Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1927, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR - With_Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......May 28, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busimess Office: and P ylvania Ave. New Bork Ofice: 110 Eamt 42nd St Chicaro Office: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Regent St. London, England. -y, The with the Sunday morn fng edition vered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 venis per month® Sundavs only. 20 cents per month, Orders may be sent by mail o ienhona Main 5000 Collection is made by carrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ally and Sunday : .78 aily onv ... 15 & 300 Sunday only . 1yr $300: 1 mo.. 25 All Other States and Canada. iy and § £12.00: 1 mo $1.00 Daily and umlu_l‘ R ey The (1l $4000 1 mol 3be ! Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press is exclusicely entitled 1o the se for republication of all news die- ed 1o it or not otherw:se cred naper and algo the local news All ricrts of publicatio: herein are also reserved Diiehed herein oF apecial disnatches The Fourth Oratorical Contest. Representatives of two million sec- ondary school punils of this country last night met in competition in this city in the climx of the fourth Na- tional Oratorical Contest. The sub Jects of their orations related to the Constitution of the United S*v cs. They debated that theme with skul and elo- quence, thrilling their hearers with thelr earnestness and thelr grasp of the matter and their effective presen- tation of the specific aspects of the main toplc. To one of them, Miss Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City, Utah, went the award for first place, she thus becoming the national cham- plon to appear as the representative of the United States in the interna- tional contest to be held in Washing: ton next October. The National Oratorical Conte t has ‘become an institution of the utmost significance and value in establishing a better understanding of the princi- ples and meaning of the Federal Con- stitution. The two million students who have this year participated have, in their studies in preparation for this competition, gained a deeper in- sight into the significance of the fundamental law of the land. Their parents have, in association with the young people’s efforts, obtained a full- er and sounder view of the basic prin- ciples of American Government. The countless people of all ages who have heard thelr orations, in the local, dis- trict and regional contests, have been educated in the best sense in the soundness of the Government, the jus- tice and wisdom of the provisions of the organic law, and especlally the need of steadfast adherence to the principles which were laid down near- ly one hundred and forty years ago, end are still operative and effective in the maintenance of free and popu- lar government in this country. ‘The Star is proud to have been en- gaged from the outset in this impor- tant work of education. Washington is the appropriate place for the finals, both of the national and the interna- tional competitions. The people of this city are thus in a position to judge of the merits of the individual ef- forts of the contestants, to observe the splendid types of young American manhood and womanhood participat- Ing, survivors of the millions who have been for several weeks striving for supremacy in their local flelds. They can estimate confidently of the value of the contest from the point of view of good citizenship. ‘Though there have now been twenty- eight different orations on the same general subject in the course of the four national finals held here, each has advanced some specific thought differing from the others. A wide ' range of selection is open to the young people who participate. They have, as a rule, chosen simply “The Consti. '‘tution” as their theme, and it is in truth remarkable thet their treatments of this fundamental topic have been 80 varled. Thelr offerings have been models of expression and of thought, have been indeed real contributions to the political literature of America. It is estimated that in the course of the four years no less than six mil- 1llon students have taken part in these competitions. Some of them have pass- ed on Into manhood and womanhood, | taking their places in the cmzenshln: ranks. Year by year they advance thus into active service for their coun- | try, taking with them into their adult activities a surer understanding of the blessings of American government, of the need of steadfast watchfulness to safeguard them, of the responsibilities attaching to participation in free gov- ernment. All seven of the competitors who were heard last night will later be es- corted to Europe as guests of the co- eperating newspapers that have con- ducted this great contest. They will see other governments at work, and will wwithout a doubt return to Amerlea confirmed In their ideal of the United thelr report will be made directly to the department. ‘When Carroll's collapse was first announced, a skeptical public decided instantly that it was merely & ruse to escape prison, but with week after week going by and no improvement shown by the patient, and reports from doctors certifying to the genuine: ness of his condition, skepticism has been replaced by a feeling of belief. It Carroll is shamming, or if there is a possibility that the gravity of his condition is being exaggerated, he should be promptly bundled onto a train with a one-way ticket to Atlanta. His flagrant offense can have no ex cuse. He lied under oath and received, in a sentence of one year, a just pun- ishment. But if the obsession of prison life has unbalanced his mind and placed him in a genulne semi coma for a period of a month and a half, with no prospects of cure, it would appear that reconsideration might be given his pardon application on the ground that he had suffered enough for his offense. The Government is naturally going to act cautiously in a case of this kind. It has before it as a precedent the famous Morse affair, when a man seemingly dying was pardoned, only to recover promptly, to be tried later for other alleged fllegal acts against soclety. As serious as perjury may be, however, and as flagrant as the offense of Carroll, there is no desire on the part of the Government or the vublic to sentence a man