Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . January 81, 1027 THEODORE W The Evening Star Newspaper Company 110N St aed o New Tk Qe 110 Kapt 42k Ehicage O Tawsr Buiding Burorsan OMe 14 Regent S0 London NOYES. . ..Editor Lovania Ave ™ ¥ Wi Y made B Rate by Mail—Pavable in Adv Maryiand and Virginia w e w ar ANl Other States and Canada €100 e o Pt Thte 0f pub naiches here The “Wicked Partner’ Moscow cont wicked partner government of interfering the fnternal United States, Rvkoff, saving government Speaks. play the The Soviet intention with of the Alexis nues to game any disclaims in any degree foreign premier, that he will funetionary policy the dismiss Pl who at tempts to break this ing foreign minister, Litvinoff “ridiculous” all statements relative to Communist plots and intrigues in the Latin-American countries. X But the Third Internationale is quite another proposition. A manifesto just issued by it at Moscow invites all anti tmperialistic forces “to support the people of Nicaragua in their struggle against the base designs of American | imperialism.” Betwean the Third Internationale and the Soviet government is a liaison s0 intimate that it cannot be broken without peril to the organic life of both. Thesa are in effect the Siamese twins, united by a vital bond. The bieod of one body is the blood of the is a difference of opin to whether the Soviet govern ment is dominated by the Third Inter- nationale or the Third Internationale by the Soviet government. It is of little material importance, the fact re- maining that organized Communism, | whether the initiative is taken by the labor organization or by the political unit, is working to the end of breaking down governments in other countries. For some time past it has been most convenient for the Soviet government to disclaim any responsibility for the activities of the internationale. Dur- ing the British strike contributions in cash for the support of the strikers mage actually by the Moscow govern- ment were camouflaged as gifts from | the Russian workers sent at the be-| hest of the internationa In this matter of American policy in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua, the United States has no call to exculpate itself from any| charge brought by Moscow. 1t has no| ne=d i enter a defense against the | ridiculous allegation of an imperialistic | purposs. But the Third Internationale | is going to make it appear that this Government is seeking to absorb the | governments to the south, one at a time perhaps, on one pretext and an- ether, all to the end of extending the “eapitalistic” control which is anath- ema to the Communist mind of the | present rulers of Russia. A countercampaign of enlighten- ment may eventually be necessary. | Bufficient for the present is the dis- | elosure from Moscow that despite offi- eial Soviet disclaimers the ‘“‘wicked partner” is at work in an effort to break down American prestige in the ‘Western Hemisphere. —r———— China has an immense population 88 compared with other countries, and may one day be tempted to take grave risks In an effort to assert “the will of the ma jority. le and the act calling ——ee. The limited pay of the average Goy- ernment clerk entitles him to all the suthoritativa advice he can get on matters pertaining to thrift. ——a———— A Jersey Blue Law Absurdity. On the statute books of the State of New Jersey are certain laws, dating back to early davs when Sunday amusements were under the han of public disapproval. These laws are now in effect nullified by the prevalent public sentiment in favor of entertain ments on all the days of the week Efforts to enforce them recently failed “for lack of support the showhouses are kept open on Sun day, la pic ture and stage shows, and to all in- tents and purposes repealed, save for the Legislature Rut yesterday at Bayonne, N ineident very grave in consequences, lustrates tihe blue laws on the books while they being ignored without penalty. A ton plcture house was filled at an ernoon show. Suddenly cried “Fire!” There in the accounts. One v & portion of the ceiling fell and that this caused An other report wak ex cited by the film. which told a thrilling etory of a fire company’s adventures, and that the fell in quence of for the doc which the outery incited. Whatever the sequence of events, the stampede began, and but for the timely arrival of police and firemen, and for the for- tunate fact that the exits wers ample, & repetition of the tragedy recently enacted at Montreal would have oc- curred. . Just here is where. the blue law comes Into the case. OWIng to the re- cent agitation of the fact that the antique statute is still on the books, gomebody in authority in Bavonne de cided that it was not proper to station s fireman at any at which a gunday show was given, lest his pres. and consequently audiences assemble for the statutes are he formal act of an occurred, fortunately not which il- bsurdity of keeping the are mo aft a small o is a diserepa ion is that the boy to shout is that the lad ceiling conse the rush s theater enoe sbould constitute a legalization o8 S SATATRASCE BO SGATS Wea 2o 0AY de DAL ADRASI | foreign soil is unarbitrable. It believes | threatening the lives and property of | ireman there when the boy yelied the false alarm, and if there had becn a fire there would have been no pro- The show was going on with | full knowledge of the authorities, but without their sanction. The sentative of the law, in the pers A fiyeman he ection repre- on of had been withdrawn. Yet definitely needed, whefher there was a five or to quanch the Blaze If it the | was not oceurred and to cheek panic in any event New should either afect them Jersey vepeal its Sunday Until i laws, as they hows fully effected or enforce spesl or enforcement ix the shows are permitted, the should be protected. Half way meas ures @re an invitation to disaste Arbitration Popular reaction to the } vesolution recommending arbitration | with Mdxico finds a sharp dlvision of | oughout the country as tof Nty of many as a blunt intima opinio: he practics the