Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 8

PTHE EVENING STAR'"*‘" oMelal to Increase efMiclency and undar fAifteen years of age. It pointa _ With Sundiy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..... February 18, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Compa; Business Office 11th St and Penosylsania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office. Tower Building. Buropean Office:_ 14 Regent St.. London. England The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn foe ;T{y"“""" P arriert iy " mont 4B eanie ® Endavs onls. 20 faily oniy. inte 98 oo on! onihe BIGArE mar b sent e mal of one Majn 8000 * Collaction ia mads by er 8t #nd of sach manth Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. E- and Sundar.. .1 xr. $0.00: 1 mo v onlx 15r 8800 [ mo unday onie.. . (1er. $300: 1 mo All Other States and Canada. | v and Sunday..1yr $1200:1 mo. SI v oniy Lor. €800 1ma. upday only.. . Ter. 840001 mn Member of the Associated Press. e Askorial v to the ‘ure for on Patohes eredited 1o ' ot ot ted in this paper and nitn Dyblished herein A1l wehts of publ: of aperial dispatchas harain are also res —_— S At ad American Princinles Reaffirmed. Yesterday's action the District committes approving the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to permit to grant national representation to the District, whils it comes so late in the megsion A4 to parmit no further move in this Congress, is a most gratifving and encouraging indorsement of the proposition. This report, which re- afirms an earlier favorable action on the fnint resolution by the same com- mittes in the preceding Cong e aceompanied by the recommendation that the messurs he now referred to the Senate judiciary committes, which has jurisdiction over all proposals for constitutional amendments. Thus the Joint resolution will now he before the Judiclary committees of the two houses, that of the House of Repre- sentatives having a few months ago granted a full and satisfactory ing on the subject to the District r dents and recently voting to postpone further consideration to the next Con- gress, for reasons which are in no wise discouraging. but which, in fact, lay the ground for a succesaful demon- stration of the justice of this act of enfranchisement. In the report by the Senate Dis trict committee in the last Congress. which will doubtlere now be reaffirmed. that body recommended the adoption of the propnsed constitutional amend hy SKenate Congress applies the cloék reglater to the work of the office. The Senate denfes these provisions, but increases the salary of the corporation counsel. The proposed increase in the ot the corporatior additional duties a& general counsel of the Public Utilities ¢ I8 thoroughly justified. The pensation of the official with wide range of duties should not less than that of the people’s c &el in connection with the regula- tion of public utilities. In this connection an additional argument ls found for the increase of the Commigsioners’ salary from e 500 a year to $10,000. To the dozen good reasons which have heen cited the higher for the Commissioners is thus added the coneideration that the = v should net the same fooiin as that of their subordinate, the cor- poration counsel. Nothing but trouble and injury could come from the substitution of the President for the Commissioners as the appointive power in respect to this offic Under whs effected between Senate the dec counsel, with his com- his be i for rate of compensation he on tever compromise is the House and the m will probably be left where it should remain, with the Commissioners, to determine under a minimum of congreasional compuision what changes should he made in the office of the corporation counsel: how much of the experience and legal abil- ity of the present staff can to advan tage he retained. and how much of new blood to increase efficiency of ad- ministration shonid he injected. The responsibility of the work of the office ill be upon the Commissioners and they should have full power re- appoint, or demote, or readjust the force for the greatest efficiency and to enable them to meet most com- plétely this responsibility. —von—s The President’s Responsibility. President Coolidge today confronts one of the gravest reaponsibllities with which any Chief Executive ever had to deal. The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill has passed both houses of Congress, and Mr. Coolidge now must decide whether it shall become the law of the land. Tt is a responsibility he cannot, even if he wished, shift to other shoulders. The fact that a ma- jority of the members of both Senate and House have voted their belief that it 1s wise legislation does not absolve the President from deciding in hix own mind whether it is wise. If he believes it in for the best interests of the coun- to ment. pointing out that its ratification would cure the impotency of Congress to grant national representation to any part of the territory belonging to the United Statee by extending it to the District constituting the seat of government, and would furthermore tend to cure the impotency of the Dis- triet to participate on American prin- ciples in the National Government. That report pointed out that the pro- iy that this measure Should become law, he will, of course, attach his sig- nature. If he believes with its oppo- nents in Congress that it is unwise and vicious legislation, he will return it without executive approval to the house in which it originated. Speculation is rife today as to the political effect of the decirion the Pres ident is called upon to make, whether he and his party would gain more by his signing the bill or by vetoing it. mmission, | THE BVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, D. ., FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 18, 1927 unmistakably to the necessity of het- ter training tn traffic mattera, not only {in the &chools, but in the home. Chil-| ! dren notoriously careless and | heedless In the eireets. They dart out are | trom n to can that | maote motorist not For ntry gurgiing ou must bet number cubr city He didn’t put the window up on vour back. either. If vou took coffee regu- larly, he #0on got to know ii. He was. briefly, just an ordinary eivil. courtaons man. Now. there are = €0 many of the other kind that it s a refuse ips | YOnder more men cannot see that this from American guests assist the cause | 1o ','.'l',:,‘;{.