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this line and with a large accumula- tion of knowledge as a result of past THE EVENING STAR e With Sunday Morning Edition. researches, it is possible that the solu- MWASHINGTON, D. C. tion of this vitally important problem y may soon be found. THUBSDAY. . .December 16, 1026 Wy % o tistics of cancer mortality are stimulative to the utmost en- deavor. Medical science fs baffled by this discase as by no other known to man. Its ravages are shocking. Its victims are in all soclal ranks. The person who discovers its cause and who thereby finds or leads to the find- ing of its cure will be a benefactor nday morn: of humanity whose compensation can- §%"only: | not possibly be measured in monetary cents aii or | terms. made by The Strange Case of Col. Smith. An unprecedented situation exists 1mo..76c| in the matter of the seat left vacant i}mo-585) by the death of Senator McKinley and to fill which, for the remajn- All-Other States and Canada. i der of the present Congress, Gov. Iy and Sunday..l yr. $12.00:1mo.SL00| small of Ilinois has appointed -B:‘-‘: ST 1723999 {me- 38%| Frank L. Smith, Benator-eiect for the term beginning March 4 next. THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor T e D e e The Evening Star Newspaper Company Buriness 11th St. and Pen mc'n York oft 10 E cago European Othica; The E: " the Su! e eiten 16 gelivered by carr the city wt 60 r mont £5 conte per month: Sundays o nch. Ord ESlephons Mam 3308 "Collection is carrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgini: ally and Sunday....1sr. $0.00 yr.. $6.00. Elfl unlyl 1 513.00 cents THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Life was much simpler for men, though no different for mules. Jim should have a monument somewhere on the Morris Canal as a testimonial to faithful service. Perhaps his effigy will some day stand at the head of navigation with an inscription that will tell later gen- erations the strange story of how once upon a time hoofed creatures hauled the goods of the worid to market. P ] “Gangway!” Litigation has arisen in Detroit over the disposal of patent rights to a speaking automobile horn, which, it is claimed, will voice clearly and in the best of English information for fellow motorists that the driver of the car purposes to stop, to turn to the right or left and to perform other vehicular maneuvers. It would also glve forth warnings to pedestrians. However these legal proceedings may turn out, it is Interesting to con- template in fancy some substitute for Member of the Associated Press. - ‘The Assoc, P is exclusively entit] to lh: use in:”rgbum‘tlion of all news die- atches credited to it or not otherwise E i tad in this paper and also the local new priblishedt heteih. All righis of publication ©f special dispatches herein are also reserved Em———— e Speeding the Land-Purchase Bill. Action by tihe Scnate yesterday on the Mull-Avenue triangle bill puts the measure up to the House of Representatives, where a committee has already begun its consideration. The Senate expressed only slight opposition to the measure, and that was based upon the question of the propriety of providing at once for the acquisition of all the’ property in advance of the immediately essen- tial sites® for the construction pro- gram now in hand. As to the economy of immediate purchase of these lands there can be no doubt.|¢ertain that his appearance here ©On the plecemeal basis every square | Would be the signal for a protracted taken for building purposes will add | 18ht Which would block the regular to the value of those that remainjond essentlal legislation and compel within the area that has been in|the calling of an extra session . to effect proscribed. It was pointed out | PASS the appropriations. The Re- vesterday that a few years ago the publican majority does not wish such fon to be called, for it would Government could have bought all}® 588 4 of this land for approximately |be the new Congress, clected last $14,000,000 and that the present esti- | November, that would meet and in mate is that it cannot be secured|that Congress the Republican mar- for less than $17,000,000. Recent|5in in the Senate, with all those developments in the matter cannot | P6aring credentials seated, will be fall to advance the price and it is|extremely slender. 1" an extra ses- doubtless with that fact in view that | 5100 can be avolded the new Congress the bill has been drawn with a|Will not meet until next December, limitation of $25,000,000 to the total|21d by that time the situation may have changed. appropriations to be made for the pu:po’s’e. There are no charges against Col. The bill as it passed the Senate Smith as a Senator-appointee. But provides for the acquisition of all the | he is the same man who it is alleged lands not now owned by the United | Sécured his nomination in primary States within the triangle bounded { Y the ‘excessive and improper use by Pennsylvania avenue, Sixth, B|Of money. Strictly speaking, the and Fifteenth streets, except square | Senate has no right to question the 256; also the areas known as reser- | Validity of his appointment or the vations A, B, C and D. Those four | Propriety of his taking this seat. “reservations” are in fact privately | Actually, however, under the Con- owned properties, though originally | Stitution, the Senate can, judging as designated on the maps of Wash-|to the qualifications of its own ington as public spaces. They are|Mmembers, rule him out by vote be- now to be added to the public area.