propu Saluted by on | from the Senate to the Executive that| sitration and not force must he used | n the adiustment of our troubles ul\hl the to have been our Southern neighbor resolution is held by many others little than which while affirming our theoretic adherence of an conviction more A mesture to the principles arbitration those | the nounced our that principles were not applicable in case in | Certainly tremely vague &S to just what is to be For prior to the sugges ntroversies with Mexico | point the resolution Was ex arbitrated. or 1 tha relating to the alleged confiscation or | impairment of the property of Amer ican citizens corporations in Mexico' arbitral body, “which shall apply the principles of international law,” it declares that; our natfonal duty to protect the lives and property of our citizens on foreign ofl “is not to be neglected or disre garded.” With the many hold that arbitration may not be applied in the | current Mexican controversy, The Star { believes that the matter of whether | this Nation is obliged to protect the | lite and property of its nationals on be submitted to an who | that the right of Mexico retroactively | to expropriate property belonging to a citizen of the United States is unarbitrable. It believes that the established principles of internationalj !law are unarbitrable. But with those who hold arbitration can and should utilized in the Mexican controversy, it believes that the matter of whether not Mexico is today in fact that be or American citizens; whether she today in fact.proposing the retroactive expropriation of our citizens' prop- erty; whether she is in fact gullty of violating the established principles of international law, should be submitted to the unprejudiced consideration of an impartial tribunal The Government of the United States has, since the birth of the idea of international arbitration, been its stanchest proponent. It stands to- day in the position of a plaintiff, mak- ing Mexico the defendant under the charge of confiscatory seizure of prop- erty which is not hers. It may say with consistency and justice that if this charge against Mexico is held by an impartial jury to be true it cannot submit to that jury the right to determine what its subsequent course of action will be. But it can- not say, with either consistency or justice, that it reserves to itself the right of being the judge of Mexican guilt under a charge which it brings itself as complainant. It is the insistence upon that right | which has, since wars of aggression became unpopular, resulted in the | horror of war. It is the relinquish- ment of that right, the right of in- dividualistic determination of when and where & nation’s honor is offended |as well as the appropriate steps to be |taken under these circumstances, to | which our past stand on arbitration today commits us. Let us be ver that the justice of our cause is estab- lished in the eyes of the world by the lflmfin‘u of an impartial tribunal, be- fore we make that cause the basis for whatever action we shall take. SRR Z Ben Franklin advocated thrift, He | also advocated rigid standards of per- Court procedure | shows need of cld Ben's advice in | both matters. S —. When Spring returns, base ball will | reassert itself ax a game instead of an altercation. | monal morality. | ———— | “Selling” an Endowment. of the Bryan 10 be erected Promoters University, Dayton, {“Penn., in honor of the great lay funda- mentalist, who devoted the last hours | of his life to the trial of « | & charge of giving instruction in evo. lution contrary to the law of the | | State, are about to open w drive in| New York City for $400.000 as part | of the $5,000,000 bullding fund and endowment that The divector drive hax unnounced | that 15 are to be engaged to call on the friends of Mr. Bryan and Memorial in teacher on for Institution, the men and women of sk them to buy member ship certificates at $100 gestion having been these solicitors are to r mission on all cash that they secure, the drive director has denied that they | will work on [ that they will be paid “a salary based on what they do.” This is the prop- A certain salary will be fixed for each worker; if he does not bring in the number of certificates agreed upon that salary will not be given him; he will be given less. The precise difference there is be tween a commission and a downward sliding scale contingent upon the number of subscriptions secured and the amount of money obtained is of little moment. The point that in- terests the public chiefly is that th solicitation, as in many other cases of fund raising by means of drives and campalgns, 18 to be on a strictly busi- ness hasis. A veritable profession has been created in the field of fund rais- each., Sug that celve a com advanced this osition: | heroes THE EVENING interested. They present themselves as ardent advocates of the cause, as unselfish, zealous workers in a fleld of righteousness or charity, or educa tion, but they are in fact actually salesmen working on a percentage perhaps a sliding scale of salary There no particular demerft in thisx method of raising funds, though it would be to the donating public if it could feel assured that dollar paid went to the cuuse rather than to the carry ng of of motion expense. or is really more satisfactory every A heavy “overhead” pro .. The Bridge of Inspiration. of bridges the is venerahie ity of snother nice Adriatie,” planning Queen many memorial to soldlers who gave their liv World Waw, Built in graceful of noble design and ample pro it condemned Grand How her in the stone. portions, it ix to replace two already iron bridges which eross the Canal memaorial to something thousands appealing as a or benefmctors s use by al life of every The range of choice Is wide that is in daily that touches the ph citizent fountains, bridges, carillons,’| chapels, whispering memorate Franklin K forest Parks, libraries, a grove of as will of the even a national great trees such com the Lane such as services late or aside in soldiers, has bheen set Germany ialize her Al some