Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1926, Page 8

8 THE EVE With Bm!hy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. YRIDAY THEODORE W. NOYES. . . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company % Rusiness O NIt St and Tennsyivania Ave N dork Ofiieg: 110 Fagt 42nd St Chicako Oficd: Tower Building. uropean Office: 14 Regent St., London. Fngland n- and . .November 26, 1928 that when he was taken he was in bed, and although he tried to secure a gun from a nearby place he did not actually reach it. But it s of no particular moment Wwhether the sentence that he faces is for life or for thirty-three years. The law now prevalling gives a prospect of a far more severe penalty than [ heretofore would have been the casa. This statute was enacted in response to a determined demand for a stiffen- ing of the punishments for habitual professional criminals. It has :!been in operation only a few months, o sent br mail o fon i made by —Payable in Maryland and Virgini: Datly and Sunday 55 Dally only day ‘Dfl 1 mo. Bunday oniy 15 ex. Insively en blication of ail news tor not otherswise also hix paper the locai Tiarain dispatch br.other e It promlses to be as barren of re- sults and as full of politieal maneu- wering as other short sessions have heen. Yet there ters and imeasures of tmportance which could e considered with advantage to the wountry 1ding taxation and farm lief. Doubtless they will be con- lered, but merely for e of ‘wulitical speeches rath with ¥ bope of ? y After the adjournment of the pres Congress March 4, the altern ives will he mew Congres: which the v-nintn Congress has ot heen able to deal with finally a wait until Dacember, 1827, the st regular session of th In the coming short session mem- %ers of the Senate and of the House “ho have been defeated at the polls will e to loglsl for the untry, in the States and dlistricts which ve repudiated eni. The Uunited States is probably tL.e ouly great nation with a parifa- ‘mentary form goverrment in which such an alous condition eomld exist. Surely it would appear time has arrived when earnest +onsideration shonld be given by the ouse to the Norris resolution doing 6way with the “short” sessions Congress and providing for early entrance into office of legislative and executive officers, chosen by the voters. The Scnate by overwhelm- 4ng votes has passed this resolution reveral times, but it hus heen held wp in the House. The program o eoming short will many important measures, practically all of which will doomed to fuilure because of lack « time. This is well recognized by those who will make up the programs in the Senate and Ho But ‘the programs will be compiled with an eye to thefr political efiect. With les yosal, the dyving Congress will be #ble in the end to get through all the appropriation bilis and little else, wnless a fillbuster to force an extra tession of the Seventieth Congress @fter March 4 should develop. In “hat event not even all the annual wpply bills may be disposed of. Polities and Iresident-making will ¢ominate many of the speeches and det in both houses. The wet wnd dry guestion will be thoroughly &nd persistently aired by the groups >f wet Senators and wet members of the House, who are intent upgn making this an issue in the national campaign of 1 The supporters ef Prestdent Coolidge will seek to rebate proposal, i ? opponents will and a rev the rates of The Taugen-McNaryites ist upon their farm reifef bill, adv on will seek ire of short of that on of Cougress th dispos next C'on S, con at of o slation for t session of Congress hates De itic jon of the nistr velier s the revelations of large e penditures the senatortal pri- aries, turned up by the investigat- committec. promises to be the t prolific Senator d of Missouri, chairman of the nittee, is expected to make the ort of the committee to the Sen- Then the fur will 2 awalt even the com in of discussion #nim the courte: sech on the Washington s el s ail, are in foi thrce months of talik -and lif iving domesti eat in di reoni is trouble f3oni however o overing Jam gpplications of sclence, frequent o falls to the probiems of e - “Bum" Rodgers and the Law. A man kr 1 to the eriminal wo! wnd to the pol of Greater w York wr “Bum’ Rodgers was captured yes 1arday in that city afte bunt of aloven ths. o was a fugitive escaped with t December while tuken back to prison after testifyving urt. Ife has a of law-breaking stretching twenty-four years. starting charge of juvenile delinguency aze of nine and including va- and robbery. In es ds solve a me 1m0 compan they wore being vecord ar the ous forms of as Addition o thc vibuted to him has committed other $1o has had a remarkable experience @s a parcled prisoner, being haled #ack to prison for parole violations until he has accumulated a long tretch ©of unserved “t'me” At reck \der the new Ba s Bw in e New York State fe now may be sentenced to prison for thirty-three years. If he .an be convicted of “possession” of & weapon aces @ possible life son- . wence. By Wt o i any i h be | than thres months at its dis- | and already its good effects have | veen felt. Tet some opposition to |it s being manifested. Recently a * lman convicted of stealing a taxicab | was sentenced for life, because of his record of three previous convictions. | This case has started an agitation for | the amendment of the law. FPollce ssioner McLaughlin opposes its modification, for he says that since {its enactruent “desirable results have ed in the proportion of ten to ive sympathy for the law- ker led to a ridiculous degree of tion {n sentencing and in the {granting of pardons and paroles. The heavy price for the reaction of mercy,” in the development of & s of habitual offenders preying | upon the communities they have in- fested. The remedy adopted in New York, the Baumes law, is perhaps un- | duly severe, but it s working more ! good than harm. It should be tested { further and it should be copled else- where, 80 that the “Bum” Rodgers’ {of every degree will no longer be able [0 lead