|Cause of his identity with the Sen- Square 256 is that occupied by the|ator-elect whose right to sit in the Southern Raflway. It is contem- | Seventieth Congress is challenged. plated ‘that provision for its pur-|{ Col. Smith’s appointment was chase will be included in the bill in|made by Gov. Small shortly after the House, though it may be spe-|Word had been sent to the prospec- cifically designated as the site for a | tive appointee by representatives of District government building, in|the Republican majority that they Which case the cost of it will be|could not vote to seat him if he allocated to the District. should present himself. It would Such speed has been shown in this |Seem as though the governor had matter within the first fortnight of [ accepted the challenge, if challenge it the short session that there is now | may be considered. At any rate, the reason to expect enactment before |admonition precipitated the appoint- adjoyrnment in March. Indeed the | ment, and now the case is put up to way is clear for final action within | the appointee, who finds himself in a & month. The subject is so perfectly | predicament such as never before was well understood in Congress that|faced by the holder of senatorial cre- there is no occasion for debate or | dentials, delay. As a business proposition it e N S is undeniable. In the light of past| Tt is stated that Henry Ford will experience In the taking of sites for | put out no new models of motor cars. public buildings the truest ecoffomy | Old-fashioned flivvers will remain in is to move immediately to provide | favor, as well as old-fashioned fiddlers. an ared that is surely large enough for all the constructions contem- plated under the present building program already adopted by Con- gress. PIDCEESSIMSEES SRR President Coolidge is a fisherman by reputation, but not to a degree that can interfere with a well known record for absolute truthfulness. —————— ‘The title “Czar” has shifted In sig- mificance. As applied in certain indus- tries, it suggests only great confidence and admiring respect. Word to the effect of that appoint- ment came from Chicago today to- sether with conflicting reports as to ICnl, Smith's intentions regarding ac- ceptance and immediate appearance in Washington with his credentials. Ordinarily there would be no doubt «bout the presentation of those cre- dentfals. The appointee would im- mediately come to Washington to take the oath of office. But inti- mations have been given that if he should come he will be refused ad- mittance, members of his own party Jjoining with the opposition to deny him a seat. Probably mnever before in the history of the Senate was { there such a case. : The reason for Republican opposi- tion to the seating of Senator McKinley's successor is that it is The Passing of Jim. It is not often that the death of a mule furnishes a news item, but that has happened in the case of Jim, the dean of the motive power of the Morris Canal, an historic waterway in the State of New Jersey. A significant anniversary of that canal is about to be commemorated and those in charge of the proposed exer- cises had thought to make Jim one of the features of the celebration, for Jim has for thirty-six years been trudging the towpath, hauling barges. He has become a feature of the or- ganization, famous throughout the route and for miles on both sides of the channel. But Jim could not wait for the celebration. .His years were too many and the other day he took his last walk on the tow- With all the progress that has been | L\ "\ meq tnto his stall at the end made teward the discovery of the | of his beat, gave & ‘final Nip ‘of his means of curing and preventing can- ', .3 013 ears and slithered down in S DR ey ar pret iof BES leen vet 4 his last sleep at the ripe age of forty found. So-called cures have failed to R yield the results initially claimed for |* [\ 4ne lagt four or five years them. Not even the cause has been Hivboss hah Reports of his large money interests leave it doubtful whether G. Bernard Shaw is truly great as a wit or as a financier. The Great Mystery. Jim has been failing. identified. Some advance has been made in narrowing the field of re- search and much has been gained to- ward an understanding of the true na- ture of the disease. Yet it stands to- day as the most bafling puzzie in medical science. Research, however, continues, and all over the world men and women are engaged in a hunt for the causative | principle and through that discovery for & means of checking or curing the allment, which is taking such heavy toll of human life. There is no lack of means for the prosecution of this | research. Generous gifts have been made by philanthropists to enable sclentists to pursue it. The latest is that of Willlam L. Saunders, head of & large industrial corporation, who offers $100,000 in prizes to the per- son or group discovering a way of controlling or preventing cancer. This offer was announced at a dinner of the American Soclety for Control of Cancer, at which a campalgn was in- augurated for an endowment fund of one million dollars. The offer of Mr. Saunders, which will hold good for three years, bestows $50,000 to any person who discovers what human oancer really is and how it can be prevented positively and $50,000 for a proved cure. In the light of the length of time that has been covered by the re- searches thus far, this period would A ®eem to be a short one, And yet wit] ) bundreds of people working along| favored him. giving him light loads to haul, and taking special care of his diet, but these precautions could not check the flow of time and the ebb of vitality. Jim weas once a white mule, but of late years his coat had turned a dirty gray. He was not at- tractive in appearance. But the canal men loved him for all his idiosyncrasies and his mulish pro- pensities, which had become ac- centuated with the years. In the course of his thirty-six seasons of canal service he had survived one boss and seen another into retire- ment. So goes a rellc of a passing in- stitution. ' Canals are no longer the important factors of transportation that they once were. The Ilittle waterways that netted the country have fallen into disuse in great meas- the motor horn which, in the pressure of modern traffic, has been developed to about the uttermost point that hu- man ears can withstand. The newly invented device, it is pointed out, will voice the warning, or demand, or re- quest in “the best of English.” That might do for Washington, or Boston, or for many Western points, but how would it go in New York, or in Provi- dence, R. 1.2 In the metropolis a driver wouid need a polyglot instru- ment, and even then, were he not a perfect judge of nationality, tragedy might easily ensue. “Your Honor, 1 was sure he was a Turk, and I blew to him in Arabic that I was turning right. Is it my fault he was a Lithu- anian and was going to a masked ball in a fez?” Such