Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1927, Page 8

{THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY. . .October 12, 1027 " THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave. New York' Office: 110 East ¢2nd 8t. cag ower Builc Turopean 0! t.. London. tar with the Sunday 1 carri ‘The Evenint ing edition 1s the city at 60 cents 45 cents per nth; 35 s e pi jer at ond of =ach mont! by Mail—Payable in Advance. " Marsland e1d Virginia. aily and Sunday. ...} vr. §8.00: 1 mo.. 78c A, 7800 1 e 38e All Other States and Cana ly and Sunday.l 'il 00: 1 mo.. $1.00 8.00: 1 mo.. 7 BT ISR uday onl7. mo.. Member of the Associated Press. ssociated Press 1s exclugively cntitied 1otk e 0r Tepubiieation. of ail b als: h lited to it or not otherwi ted in_thi Daver lux also tl Ioc:f news Diblished heremn: AN riehts oF ourlication O 'special dispatches herein are also reserved morn within . v v Public Library Progress. A gratifying record of progress is outlined in the annual report of the trustees and librarian of the Public Library, just made public. The books taken out for home use from the cen- tral library and branches totaled 1,407.499 volumes and the mounted pictures lent numbered 133,597. These figures are increases of 8 per cent in the case of books and 13 per cent in the case of pictures over the previous year's record. Even more Important than growth in the distribution of books and pic- turen were the strengthening and en- largement of the reference and ad- visory services of the library, which indicate that it is more than ever be- | fore a strong factor in the adult edu- cation movement. This improvement in the quality of the library's service comes about in part from the addi- tion to the library staft of several highly trained assistants and in part from the fact that members of the library staff as a whole are availing themselves of opportunities for spe- cial training or outside study, and thus constantly fitting themselves to ,meet the demands for a high quality of service. The report records the opening of sub-branches in rented quarters at Chevy Chase and in the Eastern High School, thus slightly strengthening the thin line of library branches and sta- tions, still altogether inadequate to satisfy the eager reading appetite of ‘Washington citizens. The library trus. tees rightly put the main emphasis on plans for meeting the need for branch libraries through the enactment at the next session of Congress of the pro- posed five-year building and extension program legislation for the develop- ment of the Public Library. The five-year school building pro- gram act has been of great as- sistance in bringing the public schools up to better standards. The Public Library, declared by law to be a “supplement of the public edu- cational system,” is far behind the schools in its ability to meet the reasonable demands of citizens for library service and much underdevel- oped and undersupported as com- pared with the libraries of most other large American cities. The library program provides a well co-ordinated plan for the systematic development of the library by which in five years it may be brought up to the standard sef up in the law now on the statute books which requires that the lbrary “shall consist of a central library and such number of branch lbraries so located ané so supported as to furnish books and other printed mat- ter and iInformation service conven- fent to the homes and offices of all residents of the District.” The lbrary ~trustees have the hearty support of the citizens in thelr efforts to give effect to the law. To this end they should have the support of Commissioners, Budget Bureau and Congress. ———r——————— There are sources of oil supply the world over. Teapot Dome, though not the most productive, is most fa- mous. Which illustrates notoriety’s eccentricity. ——————————— Over the Atlantic. Ruth Eilder, the Florida aviatrix, and her co-pilot and navigator, George Haldeman, are oft on the hazardous transatiantic flight. Gracefully tak- ing the air from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, yesterday, as the sun was set- ting on a crisp October day, the third woman to attempt a non-stop ocean crossing waved good-by from the cabin of her monoplane as the ship disappeared on its death-defying voy- age. Le Bourget Flying Field, near Paris, is the goal of the fiyers and, provided that everything goes well, they should settle down on French 80l some time tomorrow. The daring Florida girl made her start against the advice of friends, backers and the section of public opin- fon which can see no gain in further risk of life at a time of the vear | which is notoriously bad for overseas fiying, Both Miss Elder and ir navi gator, however, were determined to be off over the occan waste at the first opportunity, and when weather reports indicated that the elements would probably be as kind to then last night and today as it was pos- sible to