Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Kllnhn. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. . ... January 18, 1927 | THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor | The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice and Pennayleania Ave New Tork Afive 136 Fast 42nd 8t Chicago Ofce Tower Building ropean Office 14 Regent St London, Rngian day morn with the S Py within The Frenine InF edition. js A Tha eity a1 A0 &b cenis per mo per manth Order telenhone Main B carrier at end of undae only may he sent by 00 Collection is made by ch month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advan Maryland and Virginia. 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Daugherty, Ohio hanker and her of the Attorney General, who had refused to appesr hefore a Senale committee with books and papers. The eourt helds that the Senate has the power | to place him under arrest and hy whatever force may be necessary to | require his physical attendance. Having thus been required physically to be in attendance, should he decline 10 testify contempt proceedings would | run against him. The court leaves it in doubt whether the Senate itself hee power to punish for contempt or whether the processes of the courts would need to be inveked. But that is merely & question of method and does not affect the potency of the Senate's powers. The court bases its decision on the hypothesis that the power to inves- tigate is a necessary accompaniment of the power to legislate. Congress, therefore, i= armed with force ma- jeure to investigate any matter which bears, directly or remotel upon any questien involved in leg lation. 1f there is any human inter est, public or private, which does not bear in some Way upon some subject upon which Congress might feel called upon to legisiate, it would be difficult to imagine the nature of it. An advocate of the McNary-Haugen Bill might well be called upon to tell a committee of Congress why he had #0 many children, or why he did not have more of them. For the number of children a farmer has certainly bears upon his cost of living as well as upon his costs of production. If a committee of Congress had curiosity to know why gentlemen prefer Blondes it would not be difficult to find some matter of legislation upon which to hang the inquiry. There is an old belief, however justified, that the responsibilities of power have a sohering effect upon those with whom power is lodged. Al will wish that this will prove to be true with the powers which now are confirmed in Congress. Each of us has a few little things in his life he would rather not tell about, and it I8 to be hoped there will be enough cases of recalcitrant bankers and oil magnates and others of their ilk to keep the curosity of Congress busy and satisfied. bre former e Wealthy, But Legally Dea The strange story of a man with & comfartable fortune-to his credit, but with a complete inability to spend it or to realize its amount, is unfolded in an accounting rendered by a trust company of New York. In 1902 Al- phonse J. Stephani received a hequest of $100,134 from his mother. At that time he had been in Sing g for eleven vears, having been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murdes of a lawyver in a dispute over hix father's estate. Stephani, when the murder nmitted, wax a lad of twenty-three, well educated and an sccomplished linguist. In 1803 year after his mother’s bequest, Stephani suddenly became insane and was removed 1o the State hospital at Dannemora Prison, where he still re at the age of sixty. In the meantime his fortune has almost doubled and the now places his assels at $154,182.83. Stephani is legally “dead.” Refore he hecame sick he had tried unsuccessfully the money. He is one cent of his weath in hix incarceration. S as one mains today trust company mentally 0 not allowed 0 add to his And he cannot when he dies. 1f he insane wrobably | zive away comfort will had the money not hecome he would now be free to enjoy hix liberty | and Ith, but the strain of impris onment the bleak-appearing fu ture snapped hix mind before he was eligible for parole. of hot headed by living Jeet lesson and It is « pitiful case youth paying for folly death and a striking to young and oid alik oo Ol Tubricates In political ma tion ordinary machinery. hinery it creates frie - Truth Versus Fiction. A weekly magazine of 1a¥on pubKehed in cently heen conducting a among its emploves on of “The three most interesting books I ever read.”” Most of the who appear to have interested selves one hundred per cent plying, are below middle a considerable number youthtul. The staff of depart ment wasg first which large chreu Chicago has re referendum the question voters them. In re- age, and are rather the editorial tried out as to these men and women were notori- ously “literary” and that the of the members of his own by would be far more typical of | average public. Results were interesting, and M. G Wells, the noted British author, would be among those particularly interest d. for “Outline of History™ in several volumes tied for third Here were a good many doven yo men and young women diverse tustes in of them seven men and one gicl listed Wells' work. which denls with harad fucts or the nearest podsible approxi mation of hard faets ekt his Mace nK . and with e reading mutter wmong choices 1t natural read and prefer comparatively books, although the choices of muny would do credit to erudite gravhenrds “An American Trugedy Dreiser was the outsianding winner, with fifteen votes, eleven of them by wom en Boat,” by Perber was chosen nine times, each time by girl Beau Geste, P W tied with the Jutline of Hist classics as “A Tale of “Les