Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....December 27, 1026 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennavivani New York Office: 4\1,0 East Eurapean Omen 14 Regent PO “ina st The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- thg adition. {s delivered by carriers within city wt 80 cents per month: dally only. cents per month: Jundays only. 23 con month_ Orders may_be sent by mall or teiephone Main 5000. Collection is made carrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. DPaily and s 0.00: 1 mo.. 78c Daily nfy Sunday. .1 37 38:00 1 mo. 800 Sunday only . 157:83:00: 1 mo.. 28¢ All Other States and Canada. Daily only Sundey only Member of the Associated Press. The Amsociated Press is excinsively entitled to the use for republication of ail news atches credited 1o it or not otherwise cred- tad n this paper and also the local ne pnblishad hersin. Al richts of publication of apecial dispatches herein are aleo reserve THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THIS AND THAT of a left turn. But, with the new! carded beard to establish their sa¥ be- freedom of movement that the plan yond any possibility of question. They permits and encourages, there will be | may not go the whole length of the few who, after giving it a fair trial, | flowing whisker, or the "burnside™ or will not be satisfled. . Driving an automobile in the pres- ent-day heavy traffic is not conducive to a sweet disposition, and the ques- tion is chiefly what regulations give the most benefit and the least an- noyance. In the matter of left-hand turns the two angles of the proposi- tion must be considered. Is it more annoylng to be blocked by a left- turner when you are given the signal for straight ahead and wish to go straight ahead, or is it more trouble to circle the block quickly and freely? It is belleved by traffic officials that ‘Washington motorists will find, as have motorists of other gities, that elimination of the left turn in the congested section will be of distinct benefit to the frictionless movement of traffic. The permanent ban may, therefore, be put into effect in tho near future, and local drivers are urged to give it a fair chance to be successful. R I i« to get her halr bobbed in a jiffy, but Asking Uncle Sam to Do It. The reported intention of two of the the imperfal. They may be content with the mustache, more or less clipped. If this change occurs, there will be a hurry to demonstrate. Fashlon 18 an impatient jade and must be quick ly heeded. It is possible for a girl her brother must wait for his beard or mustache. Sgme brothers wajt a long time, and with little patience. A dispateh lately published, coming from Timmins, Ontarlo, may be kept in the memory, or perhaps in the pocket, for future reference In case the hirsute style should ever be re- stored to favor: Pat O'Gorman, winner of $50, & gold watch, a ton of coal, a rocking chair and a safety razor for the longest, fullest growth of whiskers in a given time, today revealed the secret of his achievement. O'Gorman, a_ prospector, told his admirers he laid his coplous crop and its fine texture to castor ofl. Apply, he sald, externally. It is unfortunate that the dispatch does not tell how long was the period in which Pat O'Gorman grew his beard, or how long was the beard when he BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. WASHINGTON, D. €., Christmas, 1926, Mr. Santa Claus, North Pole. Dear Santa: You win You always win, bless your soul! As I sit here today, wreathed in a flowing necktie of mingled red and green, I am more conscious than ever of your universal kindness in writing me such a good letter as that I re. celved yesterday. Before me, in hoxes, are nine more Christmas ties, ranging the spectrum, and I am glad to seo them there, and happy that you did not take me at my word and bring me none. What would Christmas be, indeed, without plenty of neckties? Evidently you were so very busy, good Santa Claus, that you could not pack all my tles in your sleigh, so sent some of them ahead by parcel post. Thanks, old top! The first one, strangely enough, came the day after I wrote you that first letter, asking that you not brieg either me or any other gentleman ties for Christmhs. This first tle came, then, before I had recelved your note of the 23d, In which you gently reproved me for MONDAY, DEC | If you want to see some real yellow bring out your spyglass and take a_ distance peek at me when I don No. b. You'll see something, Santa Claus. * ok K K Tie No. 2 developed into a distinct ase of mauve, cut by hellotrope rossbars, each bar edged with silver. Nifty, eh? I was terribly glad to get this one. I always wanted to see what mauve was like and I had no difficulty after opening this package. { Some one has described it as “pink trylng to be purple” Evidently ft| is an imitation orchid. | Just what tie No. 3 is supposed to | represent I am not sure, but no doubt | its designer was very proud of it. Tts| | color, too, is difficult to describe with | sclentific aceu but I would sey that it was intended to be brown. No. 4 is in black, with indistinct patterns purporting to show roses in Eray Uinges. Now wo always did like gray roses, and have wondered why the florists did not use them more than they do. Pink roses are so com- mon. Our No. §, as stated, s glorlously yellow. It doesn't care a whoop who | 'EMBER 27, -1926. Shelley’s Prophecy on America a Century Ago To the Editor of The Star: As an American, I feel a glow of pride in, shall 1 say, introducing to the American public the following al- most unknown stanzas on America from the poet Shelley's “The Revolt of Islam” (Cantos 11:22, 23, 24). If these stanzas had been written by an American_poet_they would be house- hold words. Yet the fact that they were written by an English poet makes them the more remarkable, for with_a few notable exceptions, such as Edmund Burke, William Pitt and John Bright, famous Englishmen from Capt. Marryatt to Charles Dick- ens, and, in our own day, Shaw, Ki ling and others, have regarded Ame fca with good or bad humored con- tempt as a nation of barbarians. helley regarded us differently. His | klowing prophecy—coming to be veri- fled—is all the more remarkable in that it was written more than a hun- dred years ago, when we were a com- paratively small, feeble Nation. Surely only a true prophet's vision could have seen, at that time, our | present greatness, and a greatness that is vet to come. Alas, in America never had a poet who sang llke this poet! But he will come when faith in the dollar gives place to faith in the soul. Let all Americans read the follow- | Ing stanzas and wonder and rejoice | that it is given unto man to sing as | Q. When was the bat: Knee fought?