expect for the rest of the year, they seized the chance, filled their gasoline tanks to overflowing and started out. Miss Elder has had two predecessors in an attempt to be the first woman _ to cross the ocean through the air. Miss Mildred Doran, Michigan school teacher, forfeited her life in the late- lamented Dole race between San Francisco and Honolulu. Her plane was never seen nor heard from after she left the Golden Gate behind. Prin- cess Lowenstein-Wertheim was the second woman to seek famé in trans- oceanic flying. With its navigator and pilot her single-motored Fokker monoplane met an unknown fate in the turbulent Atlantic. i Although the odds are greatly against success, Miss Elder is con- ceded to have.reduced the odds as ¥ much u!-humnbmmu‘m a ful preparation, sturdy equipment and more than average skill. Her plane, powered with a Wright air-cooled mo- tor, the same as that used by Lind- bergh, Chamberlin, Byrd and others, is capable of remaining aloft for more than four thousand miles at a hun- dred miles an hour. Both she and her navigator are licensed pilots, and they selected the only day that ap- peared to offer hope for success. An interested world is listening eagerly for word from the limitless void as to their progress in the man-made bird. Godspeed to them bot! Washington a Drawing Card. The City of Washington, not only as the seat of National Governmeni, but also as the premier shrine of American patriotism, has a vacation- time appeal for the people of which the railroads are learning to take ad- vantage through advertising the pecul- iar charms of the National Capital. This was emphasized at the ninth annual convention ef the American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents, by the assistant to the president of the Pullman’ Co. and other speakers, who counseled the ticket agents that their advice to millions of travelers should place Washington at the head of the list, not only for cutrate excursions, but as a staple attraction that grows stronger in its pulling power every year. It is a city to which every family looks forward for one of those family outings of recreation and education that are characteristically American. Here the whole family literally drinks in with the eyes and brain inspiring lessons of patriotism and culture not possible elsewhere. Here all the peo- ple of this land are brought into a direct and personal touch with and knowledge of their Government, and here the nationals of other countries from all over the world come to a better understanding of and respect for the world's first and great:st re- public. The tugs of Washington at each American heartstring are too numer- ous to list here, and the railroad ad- vertising agents see their best oppor- tunity in catering to this heart inter- est. The drive is “On to Washing- ton!" : But the raflroads in planning to route their tourist and vacation pas- sengers to the Capital in ever-increas. ing numbers, and the people respond- ing to the promptings of their heart to drink in patriotism, education and culture here, should not neglect to project ahead that Washington may be made and maintained ideally ready to meet these demands and expecta- tions. This should be borne in mind by every individual citizen who plans to join the “On to Washington!” move- ment—that, while we have the most beautiful city in the world, there is much yet to be done to assure this great Capital always holding its proud prestige; that the National Capital is exclusively under the control of Con- gress, and that Congress is subservient to all the people. It is for the peqple who dream of Washington's past and future—who look toward it as typify. ing the wealth, power, traditions, cul- ture, taste, idealism and ambitions of the greatest self-governing people in all history—to admonish Congress to be generous in providing for Wash- ington’s future. ‘Whatever is done to make the Capi- tal City more ideally beautiful, more representative of what the United States stands for and how she stands in the world of nations, is not done for the half-million people here, but for every one of the 120,000,000 all over the land who look to Washington. American Foreign Investments. No more conclusive evidence of the wisdom of the New York Stock Bx- change in opening its board to the legitimate securities of forelgn coun- tries could be found than yesterday’s news report of the absorption of Ger- man bonds in the last four years by the American public. When one con- siders that it was but four years ago that the Dawes plan went into effect and that since that date an ap- proximate $1,000,000,000 of American capital has been subscribed to meet the requirements of the German na- tional government, and the state, municipal, industrial, public utility and banking needs of that nation, some idea may be gained of the readi- ness of America to play the part the world has a right to expect of her in the economic rehabilitation