Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR —With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. . FRIDAY..........June 10, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsvlvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- ing edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 ceats per month: daily only. 45 cents per month: Sundays only. 20 cents r month. Orlers ‘mav be sent by mail or lephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Su Daily only nday Sunday only . iy only Sunday only . Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 1o the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publs ot snecial disnatches here Lindbergh Home Tomorrow. Tomorrow the Nation welcomes Charles A. Lindbergh, now a colonel in the Army Air Corps Reserve, who three weeks ago today hopped off from New York in an airplane headed for Paris, where he landed the next day. The occasion will be one of mo- ment and magnitude. The President of the United States will receive the returning hero of the air and will pin upon his breast the Distinguished Flying Cross, the first of that order to be presented to an American air- man, and he will be feted and honored as have few private individuals in all American history. This distinction is being bestowed upon Lindbergh for an extraordinary achievement, a flight alone and un- aided across the Atlantic, a flight that demonstrates the feasibility of trans- _ oceanic aviation, and that at the same time demonstrates American air su- premacy in the development of planes, motors and pilots. It is appropriate that Lindbergh's first touch of American soil on his return home should be at Washington. For here official recognition will be that whatever may be the scale of charges, the members of- his honor- able calling have the virtue of pa- tience in the collection of accounts. In Hoboken the other day judgment was granted to Daniel Wallace in the amount of $469.90 in satisfaction of a claim against a resident of that city, for whom he began doing. plumbing work in 1915, and whom he has served in this capacity continuously since. According to Wallace, none of his bills has been paid. He presented in court a consolidated bill covering four typewritten pages. In granting Jjudgment the court pronounced Wal- lace to be “the most patient plumber in Hoboken, and, no doubt, in the world.” An artisan who waits twelve years before bringing suit on an unpaid bill is undoubtedly a patient man. But there is another feature of the case which deserves attention. And that is that this bill of $469.90 represents an average of less than $40 a year for twelve years, which, as every house- holder knows, is a very small service charge for attention to the pipes of an average dwelling. So that this court case ought to give pause to the jokers who harp on the perennial plumber theme, and if they must jest about the high scale of artisanry they should turn their attention to some of the other trades. ] The French Debt. Settling the French debt is as- suming the proportions of an in- terminable task. Premier Poincare, addressing the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, declared that he hoped to be able to make “better terms” with the United States in regard to the French debt to this country. He added further than the French Parlia- ment would not rptify the present agreement. 1f Poincare’s latter statement is cor- rect, it appears that an impasse has been reached. If there is one thing clear in the over-mixed situation, due to partisan politics, “blocs” of various brands and general “cussedness” on the eve of a national campaign, in which the next Congress will find it- self, it is that no further concessions will be made in regard to the war debt which is owed to this country by France. Indeed,‘there is serious op- position in the Senate to the ratifica- tion of the settlement which has been glven to his flight and its great sig- | jogotiated and is now awaiting action nificance, as well as to the unofficial [ " tne legislative branches in both but highly effective services of this countries. No move, according to Sen- unusual young man in representing |ator Smoot, chairman of the finance the American Nation in foreign 1ands | sommittee, will be made to have the and in arousing a feeling of friendli- | senate ratity until Fregice has ap- ness there for the United States. It is expected that there will be a proved the settlement. The French debt to the United great concourse of people here to Wel- | giqteq has been in the process of ad- come Lindbergh, In addition to the |jystment for a long time. This coun- population of Washington, there will [ ry has shown no disposition to hurry be a large Inpouring of visitors, Whose | pgpce jn the matter. It s in no such " numbgr cannot be estimated. Provi-| 4 isposition now. But there is little sions have been made for their ac-|gyupt jn any one's mind that the commodation, for Washington is ac-| ooner the war debts of France are customed to and capable of handling | gyngeq, the better it will be for the great crowds on ceremonial occasions. | grancg) stability of that country. Every éffort will be made to give the | pavino gebts is a burdensome task people opportunity to see the YOUNE|,;3 ypwelcome. But paying debts re- aviator who has so thrilled the world. | 4,,ceq the burden eventually. It is the The city is being decorated in his failure to pay that causes distress, honor. possible point of display. Portraits of Lindbergh appear in windows. It is assured that he will be made to feel deeply the sincere tribute that is Flags are floating at every | .o often to the debtor than to the creditor. Too much politics has been played over the war debt settlements both in France and in the United States. Gov- being paid to him by the representa- | ornments in the former country have tives of the Nation here gathered. feared they would come to grief over There will be a natural endeavor on [ 0"y LN ments for the the part of the crowd to get close t0|geht Some of them have. Even now and to see the “Lone Eagle.” Dense{gii;cks will be made by some mem- erowding is to be expected, and to Pre- | porg of Congress, seeking to curry ‘ vent disaster restraints must be inter- | gauor with the American taxpayer posed. This may occasion some disaP- | ypon’ the