to a living death for such an offense. It is com- paratively easy to understand that a sensitive mind might become over- balanced at the thought of prison life, and while every one should pay the penalty for his misdeeds the ends of justice might well be served it the mental punishment is greater than the physical punishment could possibly be. D Coolidge Versus Smith. Republicans are more confident of the nomination for President of Gov. Al Smith of New York than are the Democrats. This Republican confl- dence in the selection of Gov. Smith by the Democrats as their standard- bearer may or may not be a case of the wish being father to the thought. No doubt some Republicans believe that the nomination of the New York governor, a wet and a Catholic, will split the Democratic, party wide open and makeé a Republican victory a fore- gone, conclusion. John J. Lyons, former Secretary of State of New York, a veteran Repub- lican politician, after a five-month Journey which took him as far West as Seattle and through the South, has predicted the nomination of Gov. Smith by the Democrats and of Presi- dent Coolidge by his own party. But |of the elements of glad surprise in his Mr. Lyons is not one of those who | visit lies in the fact that he is not look- visualize an easy Republican victory | ing for a divorce. over the Democratic Governor of New York. Indeed, so strong does Mr. Lyons consider Gov. Smith that he in- nominate President Cc v':3ge in order to have a chance of carrylng New York in 1928, New York, with its forty-five elec- toral votes, is always one of the piv- otal States, and, like Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Mr. Lyons is one of those who believe that the Republicans must win there or be in serious danger of defeat. Unlike Dr. Butler, how- ever, Mr. Lyons is not demanding a wet ‘Republican candidate for Presi- dent in order to accomplish that feat. Mr. Coolidge, he says, can turn the trick where other Republicans may not be able to do so, owing to his great popularity in the Empire State. Even 8o, Mr. Lyons belleves, the odds in faver of Republican victory in New York will be materially reduced from what they were In 1924, 1920 and 1916. He figures them at 2 to 1 in 1928, with Coolldge as a candidate, instead of 10 to 1 in the earlier campaigns for Republican victory. “The fight for the Democratic nomi- nation for President is over,” Mr. Lyons said. “It will be Gov. Smith. My observation of political conditions in the West and South convinces me that Gov. Smith is sure of a majority of delegates to the next Democratic national conventlon 1 ow, even though they have not yet been elected.” Many Democrats would sigh with re- lief if they could persuade themselves to belleve what Mr. Lyons says he be- lleves. What they fear is a devastat- ing party strife at their next national convention. They have little or no hope of avolding such a row. Many of them have practically made up their minds to another four years of Re- publican rule unless a miracle hap- pens, and none is yet on the horizon. Should Mr. Lyons be correct in his prediction that Gov. Smith will go into the national convention with a ma- jority of the delegates, however, his nomination may be accomplished far more easily than many now believe possible. A majority of the delegates can throw the old two-thirds nominat- ing rule of the Democrats into the dis- card and proceed to name Gov. Smith without further delay by a majority vote. Today Smith apparently is mak- ing all the running in the Democratic barrage of sound that dally bammers the fleld of human consclousness, Now the Commissioner of Health of Greater New York 18 going after the riveters. He belleves that there are better ways of building than by ban ing hot steel into shape *“‘on the lot. He advocates electric welding as a means of fastening the members of the skyscrapers, and adduces evidence of such a method having been adopted elsewhere effectively and safely. He also urges the use of electricity in. stead of steam in the operation of chovels, drills and pumps, used in the nreparation of foundations. Steel riveting ,is recognized as a safe method of construction. The art of weld'ng on a large scale is not yet developed to the point at which it is «enerally accepted as assuring as oreat streneth and stahility as the hammered Joint. It has been tried on comparatively small structures, and appears to have been successful. Now comes the General Elactric Comnany with plans for a giant building which 3 to be put tagether wholly hy meanse of welding. The pres'dent of the com nany declares that such construction THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, “Kindness is wisdom,” some one has sald. 1t is the highest type of wisdom, as a matter of fact, since kindness unites utilitarfanism with idealism, a rare enough accomplishment in this world. Not only does kindness pay, in th commercial sense, but its practice puts one in the ranks of those with sublime common sense, from the Anglo-Saxon “cynde,” mean. ing natural highest ideals of and for the human race. We, this old word tells us, are not naturally rending, tearing animals rlx;'th t\l(“lhvh UKH‘&.] which know no better. We hur cing: 3 . ka uman beings are innate. If we are at the peak of our nature therefore natural. We have, in oftmr words, feelings befitting our common nature, We are, as the dictlonary says, “dis- rosed to do good,and confer happi ne: Kindness itelf i defined by Webster as “the state or quality of teing kind; specifically, manifestation s more economical than that by the riveting method, citing the reduction 'n steel sizes and in cost of handling 2nd shinment, A great gain for nublle comfort will be scored if the noise of building con struction can be eliminated. To Awellers {n a city the appearance of “truetural steel members on the Iot of a projected bullding close at hand, whether In the residential or the business section, is a terrifying sign of fnsufferable clamor soon to arise. Home comfort is destroyed dur- fng the period of erection, and office efficiency is greatly lessened. ‘That there is a permanent deterloration in the nervous system is belleved by specialists. Now there is prospect of vellef, and for this heartfelt thanks are offered by those who have suffered in the past and who may suffer in the future unless there is a change of method. ——— New York State 1s conducting & war on theater ticket speculators and at the same time trying to suppress the night clubs. In a short time foolish money may not know what to do with itself. —————— Communism has put so much money into the hands of a limited group for propaganda purposes that its theory of equal sharing is in no near prospect of application. ——————— Distinguished services at least en- title Charles E. Hughes to the privi- lege of gracefully declining the dis- tinction of another presidential boom. ——— ‘When an aviator lands in Paris one | ——— I et In addition to the problem of wave lengths, radio should consider the de- sists that the Republicans must re.