unchecked careers of crime. Pity for the offender a worthy sentiment. but there are others to be considered, the offender’s victims, whom the law supposedly protects but who are left exposed to assault and robbery and even death becanse of the law’s lenfency. - oo | St Market Site Considerations. The request of the District Commis- sioners that the Public Buflding Com- mission in its draft of legislation pro- viding for the immediate purchase of the Mall-Avenue triangle include pro- vision for the purchase of a site for the farmers’ produce market is alto- gather reasonable and should be grant- ed. For even though the appropria- tion for this purchase should rot bs ohtained at the coming &ession— though it is urgently desirable that it should be, in order that the work of laying out the building plan may be carrfed through promptly and har- nontously—the loss of the present ontdoor market s inevitable, and an- other must ba provided speedily. This area has been pre-empted for the loca- ltlon of the Internal Revenue Build- !ing, and unless provision is made at once to place the market elsewhere there will be a lapso of time during which no facilites will be available for this useful establishment. ! In their request the Commisstoners { cuggest a price limit of $600,000 for Ithe site, refraining from mentioning | the location which they have in mind, wnd which, it is evident, has been de- termined upon with reference to the | general market question. They are wise in withholding identification of the area which they deem best suited for the open-air markst location. An- nouncement of its selection would cause an advance in the price of the land. Of course, the time must come when the situation will be identified. This transaction cannot be conducted with secrecy. Meanwhile it is well to proceed with caution. In this connection it is to be borne in mind that if the commission’s pro- posal s approved by Congress not only the farmers’ market but the Cen- ter Market must go to another loca- tion. It is taken for granted that the two establishments will be related in the new arrangement. A site for the Center Market must eventually be chosen, and the same conditions ob- tain as to its selection and announce- ment. Presumably’the Center Market will be bullt, if & new building is re- quired, as a municipal establishment, with the Federal Government and the District sharing in the cost accord- | ing to the existing arrangement as to division of expense. Thus it is of fm- portance to the District to secure { some early definition of the matter, as {in all likelihood it will have to bear the heaviest portion of the burden. | | —_— - v | A gorgeous uniform is available to Mussolini on terms of his own fancy. o 18 a practical man and, in ar- ranging his wardrobe, attaches most tmportance to his bulletproot ve 20t e = The Moth Fails to Fly. Sir Alan Cobham, the noted English flyer, who was to make a novel en- trance into the United States on his first visit yesterday, succeeded in reaching the Battery, but not in the vay that he intended. Before he and Lady Cobham left England he an. {nounced that he would disembark from the Homeric somewhere outsids of New York and fly a tiny seaplane, named the Moth, to shore. This, he thought, would relieve the horedom of himself and his wife on the long | ocean trip und besides would dem- ! onstrate a new method of expediting the transatlantic malls by cutting off time when ships near shore. Evervthing seemed to be all right vesterday for the attempt. The Homeric was stopped outside of the harbor and the Moth was assembled on the deck. With Sir Alan and Lady Cobham fn it the gropes grad- ually let it down into the water. j Two officers of the ship stood on the ponteons as it was lowered. And this was where the trouble started. When one of tho officers was taken |orf hiy precaricus perch no way could be found to get the other one of after he had cranked the motor. The delay in trying to solve this problem, which Incidentally was never solved, resulted Father Neptune getting impatient and he kicked up such a ground swell that it was decided to abandon the at- tempt. fo, to the politely concealed jeers ¢ +ha massenzers who wers indlg- in THE EVENING ING ST AR |of the weapon, for, in fact, it appears | nant at the three-hour wait which caused them to miss Thanksgiving {dinners, the plane was taken in tow by a tug and arrived at the Battery, inglorlously, half an hour after the ship had docked. In spite of his faiflure Sir Alan was warmly greeted when he first stepped foot onto the United smzes.' the country he characterizes as the | “only worthwhile part of the world that I have never seen.” He admits that he is an air propagandist and belleves that the small plane will be the means of popularizing alr transport. Sir Alan will doubtless have an enjoyable time while he is here, and if his scheme to fly from ship to shore is a criterion, Ameri- cans may see gome novel exploits before the noted DBritish visitors depart. et Defective Brakes. In view of the fact that the truck | confirmed criminals. Soclety has paid | which struck and killed a man on Wednesday night had defective brakes a campalgn will be started at once by the trafiic office and the po- lice to eliminate this most prolific cause of street accidents. Tests con- ducted by the police on this vehicle rles of this fecling and | immediately after the accident have onal | disclosed that it required a space of two hundred feet to stop at a speed of twelve miles an hour with the service brake, and seventy-five feet at the same speed with the hand brake. The regulations provide that at a speed of twenty miles an hour a vehicle shall be stopped within fifty feet with the foot brake and within seventy-five feet with the hand brake. Any person driving a motor car with brukés which do not measure up to the officlal specifications is courting serfous trouble. A car can never be under control with defective brakes, Such a vehicle is o menace to other traflic and should be sum- marily barred from the