fund” maintained by those who have once, wittingly or unwittingly, robbed Uncle Sam and { who wish to quiet that still small voice. Most of the amounts received {have been small. Persons who pinch | ! Indian reservations or oil deposits or something worth while like that ap- parently have consciences so stretched | that they never get back to normal. The other day a bulky piece of mail | opened it the office of the Governor | of California was found to contain a | sizeable slab of bark from a redwood tree. Its sender stated that he had stripped it off a® long ago as 190 but that his act of vandalism had so {preyed upon his mind that he could 1 no longer retain it. Perhaps the removal of this piece of bark did not hurt the giant of the | foreat, greatest and oldest of living | things. Perhaps it was not even marred greatly. But no man is skilled enough to replace it as it was hefore the damage was done, and about the only good the transmittal of the thing can accomplish I8 to bear testimony to the improvement in a citizen’s heart | land hills and streams are not like | talk and turn on a jazz record.” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, and against Federal and States laws are not even to this extent reparable. One can never put back or adequately pay for the trees and shrubs his care- less campfire or cigarette destroyed. No man can do anything about the dogwood his greedy hands broke off a season or two back. Those short trout he once thought it smart to keep are gone . forever, along with their possible progeny. The buck or doe shot out of season is but a memory today. Most decent Amer- icans are perfectly honest in a finan- clal w ‘They would not cheat Uncle Sam out of a two.cent stamp. But theusands have consciences so loaded with offenses like the foregoing that it is a wonder that to them the woods haunted houses to a murderer. Reparation is impossible but re- pentance—to tuen and go the other way—is alway The Whip and the Bar. Senator Lenroot's proposal to take punitive measures to force all Gov- ernment. employes to the polls has but a single redeeming feature. In that it emphasizes the urgent need for a revival of an appreciation of the responsibilities of the American voter, his recommendation deserves that de- gree of applause to which any trite Jlruism is entitied. But in that the advocacy of inequitable discrimination to accomplish even the most plausible end is essentially un-American, he hurts the very cause he pleads. If the time has come when a fraction of the American electorate are to bhe driven to the exercise of what should he a proud privilege while vet another fraction—the citizens of the District of Columbia—are continued to be barred from the exercise of that privilege, the theories of ‘democratic government have indeed hecome difficult to follow. . in person for American money, prompt in sending his law _OCTOBER 24, EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. LL. D. Bishop of Washington. “THE UNCHANGING CHRIST.” Hebrews, ziii.8—"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.” / Judged in terms of sheer popular- ity and universal favor, Jesus Christ stands supreme in human thought to- da; Living as we do in a period of sweeping changes, where systemsand practices that are time - -_red are swept away overnight, this supreme personality maintains its place and in- creasingly demands the reverent study and devotion of thoughtful men the world over. How®er critics or scholars may interpret the meaning of His life and teachings—yes, however confused His accredited exponents may he—still the fact remains that this great Mas- ter appeals today as never hefore to every type and class, and His influ- ence upon human thought and action grows and expands with every recur- ring period. A modern distinguished writer maintains that the most strik- ing thing about Jesus is His original- ity. No one questions the unique- ness of His place among the great religious teachers. To our mind the most singular thing about Him is His unfailing persistence down the long centuries of time. At various times men have sought to hinder His prog- ress and to impair His influence. Voltaire in a period of speculation and doubt maintained that the insti- tution of the Christian Church would not last out another 50 years of time. In another period of large scientific research, with its attending dis- closures, men feared for the prestige and permanence of Christian institu- tions and wondered whether its sov- ereign teacher could continue to hold His place of supremacy and power. When scholarship gave itself more completely to the study of the Scrip- tures, bringing with it much of val- ue, and yet shifting old positions that had been regarded as permanent, it for the. while disturbed those who felt that the old footing stones were heing displaced. It is safe to say that nothing that either science or scholar- ship has contributed has in any wise impaired the personal influence which Jesus continues to exercise over hu- man thought down to the iatest hour. income from United States copyrights involved. Uncle Sam is healthy and wealthy, but. in