—H. V. ¥ A. It occurred December 29, 1830. tle of Wounded | Q. Is all.rag_paper used to any ex- | tent today?—M. D. | A. United States paper money Is practically the only all-rag product in commercial use. Q. Where s the deepest lake in the | world?—W. A. R. A. Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest fresh-water lake in the world. 1t reaches a maximum depth of 5,300 teet. | Q. Do any vegetable foods supply ! protein to the body?—N. M. | A. Soy beans and peanuts are the | {only vegetable foods that can b thought of as supplying complete pr tein. As a class, vegetables have slightly higher percentage of protein | calories than cereals. Q. What material is con: for making handkerchiefs?— A. Authorities on textiles linen is by far the materiai adapted for handkerchiefs. Q. Does Harold Lloyd wear glasses all the time or only when making screen plays?—H. C. A. We are informed that Harold dered be: E. t b hat hest ANSWEKS TO QUESTIONS BY FRFDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How long is the Florence Lal unnel?—K. Y. A. This C miles long, 1 cost $17,000,000. Q. What was a man’s position and standing with our Government w was classifled as 5E during the Wao t tunnel s in diameter lifornia feet 131 Q. Having no food, v keep alive longer on’ win -R. B A. The Public Heal that a person can li than on wine, wine unles: dijuted with water would not sati his thirst. Q. What is jasper?— A. Jasper is cryptoerystalline qu The color is usually red, brown or yeliow, ace ing to the amount of oxide tained in the stone. is a form of jasper which is and opaleéscent. This is probably the quality spoken of as forming one of the jewels on the breastplate of the | high priest and as a foundation ston: ;(.1 the wall of the New Jerusalem. person water? There Q. Which Presidents left the United knows it, either. (It wouldn't do it |this man sang. base ball players who have been in- Lloyd wears no lenses In his glasses | States during the.r terms of office” A Record Holiday Trade. Figures of the holiday trade, serv- ing as an index of economic condi- tions in this country, are not yet fully avallable, but there are certain indi- cations of a much larger volume of business this year than heretofore. In one respect the record is plain. The Post Office Department handled 1 greater number of pleces of mall matter than ever before in its his- tory. Returns so far indlcate a coun- try-wide increase in the parcel post of from six to seven per cent. with | an increase in all classes of postal| matters of from eight to twelve per cent. The total Christmas mail in the Washington post office is sixteen and seven-tenths per cent higher than dur- ing the same period last year. Inci- dentally, it is to be noted that not- withstanding this enormous volume of traffic everrthing had been cleared up by seven o'clock Christmas morn- ing. This remarkable achievement was made possible by the public's co- operation in early shopping and early mailing, preventing a choking of the channels during the last hours, and by an able and eflicient organization of the work by the postal authgritles. That the admonition to “shop early” was heeded is shown by the fact that the peak of the buying for holiday gifts was reached on Monday, five days before Christmas. This, it may be believed, was in large measure due to the growth of the “Christmas sav- ings” system. whercby great numbers of people accumulate for their holiday purchases during the year, their funds | drawing interest in the banks. These funds are released early in December and are then available for holiday purchasing in good season. From the stores come reports that indicate that a large percentage of the buying during the holiday shop- ping season was along the line of use- | ful goods. Of course, there was much | spending for toys and fancy things of no particular utility, but to an increas- ing extent the trade was in the line of essential values. Some years ago a movement for utility rather than mere ornament and amusement .in Christmas giving started, and it has had its effect in the direction of this seasonal trade into channels of greater value. If the figures could all be compiled they would reveal an enormous over- turn during the six weeks preceding Christmas in this country. The trade volume has been stupendous. It has indicated not only prosperity on a wide scale, but a feeling of confidence on the part of the people that the propitious conditions will continue. There is no sense of apprehension. Yet this extraordinary volume of Christmas trade is not a token of got the prizes. But the really im- portant factor is the agency he used to foster the growth. Youth may shudder at the thought of castor oil. It has decidedly unpleasant assocta- tions. But Pat, be it noted, urges external application. There may be a run on castor ol in consequence of this announcé#ment, not to grow whiskers for current dis- play, but to try out the efficacy of the stimulant, with speedy removal, a volved in a scandal growing out of an alleged game throwing and bet- ting transaction in 1919 to bring the matter to the attention of Congress and the Department of Justice illus- trates a tendency that has prevailed for a number of years to “put it up to Uncle Sam.” Congressional com- mittees and departmental agencles have been besought to probe into all kinds of affairs of a personal lof time, nature. The benevolent paternalism of