Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1927, Page 8

T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D ONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927 _ THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Editton. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......February 21, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Exening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 9 snd Pennayivania Avn uilding Burovean Office London, 11h St i4 Englan ont St The Evenine Star with the Sunday morn: ac edition. is delivarad by carriers within bt at Aally onlv r m'fl!rr E L1 lopBone Ma(n S0 Lol acrion 10 m Frier at and of each month Rate by Mail—Payable In Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday. . .1 yr. 000 1 mo ailr only 1 vr. $8.00 1 mo indas ony. 1 v §3.00: 1 mo e All Other States and Canada. g::g and Sunday yrosizao: 1 mo $1.00 S8 00 1 mo. T8¢ undas”only $4.00:1 mo. A8 Member of the Associated Press. The Asociated Pra exclu So the use for republication of A1l news dis iy ho® credited to it or not otharwise cred Dibished BeRrer 201, 8lke, T L0081 06 of avacial dispatches harein are also resarved The National Arboretum. By ite action on Saturday the| House of Representatives has, to all intents and purposes, insured to Washington, as the Capi of the Nation, the great arboretum, or tree garden, s long sought for the botani cal experimentation of the Agricul tural Department. It is true that cer tain differences hetween the IHouse bill and the Senate bill have still to he adjusted and that the P #till to sign the measure. But every assuranee has been given that the upper body of Congress is prepared promptly to conenr-in the House al- terations of the original draft of the bill and the President is known to favor the project. It is under these circumstances that an expression of gratification over Raturday's action in the south wing of the Capitol is in order. That the Nation should possess and develop a great national arboretum is at least as natural and desirable as that it should have the Botanic Garden, which has long been a ®ource of delight to the casual visitor and of very genuine sclentific value to the student of botanic biology. That such an addition to the Depart- ment of Agriculture should be located as close to the headquartars of the department as a tract suitable in soils and ‘climate and other natural factors could be found is common sense. That such a tract is today avallable within a few minutes’ travel from the heart of the city, despite the steady, excentral development of ‘Washington, and that its owners have resisted the proposals of speculative real-estate interests to the end that it ident has { United might be acquired by the Government, is a matter of extremely fortuitous eircumstance. The National Arboretum should, and undoubtedly will, grow into an ex. Perimental station of vast usefulness. Forestry, in the proper sense of the word, is today in its infancy on this continent. On the Mount Hamilton tract there can be developed a great outdoor laboratory for the study of ll factors pertaining to the success. ful cultivation of our native trees and shrubs. The knowledge here gained should, in the long run, be worth to the Nation a hundred times the origi- DAl cost of the arboretum. To the eriginal proponents of the bill and to the farsighted legigiators who have played their part in a fine achieve- ment, the Nation today owes a deht of eincere appreciation which the com- ing years will tremendously enhance. A Multiplier of Benefactions. Patriarch Charles C. Glover in do- Bating the Anacostia acreage has 84ded another fine contribution to his notable list of benefactions for the development of Washington's park #ystem and for the adornment of the Ceapital as the “City Beautiful.” oOld Washingtonians know that Mr. Qlover's donations of park land to the Watlon's city, helpful and inspiring @8 they have been, are not the great- a8t benefits which he has bestowed upen the Capital as the “City of Parks.” His effective labors to secure executive and congressional approval of wise and hroad-visioned park-de. veloping legisiation have heen of even greater value to the community than his donatlons of land. Especially uotable in this connection was the muiding, inspiring and unostentatious ly dominating part which he playved years ago in the campaign for the creation of Rock Creek Park. No man could wish a finer record 88 a loyal, devoted, helpful Washing- tenian. ——a— Mexico has revealed archeological treasures regarded as priceless. The supremely valuable material taken from the ground, however, continues to be the oil that has aged for many centuries. - Just Legislation. The seven-year fight of the World War emergency officers - disabled in lne of duty with the Army to secure retirement benefits on a parity with the other eight classes of Army, Navy and Marine officers s nearing its end. Early passage of the Fitzgerald bill in the House granting this recog- nition is pr d under a special rule reported Tuesday from the rules committee. The Senate has twice passed similar measures and Eponsored by Senator Tyson of Ten- ‘messee, a speedy and happy culmina tiom of the. entire project ix expected More than twe thousand disabled emergency officers will be henefited by the passage of this legislation. These officers, wounded in the World War, have been drawing the retirement cempensation of enlisted men. Under the néw law they will receive retire- ment pay commensurate with that al- lowed the other eight classes of om- cers. The additional cost to the Gov- ernment s estimated to he about ap- proximately two million dollars, This just legislation has had a long and tedlous fight to place it in posi- tion for final enactment. Opposed in the baginning by a small minerity in beta ' Bazaie and the Houss. e actically assur measure has been buffeted around until even its stanchest supporters began to grow discouraged. But in spite of these disappeintments back ers of the bill pushed steadily ahead and with the special rule for a vete in the House there appears to be no doubt that it wiil pass without any serfous opposition. Strong support te the movement