|sirability of shortening dull musical programs, ————— Missionaries are to be sent back from China. In their present state of mind most of the Chinese are too ex- cited to be readily converted. ———— Many new plans are formulated for controlling the Mississippl River. If any of them are practical they should have been tested out years ago. —_————— In all history no man has revealed the success Lindbergh has enjoyed in pleasing everybody. A crime wave spreads a devastating torrent that no mechanical ingenuity can control. —_—————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. New Hero, At last we have a hero of a strictly modern kind, A man of personality and charm. On looking through his record you'll be gratified to find He wished no fellow man the slight- est harm. g He formed no plans of warfare, high explosives to employ. He never staged a knockout for the ringside to enjoy. Much wiser than most men, and yet as happy as a boy, He wished no fellow man the slight- est harm. Afar from petty rivalries, his little book he read, While others viewed the future with alarm. And when it came his turn to act, he kept a level head And wished no fellow man the slightest harm. Above the wreckage that was left in bitter days gone by, He sought a path far distant from the curious public eye. He left the earth behind and made a conquest of the sky. And wished no fellow man the slightest harm. Agreement. “Your constituents always seem to States as the best governed of all the | presidential handicap. Tomorrow-he|,gree with you.” countries in the world. —————e—t Tt was P. T. Barnum who sald “the public likes to be humbugged.” It was also P. T. Barnum who made it clear that an effective “humbug” re- quires the touch of the artist. e A Delicate Problem. President Coolidge and the Depart- ment of Justice are faced with an ex- ceptionally delicate problem in the case of Earl Carroll, the theatrical producer who collapsed on his way to the Atlanta Penitentiary to serve a year in Jail for perjury about his famous “bathtub” party. For more than six weeks Carroll has been con fired to a hospital, to which he was taken when he was found in a coma on the train that was bearing him to prison. Five physiclans of repute have pronounced his illness genuine, and have stated that with the obses- slon of a jall term constantly in front of him his mind is balanced on the hairline between insanity and nor- malcy, marked by a depression that indicates a steady deterioration, and that to compel him to serve his sen- tence would result in suicide, insanity death., Two physiclans appoised may not be so strong, depending upon the extent of the fight waged by the drys and the anti-Catholic forces in the Democracy. ——————— Lindbergh llkes French pastry, but does not care for champagne. He will hardly suggest prohibition to Paris. In fact, he disclaims any thought of doing so. But he may succeed in awalkening Europe to the eplicurean clailms of that great and satisfying American delicacy, pie. ———w———— Riveting or Welding? While New York regards the sky- scraper as a blessing and an evidence of great material advancement, the construction ot this towering form of building has become a ser.ous nuisance, which the authoritles of the big city are now endeavoring to abate. The riveting of the members of these great piles of steel, combined with concrete, brick and stone, has at last got on the nerves of the metro- politans. In every part of the city “I try to find out what their ideas are,” answered Senator Sorghum, “and then agree with them.” Lessness. Our currency, we must confess, Is large. To correct it we'll try. The size of the bill will be less; And so is the stuff it will buy. “One of the pleasures in praylng to a joss,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “is the privilege of addressing some ome who does not talk back.” Jud Tunkins says you've got to ad- mit that some of the poetry has gone out of life when a circus parade ig regarded mostly as a traffic problem. Hirsute Significances. “Samson lost his power when he got his hair vut.” “Things are different now. When a woman gets a boy-bob she is just beginning to assert her authority.” Musical Temperament. “Why don't you learn the saxo- phone?” “It's part reed and mostly brass, I the staccato of the pneumatic ham- mers has pounded upon the eardrums, causing nervous derangements. Physl- clans have advanced the hypothesis prefer the bassoon. It's all wood. I'm of kind feeling or disposition; d Sl friendship-—a kind neto 50" The synonyms of this word bring into view, as'if in a mazic procession, the, high ideals of Christ. Listen to them: Good will, benignity, grace, tender. n\’ls‘!g, compr\s“'l;\n, humanity, clemency. mildness, gentleness, goodness, T osity, beneficence, (avgr. N * ok ¥ x There isn't a corner merchant who doesn’t know that kindness to cus- tomers means a full cash register— but how often he fails to impress his clerks with the same wisdom! Will Hays, as PoStmaster General, made it his first duty to instruct postal employes throughout the Na- tion in the necessity for complete courtesy to patrons. Courtesy is just an outward symbol of inner Kkind- ness, The great modesty of Charles Lind- bergh is one of the finest qualities about this totally fine young man, and modesty s another outward sign of the inner grace of innate kindness. The world loves Lindbergh because he is what each one of us would like to be—brave, successful, intelli- gent, modest, kind. The anclents recognized the value of kindness, both theoretical and practical, to the human race, not only in smoothing over the rough places in daily life, but in helping men live up_to_their kind. , To be a real man or woman one must be kind. Otherwise he or she is only