Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1927, Page 8

{THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. —— WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. .September 15, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor ‘The Eveniny sur.fiw-paper Company Business Office 11th St and Penusylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 Fast 42 St. Chicago Office: Tower Buili Ing. European Office: 14 Regent St.. London. England The Evening Star with the Sunday morn. :a edition 18 delivered by carriers within e city at 60 cents per month: daily <l 45 cents per month. Sun bave only r month, lephone Main 5000. Orders max he sent by ‘mal. olleetion is made by carrier at end of each montia Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. E:){v and Sunday....1 vr fiuo- 1 mo. aily only 21 vr. $8.00: 1 mo. indav only 1 vr $300° 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. §||Iv and Sunday.1vr. 81200, 1 mo. $1.00 75¢ Boe aily ol SK00: T mo. - i8¢ unday only. $400° 1 mo. 35¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Assouated Pre cxclusively entitied 10 the use for republication of all Jatches credited 1o it or not othe ted in this vaper and also the los published herein. s of puldication All rigl ©f special dispatches herein are 1lso iere Mr. Mellon's Preference. Secretary Mellon’s statement yes- terday that he accepts as final Mr. Coolidge's announcement that he does Dot “choose to run for President in 1928, coupled with his expression of personal preference for Charles E. Hughes for the presidential nomina- tion by the Republican party next June, puts an aspect upon the polit- feal situation that will cause much discussion and probably considerable readjustment. For Mr. Mellon's of- ficial position puts him in the closest eontact with the President, and when he says that he accepts the statement of August 2 as final and conclusive it may be taken as tantamount to a supplementary declaration by the President himself. There has been much speculation on this score since the President an- nounced his *“choice” not to run for President next year, and of late a disposition has developed in influen- tial Republican quarters to interpret that announcement as leaving possi- ble the “drafting” of Mr. Coolidge for another term. Quite recently Mr. Hughes, upon his return from Eu- rope, himself gave expression to this fecling. Now comes Secretary Mellon with his own interpretation of final- ty, coupled with a statement of his personal preference for Mr. Hughes. Undoubtedly there are many Re- publican leaders who would like to see the former justice, former candidate for President and former Secretary of State nominated in June in the be- lief that he would be the strongest man to head the ticket. They see the growing possibility of the nomination of Gov. Smith of New York—a possi- bility strengthened by recent develop- ments m the West and South. They want a candidate who can surely broken when she fell. This is prob- ably the first casualty of the kind that ever occurred. It was the more sig- nificant because of the fact that motor cars had figured in sinister manner in her career. A number of years ago her two children were drowned in the Seine when the motor in which they, with a nurse, were seated became freed of its brakes and ran down a bank into the river. On several occasions she has been injured In motor acci- dents. Now a floating scarf and a spinning wheel have brought her to death, ending a life of tragedy and sorrow. Isadora Duncan an artist of ex- ceptional talents. She was the daugh- ter of a dancing teacher and became mistress of the art at an early age. Conceiving the possibility of reviving the classic Greek dances, she prepared herself for exposition of that form of expression and achieved a distinct suc- cess at a time when various forms of terpsichorean demonstration were at- tracting and holding public attention. After she had won prominence she de- veloped eccentricities which brought her frequently into public notice. Her matrimonial experience was a sad fail- ure. She passed from extremes of pov- erty to affluence in a series of adven- tures. Meanwhile other dancers had won and for periods held public favor, and the years were passing and taking their toll of her art. At last there re- mained for her only the prospect of the publication of her memoirs, ar- rangements for which were under way when she took the fatal instruction motor ride. Thus passes one of the world's unique characters, gifted, of strange contradictions, fated. She stimulated interest in one of the greatest of the arts and gave much pleasure to count- less people by her demonstrations. At last she met her death in a strange manner, and it holds the world's at- tention for a brief period, as one of the inexplicable freaks of human expe- rience. Averting Il Feeling. The Tariff Commission has acted wisely in abandoning its plan to send a commission to Argentina to inves- tigate the costs of production of flaxseed and corn. The information to be gained by such a step is un- important compared to risks of fur- ther endangering relations already subjected to considerable strain with- in the last few years. Anti-American sentiment in Argentina is based not 50 much on the diplomatic policy of the United States as on its customs and tariff regulations. Some of them have adversely affected Argentine agriculture, and this effect has been seized upon and enlarged by a po- litical group which In Argentina, as in the United States,. makes its strongest play by fighting the bat- tles of the farmer. Anything which affects the farmer, however remote- ly, is so magnified in the interest of politics that it becomes a great na- tional issue, Fighting for the farm- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINUTOR, 3. THIS AND and Asia, Schlee and Brock have dem- onstrated their skiill and pluck and their possession of an extraordinarily stable and speedy plane. So regular were their first moves, with delays only in Turkey owing to legal com- plications, and in India in consequence of adverse weather, that they winged {their way the greater part of the dis- tance around the world without mishap. Doubtless this flight, interrupted thought it has been, and a failure in respect to the initial plan, will