to equalize the retirement allowances of this one class of oficer. who had not been provided for by legisiation, was given by the L the Navy Department and other organiza- tlons which conld merit the clafm. but it was necessary the emergency officers to form themselves American n ave n into an organization to secure what now to be a successful con clusion of their fight for Congress should by all the measure which will ¢ and give appears vecognition means pass with every officer from the treatment » away dlscrimination who today hears wounds world conflict the and the same retirement henefiis same —.e— Diplomatic Appointments. In the naming of Mr. William Phillips as the first Minlster of the States to Canada. Mr. J Wright as Minister Hun- of Mr. Frederic Ster- to of to A Builer gary and ling as Minister to the Ivish Free State | fine impetus has been to the morale of our Government's foreign service. The following the an- nouncement of these appointments by those of Mr. I s White and Mr William R. Castle, jr as Assistant Secretaries of State fin the vacancies caused by the depar- ture of Mr. Wright and Mr. Leland Harrison, justifies the belief that the principle of appointing trained men to fill the highly responsible positions in the State Department is now firmly established. For both Mr. White and Mr. Castle have for years heen intimately identified with the foreign service, and have but moved forward a stride to positions where their proved abilities be more tully utilized. It is well that this should be so. For overlong appointments to posi- tions of large responsibility in the forelgn service of wur Government were used for the purposes of petty political patronage. The disadvan- tages under which a constantly shifting and largely inexperienced secretariat and diplomatic corps la- bored when confronted with the smooth functioning of highly trained and broadly experienced foreign officers in other parts of the world were finally made apparent. With so much achieved the policy of which the appointments above noted are excellent examples was initiated. That the prestige and morale of the ser ice has been vastly improved thereby is as evident as it was inevitable. A continuity of service in the State Department and diplomatic corps, whereby trained “career” men are enabled to meet current problems with the details of past negotiations at thelr fingertips, is increasingly essential to the successful progres- sion of our national foreign policies. That we are moving steadily in the right direction is a matter of gratify- ing fact. Appointments of the type recently made connote the divorce of our national and international politi The business of acquiring suitable and permanent embassies and legations abroad goes forward apace under the Porter bill of last year. And when when those who serve the Nation in the delicate and vital field of foreign affairs are paid salaries adequate to the value of the services they ren- der the Nation,and the premium now placed upon independent weaith forever done away with, we shall have removed the major disadvan- tages under which our foreign affairs have suffered too long. given of named to only may e Savings banks report a degree of thrift indicating that high costs, com- bined with reckless luxury, are still unable to conquer the wisdom of the plain people. Radio has been commercialized. There will be no harm in this if the wares prove as good as the selections that advertise them. . Passage of the Radio Twenty million radio looking forward to a speedy clearing up of the chaos that has existed in the ether since last Fall when a Chis cago court overturned radio control by the Department of Commerce. Roth the Senate and the House have passed the White-Dill radio law which now goes to the President for his sig nature, which assures adequate control of broadcasting stations. The new law will he administered for one vear hy a presidential For the first year the Sec retary of Commerce will in administrative capacity and after the ux the sole control, except as to revo tion of licenses and matters which would be referved to Bill. listeners are and com- mission. act an t controversial permanent commission. Cong the of this measure has heeded the wishes of s united Nation. Radio fans the coun- r e had their sets rendered practically useless by the uncontrolled and unregulated broadeasting stations While the new law may not be per. fect, there is every reason to believe that, properly administered, it will bring relief to the evil that have developed ‘The President 10 .sign the bill within the next few days, and at the same time to submit the names of the five members of the commis- sion to the Senate for approval. It is conceded that upon this commis. sion rests the future of the radio in- dustry. Tts task will be of tremen- s in passage over conditions is expected dous proportions. It must, as the first _step, wipe out “pirating” of wave lengths by broadcasting sta tions. This practice which consists of seizing a wave length assigned to Some other broadcaster has been the chief cause of the howl, sereeches and mis- cellaneous #ounds that the radio listener has had to bear. The com- mission must also eettle Industrial disputes and in genssly take over en- the day arrives | tire supervision of one of the world's fastest-growing industries. In the appointment of this bedy the President will exercise the greatest care selecting men with vision and responstbility. Radio has come 80 much Into the everyday life of the American people that it de. mands the highest caliher of official When the law be comes effective twenty million radio will their anticipation realized of hetter conditions in the air r——— m “0ld Ironsides.” of the o Grant, re the United have b of the and (o rehabllitute Alrendy Washington from HRos Admiral Philip An- chaitman of the na Ironsides of the placed in control new | listeners have An S0S Fro; Artistic reproductions Gordon artist, of “Constitution clal painting by nowned marine States n placed on sale in furtherance campnign to save this fumed vessol severul have reached ton, where drews, 1. S Reay N Old commandant Commit navy vard general tional Ve tee,” there, has