streets. The unfortunate part of the prob- lem {= that police are unable, except in isolated cases, to ascertain what cars are possessed of proper brakes unless an accident occurs, when an immediate test is made. This fis something like closing the door after the horse is stolen, but it is the best that can be done under the circum- stances. The maximum penalty for an of- fense of this kind is a $300 fine or ten days in jail. Every driver con- victed of having defective brakes should be given the full dose. In this way & lesson may be taught to that large class of drivers who are dally on the streets without the slightest conception of the rules and regulations for safety and who, fur- thermore, do not care and have adopted a defiant attitude toward the authorities. A high degree of co-operation be- tween the traffic office, the police and the courts may bring about a reduc- tion in the number of cars of this type, but it will likewise require co- operation on the part of the intelll- gent motoring public to end the menace to traffic of the: brakeless and uncontrollable car. ——— 0. There are no more barroom rows. Disorders arise, however, where peo- ple congregate and disputants hurl coffee cups Instead of steins. There are certain human propensities that cannot be eradicated. e A Connecticut bootlegger says his arrest will prove a valuable advertise- ment for his “business.” Our old friend “the ultimate consumer” is again a voluntary victim. — 0t Thanksgiving day wes duly ob- served. When Congress assembles a number of statesmen, having thought over the matter of gratitude, will ex- press some quallfying suggestions. — e Thanksgiving has brought its an- nual reminder of national prosperity, lending comforting encouragement to the customary Christmas slogan, “Shop early.” SHOOTING STARS. BT PHILANDER JOHNSOXN Little Things. ‘ A little song, & little smile, i A little hope of “After While,’ Help us along the weary way As we turn Now to Yesterday. A little sigh, a little word, A little thought, at first unheard; The joy that means Existence brings— Life is made up of Little Things. Not a Prize Winner. “How has it happened that you never won the Nobel prize for any- thing?"” “Never wanted it,”” answered Sena- tor Sorghum. My constituents are terribly practical and they'd say I got it merely by political influence.” Annual Truce. We felt the force of many a fear And many a hint so hateful, Thanksgiving day again drew near And all, for once, were grateful. A Secret of Success. “What is your idea of a successful marriage?” “One,” answered Miss Cayenne, “which encourages both people to hope for the best instead of thinking the worst.” Jud Tunkins says a good farm hand does more for “farm relief” than the greitest of the politiclans. Adaptability. “’Are you in favor of prohibition?” “I am,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle. top, “but I'm not wasting time in idle protest because I can't have my own Forgotten Lore. | Of wisdom China has a lot The records plainly show— But most of it those folks forgot Some centuries ago. Musical Assurance. “What makes you so sure of friend- liness between France and Germany?” “I saw a German musician plaving a French horn.” “Dar 8 two kinds of religion,” said Uncle Eben, “one humbly tries to ‘bring comfert an’ As other passes de ibution plate * i STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, FRIDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Is it true that “normal man loves dogs and * * * normal man abom- inates cats”? Albert Payson Terhune, eminent friend of dogs, says that it is. In an article entitled ‘“Men Hate Cats— Why?" in a recent issue of Liberty, Mr. Terhune lays it down as his basic proposition that “there is some- thing about a cat that rouses an ac- tive distaste in the average man.” Surely, there Is something infinite- ly satisfying to the the average man in being able to call others “abnor- mal” When a man of the high cali- ber of the world-famous dog fancier and writer succumbs to the lure, the thing is proved. It reminds one of the fashion of writers in a high-priced magazine of destructive criticism in branding every one as a “moron” who does not agree with them. It is to be noted that Mr. Terhune does not say “a normal man,” but leaves the article out because, if he had, how would he explain the photo- graph ot the late Mark Twain, as normal a man as ever lived, showing him with o big cigar in his mouth and a small kitten on his lap? How would he account for a colonel in the World War who held a kitten on his lap for an hour rather than) disturb its slumber? No, Mr. Terhune's “normal man,” speaking of mankind, is a rather primitive creature by whom a story of cruelty to cats “is regarded as funny,” as the dog apologist admits. The average child, on the other hand (near to instinctive fears, in- deed), lov the cat, almost without exception, whereas every one Knows children who are ‘“deathly” afraid, as the expression has it, of dogs, and will run sereaming at the eight of one. £ ok ok F After carefully reading Mr. Ter- hune’s Interesting and provecative article, one cannot help the suspicion that he has a sneaking fondness for cats, but 18 led by his position as pre- mier “dog writer” to latnch an at- tack on them. e does, truly, “spoil his case” by his praise of his own cats, for un- doubtedly Mr. Terhune is a ‘“‘normal man,” and no one in this wide world can say he does not love dogs, so his damning must be taken as faint- hearted, Indeed. How could a friend of animals, such as Albert Payson Terhune, really hate cats? It 1s a formidable case ho makes out against the cat, one which will give infinite pleasure to all those who either detest or think they detest the “tiger in the house.” It is a plea, however, which will scarcely “hold water,” for there are too many domestic cats in the United States to justify the statement that there is something about a cat that rouses an active distaste in the av- erage man." The very existence of millions of house cate shows, we believe, the fal- lacy