yield important results. It has been proved possible to fly across the Atlantic and two great continents practically on schedule and in record time. Much has been learned regarding the air routes and the weather conditions. Brock and Schlee have been pioneers and have contributed richly to knowl- edgoe regarding the possibility of great- distance flying. Perhaps they will later find a way to span the Pacific, or others may solve this problem. It is not to be doubted that eventually round-the-world flying will be achieved. — e License Tags for 1928. Assurance is given in the annual report of the superintendent of the District’s penal institutions that the entire supply of the District’s 1928 au- tomobile tags, now being made at the reformatory at Lorton, will be de- livered before the first of January. This is gratifying in view of last Win- ter's experience. The contract for making the 1927 tags had been let to a private concern in Chicago, being | awarded to that company in part, it has been indicated, in consequence of interested influences. ~ There was | trouble” from the start. Production was not begun until too late for com- [ plete delivery if there had been no |interruptions. Then the company had | trouble of a financial nature and pro- duction stopped. The outcome of the |affair was that the tags were* not re- | ceived in time for distribution on the | expiration of the old license year, and | a moratorium was declared by the | | Commissioners ~ Some motorists did |not get their new tags for several months after the first of January and much confusion resulted. In view of this experience the Com- missioners determined to place the work with the District reformatory and, as Supt. Barnard’s report indi- cates, their confidence in prompt per formance has been justified. An ex- tensive plant has been installed, which | is declared to be one of the hest in existence. Owing to the necessity for making a complete new installation of machinery it will not be possible to deliver all the tags by the 10th of | November, as had originally been | planned. But assurance is given that | they will all pe available before Jan- uary 1, and so there is no reason to expect confusion this scason, such as that which marked the openins of the license yvear soon to clos i District motorists announcements regarding their 1928 tags and should be prompt in apply- | THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The “tone of command” leaves us cold, when the owner of it does not command our respect and has no legitimate right to order us around. Nothing gives us a larger pain than one of these gruff talkers ovér the telephon “Hello, he fondly imagines to be snappy. Mr. So-and-So there?” Now, it is not what he says, but the way he says it, that makes us want to yell back: thank God, he is not here and if he were, we wouldn't admit it!" * K Kk These feliows have read some- where that one ought to “assume the tone of command.” : The trouble with such advice is that it is too diffuse, too general, too lacking in a necessary particulal ization. Yot every person is fit to com- mand, certainly. Let so much be admitted. Uom- :nrmd(‘rs are more often made than horn, One grows command. A man is a general, for instance Does any one think for an inst that the officer said to himself. “Now 1 will assume the tone of command and the War Department will be so struck by it that I will be commis- sioned a general overnight?” EEE No, the thing isn't done that way, or 80 casily. To be a general, one has to have been a lieutenant first, and then a captain, and then a major and then a colonel. During this increase in r of command has grown snclination. he says in a voice which 1s into the substance of the years represented by nk the man's tone by nataral He has the tone of command be- | cause he has commanded. For a chap to read in a_book some place that he ought—by all means. he ought—to speak with authority, vigor, pep and so on, and then for instant put volce, is to attempt something which does not ring true. These fellows seldom ring true—-es- | peciaily over the telephone. * ok ok X The telephone, like a little too much hard licker, usually shows & man up for what he is. | In the hands of a courteous man,| the telephone is a medium for court I ous communication of thought. | In the hands of a boor, the same | instrument becomes a path for a| boorish interchange of lop-sided ideas. | Men and women do queer things| with_telephones. “I'll bet you don't know who this| is, yvs the y creature at the other | end of the Of course, should you gu: Why doesn’t the lady tell you at once, as courtesy and the telephone company require? * k% X A man who by no means would be admitted to the sacred inner office can creep into it over a wire as easily as not. Suppose one has, after much labor, managed to secure a personal inter- e. you don’t—and | why view with a natural leader of men. You sit there, rather proud of your- self, fondly imagining that you are safe from intrusion. But are you sure? Ting-a-ling! The natural leader does not hesi- tate to reach for the phone and to spend several minutes talking to an unknown, such is the power of curiosity in all human beings. He allows you, who have struggled to secure an interview, to cool your heels at his very feet while he talks to a man who has done no more than instruct his secretary, Jones, get me Mr. Natural Leader.” * oK XK Then there is that latest misuse of a great public utility, the use of the telephone to solicit busine: Such intrusion into the priv a home is nothing less than sn ing. It smacks of second-story work, and indeed is such, in a ot ally comes into a house at such a height. “Hello, is this Mr. suave voice. Mr. Goofenduff not heing ashamed of his name, although perhaps he ought to be, readily enough admits legation. oofenduff,” goes on the un- known, “wouldn't you lke to have your picture taken? If Mr. Goof falls for the bland! ments of the charmer, the thing he knows he is sitting for a photo that he doesn't want. Or it may be a subscription to something or other, or a purchase of some sort of cleanser. The whole procedure is a nuisance. * %k k % The gentleman with the commanding | voice usually results in making him- | self merely tiresome Goofenduff?” thing as television as yet perfected for