Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........October 7, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor 11ty St. and New York Offic s Tower Builljoe’ Chicago Office European Office: 14 Regent St.. London. Engiand. Penneyly: 110 The Evening Star with the Sunday morn \fug edition iy delivered by carricrs within 12 Sh7'a% 60 Cents per month: da 45 cents per month: Sundavs only PSe month, Orders may he by mail or hone Main 5600. Collcction is made Ly ler at end of ach month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. +Maryland erd Virginia. 0.00: 1 mo.. 78¢ R 1y 300 1 mo- Aoe undas only 'r.. $300° 1 mo.. 23¢ All Other States and Canada. d sr.. $12.00- 1 mo. $1.00 alls and, Sunday - d or- B3R 00: ] mo. 78 unday onl7 $100° 1 mol Member of the Assoclated Press. Associated Press ta exzlusively entitled toTtha e Tor repuniication of all news dis Atches credited to it or nat otuersise crod ted in this paper and also the local published herein. Al richts of publ ©f snecial dispatches herein are also re Reaction to Mr. Morrow. A few weeks ago the appointment of Dwight P. Morrow as Ambassador to Mexico was announced by Pres dent Coolidge. Mr. Morrow was a partner in the House of Morgan, a man fden- tified with “capital,” “big money' and the “interests,” entrenched in the seats of the mighty, posse & key which gave him access to the star chamber within whose mysteri reat men are supposed to meet and decide upon the next President of the United States, the price of bread or the number of Marines to be sent to Nicaragua. Immediately there was & brief but noisy fanfare of trumnets heralding the dire things that would happen when the name of Mr. iMorrow was placed before the Senate. That he would be thrown out seem granted That he would land upon his ear seemed certain, Yesterday Mr. Morrow was sworn in, taking his oath of office as Ambas- sador to Mexico. At the same time the President was informed that a poll of the Senate indicates that Mr. Mor- ‘row will be confirmed without serious pposition. Many Democra's are un- (;fl'stnod to favor the appointment. The opposition of a few Senators s apparently based upon the indisputable fact that at the time of the selection Mr. Morrow was a member of the Morgan organization, although he has since divested himself of such connec- tion. President Coolidge exhibited no small amount of political courage in strongly his appointment of Mr. Morrow. Free-| dom of officeholders from affiliations with “capital” has constituted a fe- tish reverently worshiped by the American. More than one good man has been denied the opportunity of success in public life because of his success in private life. The increas- ingly favorable reaction to the Mor- row appointment, however, has vindi- cated the wisdom of President Cool- fdge's choice and has been an extraor- dinary tribute to the high regard in which Mr. Morrow is held. From sources which could be expected to de- nounce the appointment as a further indication of “dollar diplomacy” has come unstinted praise for Mr. Mor- row’s abilities. The bitterest critics of this country’s Latin American pol- icy have complimented the President upon his action. Nothing remotely sinister is seen in the decision of Mr. Morrow to abandon the highly remu- nerative and respected position as a| partner in the House of Morgan and | undertake the hazardous task of rep- resenting the United States in Mexico. fThe only motive emphasized is a aud- mble desire of a capable man to serve his country. The country has already acceoted Mr. Morrow at his face value and sin- cerely wishes him the same success @nd honor in a more than diffi:vit post of public trust that he attained through his own efforts as a private individual. e It is not easy to persuade Herbert Hoover to become agitated over a presidential boom. He has become ac- | customed to concern himself with the trials of others instead of looking for troubles of his own. ——r————————— Those Dangerous Balkans. A little over thirteen years ago an | pssassination at the city of Serajevo, n Bosnia, struck a spark that envel- oped all Europe in flames and even- tually involved nations of America and Asia. Yesterday.at Istip, Jugoslavia, & crime was committed which has a slnister likeness to the Serajevo s Ing. Gen. Kovachevitch of the Jugo- glavian army was slain by emissaries of the Macedonian revolutionary com- mittee. The most notable army leader of his country, Gen. Kovachevitch's murder has caused a profound sensa- tion. The ster of home affairs has offered a large reward for the of the This crime ibuted to a group who recentiy min ssins. ted 10 pre two countries. a decided fechmz of unrest to the activitics of Bulzarian cedonian comitadjis, or ircegu- -ating on the borders of both Last weel the Greco-Bul- ier was ciosed as a result received at Saloniki e preparing to enter Greece for the | stirring up trouble between that coun- try and Jugoslavia. The word Macedonia ha turh ing import in eastern Kuropean af- fairs. The area known by that name gcmprises portions of what is now Jugoslavia, Greece and Bulgauiia. It Is a classic geographical rather than @ political designation. It represents, huwever, a persistent nationalistic a piration. The settlement of 191819 fotlowing the Great War was thought to have determined the Macedonian question definitely, but events have proved the fallacy of this expcetation. The comitadjis, or bands of Mace- @cnian irregulars, would in any usual se of A di 85¢ | | situation be regarded as mera-bandits, spoilsmen fn arms. But their object is not loot. It is political agitation. The disturbing feature of the matter is that there is a definite belief that the .Bulgarian government counte- nances these movements. At all events, that is the feeling, it would seem, in Jugoslavia and Greece, and the nature of the recent happenings is such as to give some color to the feeling. 