way to men serve and henefit the public in No one can pass over or gaze upon the Memorial Bridge here thinking of the man in honor it is named and of his con: tion to American patriotism. Long ago, in the earliest days of the set tement that later hecame the power- ful Venetian Republic, her soldiers guarded and even fought the rude bridges spanning the stretches of water which were her bulwarks against oppression. Now their de- scendants will be honored by a bridge structure the like of which they could not picture even in their dreams. The Arlington Memorial Rridge when completed will possess some- thing of this flavor; will he reminis- cent of the men in faded blue who guarded the old Long Bridge, some of whom sleep their long and peaceful sleep on Arlington Heights. As new and beautiful structures replace unde- sirable or unsafe bridges inand around Washington, or span streams and ravines in new places, they might well be named in memory of the heroes of this people in' war or of their faithful servants in time of peace. Key with out whose ribu upon e Nicaragua has a superabundance of presidential material. Voters are doubtiess tempted to echo the old lay, “How happy might I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away! ST s Fears that the Democracy may lack a willing worker as a candidate are without foundation so long as Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo has his health and & fair share of personal leisure. —raoe Leniency to criminals has found sympathetic encouragement. There arises a demand for respectful con- sideration of the rights of law-abiding citjzens. —.—a A film comedian may find it harder to evade the tax collector than to dodge the custard ple. | - c—— In consideration of appropriations there should be a readiness to remem- ber that ‘“‘teachers must live.” e Denatured alcohol entitles the work of a prohibition agent to be rated as an extra-hazardous occupation. - o — SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Oliver Twist. Said Oliver Twist “Please gimme some more!"’ The plea will persist The same as of yore. he Government clerk Puts up the old call While doing his work For pay that s small. The man with a shop Wants profits to grow. sach salesman will stop His bargains to show. Our wants we display. We cannot desist; And each must portr Poor Oliver Twist. regard as the first “What do you duty of a atatesman » speak truthfull answered Senator Sorghum; “but to show intel- ligent caution as to the subjects on which he will exercise his veracity.” Friendships. Your friends are many when you sa My heart is stout and cheery.” Your friends are few when you, some day, Confess, “My heart Is wear Jud Tunkins says there ought to be arrangement to enable & pro- hibition agent to make more than a bootlegger. mome money Artificial Applause, Do you receive letters compliment- ing vour radio contributions?"" Many of them!” “Very many? I have a wide circl basie, explaining | personal friends.” Perils of Peac “Are you a pacifist? “T am."” “You haven't much to say." “I have the misfortune to be among friends who make it impossible to mention Peace without starting some kind of a rough argument. “Flattery,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may be the sincerest ad- miration, but it is also the insincerest friendship. Haughty Hooting. The owl's a very priggish bird. While others sing anew, This solemn fowl will mildly howl Demanding “Wha is who? ing. Solicitors of experience have made good llvings espousing a great variety of causes. the “prospect’ apE Anensisi “De ten commandments,” said Uncle Eben, “if everybody would mind ‘em, would put de lawmakers out o busi- baa" - STAR. WASHINGTON Sating breakfast by candlelight, with an electric toaster on the table and a radio in the next room sounding forth setting-up exercises from New York, furnishes rather startling evi dence of the world's progress Here the old and the new are hrought together. It was by such light as this that George Washington ate, hut he never prepared his toast at tab nor heard the sound of a volce origi nating hundreds of miles away. Yel it in something of a question whether we live any hetter than Wash Ington did- fn the higger meanings of the word “live.” If any one doubts this, he has but to journey down to Mount Vernon and let the durable sat isfactions of life sink into his soul for a while We would trade our electric toaster for that view of the Potomae, and our radio for the quiet— blessed quiet'—of 1 Summer’s night Whether we would he willing to g back to universal candlelight is an other question | Yet what perennial interest have for mankind! The candle I one of few cen tury old articles still in through out the world. The candlestick maker as well as the butcher and baker, is still with us There is perhaps not a sinzle home in Washington equipped with electric lights that does not have also a num her of ornamental candles. These come in handy on the rare occasions when the “lights go out,” and are often used by housewives at luncheons. candles the use R Your averag male creatures can see no particular point in eating by candlelight, but most women seem to | get considerable “kick' out of it as they “dote” on whipped cream. Candles do, of course, lend a of difference to the haps might as well way as any other larly are enthralled by Jjust | be secured this Children particu- the occasional light, and it is a good thing for them, giving them a taste of the romantic, as well as showing them practically what life used to be. Certainly In the ordinary conven fences of everyday living more prog ress has been made in the past 50 to 100 years than In as many centuries before. When one stops to think of the modern bathtub, practically un- known before our Civil War; of our beautiful hite-tiled bathrooms, of electric lights, vacuum cleaners, wash ing machines and a host of other in- ventions, he realizes better than usu ally the extent to which ltving is in debted to applied sclence. The candle is one of the inventions of man which left a lasting impression on the race. Even our electric lights |are rated by ‘“candlepower. 