a sort of animal. “Both man and womankind belle their nature When they are not kind.” So sald,a poet. In saying so he was but echoing the great Cicero, who 2,000 years ago put into writing the following thought: “It is difficult to tell how much men’s minds are conclliated by a kind manner and a gentle speech.” Cicero himself, by the way, did not always follow out his own prescrip- tion—but he knew the truth, just the same, as he knew many other splendid truths which he did not act up to. * K K K Sallust, another old Roman, went on record with the following, which may be taken with a grain of salt: “The Romans assisted their allies and friends and acquired friendships THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, The very derivation of the word, | or innate, bespeaks the | we are simply and completely—kin, ' ; 3 5 Ijy ving kind- ness. This procedure, carried out during | the best pericd of Roman history. | {pofnis a moral for nations of today | | There came a time, however, in Ro. n life when the Roman arms and | overnors made themselves anything but friendly to conquered provinces | and peoples. Seneca, one of the greatest Romans tof them all, who possessed much the same fr: | not_alway: {he wro.e, had this to say on the sub- ject of Kindness: “Wherever there s a human belng | there is an opportunity for a kind- ness.” Surely that.is an Inspiring thought and one that would do excellently well tor a modern business motto or for |the personal refreshment of any one | who desires to live up to the best in ‘| his nature. Some persons, of course, seem natu- rally kind; others have to work for it No matter how secured, kindness is its own reward. And because one ‘adls often enough in reaching this ideal i3 no reason why he should be chagrined and give over the whole thing in disgust. A Boy Scout is more or less satis. fled if he can do his one good deed a lay. We ought to be reasonably well pleased if we can be kind to some one or thing at least once during 24 hours Perhaps those who have to fight to be kind deserve more credit than do those maturally possessed of more senial natures. “Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.” There are persons who rather over- flow with kindness. One wishes they were not quite so oozy about it. A little roughness might help them. “Though he was rough, he was kindly.” Every one knows some man or woman who is crude but kind, rough but sincere. Such a person is more to be valued in the everyday relations of life than the polished bozo who carries a sting in his artificial kindness, * ok ok % “There’s no dearth of kindness In this world of ours; Only in our blindness ‘We gather thorns for flowers.” —Gerald Massey. If some of those who, censure news- papers for printing “so much crime news” would spend more time looking for the flowers of the news they would be surprised at the bouquet they might pluck every day. X Wordsworth, a great though some- times boresome poet, in his “Lines Comg;:sed Above Tintern Abbey” mused: “On that best portion of a good man’s iving rather than rec | e, His lx:tlo, nameless, unremembered cts - s Of kindness and of love.” And so it will be, kind reader, with all of us. The “big” things we do, if we do any, may be forgotten, wiped out by the corroding hand of time. Our best performances may seem petty, indeed, after a while, even to ourselves, But, like the song which found a resting place, the .little kindnesses which we do will live on, as the kind- nesses which have been shown us live in our own hearts forever. “Kindness is wisdom,” said the wise man, BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Next Monday will be Memorial day, in honor of soldiers who staked their lives for patriotic ideals. It is such ideals of civilization which made them heroes, and heroes are poets in spirit. Idealists who dem- onstrate their concepts of duty with life’s blood are not made of ordinary clay, nor can their qreams of better- ment of the world at the cost of their great sacrifices be told in common language. Only art can tell it, purified of the verbal dross which habitually speaks of sordid commerce and pleas- ure-seeking selflshness. It makes no difference what may be the medium of art expression, for it 1s not the clay nor the marble nor the pigment which constitutes the beauty of art, any more than it is the brass of the “tinkling cymbal” which makes music of the heart. A writer of “Excursions in Art and Letters,” Mr. W. W. Story, comments on the different standards of art, and he writes: ““Art is art because it is not nature, is the motto ot the idealisti; art is but the Imitation of nature, say the natu- ralisti. The truth lies between the two. * ¢ ® Between the ideal and the natu- rx:l _uchaol there is a perpetual strug- Gl !Suc‘h a discusslon of art technique makes no distinction, however, be- tween architecture or plastic art, or painting or music, for with whatever medium the one principle prevails— beauty of expression, not moeking na- ture in servile imitation, nor yet for- getting the source of all that is beau- tiful, “Whatsoever things are true, what- soever things are Monest, whatsoéver things are just, whatsoever things are pure—lovely—of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there he any praise, think on these things.” That is art’s message! And so the promoters of the Dorle Temple, of pure white marble, from beneath whose dome and out from whose circle of simple Grecian col- umns will pour strains of patriotic musie from Army, Navy and Marine bands, in extolling those who *“died to make men free,” have chosen the highest expression of praise that men can ever use, The purity of alabaster, the nobility of classic column and dome, the most thrilling harmony that music ean give, all will combine to speak the thoughts of the living that the noble dead haye not died in vain, and that the subversive poison of treason will yet find antidote in pu- triotism. * K K X Most monuments are silent, but this Doric Temple will make the stone to speak praise. Music without its suited environment loses much of its thrill and influence upon the emotions, but the solemn white pillars, devoid of distracting ornament, with the simple arch of the roofing dome, like the vault of the sky—an arch bearing in starry letters the names of the World War veterans of our own city. whose memory is there held sacred-— will be forever