Miserables” received is that young people new by Show Fadna a by Such Two and and six the perhans rather Agrim’s Progress,” nd the Odyssey, with Cities™ seven Among for choices were votes, respectively. with two votes, one. referendum undertaken later among emploves of the circulation department, far fewer in number he Amevican Tragedy” and “Beau to form. bhut Wells' of votes there In a ieste’ ran true work received @ couple also, As long people of Amer- of all judging by names, al stock, will Outline of History tify publicly, aver their that it is among the which hit them the hardest most among as young M antecedents and of read such and will tes. signatures, three books even the mourners books us widely varied ra the pessimistic well take a breathing Sobs. may amid their e Be an Ant, Not a Grasshopper! The prosperity of the American people has become so firmly estab. lished that it is needless to consider ways and means of maintenance for the average individual or the family. While there are a few cases of indi- gence due to misfortune, ill health or the oversupply of labor in the im- mediate region of residence, the gen- eral average of material wellbeing high, probably higher than ever be- fore in the history of the United States. And to & great extent there is thrift in the land. A greater num- ber of people than ever before are saving or spending wisely, or invest- ing. Yet there are many who are not, who are pending unwisely, put- ting more of their income into lJuxu- ries than into necessities, more into channels of waste than into channels of investment. For the purpose of correcting this tendency this present week has been denominated National Thrift week, during which all the people will be urged -through every possible means of communlication to consider the folly of foolish, unconstructive spend- ing and the wisdom of more capital- building investment of income. During the war there was a remark- able public response to the call of the Government for funds in the form of the buying of bonds and other Treasury securities, issued to fill the war chests. Millions of people ten- outright or in installments. A great many did their first saving in that manner, obligating themselves to regular payments upon these pur- chases and for the first time becor- ing acquainted with the processes of banking and thrift investments. After the war there was a falling off. Some people sold their Liberty bonds und other securities at a discount in order to get ready capital for luzury buying, some for needful pu But the majority appenr 1o have re tained the habit of thrift thus incul- cated, and the well-being of the coun- try today is very largely the result of that new mode of individual financ ing, which created a margin between pose quirements. 'he old phrase, “Kasy &0, remaing true with many people. High wages and spasmodic affiuence leud them to disproportionate changes in the scule of living, to buy foolish things and Induige in costly pleasury These are the ones to whom the wuge of Thrift week addressed. The fable of the ant and the grasshopper them This is the econvmic Summer. Th Winter is yet to come. And for the needs of that Winter they should p pare through thrift and economy and wise investment buying. That is all 0 that is be ing volced during these few duys to lay aside @ portion of the income of every week or month against the futur omie, eaxy 5 ix particuluarly upplies o there is to the admonit T e A Michigan town discovered an oil well mdjacent to the base ball park. As the ancient Oriental proverb has it, “Money goes where money i S, Going After the “Fence.” An organization known asx the sociation of Grand of | York County, formed for the purpose of crime the {or it been IXIII'U“KH committees for some i this laudable end and hus dered several valuable reports. The lutest comes from tie prison commit- tee, und discusses the “fence” problem terms that command the attention Ax Jurors oW studying and combating hus at work avor ven in of the lawmakers of the State. fence,” or receiver of stolen goods, savs the committee, is a mq workers, child | capped factory or any other defects of the sociul sys. would be no market for the burj well perfected techniqus of the re ceiver. It in undeniable that the fence pro threp Books had “hit them hardest The wanager of the advertising As. FOTRGD MRIIAMMALY SRS LA the actual votes [ given hix deserts and punishment., An nch the unlooked- | over the decadence of modern youth | spell | dered their cash, paying for the bonds | immediuate necessities and future re-| The | potent fomenter of crime than slums, handi- | labor, | the weakness of schools and churches tem. Were it not for the fence there lar, 4 From th the footpad, the sneak thief or the dishonest tradesman, sll of whom de- pend upon the cunning brain and the motes crime, that in fact he is often initiater of e b gy THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1927. THIS AND THAT caught, and when caught is seldom sxtraordinary difficulty appears to prevail in vespect to identifying and [cutching these people “with the [T Yet their methods are not particulurly advoit in all cases. This Veommities of the and Jurors’ Asso- Clation notes in its report that a cer- tain lavge office bullding in the heart of New VYork Uity rents (o cush buvers and transient The protective wssociations that Jewelry but they are seldom prosecuted stully owing to the lack of lawe the licensing and regulation of the vendor und buyer and of the law dealing with | which places all the bur desk space vendors the are of dumonds police und fewelers cevtain these men are Lencen tor tinecant the inadequacy stolen goods den on the prosecution and relieves the accuxed of muking