of Europe. And it should be borne in mind that the billion dollars under consideration were supplied for bonds exclusively and do not take into conside gtion vast investments in Germu, stocks by private individuals, hithei¥o under the necessity of dealing through London or on other foreign exchange for this type of security. A careful scrutiny has hitherto been made of the various financing projects in which our banking institutions and the public have been invited to par- ticipate. Only those loans which are for productive purposes and not likely to interfere with the reparations pro- gram have been indorsed. This in the case of bonds. It fs now to be anticipated that those responsible for the New York exchange will function along similar lines in the matter of the stock offerings of Germany and other European nations. In this wise will the American investing and epeculating public know that their purchases in the foreign markets are |of a quality not infmical to our national interests or our international obligations. Such assurance should redound to the benefit of all legitimate- ly concerned, while the excellent work | of re-establishing the industrial pros- perity of Europe goes forward apace. At some moments George Remus may have felt like saying, “The world side beggar to get into his car is lay- ing himself open to serious dangers, and it was no idle gesture when the American Automobile Association sent out its nation-wide warning on the subject. There Is probably nothing more dis- gusting than the sight of men and boys begging rides along the road, The practice has even spread to schooi children, girls and boys alike, The adults are generally a vicious cl who bum their way through the coun- try, stealing and attacking if they are so inclined, or hoping for an accident for which they can collect heavy dam- ages from their courteous hosts. In boys of school age the practice encour- ages the spread of beggarism, which is an un-American quality, and in girls of the same age it lays the ground- work for flirtatious advances by ‘the accommodating motorists. An offensive manner has also been developed by the beggar. In Wa ington recently a motorist was hailed by two well dressed young men. Be- Neving that they were friends he pulled out of the line of traffic and waited for them to approach. “Say, Buddy,” said they in unison as they hopped on the running board and opened the door, “take us downtown, will you?” Within twenty yards of where this conversation took place a street car was stopped to take on pas- sengers. The motorist firmly pulled the door shut and called the attention of the two beggars to the fact that street cars seemed to be running with their accustomed regularity. The safest method for the motorist in city driving or in touring is to keep to himself and his own party. Even if he is lucky enough to pick up the harmless kind of beggar, he will in all probability receive no thanks. There- fore, it is up to the automobile driver to take cognizance of the warning of 2 national motoring body—& warning culled from the experiences of thou- sands of motorists who have seen their loved ones assaulted, their own lives placed in jeopardy, and their property stolen by the beggars who infest the roads of the country. - Mussolini has given Italy the assur- ance that’anybody who is dissatisfled with the government will be gra- clously permitted to think as he pleases so long as he indulges in no comment. ——— Throngs who rally to the measures | of “Sidewnlks of New York" are bound to admit that Gov. Al Smith functions is mine.” But it was the underworld. An Unheeded Warning. Another motorist has been slugged and beaten and his car stolen because he failed to heed the warning recently issued by the American Automobile Association anent the practice of pick- ing up the road loafer for a free ride. It is unfortunate that the good nature and kindness of the average American who drives his car is so often re- warded with an attack by the recipient firely in humble as well as brilliant capacities. He is not only a compe- tent official but a most able “song- plugger.” ———————————— A prohibition agent should be & man of superior intelligence and morals, | capable of a devotion to duty which will render him incifferent to the ques- tion of adequate compensation. It is a large cider. ———e——————— One of the important days in Charles Lindbergh's eventful career will be that on which he finds himself able at last to take a needed 24 hours’ rest. ———— Asking a police officer to take note of feminine fashions is merely bring- ing temptation to take his mind off more important responsibilities. B : The return of Mayor Walker. de- prives Iurope of the tangible re- minder that there is still such a thing as the gayety of nations. —————— Presidential candidates are modest. There is still a traditional impression | that old vox populi ought to do the real choosing. ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Mathematics and Morals. My personal purpose was honest, I vow, - ‘When figuring debts and taxation, Yet often a question comes up as to how My course will avoid condemnation, From nabobs who pay for a retinue grand To poets who dwell in their attics, ‘We drift toward the somewhat intan- gible line ‘Where morals become mathematics, We run down a column of figures with care, The answers continue to differ; ‘We balance the cash 'gfinst the bills that declare That prices are still growing stiffer. And yet we are threatened with fines or with jail— The prospect is truly pathetic— If we, thongh well meaning enough, chance to fail In these various tasks arithmetic. Achievement. “What do you regard as the really Sreat achlevement of your career?” ““Getting back into the United States Capitol for the coming session,” an. swered Senator Sorphum. Singing the Old Songs. I cannot sing old song so sad, ‘Which sometimen I rehearse. My own attempts are pretty bad, But the radio's are worse, Jud Tunkins says an inferiority |y, complex is what rakes a man Jay down the winning hand in a poker same. Realms of Publicity. “Why did you refuse the count's proposal of marriage?” “T didn't like the idea,” sald Miss| 50¢ Cayenne, “of having my photograph published adjacent to pictures of hom. icide heroines.” “He who thinks before he speaks,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “will say but little He who speaks before ne thinks must exhausf him- selt on volumes of explanation.” Complimentary Custom. What though erratic be my way, And at my record folk may chaff, Of me I know they'l! speak some day ‘With kindness in my epitaph. “If our ancestors was monkeys," said Uncle Eben, “dey didn't set no very polite examples foh deir chillun,” A Welcoming Gesture. of his courtesy, but it is a condition and not a theory that must be faced. Every motorist who allows the road- From the Wichita Beacon. Mexico s Just 8 chasivarfor Ambas. a cl y . THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES Bx TRACEWELL. Cracking of whips by carters in the early hours of the morning was what worried the sensitive Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher of the “will-to-live,” more generally known as the world's champion pessimist. The Berlin of his day, however, with all its vigorous young gentle- men who insisted on cracking their long whips at dawning, must have been as quiet as a village after 10 o'clock, compared to the racket of any modern city. Suppose Arthur had been forced to listen to the slamming and banging of garage doors at all hours! What if he had lived in the era of unlimited personal transportation, honking horns and so on? ‘What would he, with his keen ears, have done about the milkmen, who, in the faithful performance of their duty, manage to make the night more or less hideous between the hours of 4 to 6 am. To the light sleeper (even if he likes milk) the disturbance set up by the visitations of half a dozen competing dairies in the small hours of the morning is nothing less than a nuisance. The sad part of it, from the stand- point of one who both appreciates the task of the milkman and his own situation, is that most of the noise could be done away with, One would not go 8o far to suggest rubber bottoms for the milk bottles, as some one did several vears ago, nor advocate the merger of the dairies in any one city, so that one trip, by one vehicle, would get the whole proc- ess over and done with for the night. Simple co-operation, on the part of dealers, would go far to removing what today tends to become an intol- erable nuisance to all sensitive per. sons who have worked hard during the more normal hours of labor and need the sleep which night is sup- posed to afford. * ok ok The “milkman” s one of the most faithful servants of the public. He comes in snowstorms, during down- pours of rain, when sleet is on the street, when bitter winds are blow- ing. He puts the milk on your front doorstep, or on your back step, as the case may be, with a faithfulness which must win him the considera- tion even of the man who thinks he makes more noise than he ought to! The miracle of dairy farming and the modern dairy, through the co- operation of which persons living in the great cities are kept supplied with that best of foods, pure milk, has no more ardent booster than many a man who wakes at 4 a.m. to curse the man out there in the street who In- sists on shifting his cases directly | under one’s window! Sensitiveness to noises is a fact, with those who have keen senses, and every honest milkman ought to take this susceptibility to heart. Every dairy ought to listen to complaints of customers, as to noises, and really try to rectify them. This is the solution of the whole problem, it would seem, rather than those previously mentioned, or the recourse which poor Schopenhauer had—namely, either to move to the country or wait until the jolly noise- makers went out of