eloquent. The very stones will ery out their praise! Set .amid the green trees shadowed by that other cla marble memorial to the immortal Tincoln, beside the solemn tide of the Potomac, within sight of the majestic shaft to the honor of the entrance to the Memorial Bridge, leading to “Fame's eternal camping ground,” Arlington Cemetery, the Doric Temple will be in fitting com- pany. And its music will attune to all virtues that are pure and lovely and of good report, while hearers will be compelled, perforce of the spell of vision and harmony, to think on those things whose memory Is so sacred. * K Kk It speaks well of the love of Wash- ingtonians for the patriot, since, in the midst of urgent calls for financial aid to flood sufferers ard other worthy a vegetarian.” “De man dat brags a ¥jep about t Dy the Department of Justice are now ! that a great part of the sickness suf- | hisself,” sald Uncle Eben, “is generally eanmining the stricken producer, and fered in the ‘big town is due to the a §eed salesman foh & poor article.” needs, the contributions for the me- morlal to the veterans of the Wor War belonging to the District of Columbia have not suffered meglect. ready the fund has grown to a sum fcient to assure the prompt erec- Father of the Country, at the very | tion of the memorial. It is now be- tween $150,000 and the maximum estimate of $200,000, and all that would be necessary if not another contribu- tion were registered would be for the committee to postpone the erection while the interest on what is already gathered would make up the deflcit. But it is assured that no such post- ponement will be necessary, for con- tributions continue :o ‘camo in. There are few examples of such a combination of architecture and mu- sic_in memorials, but one need go back no farther than the Villa Bor- ghese, in Rome, and the temple in con- nection with the Petit Trianon, Ver- sallles, to behold classic suggestions of such an architectural inspiration. “The early Doric,” writes James Jackson Jarves, “in its massiveness and strength partakes of the Bgyp- tian type; but the simple beauty of its proportions, as in the Temple of Nep- tune at Paestum, its outdoor liberty, yet perfect repose, show its entire emancipation from the sepulchral spirit of the former, into a thing of life delighting in open space and sun- shine, lovely in color as the sky about it, severely grand in character, but free, noble and instinctive with loftier aspiration. The Greeks, indeed, ele- vated architecture from a tomb into a fitting abode for their gods.” We of America regard no mythologi- cal “gods,” but the same should be sald concerning our honoring the spir- it of our illustrious’ patriot dead, not in a tomb, but in the hearts and loves of their fellow eoldiers and their de- scendants. The amphitheater at Ar- lington Cemetery is a similar expres- sion of honor for the patriots whose “‘eyes had seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” * kX X How much grander are such monu- ments to honor qualities of patriotic If-sacrifice than were the triumphal ches of the self-vaunting conquerors 3:-1 anclent Rome! Or the ponderous pyramids of old Egypt, wherein kings declared their memories should never verish from the hearts of generations! In this modern temple, no personal weaknesses are mixed with the sub- limated qualities, not of the identical heroes, but of the virtues which made them—and all who emulate their lead —heroes today and forever, And just as the grave of the Un- known Soldler, in every nation, s the monument to all the spirit of heroic sacrifice, and not alone to the indi- vidual there sepulchered—equally to the same spirit of all other soldiers, dead or living, and to the kindred soulg behind the lines of whatever var, Including the veterans of our (.I 1 War, on both sides, and of the | Spanish War and the World War—so | this new Doric Temple will honor not alone the 535 fallen from the District of Columbia, in the greatest of all wars, but likewise it shall preserve the honor of every other American of | like heroic spirit. * For so long as that | spirit shall persist, that long will “God relgn and the Government at Wash- ‘ngton still live.” (Convricht 1927. by Paul V. Collins.) . —om Lindbergh Is Depicted As Real Celebrity From the New Yorls Sun, Be met by a cheering crowd of 00 Frenchmen. Fall asleep in the amas of an ambassador extraor- ary. Have your p'cture sent home by radio, Talk with your mother, 4,500 miles away, on the telephon Receive a call from the general of the armles of the United States. Take the cross of the Legion of Honor—and a kiss—from the President of France. Get somebody to translate an ode written In your honor by a leading French poet. - Listen to business offers which would make you a milliona.re in & year. Decline politely several charming offers of marriage. Later there will be opportunity to present your letters of introduction. That is not Baedeker's way, but Lindbergh N ever started seeing Parls in s be- fore. Possibly ty of Cicero, that he was | ° able to live up to what | | MAY 28, 1927. THE LIBRARY TABLE By the BookloveP, International affairs during the last quarter ot a century and political and social {nstitutions throughout the | world today are discussed briefly and with good proportion in Parts VIII and IX of “Modern World History,’ by Alexander Clarence Flick, Ph. D e historlan of New York. The seneral heading of Part VIII is “Inter national Relations and the World War.” The diplomacy of Bismarck, with the resultant Triple Alliance, and the diplomacy of Kaiser Wilhelm II. following the dismissal of Bismarck th the estrangement of England and (icrmany and the drawing together of Iingland and France, which culminated in the Triple Entente, are estimated it their relation to the causes of the World War. In discussing the causes of the war, Dr. Flick says, “A knowl- edge of world history for the past century and a half is necessary t¢ explain the World War.” He takes iccount of autocracy, economic dis content, capitalism, nationalism, mili- tarism, imperialism and secret diplo macy as all helping to set the stage for the great tragedy, and says that “‘the actors were more or less con <cious of the parts they were to play. “The mines were laid for the explo- sion, and only a match was necessary to shake the earth.” The match was of course the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sara- jevo, but