present terms of the debt pointment, but it is hoped that all will | gettlement, on the ground that they bear patiently with the arrangements, | give too muth to France. The same which are the most effective that can | tactics are followed by French legisla- be made and which are devised with a | tors, appealing to the taxpayers of view to make the occasion one of uni- France. This brand of politics has versal rejoicing with a minimum of | caused a measure of ill feeling in both discomfort and danger through con-|countries. gestion. Traffic Appropriations. ‘Willlam H. Harland, traffic director of Washington, has announced that the funds appropriated’ by Congress for the maintenance of the traffic office are insufficient and that he will be compelled to ask for a supple- mental appropriation. For the fiscal year Congress appropriated $25,300 for salaries. Mr. Harland asks that this sum be increased to $32,180. For maintenance of electric traffic signals $70,000 has been made available, which the director requests should be changed to $82,100. And for an an- nual traffic survey $5,000 is required. There should be no economy or parsimony shown by Congress in pro- viding for the needs of the Traffic Bureau. Those engaged in this work must have a certain degree of special training in order to handle properly the many-sided problems that arise. And certainly no expense should be spared in the uniform maintenance of traffic lights and-the installation of new signals when their need is demonstrated. Considered in all phases, the Traffic Bureau has become one of the most important agencies of the local gov- ernment. Its work has primarily to do with the safety of the community and there can be no skimping'when the matter of human life enters into an equation. Congress should recog- nize this fact and provide liberally, so that this work of regulation of the more than one hundred thousand Washington automobiles can proceed with the maximum results. e The presidential campaign will not pass without interesting conflict. Seri- ous competition with Mr. Coolidge may be averted in the Republican na- tional convention. Democrats, how- ever, make it clear that there will be enough contention to make their con- vention worthy of interest as a sport- ing event. B A Patient Plumber. For a long, long time one of the standing jokes of the American people has been the size of the plumber's bill. It has become sort of a tradi- tion to accuse the men who fix the pipes of extortion. The plumber joke has gone along with the motherin-law joke as a feature of American humor, and, like the motherinlaw joke, it has had only a shadowy basis in fact. But that has not deterred the jesters from pointing to the plumber as one chlefly engaged in draining the pockets of his patrons. ‘ Now comes a p}ilimbcr wi It is mischievous, and worse. A fair debt settlement, a gen- erous one, is all that the people of America desire. A fair debt settle- ment is no doubt the desire of the people of France. Politicians on both sides of the ocean, however, have been responsible in large part for the fail- ure to reach a final agreement long ago. The total debt of France to the United States is $4,025,000,000. Many concessions have been made by the representatives of the United States regarding interest and time of pay- ment. The United States debt fund- ing commission has passed ouf of ex- istence, through the lapse of the law creating it. Any effort to revive the discussion over the French settlement will meet with strong resistance in the Congress. ——e: Introduction of communism into China must have been difficult. Few enterprises would séem more compli- cated than that of a Soviet soap-box orator getting his remarks over with the aid of an interpreter to a street crowd in Peking. J———- Once upon a time there was a young woman who swam the English Chan- nel. Then came several avaitors who made record trips across the Atlantic. Fame has a cruel way of obliterating its favors. The Speed Boat Regatta. Announcement has been made that the Dodge Memorial trophy will bLe added to the list of prizes for Wash- ington’s second annual President’s Cup speed boat regatta, to be held on the Potomac off Hains Point next September. The new trophy is given annually by Horace A. Dodge, jr., in memory of his father, but it will be contested for the first time In Washington at the forthcoming re- gatta. Last’ Summer, when it was an- nounced that Washington was to hold its first speed-boat competition, under the auspices of the Corinthian Yacht Club, there was great enthusiasm among not only the large yachting fraternity here, but the public at large. A great spectacle was to be presented free to every one who cared to wit- ness it. The fastest speed boats in the world were to be brought here by their owners to contest for sports’ sake. Large sums were expended in transporting the craft to the National Capital and a force of motor boat en- thuslasts descended on the city. But when a small fund for expenses was asked of the citizens of the city by the Corinthian Yacht Club, which bad made possile the evept, theje . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1927. was little response and Washington failed signally to go over the top for an enterprise that was for sports’ sake alone. For a prize fight, a dog fight, or even a little street fight, the people of Washington would probably. be eager to pay a dollar or so aplece for the privilege of watching it, but for the spectacle of twelve hundred- horsepower boats tearing up the river at eighty miles an hour not even one cent per spectator was raised to meet the necessary expenses of hold- ing the regatta. This year's event will surpass any other speed boat regatta ever held. A small sum will be needed by the club to meet expenses. It will be only a small sum, because the owners of the boats will pay out of their pockets all of the larger charges. The appeal should be made in good time for the coming meet and Washingtonians should respond heartily, so that every incentive will be given to make the National Capital the center of speed boat activities. — vt Lindbergh’s Air Mail. An impressive feature of the Lind- bergh parade tomorrow will be two, perhaps three, of the large postal vans carrying the air mail that has been received here addressed to the returning “Lone Eagle,” who is now approaching his home land. Esti- mates of the number of these letters and post cards place them at above half a million. They have been com- ing daily for two weeks. Some of them have accumulated at other points and are being sent to this city by plane. This mail will be formally “deliv- ered™ to Lindbergh at the navy yard on his arrival. He will receive it then only technically, and it will form a feature of the procession of honor, and will thus represent the participa- tion of over 500,000 Americans in the welcome given to the Nation’s hero. Interest in Charles A. Lindbergh has not only not waned since the ac- complishment of his thrilling feat, but has actually increased. He has ap- pealed to the national sentiment to an extraordinary degree, both by his courageous undertaking and his bril- liant success and by his poise and modest bearing in the most trying cir- cumstances to which a young man could possibly be subjected, receiving the laudations of the highest person- ages with simplicity and responding aptly and modestly to all addresses. It is appropriate that these mis- sives of congratulation and admira- tion should come to Lindbergh by the air. He is himself an air mail pilot, one of the most skilled in the corps. His expertness in handling the Spirit of St. Louis in the great flight to Paris came in large measure from his ex- perience with air mail planes flying regularly in all sorts of conditions, meeting hazards with swift and accu- rate decision. He is primarily an ex- ponent of postal aviation, and it is therefore fitting that the congratu- latory letters should be sent to him by this medium. —— Liberty bond transactions at present are reminding the American citizen that the successful nation is the one in which the citizen is willing to face the chance of sacrifice, still retaining faith in the continued and increasing prosperity of his country. — . There are still law experts who be- lieve that efforts to abolish crime must depend on deferring to decrees and ignoring hysterical literature in behalf of a sentenced criminal. R By earnestly supporting the eight- eenth amendment Mr. William Gibbs McAdoo evidently hopes to eliminate the “nineteenth hole” from many a golf course. —————aone- Any experienced steamboat man will agree that just at present the sky above is safer than the lands and waters of the lower Mississippi. ——— The soubriquet “Lucky Lindy” is apropos. Any man born with an un- usual equipment of brain and nerve may be regarded as lucky. » —_— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Un-High-Hatted. Fashions change. We used to meet Heroes in apparel neat, With a frock coat that would flop From a button, near the top; Heroes with the chapeau proud, Doffed with grace before the crowd, While the band played sharp or flat— Lindy, where’s your old high hat? Would you, in one little hour, Spoll the politician’s power; And the symbol take away So important in his sway? sSimply clad, you toss. aside 01d regalia of much pride. Scorn the rest, but yield us that— Lindy, where’s your old high hat? Only Chance of Attention. “What do you intend to say?” “Nothing, for the present,” an- swered Senator Sorghum, ‘“unless I can be so fortunate as to become chairman of a reception introducing a champion flyer.” The Strong Appeal. He never tried to kill a foe, Nor even sought to strike him; And deep down in our hearts we know That's mostly why we like him. Jud Tunkins says he likes to see talent encouraged, but radio delivers too many amateur nights. Times Have Changed. “Do you spend much time setting around the cross-roads store?" “Not any more,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “It's a gas station now and the general business is so big that parking space is at a premium, inside and out. More Police. The traffic cop, with cares immense, From every point draws nigh; And pretty soon we'll travel hence And dodge him in the sky. “Your poet says, ‘all the world's a stage,’” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “Through many genera- tions bad actors fighting for the spot- light have spoiled what might have been good performances.” “De man dat laughs at his self while he's tellin’ a funny story,” said Uncle Eben, “is one o' dese safety-first per- tormars” . Speciméns of humor are very diffi- cult to find in biblical literature. Per- haps the nearest approach to them are contained in the apocryphal Ecclesi- asticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach. Intermediate between sacred and secular literature, Ecclesiasticus (not to be confused with Ecclesiastes) shows the reader what a wise old man who lived some 200 B. C. thought upon various problems of practical living. Surely the son of Sirach had a slight smile at the corners of his otherwise grim mouth when he wrote: “As well as thou canst, 3aess at thy neighbors.” Those who have had difficulties with their neighbors—and who has not?— will chuckle, perhaps, at this naive rending. Guess at them, in truth! And in more ways than one. “Be not wroth with thy neighbor for every wrong,” says Ecclesiasticus. In other words, if a good neighbor does something to offend thee, think twice before you “bawl him out.” “Strive for the truth unto death,” says this old writer, as he jots down various reflections upon men and life. A consideration of some o’ these maxims, although briefly done, will show that life was much the same then as now, and men exactly alike. N e “Let not thine hand be stretched out to ‘receive, and closed when thou shouldst repay,” tersely he reminds us; and any one who, has ever loaned money—and who has not?—will recos- nize the human nature here! “If thou hast understanding,” he says, “answer thy neighbor; and_if no., let thy hand be upon thy mouth.” You see, they had as much difficulty getting along with their neighbors then as most persons do nowadays. A faithful friend is a strong defense, the son of Sirach tells us, and yet: “Separate thyself from thine enemie: and beware of thy friends.” A faith: ful friend, however, he goes on, ‘“is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find Him.” “Contend not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.”