been in charge of their distribution. ‘The copy of the painting, which Is o hang in the White House, is an ex cellent The price, twenty-five cents, although # nominal one, is ex o provide the difference be tween the $263.000 already hand | 8iven largely by wchool children, and | the $500.000 needed properly pre Isel\v the old sea-fighter. The pic | ture, seventeen by twenty inches in | size, shows the frigate plowing the ! high seas under full sail and with | stuns’ls set. “In the of ‘Ol Dronsides” you have displayed an of & true patriot pected in to purchase this print of interest worthy : | states @ slip sent from headquarters with the picture, | continues 1o advise the recipient that he can assist the cause by arranging with the chalrman for their distribu- tion to associates in clubs, societies and departments, or among employes There exists further machinery for their sale than this: "Th ply is limited. There relic in this country more symbolic of the early her f the Nation than the “Constity She bears the scars of forty-two sep- arale engagements, each of which eventuated In her favor. No fewer than a score of vanquished captains brought their flags and and no sup. is no swords for ers. The original bolts that fashioned her timbers were made by Paul Re- vere. Her first flags and signal bunt- Ing were made in Philadelphia by Betsy Ross. The ravaging hand of time now rests heavily upon her. A quarter spent for her picture is a quarter deposited in the National Bank of Patriotism. e~ Movements to reduce the number of working hours per day and working days per week should, in course of time, leave sufficient leisure for diver- sion to render “night clubs” unneces- sary. A few passing blizzards hetween the middle of February and the last of March will not suffice to spoil the record of the current Winter as an unusually mild demonstration. e A hold-up man used to work at night. Now he insists on limiting his hours of activity to daviight. Fresh air, sun- shine and plenty of rest are as good for a robber as for honest folk. - Women are eclipsing men every day. As an exhorter Aimee Semple makes Billy Swnday look like an amateur. ————s ! In contrast to wearisome waves, several large cities are inter- esting themselves in decency waves. 2 ——oo—a- Uncle Sam is a peacemaker who speaks all languages, including that of Latin America, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Weather. Weather jes' happens How it's got to be. Mustn't change the feelin’s Of plain you an’ me. Snow an’ sleet come flyin’, They are not to hiame. le's go on an’ f-:u‘» ‘em, Strivin' jes’ the same! crime Weuther Frosty Smilin That protects the heart. 1t's vourself that matters; Steadfast in the game, Go ahead with courage, Strivin’ jes' the same. jes’ happens, winds will smart. ix an armor Recumbenc “A statesman should keep his ear to the ground.” “I doubt Sorghum. temptation sleep.” it;”” answered Senator ““There may bhe too much 1o lie down and go to Assurance, The world cannot be going wronz, IBach year the robin sings a song To help the crocus bloom. comic The sen- Jud Tunkins says he got a and a sentimental valentine. timental one was the funniest. Untruthful Compliment. St. Valentine has gone his way. His toe he chanced to stub. He landed in, the wise ones say, The Ananias Club. ‘Experience,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “teaches us the cause of misfortune. Only character teach us how to bear it. Evading Information, “Do that hootleg liquor analyzed? “In some cases,” answered Bill Bottletop, “ignorance is bliss you have Uncle olution,” said Uncle Eben, “hasn’'t done much so far ‘cept to start an argument ‘bout de social posi- tion of de monkey.” To Share in th ¥rom the Baltimore Sun. Since women bennmflmgb:, tongorial parlors it's likely that barber no longer does all the o Talk. the \f proper | committee | | surrender to her victorious command- Though talk is fraught with gloom. | can | THIS AND THAT O Rl i | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Dear Sir: Last Spring you once|a few bulbs, comparatively speaking. made gladioli bulbs the subject of | Vel in the worid 4 In thinking over what we would vour alwaya intereating column tn The | (i (E0ERE B0 ad correspondent. Star, and Yot e A list which whose letter shows forth the marks 14 would give the highest satisfac of & real gardener always trying ton all points. something new. we abandoned the Now that the season beloved of plan of repeating the list which she | mentioned gardeners 1s agaln approaching, won't hat list was 2 you, for the bensfit of some of us. | records of the Amerlcan Gladiolus and the enjoyment of all of us. repeut | Soclety, and ft ix a good one, but a that list? | little too “high brow™ for most of us “I have not grown gladioli before.| who just want to have goud “glads but want to do o this Summer, and | «nd plenty of them I have wpent a hectic afternoon with | Besidex. one wants to delve into the halt u dozen catnlogues spread out | kingdom of the gladlolus as a free Lefore me, in which the merits of each | agent, grow some of them, and finally one seem to eclivse the merits of the | come to have his own opinions ax preceding one, until 1 am bewildered | (o their relative merits with the immense choice. The bulbs | In such a wonderful pageant I can afford to get, however, do not |hed of blooming gladioli. no two persons xeem 10 be %o numerous. Is it vour opinfon that the higher-priced bulbs would make the same choice as to the most beautiful. This is one of the are necessarily better than the ones of moderate price? charms of this wonderful flower, as developed by the modern hybridizers Each vear | take up something |und growers. There is something for new. This time it is going to be the | fowers mentioned above. My first every one. love is roses, which grace my home from early June until the cold weath er. Like you. | have some Radiance, both pink and red, and 1. too, hav buds in December, a little ||\m-l|ml‘ and chilled looking. hut, nevertheless, rosebu; My next love is the great Darwin tulips. 