the estimation of many Europeans, not particularly is | wise. ————— Indiana may find dtself with as much fame for plots in politics as in literature. Some study has apparent- ly been directed by an irresponsible citizenship to the question of what kind of vote is likely to prove the best seller. ———— It always seems difficult to choose a well equipped and congenial Dis- trict of Columbia Commissioner, when A new Vvacancy occurs; vet the task has heen accomplished on a long list of occasions to the emirent satisfac- tion of the community. e Now and then there is a disposition to discuss a debt so long and with so much intricacy as to imply a hope that the creditor will grow tired of hearing about it, - —oos o The marines now guarding the mails look forward to the possibility of a-little fighting even in time of peace. oo When royalty goes on tour, all the world hecomes a stage and Loie Fuller has enjoyed distinguished successes as a stage manager. e The new death-dealing ray may put wholesale possibilities in the hands of’| the person who did not know it was loaded. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Fashions Change. The clothes they wore in days of yore The pockethook weuld wrench, And every garment in the store Was labeled clearly, “French,” The dainty wind of piquant styles That makes the present show Instead of traveling ocean miles May stand in Kokomo. . Still claims pelf, the dry goods shelf Demands a fortune great— But fashions change. Paree herself 1s going out of date. rowing Skeptical. “Do you believe in a red-hot place of future punishment?" “I'm not sure answered Farmer Corntossel. “I'm kind o' losin’ faith in all Kinds o' weather predictions.” “A respectful child,” said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown. “listens to words of parental wisdom. while hoping that mother will soon get tired of father's So There! 1 hope tha crook who robhed a car For further purposes of erime Will be, before he travels far, Took up for parking overtime. Brief Remarks. “Are you going to make many speeche: “1 think s0,” answersd Senator Sor- ghum. “But they will be brief.” “How many worde." “Only one. When a really influen-| tial political hess shows up, 1 shall say nothing but ‘ves.' " | The Waiting Orator. The orator in silence waits Until he gets the Next Book. Refore he make his speaking dates He wants his campaign text book. Jud Tunkins says there's sure to he trouble when a hip flask tries to help the gas tank drive the car. “Pe man dat does a heap o' talkin’," sald Uncle Eben, “is liable to go through life without findin' time to learn much.” ——on—s Think It Over. From the Saginaw News-Courier. Speaking of aids to memory. There are those ear sentences A Balti- more judge imposed upon twe held-up | men who “‘could not remember” what they had done. R Easy Street. From the Davton Datis News. and mind. It may, however, be so fastened into place that the injury is ot noticeable. Most of such offenses against Nature There is no doubt that the way of the transgressor iz hard, but it gen- erally makes the way of the lawyers pretty easy | who was Even the colossal catastrophe of a World War, with all its horrors and attending hrufdlity, could not weaken the hold He has upon the human heart and mind. There are many today who, lacking a broad vision of human concerns, seem to feel that there is danger that the influence of Jesus is some- how or other belng Impaired. and the institutions He called into existence threatened with early dissolution. A more careful study of the situation discloses the fact that His grip upon fact, stronger today than it has ever been hefore. It may be that the world Is at times unresponsive to a stern dogmatism or to the excesses of institutionalism. There are ev dences on every hand that it is re- sponsive to that kind of expression of faith in a Hving and compelling Master, where His personality and teaching are adequately and con- sistently set forth. Lincoln's declaration that he was in search of a church that in its very teaching and practice represented nothing more or less than Jesus Christ and Him crucified is but an- other form of expression of the | world's yearning today. The over- accent upon the institution's im- poartance and authority must give place ta a new accent upon the su- preme personality that it essays te represent. An exceedingly clever woman said when asked to join a re- ligious institution, “I will do so, pro- vided it does not take away from me my Christ.” It was a significant ob- servation. A- striking thing about Jesus is His modernism. The utter facility with which He fits into every age and every condition of life makes Him a rhodernist in the best sense of the word. He is,a modernist hecause He meets and answers modern con- ditions and modern needs. To the disillusioned and disappointed, to the sorrowing and confused, to the tempted and_sinning, He comes with a message that i so adaptable that fits every condition and meets v situation. The religion of the tian Church is the religion of a personality, Tte devetion may ex- press itself through many and varied forms, from the