1t is to be expected that the gov- ernment at Sofia will disclaim all re- lationship to or responsibility for the acts of these irregulars. Just so did Serbia in 1914 disclaim the murder at Serajevo. But Austria persisted in holding Serbia to account, thereby starting the conflict which spread be vond control and becAme the Great War. The assassination of Gen. Ko- hevitch will doubtless be made the iect of a protest from Belgrade to Sofla. Upon the answer from the lat- ter capital may depend the issue of peace or war in the Balkans, and war in the Balkans is proverbially danger- ous to the peace of Europe. ——a————— Hind Side Foremost. Developments during the last few cate that there is a strong S ity that an amicable gettlement can be reached in the Virginia-District | motor reciprocity controver: Efforts are now being made to arrange a | “peace” conference between the au- | thorities of the Old Dominion and | Washington with a view to ironing |out differences which threaten to dis- rupt the cordial relationship which has always been maintoined. On the result of this conference will hinge boundary. The beginning of this unfortunate squabble was a ruling by the attor- | sons doing business in the State must have Virginia tags on their automo- |biles and that all part-time recidents | must likewise purchase Virgini li- |censes. The ruling was apparently aimed directly at Washington business | houses and Washington residents who maintained Summer homes in Vir- | ginia. | ot Virginia, however, disclaimed any |intent to penalize Washingtonians in | this manner and pointed out that there are many Virginians who live near the State line and take advantage of the |low-priced Washington tags. These Virginians were the object of the rul- ing, he sald, but if the District au- thorities would not co-operate with those in Virginia to check this prac- |tice Washingtonians would naturally | be included in the state-wide clean-up |of foreign tags. Virginia’s position in this matter is clearly untenable. It is up to her to | clean her own house and she cannot expect the District to do it for her. The license office of the District can- not send out a scout each,time an ap- the correct address is given. The of- fice must depend to a large extent on the integrity of those who apply for licenses. In this connection it would appear from the statement of the Virginia commissioner that Virginians, them- selves, are the evaders of their State laws in securing their tags. Why, then, should District citizens be penal- ized by Virginia for the sins of Vir- ginlans? It is clearly up to the State, it would seem, to check up, commu- nity by community, on the license tags of automobiles and bring the heavy hand of the law down on its own citizens who are guilty of evasion. Of course, if Virginia persists in her unfair persecution of out-of-the-State motorists to cover the sins of her own motorists, the District, for one, will immediately institute retaliatory measures.’ There is no doubt but that this will be the next step unless the Old Dominion comes to a realiza- tion that the question is being at- tacked hind side foremost. B Tt once thought by primitive | peoples that “Hot Time in the Old | Town" was this country’s national an- | them. There is a growing impression | that in gentle, convivial mood “Sweet | Adeline” has been substituted. ———————— | Reduction of taxes 1s appreciated by the average citizen as a more direct !transaction than the reduction of Government obligations, which may eventually be adjusted on diplomatic lines. ——————— Sir Conan Doyle has not allowed his serious interest in the world above to prevent him from continuing to dig up some excellent underworld material | for his fiction, ! ——————————— Inheritance Tax Reform. A decision by the New York Court of Appeals last July, throwing out as | unconstitutional the so-called Mat- | thews plan of taxing the estates of | non-resident decedents at flat rates in | cases in which the estate was not | wholly exempt because of reciprocity arrangements of other States, has been something of a blow to the advocates of reciprocity as an instrument for allaying some of the evils of the State | inheritance taxes. These evils are { well known and their unfairness has given mometum to the movement. for reform in inheritance tax legislation which is rapidly gathering force. These evils were pointed out clearly me time since in o discussion of the ! subject by the National Industrial Con- | ference Board, which showed that in | thirty-elght States, if a non-resident | died leaving stock in a domestic corporation, the shares are taxed by | three jurisdictions—by the State of | domicile, which taxes all his propcrty wherever located; by the State of in- corporation and by the Federal Gov- ernment. In the case of some railroads | where the corporation is incorporated in more than one State, the stock may | Lecome taxable thirteen times in as many jurisdictions. Thirty States ta | bonds physically within the State, | irrespective of the domicile of the {decedent. In some cases an estate | left as inheritance has been literally axed to death befoge passing to the | | i - | hands of the legatee. | A number of the States, with this | inequitable condition before them, at- | tempted to remove the evil by estab- | lishing reciprocal relations through zislation wherein the estate of a | decedent resident of & State party to the reziprocal agreement was not | public opinion demanding a change. | enough. future action on both sides of the | S | ney general of Virginia that all p,.,-.:.'.l nation-wide discussion of the mean- | The commissioner of motor vehi-les | plication is made for a tag to see that , taxed. Twenty-one Rtates, including the District of Columbia and some others which do not tax inheritances, were partles to the agreement at the end of the 1927 legislative year.” But the New York decision removed that State from the list, and there is some fear that the decision may serve to upset the arrangement in other juris- dictions. On the other hand, the Matthews plan of inheritance taxation which wag overthrown did not apply to reciprocity alone. The reciprocity agreement fell because it was -con- tained in the statute which was de- clared unconstitutional, and there has been no legal definition applying strictly to reciprocity as a principle. The New Tork statute was declared Invalid because it was held to he repugnant to the constitutional pro- vision that a State should accord the citizens of another State equal treat- ment with its own citizens under its laws. The State that exempts the estates of some citizens from taxation because they live in other States which offer a retiprocal arrangement is, of