veusonable ex planation of the circumstances under | which he obtained possession. Nu merous recommendations are made (o remedy this condition, which appears 0 have developed through neglect on the part of to afford protection to trade and society in this vespect Under the Jawmakers the Baumes enucted in New oper recently in full The crooks, and craftsmen are, the of life terms third offenses, more warily than before. But the fences are still comparatively | free laws, York and now tion, crime i diminishing. | actual other thieves, criminal gunmen in for o promote crime, and they will assuredly succeed inducing |agents, ax the thieves are in fact Let middlemen subjected effective thy igh licensing laws penalties and the traffic will be greatly lessened, and some of | the millions that are lost annually | through thefts frauds will be It the market for stolen goods in their to these to | prosecution |and stiffer and saved. | breakfast BY CHARL Do you Itz through dinner? Many persons will be surprised, it they stop to think about it, to catch themselves eating in an accelerated tempo. This unnecessary constitutes one of the mosi serious blows to the fine art of dining, and causes an untold amount of indiges- ton, muddy complexions * and bad tempers, 1L ix such w prevalent vice some even regard It as a virtue. To take one’s time while eating is con sidered by them x succumbing to the wilex of the temptes The “quick lunch” habit, more or less peculiar (o Americans, prevails at and dinner, or supper, as some call it. We hurry through our toast amd coffee in the morning. grah w sandwich and a cup of coffee for lunch and hurry home to gobble down dinner in 10 minutes, or 15, & the outside The joke of it i that 8 out persons. even in thix day a have no real need for such an erando” in their dafly The fine old custom fox-trot or w speed in eating that of 10 a age eating habits peculiar 1o some families, of laughing and talking | for hours at’ table today by countless great benefit to mental beings, “The “feast of reason and the flow of soul” fs dried up und withered at its source when a family the evening meal as if they cateh a train in 10 minutes The greatest single r on against such a procedure, as stated, is simply that there is no call for it So why do it * might be adopted thousands with their physical and must One is reverting to wolfish habits when he settles down hefore his plate and does the Charleston with his knife | and fork. as if his very life depended upon shoveling in ax much grub in minutes as he ought to consume in an_hour, The animals are forced to eat so because they never know when an- |is closed to the thief he will turn to honest ways of making a living. ——— In & short time the Nation will be celebrating the birthday of George Washington. The mazes of mendacity | revealed by various grand juries have 1)-pmlnrml the world's most famous truth-teller more admirable than ever. -~ | ®ums mentioned in the list of Nobel | prizes were considerable when first designated. The financial scheme of | eivilization has developed in a way |that makes them look like | change. | s The boy who the Channel is deluged with nd movie offers. The means by which | artistic talent is discovered are often mysterious, but the rule is “Get your | publicity firse.” small swam Catalina vaudeville e e After all is said in connection with the discovery of an ancient tomb, lit | tle more is disclosed than the fact that it was the privilege of an ancient king | to be the chief curiosity in a highly ‘Pxpenfll\'k) museum. i ——— . | A motion picture comedian | millions of people laugh, but fr | quently fails to make sensible a rangements to enjoy life on his own aceoun makes eyl e Pictures are being sent by wireless. The work of getting the plain, simple facts by old-fashioned telegraph has | grown in dificulty. The presidency of Nicaragua will be adjusted, it is believed, in prevent the episode described fable of the Kilkenny cats. - " SHOOTING STARS. a way to in the BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Dove of Peace, O Dove of Peace, thou patient bird, In patient melody you're heard. | Whatever discords may draw Your note is sounding eve ne clear! | The jazzy strains of reckless dany The trumpet eall to warlike chance, May frequently subdue your fame Of peace you're telling, just the same. | Don't weaken! Men must pause some day In honor to your humble 1 Though cynics show smile, . Yours is the only song worth while, a questioning | i Thrift. “Do you agree with Ben Franklin | thut everybody should practice thrift |1 4o, unswered Benator Sorghum. [ “A number of uble politiclans would [be better off today if billionaires b | saved their s instead |ing it in & campaizn.’ | Jud Tunking savs a sense enough good advice should have sense enough to think it up for himselr, -y of invest mun who has o take Grand Ensemble. purt of earth we turn we think and wear. Russia n, To every For w Froi And 50 get many a scare. politics we lea And as the nights in joy expand With rwafted glee, We get our styles from Paris and Our tunes from Kankakee, | “What does grandmother think of these modern dances?” “She says iUx bad enough to dance them, but to their in public in even worse repent numes “A said HiI Ho, the sige “He struts, humun to wea hax many feather of Ch much as the permitted pracock 2 nitown, hut not officially wonuge only one."" “De pork gemmen in Chicago,” said Uncle Eben, “brags dat dey has saved everything put de pig ‘ceppin’ de Dat radio hox sounds like | dey done saved dat, too.’ r——— Those Divorce Cruel Bosion Herald. This _world would be a happler place if it knew no cruelties worse than those averred in divorce courts. —— Has Some System. ¥From the