the Federal government has been invoked to settle every sort of grievance. Congress has spent eons in the aggregate, looking | into all kinds of “affairs” and issues, some of them not even remotely con- nected with the Government business. Much money has been expended in these inquiries. The public affairs have been sacrificed to permit atten- tion to these details of personal relationships, which should have gone to the courts for settlement. In this base ball case it is difficult to concefve on what ground the United States Government can be invoked for action. The matter lies wholly within the jurisdiction of the American League of Base Ball Clubs | and the high commissioner of base ball, who has just laid the case before the public. If there has been injus- tice, the courts may correct it. Public sentiment has been greatly aroused in behalf of two of the for- mer playegs, who have apparently been “sacrificed” by the exposure, but who, in fact, quit their posts before the public knew anything atéat the affair. It appears to be the fct that only the publicity given to the case, which has resulted in the clearing of | their names from suspicion in the | minds of the publlic, has aroused them | to action. Thus a paradox is present- ed, and the Federal Government is be- sought to act, without any tangible ground for prccedure. Congress and the departments have their own work to do, sufficient to keep them busy on their own sched- ules, without going into a wide variety of issues, more or less per- sonal, not in any way connected with the business of government. It is true that Congress has In a way invited these appeals, by stepping out of its role of legislative branch of the Federal organization to become a general investigating body into all sorts of affairs. Perhaps the sugges- tion that a congressional committee be named to make a research into the base ball scandal miay bring things to a climax, through reduction to absurdity, and cause a reaction to normal courses, confining the leg- ! islative bodies to their own work, | which .is always heavy enough to mere prodigality. It is a symptom of business soundness There will be some reaction, with a slackening of trade, but this is neces- sary to permit inventories and read- Justments, and in all likelihood a sub- stantial volume of buying will begin with the new year in supply of the ordinary needs of the people. The holiday Nation's economic condition, and it has passed that test not only success- fully, but with assurance of continued yrosperity. ) In one or two countries a war threat with the U. S. A. in mind has become almost a feature of na- tlonal policy. There are certain forms of popular enthusiasm that must be considered, and that which rejolces in the assumed ability to whip all the rest of the world put together is one of the most com- mon, ——————— Nicaragua is for the moment over- Lurdened with an excess of talent for political leadership. Left Turns. During the Christmas rush period left-hand turns have been banned on I street in the downtown section. The experiment has worked so well that tue traffic office is now seriously con- ring a permanent ban. Although fc s extraordinarly heavy throughout last week it moved along T street with comparative freedom, corners were kept clear and police able to exercise complete con- ol over the situation. Traffic officials attribute this satisfactory condition cntirely to the absence of left-hand turns. Both F and G streets are narrow, and are occupied with heavy traffic at «ll times. A turning automobile in some cases entlrely blocks free straight-ahead movement. If 1aft turns vere forbidden on these two tuorough- fures between Seventh and Fourteenth streets it is a practical certainty that conditions would immediately im- prove. There will, of course, be a large number of motorists who will not ap- prove of the scheme. They will be- lieve that it is not only unnecessary but troublesome. They will point out and - stability. | occupy them throughout each session. | — e Christmas Fireworks. Inss of life from fireworks and firearms in the South at Christmas is reported. When fireworks are used by persons uninstructed in their use accidents and fatalities often result. The custom of employing fireworks in the celebration of Christmas con- trade is a test of the | ;00 1n parts of the Southern States | As Nineteen-twenty-six grows dim, and is a survival of the very old English custom of marking Christ- mas by a show of pyrotechnics. Fireworks go back a good many cen- turies in Europe. Before the intro- duction of gunpowder there were bonfires and illumination by torches. Gunpowder was early put into use for fireworks and rockets, Roman candles and colored flares were Used at fetes in the Middle Ages in the celebration of holidays, notably Christmas. This custom was brought to the American colonfes and where fireworks were not available men would salute the day by discharging their fowling pleces. In communities where a cannon was at hand it would be fired in the public square or on the green as a greeting to Christmas. The noisy Christmas has almost passed in the United States. It has also passed in England, but its place has been taken by Boxing day, which is the day after Christmas, taking its name from the custom of giving Christmas boxes as presents. In England Christmas is a quiet home- keeping and family reunion day, but on Boxing day the populace gives itself up to public amusement. The old-fashioned noisy Christmas lingers in parts of the South and there fire- works are lighted and firearms discharged as o tribute to the day. Disarmament is still regarded by nations the world over as a flne idea—for somebody else. A Hirsute Stimulant. Are whiskers coming back into fashion? WIll the beard ever again be the mode? Many of the younger women—and indeed some of the older ones—are managing by dint of dex- trous hair trimming and the adoption of certain types of attire to resemble men in appearance. In a theater it is not uncommon to mistake a fem- tnine for a masculine person, espe- « tuat it will be