course, discriminating in thelr favor. Students of the question re- main of the opinion that some way will be found to get around this objection through new legislation, but reciprocity as a principle is nevertheless threaten- ed. Pressure will be brought to bear at this session of Congress for tax reform which would alleviate some of the difficultics where the Federal Gov- ernment 1s concerned. As for the States, a final solution of the problem will depend upon the strength of the | If strong enough to make itself felt, the condition will be corrected easily ~a— A “Pending” Question. President Coclidge recently started ing of language when he chose the word “choose” in relation to his un- willingness to run for President in 1928. It would seem that his sense of linguistic differentiation did not reach its limit in that expression. In re- ceiving the new Chilean Ambassador yesterday he used a word that may awaken echoes of disputation. In the course of his address to the Presi- dent the new Ambassador referred to the services of the American execu- tive in the cause of continual peace and harmony in connection with the settlement of the Tacna-Arica con- troversy. His phraseology indicated that the Chilean government regards the issue as determined. The Pr dent, however, in his reply in referring to this same matter, spoke of the “pending settlement” of the question and went on to express the sincere hope that a solution may be reached in a manner equitable and acceptable to all concerned. There is no particular profundity in the word “pending.” It is not cryptic in any sense or degree. It is an ex- plicit indication of a continuing and undetermined question. Its use may cause some diplomatic repercussion, but the record justifies the President's choice of words. It must be remem- bered that friendly relations prevail between the United States and Peru and Bolivia, which countries doubtless still consider the Tacna-Arica ques- tion as pending and not settled. —— One of the things to be considered in this year's Thanksgiving season is the putting to an end of the stories of the American tourists’ unpopularity in Europe. ———————— Most of the expressions from Geneva reflect the spirit of radio in making the request, “Please stand by for further announcements.” —_—————————— Mexico has a quick way of reducing political problems to a question of whose turn it is going to be, to be shot at sunrise. Charles Lindbergh has had every- thing a grateful public can bestow, ex- cept a solid night's sleep. —_— s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Our Pride and Hope. Our Congressman is on the way. His voice sublimely rings. And when again he has his say, ——He'll tell 'em things! Unto opinion scattered free Grave error clings. ‘Walit till our Congressman they see, ——He'll tell ’em things! To racing, prizefights and base ball Some sorrow clings. Wait, while our Congressman we call. ~———He'll tell ’em things! Best of the Argument. “Are you in favor of prohibition?” “I am,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It seems to have the best of the argu- ment. I never yet saw a man taking a drink who failed to pretend that he didn’t really care much about it.” Modern Improvements. A lovely land we'll call our own, All free from sorrowing and pain, ‘When the mosquitoes all have flown And only hummingbirds remain. Jud Tunkins says he hung a “Don’t Disturb” card on the door of his hotel, but the electric light signs and the motor horns didn't pay the slightest attention, Valuable Discipline. “My parents taught me to be gentle and obedient.” “So did mine,” answered Mr. Chug- gins. “And t' . early training comes in mighty handy when you are talking to a traffic cop.” A Dog Lover. “Why don't you write something about your dogs?” “They are faithful friends. Why should T submit them to vulgar gossip about their personal peculiarities?” “Never rail at an enemy,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. *“Why should you attempt the inestimable favor of correcting his faults Innocent Bystanders. The gunman makes a dreadful show, For modern use unfit, For when he shoots you never know Just where he's going to hit. “A man dat loves de sound of his own volcs said Uncle Eben, “Is mighty liable to find hisself wif an| audlence of one.” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “There are two things T do" he| said, “for which I expect to receive | credit in Heaven. Perhaps they m: help offset the other side of the ledger. “I always turn around to look at| ugly girls, and T always speak to the retired men when they wander into the_office. “If you do not realize the import of my remarks, it shows you have not put much study on the problem of the homely woman and the retired | hology has no more interest ing studies than these. Freud, me. thinks, missed a bet when he faiied to include them in his ‘Introduction.’ It is easy enough for a man to turn around in_the street and gawk at a pretty girl, but it takes some- thing of a psychologist to devote the same sort of attention to an ugly one. “I concelve it as part of my duty to stare fixedly now and then at the homely sisters of this world in order to give them a_thrill. “This is neither conceit on my part nor ‘it’ on theirs, but merely an un- derstanding of the heart that beats in every human being and the seizing of an easy way to bring pleasure into the lives of others. * oK ok K “To be pretty, If you are a woman, means that you fird readymade friends wherever you go. You have no handicaps to overcome, no ob- stacles to climb over, but every one you insta Much the with men, but not in the same way and to an entirely different degree. Admiration with women is a part of life. The compliment they crave is upon their person, which includes, of course, their dress. Men desire rather praise of their ability. “If you want to win a woman's heart, tell her she has glorious eyes; but if you want to please her hus- band, just compliment him upon that filn« piece of work turned out yester- day. “‘Admiration, then, occupying such art in the life of every female »reature, it is incumbent upon aji men who either do understand or think they understand women to hand out the pleasing applesauce at every turn. “The pretty girl will receive it nat- urally, most men understanding well enough this rudimentary requirement in feminine psychology. “But who remembers the ugly girl? “Honestly, I believe T am among the few who bear her in m:nd. “It is my pleasant duty to make each and every one of these ladies who have missed beauty—it may be by a foot and it may be by a mile!