\.‘_m R of economy in an unexpected manner.| The fact A reduction of cover charges would constitute a more effectual check on the over-generosity of patrons from the U. 8. A. behind a parked vehicle or in | The chef is another character that the desire to i ? ey attempt S R P! I must be Included In our “Hook of Nice hook™ onto & pasing car. The | pappie” which aime to give a specles latter practice certainly bejof Immortality to all those who have brought under contral, even if the!been particularly Kind to us in the | 9 | course of daily lite { former cannot, but it behooves par-| “pil® & BTG L e eman of tents to tackle this very ser prob-|either French or Italian descent. We {lem with all the ingenuity can | rather gather the latter, and hope we fehiaigh o iR o not Injure his feelings by either. Bottepingns < He hat a mustache and a smile | Grade crossings. of course, will con- land a private pot of coffee of his own {tinue to take their toll as long &8 |brew for his own consumption. It | they are dllowed to exist. It has been | ;A-gp hw'nn.-pl he gave us the n))l;(fl"'l’:r BN " o 1y to sample this concoction that he conclustvely and tragically demon- |5, (0 ST L O rever strated by thousande of needless Mostly our conversation with him deaths that ists are psychologi- | was confined to a wave of the hand leally incapable of looking after them-|#nd our brightest smile, which is the i et e s hest we can do. ne matter whether ve the intersection of road and|any one else thinks it bright or not raflroad track. It seems such a sin-| That's the fine thing about doing ple matter to stop, look and listen when |0ne’s hest. You can sit back in conf i dence with a certain sense of watis- jit mennn the posaible preservation of | e, tion, no matter whether the result life, hut the does and | has been good or not so good. will not do it. There is only one al.|been the best you could do. and no one [ternative. elimination of all crossings. | fould expect ans more. except une « hose hopelessiy vears an unenviable vecord for [ who go about the accidents has been made by the taxi-|«ome such sentence as cabr. Although under the strictest of | (€1 your hoet i you “better vour best,” then vour regulation. public operation of automo. best automatically changes and you biles for hire still contributes its huge| still have the eaiisfaction previousiy quota to the total number of mishaps. | mentior You have done it Competition in getting fares and speed- FE N ing the customer to his destination,| The ‘,'Y"": “”"‘""“l e “f““:: compar! ment off the main line of the counte coupled with a seemingly nherent| ' Gaub it was back there Somewhors recklessness on the part of the drivers, | that all the provendar was concocted, appears to he the factor which in- uid see little, except Sl 8 some steaming caldrons of soup. ‘.w‘”m‘"‘ ey “‘” e ""l‘fi‘ Several assorted gentlemen presded of collislons. The remedy | over the counter. One of them seemed for this condition is obviously to allow | every one's favorite. to the unending ORIy ke ot il astonishment of the others. But, . S 4 » then, they didn’t want to see abrolutely required, to insure compli- Does any one Aant to mee the good ance with traffic rulen on the part of [ points in other Not so you can the operators and te put into effec | N0tice it. If forced on us, we hegrudg- additional regulations it they are b LG L found to he necessary to meet compli- | them as quickly a# we can. cated situations. The other countermen. we falt sure, The trafc experiences of the Em.|*Pent their time grouching to eac s i o other that Dan was a “lucky gu pire State are well worth watching. | Every patron knew the truth—tha 1ta population, espectally in New York | Dun merely was a courteous fellow. City, is concentrated and traffic regu-| IHe was & kindly, heiptul man, who B in his day had run a place himseif and t -y : latlon presents & baffing problém. In |y, all sorts of money. Then Time, spite of the large number of motor | which has a queer way of doing things fatalities the State has heen consist. [ *ometimes, gave Dan a kick in the ently alert to shift its attack to meet | PANL &8 they sav. and here he was L serving up chow for others to eat. the changing conditions and can look | 1t was strange to watch 10 cus with pride to its record of safety to|tomers hit the counter at once. All 10 iU alliionn ot ‘eltizenn. ,0f them wanted to he waited on by i, S Dan. The other walters would stan o i R at attention, hut the customers would hen LI Hung Chang was in this | rather wait for ban. Maybe you have country he startled some of our emi- | “een the same thing in A harher shop. nent citizens by direct questions as to “"‘h:“"“ S i sl e g Sl 'l comething eime when vou came up to the amount of their wealth. The|iha counter. He wam always read grafter long flourished in China and is no douby; responsible for much of the prement disorganization in that country’'s affairs. - European waiters who that they do net see it, S Professional pugilists engage only in vccasional encounters and then at long o 0,000 physic intervals for large compensation, | Between 7.500 and 10.000 phyaiclens and surgeons from all parts of the THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. It has | optimistic gentlemen | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘There is too much of the enthusiasm United States—the greatest assem- | however, i what makes it #o sure-fire, | we suppose. | L A Dan goes in “A Book of Nice Peo- | ple,” of course. Rut {t was the chef we were telling {_\-uu about, after all. Our acquaintance {with him was not far advanced. but I'invariably pleasant. As stated, It | mostly consisted of a wave of the {hand and a smile, and sometimes the words, “Hell rhef."” One memorable day we happened to ! make some remarks about the condi i tion of the ham In the sandwiches. and | were prompily given a long explana | tion by the chef as to just how good | that