* In other words, do not add fuel to the fire, as an old saying has it. He adds: “Jést not with a rude man.” There is much wisdom for ap- plication in everyday life. There is a slight twinkle in his eye, in_the following: “Lend not to a man that is mightler than_thyself; and if thou lend, be as one that hath lost.” “Take not counsel with a fool; for he will not be able to conceal the mat- ter.” Forsake not an old friend, he says, “for the new is not comparable with him.” The following seems applicable to some modern murder cases: 'Sit not at all with a woman that hath a_hus- band, and revel not with her at the wine! lest haply thy soul turn aside unto’ her, and with thy spirit thou slide into’ destruction.” * Kk ¥ The busy bee, ever a favorite of the ancients, comes into its own again: “Commend not a man for his beauty, and abhor not a man for his outward appearance: the bee is little among such as fly, and her fruit is the chief of sweetmeats. “Glory mot in the putting on of ral- ment, and exalt not thyself in the day of honor. For the works of the Lord are wonderful, and His works are hid- den arhong men: many kings have sat down upon the ground, and one that was never thought of hath worn a dia- dem; many mighty men have been greatly disgraced, and men of renown have been delivered into other men’s THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “If thou do good,” he says, “know to whom thou doest it; and thy good deed shall have thanks. Give to the good man, and help not the sinner.” And in another place: “He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall become like unto him.” The following bit of advice will be realized only by those of experience: “Take not up a burden above thy strength; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself. What fellowship shall the earthen pot have with the kettle?” “Riches are good that have no sin he says, adding, with just that sus- picion of a smile—for he saw both ways at once—“and poverty is evil in_the mouth of the ungodly.” Put your good ideas into effect, don’t just think them. He says: “Do well unto thy friend before thou die: and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give-to him. “Defraud not thyself of a good day; and let not the portion of a good de- sire pass thee by.” This last, it seems to us, is wonderfully well put. It may be taken, of course, in either a physical or spiritual sense; the latter s its best meaning. ‘Hast thou heard a word: let it die with thee: be of good courage, it will not burst thee.” * ok kK “He that buildeth his house with other men’s money is like one that gathereth himself stones against Win- ter.” “He that keepeth the law becometh master- of the intent thereof.” He who studies and attempts to under- stand at last enters into the inner meaning of what is written. He that obeys the law will at last understand what it is all about. Such is the hope of mankind. Loud laughter was frowned upon by the son of Sirach as much as it was by Lord Chesterfleld: “A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter, but a clever man will scarce smile quietly.” And again: “The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart.” They had no pity on the “dumb- bells” in those days: “He that dis- ccurseth to a fool is as one discours- ing to a man that slumbereth, and at the end he will say, “What is 1t?” The old fellow must have grinned to_himself there. Three things are beautiful, he said: “The concord of brethren, and friend- ship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband that walk together in agreement!” And beautiful, no doubt, h> felt like saying, because rather rare. His humor comes to the fore in the following subtlety: “Happy is he that hath found prudence, and he that discourseth in the ears of them that listen.” The talkative woman comes in for her share: ‘“As the going up a sandy way fs to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.” Neat, eh? In another place: “A silent woman is a gift of the Lord.” The beauty of a good wife in the ordering of a man's house,” he declares, is “as the sun when it ariseth in the highest places of the Lord.” “Happy is the husband of a good wife; a good wife is a good portion.” The difficulties of refraining from short weights, and so on, are hinted at in the following: “A merchant shall hardly keep himself from wrongdoing, and a huckster shall not be acquitted of sin.” And again: “A nail will stick fast between the jcinings of stones; and sin will thrust hands.” WASHINGTON “mother touch” in tomorrow’s meet- ing at the White House between Evangeline Lindbergh and Grace Coolidge. Both women vaulted into the world’s eye in the midst of lives that had strangely similar and humble origins. Perhaps_the circum- stance which the First Lady of the Land and Mrs. Lindbergh find most common to them {s that by profession each of them is a school teacher. To- day one is mistress of the White House; the other, the most envied mother on earth. Comparatively lit- tle is known of the teaching career| of either of them. Since fame over- took her, less than three weeks ago, it has leaked out that Mrs. Lind- bergh, who teaches chemistry in a Detroit high school, is extraordinarily proficient in that sclence. ~Women in the Washington congressional set, who knew Mrs, Lindbergh when her husband was in the House, have been heard in recent hours calling her an American Mme. Curie. Mrs. Cool- idge, preceding her marriage in 1905, taught lip reading in a school for the deaf at Northampton, Mass. The wife of the President and the mother of the hero will find a wealth of mutual interest during their historic hours together in Washington, * K K It happens that one of the most novel of a myriad of syggestions for enduringly honoring Lindbergh comes from Mrs, Coolidge’s home town. The Vermont State Chamber of Commerce, at Burlington, proposes that some Amegrican composer worthy of the task proceed to write a Lindbergh “flight _symphony.” The chamber says: “Well has it been observed that words fail to express what needs to be expressed in_connection with Lind- bergh’s achiévement. Nothing could be more musical than that indescrib- able flight, the perfect personality of the fiyer and the great recognition of a great event by the people of France. What movements there could be in such a symphony after the perilous taking-of! flight over land and sea, by a lone aviator, with a whole world thinking about him—flight by day and by