—feel that I have discovered in her a secret beauty which the rest of the dubs are overooking. “Meeting some ugly girl on the street, I give her what I fondly be- lieve is a piercing glance, just the same sort of look I might. cast unconsciously at an A No. 1 flapper—only in this case T do it with premeditation. “Please do not helieve that 1 put an unusual faith in my own powers in this respect. All men who are en- titled to be called such look at the gals as they pass along, no matter what they may tell you. It is human | nature! “Where I differ from most of my | fellows is in consciously paying atten- WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, President of Nicaragua from January to No- vember, 1926, has arrived in Wash- ington to confer with the United States Government regarding his po- litical future. He aspires to be the next President of Nicaragua, but, as his administration last year was re- fused recognition by the United States, Gen. Chamorro wants to assure him- self in advance as to what will be our attitude should he be restored to power. The Nicaraguan soldier- statesman has seen Secretary Kellogg and Senator Borah. His conferences at the State Department so far have been purely informal and not intended to evoke any definite indication of the Government's view of the Chamorro cause. Senator Borah is outspoken in the belief that it is none of the United States’ business whom Nicaragua elects as its chief magis- trate as long as the election is a free and a fair one. Gen. Chamorro, in an interview with this observer, insists he seeks nothing but a fleld without favor, but naturally shrinks from venturing upon a crusade which, even though he were successful, would prove abortive if the United States’ approval of the result were withheld. * K K K Chamorro was denied Uncle Sam’s 0. K. because of the State Depart- ment’s contention that he became President through a coup d'etat. The | United States is a tacit partner in a Central American agreement not to | recognize governments spawned by reyolutions—despite the well-founded suspicion that we ourselves were born that way. Washington's reported dis- inclination to approve Gen. Chamor- ro's 1928 candidacy is based on other grounds. It is held that the Nica- raguan constitution debars the re- election of a President at an election immediately following the conclusion of his term or any part of a term. Chamorro’s supporters find it “illog- jcal” that the United States should have refused to recognize him as President in 1926, and in 1927 disqual- ity him for having been President at that time. What the general will do, it he leaves without Washington's blessing, will be for him and his party friends to determine later. Chamorro holds, incidentally, that President Cool- idge and Secretary Kellogg were 100 per cent right in charging Mexico with anti-American intrigues in Nica- ragua last year. PR Though Gen. Chamorro hails from a land in which revolution and politi- cal strife are almost chronic, he him- self is a suave and distinguished man of the world, commanding the English language with fluency and cutting every inch the figure of a master of statecraft. Chamorro served on two different oceasions, for a total of seven years, as Nicaraguan Minister to the United States. It was during his first mission that he concluded with Secretary Bryan the treaty by which this country obtained the trans- Nicaragua canal route and naval base rights on both oceans, the protection of which is the primary cause of our intervention in Nicaraguan _affairs. Chamorro is satisfled that the peace established by Henry L. Stimson, President Coolidge’s special commis- sioner to Nicaragua, was the best possible solution of baffling problems. He thinks Nicaragua is at last on the high road to peace and tranquillity and that plans for the 1928 presidential election, under American supervision, are destined to work out to the benefit of all concerned. Gen. Chamorro expects to remain in Washington a month. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Herbert Hoover says that the Inter- national Radiotelegraph Conference now in session at Washington 18 unique in world history because no fewer than 78 different nationalities are_represented. There are only 50 or 65 accredited national delegations, but several of these—like the British, the French, the Itallans, the Japanese and our own—are acting for other nationalities without sovereign status | every day and to have work that he | 1912, tion to the ugly omes, upon occasion at least. Often I find it advisable to look fixedly out the windows of public vehicles at a poor, ugly lady walking along. “The very ugliest ones sometimes ccure the tribute of a stare out the ear window. Once I nearly fell off the seat twisting around to look at a particularly ugly one. * k kX “As to the retired employes who come wandering into the office now and then, they always make an espe- cial appeal to me. “I try to think of myself in their shoes, and wonder how I would feel if_some years hence I come into the office and no one makes any fuss over me or is really too busy to see me as I wander by. “Habit plays a great and sometimes a terrible part in a man’s life. There are all sorts of habits, one of the greatest being that of work, in so far as the average man is concerned. “It i3 good for a man, no matter who he is, to have some place to go must do. It sets one up, gives him a teeling of belonging in his own world. “It is a sad thing to feel ‘out of | things,’ as the saying is. Many a man woman works hard simply at the task of trying to belong. For the average man, his work is his club, as well as his life. His happiness and that of those dependent upon him rests solidly upon his daily labor. * k% X “Therefore. when a man retires, | either from his own business or that | of his employer, he breaks what may | truthfully be cailed a lifetime habit. “I, for one, do not put much stock, however, in the stuff you hear about’ the sudden_transition” from work to retirement being such