of the statement. If this wonder- ful, verage man’” (“normal man') really disliked the cat, there would be no cats. Even the preference of women for cats, as Mr. Terhune says, would not explain their presence among us. Even the dominant sex in the land where woman—normal woman-—-18 queen could not keep them here if men really feared them. ok ok % “Dogs are forever masculine and cats forever feminine in the speech of human beings,” says our writer. WASHINGTON O TRACEWELL. This is the real explanation. Now we are getting down to it! There is nothing in the world your “average man,” either individually or coilectively, fears so much as being thought unmasculine. He does not fear cats one-tenth as much! Let the cat alone, he will let you alone. There are no cats taken to the pound for biting children. What the average man is really afraid of, in our Anglo-Saxon civiliza- tion, 18 being thought effeminate, and properly enough, too. But it is rather hard on poor Tom, is it not, to have that dislike almed elsewhere? Your instinctive “average man” is as wrong in regarding cats as ‘“‘femi- nine” as he is in believing that babies are instinctively afraid of the dark. If there is any more masculine creature in the world than an alley- roaming tomcat we would like to see it. All Tom needs ie a clgar stuck in his face and a bottle on his hip. The latest researches in behavior- istic psychology show that the normal baby is not afraid of the dark at all. The baby cries in the dark for atten- tion, which the “normal man" craves. Because the dog gives It to him he is pleased with the dog. Mr. Terhune declares that the cat “won’t do a thing toward the upkeep of civilization,” a statement in which even the editor of Liberty will not agree, as shown by an ‘“editor’s note.” The editor could swallow the rest—it makes mighty good reading, sure to cause discussion and all that sort of thing-—but he draws the line at being told that e grabs all civilization's benefits * * ¢ without contributing one atom toward any of those bene- fits.” Ernest Ingersoll, naturalist, in the Encyclopedia Americana, says: “The of the domestic cat upon -an clvilization has recefved less consideration than it deserves, for a great deal of the advance of agricul- ture, as well as of the spreading out over the vast woodland and prairies, has been made possible by this much- abused and misunderstood animal. () “How much food cats have saved, how much property they have guard: ed from destruction, what plagues of vermin they have kept in check, from the time America was first settled, it is impossible to compute. But for thelr sleeplessl vigilance the large cities would be quickly overrun with rats and mice. corn-cribs, barns, mills and wherever grain or food is stored, cats must be Iept. But to be effective they must be taken care of, for well fed cats are the best mousers.” Mr. Terhune, dog authority, “Not always will she consent to catch rats and mice, unless she is underfed.” * x ¥ * “For some reason, best kuown to themselves, countless women are de- voted to cats,” wonders Mr. Terhune. Perhaps it is not such a mystery, after all. Women, it would seem, are prodders of progress. Without their tenderness and maternal love, “normal man” would be a set of brutes, indeed, delighting only to run over hills with their noisy companion, the dog. Women, on’ the other hand, love the home, and all it stands for. The cat, too, loves the home. Give him credit for knowing a good thing when he sees it! No, Mr. Terhune, wo do not believe that man, normal or otherwise, really dislikes any creature that seeks his company. “Normal man” likes “apple sauce” too weil. BSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. South Dakota’s famed Black Hills may turn out to be the scene of Presi- dent Coolidge’s Summer White House in 1927. He gave the same suggestion some consideration this year, as the result of conference with the delega tlon that Senators Norbeck and Me- Master escorted to the White House for that purpose. Hardys Peak fis the camp site in question. There the State of South Dakota maintains a residential lodge that ls commodious, comfortabls and adequate, ‘tis claimed, essentlal respects. . Hardy Peak is the loftiest mountain top any where in the United States between the Atlantic and the Rockies. The Black Hills are hills in name only. They're honest-to-goodness mountains, in fact. The particular region in which South Dakotans would like Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to rusticate next Summer s healthful, pine-clad and plcturesque, with modern motor high- ways all around it. The West has its heart set on bringing the President to the open spaces. The political ad- vantages of such a migration, with 1928 in the offing, sre not to be aneezed at, Western Republicans are saying. ST v ox X F From New England, heretical as the suggestion might seem, comes tho proposal that Charles E. Hughes be nominated for President by the Re- publicans two vears hence. From the pame quarter issues the thought that the Democrats ought to put up an equally high-grade candidate in the person of Newton D. Baker. The patentee of the bi-partisan brain wave justifies it on the ground that “who- ever won, the victory would be greet- ed by mlilllons of earnest men and women in both parties alike with gratitude and joy."” There are certain imponderabilia. which »enshrnud the HughesBaker fdea with difficulties. The former Secretary of State avows, avers and affirms with recurring vigor and vehemence that he 1s Jout of politics and in law for keeps. ‘The former Secretary of War 1is handi- capped by the fact that Ohlo already has two officlal favorite sons—Gov. Donahey and former Senator Pom- erene. Jt has been said that it New- ton Baker “had 6 miore inches of height” he would be an frresistible presidential candidate. What he lacks in stature he more than makes up for {n brain. ® ¥ ¥ % Col. George E. Ifams, of the adju cation division of the Veteran Bureau, {s one of ths champlon life insurance men of the age. He was a