Cleveland New: What surprises us is that the law doesn’t presume every accused..p son te be innecent until he h copvicted in two qut of thu wqueal. other creature may come up and take their meat away from them, With them it is a proposition of stowing away the food of the moment as quickly as possible. + A dog, therefore, bolts his dinnes with divine reason and instinct on hi side. His habits are physiologically | ound, too, although he knows nothing about’ that. His alimentary canal in so short that food has no chance to decay in it and flood the body with toxing. Human beings find every physio- logical as well as psychological reason ide of slow eating. It is not to go to the extent of “fletcherizing” excessively, in order to gain the manifest benefits of leisurely eating. ) The reform in this about’ more through a mental brake put upon wolfish habits. No amount of fancy service will make the rapid eater slow down until he once gets the idea Into his head that he is eating too fast for his own good. Sometimes this realization comes in the midst of a dinner, when he actual- Iy finds himself out of breath, he has holted his food so swift The peculiar phase of this matter is that the reform is much harder than it would seem, considered offhand. One eats too fast? Well, then, slow down! matter comes accel | races through | E. TRACEWEL He who tries to, however, inds him- self almost immediately stepping on the accelerator, instantly jumping into high speed. the older he is, the harder the habit is to break—a not unusual thing, of course, but one which always puzzles and mystifies the victim Evén when he realizes his error, he begins to gobble his food the very second he thinks about some other mater At his noon-éay lunch, his right hand swings portion after portion of ple into his mouth, with scarcely pause between bites. It is almoat a if there was a race between his mouth and hix hand, the latter (rving (o get ahead of the forper. To the casual observer, the sight in often a comical one, but it has serious results in the long run, which | be long. indeed, for many persons have marvelous constitutions and eem 1o be able to stand any amount | of abuse. The chief value of Mr. Fletcher's idea” lies in the fact, not that it is & panacea for human ilix, as he thought it was, but largely because it fur- | nishes perhaps (he hest way to begin to correct the evil habit of unneces- sarily swift eating. Ok | Without some such obvious brake ax |is involved in chewing one's food for a certain number of champs per bite, there is no control over the habit, and one finds himself unconsciousiy siiding into the rapid pace So some “shimmy" their way through hreakfast, do the clog-dance at lunch and fox-trot through their dinner, when the waltz tempo, as ap- eating. would he vastly more ning and conducive to the good of mind, body and soul Any amount of irvitability among business men may be traced to thix of feeding, since it by no means can be dignified by the good name of dining. Ask any doctor and he could tell vou, if he would (he probably will not), that_more so-called “nervous Indiges tion” s caused by 10 or 15 minute lunches than by any other one cause whatsoever, Now 15 minutes would not be too short a period, if the eater would be content to' eat simply, or little, but the hard part of it, from his stand- point, is that he insists on consuming, in all too many instances, a regular “tarm hand’ meal. Men who do no more arduous phys- ical work than sit in a chair all morn- ing race through a heavy dinner that would do credit to a lumberjack who had been out in the brisk air of the North all day long. It may taste good, gentlemen, but it isn’t_dining. Your dog does better. In the Old South they had the right idea. A meal was an event, not a stern necessity, There was time for telk, and time for laughter. The music they had with their meals was the happy tone of voice and the ringing laugh. They had more leisure, says. Well, what of it? Their dining had a mental side to it which ours does not possess: and, if we have not se much time, at least we ought to make the best use of what we have, and eat our meals to slow-waltz time, re- membering that we are “but little lower than the angels,” #nd not just pigs. some one BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL Just what has the United States at stake in the peace of Nicaragua? Besides our purchased right to build and own an interoceanic canal across the country, there are private in- terests—not oil, ax in Mexico, but mahogany and coffee—amounting at the most conservative estimate to $7,000,000, for those fwo lines. Prior to the World War British loans in Nicaragua amounted to 32, 500,000, which have been taken over by Americans. The United States Government loaned the Nicaragua government $1,000,000, and holds as security for its sinking fund the ad- ministration of the customs receipts, An American commission has charge of the collection of all customs, on unt of the loan, and it is signifi ant that under this commission the receipts are practically double what they had been under Nicaraguan ad winistration, The total United States investment in Nicaragua, aside from the canal project, exceeds $10,000.000. Other estimates run ax high as $20, 000,000. Bk This capital Investment, however, does not measure the value of the disturbance to our commerce, due to the unrest there, which for the last seven months hax greatly depressed all commerce coming from the East coast, for both sellers and purchasers have feared for the safety of the com- modities. The depression would have been felt more acutely but for the unusually good coffee crop of 1926, coupled with high pricés for the ducers, but the coming