simplest to the most ornate, but the churches of every name need to he solemnly reminded today that thelr compelling power, as well as their security, reside in making evident to men and women that their one supreme purpose is to manifest Jesus Christ and Him crucified. GASSING MOTHS AND BUGS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Recently theChemical Warfare Serv- ice was asked to co.operate with the Quartermaster Corps in aiding in the fumigation of certain materials which were in danger of Heing completely destroyed by moths. Every housewife knows the constant fear that during the Summer montha the Winter clothing or .woolen blankets may be attacked by these pests. It is such a tragedy to find that a favorite coat or hed covefing has been ruined by moths! The Army has the same wor only on a much larger scale than that | of the ordinary heuseholder. If moths or other destructive pests get a firm foothold in a warehouse, it means a tremendous loss to Uncle Sam. It may mount into_the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tt therefore hehooves those Intrusted with the care and storage of Government materials to take every possible precaution. While many things have been found to destroy the adult moth, it is very difficult to kill the worm or larva. There is-one thing that will do this, although it is very dangerous to use unless the person using it is experi- enced. Hydrocyanic gas has been used as a fumigant for many years, but it is particularly dangerous because it is practically odorless, and a person working with it might be overcome without warning. The Chemical War Service, however, has devised a method of combining it with cyanogen chlorlde, which is a vigorous lachry- mator. This tear gas gives sufficient whrning for the operator to don a mask or get out before it is too late. In other words, when the tears begin to_come it is time to leave. Tt is interesting to note some of the instances where this cyanogen chloride &as mixture has been successfully used to destroy, not only moths, but hed- bugs, cockroaches, flour weevils, and rodents. At .Jeffersonville. Ind.. the stock of cloth, felt, saddles, sheep- blankets and other articles of equipment maintained at the ermaster Intefmediate Depot e were treated with this The huilding was made as air-tifht as possible and care was taken that no unauthorized person should remain in it. Those conductifg the actual ex periment were equipped with a apecial type of gas mask devised by the - Chemical Warfare Service and instructed in its use. It was so arranged that each worker was kept in full sight of at least one other. man prepared to go to his as. istance in the event he showed an indication of heing affected hy the g: Results Wholly Satisfactory. The bullding was kept closed for 24 hours, and then the gas gradually released. There was no trace of the gas a few hours after the chambers were opened. There was upen the color of the fabrics and the leather saddles were apparently un- damaged. A careful examination ravealed no living moths or larvae. In order to make certain of the latter, an attempt was made to incubate some of the larvae, but without success. In another fire station. the second floor of which was uged for quarters. This building was infested with cockroaches. The first floor contained 1 room, the second 10 rooms, 2 halls and A large closet. Under one quarter of the building there was a hasement. For the fumigation of this structure twenty 3-gallon crocks were used—2 in the basement 5 on the first floor and 13 on the second floor.." Kach of them contained 1,500 cubic centi- meters of water and 1,500 cubic centi- meters _of commereial hydrochloric acid. Three charges of 6 ounces sodlum cyanide and 3 ounces sodium ¢hlorate were used in each crock. All the windows and outside doors were closed and the generators started at 8§ a.m. After five hours windows and dors were opened and 15 minutes later the bullding was free of gas. A large number of dead cockroaches was found, and also some | hedbugs, although persons living in the building had not noticed any of the latter before that time. None of the furnishings/of the rooms had bes affected by the gas, nor had the silv: | ware. The nickel and brass fittings, however, were tarnished. ‘The Public Health Service has used cyanogen choloride gas mixture as the regular gas for fumigation purposes on ships, and has issued accordingly a very strict set of regulations. These provide that a written statement mu ba obtained from the master of the vessel or his representative that the veasel is ready for fumigation, and that all of the créw, personnel, pas- sengers or others have been accounted for as not being in or on the vessel. except those specifically authorized by the medical officer or fumigator in charge for the purpose of assigting in the fumigation. All employes of the Public Health Service who are engaged. in the fumigation of vessels with cyanogen chloride gas are réquired to take a course of instruction im the proper use and care of gas masks. Experiments have also been made E3 no_effect | instance there was a | by the Department