ham was, he coming out of his | den. white apron and cap and all, in | order to set us right. | e did 1t in such a good way that |there wus nothing to do but agree with him. It very nice ham, |after all. Why, certainly. Under the away of his eloquent words, broad «miie and white teeth, there was no | getting away from the fact that this ham was am good ham as ever came M a pig. No hog need be ashamed of this ham. We took another look at our sandwich and agreed with him |thut we had heen terribly mistaken. he chef would have made a good alesman EEE One day wa stimul of coffea. drawn from the | counter. | With anticipation we turnad to a seat. there to find that something had | gone wrong with the brew. The cof- | tee was vile. | " Upon telling this 10 Dan he was at [lows what to do, a8 the big super-pot was all they had. Just then the chef sty |w hite hat around the door. | =1l get you some coffee.” he said. | making gestures with his eves, which | were remarkably bright and rolling |11 get you some coffee.” | hank vou, chef.” 0. You st down right over there.” He gesticulated doward a ta- | ble. ‘it right there.” We subsided. Pretty soon he reappeared in his spotlesa apron, bearing a gleaming silver urn. Not used to such service at this place, we started up, intending { to come to the counter for our cup. You sit right there, air,” ordered | the chet. bustling forward. | "Well. we feit like Rockefeller. ‘he chef plumped the fancy pot down before us, spread out a cup and snucer, spoon, cream in a silver vessel, sugar out of ditto. “See how you like that,” he said. standing back. “That's out of my own pot | Carefully, under his critical eve, we | put in cream and sugar, stirred slow! ‘\ tasted | came in needing the Quickly a cup was hig urn behind the k his big “By George, that's great!” we sald. And it was. There was no compari- #on between the chef's private hrew and the other. It was superh. From | our present position of non-drinker of coffee we recall that cup from the chef's private stock s the hest we ever drank. We told him so and drank three cups to prove it. It was hard to tell which of us was the happiest | American legation at Athens to the second secretaryship of the legation At Peking, will be the third generation | Western Route Favored. l Best Course for National Memo- | rial Boulevard to Mount Vernon. | To the Editor of Tue Star: The memorial boulevard from| Washington to Mount Vernon is ex pected (o he completed in 1932 as the principal memorial feature in cele bration of \Washington's birth. This project, contemplated for the PASt 40 years, Ix about to become a reality. ‘Two routes are being dis. cussed, the eastern river, route and the western, or npper, route n the river route all the estuaries of the omac would have to bridged. A considérable portion the route wonld require heavs over soft, marshy, sen level These filla would require years to tle hefore a pavement could be laid upon them. A boulevard made upon soft would require constant repairs. Warne of Rallroads. The Potomac Railroad yard is the Rateway to the South. The following railroads have connection with this terminal: The Pennsylvania, Balti- more and Ohio, Southern: Richmond. Frederickahurg and Potoma:c Chesa peake and Ohio. Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. This terminal is between Washington and Alex- andria and the motorist on the river houlevard would get all the smoke, cinders, dust and dirt connected with @ raliroad terminal. The combination of fog and smoke, at times, makes it impossible for a motorist to see his way over the lower road. Any one who has the beautification of the National Capital at heart would not want to aee it marred hy factories or other unattractive com- mercial plants. The water front and kept beautiful. fills should be made Place for Commerce. Commerce i a vital part of the Na- tion and some location has to be pro- vided for its needs. The Natlonal Capital now has a population of more than 300,000 and ix rapldly growing. Alexandria, Va., I8 the logical location for commercial development. This territory was a part of the original Diatrict of Columbia, but it was un- fortunately given back to Virginia in 1846. Alexandria is a port and haw a large rafiroad terminal in its vicinity It has a magnificent water frontage. The river here ia a mile wide. The topography of the upper, or weatern, route is undulating and va- One gets glimpses of the river. the settiements between the boulevard and the river and the hills of Ma Iand on the other side. The ground i solid and har high elevation. The atmosphere is clear. Queen Marie on her visit to Mount Vernon last Fall commented on the beauty of the Autumn foliage. Washington Favored Route. On _one of the hills ix a stately colonial mansion now the home of Mr. Richard Washington, a great great-grandnephew of Washington Gen. Washington's favorite route to the Nation's Capits was this west- route, During the Civil War a Federal campaign was loeated on a command- ing site. A tres lover protested to Lincoln about the destruction of tim- her. Some of the magnificent oake in this vicinity were saved at the written requeat of President Lincoin Upon the summit of Arlington ridge, overlooking the Potomac, is the white marble Masonic Memorial to Wash- ington. The route selected as a national memorial boulevard to Mount Vernon should be the finest that can be se cured. BLANCHE C. HOWLETT. - be | of | land. | | ase marshy, filled sea level land 7“0 IS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HAS vears of thread Q. How far back in the history can the use of scr be traced and who was the it into practical use? - The invention of ¢ bed 1o Archimedes, The American or United States standard thread is based on to the Franklin read in April, Institute in a paper 1864, Q. What is the “Stone of Scone™” AR A. Scone is a village in Perthshire, Secotland. The stone i« the stone on which the Kings of Scotland were crowned. According to tradition, it is the same as “Jacob's Pillow.” Edwarl rarried the stone from Scotland to England. where it was placed in Westminster Ahbey, At present It lies heneath the corenation chair, Q. What does the expression “all two”' mean? F. B. A. The word “hoth” i= thus ex- preased by the negroes of South Caro- lina, Georgia and Florida. Q. What is the total combined mileage of all rafiroads operating within the United States?