attachment to receivers, else he m get the shock of his life, mental ratt n electrical, although mental 1kes somewhat of the electric ure. What would a man who prides him- self upon his “tone of command” think if he would see the commandce grinning broadlv at him What would he think, indeed, if he could read the thoughts of the man | t the other end of the line, who s | ing to himself: “This hozo doesn't ring true. “This is not the tone of command T respect ‘Besides, this specimen has no right to pull it on me. “What is more, he wouldn't dare to it he had.me face to face. “Courtesy is something he is not hle to handle naturally, so he goes in for the voice tinged with subconscious | eriticism. The trouble 1, In his particular and peculiar case, that his tinge of criti- sism isn't subconscious, but highly | “onscious. | “If he would just relax a bit, and be | natural, in so far as the thing lies | with him, he might get results. | “With certain persons of I | minds he may put it across. “But honestly, the thing with me. “Try again, some time, m attempt to be a gentlemzn, pl ype and BACKGROUND OF EVENTS “Miss | sense, since the teléphone wire usv- | Luckily for him, there is no such | falls flat | Y, SEPTEMBER 1 Hay Fever Remedies Quoted and Discussed To the Editor of The Star: In reply to a recent newspaper let- ter of mine on hay fever several per- sons and a chemical concern have| written me letters suggesting rem- edies for hay fever. As a sufferer from this complaint for some 25 years perhaps the opinion I give later on in | this letter—a rather novel opinion, 1 think—concerning the nature of this complaint and concerning rem- edies for it may interest the medi- cal fraternity as well as the public. During the early years of my hay fever troubles I used to do things for it, but I cannot say that I received much benefit. It has not been so bad me Summers as others, and I have experienced relief on an ocean voyage, at high mountain altitudes, and also one Summer when I was in San Fran. cisco. But I do not think that I have | been altogether free from attacks of | h fev ir in the past many I have done prac Ily nothing to alleviate ha fever attacks, either by remedies or change of locality; yet the acks have not ed in severit but rather ened during the past few years (though possibly 1 am getting more used to them now..or find that my present place of residence mitigates the attacks). As I said in my other letter, hay fever does not seem to shorten life or really to affect the sufferer’s health or strength. On the contrary, I am | inclined to think that hay fever suf- (l:re usually have a great deal of | vitality, perhaps more than most peo- nd they are often long-lived It is really my opinion that true hay fever is not a dis e or a pathologi- cal condition at all, but that it is a natural condition in those who suf- fer from it, just as sick headaches |seem to be natural to some people, and ¢ n other complaints seem to 1 to other people, and just as the catamenia, an apparently path- ologic II condition, is nevertheless natural. | Anything that effected a stoppage of the catamenia injure health. would undonbted] s Perhaps the copio { mucous discharges that hay fever su ferers experience also are nect for their health, and if the; | stopped by any means the health of | the sufferer might be seriously affect. sed. fever were strictly a ‘‘di: 4 not likely that so many would be sccretly proud of fever (as I believe they {are), nor is it likely that the Hay Fever Association would have been formed, composed of the aristocracy of “sick” | eople. Some things we have to, and ousht to, grin and hear, since in | il ving to rectify them we often n from the frying-pan into the fire.” Some people suffer from certain | complaints all their lives, yet they | live long, and their general health ind strength are good. Why, then, | consider these complaints signs of | diseave or unhealth? Of course, some | symptoms are signs of disease, but others are caused by some small (or | large) irrogularity of living, while still others ‘e natural to the con- titition of the sufferer, and are sen perhaps, to show him that he is onl human being, subject to human s, and not a god as he might be inclined to feal at those glorious times when he is running over with super: bundant health, strength and vitality. A too’ hearty meal may cause alarming symptoms and the mere ebh and flow of the sexual life ‘ul.«u causes “symptoms.” | Let us not doctor ourselves so | much, or worry so much about the of our h We will th. live | preceding year. Q. When was the first glee club formed ?—F. D. A. In 1787 a “glee club” was formed in London, which flourished until 1837. Since this style of music which was peculiar to Fngland was not written until the middle of the eighteenth century, this glee club portanee, . ': Willlam _Blake's place of buriil_known?—T. N. A. The bodles of the poet and his wife lie in a_pauper’s grave in Bun- hill_Fields, Finsbury. A tombstone marking the spot was unveiled on the 100th anniversary of the poet's death. Q. What is meant by a Six Frame Wilton?—F. A. R. 5 A. The term “Six Frame Wilton" is d to denote the number of colo: used in the weaving of Wilton rug. The word “frame” is us: to indicate the wire that is used, over which the threads are woven. Also this frame wire is used in the cutting of the thread so as to give the piled effect of the rug. Q. How many people die minute?—J. L. " A. The worl mated at 68 a minute, 97 5,740,800 a year. Q. Is volcanic heat being used ifornia for power?—C. T. S. A. Volcanic heat emitted in geysers of Sonoma Count: being used in a small way for power and lights. In turn the power Is being used to drill oil wells and large developments are planned. Q. What is a sweepstake?—F. T. H. A. A sweepstake is a gambling ar- rangement by which all the sums staked on an event may be won by one or a few of the bettors. Q. . s death rate is esti- 20 a da: What is the record for apple picking in a da S. B. K. A. Ten to twenty-five barrels of ap- ples a day is a fair estimate for ex- perienced pickers in apple orchards. Forty barrels a day have been picked on well laden, low, young trees. Q. What is the value of the auto- mobiles_sold in this country in a year?