coffee crop is now in- jeopardy because of the Jack of available pickers, owing to mill- tary conscription. Coffee exports go out of the Pacific i ports, coffee represents 45 per cent of all Nica- raguan exports and 75 per cent of the Pacific commere The 1924-192, waus 26,600,000 pounds crop was 40,000,000 pounds coffee exported amounted to 24,600,000 pounds, at a value of $5,627,132, while the 14 ports amounted to 36,600, 000, at w value of $7,320,000. Fortu- the West coast has 1 the distu nee, so the coffee ex- not been interfered with. s of all Nicaraguan coffee comes to the United States, 14 per ent to France and 3 per cent to Hol- land, all of which commerce will be demoralized if the Sacasa forces gain control of the West, as they have had of the East. Coffee production has been increasing at the rate of 20 per per annum, for the last decade, lly since 1919 production | 1,878,000 exportable bunches in tw 3.0 147 bunches in 19 t erage price of 50 cents a bunc Value about $1,800,000 for lust year Prior to 1916, sugur exports were in considerable, but in 1925 they amount- ed to nd Iast yeur's ex ports are estimated higher Mahoginy exports: for $1,081,844, and in 1925, $1 the first quarter of 1926 over $400.000. In addition, there are exports of cedur, rosewood, dyewoods, chicle and balsam. There are only 203 miles of railroad in the country, although the area is exactly the same as that of New York State. There are 150 miles of motor -onds and 200 miles of cart roads. The total exports of 1925 amounted to §12.- 990,026, of which the United States took 65 per cent, the United Kingdom 4 per cent, France 14 per cent and Germany 8 per cent. The ifmports are chiefly foodstuffs, $1,468,207; cotton goods, $2,669.589 iron and steel, $682,245; silk goods, $349.032. More than two-thirds of im! ports come from the United States. *. K K K « The increased from 21 1924 were 86, while mounted to In 1917, the United States paid Nica- ragua $3,000,000 for the perpetual right to construct and own a tran isthmus canal, subject to the ~Hay- Pauncefote treaty stipulations, where- by we are required to let - the canal be for the uses of the world commerce, at uniform rates, just as is the case with the hul?n Canal. | tack our | was mostly in the At V. COLLINS. ' While the investment foday is onl: $3.000,000, that sum is far from mea uring the importance of the right to us, for the time is fast approaching when the Panama Canal will be found inadequate to car the commerce crowding its locks, and it will be nec essary (o widen the Panama, at eno mous cost for excavations and locki or build an additional Panama Canal paralleling the old ditch, or else build the Nicaragua Canal—a route strong- Iy tavored In preference to the Pana ma route before the latter was finally chosen. The Panama purchase was the most politic way of getting rid of the French interests and recovering the efficacy of our Monroe Doctrine. the use of Lake Nicaragua and Juan River, as part of the route, actual excavation required is far lexs than at Panama, and there will be but two locks needed. The present extimate of cost is $300,000,000. The Panama Canal cost $375,000,000 and its operation Sxpense In about $6.000 A vear, with tolls exe < $10,- 000,000 & year, s ok ok % The importance of the Canal Ix two-gided. Our Deépartments cons Its strategic im. portance very great, for in ecase of war a single bomb from un enem plane might so demolish the locks as to put the canal completely out of service. An earthquake could do the same in a few second: An enemy ship passing into the canal before war had been ‘declared could seriously hlock it by being sunk in the channel, just as Hobson blocked the harbor of Santiago in our Cuban War, and as was seriously considered by American strategists In reference 1o the Suez Canal in the same Spanish War, when, according to George Creel, it wuw feared that a Spanish fleet was undertuking to pass through cific Coast. while ou ntic. With “two strings to our how,” it would not be so eusy (o strike the United States by dodging our fleet in the wrong ocean. “The saving to navigation is stupen dous. From New York to San Francisco, v way of Cape Hoin, the distance is 14,840 miles (more than half the world circumference), while via the proposed Nicaragua Canal it will be only 4,760 miles, a saving of 10,080 miles. which is equal to three times across the At- lantic. The Nicaragua route between New York and San Francisco or Alas- ka in 640 mliles shorter than via Pan- ama, according to vernment meas- ures, CAriE AN avy and War ERE No present plans are being consid ered for an immediate undertaking to build the Nicaragua Canal, but, as the traffic on the Panama Canal is alread: pproaching full capacity. it appears not unlikely that steps will be needed at no distant date 10 meet the growth of commerc It Great Britain were so unfortu- nite as to get into war with Italy or ance, her route to lIndia, via the Meditervanean Sea and the Suez Canal, would be in jeopardy, and she would turn to the Transpanama “unal, which emergency would glut it immediately. The peace and tranquillity of the world, therefore, may easily hinge upon our protection of the region of the new Nicaragua Canal, just as its recognized president invites and urges us to do. Secretary Kellogg announces that there is no change in our policy in that matter, nor is any change contemplated, in spite of partisan at- tacks and criticisms. There has heen no “imperialistic intervention,” since all protective measures have been taken at the instigation of the Nica- raguan administration recognized by all governments except Mexico and San Salvador. (Covyright. 