night, and finally a burst of light and an ovation by a whole people.” * koK ok Political Washington paused in the midst of its Lindbergh complex to gasp over the little “run-in” between President Coolidge and Senator Smoot on the question of a special session of Congress. The G. O. P. high priest from Utah emerged from the executive sanctum and authorized the statement that the President would convenc Congress in October. No sooner had that word been winged to the country than Mr. Coolidge issued a devastating denial. It was accompanied by the stern assertion that when there was anything to announce about a special session the President would be his own broadcaster. Nobody imagines that the White House meant to re- buke the all-powerful chairman of the Senate finance committee. But it jsn’t the first time that Mr. Coolidge has taken occasion publicly to resent the periodical practice of callers to tell the world what they gleaned at his desk before he was ready to have it known. * K K X North Carolina Republicans, who are probably the most numerous of their breed anywhere in Dixie, are to the front with the very newest thing under the 1928 sun. One of their spokesmen, rhapsodizing over the action of Gov. Fuller of Massa- chusetts In appointing a commission to investigate the Sacco-Vanzetti case, deposes and says that it's ‘big enough to_earn Fuller national rec- ognition. He therefore proposes that Republican_history could well afford to repeat itself next year, whereby itself in between buying and selling.” OBSERVATIONS lBY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. There’ll be more than the usual Nicholas Longworth for President and Alvan T. Fuller for Vice Presi- dent. * ok k% Ever since it became known that Senator Borah, Demosthenes of Con- gress, has been reduced to a whis- per by an operation for tonsilitis, ‘Washington Wass have opined that everything Vici President Dawes wants to accomplish could be achieved by removing tonsils on both sides of the Senate aisle. Newspapers all over the country are now printing an advertisement bearing the photo- graph and autograph of Senator Cur- tis of Kansas, administration leader in the Senate. The advertisement recommends a certain brand of cigarettes. Curtis suggestively ob- serves that nearly all Senators smoke cigarettes and find to their joy that the habit does not affect their voices. * *x k *x Senor Honorio Pueyrredon, Ambas- sador of Argentina at Washington, is in the midst of an extensive tour of study in the agricultural areas of the Middle West. He decided to spend his vacation that way instead of indulg- ing, as most of his ambassadorial con- freres at this season do, in the luxury of holidays on some fashionable sea- shore. Senor Pueyrredon will travel from coast to coast by automobile. His family is in the party and the caravan consists of two cars. The Ambassador will inspect wheat farms, cattle ranches, sugar beet plantations, fruit orchards and Department of Ag- riculture experimental stations. He's particularly interested in Uncle Sam’s fight on the corn-borer and on hog cholera. Among several members of Congress who paved the way for the Argentinian diplomat’s expedition is Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, who is one of the country's great stock- growers. * K X K Ambassador Houghton is_tarrying in Washington on leave from the Court of St. James, at London. Our envoy to Great Britain is found by Capital correspondents conspicuously less communicative than he was in the Spring of 1926, when Mr. Hough- ton's observations on the European situation created -a near-crisis_“over there” and a storm in the United States Senate. Private affairs largely, the Ambassador asserts, bring him home at this time. The forty-first an- nual reunion of his Harvard class is one of the Houghton missions on na- tive heath. The Ambassador is loud in praise of Lindbergh’s bearing in England. “He’s a hoy of whom we can be very proud,” Mr. Hough- ton avers, “for he has received honors unprecedented and kept his head.” * Kk ok ok “The Making of a Law” is the title of an informative address to be de- livered next week by Mrs. Martha R. Gold, secretary to United States Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, in Kansas City. Her forum will be the natfonal convention of the Kappa Beta Pi legal sorority. Mrs. Gold, in her non-secretarial in- carnation, is a lawyer. Seventeen Senators now have woman secretaries. Two of them voted in the Senate agpinst woman suffrage—Borah and Moses. The baby Senator, “Young Bob” La Follette, is one of the solons Who are secretaried by young women. The bobbed-haired group, which now has a gallery to itself in the Senate, contains some of the shrewdest poli- ticians on Capitol Hill. ACopyright. 1927.) Urges Vocational Training. From the Waco (Tex.) Times-Herald. ‘What this newspaper has Insisted on, and what it will continue to in- the presidential ticket would be headed by an Ohioan and tail-ended by & son of the Bay State—as it was in 1920, To that end he suggests - il ~ . sist on, is vocational training; it is positive tragedy to send one out into the world with a good education and no means of earning a velihood, . | soldier, workman and peasant. Lessons Are Drawn From Lindbergh Feat To the Editor of The Star: Possibly never in the history of the world has a task been undertaken which demanded the courage, daring, will power, nervous and mental con- centration and endurance combined with skill and good judgment as that exhibited by Charles A. Lindbergh, referred to by Ambassador Herrick as “the miracle boy” who lone-handed made the remarkable flight across the Atlantic. In all lands he is proclaimed the “hero of heroes..” Will Rogers, in his characteristic manner, said: “This boy is not our usual type of hero that we are used to dealing with. all the others rolled into one and then multiplied by 10. He is our prince and president combined.” Ambassador Herrick said, “Had we searched all America, we could not have found a better type than young Lindbergh to represent the spirit and high purpose of our people. He is of the Lincoln type. Who can say more? It was such an instrument as this boy—this miracle—that was needed to clear the air of misunderstanding between France and the United States.” His success was not a mere hap- pen-so. Marshal