—C. F. P A. The total railroad mileage in the United States ia 236,579 miles. best time for the This means the world's record.—G. 8. A. The beat time for the 100.yard da i« 9 3.5 meconds. The following men achieved thie record: Charles W. Paddock, A. ¥. Duffev, Frank Hua- sey, Dan Kelley, Arthur Robinson, €. H. Patching. Howard P. Drew, H. M Abrahams, Cyril ( rell. Q. 1= _any wrapping paper manu- factured in the South? J. . M. A. More than one-third of the wrap ping papers of the Krafi type used In the United States is now made in Southern mills. The sulphate process applied to Southern pine produced a pulp of satisfactory’ grade of Kraft papers. . What is the Q. Do the women of Argentina en- the same civil rights as men? September 1926, the of the Argentine Republic signed a law granting to women (single, divorced or widowed) of legal age all the civil rights and functions which the law grants to men, who have attained their majority. The unmarried mother and the unmarried father who voluntarily recognizes his child are both granted the rights of guardianship over their children ac- corded by law to parents legally ried. The married woman in granted the right of guardianship over her children by a former marriage and may exercise a profession or legiti- mate trade, acquire property, join civil, commercial or co-operative as- sociations, aaminister and dispose of her own property and that of her children by a former marriage with out tributing those gains to the new marriage. Q. What is a magpie?—J. B A. A magpie is somewhat inter- mediate hetween fays and crows and the inveatigation | made by William Sellers and presented closely related to ‘both. It 18 the genus Pica, the species of which are known wherever Englith is spoken, In size and coloration magpies re- | semble smail erows, while in many | other respects they are more like the jays. Their most prominent external aracter fs tne long, graduated tafl, which s sometimes longer than head and hody together, and the outer feathers of which are scarcely half the length of the middie pair. The hest-known speciex of the genus ig the common magple of Furope (Plea plea). ' built? H. M. P. | A The firat Packard car was built | in Warren, Ohfo. | Q@ What does the word “Zofang® | mean? We are told that this word is taken from the Swiss language and have recently organized a soclety that has this name—H. L. B. A. The Swis legation says “Ze- fingue” (in French), “Zofingen" (n German), is a amall town in the Can- ton of Argovie (Switzariand), whose name has heen given to a soclety of students which was organized more than a hundred vears ago and has chapters in all the universities fin Switzerland. Q. When 4 where was the most recent appearance of the Rlack Death? What form of disease ts this? A. References we have consulted give the following information con- cerning Black Death: “This term has not been used for plagues within r cent times. Black Death was a ver virulent form of plague which ra aged Asia and Europe in the four. teanth century, raging in FEngland from August, 1348, to the Rummer of 1349 —. Q. How many commonwealthe are there in the U'nited States? Why are they called “commonwealt instaad of States? F. R. (. A. A commonwealth is a State in which the law of the peopla is su- preme. The ['nited States is a Fed. eral commonwealth. There are sev- eral States which wers soveraign be- fore the federation known as the United States was formed and which have retained the title ‘ommon- wealth. ‘These are Virginia, Penn- sylvania, Kentucky and ‘Massachu- setts, Q. What is the meaning word “pontage”?—A. N. D. A. Pontage is an English word meaning duty or tax paid in lieu of personal service for the building and repair of bridges. of the What do you need to know? Is there - some point about your bu ness or personal life that puazies you? 1x there something you iwant to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic 1. Haskin, Director of our Washington Infore mation Bureaw. He is employed to help you. Address you inquiry te The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direce tor. Washington. D. C.. and enclose tiro cents in stamps for return post- age. Editors Declare Producers Are Failures at Censorship Police raids on New York theaters | elimination from plays of their appeal posed amendment dbes not reduce the | Such apeculation is as unwarranted power of Congress in respect to the | as it is uncomplimentary to the Presi- Capital; but adde a new power; it does | dent, if it embodies belief that political hecause of the production of playe|to prurient tastes or their elimination which are declared to be immoral have | completely, either one, would be a interested the country as & whole. and | test of the sincerity of producers, ac- comments on the situation indicate of Denbye to represent the United States in China. His grandfather, Charles Denby, 18t, was Amerfcan State Expositions Here Are Favored blage of it& <ind in the country's his- tory—will foregather in Washington during the third week of May for of the amuteur in some of our ath- letcally inclined statesmen. not propose the admission of the Dis- triet into the Union as a sovereign State; it doea not propose the destruc- tion of the “ten miles square” pro- wvision of the Constitution: it does not lessen in the smaliest degree control by the Nation through Congress of what remains of the “ten miles square’”’; it does not disturb in any way the financial relation of Nation and Capital. On the afirmative side, the Senate committes has reported, this amendment gives to residents of the District rights and privileges which under our scheme of govern- ment belong to all who pay national taxes and fight as national soldiers. It proclaime to the world that this great Republic is as devoted to the principles of representative govern- ment, and as capable of enforcing them, as are other republics with capi- tals in nation-controlled districts, There is cause for renewed con: fidence in the ultimate grant of