member of the group which the late Maj. Willard D. Straight took to France in 1917 and 1918 for the purpose of “seliing” the & B F the Government's generous scheme of policles for service men. Ijams, a professional insurance man himself, Mas assigned to the lst Division. Before he was through he had placed $200,000,000. Personal suasion under thrilling circumstances did the trick. Frequently it was exercised: in dug: outs with German shells screeching overhead. Following his service in the insurance realm, Ijams (whose name {s pronounced “Imes”) was commandeered by Pershing’s G. H. Q. for Gen. Charles G. Dawes' general purchasing staff. Lams will have a lot to do with the administration of the soldier bonus, some $300,000,000 of which s about to bes vailable. * Ok K X Representative Albert Johnson of | Washington State is one of the latest arrivals for the session, and comes laurel-crowned after election to his tenth successive term in the; ‘House. This time he won witholt opposition on election day, his only| fight having taken place in the primaries, which he carried trium- phantly. Johnson beat a Republican named Jonez for the nomination. A constituent told the chairman of the House immigration eemmittee that he saw no virtue. in swhetituting for a S . ne | warns Congressman named Johhson a man named Jones who spelled it with a wuz It was an accident, not Jonez, that nearly prevented Johnson's re- turn to Washington. A few weeks betore eloction, while inspecting a new mechanical plant at paper property in Hoquiam, Wash., the Representative tumbled headlong into a_12-foot lously with minor injuries. % %8 Secretaries Kellogg, Mecilon and Hoover and the other members of the American_Debt Commission are grati- °d that M. Berenger, retiring French Ambassador at Washington, i3 going to devote himself to securing ratifica- tion of the Franco-American pact in his home Parliament. Rerenger's in- fluence in that particular direction is enormous. No man either in his own branch of Parliament, the Senate, ot n the Chumber of Deputi wields anything like his power, especially fu the realm of flnance. In th: field Berenger is without a peer. An ac- knowledged expert and authority, his judgment is seldom chalienged. I commonly commands @ major the Senate for any project he ports EE n, president American Federation strong issue with the London Times on the alleged “pitiful weakness of organized labor” in the United Stat The Thunderer calis British labor’s tention to that ‘“weakness” and it to beware of patterning American methods. “The recent an- thracite strike” says Green, “which Jasted six months, bhardly indleates any weakness among Amerlcan miners. Our printing trades, skilled railroad workers and many other de- partments of industry are strongly or- ganized. Among the metal trades and in the automobile industry it is true there is little organization. But even in those fields the existence of strong labor organizations in adjacent de- partments of industry X Labo’ leaders in of Britain, don’t be: ors, ither, as a rule, do our em- ployers. Both groups prefer to deal together on the strict basls of eco- nomics, appealing to the Government, when necessary, for its good offices and co-operation.” * & ¥ Judge Milton Cougtright Elliott, witty Virginia Democrat, former coun- sel of the Federal Reserve Board, and now a member of the District of Co- lumbia bar, has a_scheme for taking prokibition out of polities in 1928, He bas evolved planks for both par. tles, which ought, in his judgment, to of the {meet all the exigencies of the wet and dry situation. “Let the Republicans adopt a plank,” says Elllott. “read- ing ervbody’s got all he wants, so why kick? Let the Democrats have a plank te this effect: ‘Improve the grade and reduce the price.” "’ (Covsright. 1926.) oo After the Voting. From the Port. Artmur News. And now, folks, that great, big, lovely day called election day is all over, and all of us who didn’t vote soon can begin talking about a new set of public officlals and ‘“wonder what in the world our country’s com- ing to, anyway."” — st One Missing. From the Terre Haute Star. The shark permits issued by the Cuban government should include the loan variety. e — Page Mr. Burbank. From the Indianapolis News. Planting trees along the roads is a good plan if the borticulturists can develop a tree with a lmvmr NOVEMBER 26, * * ¢ In warehouses, | says, on the other hand.! his news-| pit, escaping miracu-| t Labor, takes | se | and on the streets. 1926. Denies That He Advocates Communistic Doctrines To the Editor of The Star: In “Background of Events” of Paul V. Coliins, printed in The Star of Sat- urday, mention is made that ‘‘there exists In Washington an organization which provides weekly lectures in which the teachings of radical doc- trines are prominent.” And mention is made that a week ago I had de- livered an address on “Karl Marx: The Man and His philosophy,” leaving the impression that in such address 1 had aligned myself with the Com- munists. I did deliver such address before the organization mentioned by Mr. Col- lins, but if Mr. Collins had either been present or had inquired of some one who was there, he would learn that my address was antlcommunistic from first to last. I have no love at all for the char- acter of Karl Marx, or men like him, and nothing but contempt for his teachings. I then set out to prove that Marx’s character “‘was as un- lovely and unprepossessing as his physical appearance was reputed to be,” and ridiculed his pretensions, ascribed to him by his admirers, to pre-eminence as a philosopher, men- tioning that he has the distinction of being, in his philosophic flights, 100 per_cent wrong. For a decade or more 1 had been lecturing, writing and debating on radicalism, here and elsewhere, trying to make the public see the evil of the thing, and so I cannot rest under the imputation that I see even so much as a speck of good in any of the sub- versive doctrines. ‘Had Mr. Collins gone to any of the organizations here that are combating communism and