Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, THE EVENING STAR] © With Sunday Morning Edll!n | * WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.. 1927 .January 21, THEODORE W. NOYES. . .. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 111h St and Pennavivania Ave York Offics: 110 Fast 42nd St Chicage Ofce: Tower Building European Ofice 11 Reeent London, Fngland The Fvening Star with the Sundav morn Ier edition. is delivarad by carrie the citr at 60 cents ner month: da 5 cents ner manth: Snndars only Per month Ordere mar he lemhone Main 3000 Col carrier at and of each month nt mail or Tion is made by Rate by Mail—Payahle in Advance. Maryland and Virg Pailr and Sunidar 1 v SO.00 DAy oo o 1o €60 A0e 25c 1 mo 1 mo 1mo All Other States and Canada Paily and Sunday .1 yr. $12.00: 1 mo Dailx only 1 3800 1 mo Sunday oniy 1y 840001 mo 51,00 P50 abe Member of the Associated Pres The Associated Prese is axclusivels entitled o the use for repuhlication of all news dis Patshes credited to if or otherwise cred. i alan the local news n_ ATl righta of publication alches herein are AlRo rese Progress Toward the Franchise as well as In point of enthusiasm attendance the meeting of the Board of Trade last which the sub Ject of national representation for the District was not only a clear the deter mination of the people of Washington to press vigorously for that right, but an expression of confident expectation that it will perhaps coon, granted hy Congress and by the that this par- ticular question was to he especially night. at was discussed demonstration he eventually. States. Announcement consldered the largest outturnings of the membership in the history of the arganization at a busi ness meeting. For ten years the Board of Trade carried the slogan for national representation on its program of Waghington's rights and needs, so there was nothing new in the pledge that the organization in effect® gave last night to strive for this plishment. It is invigorating and nspiring that the oath of allegiance, s0 to speak, was again taken on this in such caused one of has accom- qccasion in such an earnest manner and stances. Of special importance was surance given hy Representative Dyer, ranking member and vice chairman of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives, of his hearty, sin- cere advacacy of the District's cause, He in effect reported progress to the people of Washington through the Board of Trade by his expression of “hope that the joint pre- sented by him in the House and now .pending before that committee will be reported favorably to the House at the present session. 1t is not expected that the two houses will find time to act upon the joint resolution before adjournment in March. But much will have been ac- complished by even a favorable r port from one of the two committees now considering it. As the record stands, the resolution has been here- tofore approved only by a Senate com- mittee. If Mr. Dyer's expectation is realized it will have gained the ap- proval of another committee and thus put in the category of possible en- actment hereafter. The procedure of amending the Con- stitution for any purpose has always heen protracted and difficult. Con- gress must first adopt a joint resolu- tion by a two-thirds vote. Committees to which such proposals are referred move warily and give their recom- mendations sparingly. This particular resolution, which has heen pending be- fore several Congresses, has been studied with especial thoughtfulness by the House judiciary committee, be- fore whom it was urged last April in & hearing which covered several days &nd which, it Is known, made a deep fmpression upon the minds of an un usually large attendance of committee members. Evidences accumulate that the peo- Dle of the States are sympathetic with the aspiration of the people of the District for national enfranchisement. Representative Dyer in his address hefore the Board of Trade last night declared that the amendment to the Constitution, if proposed by Congress, would be ratified by the legislatures of more than threefourths of the States. A survey of public opinion on this subject conducted by the local joint citizens' committee on national vepresentation clearly demonstrated that in the judgment of the people of the country at large the denial from the franchise to Washington unjustified and should be corrected. In these circumstances the prospect of ‘an favorable report from the House committeg on the judiciary on the joint proposing the amendment to the Constitution encour- ages the belief that the day of libera- tion 1=’ coming for the District. R in encouraging circum resolution is arly resolution Mexico has suddenly acquired a varied collection of political ideas. The process of elimination will doubt be intelligently applied no — e Exchange Seats. indexes of the condition of this country is | the market price, 80 to speak, of the privilega of dealing in stocks and bonds on the New York Stock Ex- | change. Tn other words, a “seat on ‘change.” That price does not fluc- tuate as do the quotations on stocks. There is seldom 4 marked recession in the rate. When the dull, because the country is suffering from glack times, the price remains stable, with slight variations as from time s are transferred new hen when the market he comes active, when business is good on the street, when there is a Jarge volume of trading, and especial ly in a rising market, the price ad often by large moves. The the market the bigger the Stock One of eronomic the surest market is to very vances, lvelier Jumps. Recently the seats have been selling a1 $175,000, and within a few days the quatation had advanced to $185,000, at which price the is $52.000 above the low level reached in 1926, 1t seat rate | there has been a steady | clean of all taint | the Senate District committee far bevond the conception of these who organized the Stock Exchange by the consolidation of the old ex change and the Open Board of Brok That 1869 time seats sold as low as high as $7 1870 to ¢ touched ers, and at that as $3.000 was in 300, Dur he 1871 Towest 1 panic time of and the Aropped aver price fi sharp