—E. A. A. The automobiles sold in the at a little less than $3,000,000,000. Q. How many citizens' training camps were held this year?—N. D. A. Fifty-two citizens’ military 33 States and 1 at San Juan, Porto Rico. and larger than that of any was Q. Who headed the Ttalian Debt | Commission to this country that handled the refunding of the Italian debt to the United States?—G. T. A. Count Volpi. Q. Does England have an official censor_of plays?—S. N. A. By an may be acted for hire until they have been submitted to the lord chamberlain. He may refuse to license them in whole or in parts. The of- ficial who reads them for the pur- | pose of deciding is called the “exam- |iner of stage plays.” There is a fine of $150 for acting an unlicensed or prohibited play, and the theater in which® it is presented forfeits its license. Q. Was Pindar considered a great was probably the first of any im- | each | Unifed States in 1926 were valued- training camps_were in operation in | The attendancé totaled 39,676 | act of 1843 mo plays | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. |itary. Tn 1725, when Gen. Wade was sent to Scotland to pacify the High- |lands, he gave orders that the six | companles in_existence adopt a uni- | form tartan. This was of a dark color and gave rise to the name of the “Black Watch.” In 1739 these six com- panies were formed into a regiment d the history of the Black Watch began. Q. Where do we got | “ploneer’?—A. M. | A. Pioneers in oldtime warfare fuets the detachment of soldiers equip- ped with pickaxes and spades, whose | duty was to clear and repair roads for troops on the march. They wera placed at the head of a battalion and | commanded by a pioneer sergeant. | Q. How long | eaten”—L. B. G. | A. Lettuce food plants, thought. by Pe 000 years ago. | Q What iIs lese maje: A. Apparent disrespect for a mon a is so called. In some countr such an offense is treated as treason the word has lettuce been one of the oldest ing been used, it is fan royalty more than ¥?>—B. A Q. How much salary did Wayne B, Wheeler draw from the Aanti-Saloon League?—W. E. 8. [ywh: At the time of his death. Mr. Wheeler's salary was $8,000 a year. Q. How many more rooms were add- ed to the White House when ths roct was raised?—W, W, A. Eighteen rooms were made out of the garret space, Q. Will you please tell me where the quotation “Cleanliness is next to (iod- liness” comes from?—M. F. | 4. “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” {traces the saying “Cleanliness is next |to Godliness” to the writings of the | Hebrew Fathers. The expression was | probably popularized by John Wesley | who quoted it in his sermon on dres | Q. Who was the founder of the European Red Cross?—M. 8, A. The Red Cross orginated in the following way: In 1859, when M Henri Dunant was visiting Italy during the Battle of Solferino, he was eyewitne to the vast amount of unnecessary su fering that resulted from the fnability of the regular surgical corps to care for the thousands of wounded who lay on the fleld. Ie administered to the wounded and organized volunteers in the vicinity to help him in the work. Soon afterward he formulated the first proposal for volunteer associations to care for the wounded. His appeal re- sulted in the conference held at Geneva n 1863 and in the international conference in the same city in 1864. | The Geneva convention was the formal | beginning of the Red Cross, the name | being derived from the insignia adopt- {ed by the conference, a Greek cross | of red on a white ground. Q. Is it proper for a bride to be given away by her mofher if her father dead and she has no near male relatives?—F. Z. A. It is correct for a bride to be given away by her mother provided her father is not living. Q. Who was the first Bishop of Maryland?—P. A. | "'A. Rev. John Clagget was conse- | crated the first Bishop of Maryland in | 1 in All Saints’ Episcopal Church on Church street, Frederick, Md. | Did you ever write a letter to Fred- | eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any | question of fact wnd get the answer in | personal letter. Here is a great cd- er against the “imperialistic” tend-|jng for them as soon as they are BY PAUL V. COLLINS, T ek B O da tairoduced into (NG Tives carry New York against Gov. Smith if he should be nominated. They be- Meve that Mr. Hughes could carry that State in such circumstances. They regard him as strong in all the essentials on the political sttuation. They do not feel that his defeat in 1916 was due to any weakness on his part, but was the result of an ab-f mormal political condition incident to the war in Europe. Mr. Hughes himself demurred to the suggestion of his candidacy, first on the score of his age and second on the strength of his beliet that the President is still available for renom- ination despite his “choice” mnot to Tun. If Mr. Mellon's statement of con- fidence in the finality of the Presi- dent’s declaration is to be taken as that of a “spokesman” for the ad- ministration one clause of Mr. Hughes’ demurrer is canceled. There remains the question of his age. That is a matter that he alone may not deter- mine if his availability in other re- spects should result in the develop- ment of a demand by his party that bho again head its ticket. ——————————— The Underground Worl As explained in the letter of the As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury to the District Commissioners, the matter of the underground work on the site of the Department of Commerce, which is to be removed and replaced, is sim- plified. The Treasury merely requires that the District make a new sewer connection for the bullding occupied by the House of Detention, which as it cannot be vacated immediately owing to lack of other accomodations, is to be allowed to remain undisturbed while work progresses on other por- tions of the Department of Commerce site, The excavations for the site will cut the sewer with which the House of Detention drainage connects, and it will he necessary to make a mew underground outlet. Such work properly falls upon the District, and there can be no demur to the require- ment that the local goVernment make this temporary provision, especially in view of the fact that the House of Detention is granted further life pend- g remedial measures. 