business through the mareh of progress. * X ok X The following anecdote comes to us from a man who had a machine-gun blown out of his hands during the ‘World War (a devil-may-care Marine, he was), who today lives just over the line in Maryland. b situated in what is ne,” a narrow thor- oughfare, adown which a great milk truck came lumbering at exactly 2 a.m. to deliver the milk for his small %he 3 or 4 other homes in the lane all had their milk supply deliv- ered by a rival dairy. The truck that came to the ex-Marine's home every morning at 2 o'clock experienced much difficulty in the feat, it requiring one man to drive the vehicle and another to stand in the road and shout direc- s. uc’.l?hll was especially necessary when the truck turned around. The house- holder found himself being waked every morning by the nightly per- formance. He remonstrated, therefore, to the dairy office, and was assured that the noise would be stopped. His sugges- tion was that the milkman walk the hundred feet or so down the lane, and leave the big truck on the main road. The next night the truck roared in and out as usual. Again he pro- tested. Again he was assured of re- lief. The next night came, and with it the same old clamor beneath his room window. IIe{‘"(m\lly the man canceled his milk order, and took from the rival dairy, in self-defense. Even the officer of the old dairy, who came to see him about it, agreed that he was right. * ok ok X The point is, it would seem, that though *“milkmen” may be sensitive to reproof, there is no real reason why they cannot give just a bit more thought and consideration to the sleeping habits of the households to which they deliver milk. These customers are, forsooth, those persons who make their jobs possible. Without us milk-fans, there would be no need for milkmen. 3 One dalry, at least, has equipped itselt with electric vehicles, in a laud- able attempt to minimize the delivery racket, but too often the brakes are sadly in need of grease, and shriek like lost souls. Perhaps the shifting -of cases in the wagons is the most annoying of all noises perpetrated by milkmen. No doubt this is a necessity, but the prevailing custom of doing the job at exactly the same point every night is rather trying on those living near the particular situation! Might there not be a variation, in this respect, each morning, so that no one home would have to suffer constantly? Undue clanking of bottles, too, is a condition which might be easily corrected, by a bit of forethought, as might the unnecessary slamming of refrigerator doors when milk is placed in such compartments through exterfor service doors. Unnecessary stopping and starting, cing of engines, and loud talk by xlkmen could be easily corrected, if dairy officials and deliverymen alike stopped to realize the need for cor- rection. The patrons of the dairies are the sufferers, and one must point out that they should not be made to suffer. It should be stated, too, t for every one who complains scores suffer in silence. As one who is indebted to the cow for his very life, the present writer would like to see her capable assist- ant, the city dairy, be among the first of great business institutions to ac- tively combat noise in the cities. The day will come, although it may be far off, when municipalities wlil be forced to take steps to curb unneces- sary night noise. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY i"REDERIC WILLIAM WILE. As to Coolidge economy, “age can- not wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety.” The President still harps upon Federal money-saving as the favorite theme in his repertoire. He omits no opportunity to thrum upon it for the edification of White House callers, especially those whose business it is to know what's on the executive mind. Mr. Coolidge re- mains wedded to the theory that re- duction of the national debt is the paramount issue, lieves in cut- ting down the tax rates, and is per- suaded that eventually the debt and taxes can both be slashed. But no doubt is left, when the President's views are lo\nfiht, that he prefers to bring down debt first and then devote revenue surplus to relief of the taxpayer. Meantime patriots with appropriation axes to grind need not apply at No. 1600 Pennsylvania ave- nue. Texation is bound to be one of the foot balls of politics during the next 12 months. With a presidential and cot ssional campaign in the offing, neither party is likely to over- look so a piece of bait as tax reduction, which blesseth him that sives and him that takes. * ok X % Still another aspirant to the presi- dency of Nicaragua will shortly de- scend upon Washington. He is Gen. J. M. Moncada, the leader of the Lib- eral armed forces recently in fleld against President Diaz. It was Mon. cada’s men who laid down their a: In the interest of peace, at the behe: of Henry L. Stimson, President Cool- idge's special commissioner to Nica- ragua. Like Gen. Chamorro, the