1t is interesting to know that this measure of light was first defined by an English {law enacted in 1860, which declared that a “candlepower” is “the light given by a sperm candle of which six weigh 1 pound and each burns 120 grains an hour.” Figure it out for yourself. o ok ery one knows, however, without any figuring, that one real candle | power is most miserable light. Some- times one wonders if 60 of them really would give as much light as a 60. candlepower bulb. Certainly the light of 60 candles of any number, for that matter would not give the flicker-free light of our modern electricity, to say noth- ing of our fllumination being less or | put | counted for | which | room touch | meal, which per- | treat of being allowed to eat by candle- | | sreat costly and absolutely clean It 'is hard for us to keep in mind Dozens of members of Congress and | their respective wives will pack up the moment the session is ended for a trip to the Panama Canal. They are accepting the hospitality of the Gov- ernment-owned Panama Railroad Co.'s steamship Cristobal, which will lift anchor at New York on March 8. The Cristobal will touch, en route to the Isthmus, at Port au Prince, Haitl, giving Senators and Representatives an opportunity for a close-up of that troubled isle. Members of Congress are carried free of charge on these vovages, but must pay $61 apiece for any members of their families who ac- company them, as a round-trip rate covering subsistence, The rate for others is $200. The won_the den- izens of Capitol Hill are permitted a joy ride to and from the canal i3 that the authorities in charge of the big ditch feel that Congressmen are the representatives of the holders and owners of the steamship line—the plain people—and should therefore be given, as they are, these periodical op- portunities to legislate intelligently re- garding isthmian affaivs, EE Dr. Alfred Sze, the accomplished Chinese Minister to the United States, ir a graduate of Central High School at Washington. He was one of th first Chinese boys sent to this country to be educated by the old imperial government. In those days, a matter of 30-0dd vears ago, Sze and his com- patriots still wore pigtails, and the dignified and distinguished diplomat of today recalls vividly. how he had to put up with no little teasing and .a good deal of tugging at his braid Sev- eral of Dr. Sze's high school class- mates are men now prominent in Washington proféssional and business life. \Vith some of them the Minister keeps up the old friendships. After leaving high school Sze was graduated at Cornell University during the presi- dency of Dr. Jacob G. Schurman, for- mer American Minister to China and | now Ambassador at Berlin. Dr. Sze's favorite argument, when Americans express disappointment that the young Republic of China does not pull itself together, ix to remind them that it wax not until 13 years after the Dec- Javation of Independence thut the United States had a Constitution and steadied itself China's Fourth of falls on Lincoln’s birthday—she a republic on February 12, * ok ok % Representative Robert Luce, Repub. lican, of Massachusetts, statesman and scholar, has just published in book form his Harvard University lectures on Congress. The lectures deal not only with the activities and powers of the National Legislature, but with the public’s view of them. ‘Mr., Luce ad mits that Congress is possibly in greater disfavor today than at any previous period of ite history. But the Massdchusetts Representative says the same thing is true of State Legis- Jatures, asx well as of the British parliament and other Kuropean legis lative bodles. “Criticlsm of law- makers,” Luce asserts, “and of laws is, always has been and doubtless will be a favorite occupation of mankind. Democracy has disappointed. It has not brought the millennium. X ok ok K ‘Washington political sociéty is watching with interest, not unmixed with amusement, a budding romance in which an “eligible” United States Senator—a widower—and an “eligible’’ widow of a United States Senator are the dramatis personae. “Nothing has ax vet heen arranged.” to draw upon the language of an official denial of impending matrimonial events. But mutual friends think it would be an ideal match and some of them appear 10 be fomenting it. | b5 S THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. in the onward march of civilization, candles were as great an improvement over prior methods of lighting as the electric light is over oil lamps. The candle stabilized, if one might it that way, the wick. In other words, torches were essengially wicks, but the candle added to and improved the hare wick, and, later, alded the invention of bigger and better awicks The Romans used Latin heing candela, to glow. Our waord pure derivation Early ecandles were beeswax and tallow, the latter. Wicks hence the designation Wax lights were known mans, but their favorite the open lamp. During th were only used by their great cost, but from the Af teenth century on they came into wide use, hundreds of them being lit at a time in the great homes. Churches everywhere made use of them. Probably their holism, as showing the light of being it and then passing out, this. had two wax and taper was much preferred, to the lack of disagreeable London had its “waxchandlers” lowchandlers,” the time the colonists came to America candles were widely used. Every one recalls pictures of halls at Washington danced, the ball- being lit by scores of candles elaborate chandeliers. Candlemaking became quite an in dustry. Minds of bright men worked upon them, with the result that much improvement was made in them, both as to ersential components and wick. The invention of stearine gave impetus to the manufacture. Today. most of our candles are made from combinations of wax and stea- rine, the proportions being varied to meet differing climatic conditions. Wicks today are made out of cotton yarn, braided. which has been treated in boracic acid or other solution. Since all combustion s in