W0, the e In ad and that $40,000 with the low price crossed twenty 1809 a vance occurred “high™ of compared 1598 mark year hed, of $19.000 the $100.000 Since then in| a new was 1 as in The, vears later. aceretion value. There are 1,100 the | the rate of the is $203,500.000 reflects seats on exchange, and at last ale the aggregate The size of this investment the value of the of dealing the floor of an exchange strict integrity of bers, where transactions must be kept privilege on where is required mem where later the higl New York extraordinary and in vears especially St equity The, an prevails Stock Bx institu fune house change is ms a valuable ring market, tion, and it perfe in affording a American for marked but with all that speculation the great on the floor of financial country i investment tion cle in finance and a as| well the people. Its activities are inescapably with speculation, | volume of business done reflecting the agents throughont mainly indicative of disposition of the people. activities the the g . Arbitration With M President Calles accepts princi- ple” the suggestion that differenc between Mexico and the United States shall he submitted to arbitration. retary Kellogg has indicated that this Government willing Sentiment in Congress is favorable to arbitration, and th pending the Senate a resolution advising such EY It that the United States and Mexico shall agree as to what “~sues shall be arbitrated. In an earlie, statement the Mexican government let it be known that it could not consent to arbitrate the validity of provisions of the Mexican constitution. The United States is not likely to quarrel with Mexico on that point. Certainly Government | would not submit to an arbitrator any provision of the American Constitu- tion, and it hardly could ask to do something it would emphatically decline to do itself. The United States is under no com- pulsion, other than a one, to arbitrate with Mexico. This country | has nothing to fear from the Southern republic, and no interest is involved which is vital to American welfare. If all American investments there were wiped out and all American resi- dents were forced to withdraw, if all diplomatic relations were severed and all 'commercial intercourse were ter- minated, it would not bring disaster to the United States. On the other hand, severance of diplomatic tions and withdrawal of recognition of the Calles government undoubtedly would bring about revolution and re- sult in measurable disaster to Mex- ico. The situation is very much a one- sided one In favor of the United | States. For that very reason, if the differences cannot be adjusted by ordi- nary diplomacy, this Government ought 10 o to every reasonable length to adjust them by arbitration. It is dificult to imagine a step that would do more to restore our prestige throughout the Western world. Al the Latin republics know the United States is strong. Some of them doubt that the United States is just. We have consistently advocated that they arbitrate differences. among them: selves. Now.they are curious to know if we will take our own medicine. e The Chinese, who have been fight- ing, on and off, among themselves, stand in danger of finding out what a real war is like. Coppm = R Prosperity is Indicated by the in- creased number of motors on the road. The same figures show the in- creased danger to life and limb. ———— exico. sec- is to arbitrate. e is in course. remains only this Mexico moral rela- of A homicide mystery baffies the po- lice. A crime is not nearly so easy to fathom as the novelists would have us believe. ———— The Heating Plant Issue. Objections raised by residents of Fekington against the proposed erec- tion of a heating plant for the new McKinley High School at a corner of the site which would thrust that unit of the establishment conspicuously into view and constitute a possible smoke nuisance affecting a large num- ber of people have, after failure to receive consideration by the Commis- sioners, reached the point of proposed legislation restricting the District au- thorities to a mid-square site for the building and stack. At a hearing held vesterday before a subcommittee of the subject was discussed, with a disposi tion evinced by the Commissioners to hold to their original plan and gn ef- fort manifest on the part of members of the committee to induce them change their plan. The matter awaits dectsion by the full committee. Should it conclude that the protests of the cople are justified, a bill requiring a change of plan will be reported to the Senate for action. This matter has been under active consideration for some months. The general site selected for the new school is one of exceptional prominence, he. ing high and commanding & wide view to the south. The point chosen for the heating plant iles immediately be the school, at & corner which marks the chief approach to the build- ing. The immediately adjucent squares » ull residential, almost all of the residences belng owned by their oc pants, permanent dwellers. They veasonably concerned, alone the score of the disigurement caused by the théusting of the heating | plant divectly before them, but on the score of the smoke emissions certain to low u are not on to be to result, and &lso on the ground of the addition to the danger in the streets due to the traffic incident to the supply of the building with fuel. It is physically to relie this situ Another neen possible tion school now predicted that the price will mozu;’;o—lnj.’, 5k ples the western portion of the square. thaheating. bas-to do- s to- shakedhistheadd”, and | | us ] plants of the two. The residents, sup- ported urge that | thix united plant can he placed in mid hy expert opinion it will not be conspicu- On the strength of on reached by the Commission square, whe ons harmful. or r= early in the case without 11 con sideration of the wishes and feelings of the residents, it is proposed to per- sist in the plan to impose this nuisance | upon tnhe section. The Senate commit [ 1ee will now determine if a fixed policy is 10 he supported regardless of mer it the reasonable wishes of whe immediately affected be consulted accommo when