a severe strain on a man. Certainly it is not if the worker has taken care to have a suffi- cient number of good hobbies. “I am perfectly willing to be retired | at any time, and cannot see myself | being at all hored with life, But to! wander back to the old shop and have | no one pay any particular attention | {o one—that, now, is what would urt. “That, T am convinced, is what does | hurt. { “Take a man who has been a vital | hospitable; if he is too conscious of | link in the chajn. He was a part of the work. He comes back, and the boys are bending over their tasks. “In every group there are a certain number who are not polite by nature | or training. Count them out. Of the | remainder some will do no more than | give the old fellow a greeting which | they think sufficient, but which, | Jjudged by standards of absolute polite- | ness, is merely curt. ! “A few may’ pass the time of day | and indulge in somo conversation. | One perhaps will stop work and greet | the old-timer as a friend. | “1 aspire to be that one. “Sometimes I fail, but I am doing the best I can, and I have a certain self-conscious realization that in doing | so I am doing a good deed—one for | which T have a right to expect credit somewhere or somehow. “This, as I sce it, is the best use of Heaven—to give a man credit for the good things he does in this world, but for which he receives precious little | credit here.” would be the result. The conference’s | first real controversy is scheduled to | take place when Germany seeks to | enforce her claim to six votes. At/ present she has only one. At the | previous conference in London in | the German Empire had its | overseas colonies and possessed, in consequence -thereof, six votes. Berlin hasn’t the colonies any more, but | wants the votes. | * K Kk ok There was an unprecedented galaxy of eminent legal talent at the opening session of the United States Supreme Court on October 3. Present were | one former President of the United | States, Chief Justice William Howard Taft; three defeated candidates for the presidency, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes and John W. Davis, and four former solicitors gen- eral of the United States, William Howard Taft, William Marshall Bullitt, John W. Davis and James M. Beck. * X ok ok Representative Thomas S. Butler. Republican, of Pennsylvania, has re- turned to Washington with a patriotic | scheme which he intends pushing as | oon as Congress assembles. He wants the Government to appropriate funds | to send the Gold Star mothers of the | country, who could not otherwise af- | ford it, on a pilgrimage to the graves of their soldier sons in Europe. Mr. Butler plans that the project, it ap-| proved by Congress, should be intrust- | ed to the American Red Cross, par- | ticularly the work of locating Goid Star mothers and eventually of shep- herding them across the sea. Chair- man Payne of the Red Cross, which has just closed at the Capital the most successful national convention in its history, declares that the organization will act, if Congress requests it, “with promptness, enthusiasm and without cost,” to give the fullest possible ef- fect to the Butler project. There are nearly 31,000 of our soldier and sailor | dead buried in graves distributed | throughout eight cemeteries in France, Belgium and England. * ok ok ok Once again a distinguished member of the Federal service has been lured away by the greater emoluments of private life. He is Dr. F. C. Brown, rom 1923 until this Summer assistant director of the Bureau of Standards. Dr. Brown has just been made acting director of the Museum of the Peace. ful Arts, a richly endowed interna- tional }ndustrifll museum soon to rise in majestic proportions in New Yorl City. TIts purpose will be to illustrate man’s endeavors gyom earliest times to the present. Thé'late Elbert H. Gary was a prime mover in the enterprise. Its other supporters include George F. Kunz, Felix M. Warburg, Thomas A. Edison, Nicholas Murray Butler, John H. Finley, Melville E. Stone, L. F. Loree, Dr. 8. W. Stratton, Michael 1. Pupin, Frank D. Waterman, F. A, Vanderlip and other men distinguished in the liberal arts and sciences. * ok ok Frank H. Vizetelly, famed word ex- vert of the Literary Digest, contributes tresh light to the endless ‘‘choose’ controversy provoked by President Coolidge. Dr. Vizetelly says the claim vecently made in the public press that Lord Palmerston originated the ex- pression “I do not choose” is “based upon sand.” Vizetelly asserts nobody can tell who originated the phrase. Palmerston was born in 1784, it's pointed out, but Shakespeare, writing “The Merchant of Venice” in 1509, safd in act 1, scene 2, “I will not choose what many men desire.” In the same play the Bard of Avon wrote: “O me, the word choose! I may neither choose whom I would, nor re- tuse whom I dislike.” (Covyright. 1027.) o How Times Change. Prom the Bloomington Pantagraph. Dispatches from points in the South- west indicate that an organization is forming for the purpose of erecting a statue to Geronimo, once-famous chief of the Apaches, now long since dead. 1t such a statue is erected, it will be a striking example of what the whirli- of their own. English and French are the official languages of the confer- ence. There was an attempt to make it in order for any delegate to address the chair in his own tongue. But it was decided that inextricable chaos gIg of Time can bring to pass. Along in the 80s the whole country was ablaze with fear and indignation { against the Apaches and their bloody chief, Geronimo. About the time that A PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK John Ruskin wrote “The Seven Lamps of Architecture”; Krnest R. Groves contributes to the current issue of Children, the Magazine for Parents, an illuminating article on seven special aims for parents that might well have been called “The Seven Lamps of Childhood,” for un- less the seven things he mentions light the pathway of our children they will stumble in the dark through- | out life, despite the later ministries of church and school. Let me list these seven lamps and comment briefly on them. First, the lamp of joy. Among the inalienable rights childhood joy nds first. A bl childhood means a barren manhoo a childhood lived in the shadows breeds a pale soul, sickly