this act of justice by Congress in the ac- tion of the Senate District committee, especially as the joint resolution will by virtua of its recommendation now rest with the committee on the judiciary in the Senate as it does in the House, thus holding the position of advantage in that favorable reports by those two committees will place the proposal before Congress for adoption. ——— 1t 1s the privilege of the successful exhorter to Assume & position of per- sonal intimacy with supreme om- niscience. The astumption is never authoritatively contradieted and con- veys an impression of great authori — e —t—— The Corporation Counsel's Office. ‘The Senate having wisely stricken from its amendment to the appro- priation hill the provision that the corporation counsel of the District should be appointed by the President | inatead of by the Commissioners, there are now two propositions in the houses of Congress concerning this official. Tha House proposes that: “The corporation includ- Ing extra compensation as general | counsel of the Public Utilities Com- mission, $6,000, and other personal sarvicax in accordance with the | classification act of 1823, $40,000; in | all, $46.000, and no part of this appro- priation shall be available for the compensation of any m giving ; lesm than full time. from 9 o'clock antemeridian to 430 o clock wmeridian, to his official duties.” proposal also includes an additional offieial at a salary of $5.200. In the Senate it is suggested that “The corporation counsel, who shall wmlse act as general counsel for the Publie Utilities Commission, and other personal mervices in accord- anee with the classification act of 4938, $34,860; in all, $42,360." The Senate strikes out tha clause pro- widing an extra official in the cor- poration counsel's office. Both the House and Senate plans wre designed to give increamed em- ejenay to the office. Roth enntem- plate & recasting of the ofeial force counsel, per post This | $7.500, considerations will weigh with him in oot arriving at a decision. Kven were the McNary-Haugen a party measure, there is nothing in Mr. Coolidge's career to warrant the assumption that he would permit politics to outweigh conviction in a matter of such vital consequence to All the people. In view of the fact that in both Senate and House the parties divided about equally for and against the measure, the only political consideratipns which could be involved would be those af- fecting the President’s personal for- tunes. If it is possible that Mr. Cool- idge could permit his own political fortunes to become involved in the de- clsion, he is one of the mokt mis- judged mén who ever sat in the White House. It is currently reported that a con siderable number of members of Con- gress voted for the bill because they believed that by doing so they were helping “to put the President in a hole.” If there were such votes, the men who cast them violated the spirit of their oaths and stultified themselves to do a futile thing. It I8 not possible to put the President of the United States “in & hole” by requiring hin to discharge the duties of his office honestly and fearlessly. No President will fall in the esteem of a majority of the American people because he does that which he believes to be right. A President could be in a poli- tical dilemma only if he permitted ex- pediency to weigh against conviction. The people will not turn against a President because they believe he has political courage. They will tura against him quickly if they believe he 1s guilty of political cowardice. s R Carnegie was quoted as paying he regarded it as a disgrace to die rich. Henry Ford is represented as consid- ering wealth a bore. Neither philos opher succeeded in evading riches. Kven pecuniary greatness has its de feated ambitions. B New York’s Traffic Toll. New York State has just published its 1926 motor casualty list. 1 has many significant features and it should be studied by the trafic officiale of every community. With a total of 2143 persons killed, a¥4, or 27 cent, were children. In 436 ca children were involved deaths were caused by hitching rides or playing in the streets. The highest percentage of fatalitier occurred at grade croms- ings, where 161 mishaps accounted for 150 deaths. Taxi drivers are shown to be responsible for one-ffth of the aggregate number of accidents In the State, although operating only three | per cent of the total number of auto- mobiles reglstered. | Two unusual features of the report which has been submitted by the State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles are that intoxicated pedestrians were re sponsible for 842 accidents, of which were fatal, and that 35 persons were kilied in the driveways of their own homea. Of this number, 30 were childran and 1n 40 per cent of the cames were run down by thelr own invalving either the demorion or pos- sibly the dropping of the incumbant. me parents. Of outstanding significance is the| chat time of life one ought to abandon childran-hops. fatalities to . 1t last convened The out- Medical Asrociation. since the assoclation in the National Capital. standing feature of ing seasion will be a great outdoor memorial service in the marble amphitheater at Arlington in honor of .the men of medicine who gave their lives in the Nation's service during the World War. Dr. Wendell Phillips of New York, president of the association, will preside over the impressive ceremony, at which it Is honed that the addrexs of the dav W 5 will be deliv Gen. Pershing. Woodman spare that tree” i al.ype memorial service will be held #00d old song. Men engaged in clear-|on Tuesday afternoon, May 1 ing the way for street transportation | Forty-eight ~American doctors were 01 e - killed in action during the war: e S et 33 died ax A rvemult of wounds - o and 4256 were victims of disease, acci- The mild February climate threat-{dent or other causes. Of Army ens to bring announcements of prob- nurses, there were 271 who d‘:lfl :n the service, though none fell in able peach crop faiure earlier than |aetion. o usual. Medal The Distinguished Rervice was awarded to doctors E— and to 24 nurses. General arrange- ments fo the hands of Dr. William Gerry