the study of immediate causes “must go back for at least two vears and review the major phases of the diplomatic situation with respect to the Balkans and the growing close- ness of diplomatic relations between France and Russia.” In this study of immediate causes, historians are un- usually fortunate in having “at their disposal the contents of the archives of the governments which partici- pated.” The leading diplomatic and military events of the war are nar- rated, then all the steps of the peace- making, and finally the results of the war are estimated. Chief of these results are the several European revo- lutions since 1914 and the creation of many new states. *x kX K Part IX of “Modern World History” is entitled “A Survey of Contemporary Civilization and Institutions.” Political, social, economic, educational and religious institutions, internationalism and the new science are the headings under which contemporary civilization is discussed. It seems to the reader of this sectlon, with its rapld sum- mary of events and movements, that in no period of the world’s history have changes come so rapidly, in no period has the new crowded out the old with such indecorous haste. The maps of 1900 have all had to be dis- carded, diplomats from many new countries have appeared at the old capitals, a federation of the world is at least talked of serlously, Great Britain has had a Labor government, formerly imperialistic Germany has a Socialist government, formerly Czar- ridden Russia is given over to Com- munism and the polls and legislative and judicial chambers are no longer exclusive meeting places for male citi- zens. Parts of the earth are over- crowded with automobiles and the other parts are trying to follow suit, while the air is being “‘developed” for aircraft and radio. The movie has become the world entertainment. Gas, oll and electricity run the world of industry. After enumerating a long list of the results of applied science, Dr. Flick concludes. “What we have yet to learn is to be able to live to- gether in a peaceful, co-operative and efficient manner in the exploitation of the new technique of science and en- gineering. To teach us this indispens- able lesson is the task of social science,” * * ok ok ok John Bartlett's “Familiar Quota- tions” has been the first and last re- sort for hundreds of high school and college students grinding out essays for English classes, editing school and college papers or laboriously preparing speeches for literary socleties or ora- torical contests. Older persons have not scorned its help when writing club papers, making notes for speeches, thinking up clever responses to toasts or when slated for the position of toastmaster. John Bartlett was a nat- ural scholar, but had only a common school education. When bare'y over 16 he was employed in the Harvard University Book Store at Cambridge and there became intensely interested in the contents of the books which he daily handled. In 1849, before he was 30, he became manager of the hook store and conducted it for ten years until he retired from the business. The store was the headquarters for Harvard professors and students who loved to browse among books. ~ Bart- lett grew to be something of a refer- ence librarian and delighted to find for his customers books and passages on required subjects. “Ask John Bart- lett” was a frequent recommendation from one student to another when a book or quotation could not be found. Bartlett was very proud of his modest fame and was always reluctant to say that he did not know the answer to a question. To help him preserve his infallibility, he kept a notebook in which he jotted down quotations on many subjects. From this grew the “Famillar Quotations,” which went through nine editions between 1854 and 1891, A tenth edition, revised and enlarged by Nathan Haskell Dole after Bartlett's death in 1905, kept Bartlett's material practically unchanged, but added quotations from writers who had risen to prominonce after 1891, LI I Extensive reading of history during the spare hours of his early years as instructor in civil engineering at Princeton University brought John Bach McMaster to the conclusion that there was a need for a_ history of America written from a different view- point than that of previous histories, The books he had been reading deait largely with political developments, laws, battles and treatles. Why not, he thought, tell the story of the every- day people as it was reflected in the newspapers, letters, magazines, and theater bills and programs? Veritable carloads of old papers and documents he examined, and from them gathered material for his monumental eight. volume “History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War.” Dr. McMaster’s new volume, “A History of the People of the United States During Lincoln’s Administration,” recently published, supplementing the longer history, is offered as a separate work. When tha author was working on his history he was living in a New England v.ilage where the president of the Antiquarian Society, who was also an officer of the town bank, would bring to the bank various old letters and documents which Dr. McMaster called for and used in his research. Some one on the watch must have imagined that the historian was carrying money or other valuable financial papers to and from the bank in his brief case, for one day he returned to his study to discover | b the transom broken and the brief case gone. It contained a large part of the second volume almort ready for press. It m*ne:el; rp.tumed, Uncle Joe Cannon, whose blography, written at his own request by his sec- retary, L. W. Busbey, now being printed serially in The Star, will be published in book form early- in the Fall, Is the subject of most of the amusing anecdotes of American pol- Clinton Brainerd vouches for one: Cannon was once accosted by a new member of the House who had just made his maiden speech. On being asked if he, @pproved of It, Uncle Joe shifted hiff cigar to the other side of his mouth gnd answered ju- dicfally, “You said fnany good things w thiggs.” “Thank you, said $he new Represent- nued the vener- p 7 n't ANSWERS Q. What Is color blindness? Is it wurable?