that is ite, o those to dated, are are and accommodation | teasible. - A Call for the Pied Pi Imaginative reporter has the public a Govern the name of Piper is California from its nlague of 1 “Pied” Piper is un the man for the job: he can do than but whether the said reporter has him the name to lend color to the is still question Anyway, it is high time that Piper hied himself to the scene of this un- usual scourge. Mice to the right of mice to left of us, etc., is what the unhappy vesidents of that particular section of California are shouting at the top of their lungs. Millions of the rodents are said to infest the region, stopping automobile traffic, checking n and forcing the womenfolk [ airs, pianos and tables as their household is even said to in per. If some not led ment official by about astray to save doubtedly it better any one else, or not given story a moot iness use ¢ stepping stones in duties. One woman have been on the floor only two weeks, and that was by an acci she fell off the piano just after leap to it from the new gateleg that was bought on the installment plan just in time to serve an unexpectedly useful pur- once dent she had made a table pose. War-time methods have been used to halt the scourge of the mice over the countryside. Gas, bullets, fire and poison have done their share, but not enough to relieve the situation. Mer- ced, Calif., that little town near Yo semite Nasional Park, learning that these attacks had proved ineffective, has come forth with a bright idea. It has offered its entire cat-pound to the stricken region. If any Merced citi- zens, however, have lost their pet cats in the last few days and have reason to Dbelieve that they may be tempo- quartered in the pound, they better act quickly to rescue rarily would them. it is apparent, therefore, that Piper is the man of the hou And if a little advice might be per. mitted, it is suggested that on his way to the battlefield he might well indulge in consistent and continuous lung exercise, because when he gets there he is going to have to blow on his flute as never before to be as suc- cessful as his fabled predecessor. B Een Franklin was a great and versa- tile Few can imitate all his qualities. Anybody can at least prac- tice the virtues of thrift and industry so important. man. he regarded as When James Whitcomb Riley wrote about the old swimming hole he had no idea of the fortunes that people would be able to attain by going in swimming. —————————— Crime waves are so frequently in evidence that the law-abiding citizen is being gradually forced into the at- titude of membership in a rather lone- ly minority. T i President Coolidge is regarded as an ideal candidate in the next cam- paign. The presidential job is a diffi- cult one, and patient experience has its value. - ——— A policy of silence is often advan- tageous in statesmanship. Circum- stances do not permit Senator Borah to use it. I e Oil prevents mechanical friction. Its influence in world politics is dif- ferent. Hindenburg is still endeavoring to secure statesmanlike results, let the spotlight fall where it may. e—o——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, The New Cop. A badge he wore Denoting much authority. He stood before The great, untaught majority. He did not know Just how he should officiate, But was not slow In taking the initiate. The hurrying clan Finds docile ways expedient; Not to the man, But to the badge obedient. Still Useful. think women are a suc- “Do cess in politics “Of course, I do,” answered Senator sorghum. “But they still need the men to take the blame when anything goes Wrong.” you Fleeting January. s the days along, cling. A robin's song— So’ swiftly Though shadow: thought I heard “It's almost Spring! Jud Tunkins says Ben Franklin practiced thrift, but probably never saved enough to buy an electric light plant in his home town. Colossal Demand. “Are there any bootlegger here?" “No,” said Cactus Joe. “Crimson Gulch has gotten so dry a bootlegger would be afraid to come near. He'd be mobbed.” around id i Ho, the “while making a leave him “Much reading,” suge of Chinatown man wise in thought indolent in action.” Demoralizing Melody. Thie latest tune s all to 'he dance does not seem right, 1 do not dare repeat its name. 1t would not he polite. “A politician shakes hands,” said Unele Eben, “but all a political boss ~ may Dblame. | | BY CHARLES | | While Winter winds are ix the best time of the vear in fireside gardening | Now come long evenings. | there ix nothing better vead —and what reading is more inter exting than the new editions of the | seed catalogues? | “The astute gentlemen seeds know this frailty of | nature, and so send out their Prully illustrated hooks at time of the vear when they the best impression To the lover of flow be nothing more entic of illustrations than colors of gladioli, or or asters, or dahlias—in January Kven hefore the first bulhs Spring break through the cold the flower catalogues of a dozen deal. ers burst inte blooms of anticipation After all, what flower quite equals Anticipation? 3 This is the wonderful flower of the human mind that outlasts all others. Anticipation. in itself, and in its best blooming, ix that perfect flower of Hope which shall never die. There are many blooms in our gar dens, even ax there are hundreds of fine.colored photographs of them in the catalogues, but there ix none finer nor more beautiful than this same Anticipation We offer the name as a good one for some glorious gladiolus that a dealer has yet to name. It should be a white one, slightly tinged with pink Such is our idea of Anticipation. k% kw Anticipation sits beside us, ook over the first arrivals from seed houses, and whispers into ea to indulge who raise human heauti the very our ng a picture in pansies roses, there can as we the our There is a beauty! We must have some of that!" Anucipation knows what we like and what we do not. She never urges us to plant some. thing for which we have no admira tion. Anticipation knows our tastes better than we know them ourselves. 