like subversive doc- trines, he would learn that I am, and ever have been, co-operating with them to the very limit. T am an admirer of Mr. Collins and take pleasure in reading his column, and for that reason I am grieved that he made such a sorry slip. He cer- tainly owes me an apology. If he will get in touch with me I can very soon prove to him that I am far more anti- radical than he dares to be. I can, if necessary, bring to his attention back lissues of The Star to prove—espe- clally of a review of a book I wrote five years ago, The Red War on the Family”"—that I have no sympathy at all for subversive doctrines. SAMUEL SALOMAN. Mr. Collins Explains. To the Editor of The Star: The paragraph to which Mr Salo- man, whose letter has been referred to me, takes exception was as follows: “Not all Washingtonians fear the threatened ‘malevolent movement,’ however. There exists in Washington an _organization which _provides weekly lectures, in which the teach- ings of radical doctrines are promi- nent. In this course a lecture was given last month on ‘Nistzsche and the New Morality,’ by Prof. Henry Flury, teacher of sclence In the East- ern High School, in which the speaker extolled the character and doctrines of Nietzsche. Last Sunday the lec- } ture was on ‘Karl Marx: The Man and His Philosophy,” by Mr. Samuel Salo- man. A few days ago there was an siastic lecture at the same hall . Linn A. E. Gale, late publisher a paper, ‘Revolutionary Commu- nism.’ His theme was ‘The Universal Muddle." " It will be noted that the reference to Mr. Saloman’s lecture was stmply & statement of the fact-— Last Sunday the lecture was on ‘Karl Marx and His Philosophy,’ by Mr. Samuel Salo- man”—with absolutely no characteri- zation of how the lecturer treated his subject. Mr. Saloman was sandwiched in the league's agenda between two avowed radicals—Socialists or Com- munists. As the writer of “Back- ground of Events” had not “assisted” | (to use the French meaning) at any of these lectures, he refrained from any characterization thereof. The familiar adage, “Birds of a feather flock together,” is modified by the Portuguese, who declare “Birds of prey do not flock together.” It does ¢ because Prof. Flury de- “Nijetzsche and the New Morality,” and on the same platform, a week later, Mr. Saloman lectured on “Karl Mark and His Philosophy,” that the latter had necessarily de- fended Marx, the father of social- ism. On the contrary, since Commu- nists and Socialists would “prey” on the established institution, the Amert- can Constitution, they could not “flock together.” The Secular League must put a patriot between two of more radical disposition. Mr. Salomon was just the man! He is known as a sin- cerely patriotic American. If he and { Prof. Flury were jolned in debate, |only the Scotch proverb would fit, “Bitin’ and scratchin’ is Scots’ folks’ wooing. PAUL V. COLLINS. e Children of Convicts To the Editor of The Star Your editorial in The Star of No- vember 22, “Juvenile Criminals,” was, |1 think, the most sensible editorial vou have ever published concerning crime. T have for rs advocated a system of identification. Xwvery man should be in possession of some docu- ment that would show who he is and how he makes a living. ldieness is the root of evil. Of this there is no | doubr. Wo ha <o found that many of the boys, young fellows from 16 to 20 years old, are children of convicts— ! neglected children. ‘We are now trying to solve a part of this problem by establishing a home for dependents of convicts, where we can give training to the children and gulde them aright. The children of convicts are burdened with the stigma. They meet it in school Everywhere they turn it is the same story and it makes them hate socioty. They grow up with the feeling of resentr t in their hearts. We see it every day. It has come to a point in my life that I dream of poveriv-—every day my heart aches for these children who have felons for parents. Society must master this problem some day. When we send a man off to prison, we will have to take over his family and keep them in shape till he returns and is in a position to care for them. 1 feel this smart myself. T have four grown-up children who have to battle with the fact that T am an ex-convict. It is my only grief. If I could, I would in some way relieve them of the sorrow and disadvantage. They meet it going and coming. E. E. DUDDING. |Sees Rent Decrease 1 as Advertising Gains | To the Editor of The Star: The Sunday Star of November 14 contained 24 coluruns of advertise- ments of houses, rooms and apart- ments for rent. ‘This shows u consid- lembic increase of vacancies in hous- ing units. These rent advertisements |are the best evidence to be had in the jabsence of a Gevernment survey. | Prices necessarily rise and fall ac- cording to supply and demand. Hence |a lowering of rents may soon be ex- pected, but there will be no big slump. THOMAS W. GILMER. i e Perverse. From the Fort Worm Record-Telegram. ‘The greatest single trouble with a sense of humor is that it is so many times onf the looking out and refuses to change its point of view. Under Unfair Stigma|s ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. Isita fact that President Wilson drew the first number in the draft for ‘World War, soldiers?—B. H. L. +A. There were three drawings made for the draft during the World War. One was made for each registration. The first and second drawings were made by the Secretary of War, New- ton D. Baker. The number drawn in the first drawing was 258, on July 20, 1917. The number in the second drawing was 246, on June 27, 1918. In the third drawing, President Wilson drew the number, which was 322. This was September 30, 1918. The first man_to be selected for the draft in the United States was Harry C. Gil- bert of the District of Columbia. Q. Where does the United States get its supply of sulphur?—B. T. A. Nearly all of the country's sulphur supplies now come from the South. Thirty years ago practically all was imported from Sicily. Q. Why is flat money so called?