for want of sunshine, and bereft of the ca- pacity for enjoying the blessings of maturity. Second, the lamp of self-control. There is a subtle dividing line be- tween supervision and self-control; child cannot walk through childhood on the crutch of supervision and then suddenly meet the challenge of m. turity with confldence and with cou age: courage is the fruit of practice in meeting difficulties from nurser ays; courage cannot be given by the ap device of parental exhortation. Third, the lamp of fearlessness. sear is the enemy of freedom, and without freedom childhood is a prison house; somehow our children must be trained to a decent measure of pro- tective caution without being led to look upon the world as an unfriendly and dangerous place. Fourth, the lamp of curiosi The “why” of the child is not an irritating weed in the garden of the family conversation: it is a radiant flower to be watered with conscien tious care; curiosity repressed may bring festering perversions of mind and morals; curiosity released means a living intellectual life. itth, the lamp of self-confidence. The child must be helped to forget | his weakness and to remember his he will think the world in- otherwise and strength; himself inferior his weaknesses he will try to make up for them by playing for the ap- pearance of prestige rather than the reality of power. Sixth, the lamp of zestfulnes: To love to learn and to learn to love the world as it is makes for a well rounded child. Seventh, the lamp of moral con- fidence. Happy the child who has learned that the world is safe for moral alms and actions, that moral intelligence and intelligent morals can cut throush the worst confusions and complexities of the time (Co ight. McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) — et Vacations in Summer To the or of The § Most of us have had some sort of vacation this Summer and have re- turned rested and refreshed. We should sympathize with those who ave had none, especially the little ren whose only playzrounds have been crowded streets and alleys. We should wish that we might make pos- sible for them a week or two in the country at our own countrysides, if we have such, or at the Summer camps of such organizations as the Salvation Army or Associated Chari- ties, which no doubt always have a waiting list of applicants because of | shortage of funds to provide for all. We could save up just a bit for the | coming Summer in connection with | our own vacation fund to help send me wistful littie urchin to one such source of wholesome touch with God's great outdoors. 1 wonder also if any one nowadays ever thinks of vacations for horses, for despite the motor age there are still hundreds of horses tolling on our city streets, and those belonging to poor men have very slim chance for the boon of even a week's rest and run on cool, green grase. For very little of what we would spend on our- selves for vacation could some tired hor be pastured at the Humane Education* Society's “be-kind-to-ani- mals” farm, and even a substitute pro- ded for its master if he cannot af- ford to miss a day’'s work. Then there are those creatures which need a different sort of vaca- tion, a surcease from the hardship of eking out a miserable existence. These are the ever-present homeless cats and dogs, which, through no fault of their own, must so exist because no kindly hearts have provided for them, or, having once provided, perhaps have turned them adrift. While we are enjoying the mountains and ocean they are hungering and thirsting in back yards and alleys. Some of thes we have seen deliberately passed b some ve finally been cared for. I feel it is the duty of every one, no matter how situated, to do his part in at least trying to humanely dispose of any creature crossing his path which he knows to be in need. Shared happiness pays large divi- dends. Prove it next Summer through supporting these worthy insti- tutions. VIRGINIA W. SARGENT. Suggests New Penalty For Reckless Autoist To the Editor of The Star: I was surprised to see vour edi- torial favoring compulsory indemnity insurance for owners of all motor cars. Such a procedure would penalize the more than 85 per cent of careful drivers who never have an accident. in order to get at the less than 15 per cent of reckless drivers. Here is an- other suggestion: Penalize the reckless drivers in this way: Whenever John Doe is convict- ed of reckless driving whether it has resulted in damage or not), let his first punishment be (at least) a for- feiture of his license until he shall have provided himself with what the court considers an adequate indem- nity policy. Before his license is re- turned to him it should be indorsed, ‘Not valid unless accompanied by an indemnity policy insuring the said John Doe in an amount not less than Convictlon of driving while “under the influence of liquor” should, of course, necessitate his carrying In- demnity insurance. Provision might be made for in- creasing the necessary insurance om subsequent_convictions. The penalty for driving after a man has forfeited his license should be severe enough to be deterrent. Carrying out these provisions would in time compel all reckless drivers to carry indemnity insurance with- out penalizing the reasonably care- ful. G. H._ HEALD the old chief surrendered to Cien. Nel- son A. Miles he was described by the Army officers campaigning against him and his tribe as “a pitiless brute,” and it was said that “no language can describe the atrocities committed by them.” But that was 40 years ago. Time assuages many wounds. It will be re- membered that one Agulnaldo, a rebel in the Philippines against the govern- ment of the Americans after the Span- ish War, was pictured as a demon in human flesh. Now he is a respected citizen of the island and was a friend of the late Gen. Leonard Wood. If America can forgive Aguinaldo and receive him as a citizen, perhaps by the same token the country can erect a statue to Geronimo. | Q. What is a pitch battl al | A. This organization has clubs in| for Animals Urged I Q. How many pounds of paper pulp can be made from one ton of corn- stalks?