1t we listen to her, we will never order a packet of xeed, except as an adventure, which has given us no promise of beauty in the pasi Following the guide of Anticipation, we shall do well; but if we desert her, and depend upon the advice of others, no telling what the result will be. Anticipation leans over our easy chair, and points out the rose, the gladiolus and few other of our fa- vorites, and says: “Stick to these! Put aside the call of the unknown. Better a flourishing bed of humble zinnias than a thousand seeds of some exotic plant of which only 23 will flower.” The privilege of the fireside gar dener is to see his real flowers as they will be next July and August, or Sep tember, or even November, in his mind's eve. How clearly he will see them depends largely upon his im- agination. Those who have no im agination will not be able to visualize their real flowers at all, and thus will lose much of the joys of fireside gardening. To the latter the seed catalogues are simply tradesmen “‘come on' booklets, urging them to further expenditure, when Heaven knows there are enough expenses al- ready. Yet there is no real expense involved in purchasing flower seeds, bulbs and plants in moderation. They grow! For a few dollars, which no one would think much about spending on a theater, hundreds upon hundreds of instinctively When “Jim" Reed is asked about his 1928 presidential boom, he cocks one of his mild blue eyes, and savs: “Well, I didn't start it.”” But he con- spicuously fails to convey the impres- sion that he's doing anything to stop it. The Missourl Democrat's friends are confident that the rauceus raven of the Kaw counts hopefully upon fall- ing heir to the renewed Smith-McAdoo feud. As a Protestant, middle-of-the- country wet, they think there's no other Democratic presidential timber that will begin to size up with Reed when the moment for a compromise candidate arrives. The silver-tongued and silver-haired Kansas City scourge has a ready reply when folks suggest that he'd be in his sixty-ninth year if inaugurated President in 1929—"some age,” they point out. Quoth Reed: My ancestors all lived to be 100. The senior Senator from Missouri has a White House claim nol_g@nera!ly known—he was born in Ohio. * oK oE K n Capitol Hill is aware that has come to exist between Borah and ‘“Jim" Reed for forensic pre-eminence and influence in the Senate. The Idahoan until recent- lv was well out in front. Reed nowa- days runs him almost neck-and-neck. During the opening hours of the de- bate on Senator-designate Smith of Nlinois, Borah interrupted Reed to ask if a man was a “member” of the Sen- ate while awaiting admission to it Then ensued this passage-at-arms: Borah—The Senator will remember that that was the main point in the argument of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. 1 simply wanted to get an- other distinguished Democrat’s view o Nted_The Senator undoubtediy re- werves the right to differ from Mr Douglas on some other historic occa- SO rah—But 1 very seldom differ from the Senator from Missouri. Reed—1 am glad of that, for when- ever 1 find myself in agreement with the Senator from Idaho X feel that I must be very nearly right. Borah-1 think so. ) Reed—But the fact that T am in agreement with the Senator from Tdaho on most occasions does not re move the danger of his vccasionally ' s judgment. erving In his judgment. ‘hoever dves the official printing fo:\l):f Department of Agriculture is evidently no friend of pending farm yelief legislation. On a document now making the rounds of Secretary Jar- dine's balliwick, the measure before {he House and Senate — presumably through & typographical —error — i described as the ‘“McNary-Haugen PiIL” Fverybody o of the rivalry * ok K X Peru plainly doesn't intend to be caught napping in the air it Chile r verts from diplomacy to force over Tacna-Arica. Comdr. Harold B. Grow, head of the United States naval com. mission on service in Peru since 1924, has just returned to his country to buy six airplanes for the Peruvian aviation establishment. Comdr. Grow has been intrusted with the reorgan- jzation of the system, but claims it is purely peaceful in purpose. ‘The American planes are to be used for communication between Lima, the wpital, and Iquitos, the center of the Peruvian rubber industry, about 700 miles inland. The trip now takes about two weeks—a day by train, an- her by uutomobile, seven days by mule, two days in canoes and three by launch. Alrplanes, Grow says, will cut the journey to two days—one hy train and one hy air. The American naval officer asserix that President Leguia of Pern stands pat on the re fusal to hand over Tacna-Arica to “HBoltvim.orr s when | material, decorative material to do than | nothing in the world that expands as | upon will make | in the line | | with | Creator, ellogg’s terms._an -explanati D. O, FRIDAY, JAN | THIS AND THAT E. TRACEWELL. hlowing | flower seads may he purchased. which will d hlossome. celop into hundreds of heautiful Viewed as just much there ix much as a flower This is why the seed husiness is a good one PR however, to flowe from the mental spiritual standpoints, in order to cure their real henefits, Seedmen of the best their annual offerings in just this way We have before us the new catalogue of a prominent adiolus grower and originator. He ‘kicked out” of his church because he had dared to interfere, so the board said, with the work of the Creator! His rime” lay In taking a small, despised South African bloom, and. together other men, transforming it into one of the most glorious of all Aowers, In creating, he was working with the not against Him U'pon reading his catalogue for the first time, a new reader might be for given for thinking the man was a bit conceited, but thix feeling would van ish entirely after he had purchased some of the. bulhs and had flowered them in his own garden This originator makes his living out of the “glads”—but he makes more than just bread and butter. He makes a life work, he makes his oc cupation, his hobby, his firat love and his last. There is here, as well as money. intense pride. love and a re gard for all beautiful things. It is in exactly this spirit that every one must approach gardening, if it is to become a real force in his life, and