expensive in the matter it gasoline, ofl and mafhtenance to drive around @ block instead of going destination by means clally from a rear view a side glance. Which is to suggest that perhaps men may revert to the generally dis or "’ rehearsgl, as it were, for the day to come when the mandate goes forth for the sprouting of beards. e It is asserted by John D. Rocke- feller that he is “handsomer inside than he is outside.” This is true of every great philanthropist whose inner thought has helped the world. To quote an ancient and homely aphorism, “Handsome is as hand- some does.” it ——————————— The Panama Canal, once regarded as a problem of insuperable financial difficulty, asserts {tself as a problem in diplomacy. It may be confidently assumed that the latter problem will be disposed of as promptly and effectually as the former. —— et Bootleggers object to a mnon-en- forcement of prohibition laws which | permits amateurs to invade the traffic. Even law-breaking tends to develop an exclusive professional code. e Lvery city has a little band of ban- dits that is as pleturesquely exploited as if they constituted a civic asset, worthy of the indorsement of the Board of Trade. e A five-day working week and a seven-day flivvering week give the motor salesman and the gas man a shade the best of the situation. —————— Nicaragua is evidently. feeling the | urge for world politics that has | brought embarrassment to a number | of minor European countries. | | wishing to receive anything but ties. Ties I must receive, ties I have re- ceived. This first tle—the one T have on now (none of the others can touch ity —arrived after dinner. There was a ring at the door, which I answered hastlly, it being poor policy to refuse to answer the bell at Christmas time, since you have detailed the postmen 80 largely in your services. “Mr. Templeton Jones,” sald the parcel post man, handing me in my first tle. L Suspecting a joke by some irre. sponsible junior, T opened the pack- age instantly, despite the injunction | in red and gold, “Do Not Open Until | Christmas.” I have often wondered, Santa Claus, what good those stickers do. | Humanity, you know, may be divided into two large classes at l?hrlntmuh’ time—those who open packages be- | fore Christmas who do not. There is no sion, of course, morning and those hard-and-fast divi- for I, who mostly adhere religiously to the rules, at times break them. In this case I discovered that the first tie came from a distant relative, who, in the goodness of her heart, had purchased me a most glowing cravat. This is the baby 1 wear today, it far surpassing, in glowing pattern and symmetrical derign, any of the others that came arter. It is the kingpin of the 10, the ne plus ultra, the alpha and the omega. I am lost in admiration as I gaze down at my vest and allow my glance to trickle along the intricate meshes of the combined Jacob's ladder and circles, intertwined with triangles and slashes of lightning. A man might well go crazy trying to climb in thought that ladder. So I transfer my attention to the glow- ing colors, reflecting the true hues of this merry season. Here is red, your own color, Santa, and green, the evergreen of Christ- mas time. All it lacks is a bit of vellow, but there is plenty of that in tie No. 5, so I will not worry. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Emperor Hirohito, the new ruler of Japan, once set foot on ‘‘American oil"—aboard the United States cruiser B | English trainers are still endeavor ing to educate a horse so that he will be able to remain under the Prince of Wales. ————r-t— Smoking is a worse habit than ever &ince it came to apply to chim- neys and soft coal instead of merely to cigarettes. ———————— | Nothing is free. Even the wish for a Happy New Year calls up calcula- tions as to the couvert charges. —————t—— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Riddances. Friend Santa, folks complain Of what we have in hand, You left behind De Russey’s lane And certain oily land. should not You left behind suspicion grim That clouded many a day. Strange shadows melt away. Friend Santa, we are much relieved ‘While carols haunt the mind, By what from you we have received And what you left behind. Financial Backing. “Did you ever use money politics?” “Never protested Senator Sor- ghum. “That is to say, none of my own.” Jud Tunkins says wishing a man a Happy New Year doesn’t count if you happen to be playing poker with him the last night In January. “War,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “creates a large non- producing element in soclety, in addition to that which includes the killed and wounded.” Sorrow in the Countryside. Mary had a little pig, With joy it used to foller ‘er. The hired man its grave must dig— It got took with the cholera! Poor Mary Is bereft of bliss While thinking on her lossages. She loved that pig and she will miss The pork chops and the sausages! Discreet Hesitancy. “Why do you refuse to marry “I have never ‘been asked,” said Miss Cayenne, “except by somebody who believed that marriages are made in Heaven; and neither of us looked to me like any angel.” The Bounding Bandit. When notoriety is due, You've got to hand it" Not to the great enlightened few, But to some “bandit.” . “It costs mo' to live dan it used to,” said Uncle Eben, “but dar'’s mo’ enjoyment in life ot While Grabbing Is Good. | Pittsburgh, in the harbor of Gibraltar, on April 30, 1921. The event is suit- ably recorded in a recent volume en- titled “The Crown Prince's European Tour,” edited by Setsuzo Sawada, now counselor of the Japanese embassy at ‘Washington, who accompanied Hiro- hito on the future Mikadc's explora- tion of the Occident. Mr. Sawada re- lates an amusing episode for which { Vice Admiral Albert P. Niblack, then commanding our European squadron, was responsible: “The American squadron had hurried from the southern coast of France in order to see the Japa- nese Crown Prince arrived in the port. The British governor of Gibraltar had invited his highness to the race meeting taking place that day. Admiral Niblack, who