might be a common plea in court. The task of inventing such a horn seems child’s play compared to the task of composing the language that it should disseminate. To one class of driver a gentle request is as effective as or more so than a command. To another nothing less would suffice than “Git over, blank you, or ye'll lose a fender!” Along this line there comes to mind the story of the British motorist who, asked by his dealer if he preferred something loud in the way of horn signals, replied languldly, “No, something sneering.” With all due deference to the genius of the in- ventor of this newly announced de- vice, it is thought that the present form of inarticulate horn will perstst. ‘Were the vocal variety in vogue, too many pedestrians would pause sud- denly just outside the safety zone to shout, “So’s your old man!’ and simi- lar repartee, only to fall victims to the succeeding vehicle, which would be just voicing the first word or two of the stereotyped and otherwise ade- quate warning. — . It must be admitted that Teapot Dome is a much neater place on which to park public attention than De Russey's lane. —————— Aimee is a great evangelist. Ormis. ton is only a radio announcer, but, as in many microphone demonstrations, he is permitted to do most of the talk- ing. —————— ‘When a blizzard falls to materialize in all the predicted severity, the weather man is like the tax assessor: Nobody resents a little generous inac- curacy. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sayings. If you have a bitter thought, . Don't say it. Even though with truth ‘tis fraught, Delay it. It’s no hint of the sublime That my help the world to climb. Let it fade with passing time— Don't say it. If a selfish sneer seems due, Don't say it. It will do no good if you Betray it. Even when you know the truth That would bite with cruel tooth, It it only hurts, in sooth, Don’t say it. 1t you have a thought worth while, ‘Then say fit. If it tempts the world to smile, Display it. If it helps to hopetul joy As our efforts we employ More to build than to destroy— Then say it. Unostentation. “Did you do your Christmas shop- ping early?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “A politician these days takes an awful chance if he makes any display whatever of ready money.” Christinas Gift for Santa. The whiskers of dear Santa Claus Do not come in for much applause. Let us subscribe—don’t mind the tax— To give the razor that he lacks. luckier than the ordinary person. ‘When he wants rellef he can at least make. people listen while he talks about it. “A wage worker at the age of 40, said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “deserves little sympathy. He has shirked the task of thinking for him- self.” Principle in Moderation. ' “Are you in favor of prohibition?” es,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle “But I ain't bigoted.” Comparisons. , top. ure. Some of them have been en- larged into barge canals on which power boats ply. Only here and there the mule-drawn scows are moving. They are passing, as Jim has passed, while the motor busses spin up and down the highways which run alongside the water routes. This mule Jim in thirty-six years’ of service on the towpath has seen, even though he may not have appre- ciated, great changes. When he took his first step at the end of a towrope the gasoline engine was not known. Nobody foresaw the flying achine, The telephone was in its ancy. Radio was unthought-of. When you and I were young, Miggte, Your skirts were rather short} Now, though new’ songs are sung, Maggie, * You wear the self-same sort! And though your face grows grim, Maggte, To this remark I'm moved: Where once you were too Maggle, Your ankles have improved. “It's hard luck,” said Uncle Eben, “when de father of de fam'ly has to explain dat Santa Claus can't make good ‘cause he was loser h& me” = slim, | D. C. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “I consider Victor Herbert the greatest musician of all time with Irish blood in his veins,” sald the late Henry T. Finck, great music critic, whose autobiography has just been published. Since the writer of this column has been boosting the music of Victor Herbert for years and years, it Is nat- urally pleasing to him to discover that no less a man than Finck be- lieved exactly the same way. f'o the music of Herbert has always touched the public fancy, as : by the vox-office appeal of his score or more comic operas. there was for many years a tendency to cry down his wares as ‘“‘popular. In legitimate musical circles there was, even to the time of Hrrbert's degth, some disposition to belittle the melodies of this master of melody. Every one admitted their fascination, but some affected to sneer at them because they were forsooth tuneful. Happily, there is no doubt in the mind of America today as to the proper place of Victor Herbert's music m its repertoire. Over radio one hears no composer as often as Herbert, nor the melodies of any one with perhaps quite the same appre- clation on the part of so many. The attempt to “please every one,” S0 often tried in this democratic coun- “ry (still so, desplite the slurs of many), often results in pleasing no one exact- ly. The composite “taste” of the multitude, if it can be so called, is a fearful and sometimes a wonderful thing. In a country where every one with ears to hear can set himself up as a Jjudge of music and bring forth that unanswerable judgment, *“I know what I like,” it is no easy thing to find music that is at once musiclanly and possessing popular appeal. Victor Herbert achieved this result. No wonder the service bands of the National Capital have included a se- lection from his operas in practically every ; Summer concert for many years} * ok ok ok It is extremely difficult, in writing of music, to preserve one's common sense. To transfer this pecullar art medium bodily to another, as one must do in writing of music, offers great ‘temptation to a writer in the way of fanciful phraseology. In reading criticisms of concerts, for instance, one often runs into such a phrase as “delicate traceries of lace,” or something of the sart, re- ferring to the perfect technical man- ner in which the pianist played diffi- cult runs. All