not just something to be dene becanse it is customary, because it is the “usual thing,” because every body else is doing it. ok ox It scarcely need be added that this is not to be a conscious attitude to- ward gardening. One cannot, by taking thought. put himself into the proper attitude for such an occupation. The market gardener, although he grows the fin- est vegetables in the world, does not say to himself, before he goes to work, “Now I am about to comply with the requirements as set forth in This and That!” Well, hardly. And vet this same man, be he white or colored, will embody in_his work the very same attitude which we have attempted to define. Proper seed beds, with the soil finely prepared, will amount almost to a religion with him. Through working with the soll he has come to know what conditions must be complied with, and he com- plies with them, and he reaps the harvest. If he comes into the city and leans over your back fence when vou are mulching the gladiolus beds, he. will instinctively appreciate your labor and regard you as a brother. It chance has made him a colored man-of-all-works, . and he is sowing grass seed in the next yard, and the mistress of the house orders him to sow the seed where it will not grow, he will comply because he has to, but not without an understanding grimace in vour direction. Knowledge, then, is the sure way to “comply with requirements,” for, with knowledge comes understanding. One of the first steps in flower knowledge is a study of the annual seed catalogues. Surely they are books containing much more than just glow- ing pictures of tomatoes and the prices of seed per packet or ounce. The ideas they plant in us are the seed of fireside gardening, which shall blos- som gloriously later on. seed ook and se. It is necessary, sort regard WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Representative Henry Allen Cooper, Republican, of Wisconsin, dean of the House, spins a merry yarn about “Uncle Sol” Levitan, veteran State treasurer of the Badger common wealth. Levitan, who has just been clected for the third successive term as keeper of Wisconsin’s money, prides himself on the fact that he be- gan life as a peddler in the Middle West nearly half a century ago. There was a Swedish farmer on Lev- itan's route, who didn't like peddiers and put up a sign reading: ‘“‘Peddlers Prohibited.” One day the Scandina- vian came home from town and found Sol persuasively displaying his wares to the farmer's family. Levitan was asked, in terms none too polite, if he hadn’t seen the sign. Whereupon the irate farmer led him to it. Upon it was scribbled a postseript: “All ex- cept Sol Levitan.” That won the day for the future treasurer of Wisconsin, and he was a welcome visitor ever afterwards. Levitan's friends - are grooming him for the governorship. * Kok ok Japan Is not accustomed to make formal diplomatic representations at Washington about the American ex- clusion law that seared a deep wound across her national pride in 1924, but ev once In a while she takes occa- sion to mention it, lest we forget. That is why Baron Kijuro Shidehara, for- eign minister at Tokio, on January 18 referred to our immigration legislation in his annual speech to the Japanese Diet. His words were few, but pur- poseful. "I regret.” Le said, “‘that the question of discriminatory treatment involved in the United States immigra- tion act of 1924 still remains unad- justed.” Between the lines of that declaration there's the unmistakable expression of Japan's intention some day to hold converse with Uncle Sam on the subject of exclusion. * ok K % From a reader of this observer's re- curring ruminations about foreign af- tairs comes a correction of a statement concerning the late Senor Calvo, au- thor of the “Calvo Doctrin which lies at the root of our controversy with Mexico. “Dr. Joaquin Bernardo Cal- vo,” it is set forth, ‘was not an Ar- gentinian, as you say. He was a Costa Rican, who for 25 years was his coun- try’s Minister to the United States, He passed away in this country a number of yvears ago, leaving large family, moat of whom are residents of the United States.” Xk ok Arbitration being in the air, it's in- teresting to learn that George Wash- ington’s family, even when it had do- mestic squabbles, resorted to the form of settlement that may compose Uncle Sam’s differences with Plutarco Calles, Gabriel Wells, an expert on rare books and manuscripts in New York, has just dug up a dispute between John Washington and his brother Augus- tine, the father of George Washington. The brothers owned adjoining estates in Mattox Neck. Westmoreland Coun- ty, on the Potomac. They quarreled about the boundary line, but instead of fighting it out in court, or otherwise, they employed a couple of brothers named McCarty to survey the area in controversy and decide the boundaries. The quit-claim deed, recording the or- igin of the final settlement, was ex- ecuted on December 3, 1742, and is still in a state of good preservation. (Copyright, 1927.) oo The Other End. From the Wall Street Journal The President may have slight cold—but t's not in his feet. o The Dark Day. From the Detroit News Only one big eclipse was visible in ARY 21, 1927. Prohibiting Poison Gas Declared Not Enough 7 the Wichita Beacon in interesting to note that in to the use of poison mes from profes- at me of the opposit gax in warfare sional soldi We gather fr they are in favor of laying down a number of rules for the so-called humane’ pnduet of war and of go ing ahead with the business of war within the restrictions laid down Somehow the inference is uncom fortable. It makes the business of war seem like an athletic game, perfectly le gitimate as long as everything is done within the rules The idea of warfare, which of many professional soldiers, in harmony with that of the p the world in general. W is the last whose livex or honor are threatened It is difficult to conceive of a nation fighting what it feels ix a perfectly righteous cause submitting to # beat ing rather than to use some final des. perate means of driving off the en emy. An individual who is cornered and fighting for his very life will stop