1 don’t remember ever | reading of them in vour column, so | wonder if you know their beauties. My | other two specialties are snapdragons {and larkspur, both single and double | dark blue, light blue, red, lavender, pink and ‘white. An old silver howi | filled with the long splkes of this {delectable flower, set on the polished | surtace of an old mahogany card table, 1« u soul-watisfying sight | |1 always look for yvour column in | | The Sunday Star to hear of Jack Spratt. He seems to be a person of intense individuality. Every time 1 vead of him 1 think of a great, coal | black éat which helonged to a cousin of mine some yvears ago. She kept | the end haire of his tall clipped off straight across. which had the effect {of making his tail seem immense. and | he carrled it very proudly, being a | very haughty cat anyway. His name was Sambo. and [ alwavs carry in mind the picture of Sambo sitting in the sunshine. industriously making his immaculate toilet. I was glad to hear that you are a ‘dog man’ as fwell as a ‘cat man.' A person is | seldom both. 1 myself have a hand- | some police dog, which I have raised from & baby. bringing him through | the rug-chewing. furniture-eating age. |and nursing him through a long and | pertlous siege of distemper. Peter | Pan’s shadow stuck no closer to him |than Schatz von Hohentann does to me, “I have never written a ‘fan’ letter hefore. but, aside from having an ax to grind, 1 wish to tell you that my husband and 1 have enjoyed your writings a long time, and hope we will continue to enjoy them for a long time to come. Sincerely yours, “R. H." you n compiled from the as a seems to this writer that one ought to of “glads” with those Ume-tried favorites, Schwaben, yel low. and Halley. pink. These have been so popular that millions of them exist, =0 the price is down to 3 to cents ench There are in gladiolus them very practically nd Halley For o heautiful It a amatenr, collection start a o two habits of blooming and these two represent well hwaben throwing all of its flowers at blooming up the spike flower, Schwaben with it mass of yellowish white blooms, with at the throat, has never heen surpassed in its way, Halley ix an old standard, which is early. blooming in about 70 days from | planting and ought to be in every collection, in order that its salmon | pink flowers may be taken as a stand- {ard comparison fo other and more | exquisite varieties, such as Byron L. Smith, for instance, a_ beautiful com- bination of pale lavender and creamy vellow, to our mind one of the bhest, and selling for only 15 cents in the originator's catalogue. PR We have grown some 0 named | varieties and from these we make the following selections Red e Ribbon, War, Scarlet Prine Bennett. Pink Halley, Evelyn Kirtland Shavier, Le Marechal Foch, Mar- och, America, Panama, Mrs Pendleton, Ruffied Glory, 1910 Mrs. H. K. Bothin, W. H. Pride of Goshen, Youell's iety, Estella. Avalon, Kilima, Peace. chwaben, Golden Measure. ng over this list, wg realize %o many beautiful ones are left out, some put in that others would not’like, perhaps some | that a few might sneer at. since there |is a snobhery in flowers as in every- thing else. Yet, as a whole, the list is a good one and he who selects from it will have some wonderful “glads,” includ ing some supreme novelties, scarcely to be found in one out of a hundred gardens. The prices of most of the ahove bulbs range from 10 to 23 cents, with a very few exceptions. We cannot but think that one cught to grow named varieties, in the beginning at least, in order to get the mos_out of the gladiolus. Books and music are purchased by name and flowers ought to be hought the same Chief, F. Uhlan ps, Dr. J shal Krank Rose Phipp: Favorite, White Yellow on laol its inadequacy * % k x No. the higher.priced bulbs are not necessarily hetter than the ones of moderate price: in fact, the lesser prices for gladiolus bulbs only result when the flower is a good one. In other words, when a variety is a fine one, those who love flowers recognize it, and so arises a great de- mand for it, which In a few vears in. sures a plentiful supply. hus, luckily, some of the v finest gladioll are the cheapest. This| does not mean that the high-priced | way, if one is to really know and love ones are mnot fine, too, but simply!them. Later one may go in for mix- that there are only of these varieties tures, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. That important division of the State | and return to the Kast via New Or- Department which determines ques- le'-:nw“aml Atlanta ,\\h'n he reaches SR e s as just | the White House six or eight weeks tions of diplomatic etiquette has just | L1 IVISC House' six or eight weeks handed down a weighty decision. It virtually every Republican politician concerns the forthcoming arrival in|of consequence in the country. The Washington of Gen. Gerado Machado, | “lowdown™ he briags with him on aniiaeaL ot ‘ot Machade is | C00lidge sentiment in the four quar- (253 e A e o N ® [ters of the Nation will include a re-. to be a guest of honor at the dinner of | ort an prohibition trends. Dr. Nich- the Gridiron Club dn February 26. As |olas Burray Butler's recent affirmation Mr. Coolidge i8 #lso to he an honor | that 1o Republican can be elected guest, the club was in a bit of a quan- dary as to who Is to outrank which at President next vear on a dry plat- form has given the G. O. P. high com- the table irreverently described by Ir- vin Cobb as “the wax works.” Charles mand a lot to think about. ok oW L. Cooke, State Department officer in charge of ceremonials, has cut the Gordian knot. He's decreed that the President of the United States must it at the right of the president of the ridiron Club, Ashmun N. Brown, and t the President of Cuba must be placed at the right of President Cool- idge. Duramg the Washington arma- ment confefence a question arose as to where Secretary Hughes should sit at a newspaper men's dinner at which some foreign prime ministers were also to be present. “Don’t worry about me,” said Hughes to the dinner committee. he only place 1 want to be first is at a fire!” *® WM woman diplomat, Miss Lucile Atherson of Ohio, has just been promoted for meritorious rvice in the field. She was sent abroad a couple of vears ago as third secretary of the United States legation in