sorts of adjectives are used in all sorts of ways. Nouns are deliber- ately hurled into the context, the au- thor leaving to the reader the difficult task of making them fit if he can. In many such instances there is no doubt that the critic knew what he intended saying, but the sad part of it is that he does not make the poor reader understand, too. ‘We have often thought that there ought to be some rule prohibiting the fres use of adjectives in criticizing music, and especially something against the use of metaphors and similes of all kinds. In reviewing the work of Victor Herbert one is immediately faced with this difficulty. For where will one find music which can be less easily trans- lated, as it were, to the printed page of words? The staff was what Herbert used, not the line, and on it he placed mu- sical notation, not the signs which we call letters and the combinations of these signs which the English-speak- ing world has agreed to call words His musical idiom was at once s0 fancitul, yet so solid—so graceful, so meaty—so endowed with bright; ness, yet so satisfylng to the learned— that it is extremely difficult not to be led into the temptation of using words that really mean nothing in talking about his music. * * K K This leads up to a letter which we received recently, as follows: “Dar Sir: 1 have noiced that you speak of the music of Victor Herbert in your column. Could you tell me how to go about becoming acquainted with it, as my earlier life was filled with work of a nature which allowed me no time or inclination to investi- gate his or any other person’s music, and I do not know where to begin: If you could give me a list of some of his songs that are the best he wrote, it would help me a lot. \’O,Jrs trl.xlly. There may be a Victor Herbert al- bum—theré probably is—but since we have never seen one, we cannot tell you about it. The difficulty in becom- ing acquainted with Herbert at one jump is the magnitude of his writing, spread pver a score and more years ahd over as many and more light operas, and including many occasional pieces, mostly of an orchestral nature. Perhaps as good a starting point as any would be his “Gvn~ Love Song™” trom “The Fortune Teller. This will appeal tu wvers of Her- bert as the master's greatest single composition from the standpoint of pure melody. He wrote many more elaborate ones before and after its composition, but in none of them did he quite reach the heights of the im- passioned plea of the lover to his little gypsy sweetheart. i Now, gypsy sweethearts in life are one thing, if we may judge from the ones we have seen, and on the light opera stage something else again. It was about this latter lady that Her- bert wrote so tunefully. The orches- tration of this song is beyond criti- cism. The whole thing is perfect. There is no composer who ever lived who would not have been proud to have thought it out. (That is the way real music comes into being.) Another master melody of Herbert's which every one must know Is “Kiss Me Again.” This, in Herbert's favor- ite form, the waltz, is one of the most graceful and interesting melodies ever constructed. You see, E. R., that we are not a bit afraid of a tune. Melody was Vic- tor Herbert’s great gift, with which he combined sound technical abilities and much theory; but it was always the “tune” that interested him. He had thousands of note combinations in him, and most of them came out. we belleve, if one may judge from some of the lesser works just before his death. ‘“Badinage,” an instrumental num- ber, is another unforgettable melody showing Herbert in one of his unique phases. This was one of the melodic gems which he carved out as morial to himself unto eternity man need leave no fortune behind him, nor any statue, when.he writes such living melody as this. Just three numbers? Yes, for a beginning was what was asked for, and we know of no composer that can give one a more tuneful and interest- ing beginning than “The Gypsy Love song,” “Kiss Me Again” and “Badi- me- BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. It is seldom that there is a bill be- fore Congress with so much “human interest” interwoven in its dry verbi- age as exists in the ‘Wadsworth-Perl- man bill passed by the Senate last Tuesday and yet to go over the ‘hurdle in the House. It provides for the re- union of 8,000 or 10,000 separated households—the fulfillment of 35,000 dreams—the climax of just that many “short stories,” such as neither Poe nor Maupassant ever surpassed in rill, mlt the measure becomes a law—and it has the support not only of its ma- jority in the Senate, but of the admin- istration, as represented by the Secre- tary of Labor—it will correct the mis- apprehension that Uncle Sam is heart- less and willing to violate the injunc- tion of the marr:’nge»ceromony Let ut asunder.” " his country has set out to restrict immigration, not only in quantity but still more particularly in selective quality. The proponents of that policy declare that if we had not adopted that defensive measure five or six years ago, faminestricken Europe would have flooded overprosperous America with millions of immigrants. There are others whose sympathies for the distress of the world are such that they cannot reconcile the exclu- sion policy with our Christian duty toward the distréssed of all nations. But there are none who avowedly ap- prove of laws which break up fam- ilies and encourage men to leave thelr wives and children behind while the n supporter thereof turns to new menture and in time, perhaps, is alienated from those who have been taken out of his environment. The person who deliberately, breaks up a home—allenates husband from wife and father from children—is ostra- cized from self-respect and despised by right-thinking soclety, everywhere. * kK X Prior to our restriction our immigra- tion exceeded 1,250,000 annually. 