Mor- gan of Washington, distinguished medical sciertist and practitioner. « kX % The Hritif@ Empire 0 now on will have no fewer than four diplo matic representatives in. Washington of plenipotentiary rank. ev include the British Ambassador, Sir Fsme Howard: Henry G. Chilton, counselor of the British embasay: Dr. Timothy A. 8middy, Minister of the Irish Free State, and.Vincent Massey, newly ac- credifed envoy of the Dominfon of Canada. Mr. Chillon was recently raised from a counselor of embassy to the status of a full-fledged minister, in order that, in the absence of the Am- baskador, Mr. Chilton would outrank hoth the Irish and Canadian Ministers as next in command of British im- perial interests at \Washington. When (and if) John Bull consents to the sta- tioning of Australian. South African and Indian ministers in the United States, he will have here almost as numerous a galaxy as now represents Mother Britannia in the league of Na tions. Nicaragua has found difficulty in keeping ita local issues from growing 80 important that they become in volved in the complications of interna- tional politics. D It would seem only reasonable for nations to agree that there shall be no “next war” until the last war has been paid for. — e ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Winter Song. Through the Winter comes a tune- Breezes far awa 'Neath the February moon Sing about the May. From the clouds that hang so dark Fleeting sunbeams stray, As unto the winds they hark, Singin’ 'bout the May. There are surely smiles ahead On the darkest day. Through the storm let's go ahead Singin’ ’bout the May. Fixed Opinions. “Your antagonist has some opinions.” ““They are 'fixed’,” answered Senator Sorghum, “in the sense of being pie- arranged with his political bosses, fixed * oK K K Authorities at Washington are con- vinced thAt Congress in many a year hus passed no more constructive leg- islation than the extension, in the Mc- adden branch banking bill. of the charter of the Kederal Reserve % tem. Important as the benefits ac. cruing to national bunks ae, the bl Tunki i undoubtedly paramount feature is th Jud Tunkins ways employers dis- | LECL LS D5t the NUTAL ReEANVE cuse the servynt problem and servants | for an indeterminute period. The pres- dincuss the emplover problem. The |ent charter doesn't explre until 1933 g - el 24 yvears after the original act. 11 remult ix good business for the delica- Ilu’. N lons fhencial utho ItiNe con: shendesars sidered it advisable (o take time by (he forelock and safeguard. while there Was opportunity in a favorable Con- I |kress, the institution which has proved the sheetancher of American eco nomic life for the past 14 . Busl- ness generally, apart from the bank- ing profession, welcomes the renewal of the Federal Reserve Syatem as an fmportant guarantee of national sta- bility. Personal En ters. An orator In days gone by The arts of rhetoric would ply. At present he must face hard knocks And exercise and learn to box. A Future in Jazz. “Beethoven was a Rreat compose understand,” remarked the neighbo “Yep,” answered Farmer Corntos sel. “If he keeps gainin’ in popularity I'm goin' to advise my Josh to learn to play some of Beethoven's tunes on his banj boy EEE Representative John Philip Hill, Re- publican, of Maryland, for whose go- ing on 1 4 the House of Repre- mentatives will be considerably the dryer, was escorting his three small daughters through the Capitol th other day and led them to Statuar: Hall. In the galaxy of America’s great on view there in enduring mar. 0. Discreet Veracity. George Washington would iruth, Few topics he would touch. A rule he learned in early youth Was not to talk 100 much. tell the ble #nd bronze ix Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland's proudest tribution to_the national Valhalla. To the Misses Susan, Elise and Catherine Hill their proud daddy, pointing to arroll statue, sald: “There's your great-great-grandfather.” My a lineal descendant of Carrol roliton. The youngest of the Rep sentative's trio of hopefile chirped up and asked, “Where's grandmother?” * ¥k ¥ James Orr Denby of Indiana, whe bas just bean from the “An honest enemy said Uncle Kben, “is worth while as a friend, if you kin make him change his mind, but a dishonest friend ain’t no account whatsoev: oo Time to Stop Hopping. From th Waen Times-Herald. Reventy - five - vear - old brewery Cineinnati 1 ending its activities in At the annual meeting of the American | 1a 44 vears | the forthcom- | the May conclave are in| Minister to the old Chiness Empire many vears ago. The young diplomat’s father, Charles Denby, 2d. was once attached to the Peking legation and later was United States consul gen- eral at Shanghai. The name of Denby is much reversd in China. When Ed- win Denby, former Secretary of the NAvy., who also spent some of his earlier life in offictal service in China. visited that country in 1922 he was accorded signal honors hecause of his ancestral aMliations. o oxow Night sessions of playing havoe with pre-Lenten and pre-adjournment social activities. One evening this week. when the upper house insisted upon burning nocturnal electricity, A well known Washington woman, wife of & former Senator, had a gala dinner party broken up bafore it was 10 minutes old by the necessity of eight male guests to decamp for Capitol HIIL. They were all Senators, | und had pledged their respective whips o be on hand for the night session. They remained at table only for the ®oup, and then, to the dismay of their hostesx, took hasty departure. The scene wak quite desolated by the triumph of duty over politeness. L A Vice President Dawes is thinking of sending to some of his reparations « in Berlin for a sample of Just installed in the German Reichstag for the stemming of long- winded speakers. It is an oratorical trafiic stop-and-go system. Since time immemorial the president of the Reichatag has heen provided with a dinner bell, which he rang when a speaker's time was up. Recently bell made way for a scheme wh on each side of the presiding officer's desk A small electric lnmp flashes dif- ferent colored signals. When a deputy I8 approaching the end of hia allotted time, the president presses a button, which flashes a vellow light at the spellbinder. If the latter runs over his time, a red light is flashed. which meuns that he must desist and resume his seat. the Senate are ERE Representative g e arew, Democrat, of New York, and allivan, Democrat, of Massachusetts, who propo boxing | comniissions to regulate future con gressional fisticuffs, are among the scholars of the House. Carew, Tam- many’s most cultured spokesman, was brize man at Columbia In the class of 1896. He can quote the classics ad libltum, and frequently do 0 keener wit on eith ale than the Gidtham giant. &0t his A.B. at Harvard in and, like Calvin Coolldge, served his political apprenticeship in the Mas- sachusetts House and Senate. The Bos- tonfan saves his most precious shafts of irony and humor for prohibition, of which he is an uncompromising foe. (Covyrieht. 