of Agriculture in the use of cyanogen chloride gas mixture for fumigating certain types of plants. It A reported that it was this gas which was used in the éxecution of criminals in one of the Weastern States some time ago. How- ever, there was no official confir- mation of this report. It appears that this gas mixture has a varied number of uses and may save the Government considerable money. However, it is also shown that the danger from its careless or improper use is such that the ordinary layman should not by ‘this method undertake to rid his house of any pest which may he annoying him. YOUR CHILD N SCHOOL By Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Superintendent of Schools. Washington | 3 | |NO. 6—VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. | The proplem of preparing our boy {and girls ‘for the places they are to |fll as the citizens of this Republic in |the years to come has a definite voea- tional phase. It is the business of the in society. To be successful in achiev- ing this task any school system, and the public schools in particular, must be able to fit the youngsters who are confided to its care to be useful cifi- zens. Otherwise its efforts are largely | unavailing. In building up a school system, the state looks to its teaching body to | provide the hands that will guide the | destinies of the communities of tomor- [row. ‘That is but the political side of | the question, howeve | Tn contrast, there are the individ ual's interests, for society of today Is a structure in which the members are interdependent, each Individual con | tributing some product of his skill to the community. the State or the Nation as a whole. Thus has arisen our com mercial and industrial world, which functions to supply the needs of so- clety at large by applying and capital izing the labor, the talents and the training of its constituent members, The public schools must give espe- clal attention to the needs of com- merce and industry, since it is to the | individual who most needs to prepare to earn a living that the public school should be especially helpful. The means with which edugators have been performing this eminently practical task s Instruction of a vo- cational or pre-vocational nature. Just what this type of instruetion shall, include has been subjected to exhaustive study by the teaching pro- |fession, and the results have heen | most encouraging. | There is wide diversity as to the intérpretation of the term ‘‘voc: | tional.” To some it means a detailed |exhaustive: training in a trade: to |others it is an abortive attempt to give youngsters a ‘‘smattering” of | trade subjects they will find directly useful in éarning # livelihood. Fortunately, the practice is between these two extremes. The accepted practice scrupulously avolds carrying | | pacities, needs and intérests of pupils and ghe demanda of society for trained work®rs. The fundamental purpose of vocational education in schools it to gulde the child in his | educational development and not to make of him a finished craftsman. tempt to give elahorate vocational in- struction that would prepare & boy or [girl completely for specialized trade. ide from the great expense such a scheme would entall and the many ob- stacles it would encounter in opera- tion. the ages at which pupils pass through the intermediate and high schools constitute the chief difficuity. The adolescent child has little =eri- ous idea of what he wants to be in after years and an imperfect realiz- {ation or command of his capabilities. | Here is wheré the school can perform | its most helpful funetion, that of seek- ling out and directing the child's talents | Into channels which will enable him to | discover an-aptitude for a particular | vocation. Properly, this is vocational educa- i tion In the publie schools. It is as far |as the wise educator wants to go, and 4it is as far as most schools can go. One must not overlook the fact that |all education has an ultimate general | vocatjonal purpose. ~Academic sub- | jects,"so-called, must form a solid foun- fdation for all training n6 matter how it is to be applied. Without the | breadth of view and foundation that | these subjects give, the youthful mind | would be incapablé of assimilating the lessons of the shop. the sewing or the cooKing clase. ot only would we | have intellectually unbalanced indi- i\'ldulla. but poor citizens, who would be unable to perform the duties of citizenship. They would be able neither to earn a living nor to live a success- ful life, (Copyrixht. 