1t does not appear that there is any disposition on the part of the Treas- ury to throw upon the District the burden of removing underground work within the area affected by the new Federal bullding program. The wvernment will do its own excava- tion and site preparation. That is as 1t shouid be. But if incidental to the occupancy of the sites chosen for Gov- ernment buildings there is a consid- erable dislocation of underground work. the cost of replacements other than this one immediately required as en emergency measure should be borne, certainly in part, it not alto- gether, by the Government, for whose benefit this work is undertaken. —————————— Parlor Socialists do not prove any gore reliable in practical guldance than soap-box orators. et The Wheel of Fate. Apart from the interesting career of Isadora Duncan, the internationally celebrated dancer, her death in Nice yesterday adds to the record of strange ways in which life is taken by accl- dent. Driving a new car under in- struction, Miss Duncan's long scarf ‘was blown out by a gust of wind and one end became entangled in a wheel, encies of the United States has be- come a popular pastime. Several incidents in the recent past have served to add fuel to the flames of anti-American sentiment in Ar- gentina. - For instance, Argentina sends a quantity of alfalfa seed to the United States which_is considered inferior to the domestic product. To distinguish it from home-grown seed the Department of Agriculture dyed it red. That traditionally inflam- mable color antagonized the Argen- tine farmers, who protested against the practice. As a compromise the United States ceased dyeing the seed red and substituted orange, a substi- tution which was interpreted in Ar- gentina as a victory for her farmers. Argentina sends some fine grapes to the United States. A shipment of grapes was found to be infected, and the Department of Agriculture banned them from entry. Argentina entered another protest, which re- sulted in a victory for the Argentine farmers when their grapes were al- lowed to enter, provided they passed a rigid inspection. Argentina ships a small quantity of beef to the Unit- ed States, although her greatest mar- ket is in England. This beef passes through an area in Argentina sub- ject to the foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. The United States banned importations of such beef, and, when Argentina again hotly pro- tested, conditioned future importation on the guarantee that beef in ship- ment would not pass through infect- ed areas. This was construed as an- other victory for the Argentine farm- er, although it remains questionable whether Argentine beef can be shipped to the United States without passing through an infected area. The proposed investigation of corn and flaxseed production prices by an American Tariff Commission would have been greeted by distrust and suspicion, already forecast by intense feeling in Argentina. Calling off the investigation will be another victory for the Argentine farmer, and the moral victor is always more kindly disposed -toward his enemy, real or imaginary, than the vanquished. ——r—————— The frequency with which Mr. Charles Dawes displays his pipe should endear him to the AntiCigarette League. Over Half Way Around. Schlee and Brock have wisely acted in deciding to end their round-the- world flight at Tokio without attempt- ing to cross the Pacific by plane. That possibility had been considered before they reached Japan, but up to a few hours ago they appeared to be deter- mined to undertake the Pacific flight, making Midway Islands, if they could find that tiny landing spot, and pro- ceeding on to Hawail if they missed it. But this would in any case entail the carrying of sufficient fuel for the hop to Hawail from Tokio, inasmuch as there was no possiblility of refueling at Midway. This would put the heavi- est strain upon their plane ever known in aviation, and prudence finally prevailed to cause these re- markable men to abandon their sched- ule and end their flight at Toklo. Thelr plane will be shipped to the United States by steamer and by rail to the starting point. Thus ends #n effort to span the world by plane in record time. It has been a gallant attempt. In the first available. In view of the disposition of licensees to procrastinate in this matter it is certain that there will be no lack of tags to mest the demand. By January 1 every District motorist should have his new number in place. ey When a presidential boom .is men- tioned, Mr. Herbert Hoover's attitude implies that he still has a big Missis- sippi River job on hand, which he is not prepared to neglect for personal aspirations. e A stage lady had her nose surgi- cally revised into a thing of beauty and lost her hushand because she did not look the same. Even sentimental devotion has its eccentricities. RS, American Indians will attain even greater prosperity if they can make war bonnets take the place of the old- time ostrich feathers in fashionable attire. — e The next problem in aviation ap- pears to relate to the question of | whether landing platforms in mid- ocean can be rendered practical. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Choice. I do not choose to climb into An aeroplane and speed, While rising in the public view Toward fame I do not need. 1 do not choose the streets to walk, Detying “Go” and “Stop.” I do not choose to bandy talk With any traffic cop. While I should hate to hesitate 'To help this world to move, I do not choose to imitate The things I can't approve. As we behold the chance increascd To gain, or else to lose, It's a man’s privilege, at least, To choose, or not to choose. Tmpatience. “Are you impatient to get back to ‘Washington, D. C.?