Switzerland, and now she has been advanced a_rung up the ladder of the foreign service hy transfer to the sec- ond secretaryship of our legation in Panama. Miss Atcherson is a Smith graduate, owning to 32 vears of age. She passed tho State Department ex amination with flving colors in 1922 and ix now in the midst of her fifth vear in diplomacy. Prior to Miss Atcherson’s appointment to Switzer- land, she was on duty in the State De- partment. Once she was general se retary of the American Committee for Devastated France. * x x % America's sole Gen. Maghado is paying a maiden visit to the United States in the ca- pacity of President, hut he was here in 1924 ‘as president-elect of Cuba. He comes this time to invite President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg to at- tend the sixth Pan-American confer- | ence at Havana in January, 1928. The preceding conference was at Santiago, Chile, in 1923. Gen. Machado took office in 1925 and is filllng a term which expires in 1929. The C‘uban na- tional issue in which President Ma- | chado at present is most interested is | the development of a $50.000,000 high- | way program which includes a great | motor road bisecting the entire island | from west to east. He considers that the automobile is destined to revolu- tionize the economic conditions of Cuba and improve them in every di- rection. i ok X Representative Stephen G. Porter | ¢hairman of the House committee on foreign affairs, expects before the ad. | Journment of Congress to receive the architects’ plan foc the elaborate em- bassy and consulate buildings which | the United States ix erecting in "Tokio, They are to cost at least $1.250,000, | and perhaps a little more. OF that sum, $250,000, is earmarked for an | ambassadorial residence, $750.000 for |'an office buflding for the =mbassy and consulate general, and $250.000 for an apartment house, which their staffs and their respective familles will in habit. The bulldings will oc capaclous plot of ground plac America’s disposal by the Japanese government in the diplomatic quarter of Tokio. The land slopos to a pie- turesque knoll, crowned with semi virgin timber, The entire area is as big as the White House grounds in Washington and two or thres acres more. It was originally intended to make the new Toklo embassy an ar chitectural replica of the White House, but this scheme has now heen aban- doned. Government officials and members of. Congress are much interested in the proposal of the Milwaukee Journal for a simplified form of ballot. Although designed to bring about more intelli- gent voting in Wisconsin, the suggest- ed ballot would be applicable to elec- tions in all States. Today ballots in all parts of the country are the size of pillowcases or newspaper pages. because of the staggering array of ndidates’ names that fill them. The Milwaukee Journal's new type of bal- lot combines two innovations. It ar- ranges candidates by office instead of by party, and it shortens the list of candidates by removing to the appoint- ive category some officers who are now elected. “These changes,” says the Journal, “are in line with progressive thought everywhere and, Wisconsin could make no mistake in adopting them. It would be wisest. perhaps. to make the change first in the Statewide section of the ballot, later bringing county and city officials into line."” ok ok ok Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, Demo- crat, of Louisiana made an eloquent public _appeal in Washington the other day for his project to found a national " institute of hygiene. He describes it as a West Point and Annapolis of public health, The veteran Louisianian argues that if Uncle Sam finds it right and proper {to train young men to destroy life in {the Nation's defense—a policy with {which Ransdell declares himself un- qualifiedly in accord—there's no valid |reason why voung Americans should also not be educated by the Govern- ment in the preservation of life. | Ransdell dvesn’t belleve that Treast funds exclusively should endow a national institute of hygiene. The Senator thinks American millionaires should immortalize themselves by bequeathing to it generous sinews for warfare on_disease. “Congress.ap- propriated $10,000,000 with a whoop for .the fight on the corn-borer, and It always votes money gleefully When the farmers get on the job,” sald Ransdell. “Human life in this country is as precious as corn crops.” * * * % Diplomatic relations with (anada have hegun inauspicious An ad- dressing clerk at the State Depart- ment is to blame. The first official communication to * \ the envey of eur Wm | * ok Kk Charles D. Hilles of New York, vice chairman of the Republican national committee, has embarked upon a cross-country scouting expedition which, politicians believe, may largely determine Calvin Coolidge’s intentions | anent renomination. Hilles is a Cool- idge man. He confends that the Presi- dent will be the Republican candidate in 1928 if he wante to he, and. it nominated, will be invineible. . i State G. O. P. leader will go North and West to-the Pacific Caast perfect | Quotes Editorial On Capital Building o the Editor of The Star: A complete answer to the remarks of Truxtun Beale relative to real es tate values on Lafayette Square is to be found In an editorlal appearing n Sunday's New York World Speaking of Capital Making,” that newspaper states that “the need for vigilance is the more fmperative in that Washington ix at 1ast, thanks to careful planning and liberal expenditure, becoming one of | the world's most beautiful capitals, | It may yvet he the most beautiful 15 * It is all teo good to be | spoiled by the intrusion of inbar- {monious commercial structures. The big building on Lafayette Square | which is taking the place of the two beautiful nansions which 1. 