—W. H. T. | "A. It depends on the process used. By assuming that it is the soda proc- ess (which is most applicable) and a 40 per cent yield, 800 pounds would be | produced per dry ton. does “malnutrition’ A. The term ‘“malnutrition” is sometimes confused with the idea of insufficient nourishment. This is not | correct. Malnutrition applies to the process by which food not only does not feed or remew the tissues, etc., but actually generates a toxic condi tion which is harmful instead of beneficial. B. W. A. A pitch battle is a regularly planned and deliberately executed bat- tle. We are informed by the Army War College that all great battles are | Waterloo, the Battle of the Marne, | the major part of the Battle of Gettys- burg, ete. are there Rotary clubs?—R. T. 142" countries. Q. How does gravity on the sun compare with gravity on the earth?” B. S. A. The force of gravity at the sun's surface is 272-3 as great as gravity at the surface of the earth. Q. What | across Ireland?>—H. M. | " A. The longest diagonal of Ireland, {from Torr Head, in the northeast, to | Mizen Head, in the southwest, is 302 | mil The greatest breadth, due east | and west, is 174 miles, from Dundrum i Bay to Annagh Head. | @ How long has execution heen by electrocution in Massachusett: E. F. D A. The law establishing the electric chair in Massachusetts was signed by |the governor April 13, 1 The last | two men hanged in Massachusetts | were Angus Gilbert, at Boston, Feb- | ruary, 1896, and Lorenzo Barnes, at | Cambr arch, 1898. The crime in [ both cases was murder in the first | degree. | @ Tow are bodies cremated?—J. H.C A. In the earlier furnaces body | and coffin were burned separately, but | in the latest furnaces the remains are |incinerated in the casket, without handling, as received. A chapel is connected with the crematorium, where services may be held if de- sived. The casket is then lowered into the incinerating room, and, after metal handles and name plate are re- moved, introduced into the retort. The heat is so intense that after a few hours only the ashes of the bones re- main, all else, including the structure of the casket, having disappeared in light ash or gaseous products. Screws and nails are removed by a magnet. remain. This is placed in a metallic | receptacle, labeled, and sealed. new Buckingham fountain in Chicago. —A. L. D | A, This fountain, | was given to the city by Kate Buck ingham in memory of her brother. Built at a cost of about $750,000, it is said to be the most beautiful and spec- tacular fountain in this country. | Q. Is Earl Carroll the real name of the actor who is now in Atlanta?— A. H. A. 1t is his real name. He has never used a nom de theatre. | Q. Please give a list of flowers that might be found in an old-fashioned garden.—C. W. D, A. ers are phlox, hollyhock, spiraea, larkspur, iris, peony, columbine, pitch battles, such as the Battle of | is the greatest distance | and about four pounds of pure ash | Q. Please tell something about the | in Grant Park,| Some of the old-fashioned flow- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. evening primrose, rocket, lu- pine, foxglove, anemone, bluebell, pin mignonette, bleeding ‘heart, verbena, candytuft, tiger lily and lily of the | valley." | poppy, Q. What is the meaning of the military term “matress”?—J. F. B. | A, Matross was a _term formerly employed in the British military serv lice in reference to a gunner or gum- ner's mate, one of the soldiers in & |train of artillery who assisted the | gunner in loading. firing and spon: | the guns. The term is now obsoletd Q. What was the Kansas-Nebt: 1n>—D. V. i A. The Kansas-Nebraska bill an act passed by Congress in 1 which provided for the organiz of the Territories of Kansas and¥! br 1t introduced the pri of ‘“squatter sovereignty,” or/ 1 option on the slavery question, for the people of the Territories, thus abrogats ing the Missouri Compromise of 1\212 bi It disrupted finally the Whig part led to the rise of the Republican part and was an important link in the chain of events leading to the Civil War, : Q. Who was the orator at Gettys. burg at the time that Lincoln made his_short but immortal speech?—J. B. A. Edward E the occasion dedication of Cemetery. Q. rett was the orator on the d of the Gettyshurg ~ National re there in . M. ress, ac- ished June How many hooks the ary of Congress A. The Library cording t statisties fu 0. 1925, contained 3,420,345 books and mphlets, 985,390 maps, 1,007,007 eces of music and 458,132 prints. Q. When was the Septuagint trans. ation of the Oid Testament made’— Ce | 'A. There is the exact or L Ca | | Dis n of the Septuagint. This is a_transiation of the Old Testa- nent only, including the canon. the nd ghe writings. It was ¢ the use of Alexandrine Jews who had lost their knosil- edge of the Hebraw tongue. Accord- i n. based on the letters | of "Aristides. Philo and Josephus (Jew- h _historians). the translation was made by 72 scholars in 'S by | the order of Ptolemy II. who rcigned {at Philadelphia about 285 B.C. Q. How large is the proposed Mam. moth Cave National Par! A. It comprises 70,618 | central part of Kentu, | ment is on foot to | which to purchase it over to the United ment. Q. Ts it the August moon or the September moon that is called the harvest moon?— M. H. T. The September moon {s the har- st moon. The August moon has no special name. The October moon is known as the hunters’ moon. 1 move- 000,000 with and to turn it States Govern- Q. Ts 18 too old to begin studying the violin with an idea of becoming & concert player’—L. N. A. Etude says that most violin stu- dents have completed their studies for the profession at that age. Violin playing must be begun in very early childhood or youth to develop into a | high-paid profession. Frederic J. Haskin is employed by | this paper to haadle inquiries of our | readers. and vow are invited to call | upon him as frecly and as often as you | pleasc. Ask” anything that is a mat- ter of fact, and the authority will be | quoted wou. There is no charge for | this service. Ask what you want, sign your name and address, and inclose 2 |ceats in_stamps for roturn postage. ddress The Evcning Star Information Bureau, Fredrric J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Equ The annquncement as a sclentific discovery that “the brain of a woman need not be inferior to that of a man of equal rank” finds most editorial | observers skeptical of the method used in reaching such a conclusion, and, moreover, inclined