1926.) the minds of men is, as a matter of | school to fit the child for some place | so-called trade methods beyond theé ca- | the public | Obviously. it would he futile to at 4énts to the number of 56,332 matricu- 1926—PART ‘2. Capital Sidelights “We taste the spices of Araby, but teel not the burning sun which brought it forth"—this motto on the walls of the Library of Congress is quoted by Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinots, one of the real leaders on the ways and means committee, in calling attention to a series of extraordinary films from all parts of the world pre- |sented over a period of 23 weeks to |leaders from all over the world by the Bureau of Commercial Economics. The eyes of the world are now on the United States, and the people of America are eagerly seeking more In- | formation about all nations, Represent- | ative Rainey emphasizes. He is con- vinced that nothing has been so help- |ful in stimulating and developing this |interest of all people than the work of | presenting a different mation, with its | films, orators and music, at each of | these weekly gatherings attended by | members of the cabinet. Congress and | the diplomatic corps, official and social | Washington. | This distinguished audience. leaders lin world affairs, have been given the | opportunity to travel to the remotest villagg of Tibet, or to unexplored | Ellsmere Island, or te the populous |cities of the Orient, or the national parks of America, on these “Interna- tional Sunday Evenings'—thus mak- ing true the motto above quoted. The program_included such appealing sub- fects as “The Epic of Mount Everest,” in honor of the British Ambassador: “Life's Steeplechase.” in honor of the |German Ambassador; “The Land of | Athietes, Forests, Lakes and Music,” | by the Minister from Finland: “We, |the Tndians,” by Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, and “Our Naval Flight Toward the North Pole,” by Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd. The purpose of these lectures, Mr. Rainey points out, is to introduce na- tions to one another and promote inter- national amity. It has neither politi- cal nor_commercial aims nor tenden- cies. The bureau is incorporated not for profit, but for educational pur- poses. It is without capital stock and is supported entirely by memberships and voluntary contributions. L Not only does the old pioneer Bay State hold first place in administra- tive leadership of governmental af- fairs, but its great university, Har- vard, which was the first institution | of higher education established on this continent, has come recently very close to running foreign affairs of the Government through distinguished alumni holding executive positions. This seems to be Harvard year in the State Department. Undersecretary Grew, Harvard, 1902, was secretary general of the American commission to negotlate peace, later Minister to Denmark and Switzerland, and in 1923 was appointed by the President to negotiate two treatiet with Turkey. He has been right-hand man to Secretaries Hughes and Kel- logg. Of the four assistant secretaries J. Butler Wright is a Princeton gradu- ate, and Wilbur J. Carr is a Geprge town University alumnus. The other two are Harvard products, Leland Harrison and Robert E. Olds. Har- rison has general supervision over fol eign commercial policies, commercial treaties, transportation and communi- cation. He is next to Secretary Kel- logg and Undersecretary Grew in line of succession as Acting Secretary in their absence. Olds is in charge of | tegal matters for the department. He | has charge of international arbitras tions and treatles and advises upon special matters of a legal nature re- ferred to him directly by Secretary Kellogs. In the gengraphical subdivisions of the department William R. Castle, Harvard graduate in 1900, later in structor there and for five years as- sistant dean and for three years editor of the Graduates' Magazine, i in charge of western Europe: G. How- !land Shaw, Harvard, 1915, with serv. ice {n Constantinople and other points |in the Near East, is in charge of the |division of Near Eastern affairs, which ! | includes our relations with the Balkan: and Turkey: Franklin Mott Gunther. Harvard, 1907, and in the diplomatic service since 1909, has the difficult job of supervising, under Mr. Kellogs, our involved relations with Mexico: | Robert F. Kelley, Harvard, 1915, who while in the Army was detailed as as- sistant military ~attache at Copen- hagen and as military observer in the Balkan provinces, is in charge of the division of eastern European affairs, which inciudes Russia, Esthonia, Fin- land. Latvia, Lithuania and Peland. The economic adviser of the De- partment of State, Arthur N. Younger, & a graduate of Occidental College and obtained the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. at Princeton, where he also | taught for several years. 'Rhe division of Latin American affairs s in charge of a Johns Hopkins man, Jordan Her- bert Stabler. T. Nelson Johnson, whe studied in_ George Washington Uni- versity, is head of the division of Far Eastern affairs, and Q. R. Wilson, a | Yale graduate, is in charge of the division of current_information, A | Williams gradunate, Tyler Dennett, is in charge of the division of publica- tlons., ok ko stem for education of all has done more than anyvthing else to make our Nation “different” from all others. Héw uni- versal is this school-going practice ia v the fact that approximately one persondn every five living in con. tinental United States in cities of 1 000 or more population attends a pub- lic &chool. The exact percentage fig- ured by the Bureau of Education of the Interior Department is 19.4 per cent of