1 Richardson built for John | ande, Henry Adams typifies the change. But even if the cost of protecting the environs of the Capitol and the K ecutive Mansion s high. it should he jmet. Not merely should the country have u capital of which it can be thoroughly proud. it .needs a capital city_which will be an object lesson to New York, Chicago and all our other greut centers in the rewards artistic and utilitarian, of careful city planning Mr. Beale is evidently of the opin- fon that the right of private prop- { erty must prevail, even where it con- flicts with the developm: of the Nation's Capital. But Washington belongs to the Nation and its people Those who are o unfortunate as to inherit property in the pathway of development must not be permitted to halt the eradication of ugliness. MELVIN D. HILDRETH. b Capital Is Becoming Center for Education 4 Our capital is rapidly bec religious as well the educational center this country -witness the schools heing erected in the different denomi- the To tor of The Star ning the as numerous the suburbs by nations. There is a possibility that to the number will be added one which will teach the Hindo way of simple, healthful living, the way those of the Orjent preserve their bodies in far better health than we enjoy. This teaching. which has heen brought to our city by Swami Yogan- anda, has attracted much attention as being radically different from all methods as now taught in the West Hundreds have been interested, and, strange as it may sem, it may be that within the near future a build ing in which the best of Oriental thought and knowledge can be given to the world will soon rise among the many educational edifices already here. Fifty vea's ago we thought all of the Orient “heathen”—now we know it to be the cradle of wisdom and that in matters of the care of the bhody. care of the soul and powers of the mind it is far ahead of our modern, commercial science. May Washing ton soon see such a school. JAMES T. Cea—s Sees Railways Willing To Guard Crossings To the Editor of The Star With respect to the Kensington crossing problem, which is of as much interest to autoists of this city as to Kensington, let me quote from a recent letter from a high Baltimore & Ohio Railroad official: “In this connection negotiating for almost a yvear with the authorities of the town of Ken- sington, hoth personally and by letter in an effort to have them grant per mission for the installation of modern flashing light signals that would afford continuous protection at this erossing and make unnecessary the use of watchmen, but so far the authorities have not been responsive to the sug- gestion, rotwithstanding the faet it has been evplained to them that this type of signal is the most modern and has after a thorough test been ap- proved by the American Railway Association, also has been indorsed by the suthorities of a number of States through which the lines of this company operate.’” After an accident we are apt to immediately cuss out the railroad, hut sometimes investigation reveals that the railroad shows more real concern and activity in protecting the*public than the officials elected by the public and charged with responsibili Why the hitch in this instance Is it politics, stubborness, procrasti- nation? Cannot we have more modern government than that which brings to mind the old fire departments, the members of which used to fight to see which company was to put out the fire, the bullding meanwhile burn- | ing up” W. # ALLEN R Warning of Deadly Gas Fumes Renewed From the Louiaville Courier-Journal. A series of deaths from carbon mon- oxide in New England recently has caused Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale University, a recognized author- | ity on toxic gases, to issue a warning | to all motorists against deadly exhaust fumes. Though the percentage of fa- talities in this section is notably lower | than farther North, there are enough cases to warrant attention to Prof. Henderson's warning. In brief, his simple admonition is to open the garage door before starting the motor, an elementary precaution, vet one that is often overlooked. In the lower temperatiires that have pre- vailed in New England this Winter it has been ignorved with fatal results. Motorists on their way to work have gotten no farther than their garages. There they were found asphyxiated in the unventilated buildings, “All the automobile safety cam- paigns T have known,” declares Prof. lHenderson, “fall to take ‘account of I'this constant evil. Any number of deaths have occurred because the en- gine of the automobile is started be- fore the garage door is opened. The deadly carbon monoxide is ge ed as soon as the engine is started. The gas which Is produced by the engine of the automobile is simply deadly and there is no escape for the person who breathes it.” The deaths from such poisoning are Increasing. There seems to be no doubt, according to Prof. Henderson, that they will continue to increase. There is only one_way of combating the evil-—the education of the motorist, emphasis and reiterated emphasis on the simple fact that this gas when confined in a closed building Is deadly. The hue and cry agaiust the poison- ous qualities of tetra-ethyl gasoline is A thing of the past. As it is discharged from the exhaust the carbon monoxide Kkills. The use of ethyl, according to Prof. Henderson, does not complicate the present situation. New England's experience ma therefore, serve as a warning. It ex- cuses the reiteration of an obvious pre- caution. — MO 1 have been | } e | worth a BY FREDERI Q nually How much _money s spent an- by the Red Cross for relief work?—E. H. H A. According to the latest report of the American Red Cross there was expended In the fiscal year 1925.26 by the national organization for relief purposes $7,331,869; by the branches, $4.611,000 Q. what Court impl A where and in “Kangaroo what is tell me manner the term originated and just by the term? V. F. B. The term “Kangaroo Court™ [s # humorous name for a trial of a per son by an unauthorized body We do not find the precise origin of the term. Q fashion prior A A Please Had bobbed hair ever heen the to the recent craze?