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “What I want is to persuade my con- stituents to grow impatient to see me again helping to save the country. Fig Leaf Drama, The actress whom we now admire Has talent. We must heed it. Though elegant is her attire, She proves she does not need it. Jud Tunkins says riches have wings, but they don's always have a scientific pilot when they fly. Apparently Difficult. “Did the movie comedian give you any cause for serious thought?" “Some. After seeing him I didn't blame his wife for suing him for a divorce.” Tong Distance. For opera glasses, nice and neat, Of yore our coin we gayly spent. Now he who buys a ringside seat Bays, “Where's a telescope for rent?" “He who 1s too willing to risk his lite,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, ‘“‘suggests a latent thought that he regards it of comparatively little value.” “A great man,” sald Uncle Eben, “allus seems to have mo' luck wif his and, winding swiftly, it dragged her|long hop across the Atlantic and in'epitaphs dan he had wif de comments wrom the machine and her neck was the successive advances across Europe while he was aliv / Farmers of the grain regions are| anxiously watching the race between maturing_crops and the threatening | frosts. With the flood disaster in the Spring, agriculture looks with seri- ous attention at the possibilities of dis- aster at harvest, i We are reminded that the average income of farmers is only about half that of Industrialists employed in| city enterprises, and that unless the Government awakes to the need of subsidizing agriculture, or at least stimulating the home market, our ag- riculture is doomed. More than 600 000 farmers abandoned their life wor last year for the wages of industrial- ists. The superficial statistics ap- pear discouraging. For example, in| 1840, 77.5 per cent of the population | was engaged in agriculture; in 1920, | only 26 per cent. The population in the cities grew from 40 per cent fn| 1900 to 54.4 per cent in 1920. This| statistical gloom is further darkened | by the fact that the grain acreage in | the decade ended in 1900 was 2.43 acres per capita. and in the decade ended 1920 it had fallen to 2.07 acres per capita. * ok % ¥ Scientific agriculture, facing the lim- itations of further expansion of acres, is building acres on top of acres, measured in the increased ca- pacity of the human unit. Within the last four years .he labol ving use of machinery has been immensely augmented in the growing of grain by the adoption of what is called the “combine” machine, which reaps and threshes the grain In one operation, s0 that two men ean harvest and thresh 35 acres a day. With such efficiency in farming it becomes ap- parent why agriculture can spare millons and yet be able to feed the in- creasing urban population. An invention of a labor-saving ma- chine for picking cotton is of as great importance to the Southern planter as is the thresher-harvester to the wheat raiser of the West and North- west. This implement, the invention of a practical farmr of Texas, consists of a box on runners, bearing in front five or more pointed fingerlike attach- ments 4 or 5 inches wide and 4 feet long, with narrowing slots between the fingers into which the cotton stems run as the sled is pulled through the plant rows. This strips the cotton and leaves it in the box. The instrument was first used on the 1926 crop and instantly proved its economy. Even when crudely built by a local blacksmith, its cost is only about $20. A hand picker re- quires from 50 to 80 hours to pick enough cotton for a 500-pound bale; the sled does as much in 5 hours. What, then, is the loss if 8 or 10 hands leave the plantation for work in the city? ’;‘he use of power on farms has more than doubled since 1900. Count- 3d in millions of horsepower, the growth has heen as follows: In 1850, it was 7 millions, when only horses, mules and oxen were employed. After 1870, steam and a few windmills were used, and by 1880 ‘t was 14 millions, In 1900, gas engines were introduced, and the power became 30 millions. After 1910, gas tractors and trucks replaced horses, and by 1924 the power was 47 millions, in place of 7 millions in 1850. That increase of horsepower accounts for the increased produc- tivity by the men left on the farms. And why should it be overlooked that the replacement of horses and other tractive animals on the farm by gasoline-fed machines has sed millions of acres formerly required to feed grain and hay to the animals, and that acreage is now added to the available land for feeding people? * ok K K Dr. A. F. Woods, director of scien- tific research of the Department of Agriculture, states that for every dollar invested by the Government ‘or such research there is an increased output of $500; so, whether Congress adopts one plan or another of “farm reliet,” the greatest relief will be more liberal investment in 1'nowledge of the values of efficiency. This applies not only to labor-saving machinery, but to fertilization of soils, selection of seed and proper rotation of crops. ‘What difference is there between adding another 13 bushels of wheat to the acre's yleld by the use ‘of ferti- longer for | worry. plaints should be simply as if they did not exist. T | state i less lizer, or adding another a produci | the average yield of 13 bushels? Therc s, at least, this difference: 13 bushels obtained by f | the result of one operation—me tlering the fertilizer—while th sion to two acres in place of one. [ to produce the double crop, means all | the operations of preparing the land, sowing and harvesting the crop. In a | test by the Ohio Experiment Station, | Wheat grown without fertilizer had only 51 per cent of plump kernels, | while that grown on fertilized soil had | 94 per cent plump kernels. Fertilizer, | then, nearly doubles the efficiency of | wheat acreage—zquivalent to opening | up vast areas of new farms. * ¥ X % Eastern farming once faced ruin, by the opening up of the prairie farms for grain production. It could not meet the competition of the virgin soil and lavel fields of the West. Nor can the East with its rolling country ever meet competition in grain raising and power machinery (especially the new harvester-thresher) can be suc- cessfully operated. Certain lines of farming must ever adapt themselves | to the new and newer competition. No jovernment “relief” will ever save from destruction the “static” farmer who refuses to adapt himself to such competition. * ¥ ¥ % Why, it s asked, must the hegira from farms be measured as a national calamity and there must be farm “relief,” as if agriculture were a mendicant? Conditions show that our farme: have a real need for ‘“relief” in the marketing of staple crops ' through comprehensive co-operation and con trol. Canada has met the problem as has no other country in the world. Her methods are based upon great “pools” of grain which have been developed within the last four years. Such pools are already in existence in parts of the United States and, according to the Department of Agriculture, they are successful and manifest the pos- sibilities of revolutionizing American farming. (Copyright. 