population, based on the 1920 census. Altogether, during the school year 1923-24, for the instruction of 12,693, 435 puplls, 2,881 eity school systems maintained day schools, night schools, Summer and continuation schools, un- der a teaching force of 373.649 per- sons, at a grand total expenditure for | the school vear of $1,118,926,543. And our educational systéms are broadening out, Dr. John J. Tigert, the United States commissioner of education. discloses, pointing t6 many concrete illustrations. There are more | students of engineering than of the | two old standard professions, law and | medicine. combined. Engineering stu- Our the people Jated during the first térm of 1925-26 in, 143 institutions. More than §1.500,000 was deposited !in school savings banks by pupils in [New York City schools, In 354358 separate accounts during the last year, and in addition 32.151 new interest’ bearing accounts were opened for pu- | pils in regular savings banks. | Of slightly more than 5.000 stu- | dents in the three high schools of | Providence, R. I., about one-sixth take | the classical course, which is exactly | the same proportion as in 1881. & | Definition hunting has been taken {up as a profitable pastime in Mil- waukee, Wis., schools, Fifty New | York communities empioy dental hy- gienists. Courses for nurses have been opened in Connecticut normai schools. Local history has become a special study in certain Texas schools, and the idea it spreading to other States. And Washington, the Nation's Cap!. tal, is far behind the protectorate of Hawaii in providing library facilities Congrass, | | |in outlying dependencies. holding the money bags, has béen slow to let the District of Columbia open school and section or suburban branch i |libraries. Yet extension work by the library of Hawaii has been carried on for 13 years. There arée now 246 MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT John Coolidge, despite the impres- sion wlich has gained circulation to the contrary, is. the first President’s son ever to have a Secret Service guard. It was not until Mr. Hard- ing's advent into the White House|' that the wite of a President had a regular guard assigned to her. Presi- dential wives before Mrs. Hardin brief reign were given Secret Service protection only when they were ac- companying their husbands. or upon some especial occasion which demand. | ed such an arrangement. Mrs. Hard- | tng, who was a very active woman, | when well, liked the idea of a guard | all her own. Mrs. Coolidge has con- tinued the practice. The law making appropriations for the Secret Service division of the Treasu Department was changed | to include the protection, not only of | the President, but the members of immediate amilv. In this way wives ! and daughters and sons all have the | privilege of official protection when- | ever they desire it. Unlike his wife, | President Harding disliked the con- stant survelllance of his protectors and resigned himself to it with no little reluctance. Among_what may be called the modern Presidents there have been | boys in the White House in only two administrations prior to the present one. They were the Roosevelt hoyvs and the Taft boys. The Roosevelt boys, Theodore, Quen- | tin_and Kermit, like their illustrious tather, had a “bully time" in the White House. They were all over the place and even would go roller skat- ing on the expensive copper roof. There never at any time was a sug- gestion of a guard for them, at home or at school. They were taught the manly art of self-defense by their daddy. who loved the padded mitts himself. They early hecame junior exponents of the strenuous life. The Taft boys, Robert and Charley. were of two separate tvpes. Robert was a rather solemn and sedate bo: Charley was full of life and carefree. Both went away to school during their father's administration. Neither was ever guarded. Having lost thelr younger son, Cal- vin, jr., it is natural that Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge should be perhaps over- soliadtous ahout John, who is as manly and as popular as any of the boys who preceded him In the Executive Man- sion. John always has heen ex- tremely popular with the veunger s in Washington during his school holf- days. He Is fond of dancing. His boy and girl friends are wondering it his visits or social activities will be restricted in the future. Col. “Ed" Starling. the Secret Serv- ice operative assigned to John, halls from the grand old Blue Grass State of Kentucky and has a splendid per- sonality. Chief Moran, or Assistant Chief Murphy, or whoever it was selected him for his present somewhat delicate task, showed rare good judg- ment. The colonel is known for his tactfulness and good judgment. What is golng to happen to the tariff when honest Democrats fall out on the issue? Two prominent Demo- crats, recently returning from Europe, announced their conviction that a high tariff was not only a very desirable thing for this count but for Ire. 1and as well. Two other distinguish®d Democrats, returning from FEurope, T. SMALL. sald the trouhle with this country Wag too much tariff and that the only way