essence a gaseous process, the candle on our table is in reality a miniature gas plant, with a production of gas that might be meas ured by a fairy gas meter. kK x Let us think on these things, to- gether with the romance of this very old form of illumination, when we sit at table, now and then, with candles burning. If candles can help us keep in mind some of the fundamental mystery of life, then by all means let us burn candles, for we are in danger of for- getting it, sometimes, as we turn on our lights with a flip of a switch, or click on our radio set, or toast our toast without leaving our chalr. This is one of the primary problems of life. to be solved by every man for himself, whether he will allow life to be made so easy that he forgets fun- damental verities, or whether he will now and then face the disagreeable because’ it is the true. A candle may set him thinking as well as light the path of toasted bread from toaster to mouth. A candle may make heroes pass in review befora him. Whereas he may seem to be only engaged in the material act of feeding, he may be, in reality, in his mind’s eve, with Washington at Val- ley Forge. today that ‘one candlex, the from candere, candelabra is a made out of especially from were rushes, “rushlights.’ to the Ro- light was Middle Ages candles the rich, owing to large sym lif: ac Paris makers sort of owing of candle. The Arst guilds tallow. and 3y in WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ensue the affair would mark. a bi- partisan triumph over political differ- ences and sectional animosities. * % ok K The February number of the Farm Journal, published at Philadelphia, is being studied with special interest by members of Congress because of the “McNary-Haugen map” which it con- tains, The map indicates graphically just which parts of the countr and which parts oppose so-called surplus legislation. Based on a farm- to-farm straw vote polled by the Farm Journal, it is contended that only five States of the Union are “for the Mc Nary-Haugen idea.” These States are lowa, llinois, Minnesota, North Da kota and Louisiana. Twelve States— New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginla, Maryland, Ohio, Michi gan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas and California—are mapped as “opposed.” Three States—Mis- souri, Texas and Washington—are shown us “evenly divided.” For the rest of the country the Farm Journal has “no figures.” The editors com- ment. “Farm opinion on the MeNar: Haugen idea is sectional-—a matter of geography. e Progress Is about to be by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation in the matter of estab- lishing Monticello as a memorial for the author of the Declaration of In- dependence. To a meeting in Wash- ington this week the president of the foundation, Stuart G. Gibboney of New York, will tell of - growing national jinterest in the project Politics is playing no role in the movement to perpetuate the shrine of the man -whom Democrats look upon ax their patron saint. Presi- dent Coolidge heads the board of governors af. the Jefferson Founda- tion, among whom are included other rockribbed Republicans like Nicholas Murray Butler, James M. Beck, Charles D, Hilles and Theodore Roosevelt, One of the co-related schemes of the foundation is » pro- posed “Religious Kreadom’ endow ment fund of $300,000. It is sug- gested by Felix M. Warburg, a governor of the foundation, who favors contributions of $100,000 each by three American citizen®—a Prot- estunt, a Catholic and a Jew. Mr. Warburg, who is a Jew, offers the first $100,000. The endowment would be in henor of Jefferson's authorship of the Virginia statute for religious freedom, * ok ok K reported There's a new drive on for Federal #upervision of motion pictures, in direct consequence of what is called “the Charlie Chaplin scandal” The organization behind the drive is the International Reform Federation, of which the Rev. William Sheate Chase of Washington is the superin- tendent. Dr. Chase has just deluged members of Congress with literature calling vociferously for the laying of Uncle Sam's supervisory hand upon Will H. Hays et &l He clamors that “the motion picture industry must be compelled o obey our moral and civil laws," and says that “only a centralized authority can effectively regulate that centralized industry.” The propaganda material by means of which Dr. Chase seeks to curb the movies includes a summary of motlon picture regulation abroad. (Covyricht. 1027.) Anatomical Acumen. om the. Baltimore Sun. Our beauty expert avers that thought shouid be given to the care of the back. Most of us can easily do mot cover Praises Curtailed Divorce Case Reports To the Editor of The Star 1 feel that the editorial policy of The Washington Star, as recently an- nounced through its columns, in con- nection with a pending divorce trial is such an expression of the high- mindedness of your valuable paper that it is worthy of the commendation of every decent, self-respecting citizen Certainly the time has come to call a halt upon the practice of publish ing in detail the proceedings of these vulgar and utterly unclean divorce trials. Surely ard, “All the news that's fit to print,” is one that should commend itself to newspaper editors over this country. Some of these modern divorce trials have become as cesspools that gen eraie and propagate the foul germs that are designed to spread a conta glon that strikes at the very center of our domestic and social life. It would seem that the time has come wherein aroused and angered public opinion should demand that those who wish to live unclean lives should be compelled to wash their dirty linen in private. 