was also present, in a typically jovial and open-hearted American way and without our knowledge, promptly arranged a sweepstake for our special benefit. This sweep- stake, as it happened, resulted in an easy win for the horse which his highness was assumed to have backed. The jovial admiral there- upon rendered unto Caesar that which he considered to be Caesar's and congratulated the prince on his first success on the turf. It was an awkward situation, for not only is it not customary for mem- bers of the imperial family to handle money themselves, but the Japanese in general are rather shy of participating in a wager. Our prince hesitated for @ moment, and then laughingly took the money. Afterward he handed it to the ad- miral of the Japanese squadron, to be properly dealt with.” . * ok ok % Politics Isn't the cat-and-dog busi- ness it's supposed to be—not always, anyhow. Here's the Republican assist- ant to the President of the United States, Everett Sanders, spending the Christmas holidays with the Demo- cratic Governor of North Cagolina, Angus W. McLean, at Raleigh. When ‘Washington heard about their fra. ternization, everybody wondered about the why and wherefore of it. Probably the Governor of North Carolina lifted his glass of grape juice and said to Calvin Coolidge’s right-hand man, “It's a long time between non-parti- san drinks!” Sanders and McLean are both lawyers and knew each other when the Indlanian was in the House and the Carolinian was a member of the War Finance Corporation ut Washington. i Stanley M. Bruce, prime minister of Australia, will be in Washington over New Year day. He is to be guest of honor of a reception of the English- Speaking Union on December 31. The British statesman from the South Seas region stirred the whole English- speaking universe in November with his proposal for closer Anglo-Ameri- can political unity. Bruce went the length of suggesting that the next British imperial conference be held in Canada and that the United States be invited to take part in it. President Coolidge didn’t “react” very emotion- ally to the idea. He permitted the White Hpuse spokesman to say that Uncle Sam and John Bull are, in his opinion, hitting it off pretty well under existing conditions, and the President strongly indicated disincli- nation on his part to change them. * x Robert F. Wagner, Democratic Sen- ator-elect from New York, will come to office in Washington as the result, he believes, of a boyhood wish, long chyrishcd. Justice Wagner told the story at a children's hospital on the From the Baltimore Sun. A Buffalo glove dealer asserts that women’s hands are bigger now. And they grab more, too. & East Side of New York City, in the’| neighborhood where he and Al Smith once were “kids” together. “I used to be just like you whep I was a boy,” much good, at that, if it did) This tle, too, came after dark, and the moment I took it out of the box Mrs. Jones asked me why I had turned on another light, and 1 said. “It's not a lght, it's just another necktie.” ok kK The remainder of my ties, Santa,| you brought yourself, as you wiil rm: call, so there is no need for me to| mention their colors here. (How | could you forget them?) | 1 wish to thank you for your great courtesy in setting me right about your manner of speech and your wife | “-1 mean, about your not having a| wife. { “The words “Ho ho ho!” generally | scribed to you, always struck me as | |absurd, and T am glad to know that | ou do not use them. M llhn_rl()' !was that classical work, ight | Before Christmas.” In that poem, as you will recall, | | you are pictured as using various ef- | tervescent words to vour reindeer, land other ambiguous expressions which could only be excused on the | ground that you are a little “off."” I have always wondered, too, about | | vour little round—er, stomach, shak- |ing “like a bowl of jeily,” as described | in that work. If that is true, Santa, | |T would advise that you use your | reindeer less and youy legs more. | " Long walks in your latitude ought to be excellent for reducing purposes, | {if one would combine with them | abstinence from blubber. The de- sire to consume excess quantities of blubber must be great, at times, but by the use of will power it may be | overcome, with the happy result that |no author could possibly, in the | future, write so as to make ‘“'stomach™ | rhyme’ with “jelly.” Congratulations, old man, upon | your splendid piece of work last night | | and early this morning! Without your | |efficient ~ work, the postal service | | would have been swamped. | By the way, Santa, if you need any | ties, just let me know. I have al- | ways ~ wondered what Santa Claus | brought to Santa Claus for Christmas. Sincerely yours, TEMPLETON JONES. | | | sald the Senator-elect, “because my parents were poor, too. One day I wrote a letter to Santa Claus, and this is what I told him: ‘Dear Santy: ‘Won't you please send me a position in Washington and—a base ball bat?" ‘Well, he sent the bat, but the posi- tion didn't come along until last month, and he'll do the same for you some day, probably.” ok K K Tuesday, December 28, will mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson, and the day, as has now become an annual custom among the war Presiden’t's admirers, will be celebrated on a na- tion-wide scale, The most consplcu- ous memorial festivity will be in New York, when the Woodrow Wil- son TFoundation awards a bronze medal to Elihu Root. It will be a siz- able souvenir, measuring 10 inches in dlameter. It was designed by Ivan Mestrovich, Jugoslavian sculptor. In the center is a symbolical figure of Wilson, conveying the artist’s notion of what the President mainly stood for—wisdom, justice and love of humanity. On the reverse side is an inscription acclaiming Root’s labor in the fleld of 1n:e|;km:|or'm| Justice. | | Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, had a call the other day from a cousin of his, Henry Kellogg, who lives at Long Lake, in the Adiron- dacks. Kellogg himself hails from that region, being a native of Pots- dam, N. Y. Last Summer, when