Europe could ever pay her deht to us was for this country to forego fts tariff duties The pro-tariff Democrats are James W. Gerard. former Ambassador fto Germany. and a Democrat of the Woodrow Wilson school, and Justice Daniel F. Col n of the Supreme Court_of New York. whe was not of the Woodrow V on school. Mr. Gerard said a high tariff was neces- sary to prevent European dumping in the American market. He made a sort of David B. Hill pronunciamento when he exclaimed. “As a Democrat, | think it is impessible to change the present,tariff. Justice Cohalan said he had heen telling his friends in Ireland that their salvation lay in the adoption of a | protective tariff. and vowed the tariff in this country resulted in as much profit directly and indirectly to the armer as to the industrialist. The antitariff Democrats, recently returned from observations ahroad. are Senators Underwood of Alabama and Pat Harrison of Mississippl. Both are convinced that all of the evils of today are the result of the American tariff system. They sav the tariff wall should he torn down at once. and that it is inconsistent for us to shut our markets to Furope with one hand and wave a big stick with the other, demandine prompt and early payment of loans made during the war. Mr. Gerard says the real danger of “dumping” is from Germany, to whom we made no loans. France and Italy would much prefer that the United States let down its prohibition bars rather than its tariff schedules. The eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act struck them stunning blows when the importations of wines were stopped. So it will he een that helping Europe pay her ebts to us s rather a complicated undertaking. The City of Detreit is early in the field for the Democratic convention of 1928 .Just why the Moter Ciiy happened to pick on the Demecrats has not yet appeared. unless it he the Demacratic conventions always last longer and stir up more interest than the Republican. If Detroit fs willing to subscribe a rather large and hand. some fund for necessary expenses, the Democrats _may accept her kind in vitation. They have no other place in mind at the moment, though the bidding may be brisk, especially if it should hecome evident Mr. Coolidge is to have a third-term momination. ‘There are no indications as yet as to where the Republicans will go fn 1928, It is certain the Democrats won't go back to New York. It is not certain the Republicans won’t return to Cleveland. The G. O. P. used to have the Chicago habit and have it bad. President Coolidge, for some reason or other, squelched the Chicago tradition and sent his own private nominating convention to Cleveland in 1924, It remains to he seen if he dictates the choice in 1928, or lats the party managers have their own way. The Republicans are not likely to go to Chicago next time. There has been too much trouble in the ranks out there, and the battle scars hetween the Smith and MeKinles factions will not have had time to heal. (Copsright. 1026.) Fifty Years Ago In The Star On the night of his election in 1900 Theodore Roosevelt announced that geni he would in no Presidential ¢ 1recumstances . « agaln he a can- “‘One-Termers. d&'flale for or ac- cept the office of President. This caused troubles later. On the eve of the election 30 years ago hoth of the leading candidates declared them- selves as “one-termers” if elected. The Star of October 17, 1876, says: “Both Tilden and Hayes assert that they don't want a second term in office, and the latter goes 80 far as to say that the Constitution should be amended to prohibit the re-elec- tion of a President. It therefore fol- lows that the one who fis fortunate enough to reach the highest office “in the gift of his countrymen will occupy It but four vears. Tt might he_supposed that this would estah- lish a precedent which would gov- | ern thereafter, but this is scarcely | Hkely, since some of our hest Presi- dents, including Washington. Jeffer- son and Jackson, served their coun- try acceptably for eight vears each. The question of honoring a Pr dent with a second term must he answered by the people themselves. who are hest qualified to judge of | the propriety and necessity of such a course. With the politiclans avail ability will always be a prime con- sideration in the selection of can- dldates. It will matter hut little how many terms a Chief Executive may have enjoved if he possesses the element of availability to a greater degree than any other can- didate in his-party. in that case | he will be pretty sure to he renomi- nated. Within the last few years, however, a popular prejudice has been created against the ‘third | term’' idea, and it is safe to predict | that but few, if indeed any, of our | Chief Executives will hereafter have an opportunity of immolating them- | selves for 12 years on the altar of | their country.’ * * % The evident cléseness of the race between Haves and Tildén 50 years | h Counting the S e ihe fact that the Electoral Vote. House of Rep- resentatives was | under Democratic control, while the Senate was Republican, caused much thought to be given before | election to the matter of the count- ing of the electoral vote. In The Star of October 18, 1876, is this dis- cussion: * “Referring to the counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice President by the two houses of Con- gress in Jjoint session. under the twenty-second joint rule, which pro- vides ‘that the vote of any State ob- jected to by either house cannot he counted. the Washington correspond- ent of the New York Tribune tele- graphs that the joint rules are in- This and That By Charles E. Tracewsell. Guppy, a small black-and-white cat, has just undergone a double insult. First of all. his head and ears were smeared with lard and suiphur, to counteract the pernicious activities of certain fleas that chose him as their abode. The ointment gave Guppy a most comical aspect, causing his fur to stand up in a sort of ruff between his ears. Guppy, however, could see no fun in it, If a cat ever showed shame—and they often do—Gup did, as he sensed the fact that his friends were Jaughing at him. Guppy is at the awkward age. Some folks call him kitten, but he believes himself to be a real cat. However that may be, Guppy futile- 1y resented his sulphur and lard treat- ment- hecause between the v hard place for a cat for a small one. that- has not quite learned the full technique of the bath. So Guppy allowed his mixture to re main in full force, with the happy re sult that his abrasions hegan to heal He would sit outside the window, on the sill, lanking in at Jack Spratt de vouring his dinner There was a look of absolute envy in Guppy's small, round, black eves, as he sat on the afll watching Jark Spratt consume leisurely a half pound of veal cutlet. If the lordly Spratt deigned to allow a few scraps to re ‘main, Guppy would get them. S0 Guppy . for the moment, his first humiliation * ook K The sacond insult, however, placed upon the little cat by some small children, was unforgiveable. To he taken for A squirrel. whan one ix a full-fledged cat, is nothing | legs than lese majeste to the king of heasts, of which the house cat is a minlature representative. Now Guppy rather prided himself upon being a cat. Could he not cAteh grasghoppers on the hop. as it were” | Could he not scale fences as high as mountains—at least so they looked to Guppy—and could he not engage in paw-to-paw ecombats with old Jack Spratt himself? Yes. Guppy was reasonably proud of himself. e often wished that his mother, who lived in a groeery store, cnuld see him as he chased the tiger. striped Jack Spratt and as the latter chased him. Between the two had sprung up a firm friendship. It would not be long, Guppy hoped, as he felt the spring in his long legs. bafore he would be able to =it on Spratt and hold him down with one paw, just as Spratt ceuld do with him. As Guppy squalled from the under. eat position, when Jack got rough, so he hoped to look forward to the day when he could roll the large Spratt over and walk all up and down his fat trame. _ “It will not he long, now, old man!" squeaked Cuppy, attempting to pla. operative, because the Senate failed | to coneur with the House last ses- | ston in adepting them. It is almo | argusl that thess rules must he | adopted by every new Congreas. | This i# questionable. The Senate is| a continuous hody. Its officers are | not appointed for any particular | 1ength of time, but serve during the ' pleasure of the Senate. With ref-| erence to its rules. it is reasonable | to suppose that they remain in full | force from oné Congress to another unless amended or rescinded. The faot that a long discussion ensued in the Senate last session on amend- ing the twenty-second joint rule| would indicate that that bodv re- | garded the joint rules as still in full | force. If in a fuller consideration | of ‘the question the Senate deems it | necessary to readopt the rules, this | can be done at any time hefore the second Wednesday in February next.” points for the distribution of books. and library service is available in the remote islands. In Guam, American Samoa and the Virgin Isiands libra. ries maintained for the Navy per. sonnel are open to civilian aduits. — s | Chinese doctors get their profes- | sional training by being apprenticed to a practicing physician and lurn-l his secrets. with the tip of Jack's tail, a procadure in which Spratt found no particular amusement, it might be stated. EEE Then to he calied an “old squirrel! It came ahout this way: There way a scurry in the front yard, and a rust. ling among the kochia bushes, now § feat tall. “What is the matter, children®" A troop of little ones. between § and 4 years of age, halted, each pointe ing toward the bushes. “There's an old squirrel in thes and he tried to bite us!" cried the leader. A squirre] in the kechias! Interest- ing, if true. The cat Jack Spratt peered out with interest. Here would be sport, indeed. Jack had always wanted to see a squirrel. There was a movement in the thick bushes, now just ahout ready to he- Ein to turn red for the Autumn. The squirrel was coming out! Then, with a flutter of a long tail, out stepped Guppy “So that 15 your squirrel!” But Guppy could see nn joke in it at all