—N., F. J. A. Color blindness is the lack of ability to distinguish various colors. due to a defect of the color center in the brain. The Public Health Serv- ce says that except when color blind- ness s caused by an intercurrent disease there is no cure for it. When ~aused by a disease, however, as soon 1s the condition is relieved color tlind ness also responds to treatment. Q. What is the length of the term of the President of France?—K. F. L. A. He is elected for seven years. does the M represent on Q. What the Liberty dollar?—T. B. A. The Department of the Treasury | says that the mark is not an M, but is a combination of the letters A and F, the initials of the designer, An- thony Francisel. legal sense?—A. E. R. A. It means “to give testimony un- der oath; to make an affidavit.” Q. Can electric refrigerators be in- stalled on pleasure boats?—W. V. T. A. A number of them are now suc- cessfully operated on pleasure boats, 0 QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. —_— freezing they fall back to a lower level, where they pick up more water and again are caught in an upward current and carried up to the freezing levels. This is repeated several times, until the hailstone gets so heavy that it falls through the rising air down to the earth. 'he Winter hail, properly called “sleet,” consists of frozen rain. | drops, the rain having fallen through a surface layer of cold air. Q. Is waste paper used to make new materials?—C. V. Z. A. Very large tonnages of old psgper are used for building boards, chip boards, sult boxes and similar prod- ucts. The vearly consumption of waste paper of all grades for new paper products is somewhat In excess of two million tons. Q. Are train accidents decreasing?— . E. M. A. The latest report is encouraging. The latest statistics reported by steam raillways are for the month of January, 1927. They give the total train accilents as 1,684; 1926, 1,760; highway grade crossing accldents for January, 1927, as 8; 1926, 5. Q. Is there a sort of glue known that will hold metal to wood?—G. S. Q How are vessels controlled by radio?—D. J. A. The Loomis Radio College says that torpedoes, aeroplanes, ships, etc., are controlled by energy picked up by radio antennas. Vacuum tubes. and sometimes selenium, are used. Compressed air is released automati- cally through varfous “ports,” pipes, etc., for controlling rudders. Q. Are gas mantles made of asbes- tos?—H. J. E. A. They are not. The essentlal ele- ments are the oxides of thorium and cerium called “thoria” and ‘ceria.” ‘These oxides are mixed in certain pro: portions, usually about 99% per cent thoria to % per cent of ceria. In order to support them there must be a fabric of some kind. This is usually made of cotton, ramie or a collodion called “artificial silk.” Q._What is the connection between the Prince of Wales and the country of Wales?—P. A. H. A. When Edward I, King of Eng- land, annexed Wales in 1282 he con- ferred the title of Prince of Wales upon his son Edward, who happened to be born at Carnarvon, in Wales, during the period of occupation. It has since been customary to use this title for the King's eldest son and Leir to the throne. The prince also has an estate in Wale: Q. Were Achill ind _Hector on foot or in chariots when Hector pur- sued Achilles around_the walls of Troy three times?—G. L. W. A. Accounts seem to agree that it was a foot race. Q. Will moths eat through rubber— that is, a very thin layer of rubber upon a wool backing?—B. N. A. Moths will occasionally eat through a very thin layer of rubber. Q. How many does Battell Chapel, Yale, seat?—N. S. A. The chapel seats comfortably not more than 900 to 1,000 men. Q. 'What causes the large hail in Summer and small hail in Winter?— A, W. A. The Weather Bureau says that the Summer hail, or true hail, is A. Casein glue usually will. Q. Why was Greece called “Hellas"? A. The eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes was in Greek legend a king of Phthia named “Hellen.” From this name is derived “Hellenes.” The com- mon Greek name for the country }vhich we called “Greece” was ‘‘Hel- as.” Q. Which mint makes the special coins?—N. A. A. All special coins are issued by the Philadelphia mint. Q. In the quotation, “To him she was as beautiful 2s the Gunnings and witty as Lady Mary,” who ar~ the women referred to?—D. K. i A. The Gunnings, Elizabeth and Maria, were celebrated and fashion- able beauties of the middle of the eighteenth century. They are often mentioned by Horace Walpole in his correspondence. The familiar refer- ence to Lady Mary, when it apvlies to this era, is always the abbreviation of the name Lady Mary Montagu, born 1689 and died 1762. Lady Mary was a celebrated beauty and wit. Q. Will gasoline or ofl harm a tree?—A. E. A. Gasoline and ofl have been known to injure and cause the death of trees, if such substances come in contact with the bark, particularly in the case of the roots. The oil appar- ently penetrates to the cambium re- gion, which is a particularly sensitive and actively growing tissue, injuring it beyond repair. It is not necessary that there be toxic substances in the mixture other than the oil and gaso- line themselves. The keynote of the times is efficient service In supplying its readers with a free Information Bureau in Washington The Evening Star is liv- ing up to this principle in deed and fact. We are paying for this service in order that it may be free to the pubdlic. Sudmit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your disposal. Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the return caused by the rapid uprush of air in a violent thunderstorm which carries raindrops so high that they freeze. On 0Qil Restriction postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- kin, director, Washington, . Discussion Shows Problem Appreciated Can the oil industry be stabilized without running afoul of the anti- trust laws and without injustice to either the producer or the consumer? This is the question engaging the at- tention of the administration and of the oil companies at the present time, with the public an interested “listener- in” on the deliberations that are re- corded in the press. Something of the average citizen's rather puzzled attitude is thus ex- pressed by the Bangor Dally Commer- cial (independent): “To a public that for years has been reading statements of the steadily lessening supply of crude ofl and forebodings that within a comparatively few years the output of petroleum products will be very limited, the present outery for action to restrict