1927, by Paul V. Colli e Cold Steel Deplored. ¥rom the Boston Herald. The best means of ironing out in- tornational m ateal. ma | Is mot|able l NEW BOOKS - AT RANDOM LG M. JULIA MARLOWE: Art. Charles Edward Russell. Appleton & Co. To be sure you too, innumerable times, have had along with me the unhappy experience of coming home from the Shakespeare play—all un- satisfied, empty, distrait. And promptly you too, no doubt, have taken up vour book again to read that self same play in order to restore contact with the poet—a contact broken by the sheer inadequacy of some herald- ed “interpreter” of the supreme dra- matist. Innocently | had gone to the play, so many times, as you too have gone, fully expecting & have the feel- ings and moods and thoughts of the poet delivered over to my heart and soul through the geniux and divina- tion of a great actor. What did I act- uvally see and hear? Struttings, mouth- ingw, false measures and values de. structive to true meanings and implica- tion. I witnessed artificality, imitation, pretension—all grand and sumptuous in manner and appearance, all quite empty, nevertheless. Like one of James Branch Cabell's men upon a particular occasion, I came away sigh ing “Hokhum!’, moaning “‘Bunkhum!" Finally, “Hereafter, my own fireside and reading lamp for Shakespeare. I'll no more go a-roaming after the false gods of histrlonism.” Sounds shockingly presumptuous doesn’t it! and equally ignorant, mavhe. Indi vidual truth, notwithstanding, and just a little more than that besides. For 4 long and thoughtful observation indicates that in the large class of pseudo-intellectuals there is more Iy- ing about a sincere interest in the Shakespearean play than about any other subject except that of the Wag nerian opera. Her Life and D. o Within the past 300 has devoted more of to the interpretation of Shakespeare than to that of all other dramatic poets combined. Around this celestial =un of genius an imposing galaxy of stars circle. In the literary heavens no other constellation approaches the august splendor of that formed by the Bard of Avon and his satellites. The names of great Shakespearean actors and interpreters roll off the tongue soundingly, like Homer's roll call of the ships. Macready, Garrick, Bet- terton, Irving, Booth and others, and others. Yet all of these, essential imi- tators as they clearly are, have not succeeded to any appreciable degree in bringing together the most human of all poets and the great bulk of the common people. For stage purposes, Shakespeare has heen reduced to the measure of routine unreality, to the stature of an automatic performer. 1t is an intellectual enterprise of no small dimensions to read into these repetitive impersonations, famous as they are, the true qualities of Shakespeare's power of universal appeal. An enterprize. this, to which the hody of theatergoers is not equal, as it should be and would be, if the art of the stage had flourished in a sincere simplicity and in a wholesome self-effacement, * % o x years the stage talent and zeal They began by saving, vaguely. that she was different from all the other actors. It was her vouth, ventured one. No, not her youth any more than her voice, anv more than her direct simplicity. Clearly it was her general charm, an elusive thing, not easy to define. It was one thing and another—all finally merging into a general and enthusiastic agreement that here was an artist actually able to re-embody the great Shakespeare by way of women—Juliet, Viola, Rosalind. ;fl:. an artist able to de- liver the living and keenly co- temporaneous effect of the most uni versal of poets. Then some one, more observant than most, discovered that this young genius was an innovator, @ rebel, whose revolt against stage custom and stage tradition was playing no small part in her worthy and lasting triumph. et It would not be easy to find an author more at one with his theme than is Charles Edward Russell in this study of the life and art of Julia Marlowe. There is as founda ton for this work, first, & long a~ quaintance between the two, be- speaking not only a familiar know edge of the superficial facts of Miss Marlowe's life, but pointing ax well upon a sympathy and understanding without which this work would, nat- urally, not have been undertaken. Again, with these two, the fields of intellectual _interest vun purallel or overlap. Shakespeare isx a prime prepossession with this author as he with this actor. Student. imper sonator, reader and eritic—these two meet in the great poet upon these grounds. 'The wrt of expression is one in which the autho: keenly interested. But a subtler Kinship than that of long friendship, on the one hand, and community of intellectual inter est, on the other. brings these two togather. Both are independent in the quality of their thinking. Poth are innovators. Both are rebels, when nothing but rebellion will serve the purpose of deep-seated plan or project. Beside all this, Mr. Russell is @ forceful writer—clear, direct, energetic, picturesque and dramatic. And so, under the urge of these gifts and advantages he here tells the story of Julia Marlowe and of her struggle to achieve success on the stage. Of the outcome of that struggle there ix no need of the printed record. That lies - in the hearts of theatergoers | everywher Thowe of the profession Will read this story with deep interest--some for its eritical quality, which is substan- tial and {luminating, others because it Is & running comment of thelr own aspirations and endeavors. Some will read it as a story of such patience as in not often seen, of such pluck as few possess, of such independence of outleok as not one in a million can muster, A story of courage, of audacity—and equally a story of ultimate triumph. It s in this last respect that the story moves out into general appeal. And it seems to me that right here the book takes on its deepest point of ap- plication. 