the conductor of our foreign affairs was motoring to White Pine Camp to visit the President, he and Mrs. Kel- logg tarried at Long Lake: The Sec- retary’s cousin asked him if he re- membered an old sawmill that Kel- logg's father used to run nearby in Civil War days. Although the Min- nesotan left the Adirondacks when a mere child and had not in years tramped over the ancestral heath, he proceeded to lead his cousin straight into the outskirts of Long Lake and located the Kellogg sawmill with the accuracy of a scout. * ok Ok K Politicians at Washington, now en- gaged in what has come to be the hardy annual drive for farm surplus legislation, evinced some impatience carly in the Winter with a “McNary- Havgen” poll taken by the Farm Journal of Philadelphia. It showed a pretty heavy preponderance of op- position to corn-belt demands and to tariff reduction. The January Farm Journal, this writer learns, returns | i to the attack hell-bent-for-leather. It | {has now straw-polled 16 agricultural States, East, West, North and South, and records 17,661 dirt-farmer votes against McNary-Haugenism anl 10.- 1979 votes in favor. The vote was on the question, “Would you favor hav- ing the Government gell surplus crops in foreign countries, taxing all farm- ers who raise these crops to cover the loss?” Against tariff slashing on foreign manufactured goods 19,947 votes were tallied and 8,838 for it. (Covyright. 1936.) Hoboes Set Right. From the Plttsburgh Gazette-Times. The hoboes who met in national convention in Omaha propose to con- duct a campalgn to acquaint the public with the difference between a hobo and a “bum.” Because they feel the need of distinguishing be- )tween the two we assume they are aware that in the public mind the two have been regarded as much the |same. The bums are local fixture: | in almost all instances; the hobo is a migratory worker who travels to participate in construction work and to help with the harvests, it is stated | by a speaker In defining wherein the two differ. The work the hobo does would not be done, it is averred, if there were not such a class of casual | workmen willing to undergo the | hardships’of this life. . { | | { | | | There s & People mighty in its youth, A Iand beyond the Oceans of the West, Where, though with' rudest rites, Freedam and Truth Are bt glorlous . Mother's breast Who. since high Athens fell, among the Test Sate like the Queen of Nations, but in worshipt. From a woe, By inbred monsters outraged and opprest, Trna to her chainiess child for succo now, It draws the milk of Power in Wisdom's Tullest flow. That land {s like an eagle whose young gaze Feeds on the noontide beam. whose golden when he is acting, but merely wears the rims. When he is not upon the screen he does not wear glasses. Q. What was the surplus of ordi- |nary receipts over expenditures chargeable against ordinary receipts this year and in 19257—B. M. A. For the fiscal year June 30, 1926, the ‘surplus was $377,767,817: in’ 1925, $250,505,238. Q. How many visitors were there, to | the Zoo last year?—M. P. W. | A. According to the annual report | plume Floats movelesa on the storm, and in the of the Smithsonian Institution, there Diaze e el Of sunfiue gleams when Earth fa wrapt | Vere 2,512,900, in glogm; pitaph of glory for the tomb murdered urope may thy fame be As the sands shalt thou Q. How large is Manhattan Island? —W. A. L. T land, with tapering north Xtremities a few hundred n e of and south e: vards wide, Is 131 miles long, with maximum width at Fourteenth stréet of 2% miles and an area. of 22 square Yes, in the desert, then. is built a home Miles. It has a wharfage of 22 miles. For Freedom! Genius is made strong | Thy growtli is swift as morn when t m " pieht must fade: The multitudineus Earth shall sleep beneath thy shade. 9 How long have there been town- me1 ma |ships in the United States?—E. L. ey Heaven: myriads assemble | ="\ qvanced Civics says Whom the proud lords of man, in rage gin of the township in the United Ditve . oot il wasksas nowi: tb) | States dates to 1703. In that vear the on [ pray Colonial Assembly of New York passed 1 ttsthar Eyiina snall be convoyed |a law providing for the annual elec- Nay, ‘start not at the name—America! | tion by each township of an officer to And ml;"zr:;' you this night Laon will I |be kn:’wn 'fiflthe supervisor of the . | township. s law further provided s |that the supervisors of several town- | ships should meet at the county seat |as a board of county supervisors.” Q. How much soap is produced in |the United States annually?—W. E. §. A. According to the latest census of To the Editor of The Star: vmr?nufs:]ctuires.heumhllshmems engaged gt - . | primarily in the manufacture of soap A h‘:’n‘t T’rx::;rl\:‘l(;u 1;51'.3:‘-'0{““2‘; i:‘:m’ trepur‘,n‘;d51‘}]-’1,1!: o(})l‘:'rlng 1325 ;h;:lr dDIll[lul < s | was 2,655,078,000 pounds of hard soap, Crime Slumming.” I quite agree|gr;nyjated and powdered soap, soft With you that no good can possibly |g,,ng etc. The total value of the soap come from the Chicago dinner EIVen |p,nyfactured was $229,943,201. This ex-convicts and men of the under. - : world. In the first place such a gath. | !ncludes 36,700,567 worth of special ering would disclose the identity 0'! ] one to the other. Q. What _does Mussolini’s In my opinion based upon many mean?—H. J. M. years of experience in such matters, A, Mussolinl comes from old Emil- that meeting can do no possible good 'jan stock. His name is a derivation and again it may lead to much crime. of the craft followed by his fore- The men that staged that affair are |fathers. They dealt in muslin. 1o doubt of the pink-tea set. — The Prisoners’ Relief Society at this | Q. How much ice cream is eaten in time has perhaps 100 men or rather |the United States?