1927.) ———— L’Enfant Memoriair Arch Is Advocated To the Editor of The Star: It is with keen interest I read that there may be erected in Washington a memorial to Maj. Pierre 1’Enfant, the friend of the Marquis de lafayette and designer of the plan for the Nation's Capital. Should this be ac- complished 1 sincerely hope thal the design will take the form of a mag- nificent arch through which the Cap- itol may be viewed and approached. ALICE WETMORE. Heflin—Perish |l|r‘ Thought! om the Boston Herald Just what is Washington's guard” guarding “old = ————— Sure Thinge Nowadays. From the Baltimore Sun. To the list of sure things in this world, such as death and taxes, add ‘aisosied 'S To the Editor of The St About 30 years ago The Star was instrumental Iin bringing to public no- tice the plan of offering free sites to each State of our Union for the main tenance at \Washington of a perma- nent series of State buildings for ex hibition, historical and educational purposes, It is about time something was done about it. and Col. R. N. Harper seems to be doing that. Every true Amervican patriot who realizes what this plan means for Washington | differences of opinion as to the best way of solving the problem. Many believe that the producers themselves should deal with the situation. but there ie a prevalent opinion that the producers have failed in their duty. The question of censorship, which has been considered by the State Legisia- ture, has some support, although ob- jected to in principle. Some editors hold the people themselves chiefly re- sponsible for the existing conditions. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle feels that And the whole country will get benind | (he action of the police so far offers him In this important movement. The | plan to call a conference of State gov- ernors is probably the next hest step. Once get this series of State build- Ings started and the enterprise will carry itself. Exhibition space in each building will be worth a great deal to business men of the varfous States— s0 much, in fact, that it will bring enough money to repay each State for putting up and carrying on its building: so that the various Legisla- turea will not have to burden the peo- ple for that purpose. It is safe to predict that in financial, educational and generally useful returns the State bulldings at Washington will. like the purchrse of Alaska, repay each week the coat of thelr erection and mainte- nance, both to the individual Common- wealths and to the Nation. There will also be. needed plenty of space for future development, such as various scientific centers and facill ties for housing products of discov- evies as vet unthought of and such international features as we may want to Incorporate in our domestic exhibi- tion. 1t in idle, a® some critica have done, to draw a parallel between the pro- posed States’ permanent exposition and the late Sesquicentennial Exposi- tion at Philadelphia In point of finan- cial outlay. FKach State will bear ita own share of expenses, and, as stated, those expenses can be largely. If not entirely, met by the sale of exhibition space and concessions 1o business in- terests, supplemented by donations of public-spirited private citizens whose State pride will carry them far in.that direction. The financial flasco at Phil- adelphia is one more argument against temporary expositions of great magni- tude and in favor of a central, perma- nent one for the whole country and for such foreign nations as we may choose to invite. The coming exposi- tion at Seville, Spain, will include a buflding _representing the United States, which will maintain a perma- nent exhibit there of our resources and achievements. This points the way to what may be expected of all countries that are up to date. LINDSAY 8. PERKINS. JOS Left-Side ‘Driving Defended as Safest To the Editor of The Star: Atter reading the ar paper by Mr. Ullman, ing to Left,Wastes St defense set up by Mr. George P. Smith, 1 feel that this is & practice that should not be too quickly con- demned. Mr. Smith may be justified to some extent in what he says about the condition of the sides of the streets, but the practice of driving to the left or in the center of the street is jus- {ified for @ better reason than that. It is the safer place to drive both for the driver and the. public. le walk from behind par s children and sometimes grown o8, too, dart from the sidewalk into the street without warning or regard for traffic or dange passengers alight from the left side of the parked car, and the driver in the center of the atreet has a much better chance to avold accident. In case of meeting other machines at intersectlons it gives more room and the chance to dodge direction. When c is nec 3 nditions are such that it & Uine of parked cars, 1 for me to drive near the | tice of plenty of evidence of the absurdity of police censorship of the drama. It will be noticed that the theaters so far raided were staging plays. instead of revues, musical comedies, farces or burlesques. The implication is that sex becomes indecent on the stage when it i presented in serious dia- logue.” “All the blame for what is going on does not lle at the door of the producers,” asserts the Newark Evening Nes “The theatrical pro- fession as a clase is willing, even anxious, to censor its productions. Is