1f every young person could go over this record of work and work and more work! Youth is impatient nowadays, always i impatient. That part of belng voung. Youth wunts to leap into the bigh and secure place. It can’t be done. Itead about this girl who every day of her life walked Cen- tral Park from morning till noon, say- ing over this play and that one, as- suming this role and that one, till all are letter perfect—and much more than that. For in this period of prep- aration the fight was going on at every turn—the fight against the tra- ditlonal and accepted rendition, be: cause the old rutted way of maying this or that could not deliver that which Shakespeare himself meant. And the self-imposed- task of this vyoung woman was to do just that—to deliver the poet himseif as he felt and thought and wrote. This is the point above all others in this splendid story —the point that makes the book one tor everybody to read, everybody that is voung and is getting ready for work in the world. Why, this girl had to mak lly te make—that “gold- en voicg' about which so much has been salfl. Interesting as art? Amaz- ingly igteresting. Infinitely more so, however, as the superh fitting of means to an end, as the unconque of & -'am lh’tw It will IR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERH Q. How many postage stamps were #0ld last year? 8. W. A. The Post Office Department savs that the number of postage stamps #old for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1926, were as foliows: Adhesive post age stamps, 16,333,410,317; special de- livery stamps, 69,830,966; postage-due stamps, 85,022,200, . Q. Is ‘“snapping” a wethod of harvesting cotton” 38 A. The Department of Agriculture tys that snapping lowers the grade. The decreased cost fn harvesting cot ton by the “snap” method may be much more than offset by the expense of passing it through holl extractors and by the loax of value resulting from the lower grades. According to tests made by the department, snap- ping cotton in 1925 resulted in a loss to the grower of $7.29 a bale as com pared with picking. When greater dis counts were assessed against the cot ton hecause it was snapped, and when it was sold in the seed, the loss was from approximately $14 to $27 a bale. satisfactory Q. What w Heink's maiden name? When and where was she born?—E. T. A. Her maiden name was Ernestine ossler. She was born in Lieben, near Prague, July 15, 1861, s Mme. Schumann Q. Do all types of chiggers bite human beings’—KE. M. L. A. The baby chigger is the one which bifes human beings, while the grown-up attacks only such insects as plant lice and voung caterpillars Chiggers are prevalent between June and September and persons walking through the woods or working in gardens are apt to suffer from their ttack As " protection, one authority says that one may sift flowers of wulphur beneath e un- derclothes from the waist doWwnward, or from the knees down, if only working in low grass or bushes. This substance is inodorous and harmless and ordinarily is effective line and kerosene are even mare ef fective, but these soil the clothing and are otherwise unpleasant. How much does it cost to main- Idiers’ Home Q. tain one person in the Washington?—A. G. O. A. The average cost per man for the fiscal year 1926, based on rec- ords of maintenance accounts and on the average number of residen: members present, was $571.98. Q. What is the v industry ?—M. &, A. The world coffee industry is estimated at about $300,000.000, nearly one-half of the world's suppt: being consumed in the United States lue of the coffee Q. What proportions of hydrogen and oxygen are used to make the oxyhydrogen flame?—J. B. S. A. The Bureau of Standards says that two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen are required to make the oxvhvdrogen flame. The gases muist not, of course. be mixed until they reach the burner tip. Q. Does the G ment receive any revenue from the oil wells of Americans in Mexico?—I. F. L. A. The United States Government does not receive any direct fixed or changeable revenue from the holi- ings of oil lands of American elti- zens in Mexico, except perhaps from income tax on the profits of Amer- ican citizens. These holdings have greatly enhanced in value since their purchases. The Mexican gov- ernment receives vast returns in the way of a tax on every quart of oil chat is pumped. Vase- | € J. HASKIN. Q A | 1ars Where are the memc = made?—1,. 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Kellogg Statement 1hSpires Widely Differing Opinions Newspaper comment on Secretary Kellogg's statement dealing with bolshevist influences in Mexico in con- nection with his explanation of the policy of the United Statex toward Nicaragua is remarkable for its wide and very emphatic differences of opin- | ion. Here are two typical sentences illustrating respective viewpoints: ecretary Kellogg's disclosures have convinced almost evervbody but Senator Borah, who always proceeds on the assumption that his own coun try must be wrong in its foreizn 1oi icy. He is likely to be left standing alone."—San Francisco Bulletin (in- dependent). “Elaborate parade of would not scare a woman."