Foch said: “Lindbergh pre- pared his plane, prepared his trip, prepared himself, most thoroughl There was no luck in his achieve- ment.” The secret of his success is here stated—he prepared his plane, most thoroughly. He prepared his trip, most thoroughly. And, last but not least, he prepared himself, most thoroughly. Young men of Lindbergh’s type are not a product of chance. They are not a product of one generation. They are not a mushroom growth that spring into being overnight. Lindbergh has back of him a sturdy and noble ances- try, to which he is indebted for the qualities he revealed, and which made possible his remarkable achlevement. The virtues of the mother stand forth as vividly as do those of the son. ‘While heredity is an all-important factor in the development of such a character, early training figures large- ly in it. The best heredity may be- come dwarfed by early training. The best heredity and early training amounts to little when the brain of a young man is narcotized. Wrong personal habits formed after leaving the parental home frequently neutral- ize both heredity and early training. This lad, who is referred to as “our biggest national asset,” is a young man of clean living. His nights have not been spent in the dance hall, in drinking and smoking cigarettes. “He does not smoke. He does not drink anything stronger than water. He does not swear,” is the statement that came over the radio through a per- sonal friend and former associate of his. We are not surprised to obtain this information. For his voyage across the Atlantic, puepared to face rain and sleet, travel- ing at time over 2 miles in th air, he prepared most thoroughly. Had he been a smoker, he would surely have iaid in a supply of cigarettes. Had he been accustomed to depend upon an occasfonal drink of whisky, wine or beer, he would most certainly not have forgotten the pocket flask. Had he been a coffee drinker, he would have supplied himself with coffee. A few sandwiches and water was all he took with him on this trip. When offered a cup of coffee on his arrival by well-meaning friends and admirers, he politely refused it and asked for a glass of milk. When, at the banquet given in his honor, the guests drank champagne to his health, while he, too, pressed the glass to his lips, not a drop of the liquid went any further. A member of the embassy staff, observ- ing how temperately he ate, said, “He eats like a sparrow.” Charles Lind- bergh, our modern Daniel, stands forth as an example to our American youth, as did Daniel in Babylon, of the secret of real success in any profession. Such a character as he possessed is not developed in a crisis or in a severe test. It is then revealed. What he was on his voyage across the Atlantic, and what he was in France at the banquet, he was when at his home in America. He merely did, under test- ing circumstances, as he had done aforetime. Such an example as we find in the life of Charles Lindbergh should be kept before the boys of our country who have the ambition to excel in athletics or some other pro- fession requiring. courage, daring, endurance and good judgment and skill. D. H. KRESS, M. D. Strewing of I"lowers— Urged for Lindbergh To the Editor of The Star: He is | Q. How much shorter was Lind- bergh's route than the steamer route by way of the Azores?— W. K. s, A. According to a statement is- sued by the National Geographic So- ciety, the circular course taken by Lindbergh was about 473 miles shorter than the route from New York to Paris via the Azores. Q. Why is horse racing called the sport of kings—N. J. K. A. Horse racing has been called the sport of kings because it has been one of their amusements since the earliest dawn of civilization. Thothmes I of the eighteenth Egyp- tian dynasty left a papyrus letter telling of his conquest of Mesopo- tamia and priding himself upon the acquisition of the racing horse (the Arab) and being the first to intro- duce him in Africa. Somewhat later the records tell of King Solomon buying horses from Egypt and pay- ing as much as $3,000 for some of them. Among the Greeks horse rac- ing was introduced into the Olympic Games in the thirty-third Olympiad (648 B.C). Q Is a hen's egg considered meat?—F. M. A. The Department of Agricul- ture says that while the hen's egg is an animal product, it is not meat. Hen's egg is composed of two parts —the white, which is a secretion of the glands of the oviduct; the yolk, which is largely fat; being a single ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. becomes greater, and this, of course, would force more air down into the cavern. In short, a well of this kind, often called a breathing well, exhales as a storm is apnroaching and inhal as it is passing. Q. Is the sugar obtained from wood the same as that now in use for cooking and on the table?—G. O. W. A. It is not the same. It is largely glucose, like the sugar obtained from corn, mixed with considerable quan- tities of other sugars. It is produced by hydrolysis, but has not’ yet been done on a commercial scale. Q. What do the Initlals J. D. mean when placed after a person’s name?—N. A. They may mean doctor of law (jurum_ doctor), or they may be used to designate a junior deacon (Free- masonry). Q. What was Sir Walter Scott paid for his novel, “Ivanhoe”?—P. G. A. He is sald to have received $1,500. The novel contained nearly 150,000 words. Q. Does the water in the ocean move from place to place when waves are made by the wind?—J. S. A, There is no actual transport of the water resulting from wave mo- tion in the ocean. The water merely rises and sinks in the same place, as may be seen by observing an object floating on a surface disturbed by waves. The water down to a consid- cell, the hen’s egg is the same as the esg of any other female, a repro- ductive cell. Q. When were long-distance tele- phone calls first made?—T. H. A. Long-distance telephony was first made possible in 1885, when the American Bell Telephone Co. organ- ized the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co, For several years previous- Iy experimental lines were operated between New York and Boston. In 1885 a regular line between New York and Philadelphia was constructed. Q. Why do gold and silver coins have milled edges?