— R. D. K. ‘A. This name was given to irre- deemable paper currency during the Greenback agitation after the Civil War from the claim of the Greenback party that the fiat of the Government could give value to a circulating me- dium. Q. What is the meaning of the name of the Swedish princess, Astrid, re- cently married to the Belgian Crown Prince?—G. R. A. The definition of the Swedish name Astrid is “beloved.” Q. What exactly is meant by the term “an Americanism”?—F. R. D. A. It was first used by John Wither- spoon, president of Princeton Uni versity in 1781, to designate any word or combination of words taken into the English language in the United States, or any word or combination of words which, becoming archalc in England, continues in good usage in the United States. Q. Where is the world’s most pow- erful searchlight?—A. A. A. A two-billion candlepower search- light, the largest in the world, was shown at the Electrical Industrial Ex- position in New York City recently. It is said that a man 40 miles away could see to read by it and that those operating it can clearly discern objects at a distance of 5 or 6 miles. Q. Which citles In the United States have spent the greatest amount of money for bullding recently?— H. 8. ‘A. The following s a list of five leading citles for the first half of 1925, and the total amount expended for construction work in each: New York, $510.263,698; Chicago, $183,5 3 Detroft, $95,204,092; Philadelphia, $70,- 379,825; Los Angeles, $63,161,395. Q. What is the bright red star in the east in the early evening a llttle higher than the Plefades?—G. L. C. . Tt is Mars. Q. What percentage of alcohol does the beer so freely drunk in Bel. gium contain?—F. C. W. A. The ordinary beer of Belglum, biere de menage, has from 1 to 3 per cent of alcohol. Certain other beers, such as the lambie and nitzel, contain a much larger percentage, but are not often drunk. Q. What college sorority admits members of the Order of the Eastern Star only?—D. C. A. The college sorority to which only members of the Order of the Eastern Star are eligible is Phi Omega Pi. Up until 1922 this sorority was called Achoth. It was organized at the Unlversity of Nebraska, March 5, 1910. There were in 1923, at the time of the publication of the latest Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities, 13 active chapters with a membership of 1,177. There are chapters at the University of Iow: University of Illinols, Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin, University ot Colorado, University of BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Minnesota. Ohto State University and University of Kansas. Q. To what is the odor and taste of cooked meat due?—T. 8. M. A. Osmazome {s the brown, savory extract formed in the roasting of meat. which gives it the characteristic odor and taste. Q. Pleass give the early history of hoancln:.———E J. C. A. The earliest recorded organized trials of speed with horses w:: the charfot races at the Greek national festivals, of which the most notable were the Olympic games held every fourth year. Greek sculpture fre- quently represents the horse as used for riding, apparently without a sad- dle In most cases; but not as so em- ployed for sport, except as an incident to the chariot racing. On the other d, the horses In the Roman con- tests were to a very great extent rid- den. All the formalities of entering and of differentlation of classes and of starting were minutely laid down and followed, even to the color of the riders’ uniforms. In the earlier times these Roman races were held on the open plain. There has always been a tradition in England that on Salis bury Plain, just outside Stonehenge, the remains of a Roman race course exist, and the oldest race which still takes place in England is run over a meadow just outside the walls of the Roman city of Chester. MQ."‘V:h‘l’t R!l"’ cesm ‘o! the telephones nited States are York City?—G. W. J. iy A. Out of a total of 15,000,000 telephones in this country almost 1,200,000 are in New York City. This amounts to about 8 per cent. Q. Please give me some facts abo Theodore Pangalos.—J. M. g A. Gen. Theodore Pangalos of Greece is of obscure birth and came Into prominence {n 1919-20, when he reor- ganized the Greek army, which had suffered disastrous defeat in Asia Minor. Later Pangalos, retiring from the army, entered politics and headed the party which demanded the abdi cation of the King (Constantine), the exile of the royal family and either erection of a Republican government or establishment of another dynasty favoring determined opposition to Constantine and all his family. He was the prosecutor at the military court which condemned to death for treason the five ex-ministers and the commander-in-chief of the Greek army in Asia Minor. FEngland at tempted to intercede for the doomed men, and the other judges were wil iug to commpte their sentence t. life {mprisonmen but Pangaloa in sisted on their execution, which o curred. Pangalos was then placed ! charge of the bullding up of a new army and was made Governor of Macedonia and eastern Thrace. Late: in 1923, he was made premier and proclaimed the Greek Republio, De cember 20, 1923. Q. What are the meanings of the following terms: Aeronautics, avia tion, aerostation, afrport?