'As stated in the Senate debate, the first immigration restriction law, passed in 1921, admitted an average of 750,000 immigrants per year. It expired by limitation in two years and the suc- ceeding law of 1924, now the govern- ing law, is stricter and fdmits only about 300,000, half of whom are from ‘American’ countries and come in with- Jud Tunkins says the farmer isout quota—mostly from Canada, and Mexico. That leaves the present quota from all Europe only about 150,000 a year. Many immigrants who came in prior to the 1924 law left their families behind, expecting first to become settled in business or occu- pation here and then send money back to bring over their wives and chil- dren. But under the quota restrictions of the 1924 law the wives and children left behind were barred except when they could get in under the quota—2 per cent of the number of the same nationality who were already here, based upon the 1890 census. Therein lay domestic tragedies by the thou- sands. Either the head of the family would be obliged to abandon his start toward prosperity in America and go back ‘to the hardships of his old coun- try or else be for many years, and probably in most cases forever, sepa- rated from his family. The Wadsworth-Perlman amend- ment to th immigration bill under- takes to correct that injustice so far as concerns immigrants who came in prior to 1924 and who have declared intent to become American citizens. It admits wives and children under 18 years of age, not exceeding a total of 35,000 o year, “to be apportioned equitably among the various nation alities on the basis of the number of relatives petitioned for by-such aliens resident in the United States, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of % wide range. of -estimates number of such wives and children re- maining in the old countries who ‘would be equally eligible to be.brought over, except for what appeared to be the arbitrary limitation of 35,000 fixed in the Wadsworth-Periman amendment. For six months the amendment has been before Congress, and its opponents have cited the est! mate accredited to the State Depart- ment, based upon alleged reports from the American consuls in all the world. It has been claimed that this information, through the Department of State, indicated that the total eligibles would exceed 600,000, and the argument then was advanced that if we undertook to make such harsh discrimination and favoritism as to admit 85,000 wives and children, and bar 565,000 to 580,000 equally worthy, we would simply add to the discontent by brutal injustice. In the last session of Congress the amendment received {ts defeat be- cause the State Department, through the work of a subordinate, gathered figures from consuls, which became the basis of the estimate of 600,000— or finally as high as 622,700—eligibles, and the argument was made that the measure was a means taken with the intent to break down all immigration restriction. In the hearing on the subject Mr. Henry Curran, who has been commis- sioner of immigration at the port of New York ever since the first restric- tion was adopted in 1921, testified as an expert, and instead of 600,000 he estimated the total number of de- pendents, including parents as well as wives and children, at 40,000. Since then all soldiers who had fought in the American Army have been admit- ted with their families, and the Wads- worth-Perlnian amendment now .omits the parents, so that it is belleved that the limit of 35,000 will include all who are actually eligible. The original State Department estimates are con- strued to cover not only the wives and the children under 18 years of age, but also the parents, children up to 21 years of age, brothers, sisters and other relatives of the.imniigrants al ready here, who want to come over, outside of the quotas—an ‘“endless chain of collaterals. * ok kK A side light was thrown upon the problem during the testimony of Commissioner Curran, who urged the immediate admission of the immi- grant's children. He said: “I want to say that one of the greatest problems, I think, that we have before us, as I see it from Ellis Islang, is the problem of Ameri- canizing the seven or eight million foreign-born allens we have in' the United States. A great help in doing that is to have the children educated in the United States, rather than abroad. The adult aliens come here as immigrants and can never entirely change the whole of their hearts, in my experience. Neither could you or I, if we migrated to France or Rus- sia, suddenly become French or Rus- slans for life. No, it doesn’t happen. “There is a tragic side to it. The immigrant brings his children over, and they are never at home on either side of the ocean. All we can do by way of giving the children a head start, I believe we should do: I be- lieve we can do more for them when we let them come in at the youngest possible age. If you compel them to walt until they are 14 or 16 or 18 or 20 years of age, we won't be able to do so much for them. * oK ok ok There are scores of bills new pend- ing in both branches of Congress to amend the general immigration law. ‘The m important, according to Chairman ° Johnson of Washington State, is the proposal to include Mex- ico and other American countriés in , THURSDAY, DECEMBFR 16, 1928. Smith Defeat Seen. Possibility of Election to Presi- dency Scouted. To the Editor of The Star: The November elections cleared the political atmosphere so far as Demo- cratic candidates are concerned and the result gives hope of the election of the nominee of that party in 1928 in case no mistake is made in the naming of the candidate and the sec- tion of the country from which he is selected. The Republican papers and some misguided or alleged Democrats are already playing up several names that have no possibility of election— namely, Smith of New York, who aside from religious prejudice and wet tendencies, would be the easlest man to defeat, despite his personal popularity in the East, and Gov. Ritch'e of Maryland, another attrac- |} tive man, but who would be doomed to defeat because of his prohibiiion record, as well as the fact that sec- tional prejudice still exists against la man from the South. The defeat of Pomerene of Ohio eliminates the most potential candi- Tate of all those mentioned. Had he carried the State he would have been a pronounced favorite because he is zeographically right, but would have been a weak candidate since the labor vote would have been almost solidly against him. It is necessary for the Democrats to go to the West to find a progressive Democrat—one who has a