—T. A French sclentific investigator has recently said that he finds that in 1796 women cut their hair short in memory of the victims of the relgn of terror, whose hair was cut before their heads were placed under the zulllotine. This fashion did not last long, but was revived in 1836, when P’rincess Marie d'Orleans exhibited her statue of Joan of Arc. This time the fashion of short halr lasted for about years. In the carly days of the third French republic short liair again became the vogue in honor of Ninon de Lenclos, who was at that time the rage. Q. How ma num paint on so that they W 2 A. The Bureau of Standards savs that it is not necessary remove bronze or aluminum from radiators hefore applying any other finish Any good interior paint may be used on the radiators and this can be applied over the old bronze. Q the bronze and alumi radiators be removed may be repainted’- . How many times did Dempsey and Gibbons fight?- ¢ €. A. Dempsey and Gibhons fought once on July 4, 1923, at Shelby, Mont. The fight lasted 15 rounds and Demp- sey won. Q. wi Pennsylvani State?—B. M. A. On the vote regarding the ac- @ tell me why is called the Keystone ration of Independence six colonies had recorded thelr votes in the affirm ativk and six in the negative. John Morton cast his vote for Pennsylvania, In favor of the measure, thereby se. curing the majority of colonies and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Thus it is that the vote of Pennsylvania hecame the key- stone of the Arch of Liberty 3 Q. Are Jews exempt from military service In Greece’—('. P. P, A. Formerly they were, hut a re- cent ruling obliges them! to contribute their full share to thé defense re. quirements of the country. It is be- lieved that this will be conducive to greater harmony among all citizens. Q. right hand, or any of the fingers on that hand. is artificial’—L. W. A. Harold Lloyd lost his thumb and forefinger and part of his hand while he was posing for some comic photographs. Te had a real homb in his hand which the property man had given him through error. This ex studio and injuring Ll Q. Where, originate an, ¢d’s hand. did the Welsh when?—J. 1. M. A. The Welsh are a Celtic people. At the time of the coming of the Romans in B.C. the natives of Wales represented a mixture of the primitive Iberians and the later in- vading Celts. all bearing the general name of Cymry. Afterward the Cel. tic inhabitants of Britain took refuge in Wales, where they were driven westward by the Anglo-Saxons. In time they merged with the natives. Q. How many black fig trees peach trees?—\. A. The Burean of Plant save that both fiz trees trees should he feet apart. Q. Which has the right of way ambulance, fire engine or mail truck? —JI. 0. A. According to local regulations the fire engines have the right of way everything in trafic. Ambu- lances also have the right of way. race should Also feet apart be .planted? H. § Industry and peach planted from 18 to 20 ceptance or ratification of the Decla- | Is it a fact that Harold Liovd's | ploded, blowing up the photographer's | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. Mail -trucks must comply with the | traffic rules and regulations. Q. What are the nine periods of civilization?— F. N A. For convenience, the follo | aivistons have heen made: The lower period of savagery terminated with | the use of fire; the middle period with the use of the bow and arrow; lyxmun' of savagery with the (nV&’!m |and use of poftery and utens] | Lower perfod of barbarism terminaf | with the domestication of m# | middla, process of smelting orer | upper, system of writing and,dife composition. The firat civilized periéd terminated with the use of gun- powder; second, with the perfectfon of the steam engine. The present peried has produced an entirely new congep- tion of both material and spirifual civilization. Q. w Who was Mlle. 8. W, A. Mlle. du Parc was a fagous French actress of the seventaénth century, and the mistress of Jean Racine, the Shakespeare of France, du Parc?— Q. Please tell me whether it is a | fact that Governors Island in New | York harbor was loaned by an old American family to the United States | Government to be used for Govern. ment_purposes only, and that if the island 18 used for any other pyrpose it is to revert to the heirs of that family?—R. B. A. Governors Tsland was ceded by the Indians to the Director of New Netherlands in 1637 “in consideration of certain parcels of goods.” In 1808 the island was set aside hy tha Am | sembly as part of the Denizen of His | Majestie’s Fort at New York for the of his majestie’s governors it became known as “Gov. ernors Island. Governors Island was cedaq to the United States by the | Legisiature of New York State on | February 15, 1R00. The island eon aisted of 69.% acres. This was found inadequate for the military needs of the department headquarters and the military garrison and in 1880 a fur. ther cession was made by the Leg lature of 103 acres. The fsland at present has an area of 173 acres. Q. Will you let me know how many pounds of alr are-in & cuble foot?—H.-A. H. A. In a pound of air there are 12.388 cubic feet, at 32 degrees K., at | & barometric pressure of 2092 It | follows that there iz .0807 pound ot | aix in one cubic foot. Q. Is glucose a corn product?— V. H. H. A. In the United States glucose is almost entirely manufactured from corn; in Europe much glucose is made from potato starch. Glucose does not crystallize, and when mixed with cane sugar prevents the cane from grain- ing. For this reason it is much used in candy, preserves, jellies, ete. Q. How many breadeasting sta tions are licensed in the (United States”>—R_ H. T. A. The radio division of the De. partment of Commerce savs that the | number of radio broadcasting stations |in the United States as of February | 1, 1927, was 710. | Q. benefit and so | | | What countr from?—P. H. H. A. The orange is a native of India or southern China, but has been dis. tributed to all parts of the subtropi- cal and warm temperate region: Q. Did Blondin walk across Niagara Falls on a steel wire?