to ask why in these times anybody should think woman’s equality needs proving. An examina tion of the brain of Mrs. Helen H. Gardener, left by will to Cornell Uni- versity, furnished the basis for the announcement. The scientist’s conclusion Is viewed the New York Herald-Tribune as not without its flavor of the famous YVon Twillerian procedure of weighing the evidence on a pair of scales. Our quarrel is not with the conclusion” continues the Herald-Tribune. ‘“Most ordinary observers of humanity have decided, we imagine, that it is entirely oss! Go0d brains are scattered among the race with little obvious regard for sex, wealth, appearance or propriety. While he was alive no one doubted that Mrs. Gardener had ability. It was mnot necessary to weigh her brain to prove it. The quarrel with the doctor is that he pretends to support a common- sense judgment by scientific logic dis- torted out of all relation to true scien tific method. * * * If there is any rule connecting genius with the struc- ture of the brain, that rule remains undiscovered.” “If the professor means that men and women of equal mental develop- ment have brains of equal quality.” sording to the San Francisco Bulle- tin, physiologist. If he means that he was astonished to find that a woman of superior mentality was not burdened with a brain of comparatively inferior quality, then women at least will re- rd his statement as amusing. - The objection is not to the but to the phrasing of the alleged discovery. Why drag in the matter of inferiority or superiority when, in the language alike of science and of common sense, there is neither inferfority nor superiority, but only difference?”’ research, * * X % The Brooklyn Daily Eagle con- tributes its view that “as between the sexes and as between the barbarian and the civilized man, the test is in the complex convolutions of the gray mat- ter, and comparison is difficult. ~ Ho ever,” adds the Kagle, “science has pretty conclusively proved that Alfred Tennyson was wholly wrong when he wrot ““Weakness to be wroth with wea ness; woman's pleasure, woman' pain; Nature made them blinder motions, bounded in a shallower brain; Woman is the lesser man, and all thy ns, matched with mine, noonlight unto sunlight, and s water unto wine.’” “It was Lord Chesterfleld's sincere and confidential opinion,” recalls the Louisville Times, “that women ‘are only children of larger growth: they times wit; but for solid, reasoning good sense I never in my life knew one that had it, or who reasoned or acted consequentially for four and twenty hours together.’ Perhaps, in justice to milord,” continues the Times, “it might be said the women of his day hadn’t the opportunities for developing thelr brains that Mrs. Gardener enjoyed. Still, one wonders. It would be interesting to know what the girls had to say. just between themselves, ahout Lord Chesterfleld, and whether or not their remarks at le for women to be intelligent. | t would seem to be an amazing | platitude as coming from an eminent | have an entertaining tattle and some- | ality of Woman in Brains Declared to Be Already Proven times didn't equal or surpass some of Dr. Johnson's sourest reflections upon the same elegant theme.” “Considerations of mere size or avoirdupoi: it is pointed out by the | Boston Transecript, “have long since | been set aside in estimates of human |efficiency. Otherwise the fat lady in the circus side show would be a greater power in the world than Napo- | leon Ponaparte. It may well be that lit is thus with brai; In any case, | no_reason exists in relative brain weight for relegating woman to an | inferior political or social position. | And, for that matter, it would be in- operative in a world in which woman |has already attained a position of equality.’ b * ok ok x “Most women have along,” says the Kan: City Post, | “that’ they were at least as intelligent |as men, but being exceedingly practi- lcal they have been willing ‘to keep | their knowledze secret, satisfied to get what they wanted at the cost of per- | mitting husbands, fathers, and broth- ers to bask in their ridiculous faith in maculine superiority. * * * Women have always known that they are the mental equals of men, especially in practical affairs, and it will do them | no good to have it announced. Once the men become convinced of this fact, | they will be on their guard, thereby making it harder for a wife to per- | suade the dumbbell she has married into forcing her to buy a new fur coat. | That's the trouble with feminists. | They throw away practical victories in order to win purely academic and wholly unprofitable arguments about the equality of the sexes.” As to the results of this scientific announcement, the Des Moines Tri- | bune-Capital concludes: “The more | their unadulterated thinking power is granted, in comparison with men, the less is going to be heard about that superstition, ‘woman’s intuition.” The more of equality—or superiority—the women are allowed to have in brains, | the less of superiority they are going to be grandly granted in the fleld of | the hokum facuity, which we call ‘having a hunch.’ The exchange will | be a good one from the standpoint of the women. Besides, it is a correct one. known all UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Seventy-five thousand spectators see 24,000 men of the Rainbow Divis- {ion pass in review at Camp Mills. * ¢ ® Former President Taft and | many other men prominent in ‘public | life will tour country to help put over |the second liberty loan. * * * An. |nounced tonight that psychological tests for drafted men have heen be- | sun In four camps for the purpose of rating soldiers according to their apt- | ness for different lines of work. * * * | Uruguay breaks off diplomatic rela- tions with Germany, making the fif- teenth nation to have severed rela- tions or declared war with Germany since the United States entered the conflict, on April 6. * * ¢ La Fol- lette says he will continue to oppose the war. In long Senate defense he bases his_criticisms on right of free speech, Warns of evil of one-man power. * * * Senators urge Federal control of print paper. Committee recommends seizure of operatlon of the entire industry to safeguard free press. Declares greed for excessive profits imposing a most unjust burden.