1t would be impossible to say what evil influences have been generated through purveying to the public in newspaper prints certain re. cent scandals that have been aired in our courts. It is to be regretted that any judge finds it necessary to permit crowds of the morbid and curious to awend seasions of his court when such proceedings are in process, and I for one am grateful that your paper has taken the stand it has in refusing to render ite sheet unclean through the recital of such proceedings. I am alfo grateful to know that other papers in our country have fol lowed a like course. JAMES E. FREEMAN, Bishop of Washington. — e Against Memorial Plans. Two Objections Raised to Pro- posed Marine Monument. To the Editor of The Star A few days ago—I think it was in vour imwue of the 22d—you published an article about the proposed marine memorial for which subscriptions have for many months past heen solicited by a committee to which a number of eminent names are attached.. Your article was occasioned by cerfain ob- jections to the form of the monument Which were raised hy Representative A. Platt Andrew of Massachusetts, & member of the congressional commit- tee on naval affairs. I not only associate myself with the views on this subject so well express- ed by Mr. Andrew in his letter to the titular chairman of the committee, which was published in your columns, but I beg leave to add some observa: tions of my own, which I hope may be useful in drawing further attention to the character of this important project, admirable in its purpose but fauity in some of its essential details. The letter I received from the com- mittee soliciting a contribution toward the cost of the memorial inclosed printed circulars fully describing the monument as at present proposed. The object appealed to m: nd I was inclined to subscribe to it, but on ex amination I found two serious objec- tions which I then set forth in a let- ter T sent at once in reply. The first objection was that the de- sign, however picturesque it may be, 18 not suitable for a piece of monu- mental sculpture that is to be ex- posed to the weather. The basic prin- ciple underlying all such work re quires that it shall be enduring, and a flock of large sea gulls in bronze hovering high over the crest of a wave and sustained in the air only by thelr attachment to each other at their wing tips will not Tong resist the action of the elements. Even if such a great welght so lightly supported could withstand a high wind pressure, the first severe ice storm would break it_down. My second and more serious objec- tion was to the proposal to display on the monument the names of some of the contributors toward the cost of its erection—those who should sub- seribe $100 or more. This, it seems to me, would be to turn the memorial, from one commemorating those who had given up their lives, toan adver- tisement of the donors. If such a scheme were carried out, public opinfon would certainly take offense at it, and vet the committee has heen ill advised eneugh to offer it as an inducement to subscribers in languags that is, to put it very mildiy indeed, unworthy of the memorial’s high pur. Dpose. Furthermore, the committee’s letter states without reservation that “the Fine Arts Commission has approved the design of the memorial.” T'his ap- proval was made necessary by the congreasional resolution of Februa 16, 1924, which made the movement possible. Now, the tenth report of the National Commission of Fine Arts, published in 1926, states on page 100 that a first design was submitted without receiving approval, and that on December 10, 1925, a modified de- sign was submitted, which the com- mission veported on adversely Janu. 7, 1926, and reforred hack again to" the memorial committee. Since (hat time the Fins Arts Commission has not, I believe, had occasion to take further action. IRWIN LAU Condemns Mount Vernon Highway Along Ri To the Editor of The Star: A few days ago I noticed in The Star, a sketch of a proposed rive route, or “eastern route,” of the con- templated houlevard between Wash- ington and Mount Vernon. At the time the proposition seemed s absurd that I did not think it would be given serious consideration. But in Thurs- day's Star I find that a certain engi- neer strenuously urges its adoption. I have no “ax to grind” in the mat- ter other than that of a patriotic citi- zen interested in the beautification of the Capital City and its surrounding but 1 wish to vecord the following thoughts for consideration Washington 1s, or should be, exempt from extensive factories or other high- Iy developed commerical piants and its intimate water front should be made # thing of charm and beauty. Nevertheless, it is a growing city of great importance which needs an e tensive water front nea for com- mercial development. - There is only one place for the logical development of that need, and it lies In the exten sive and magnificent stretch of water front and lowland south of the rafl- road bridge and passing through the river front of Alexandria A substantial roadway should lead in the general direction of the pro- posed “eastern boulevard,” but if it be regarded as the main route to Mount Vernon it will not be very long before it will be found passing through what must inevitably become a great commercial line, where the view of the water front will be shut off by com- mercial plants and the traffic ob- structed by numerous trucks. I won- der If the engineer mentioned can calmly visualize all this traffic passing over the Memorial Bridge and around the Lincoln Memorial la. commerce to and from Washington? No! That roadway, or street, should not be connected with the Memorial Bridge, but should lead direct from the bridge 16wer down and already provided. On the other hand, the magnificent boulevard should avoid the lower level, should pass over the beautiful high- lands back of Alexandria, where time will develop . of the finest resi- dential distrifts in this part of the country and from which the view of the river a of the Capital City should be praftically unobstructed and HLIN. ver . the ‘well known stand- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Q. Has anv woman made a round of 3 In championship play at golf?