—H. N. A. Blondin, noted for his tight-rope- walking feats across Niagara, dld not use a- steel cable, but a well and evenly twisted rope ahout 2 inches in diameter did oranges come Stop a minute and think about this fact. You can ask The Evening Ster Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer hack in @ personal letter. It is a great edu- cational idea introduced into the lives of the.most intellipent people in the worid—American newspaper readers It is a part of that hest purpose of a newspaper—service. There is mo charge cxcept 2 cenmis in stamps for return postage. Get the habit of asking questions. Address your let- ter to The Evening Star Information | Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director, | Washington, D. . Thomas A. Edison's eightieth birth- day anniversary was the occasion of # ‘national appreciation through the press of the marvelous contributions of America’'s outstanding genius to civilization. “The man who invented the electric lamp. the phonograph and the motion picture machine went as ever, said the Wichita Beacon o the birthday. “He still things. Thomas Edison at 80 vears of age is one of the mos. remarkable fig- ures in the world. He is the outstand- ing genius of America. He, has added more to the comfort and entertain- ment and mechanical progress of this age than any other single individual, It is the perverse wax of human na- e is due until after a great man or woman is dead.. Hut in the case of Edison, fortunately. there has been an approximation of tle homage that is due a first-rate gen! Thousands show their appreciation. The eves of the world today ar2 ¢n the workshop at East Ovange. It i= a small place, relatively speaking, but it holds a great man.” “He is not wealthy as the world to- day counts wealth, sremarks the Binghamton Press. “He may be million, mora perhaps. Yet the companies that have grown up around his inventions represent a capital investment that ix estimated at $20,000,000,000. And other billions are at work in the industries that min tster to those compenies. This colos- sal development waicn he made possi- ble will go on expanding through the centuries to come. is mot for today alone. men of the hour g forgotten his name will live £nd his work will endure for generations yet unborn," * %k x & “Nearly vears ago,” recalls the New York Sun, “he ruled out the kerosene lamp and put the incandes- cent electric in its place. It would be vash to say that if he had not in- vented it we shoull rot have it: the principle was known long hefore his rth. But it was ne who put bright, clean, safe light in the hands of the whole world. From Tuckahoe to Tibet men are reading tonight under the vacuum bulb. Mr. Fdison, of course, has made much otner magic. The list of his inventions is a catalogue of wonders. Motion pictures, the phono- graph, the carbon telephone transmit- ter, the multiple telegraph instrument, the mimeograph, the megaphone—his When famous went ovel as follow: To His Excellency, the Minister of the Dominican Repullie : A What wa$ intended, of course, was “the Minister of the Dominion of Canada. wouldn't have heen so bad if the gfidress had read,"Dominion .Rd:p\::lle." That's about what Can- on Saturday last, directed crown has a thousarcl jewels. But the most luminous of all is the lamp by which at the touch of a button a hail to work at his | factory today, just as interested in life | inventing | ture not to give full credit where credit | ldison’s greatness ' Edison: Accorded’ Wide: Praise On 80th Birthday Anniversary | to rare minds. Edison is a shining ex- | ample of the staying power of a great brain. And his spirit is as voung as his mind.” Referring to the hope of Ohio fr of Edison's youth to found Ediskon University as a new institu- tion, the Baltimore Sun holds that “no n incongruous tribute to the Na- tion's inventive genius need he imag- ined. Think of it' Edison was a train hoy at the age of 12. He obtained contact with electricity through a train telegrapher's office. He followed the light that his own spirit gave him He dreamed and experimented and puzzled his brain: and he worked—he worked hevond all comparison and he. vond ail need except that which his own determination created. And out in Ohio thay plan for a university as a memorial to the man who changed American and European ecivilization without a university training. Do they | propose to establish routines of davel- opment for his successors which will estop them from flights of fancy and the achievement of impossibilities?" ok ok ow Yot many will remember him for what he has said,” in the opinion of the Detroit News, “but everybody knew that Edison was thinking. He had an extraordinarily effective way of expressing his thoughts. He thought in terms of light, and mil- ifons were able to get more light and better light by the mere process of pressing a button. He thought in terms of electrical communication and millions were able to flash their thoughts across space with the time element eliminated. He thought in terms of music and millions were able to listen to grand opera in their own homes. He thought In terms of drama and art and millions were able to enjoy the motion pictures; His name stands for much in the life of the world, but the burden of the mes- sage carries always these two imper- | atives: “Think, and work.’ “One would think that at 80, and With so many great achievements ‘e his credit.” remarks the Ashville Times, “Mr. Edison would forget that there is still much to do. But the world’s work is done, after all, by men who, regardiess of how much they have accomplished, still say. ‘So much to do, so little done.'” The Chicago Daily News regards his “‘character as inspiring as his intellectual powers," while the Oakland Tribune finds sat- isfaction in the fact that “he has been happy in research and has made the world happler.” Quoting the inventor's birthday fine arts, painting and statement that music ‘are very important to man- bedroom or a Madixon Square Garden leaps from darkness to high noon. Only those who lived when night was night realtre what Id:son did for the world when his untiring experimenta- tion produced a flaming wire within an airless bulb of glass. “‘Such sustained and alern intellee- tual strength as he manifested on the day that Y deciares the Cleveland. £ posaibly only kind,” the Cincinnati Times-Star ob- serves: ‘“These are the words of & scientist, not an artist, and vet the words of a:man who magde possible the heauty and mystery of the motion pic- ture and ‘the miracle and solace of the phonograph.” . That paper adds, “Let us look forward with n to the of art when the believers in beay! meve down their atties the ground floor of a sweeter world."