chance of election—to attract the dis affected Republican Progressive, who inas no more place in that party than has a conservative in the Democratic party. Last March, in a letter to The Star, after dissecting the names of those nentioned, and thelr elimination for g;:lty among white peoples. various reasons, I named Henry T. “inev of Illinois, Democratic mem- ber of the ways and means com- mittee, who is geographically right, ound on Democratic principles, and one who could attract the disaffected Republican vote in the Northwest. He led his disorganized party in the House last Winter in opposition to the revenue tax bill, refusing even to “ign the minority report of his party since it did not go far enough. Fate appears to be pointing its finger at him, since President Coolidge is urg- ing a reduction in revenue taxes vhich will be considered before the session adjourns. His position is practically an ad- mission of Rainey’s contentions as to the measure when it was originally before the House, and will give him an opportunity to gain the political ipotlight and press the bill in the nterest of the masses instead of the corporations. A few days after the Democratic national convention in New York, in reply to a letter congratulating him on the stand he took when the Klan issue was before it, William Jennings Bryan wrote me: “I am more interested in the pre- vention of religious prejudice which might impair the religion of our country, for while a new party may come along at any time, a war be- ween creeds would bring nothing but destruction.” The writer is of the same religious persuasion as Gov. Smith, but why sacrifice the principles of the Demo- cratic party on the rock of religious prejudice? Since Gov. Smith has no chance entering the White House through the front door, it might be possible to slip in the back door as did Roosevelt and Coolidge. Rainey of Tllinois and Smith of New York would be a ticket no Democrat could object to. Can any Democrat who wants to see his party victorious name a | stronger ticket? W. J. DWYER. | “Voice of the Voteless. X From the Boston Transcript. The Evening Star of Washington, through its editorial columns, broad- casts an appeal to the country to es- pouse the cause of the residents of the National Capital and request Senators and Representatives to favor submission of a constitutional amendment granting the right of suffrage to the citizens of the District of Columbia. The proposal, which has been advocated for many years, takes the present form of a resolu- tion which, if ratified by the States, would empower Congress to enact a law granting to Washingtonians the right to elect Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress, to participate in the election of President and Vice President, and to sue and be sued in Federal courts. Full local. self-gov- ernment is not sought for, as this, while theoretically desirable, presents practical difficulties, with Washington established purely as the seat of Gov- ernment and developed and adminis- tered on different lines than obtain in any other community, either here or in Europe. The District has had its experience ~ with self-government, which resulted in confusion, graft and municipal bankruptcy, and while the plan still has its advocates it never has commanded the support of the community in any such measure as does the proposal just outlined. We doubt if many people in the United States understand that eit- izens of the District of Columbia have no right of suffrage whatever. It is, in a way, of more moment to them who is President of the United States than to-any other group in the country, yet they have no representa- tion of any kind in the body which levies taxes upon them and spends their money. The American Revolu- tion was fought in defense of the principle which is violated by the anomalous situation existing in the { District of Columbia. Government employes, under certain conditions, retain the right to vote in their own States, either personally or by mail, but no one outside the Government service may vote; nor have residents of any class the faintest voice in the selection of District Commissioners and other local officials. | The appeal of The Evening Star that the country interest itself in this proposal is well made, for only through the development of a Nation. wide sentiment can justice be done the men and women who have no one to speak for them, who are Ameri- cans in name only. ‘It is noteworthy that wherever outside Washington the | subject has been discussed a lively in- terest in it has been aroused, and there can be little doubt that if the matter could be brought home to every outside community, an over- whelming majority of voters would favor granting to the citizens of the District of Columbfa the same civic rights they enjoy themselves. Indeed, | they would find it difficult to discover arguments on the other side. — all flancees of American citizens— which arouses the scorn of Commlis- sloner Curran et al. That plan would require only that the allen girl who desires to enter, ex quota, must ‘‘promise” to marry a certain Ameri- can, but she may break her promise as soon as she arrives safely beyond Ellis Island. Mr. Curran adds, with a gesture of disgust: “I want to say that every American citizen who cannot find a helpmeet among American girls, but wants an immigrant Wife, need not come to me for help. Every one who sends abroad for a wife states that he is “45 years old, but looks 30.” At times, when the girl arrives in New York, the man wil come there in such a condi- tion that he looks to be 70, and the girl will return on the same ship.” It is estimated by Mr. Curran that there are not more than 50,000 immigrani ho succeed in getting ountry unlawfully, xno.uv.cdn-s) o sand (generally) or rock, which fused along the path of discharge. The sand along the central portion of the path appears to be volatilized and driven out, with the continuous glassy walls and ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How did Elbert H. Gary get his title?—R. E. R. A. He was county judge of Plge County, IIL, for two terms. Q. What Is petrified lightning?