— AL 8 A._Miss Glenna Collett made rounds of 77 and 76 in a championship match with Mrs. Alexa Stirling Fraser. Q. Why does radlo work better at night>—W. W. S. A. According to a suggestion made by Heaviside and Kennelly, there s & highly conductive layer of atmos- phere at an altitude of 50 or 60 miles from which radio signals are reflected at night. During daytime they do not travel so high because of the joni- zation of the atmosphere due to sun- light. Q. Is Notre Dame a Roman Catho. lic school?—P. K. A. It fs under Roman Catholic con trol, but is non-sectarfan. Q. How many dtamonds are hought yearly?—L. G. H. A. Annual eonsumption of dia monds is estimated at $65,000,000 About $50,000,000 are brought to the United Stat Q. Where is the base of the British Mediterranean fleat?—F. I.. A. Malta, in the eastern part of the sea, is its base. important ports in the world. Q. Do the daughters of Chinese share in the father's estate’—I.. . B A. In China they do not. Q. What is the area of Poland and how many of the inhabitants are Prot estant J. C. R. A. The anclent Polish State was re constructed as a War. It has an area of ahout square miles and about 27,000,000 in habitants. Of these ahout f7 per cent are Catholics. Of the remainder only about 1 per cent are Protestants. Q. How often is a dignitary saluted it he visits a military post repeat- edly?—S. A. C. 150,000 A. Personal salutes are never to be. fired more often than once a calen- dar year for the same person at the same place, unless in the meantime the person has been advanced in rank. Q. Is & fever thermometer affectad by hot weather’—0. J. S. A. A fever thermometer registers the highest temperature to which it has been exposed after its last setting. Hence if taken from the mouth of a patient whose actual blood tempera- ture is 100 degrees F. and then ex- posed for some minutes to air at 103 degrees F. before reading, the record will falsely indicate 103 degrees and not 100 degrees as the temperature of the patient. Of course, the possi- bility of such an error is well known and guarded against by hospitals and competent physicians. Q. Where is the largest pontoon bridge in the United States? L. H. A. Probably the largest pontoon bridge in the United States is .over the Mississippi River at Reads lLand- ing, Minn It covers an opening of 315 feet. It was'completed in 1882 and i= still in operation. Q. Which States have income tax laws?—A. C. O. A. Delaware, Massachusetts, Mis- sissippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginla apd Wiscon- sin. Q. What notable Americans were given places in the Hall of Fame in 19257—W. A. A, Edwin Booth, the actor, and John Paul Jones, naval commander, were chosen. It is one of the most | result of the World | Q. What will remove the seet amoke from a from an open fireplace wh when used” M. . P — A. Wash the bricks with hot.winegas and got as much of the soot off 2 possible. Then scrape with pumie Stone, rinse with clear water apd wipe dry. A weak solution of mmris atic acid—that is, 1 part of acld te 14 parts of water—is also satisfactery Q. What per cent of the highwachost graduates of the United States afte. ward attend college?—J. A. G A. Approximately 7.° per cent of the students who graduate from high school enter universities and colleges, Q. Why was the Maine takemout to sea and sunk?—W. 1. 8 A. The battleship Maine was raised, |towed out to sea and =unk in §00 fathoms of water, hecause tha wreek was regarded as a menace to naviga tion. Q. What are lemmings?—R. F' A. Lemmings are rodents. The are four or five inches long and have a very short tail. furry feet and small ears.” Tawny veilow is the prevailing color, varied with black and red. The beat known Furopean species is nota. ble for having made devastating mi grations in enormous number at long and irregular intervals. Q. What was the date of the mar |riage of Queen Vietoria and Prince Albert? H. & A. Queen Victoria and Prince Alhert were married on Fehruary 16, 1840 Q. How manv German prisons:s And how mamy guns did the Amers | cans capture in the Meuse-Argonne art Ry A. The War Department says that in the Meuse-Argonne drive the ['nited States captured 16.089 prisoners, 488 {artillery pieces, 2,864 machine suns and 177 trench mortars. Q. What is the greatest tained by an ocean diver? A. Chief Gunner's Mate Frank Crilley, U. & broke the record for diving when he attained a depth of 288 feet to locate the sunken suh. marine F-4 In Honolulu Harbor. depth at C. L. T Q. Will you please tell me how fast | electricity ‘will travel through copper wire per second?— L. S, The Bureau of Standards says that electricity travels through copper wire at the rate of 186,000 miles p Q. Were there any earth at the period?—G. B. A. Geologiats say that people ware known to be living in Europe during the time of the Iast glaclal sheet however, no traces have been found In North America of human beings At this time. These human beings were uncivilized men of the old Stone ze. y people living on time of the glacial There is no other agency in the world that ean answer as many legiti- mate questions as our free informa- tion bureau in Washington, D. €. This highly organized inatitution has heen built up and iz under the personal di- rection of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in constant touch iwith Fed. eral bureaus and other educational enterprises it is“n_a Position to pass on to you authoritative information of the higheat order. Submit your queries to the staff of ezperts whose aervices are put at your free disposal There iz no charge ezcept £ cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin, director, Waaj- ington, D. €. ] Neighbors Join Tennessee In Speeding Scopes Case End There is popular approval of the de- cislon of the Tennessee Supreme Court that, although the anti-evolu- tion law governing teachers is consti- tutional, the prosecution of John T. Scopes, accused of violating its provi- sions, ahould be dropped. Some re. gret is expressed that the case did not 0 to the United States Supreme Court as a means of establishing a prece- dent for other States. but the general attitude of the press is that the matter reaches an outcome which may be considered pleasing to all. “It is & checkmate for all sides, savs the Chattanooga News of the di cision, with