1927, by Paul V. Colins.) PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK The recent triumph of transoceanic telephony and the lyric flight of Lind- bergh across the Atlantic have turned the mind of the world to the problems of transportation and communication. The scientific prophets have been busy painting the picture of a world in which “distance” will exist only in the racial memory the historians will have preserved of the days before transoceanic flight and transoceanic telephony. They forecast a time when “di tance'* will be but a word in the dic- tionary and a term of measurement; it will not be a factor in the lives of men. There is one aspect of this world in which distance will be wiped out that has not had much attention in { the recent discussion, viz: . { What will happen to the local color jand local character of the various communities of a nation and of the various nations of the world? The modern means of quick trans- portation have brought the world to every man's door and, potentially at least, taken every man to the four i corners of the world. In the days before rapid transpor- tation, the color and character of com- munities depended upon local men and local materials. Communities, for instances, were de- pendent upon local building materials, Heavy building materials could not easily be brought from faraway places. From this dependence unique archi- tectures arose. It is this that makes a motor ride through the ancient French country- side or through the Tyrol a bath in beauty. Now we can bring our building ma- terials from the ends of the earth, and as a result we are beginning to A in the West where the land is level | showing farm bankruptey | | Christian Science, but the - teaching of tru= religion, experience and com- mon sense. (Good old family doctors used to give bread pills for certain vains and imaginary diseases, CHARLES HOOPER. poet?—E. M. A. poet of the Greeks, and Sophocies their tragic poet, so Pindar was their lyric poet. nearly every kind of Iyric poem. Q. Does the tartan of the Black —D. N. T. A. It does not. As Homer was the great epic| His fragments represent Watch belong to some Scottish clan? : Haskin, director, 1t is entirely mil-' D. C. of the most intelligent people in ihe | world—American newspaper reade:s {1t is @ part of that besl purpose of @ | newspaper—service. There is no | charge except 2 cents in stamps for | return postage. Address Frederic J. The Evening Star Washiggton, | Information Bureau, ———— |Stop Sign Increase Urged to Aid Traffic | | To the Editor of The star: | With more and more automobile col- lisions occurring at intersections of streets extensively used by motoris where no stop sizn prevails, it would | seem that cognizance should be taken of these points of recurring accidents as reported by the police and stop Ins el ed. | . A particular point of recurring accl- | dents, some serious and one fatal, is at | the intersection of Thirteenth and | Shepherd streets. From Spring road jon out to about Buchanan street, Thirteenth strest, being wide and well |paved and a through street, makes an |ideal speedway for the speed demon who persists in opening wide the ‘lhrm(!n when he strikes this stretch. ‘!\loml ts crossing Thirteenth on Shep- | herd street are constantly in danger of | being struck by the speed king racing |on Thirteenth street. | About two years ago at this intersec- | tion one boy was killed and another | badly hurt in a collision. Recently there have been many accidents, two ;m-«-urrim: within the past week, both | bad_collisions, and it was only an act of Providence in each case that the occupants were not killed. There have. | been at least 10 or 12 collisions here in the past two years, and many more re bound to occur if a stop sign is I not at once erected. | Doubtless there are other intersec- tions of similar nature demanding the | immediate attention of the director of | traflic for stop signs to safeguard life, | limb and_property. 4 . CH. T. CHAMBERLAIN. | 7 | Tennis. | From the New York Herald Tribune. , A long, hard struggle will be needed to regain the Davis Cup. It should stir the ambitions of scores of tennis youngsters; it will require years of davelopment and encouragement, pre- cisely as the success of the French team rested upon years of newly de- veloped zest for the game. We hope and believe that the loss of the Davis Cup and the passing of the.old stars stir a new enthusiasm for this, ny respects, the swiftest and of games. In the meantime | we tender our congratulations to the ¥rench team upon a deserved victory, | gallantly won. o e — A Heritage of Hatred. From the Charleston Mail. g ‘We have an idea that Wayne Wheel- er's successor will not be any more popular with the opposition than was Wayne Wheeler. see a sickening sameness in new con- struction throughout the nation and ®ven throughout the world. In the days before rapid transpor- tation, men were, in the main, re- stricted to the radius of territory they could drive over with old Dobbin and the buggy during daylight. This slavery to distance threw men back upon themselves and gave them individuality. Now that we are a generation of gadders, going everywhere, seeing everything, being affected by every- thing, the towns, the buildings, the men, the clothes, the customs, and even the ideas of our time tend to become everywhere alike. All this simply because it has be- come easy to move men and materials over long distance in a short time. It is heartening to think that the perfection of the means of transpor- tion is turning the world into an in- timate neighborhood, but it will be too bad if, when we become a meigh- b;)ir"(haod. we discover that we are all alike. In such event, we should, I fear, be dull neighbors. " (Conyright. 