—>M. "A. The Weather Bureau says that presumably this is what is technically known as a “fulgurite.” or less irregular glassy tube formed It is a more by the passage of lightning mmuglh s hence the hollow tube, rough, irregular outer surface. Q. Does the crow have a glzzard?— N. H. A. The Biological Survey says that a gizzard is the name given to the hardened birds. not have a gizzard, as this bird does stomach of gallinaceous A crow, strictly speaking, does not eat such hard food as do gallina- ceous birds. Q. Are “avocation” and “vocatlon™ the same?—C. H. C. A. The definition of *‘avocation” is “a minor or irregular occupation, side Interest, diversion.” The word has been confused with ‘“vocation,” but does not have the sanction of good writers as a synonym for “vocation.” Q. In what countries do people reach the greatest age?—J. P. A. The Bulgarians and the Russians have the records of the greatest lon- Bulgaria 3,300 in a population of a little over 4,000,000, compared with 164 in France and 94 in Great Britain. Q. How many acres of asparagus does California grow?—C. E. A. In 1925 California had 8,000 res in asparagus for fresh consump- tion and 26,400 acres in asparagus for canning. Q. Were the Kelly house and barn in Chickamauga Park there at the time o}l‘ the battle of Chickamauga?— R. B. R. A. The superintendent of Chicka- mauga and Chattanooga National Mil- itary Park says that the small build- ings known as the “Kelly house and barn” occupy the sites of log structures in existence at the time of the battle of Chickamauga. The farm on which they were located is referred to in the official reports as a part of the Union line under Gen, Thomas, that extend- ed around the Kelly fleld. The build- ings are maintained as landmarks, identifying the positions of troops en- gaged in the battle. Q. What does it mean in money when stocks, etc., drop or gain a point?—A. C. A. The term “point” or “points” in stocks usually means §1 per share ad- vance or decline; in wheat, 1 cent; in cotton, coffee and sterling exchange, .01 cent. Q. What is the Fraternal Order of Gideons?—H. D. W. A. The organization known as “the Sons of Gideon” was organized July 1899. Its declared purpose was to band together the Christian trav- elers 6f America and through them to win the commerclal travelers of America for the glory of God; to sup- ply every hotel in America with a Bible for each guest room and to prepare the hearts of travelers for salvation.” Q. What is the name of the island where French life prisoners are sent? {—D. R. 8. A. It is Devils Island, off the coast of French Guiapa, South America. Near Devils Island are the two small French penal islands of Saint-Joseph and Ile Royale, which were formerly known, with Devils Island, as “Iles du Diable,” but which later received the name “Iles du Salut.” Q. Has Rhode Island a debtors’ prison?—D. H. A. Dr. Dudding of the Prisoner’s Relief Association says that there is no special prison in Rhode Island as- signed to the custody of debtors. An old law still on the statute books of Rhode Island makes imprisonment for debt still possible in that State and in certain other States under condi- tlons such as attempting to avoid process of law or civil suit for debt. Q. What' fruit did Joliet mean when he spoke of “assons,” saying, “They are small fruits which are not known in Europe”?—F. B. 8. A. The Burcau of Plant Industry says that there were two frults in America which at the time of Jolet's explorations would have been pew to him. Those two fruits were papaws and persimmons. As the persimmon is a fruit of the South and, as Jollet did not explore that region, it Is fair to assume that he found the papaw frult. The Indians called this fruit “asimen.” gThe French pronunciation of this word would be something like the name of the fruit which you spell “assons.” Q. Where does most of the cork used here come from? What does it cost?—L. B. A. Cork, which is made from the bark of a tree, is grown chiefly in northern Africa. The total cost of cork in the year 1925 was $15,617,373. The cost of cork which was used for insulating purposes in the year 1925 was $5,984,706. Q. Did Arthur Woods ever win a national pocket billlard champlon- ship?—C. M. A. Mr. Woods has never won the champlonship, although he has com- peted in all of these tournaments and a few challenge matches in recent years. His best showing thus far was the winning of second place in 1921 In a tournament in which Ralph Greenleaf won the championship. Q. How did chival develop?— r% alry develop A. As one writer on chivalry says: “This system of knighthood Is closely bound up with the feudal system of Norman times. It has its roots, how- ever, right back in Germanic times. as Tacitus shows in his account of the manners and customs of this race. But chivalry became further developed in the eleventh century and the order of knighthood involved many dutles and responsibilities. The king himself had to train for knighthood, where he had to serve first as page, then as esquire, before being presented with the golden spurs which were one of the symbols of knighthood. Before a knight was admitted into his order a vigil or night watch was held by him in some gloomy chapel aisle, where he gave himself up to solemn meditation before as- suming his new duties and privileges. Chivalry was eminently socfal in its relations to feudallsm and assumed a deep spiritual significance in its relations to the Crusade movement, when the knight had to perform mili- tary service for the cause of Chris- tianity against the infidel of Pales- tine.” Q. For whom is Benito named?—D. R. A. For Benitn Juarez, revolutionary.’ Q. Where is the Cross-road of the East?—R. A. G. N A. The Galata Bridge, Constanti- nople, is sometimes called “the Cross- road of the East” because it is said that here one may in 12 hours see all the nationalities of the world. Q. What day of the week does the Président’s Cablnet meet?—G. R. A. The Cabinet meets twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 in the morning. Q. How long have Christmas cards been in use?—C. C. A. Thomas L. Masson says that they have been in use about 80 years, the first one of which he knows hav- ing been designed In 1846 by J. C. Horsely, R. A. It was not however, until after 1860 that they came into general use, John Leighton, in 1862, having made designs for Messrs. Goodall of London. Q. Are pine needles used for pine pillows?’