—C. L. D. loys on parole from State and Fed-| A. The total quantity of ice cream eral prisons in this city and we make consumed in 1925 was estimated at it a business never to let one of these 322,729,000 gallons. This was a, per boys or men know anything about |¢apita consumption of 2.8 gallons. Tn the others. It is a daily /affair for 1910 the per capita consumption was us to have them come to us nsljlng‘l-”“ gallons. us for the address of some boy just| e g dnc released and we have always made |, djecemun gy (5I'® Many prizes it a rule never to tell them, and al-| T Tomab 13 ' ways warn them to Keep away from |qun e Th Brix Osieis 15 10 rme each other. Wo usually turn ex-con-|{vhat the Nobel prize #s to the whole victs out of the back door so as to |world, and carrles a gift of 100,000 prevent their meeting. francs. I think you are very wise in your to rear The monuments of man beneath the dome daho. “Crime Slumming” Dinner Is Deplored name conclusfons in this matter. I do not always agree with your views on mat- ters pertaining to crime, but in this instance I think you are truly on the side of right. There should never | be o gathering where a man of the | underworld could see the face of his fellow crook and know that he was a crook. It gives too much chance for the strong mind to get hold of the weak fellow and take him to do his biddings. | Approval by President Coolidge of a plan to authorize the building of On Christmas perhaps 100 men | €W cruisers for the Navy after con- came to pay respects and to tell me |ference with the House naval com- that they were striving to make good, | Mitteo has revived general discus- I gave each fellow a little sack of | Slon of building programs and the candy and an apple and turned them |Question of disarmament as a means “The ori- | out the back door and never gave a | Of stabillzing world conditions. man a chance to see a fellow he was “There are three main aspects to —A. A. McG. A. They were: Roosevelt—visited the Panama Canal Zone and went tc the City of Panama: Taft—crossed tho border into Mexico and dined with President Diaz at Juarez; Cleveland on a fishing trip exceeded th boundary of the United States; Wilso: —Peace conference in Europe, and Harding—British Columbia, Canada Q. How many individuals rej | come from foreign soure A | A. For the calendar year 1924 243 returns were flled reporting ne: | income of $5,000 and over by America citizens, the source of which was it | toreign countries. The foreign incom« was reported to be $46,364,36 pald forelgn countrl E Q. What borough in London has | 1argest population?—J. V. B. | A. Middlesex. The urban populatio rural, 48,131, making Ao | port in . C. E |25 of fryine Q. Has the experiment often use eggs on the pavement, as a figure to denote excessive heat | actually been tried”—0. C. A. The possibility of frying eges on the pavement was demonstrated in the city of Washington, D. C., on June 5, 1924, on the asphalt at Four- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave nue. The operation took nine minutes. Q. How much dees it cost to run the Army trucks—that i, cost pe mile?—A. L. R. A. The relative cost for operation upkeep and maintenance of standard Army one-ton, two-ton and three-ton | trucks per mile is .148 cents, .13 cents and .302 cents, respectively These figures include the cost of gas- olene, lubricants, tires, spare parts accessories, supplies, washing, clean ing, chauffeur, maintenance and re. pair labor, civilian, computed on the basis of the maximum yearly mileage. 300 days per year. Q. Who said xtremity 1< God's opportunity”? 3. M. . John Hamilton, born 1706, said. 's _extremity 1s God's opportu- John Flavel also expressed this idea in a book published before 1891 Man's e: 7—A. Did you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any question of fact, and get the answer in a personal letter. Here is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world—American newspaper read- ers. It is a part of that best purpose of @ newspaper—service. There is no charge, except 2 cents in stamps for | return” postage.” Address Frederic J | Haskin, director, The Evening Star | Information Bureau, = Washington D.C. sed Cruiser Building Renews Debate on Armament now {is that neither branch of the service knows what to expect.” The New Orleans Item directs attention to the fact that “England, France and Japan are busy on naval auxiliaries™: that “the experts assign Japan cer tainly more and better cruisers than ours, and England probably has the same advantage,” and that “France in jail with. What 1 am doing: I |President Coolidge’s quick change of |is trying to catch up with the other am trying to improve the social and |front on the construction of ten 10,- moral and financial standing of my | 000-ton naval cruisers,” brothers who have “done time.” I'm | New York Evening Post. ‘working along the lines I think are right. . B. DUDDING. Indorses Star’s. View Of Federal Exhibit To the Editor of The Star: Your editorfal in The Evening § December 23, 1926, suggesting Permanent Federal Exhibit” here in Washington, should receive thoughtful consideration of American citizen. As you say, in regard to the Govern- | ment exhibits made at temporary ex- hibitions, “the Federal exhibits should be kept intact and preserved here in | Washington for the education and en- lightenment of the great numbers who visit the Capital between these fairs or exhibitions”—not only that, but I udd, if I may, a way could be pro- vided and a knowledge and impres- slon of things exhibited and facts de- termined should be carried to all the people, in their schools and commu- nity centers, by motion picture fllms, lantern slides, dlagrams and {llus- trations, descriptive matter, phono- graphic records, radio service and other available means. Our Government departments, bureaus and institutions, including the Botanic Garden, Zoological Park, art galleries, librarfes, museums, develop- ed and operated, largely if not entirely, at Government expense, are becom- ing .more and more clearing houses of practical, useful knowledge. This knowledge should be for the edification and gratification, not only of those who live in or visit Washington, but for all the people. If a broad and liberal plan were thought out, which would be for the educational and welfare betterment of all the people, I have faith that our Congressmen—Senators