1027.) Reports that chemical have appealed to the That the long-desolate region, part of the cradle of history, shoul the new as well as the old. ‘The esti- is placed at a thousand billion dollars. “That such vast treasure should have remained unexploited throughout all the history of mapkind seems strange, Press, “until we remember that only comparatively recent advances in chemistry disclosed the great value of such minerals.” fers to the probable output as “huge treasure trove, greater than all the spoils of war ever won by any na- tion. he extent of these minerals,” ac- cording to the Atlanta Journal, “may be inferred from this: that the Dead Sea is 53 miles long by 932 wide, and at its northern end is some 1,300 feet deep” The Journal adds that “if chemical and physical enginecers de- vise practical means of exploiting this {ong-buried treasure, as they probably will, the results will be of great mo: ment in the economic revival of Pales- tine, in the affairs of the world and in ecreating interest in the land from which human history has received its profoundest impulse: * * ok K ‘The probable output of potash, e: timated at more than a billion ton: impresses the Manchester Union, which believes that “the *‘reclamation and distribution of this one product will constitute an immense benefit to mankind.” The Union conclude; ‘ithout doubt Palestine should have a first claim upon the potash re. sources of the Dead Sea. The present reclamation of the agricultural areas of Palestine offers an urgent demand for fertilizer. The Palestine govern- ment is probably not able to develop this industry now. but it should be given the opportunity to buy potash at the lowest possible cost. with t privilege of taking over the control of the industry as soon as conditions will permit.” ‘There are no waste places in na- ture,” is the conclusion drawn by the Oklahoma City Oklahoman, which predicts benefits for “the im poverished soil of many nations, and finds it of great interest that, “while succeeding generations have looked out on the lifeless waters and sinister mountains of Palestine and agreed that the sea and desert had no value at all. the rivulets of the surrounding country were collecting valuable materials and storing them away in the sea that men have counted dead. Now, after uncounted centuries of toll-taking and unspeak- able desolation, a positive treasure is discovered in one of the most un- inviting bodies of water on earth. Describing the proposed utilization of the Dead Sea’s material, the Blue- field Telegraph calls it “one of the biggest commercial enterprises ever known in history,” and gives the re- spective values of the various prod- ucts as follows: Potash, $70,000. 000,000; bromide, $260,000,000,00¢ salt, $47,000,000,000; gypsum, $120, 000,000,000, and magnesium chloride, $525,000,000,000. The Telegraph con tinues: “Here is _‘ndeed a romance of the business w *eat holds the interest. What c may have been the cradle of the iman race, and then for thousands of years suffered a decine, ‘may once more be a verita - Dead Sea Chemical Prodilcts Text for Editorial Writers products | ble land of milk which are in the Dead Sea may be a means of enriching the whole world | yne states that “with Western capi- imagination. | tal interested in e: once a | sources, and w a ! bring such benefits after centurles of | fidently predicted neglect is generally viewed as a re- markable development,: a tribute to mated value of the possible products says the St. Paul Pioneer The Pioneer Press re- and honey with a an that of Alad- | prosperity greater th: d City Trib- din's dream.” The Sio! ploiting these re- h such tremendous profits in sight, a real boom for this waste of bitter shore may be con- I “Science has advanced only recent- ly,” remarks the Baltimore Sum, “to the stage where men can assume fo reverse the slow processes of nature which have produced that worthless mixture of valuable substances. And only recently, too, has it been po ble to undertake that separation which is going on in the neighborhoo whereby people of stock long assoc ed with races alien to it are now xath- | in homogeneous settlement | The two processes are notable.” ~And | of that same development the |ville Courier-Journal, says: | Allenby’s eatry into Serusalem has & { new significance, as colonial office of | cials and those of the Palestine « ernment confer over the developric | proposals. A trillion-dollar enterprise. |even in the present day of big bu: | ness. is stagzering to contempl | “There is a story as old as the writ- ten word,” it is recailed by the Li coln_Star, “which is about to be di proved. It is to the effect that whe ever an apple tree plants its roots in | soil steeped in the waters of the Dead the fruit which it produces, though fair to look upon. will turn to dust and ashes at the slightes touch. Science is going to prova ¢ | this is all a fairy tale, for the of the Dead Sea are to bz reciaimed and used to a_very great estent for | the enrichment of the impoverished oil of the world.” “Chemistry seems likely to achieve { one of i triumphs,” dec! the Morning Call, which serves that “from the blighting wa- upon whose ran live and in whose waters everything is destroyed, the chemists now propose to extract un told wealth, a treasure in value even beyond the dreams of Solomon and all his_glory. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, dipping into literature, points out that “when Sir Walter Scott wrote ‘The Talis- man’ he incidentally accused the Dead Sea of having naphtha floating on its ysurraco. In his time,” continues tha Eagle, “naphtha was merely a had- . smelling nuisance. He could not have foreseen the time when every trace of petroleum excited the nostrils of statesmen the world over. But if the Dead Sea has mno oil possibilities, it ——————— Snow, Rain and Taxes. From the New York Sun. Snow and rain are components in the city tax rate. Two municipal de- partments must consider them in mak- tng appropriation budgets for the year. The street cleaning commis- sioner, Mr. Taylor, can do no more than guess. He may have stubborn snow to deal with in continued cold weather, or he may have the aid of a warm sun to turn it into water to wash the streets for him; He has asked for $5,000,000 for the coming Winter, more than he needed last Winter, but less than was required in the previous vear. The department is well supplied with equipment;: the ap. propriation will be used to hire men and trucks. No other city undertakes snow removal in the New York man. ner, and in the cities farther north that is done Is to open paths and high. ways. b