at rothing. Nobody expects an in- dividual to follow the Marquis of Queensherry rules for boxing if a thug attacks him In the dark When the problem is analyzed to it fundamentals, the idea of ruling out certaln means of warfare i« in one sense, a sanctioning of warfare in general. When the nse of one method of warfare is specifically prohibited, the use of others is tacitly and infer entially permitted and given the ap nee of legitimacy it were possible effectually to work out practical and enforceable laws in connection with warfare, the whole war business should be ruled out. There is no object in stopping at poixon gas or at any other method. If it is impossible to rule out all warfare it ix just as impossible to rule out certain methods of warfare. To make up an elaborate system of rules under which the war game may be played is revolting to the general public. It sounds too much like professional mil- itarism. It would be well enough to rule out poison gas. But why not rule out all the other methods as well? Is there & single rational reason why a clean sweep should not be made? Such rules are mere gestures anvhow. It is just as well to make a magnificent gesture, it any. —v————— Husi);nds Found Fading Out of Home Picture From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Surely the voice of Prof. Ernest Groves of Boston University must have quavered when he told the Amer- ican Sociological Society how it ls with the husband. The husband m their remarks that is that is not ple of resort of fast fading out of the domestic picture. Once easily dominating that loving group, the wear and tear of time have reduced him to a part in which the aura of his former splendor is no more to be seen. It is the modern scale of life that has done for the husband. He can no longer support his family at the level demanded hy our extravagant time, and the wife has had to go out and help him. Dr. Groves savs she has so often surpassed him as a money maker that she is fast losing her respect for him. It is impossible for a woman to regard with her whole affection a husband upon whom she s not dependent. It was her de- pendence which made her the wife she was, and in her growing inde pendence she is becoming another woman. Sometimes it goes to the point where the husband gets out. The trouble is that both men and women love power. Power stands alone. It leans upon nothing, and it was the leaning woman who made the husband that sublimated being he was when she looked to him for a liveli- hood. It is impossible for him to be her hero when she can be her own heroine, and this is what she has become. So it has come to that. The hus- band has lost the economic net in which he easily enmeshed woman and made her his own. He wanders around the arena of life like a dis- armed gladiator, a thing hooted by the crowd and too barmless tb kill. Poor old duffer! Let us hope that he made the most of his heyday while he had it. ! Sees an Ax, Not Knife, Used on Evils in U. S. From the San Bernardino Sun. It has been sald that in the United States we correct evils with an ax instead of the surgeon's knife. We let them run along, apparently in- different to what is happening, until we hecome alarmed, and then we go to the woodshed for the ax. Ap- parently that is what we are doing under the new excitement ahout the weakness of the Navy. President Coolldge in his annual message recom- mended that naval construction be kept in abeyance for a time, looking to further "conferences on disarma- ment. It will be remembered that when the former conference was held we had some fighting ships completed, or fully s0, and we destroyed them. We do not want to build any more vessels 1o be sent to Davy Jones. Now the whole country has been aroused to such a pitch of sentiment by the naval propaganda that the President has indorsed the movement to authorize construction of 10 more limit size cruisers. There we go with the ax again. For several years the need of an air fleet for the national defense has been urged upon the Na- tion and Congress by those who under- stand the elements of future wars, but the most conspicuous propagandist was disciplined by being discharged from the service. and our air defense is still far below that of other na- tions. With the $105,000,000 it is pro- posed to spend for cruisers we could build sircraft and submarines enough in a quarter of the time to sink all the cruisers and every other ship in the Navy. 2 No sufficient reason has been given why we should run a race with either Great Britain or Japan in the matter of cruisers. We should see to it that the elemeuts of our Navy are such as we need for our own defense, re- gardless of what other nations are doing. Cruisers and battleships are vessels of offense. They carry war to other lands. What we need is de- fense. R Triumph of the Ham. From the New York Suu. Léss than a week ago Senator Cope- land announced that he had called upon the President and advised him against eating sausage. Now it is given out at the White House that Mr. Coolidge has renounced his fa- vorite breakfast dish and taken to ham. In the best stockyards circles this will be accepted as a blow at the sausage barons and a victory for the ham trust. But here in New York ft has another yet important meaning. Nobody can ever say again that Sena- tor Copeland spent his first four years in Washington without accomplishing anything. p ——— The Shrinking Skirt. From the Newton Journal What, what has become of the old- tashioned girl who used (o go out into the orchard and bring in & skirtful of apples? g ust a Proposal. From the Bt Lonis Post Diapateh, ——— America in 1926 and almost any lame duck ecan supply you full details and AL ]Eum:’l:*dm Wh t make one of the quarreling Governor of those | | { { i 1 " ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Q. When was the Playground and Recreation Society of America formed? A. E. F. A. It was organized in 1906 hy Jacob Riis, Luth Halsey Gulick and others. Theodore Roosevelt was honorary president What is the birthstone for Jan >—H. E. The garnet Q uAry A is =0 designated Q. How does the daughter of the Duke and Duche York stand in regard to the succession to the British throne?