the conclusion that “a re- view of the case is most unlikely. From the outset of the litigation,” con- tinues the News, “we have never doubted that this absurd, ridiculous and harmful law was constitutional. The State of Tennessee, through act of .the Legislature, can, if it wishes 1o do so, prohibit instruction in tax- supported schools of arithmetic, Latin, the law of gravity and the passive voice and subjunctive mood of the English language. It can do it con- stitutionally. The shame of 1t ix that it has exercised its undoubted consti- tutional privilege in such a baneful fashlon. The court's decision may not spectfically have been made for the purpose of checkmating what is so aptly described as a ‘bizarre’ case, but it seems to have had that result.” “We are glad the Supreme Court de- cided as it did.” states the Chicago Tribune, “and only wish the court had stated its position more fully. The Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the various States do not forbid all injustice and folly. Even when legislators are stupid, it} is not the dut; their will. of the courts to defeat We would not have it otherwise. If our Legislatures were not free to pass foolish laws, they would not have the power to enact wise ones either. Lawmaking is not the business of the court “Whether it s the reasoning of th court that biology does not necessaril conflict with the Bible theory of crea- tion, or that Scopes should have been acquitted because of a faulty indict- ment, does not appear clea: ing to the Tulsa World. “At any rate the celebrated, If not notorious, ‘mon- | key cdse’ comes to an inglorfous end.” | The Lincoln Star feels, however, that “the unfortunate significance of the decision may be that everywhere throughout the country where there is considerable sentiment for the rigid, uncompromising views represented in the anti-evolution law, the Scopes de. cisfon will be hailed as a triumph and a victory for legislation of this type.” That paper, nevertheless, points out| that the court “is concerned solely with the matter of ita constitution- ality.” * ok k. “The controversy over evolution will be continued for many years, and perhaps for centuries,” remarks the Ann Arbor Times-News, “regard- —eee this subject, but I will add only a final suggestion. I don't know what Virginians plan to do in this matter, but it seems to me that they should wake up to a realization of their pe- cullar advantages in the wonderful location of Alexandria and its mag- nificent water front as a necessary and fitting adjunct to the sublimity and needs of the growing Capital City. loln.;ldrh uul'ulu mhurg lllwuy.: oin In one city mana; lent, an tematic plan is udortmo develop thi permanent grades, -‘:‘«-‘-’n‘. above all, a zoning be a U e & | preoccupied with the | be springtime all the time. leas of the acts of legisiators. sines it s a theory that Intrigues re- searchers. For that reason, if no other, the fundamentalists them- selves should encourage the teaching of it in the public schools. How el will members of the coming gene: tion know enough ahout the theory to argue intelligently against It To oppose a set of Ideas a ma should be acquainted with them The Boston Transcript regrets that the court “avoids a Federal review by removing the fine assessed upon Scopes,” but argues: “As the legis lation upon this point, not only of Tennessee but of other States, threat- ens to abridge the liberties of citi- zens of the United States, it is very derirable that the tribunal which Is the great agency of adjustment hetween the States and the United States all have its s on the subject “Tennessee will very likely be cor tent to let itx law limiting the dom of teaching lapse back into its doubtless large body of legislation which, for the mental comfort of some of its people, is permitted on the statute books, but which no one thinks of trying to enforce,” the (an ton Daily * News believes. “This should end the farce for all time Is the judgment of the Norfolk | Ledger-Dispatch, while the Newark Evening ws concludes that “it i clear that the Rtate of Tennessea i5 heartily sick of the controveray and would like to bury- it in oblivion The Chicago Daily News is convinced that “In view of the net result, no other State should be tempted to fo! low Tennessee's unwise example.” York Times advisex that ought never to be another case like it” and the Milwaukee Journal say “That Tennessee doesn’t think so much of her law Will mean something in other States.” * ook % The judgment that the decisior “should be fairly satistactory to both rides, now that it ia probable nothing more will be done about it,” is ex- pressed by the Arkansas Democrat und the Pittsburgh Gazette Times “a partial victory for the de. ' The Detroit Free Pres Avers that “the row has hurt the ‘fundamentalists’ ‘far more than it hag helped them.” The New London Day suggests that “It might be well o put a halt to the dogmatic teach- ing of evolution as contradictory to theistic beliefs, but it is not well to | atop the teaching of evolution while the subject remains almost a funds mental in a liberal réligion.” The Danville Register thinks “the whole trouble in that science has been too the road it has been traveling to reduce itself to the simplest possible terms for gen- eral understanding. Doubtless it would be contempt of court to say that the:judges have made a monkey out of the law, but, practically, it should be possible to pronounce that truth with impunity.” This is the comment of the Charles- ton Evening Post. The New York Herald Tribune is impelled to say that “The decision of the Tennesses Supreme Court has much calm sense and far-sighted constitutional logic to support 1t.” On the parallel subject of & pro- posed anti-evolution law in Ala- bama, -the Birmingham News says of the author of the measure: “It might be just as well for him to in- troduce a’ bill to repeal the law of gravitation. It would be an excellent idea also to remedy thé changing seasons and pass a law that it -h::l: providing against us short * another measure tASt gelag 1w WA