—W. N. A. This is done to prevent unde- tected scraping of the edges, which would reduce wefght and actual value. Q. When was the Marquis de La- fayette made a major_general in the American Army?—E. W. A. He was commissioned by Con- gress July 38, 1777. Q. Does an old iron stove show any signs of being burned up?—E. S. A. The Bureau of Standards says that the constant heating oxidizes the iron, which is a_slow “burning-up,” therefore, an old iron stove will show signs of being burned. ). Will a shipyard crane lift a stone weighing 50 pounds 100 feet into the air?—P. R. B. A. Cranes used in shipyards can do so. Q. What will keep scum from form- ll;lgson pickles kept in a barrel?—J. A. The Bureau of Chemistry says that nothing will keep the scum from forming on a barrel of pickles which were kept in vinegir. The vinegar soaks the brine out of the pickles, and this brine dilutes the vinegar and makes it weak, so that it will not keep the scum, which is bacteria, from forming. You should take the pickles out, wipe them off, cover them with vinegar and allow them to stand 10 days. At this time throw away the vinegar and put the pickles in a sec- ond vinegar, and you will find that the pickles will keep and the vinegar will be quite free from scum. Any s;um that appears should be skimmed off. Q. Is the percentage of delinquent girls in institutions increasing?—L. S. A. The percentage of delinquent girls is increasing in institutions; that of boys is decreasing. Q. Please explain the action of a well that exhales with the approach of a storm and inhales when _the weather is about to clear.—L. R. M. A. The Weather Bureau says that this well evidently communicates through a crevice, or otherwise, with one or more underground caverns. Now, when a storm is Appmchx the atmospheric pressure at the sur- face of the ground becomes less, hence some of the air in the cavern blows out by expansion. On the other hand, on the approach of clear weather, the atmospheric pressure erable depth takes part in the move- ment of oscillation which produces at the surface the alternation of wave crest and trough. Q. What can be mixed with alcohol to make it non-inflammable?—H. K. A. The Bureau of Chemistry says that if alcohol is mixed in equal por- tions with water, it will burn. If more than 50 per cent of water is used, it ‘will not burn. Q. What is English breakfast tea?— H. E. A. The Grocers’ Encyclopedia says that this is an American trade term unknown in England. It is generally applied to China black tea. Q. Name the oldest academy of arts in the United States?—B. T. A. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is the oldest academy of its kind in the United States. It is the successor of a drawing school started in 1781 by Charles Wilson Peale. Q. V{h)’ is the “Preakness” so called? 8. A. The name ‘“Preakness” as ap- plied to the $50,000 stake run at the Pimlico Spring meeting- is so called after the horse that won the first “Dinner Party Stake,” afterward known as the “Dixie Stake,”at Pimlico, in 1870, the most famous racing event of the time. The farm of Mr. M. H. Sanford, owner of the winner, in New Jersey, was called “Preakness,” and the horse was named after his home, The Preakness Stake was first run for at Pimlico in 1873, and was won by Mr. John F. Chamberlin’s Survivor. Q. When was the Taj Mahal built? Please give its dimensions--J. C. A. A. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum of white alabaster a mile east of Agra, India, built (1629-50) by Shah Jehan as a burial place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz-i-Mahal. It is said to have cost over $9,000,000. The building is octagonal, 130 feet in length and width and 70 feet high, exclusive of the dome, which rises 100 feet above the main mass. Four exquisite cylin- drical minarets, 133 feet high, mark the corners of the superb platform on which it stands. Q. How many copies of “The Rosary" have been sold?—N. E. W. A. Six million coples have been sold and $400,000 in royalties paid to the composer’s family. Our Washington Information Bu- reau does mot take a vacation. It is on the job every day during the year, answering questions for our readers. Its special service is to answer any question of fact on any subject for any reader at any time. It is impos- sible to make a complete enumeration of subjects giving an adequate idea of the scope and range in which the bufeau can serve you. Its activities can only be summed up in the phrase, “whatever you want to know.” Send in your question. Address The Eve- ming Star Information Bureau, Fred- ;)ric(‘l. Haskin, director, Washington, i et e oo Press Pleased at Handling can make it come to life; and it is: It each person along the line of march and at the Ellipse Saturday will carry with him just one flower to toss to Col. Lindbergh as he passes by, it will make a most impressive demonstra- tion of our welcome to him. It doesn't have to be a hothouse flower; a rose from their gardens will be just as much appreciated by him, for he is unpretentious and under- standing, and I believe if this idea is put before the people threugh, your paper the majority of his admirers will thank you for the suggestion and it will make Col. Lindbergh’s reception very pleasing to him. MAMIE S. ADAMS. o Change the Route Of Saturday’s Parade! To the Editor of The Star: 1t is tn be regretted that the com- mittee on arrangements for the re- ception to Capt. Lindbergh announces that the procession will turn south at Fifteenth street and cut through to the Monument Grounds. * On this historic occasion the parade should follow the route of all great processions and proceed north on Fifteenth street to the Treasury and then pass the White House, going to the Monument Grounds by way of the magnificent 1st Division Me- morial. Thus the procession would not only pass the White House, but the sev- era), additional blocks woild give an opportunity for thousands to view the parade more easily. It is to be hoped that the committee will order the change to be made. DAVID WHITNEY. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Number of Gen. Pershing's staff officers arrive in France to begin work of organizing bases of the Ame: ican Army soon to arrive. * * Bmergency Fleet Corporation pl an order for fleet of steel composite vessels. * * * Red Cross Commis- sion, announced as now on its way to Europe, will remain therelfor dura- tion of the war. * * * Central pow- ers now holding 2,874,271 prisoners, and total held by allies number 1,284,050. * * *¢ Russian newspaper, lauding President Wilson's message, says a copy must be given to eve vie House Floor Leader Kitchin resents Senate’s revision of revenue bill and threatens to bar conference on it. * * & United States Railroad Com- mission arrives in Siberia. Recom- mends that large locomotive plant be built at Vladivostok. * * * Last week drive being made to put the Liberty loan over the top. o Protracted. From the Lynchburg Death and taxes but one is more lin both inevitable, R Difficulties that have arisen at the Canddian border as a result of drastic provisions of the United States immi- gration law of 1924 are expected by the American press to be straightened out to the satisfaction of all persons con- cerned. Particular approval is ex- pressed of the spirit of co-operation and friendliness that has marked the negotiations. Trouble was acute, for a time, at such border cities as Detroit and Buffalo, which have thousands of industrial and other workers, who maintain residence in Canada, many of whom would be barred by the law from crossing into the United States because they are not mative-born citi- zens_of the Dominion. The difficulty has been overcome by extending the time for Canadians of foreign birth to meet the requirements, with the prospect that, in the meanwhile, Con- gress will take action. “One thing the development has em- phasized,” says the Hamilton Spec- tator of Ontario, “and that is the value of Canada’s direct representation in Washington. ‘The conferences which have been held between Hon. Vincent Massey and the Secretary of State have demonstrated the convenience of the new diplomatic arrangements.” The Buffalo Evening News is con- vinced that “if the time of grace that has been granted on the ruling for strict enforcement of the immigration act is not sufficient to make compli- ance easy for Canadians working in this country, the time should be further extended. Then,” the Buffalo paper adds, “it is hoped that Congress will glve attention to the matter.” “It is hoped,” declares the Detroit News, “that the American Congress | will proceed In the spirit already ex- pressed by the Secretary of State, to amend the law so as to permit all Ca- nadians now working in the United States to continue to do so without in- terruption. And it would be very help- ful if, at the same time, the Canadian Parliameng would consider an amend- ment of its own law, which would cor- rect the cause of the American dis- crimination between Canadians of na- tive and foreign birth. This could be accomplished, for example, by an mendment of the Canadian natural- zation act so as to extend the full privilege of Canadian citizenship, in the atter of traveling abroad, only after a period of four or five years, in- stead of one year, as at present.” EE ‘While the New York Times believes that “the simplest solution would ap- pear to be to place all Canadian citi zens, whether born there or in Europe, in the non-quota class,” the Los An: geles Times points out that “it is ob- vious that many Europeans have sought to outwit our immigration offi- cials by taking passage to Canada and then crossing the border into this country along with the freely admitted Canadians.” On_ the other hand, the Of Canadian Immigration came into the United States either to work or to stay.” As to those affected by the ruling, the Kalamazoo Gazette points out that “native-born Canadians have always been admitted to our country as ‘non- quota allens,’ but for some reason Congress, in framing the present,im- migration law, saw fit to draw a dis- tinction between native-born and na- turalized citizens of the Dominion. This distinction has been resented by Canada,” states the Gazette, “on the ground that a government certainly should be granted the right to deter- mine who are and who are not its citizens. There is no reason to think that our Federal lawmakers intended the slightest affront to the sovereignty or dignity of our northern neighbors,™ declares this Michigan journal, though it acknowledges “it has required no small amount of diplomatic skill to explain away the objections Canadian aun_;_o;mes have raised.” “The intent of the regulation was the laudable one of preventing Euro- pean emigrants from entering this country via Canada, but the practical effect of it has been to exclude from their daily employment on this side of the line, nqtably in and about Detroit, many residents of Canada who are usefully employed here and upon whom it would work a hardship to férbid them to cross the line,” com- ments the Boston Transcript, which is pleased because the “two govern- ments refused to grow excited over the issue, each doing its best to com- Ppose an embarrassing situation.” * k k% As explained by the Manchester Union, “The United States Govern- ment does not withdraw from thi sition originally taken, but gmnt: ld)g: lays for the necessary adjustments, so that persons may not be unnecessarily thrown out of employment. Mr. Kecl- logg even goes so far as to suggest,” continues the Union, “that a recom- mendation will be made to Congress for an amendment of the present law, if that law is found to endanger D between the two peoples. The position taken by the Union is that “our immigration laws aim pri- marily to protect American labor for Amerjcans, and the restrictions ap- plied to foreigners "living here are equally applicable to foreigners work- ing here but living elsewhere.” According to the Port Huron Times- Herald, “the new regulations are the vesult of conference with representa- tives of the Canadian government and combine the desires of both govern- ments in the matter. That the final result will be pleasing and satisfying to both and will work out to our mutual good,” is the opinion of this paper. Quoting the Montreal Star on the subject of the “most recent note from Washington™ to the effect that the note “will be welcomed by reason of its sympathetic tone and evident de- sire to avoid ill-feeling,” the Janesville Daily Gazette says: “We need the Brooklyn Daily Eagle holds that “Can- ada selects her alien residents so in- telligently lw we are lucky if they page i history. friendship of Canada. It has be long standing and mrh”n b::‘n‘::