the public willing to censor itself? On the answer to that question rests the whole problem of cleaning the stage of its impurities.” Directing attention to the fact that “the play jury experimeni has failed.” the Canton Daily News suggests that “legal prosecution of indecent plays merely advertises them. If anvbody Knew how to make a censorship work., censorship would he coming sure the world. As it is. a censorship bill in receiving much support. The pro- ducers are bringing it on themselves.” * oK ok % New legal machinery is held by the nta Barbara News to he unneces- sary, and that paper contends that “much of the laxity must be laid to| the failure of those in authority to make full use of the powers placed in their hands.” The Lincoln State Jour- nal. however. feels that the New York effort will be “spasmodic and ineffec- tive,” and “because Broadway ie the fountain head of the whole American theatrical system. a few thousand slummers polson the amusements of a continent.”” ‘The Port Huron Times- Herald 1s convinced that “‘the great mass of people are interested in and for the most part will patronize, and the clean, human plays.” The Harrisburg Telegraph in- sists that there are many opportuni- ties “for clean, bright entertainment on the stage.” “After & while,” predicts the Char- lotte Observer, “an outraged public is sure to get the better of the obscene lterature and dirty plays. ‘The revoit against conditions that have developed is in progress.”” The Pittsburgh Ga- zette-Times holds that “now that the police have acted. it will be for the courts to determine whether or not the plays attacked may o on or shall be closed. If the defendunts are con victed, the several branches of the theatrical profession will have been given notice fn some degree of what they must avoid. But no permanent good will result if the police are ny to be constantly watchful and active any event,” contends the Daily Mall, “the threat of orship will, for a time at I make the purveyors of the pri morve careful. 1t is u favorite t some to parade bald indecency under the guise of art. but they know well enough themselves what the) about, even though censors and j may be in doubt.” The Memphis reial-Appeal suggests that “the ——————————————— gerous position and get away as soon as possible. Cars being parked and those leav- ing the curb are also a menace to the driver near the curb. Safety is the thing all good mo- torists are atriving for, and while the position a driver takes in the street in either | should bhe selected with care, consid- ering the interests of others as well as himself, vet I am sure the prac- riving to the left” is safer to the drivers and others. paper, which inspires this letter. BouLaax. 20T T MoWARD T QLivER. tors and dramatists in their pleas to be allowed to use voluntary censor- &hip. And that test has not been met * ok % % The report that “of the plays in New York for which there was a con- siderable demand for seats, eight were #0 vulgar and indecent as to he offen- sive to persons of ordinary moral tastes,” is quoted by the Indianapolis News with the comment: “In every case an effort had heen made to win patronage by extreme departure from the conventional standards of pro- priety. The fact that patronage was won #peaks ill for American taste. and raises the question whether the thea- ter has debauched the people or the people have debauched the theater.” “If the consorship bill goes through.” says the Fargo Forum, “there will he no one to blame but the producers themselves. It would he an unfortunate situation, but, some- how or other, one cannot bring one's self to the point of sympathy for the producers.” Referring to the arrest of 41 actors, the Louisville Times re- marks: “If the charges cannot he proven, the defendants will be ac- quitted, to resume their occupations, the beneficiaries of valuable advertis. ing. But that fact should be no de- terrent. Better than formal censor- ship. which is almost always a flaseo, is the custom of making arrests for indecen ————— Mexican Item Praised. Widespread Approval of Exposi- tion in Star of Controversy. | To the Editor of The Star Please permit me to express the widespread approval I have en- countered on all sides for your very excellent exposition of the United | States-Mexican controversy in your issue of February 13. You have made it quite apparent that there is more to the situation than the troubles which oil investors are encountering, and have portrayed the situation most completely. The press of the United States recently quoted the suceinct statement of the White House spokesman to the ef- fect “that confiscation of American property is the sole issue involved in the controversy hetween the United States and Mexico.” Your article presented the picture in great detail and should be broadcast all over the %0 that the people could un- d what this Mexican situation Since 1910 the people of Mexico have come under the rule of a group of persons uninformed in diplomatic usage, but accustomed to the tactics of banditry, where they gained their start in life. Unfortunately for for- eigners, they, as well as natives of Mexico, have become the targets of rapacity and cupidity, which are the impelling motives in the lives these gentry. Soverelgnty h: spread over them a mantle which was lacking in the old outdoor day The very fact that the Mexican government is at odds not only with the American Govern- but with the oil interests. land interests, banking interests, church of all denominations and thousands of helpless individuals un- able cope single-handed with a overeign power must establish the guilt of the Mexican government, for therwise they could not he so unani- mously condemned for their program of confiscation. Their only apologists today are those they have entertained for the purpose of spreading misinformation and the very elements of American life which, before the war. sought publicity in high-sounding mo ments that were designed only to thwart the patriotic impulses of the American Government. Such well meaning. if misguided, Americans will be convinced of their error wi they ses more articles of the truth- ful character contained in your