overproduction of oil is rather mystifying. Now we are told that the production of oil is greater than its consumption, that millions of barrels are being placed in storage, and that many producers, by reason of this condition, are compelled to dis- pose of their output at less than the cost of production. Pity the poor oil producer whose wells are flowing at a rate that bids fair to beggar him. Such seems to be the idea, and demand for a remedy is made. Established operating companies have asked the Federal Government to give its assist- ance and have received sympathetic replies, it s stated.” On the other hand, “some of the smaller companies, needing the turn- over which comes with capacity pro- duction, are objecting to the proposals of the big concerns,” as the Flint Daily Journal (independent) points out, and many in this situation are not forgetting that “business experts have clamored in vain for an adjustment between supply and demand in agri- culture, that producers may fare bef ter and that prosperity shall be gen- eral throughout the country.” Never- theless, this paper believes that the “good wishes of the public should at- tend the efforts” of the ofl industry to extricate itself from an embarrassing situation if it meets “its problem * x Xk ¥ In discussing the appeal of the oil producers to the Government the Nor- folk Ledger-Dispatch (independent Democratic) says: “The Coolidge ad- ministration, naturally friendly to big business, finds itself in a dilemma. It has refused to sanction a price-fixing agreement on farm products, and the anti-trust laws have been invoked in other directions, so it cannot, with a conservation is imperative, and the consumer will not in the end be the gainer by the present excessive out- put, even though it may bring down the price of gasoline for a short time.” The Port Arthur News (independent) adds that there “should be conserva- tion of the oil resources of the United States just as there is conservation of the rubber production in the British colonies by the British government.” ERE “It remains to be seen whether a plan can be formulated under the law which will stabilize production and will protect the interests of independ- ent producers and of the consuming public,” says the Dinghamtan Press (independent), which calls attention to the fact that “the plan that is evolved will be submitted to the Department of Justice.” The Kansas City Journal (Republican) notes the ‘“numerous meetings” that have been heid re- cently “between producers and Secre- tary of the Interior Work to devise equitable and legal methods of curb- ing the deluge of oil which has become a menace to stable conditions in the oil industry,” and records that “the situa- tion seems fast to be nearing a crisis.” In the opinion of the Newark Eve- ning News (independent), “the control ought to come from within the indus- try,” and ‘“Government intervention should be used only as a last resort,” this paper urges. The Santa Barbara Daily News (in dependent Democratic) declares the “unregulated development of oil flelds” to be the greatest menace to the industry, and recalls that “in re- cent history a wild scramble for oil resulted in exhaustion of two of the greatest potential oil zones in Cali- fornia before any appreciable amount of their petroleum resources had been secured.” On this point the Rochester Times-Union (independent) remarks: “0il now belongs to whoever can cap- ture it first. It has about the same status as wild game in our forests had in the days when any man could take his gun and hunt it.” As the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Independent) puts it, “the ofl industry has failed to regulate itself and has gone, and is still going, upon its wasteful way. Only the most expert piloting will keep it out of trouble in the next Congress,” it predicts. The Wichita Beacon (independent Republi- can) is confident that “the Industry contains men who can solve the prob- lem,” but the San Bernardino Sun (in- dependent) contends that “only when the people of a State are willing to sur- presidential election coming next year, permit the oil producers to effect an agreement that naturally will result in maintaining the present price of gaso- line, If not reduce the supply to a point where justification can be claimed for an Increase.” The Lexington Leader (Republican) voices the opinion that “the only thing that may be done in the pres- ence of such a dilemma is to permit natural laws to take their course. There are cycles of high prices and " the Leader points out, and while “the consumers benefit at one period, the producers and refiners In other words, tion of oil, he cannot indorse any illegal combination in restraint of tra At The Lynchburg News (Democratic) suggests that “it may seem a bit strange that the Government should be so concerned over limiting oil pro- duction in the interest of the pro- ducers when it has to be driven into giving even a sympathetic hearing to farmers suffering from the same il of overproduction.” ‘The vital necéssity for the conserva- tion of the oil resources of the country must not be lost sight of, in the opin- fon_of many of the newspapers, in- cluding the Sioux City Daily Tribune (independent), the Richmond News- Leader (Independent Democratigh’ the gl:tfln Daily News ol the | Senate orders inquiry on shells as re- render private property rights to the State will the oil problem be solved, and the people will need to be far more worried than at present before they consent to such a surrender.” UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today MAY 28, 1917, House of Representatives passes Lever bill, authorizing exhaustive food census and carrying appropri tions of $14,770,000 for various needs. * ¢ ¢ House debating censorship to- day, with strong likelihood ing any provision for same. mans blamed for explosion on Ameri- can steamer Lackawanna in Havana Harbor caused by bombs thought to have been placed In carloads of coal taken at Norfolk. * * * Senate cuts $15,000,000 more from the House tax- ation bill. * Plots to fight selective draft are revealed and 25 -arrests made. * ® * Government moves swiftly to check widespread effort to combat conscription law, * * * Official London statement says very shortly there will be a total of 100, 000 Americans in France. * * * sult on 03. ¢ & ~ot explosions of defective shells Amer Jiners.. o