— R. € Princess Elizabeth is at present in direct succession to the throne. According to the Act of Set tiement an elder brother's daughter is preferred in the succession fo & vounger brother. third How can a paper map he treated AW, Q to make it more durable” A. The Bureau of andards sug gesix dipping the map in a weak so lution of high-grade animal glue and hanging the map over a line until thoroughly dry. This can be done, of course, only if the printing ink is fairly resistant to water. Q. From what foreign most students come to study jca? In what States do the most them study? 0. E. P A. The greatest nunther comes from China. One thousand. six hun- dred and five out of a_total of 6,685 migrate from China. The largest per ent choose schools in New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and California. In the vear 1922.23, when the latest information was compiled on the resi dence and migration of students, none of the Chinese students atfended schools in Delaware, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah or West Virginia. Q. How many miles water are there in the Congo River and its tributaries” H. 1. M A. In all, there are over 6.000 miles of navigable water in the Congo River basin. Q. country do in Amer of of navigable What Loa?E. M. is_the height of Mauna A. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Commerce De- partment is co-operating with the Geo logical Survey to determine, by the most accurate survey methods, the exact elevation of Mauna Loa. in Hawail, reputed to be the higheat active volcano in the world. The height has been given as 13,675 feet but this figure may have to be revised somewhat, since the original survey was not made with a high degree of accuracy. The most important point in the survey, from a scientific stand point, is the queston of whether the whole volcanic cone is rising or sink- ing. This can only be determined by additional accurate surveys at inter- vals of 5 1o 10 vears and will even- tually furnish scientists with additional informaton as to the “why™ of vol- canos. Q. Hew businesses J. MeC. A. The Negro Year Book sa there are now 74 negro banks oper- ated entirely by negroes and 50.000 negroes engaged in the conduct of their own businesses with a volume of $1.,500,000,000. There are .also 400 negro periodicals, 60 secret and fra- ternal organizations, and 144 negro hospitals and training schools. Q. many are banks run by and other negroes? When will Easter come this veur? How is it calculated?—J. S. A. It will fall on April 17. Easter Sunday is calculated by the moon: not the real moon of the heavens, nor the mean moon of the astronomers, but an altogether imaginary moon, the pas- chal moon, that is, the full moon which happens upon or next after the 218t of March (the ecclesiastical year) If the full moon occurs on Sunday, Easter iz the Sunday after. Easter cannot be earlier than March 27, nor later than April 25 »Q, What part of the British do minions has the highest and which the lowest birth rate”—C. E. B. A. Statistics for the dominions re- cently published show a birth rate of 27.1 per 1,000 in the Province of New C J. HASKIN, Canada. to he the highest and 10 per 1.000 in the federal terr| | torles of Australia the lowest. The | birth rate of England and Wales for 1925 was 18.3 per 1,000, the lowest re | corded since civil registration was In | stituted n 1837 | @ In what part of India are Tndian shawls made?—N. N | A The most beautiful of the Indian | or Cashmere shawls come from the looms and handicraft of Cashmere (Kashmir). a lttle country of Asfa situated just north of the Punjah |Among the Himalaya Mountains Among the helghts of this range are | found the sheep and goats which pro | duce the fine wool used in the manu facture of these shawls. Shawl manu facturing Is the most important in dustry of the Punjab, and the hest shawls are made at Univitzur, but 1one can compare with those of Cash | mex Brunswick, Q. Are the Winters getting milder? | —B. W | A. The Weather Bureau mays. “Our | records ahow that while ena Winter | differs from another, sometimes great | Iv. nevertheless the average of any consecutive 15 or 20 Winters is prac | tically the same as the a for | the same place. of cours any | other consecutive 15 or 20 Winters We. therefore, have no evidence that our Winters have progressively grown milder for a long while." Q. When was ‘“the Creed” adopted?—A. C. D. A. It was accepted by the House of Representatives, on hehalf of the American people, April 3, 1918 American J. E. G. A. Although the site was previously visited, the city of Pittsburgh fs said to date from November 25, 1758 The Pittsburgh Sesquicentennial celshra tion was held in 1908 Q. From what Is tartaric acid ob. tained?—W. W A. Cream of tartar and tartarie acid are hoth manufactured from argol, which is the sediment that sep. arates out at the hottom of the wine vat during fermentation, Q. What was the cost of the nicipal Building in New York City N. E. A. The total cost of the building in- cluding architects’ and engineers' fees was $11,787,213.62. This is said to he the largest strueture of its kind in the world, fu Q. How many States have mothers’ pension laws? A, W A. Forty-two States are reported to have mothers' pension laws. Q. male A Which has the better flaver, the or female turkey?—A. R..T. The Grocers' Encyclopedia says that many people are of the opinion | that the flesh of the voung male is better flavored than the female. Q. What was the advies that Thomas Jefferson gave to a Young man?—C. E. D. A. Probably vou refer to his advice to Peter Carr, son of Dabney Carr. It was: “Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give up earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act Q. Wh makes sweet?