—E. H. J. A. Usually the needles chosen are those of the balsam fir. Find out whatever you want to know. There is no room for ignorance in this busy world. The person who loses out is the one Who guesses. The person who gets on is always the one who acts upon reliable information. This paper employs Frederic J. Has- kin_to conduct an information bureau in Washington for the free use of the pubdlic. There is no charge except 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any facts you desire. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Mussolini Mexican Ford’s “Give Boys Jobs” Idea Meets Widespread Approval Belleving that “Satan finds mischief still for idle hands to do,” Henry Ford announces that he is going to beat Satan to it by putting boys between the ages of 16 and 20 to work in his plunts, at men's jobs, for men's wages. Intense interest is being man- ifested throughout the country in the proposal. “Henry Ford has issued orders that 6,000 boys be given positions in his immense plants as quickly as places can be made for them,” states the Dayton Daily New which quotes Mr. Ford as having ‘‘come to realize that boys drift into crime because soclety fails to teach them that more and easier money can be had from well directed work than from theft.” Mr. Ford wants to “teach these boys accurate work and pay them well for it,” continues the Dayton paper, for he believes In that process ‘“crime will then show up for what it is—a very hard and foollsh way to get money.” . The Knoxville News-Sentinel say “Ford asks no one to strain credulity by believing he is making the experi- “It is doubtless good psychology to give a boy man's work, if there is enough of it to go around, also to pay the boy what a man would be paid for the same work,” agrees the Elkhart Truth, remarking further that “boys tend to rise to such treatment, doing what is expected of them. Every boy likes to feel himself a man. It is an experiment that will be observed with widespread_interest.” “Henry Ford is certainly daring a good deal in these days, when there is a clamor for a_prohibitive law over- spreading the United States which would bar all youth under 18 from work at all,” is the comment of the Charleston Daily Mail, which contends that one cause of disapproval of work for the young folk is that “the older folk fear the competition of the young tellows, who, if they have not the ex- perience and acquired skill of the older folks, have energy and the cn pacity to learn. Not all the propaganda for a law that would put it in the power of Congress to prohibit employ ment of the young before the age of 20 is for altruistic reasons,” declares ment for the boys® sakes alone. It’s|the Mail, “or does it bear any rein- each | approve, and, about 11,000 | both the Nat tuture just good business, he believes, inject youth into any concern, and if this good business can do another good turn for society, so much the better.” In other words, the News- Sentinel continues, Mr. Ford says, take these boys between the ages of 16 and 20, “put them at men’s work, pay men’s wages, and see if they don’t make shining marks for the' employer and for themselves.” Commenting on Mr. Ford's idea | that “boys get into crime mostly be- | cause they must have something to do, jobs come hard, and such jobs as there are pay so little to young boys that they rebel,” the Anniston Star comments: “Of course, it's true—so to| | tion at all to the welfare of the youny man.” * Ok ok k “Idleness is the greatest curse to the majority of boys and young men, be- cause it is a period of life when energy runs high and youth is not satisfied to remain quiet,” remarks the Racine Journal-News, as it states that Ford ‘“undoubtedly has in mind that there are just so many boys who absolutely will not pursue their studies one whit more than possibly through the eighth grade—that they have a love for mechanics and machinery, and will make every effort to get in some- where so that they can escape fur- true that it seems silly to stress it, | even when a name such as Henry | Ford's s attached to the saying. But | how true it Is that the most obvious ! truths in this world, and the ones | most universally belleved, are the | ones not put into practice generally, because they cost money!"” * ok ok ok In this connection, the Grand! Rapids Press remarks that “reason-, able labor in youth, not interfering | with schoolwork, always has taught | and always will teach the value of | thrift and the habit of industry. These | the Gazette, two are still today the greatest factors | X report of the in success and the greatest preven-|part tives of crime, which feeds on 1aziness | Birmme to S o and the get-rich-quick impulse. ' Mr. Ford applies an ancient principle,” cnntlnulcuthe P:;Il. r'd'whan he pro- poses old-fashioned hard work for pay | character in spite of bor as the best competitor of the devil. oas O Binta ohi But it Is just as'sound and true as | ever.” appears that “here is something every industrial concern in the country can | trial leaders in regard to their civie adopting, increase|duties toward boy and girl employes, standard of work- mvm of_cd standard of its does its share in " standard of To the Miami Daily News it ther schooling and at the same time gratify their love for mechanical work."” Henry Ford doesn't “take any stock in the prevalent notion that boys and girls have degenerated,” says the Tex- arkana Gazette, “but he does realize that the time following their release from school, before they take up any regular occupation, is a critical perlod. If they do not find satisfactory work after a short quest, they may drift into thriftless or vil ways. He aims to catch the boys and get them into self-respecting habits of industry be- fore they start drifting,” concludes Federal Labor De- by the Hollywood Citizen to show that “many children are being employed for excessively long hours and that many are being forced to do night work of a tedious laws,” and it suggests that “with the example set by Henry Ford, we may expect to see a gencral awakening and stirring within the ranks of indus- urse, that public opin- improvement.”