and Repre- sentatives—would give it thelr sup- port. G. W. KERNODLE, M. D. Truek Lights Urged On Dark Mornings To the Editor of The Star: In reference to the deplorable ac- cident that happened to Mr. Leapley, I wish to call attention to the fact | that lights on trucks are not used by many drivers in the early morning. I am in the habit of walking along First street to Q street five mornings every week between 6:20 and 6: At the junction of First street and |insists that Florida avenue I see five or six the street lamps are out by 6: And a dairyman drives his cart or wagon, it is too dark to see which, without any light, down R street. ' Surely the trucks should be obliged to carry lights, &nd the street lamps kept going Wnt!! 6:30 these L3 mornings. F. E. STOCHER. the | the subtle threat which this sudden eVerY ‘about face’ holds for the deep con-|able m states the “The first is the disappointment that will come {to the peace sentiment of the world |at this evidence that we ‘are forced to authorize cruisers in order either to block or join in a new race for| | naval armament. The second is the| unquestioned fact that American sen- timent will wish these cruisers not only authorized but built, if thi tep seems necessary to holding the Navy of the United States in its proper international ranking. The third is | fidence which Mr. Coolidge has in| 'the hearts of the people. The quick change on taxes plus a quick change | on naval policy does not fit into the popular conception of the President as a sure and calm guide.” The Post, however, suggests as a possi- ble result that forelgn governments “may hesitate to bring into the ship- buflding race so rich a country as the United States.” “One does not have to be a ‘blg navy man,’ or to favor any kind of race in naval armament with other nations, in order to reach the con- clusion that the American Navy should be kept up to the relative position specified by the Washington naval reduction treatles,” declares the Columbus Dispatch, with the ex- planation: “We do not say that Great Britain has enlarged her force of auxiliary vessels to an undue pro- portion, as compared with-the num- |ber and size of her great warships. | The fact seems to be rather that she, as well as Japan, has bullt reason- |ably in these lesser lines, while the | United States has done almost noth- | ling at all. As a result the United | States has dropped entirely out of | |its allotted place in the 6-5-3 ratio provided for in the Washington | agreement.” | * kK | “It may be desirable,” admits the | Ralelgh News and Observer, “to ac- cept second or third place in naval| strength. The Washington confer ence surrendered naval supremacy in | the Pacific to Japan. It is known that | ! powers in the submarine and de- stroyer classes of mnaval construc ti ¢ England and Japan want to enter upon a race for supremacy in naval armament,” says the Bing hamton Press, “they will have to compete with the United States. 1 they want to be guided by the prir ciples of the Washington ar treaties, the spirit of which they are now ignoring, they will find this X tion . ready, as it has been for months past, to join them in a con ference for further limitation of armament. That is the unmistak age that has been conveyed the world.” Referring to the contentlon of “sorne naval officials that the bill, lacking as it does any definite provisions o money and statement as to when the ships must be buflt, is little mor than a gesture, or, to put it some what boldly, a bluft,” the Kalamazo. Gazette holds that “if such a bluf could succeed in hastening the da: of another arms parley, it would prove well worth while.” The Pitts burgh Chronicle Telegraph affirm the good faith of the United State and the confidence of this countr: in the co-operation of other nations in further limitation of navies. T adds: “If they disappoint us, ther we shall have to go ahead and build some cruisers. The question is, How long shall we have to walt until they decide what they want to do?" * kK to The Richmond Leader remarks “If the result of the bill is anothe: successful conference on limitatior of armament, the end will be gener ally applauded. But does the en justify the means? Is it ever fal to stage a move for peace with all the mystery of naval ‘secrets’ and al the red lanterns of national sus- picion?” The Oakland Tribune advises that “there are ways in which the whol question may be settled without con troversy or another excited debate The appropriation can walt until Fall, or it can be made this year Then, if a new conference removes the occasion for building the ships, Britain has naval supremacy in the other portions of the world. It/ may be better to save the money by not constructing new craft.| That is debatable. But if thar| course i3 to be decided upon there | ought to be no more attempt to de- | ceive the people by saying that there is a 5-5-3 ratio.” | The Providence Bulletin, however, | it may be withdrawn.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer be- lieves that “a substantial appropri- ation is essential to renewed activity in American yards, which have been +11 but idle now for four years,” and offers the query, “Is the President ipproving the new program in prin- ciple, expecting to maintain the same death grip on the naval budget that “the Navy should be|paq characterized his entire admin- brought up to date, in keeping with | trucks coming along with no lights— | the spirit and practical intention of those who adopted the Washington conference program of a 5-5-3 ratio for naval strength. Likewise, the | Army should be brought up to date, in keeping with the principl of the national defense act in 1920, which sets a definite constructive policy for I national protection. The trouble istration, or has he suffered a change of heart?” “If a Navy building race is beforc us,” concludes the Harrisburg Tele- graph, “the fault is not ours, but we are better able from every stand- point to enter into such competition than any other of the great powers, which ought to give any of them pause for thought.”