--D. M. A. Aeronautics is the sclence and art pertaining to the fiight of air craft. Aviation is the arf. of opera ing heavier-thanair craft. Aerosta tion is the art of operating lighter than-air craft. An alrport is a loca ity which provides adequate landing space for alrcraft and facilities for shelter, supply and repair. This {s a special department devotes solely to the handling of quevics. This paper puts at your disposal the sere fces of an extensive organization dn Washington to serve you in any ca pacity that relates to information This service is free. Failure to make use of {t deprives you of demcfits tn u are entitled. Your obliga [y two cents in stamps in closed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star In formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin Director, Washington, D. ©. Bernard Shaw Amuses World As He Accepts Nobel Award Even in accepting the Nobel award for literature, Georgs Bernard Shaw's wit was irrepressible. He reminded the public that he wrote nothing of importance In the year for which the award was made, and concluded that the honor was bestowed for that rea- son. Thue the world at large laughs at the joke while the more serfous- minded debate the merit of the award and Shaw's ‘rejection of the money part of the prize, “If Mr. Shaw had been a sculptor,” sts the New York Times, ‘“he would have given a mischievous tilt to the sitter's nose, or a quizzical twist to his mustache, so as to make sure that the result would be mot only different but surprising. This inetinct i now so indurated in him by long practice that it was finpossible for him to deal with the offer of the Nobel prize without cutting some kind of fantastic caper. All that his friene can say i8 that he is built that way. The Chicago Dally News agrees that “his attitude toward the honor that has come to him 1s no exception to his general rule of conduct.” That paper, however, appraises Shaw as “an intellectual and artistic leader for a quarter of a century, a sort of play- boy of the whole western world,” as well as “a thorn in the flesh of con- scious and unconscious hypocrites. Recalling that the Nobel will directs an award for “idealistic” writing, t Detroit News contends that haw's ideals have aiways been high: he has worked for peace and brotherhood, and, above all, for truth.” The Bir- mingham News declares that “the Nobel prize committee deserves credit for selecting its first laughing phil- osopher,” and the San Francisco Bulletin offers the judgment that Shaw “amuses where his imitators merely annoy, and for that reason there {s no synthetic substitnute for his inborn Irish humor.” € % ok * “Tho attempt to comment upen George Bernard Shaw i3 almost fu- tile,” {n the opinion of the Phila- delphia Public ILedger: “he makes his own comments, and they are in- Imitable. He will also comment upon his own comments, and here likewise he rings the bell. is ineluctable. Even the Nobel prize is little more to G. B. S. than an added opportunity to let it shine in 2 naughty world”” The Des Moines Tribune {e reminded that “it is pop- ularly supposed the prizes go to the complaisant and conventional,” but exclaims: “Fortunate for the Nobel prize, then, this award to Shaw.” His statement that he wrote nothing during the year is quoted hy the New Orleans Tribune, with the com- ment: “That may be why he got the prize. But It is also characteris- tic of Shaw's pose of It is likely that the c# navians who awarded the prize could glve a more substantial excuse for their judgment.” Disagreeing with these estimates, e Louisville Courier Journal say: Vvow it is the irrepressible Anglo- Trish radical who declares he is mys- | utied by the award, as he wrote nothing in 19256. He is hardly more mystified than are many others, not only over some of these Nobel prizes, but over other prizes of similar na. ture that are annually announced. Of the comment by the author that the award wae hecause he had not A The Shavian gleam | written, the Kansas City Journal re marks: “Of course, G. B. doesn't be lleve any such thing, though the wags and cvnies might unite fin agreeing that the world's literature 1s enriched by Mr. Shaw's silence and that he deserves the prize on that ground, even as Gratfano ascribed the reputation for wisdom to those who say nothing.” The Journal adds thst “Americans have not yet been diseovered by the com mittee to any appreciuble extent 'y “He thinks that the prizes for literature thrashed ocut by the ing to the Albany Newsr with the comment, why there should not be prizes for good liter a works s difficult to under stand.” The Wheeling Intelligencer poiuta out that “writers have com peted for prizes, and received en coursgement by winning them, since Sophocles won his contest over Eurlpides in Greece.” The Waterbury Re belleves that “whether the with the money that goey with i* serves any high practical end in gen eral is debatable: but Mr. Shaw has taken no controversial stand on it as Sinclair Lew did in rejecting the Pulitzer prize. His attituds i« perfectly diguified, modest and worthy.” “The most universal earmark of a really great is seen by the Anniston Star, with the suggestion that “no matter how far he hits the ball, no matter what laurels garland his brow, he sees a goal beyond; the bigger, the better thing to be done e continues to Insist that he has done nothing as yet, that he knows nothing.” The Canton Dally News finds th: the award “has furnished some the world's best known writers with material for emart talk,” but ob serves also that “honoring Bernard ‘:shaw is considered right and proper by almost every literary man who | has seen fit to express himself on the subject.” The Nashville Banuer de clares that “Mr. Shaw entirely de serves the prize on general prin ciples, unyhow makes little difference whe anything in 13.‘. | | o be question ahould “Of all the great writers of (! last century he !s one of the moe: practical,” says the New York Her ald-Tribune, continuing: “No othe: has his knowledge of human nature It 18 always difficult to know whether he is laughing up his sleeve or pro toundly serious. The keenest of cri saders, Mr. Shaw is often regard as a cynic. His Interests in life are many. His tolerance {s broad. Hi- grasp of the essentials is quick and strong. The Swedish Royal Acad emy made no mistake in selectin: Mr. Shaw. He was consistent in de clining the money award.” Th Fargo Forum concludes: “What §f he wrote nothing in 18252 Didn't h¢ write ‘Saint Joan' the year before’ And i=n't it one of the greatoet nlay .n the English language” It is doub! ful if there is another author fu the world today who writes such imagl native, stimulating, original and pro vocative essays and dramas as he and there will be no quibbling ove: the prize commiitee’s judgment.”