—Baltimore Sun ent). With the assumption that the bol- shevists are “a_discredited and hope. Tess lot,” the New York Times (inde. pendent Democratic) remarks that “it is this well known fact which makes it seem not a little humiliating that the Government of the United States, with all its strength, with all the evidence it has of a convinced an- ti-holshevist sentiment among all but a handful of the 110,000,000 of its citizens. should attempt o justify what it has done in Nicaragua, and its suspicious attitude toward Mexico, admitting that stands in dread of the hand of Soviet danger that toothless old (independ- Russia reaching across the ocean and stiiving to clutch Mexico and the Central Amer n republics. “If bolshevism in Mexico is the r son why we have taken armed posse: slon agua,” asks the Louis ville er-Journal (Democratic) G a better reason why we taken armed possession of Mexico?” and the Newark Eve- ning News (independent) satirically suggests that “instead of landing A handful of Marines in Nica- ragua and sending a lot of gunboats to the adjacent waters, the Army and Navy should he mobilized immediately for a campaign against Russia. * * ¢ Let us have a worth-while war that will deliver our terrified Secretary of State from the fears that are petrify- ing him.” < it not should have L And here we are, poor little Amer- icans,” says the Portland Oregon Journal (independent), “about to be swallowed up by the great red peril. Here we are, haunted by day and by night by the grim, red shadow, reflected on the skies of Perhaps we should all run ciedly to our cyclone cel lar the goblins get us before " The Des Moines Tribune (in dependent Republicun) asserts that “the plain fuct is that America is not | in the least scared about that old bogy, ‘the red, world-wide revolution.’ That old bogy is dead as a door nail The United States is inabout as much danger from it as the planet Jup “If communist activity in Central America is to be cited In justification of our course in Nicaragua,” remarks the New York Evening Post (inde- pendent), “a clos connection must be shown between this activity and the Sacasa movement than has vet been exhibited. Secrétary Kellogg cannot seriously argue that a general intention on the part of the bolshevist leaders to win the United States some time, somehow, warrants our intervening In & specific difficulty in @ Central American country in which" the issue of bolshevism is not con- cerned. Some of the other comments on this point are; ‘“There Is plenty of evi- dence in the Kellogg statement that the real source of communist propa- ganda in Mexico is not Moscow, bhut the United States. Brooklyn Dally Fagle (Indegendent Demoeratic). “Secretary Kellogg talks as though -~ it | this were 1919 instead of 1927. ¢ ¢ ¢ That old dodge of crying ‘holshevism’ when sane argument failed a special pleader has played out."-—Richmond | News Leader (independent Demo- cratic). “Long hefore Lenin seized control of Russia. the basis of the present Mexican land policy had been laid."--Springfield Republican (ind | pendent). In the opinion of the Ha risburg Telegraph (Republican), “See- retary Kellogg's statement is reason- able and convincing.” * ne | has been caught | piece of rather low husiness,” ae- | cording to the Birminghum News (independent Democratic), “and her vociferations do not have the ring of sincerity or absolute truth. As long Mexico takes to her bosom th representatives of the Russian boishe. vists, who have no other aim than te injure the United Statex and spread trouble and dissension. she will be regarded with suspicion.” The I'rovi- | dence Journal (independent) main- taink that “the American people stand ready 1o support the [Pres |dent and the Secretary of State |In whatever steps they may fake to | defend this country against | “Mexico in a the | machinations of an international or- ganization which desires destro; our prestige and influence at home and abroad.” Reviewing the Nicaraguan situation and mentioning appeals from Kuro- pean countries for the. United State to protect their interests, the Oak- land Tribune (Republican) decides “the only action possible under the circumstances is that which the Pr ident and State Department have taken.” Among other same line are: “The | ucted with deliberation regard for every legitimate demand, With due recognition of the rights of large and small nations."--Kansas City Journal (Republicin) "he trouble may not be of serious charae- ter at present, but it is probable that the prospect that causes uneasiness is that the Nicaraguan status is of a nature which promises trouble in the future.”—Charlotte Observer (Demo- cratic). “The President has impressed it anew on his countrymen how vital are those interests, especially in rela- tion to the canal route.”—Philadel phia Evening Bulletin (independent tepublican). ~“We cannot weep it a scheme of the Mexican government Is thwarted.”-Cleveland News (in- dependent), here is a Rooseveltian color to the Coolidge-Kellogg pelicy Just now, and it may turn out to be the most kindly, after all.”"—Wichita, 1 (independent Republican), When the southern republic unde tands, as it will understand, that the United .‘ll{alflt will insist on the p; tection of American property ri there will be the usual mutual -:he ments that it was all a misundem standing.”"-—San Bernardino Sun dependent). “Our Marines in N ragua are safeguarding the lives and property not only of American citizens but of all other resident forelgners, They would be doing this toda; - dling or no meddling by the Sovietg.™ New York Herald Tribune (It b can), The United States hesitatey %0 much that it encourages the crea. tion of conditions which finally it can. not tolerate.”"—Chicago Tribune - dependent Republican). ““The dent’s statement: warrants at I a suspension of popular judgment ‘in the case.’—New Orleans Times yune (independent Democratic). *“T'he situation is delicate, and we a that there is more at stake than the.ej) interests."—Savannah Press (Deme- 'he case made in the logg document i and econvincing.”—Tul dependent). expressions along the esident ha, with proper