—A. H. A. The fragrance of flowers is due to special essences or oils which the plant produces. These oils are com- plicated compounds of only two ele- ments, carbon and hydrogen, and are known as volatile oils. since they escape readily into the air. flowers smell Have we had the pleasure of serv- ing you through our Washington In- formation Bureau? Caw't we he of some help to you in your daily prob- lems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative information, and | we invite you to ask us any question | of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening tar Information Bureau, Frederic J. | Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. | Enclose two cents in stamps for re- turn postage, Corn Belt May Be Fighting For Life as Earnest demands for prompt and vigorous measures to counteract the blight of the corn borer, invading farm pest, are voiced by the press in behalf of the corn belt of the Middie Weat. Farm interest is focussed on this sub- ject, and satisfaction is expressed that members of Congress give evidence of special concern over the menace to futuré corn crops. ‘Perhaps it is an exaggeration to say, as some observers do, that the corn belt already is fighting for its life,” says the Indianapolis News. It is well within the truth, however, to assert that this will be the fact in a comparatively short time unless science {s able to subdue the pest. When it gains sway, in the language of the farm, it ‘makes nubbins out of ears.” The corn crop, largely produced in_the Middle West, has an_annual value of about $2,000,000,000. On it, to a large extent, depends the ralsing of live stock Referring to the passage by the House of Representatives of an ap- propriation of $10.000,000 “for eradica- tion or control of the corn borer,” Toledo Blade calls this amount “only a part of the expense incurred by the pest, to say nothing of the loases. Several States,” continues the Blade, “are fighting the corn borer, and ‘no- corn areas’ are now proposed; that is. there will be wide belts in infested districts in which corn growing will be prohibited until the borer menace has been somewhat abated. The borer came from Kurope. He is an expen- sive importation.” The Omaha World-Herald remarks that already the pest “has levied im- mense and unwliiling tribute from the agriculture of the Kast,” and states that “If by means of this appropriation the pest can be eradicated, the victory wliil be cheaply won.” oo “We do not wish to be alarmists,” observes the Chicago Tribune, “but we belleve it I8 tmportant that the facts as they exist be faced. It i not un likely that the efforts to find a method of eradleating the pest before it ad- vances much farther into the corn belt will be successful, but it is far from certain. Untiring efforts by sclentists have thus far been fruit- less.” As to the “talk of forbidding the growing of corn or any other plant upon which the borer feeds in a 100-mile zone in advance of the pest,” the Tribune declares, “‘the cost of in- demnifying the farmers in this zone will be enormous, but it will be worth the price.” In an optimistic vein Star says “there never has heen a fight which the ugricultural experts put themselves to against inse bugs which has not been won. Pasadena Star-News comments upon the “notable work being done by ex- of the Federal Department of and by departments of the Lincoln emarks that “it is realized that muc money must be spent and much effort must be put forth to conquer this little pest, which has completely ruined crops in reglons which it has invaded. ‘By_commencing now, hefore the borer has arrived,” aceording to the Illinois State Journal, “farmers and Borer Advances of the pest.” That paper's view is based on the advice that “if it gets in inhoepitable soil and finds the farme shifting the uses to which the land is put. the borer will be weakened and ultimately starved out.” The Terre Haute Star holds that “the fight can- not be won by individual effort. nor is succeas likely to come from co-opera- tion among farmers in the threatened district. The battle must be waged with an intensiveness and on a scale | possible only under Government giree- tion.” The Star affirma that “the pest attacks many other crops besides corn, and its destruction is a matter of con- cern to every producer and consumer.” * ox ox % | United action on the part of the business organizations and farm agen- cles in a relentless fight” i= advised by the Cedar Rapids Gazetie. The New York World points ,out that ‘burrowing deep in the stalk and ear, the borer cannot be attacked I'ka the cotton boll weevil, the aphids. the cutworm and the San Jose scale by ipsecticide dusts or spraye.” That | paper refers to proposed cornless zones, and mays that “a dollar in quar- antine is worth many dollars in eradi- cation.” The Grand Rapids Press feels that “efficient action at this fime may be the means of staving off hys. teria,” belleving that “the horey prob- ably cannot be halted, but he can be prevented from doing serious harm. ‘There is only one simple remedy, in the opinion of the Wichita Beacon, “and It {s probable that this remedy will soon halt the march. The borer lives for seven months of the year In the form of a caterpillar in the stalk. If the stalk is cut close to the ground and destroyed or cut up into ensilage, the pest is destroyed. That takes work, but it is effectual. And it can be done, if worst comes to worst. So it is likely that the corn borer will never see Kansas, The Minneapolis Tribune sayvs is no telling what heroic mea may be necessary to conquer this corn foe, who seems to be to the cutworm what a glant is to the pigmy. The farmers themselves may be called on to serve in the firat line of offense and defense.” “The Southern Senators and Repre- entatives,” remarks the New Orleans Item, referring to measures hefors Congress relating to fhe corn horer, “will not object to these appropria- tlons. But some of them as they vote for the appropriations probably will think regretfully that had the Depart- ment of Agriculture been equaily vigl- lant when the boll weevil first crossed the border, and Congress equally will- ing to spend $10,000,000 or more to fight it, the pest might not have rav- aged the South quite #s badly as it dia.” e Camouflage. From the Toronto Daily Star. When a friend asks you for your candid opinion do not forget he wants it candied. SRR . The Radio Retort. From the Watertown Daily Tim Tt will net he the “line’s busy,” but Q. When was Pittshurgh founded?