Conservative candidate for the presi- dency, now on our soil, Gen. Moncada seeks the approval of the United States Government before formally throwing his hat into the ring. Fif. teen or sixteen years ago Moncada, an able writer, set down in a book Nicaragua cannot deny America the right of intervening in the for- mer's internal affairs, because of our special interests there. At Panana the other day, while en route to Wash- ington, Gen. Moncada asserted that as long as the United States confines Itself to preservation of law and or- ol G g o erican interv only be beneficlal. i chans Vi * O x x top the - leakproof new *White ouse roof there now is mounted a brand-new flagpole, and trom it flut- ters an gqually new and gleaming edi- ton of the Stars and Stripes. ‘The flag supplants a patched banner which flapped thers a year ago, to the amaze- nt of gltrtou Wwho falled to under- stand w] the richest country on earth couldn't afford to fly a perfectly 00d flag over the President’s home. is observer has just fathomed the mystery. It seems that the office of public bulldings and parks thought a patched fl:’ might help to draw the attention of Congress to the decrepit condition of the upper works of the White House, systematically neglected {;r l:lo‘re lllunh:f years. 80 now that e nsion a new roof, has a fresh flag. o * ok ok % Some more Col. House and Walter Hines Page memoirs are scheduled for early appearance. The colonel's first two volumes of “Intimate Papers' took a breathless public only up to April, 1917, and America's entry into the World War. House will now deal with our midwar diplomagy and his gumshoe activities therein'—the clan- destine flittings to Europe and back, which brought down upon the colonel the George Harvey nickname of “President Wilgon's U-boat.” The forthcoming volumes will embrace the peace conference and, presumably, the historic clash between Wilson and House in June, 1919, which brought their Damon t) and Pythias to an abrupt and inglorious end. The ' new Page book will be entitled “The Education of an American.” It will deal with the late Ambassador’s youth in the South, his journalistic appren- ticeship, and his "pre-diplomatic life as an editor and publisher. * Not long ago*Calvin Coolidge at- tended a private dinner party at the home of a member of his cabinet and in honor of Secretary 's birth- day. Place cards for the guests were inscribed with sentiments which the hostess thought appropriate in their respective cases. The card at the President’s plate read: “Silence is the college yell of the University of Expe- rience.” * K K * Representative A. Piatt Andrew of the Gloucester district of Massachy. setts has just been made an officer of the French Legion of Honor. The order of the Legion was conferred upon the brilllant New England Congress- man near Reims in 1917, when An- drew was a volunteer officer in the American Ambulance Corps, attach- ed to the French Army. He was one of the first “Yanks” to go ‘“over there,” a long time before we were in the war. Representative Andrew { was educated at Princeton and Har- vard and was once a professor of economics at Cambridge, but he hails | from the wilds of northern Indiana. For some reason or other he conceals that distinguished fact in his auto- biography in the Congressional Direc- tory, * ok ok % The same day the State Department last week announced that Ambassador A. B. Houghton is coming home from London on leave, because of a broth. er's illness, said brother at New Bed- ford, Mass., proclaimed that couldn’t be the reason for the envoy's trip at all. So officlal and diplomatic Washington is guessing and gossip- ing. Mr. Houghton, who once was in Congress, remains a factor in New York Republican politics. Some of his admirers think the Ambassador is of presidential stature. It is barely possible that Houghton is timing his arrival in the United States to co- incide with the pre-campaign era just over ‘the horizon. Should Churles Evans Hughes continue to regard him- self beyond the age limit New York will be looking for a favorite son. Houghton's name has already been honorably mentioned in that con- nection. (Covyright. 1027.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today ‘War Department admits it is dis- cussing the question of assembling an- other 500,000 men this year. There is a shortage in all camps, and some cantonments have room for a full brigade the exigencies of the war may force Government ownership of railroads in “the surprisingly near future” is made in statement {ssued by the conference committee on national pre- paredness. * * ¢ Training camps are enthusiastic for the second Lib- erty loan, Plattsburg subscribes $291,- 000; Camp Upton, $270,000; Camp Dix, $403,150, and Camp De: $294,000, all in less than two days’ drive, * * ¢ United States Shipping Board inter- venes to avert threatened tie-up of shipping through impending strike of marine workers in New York Harbor, ¢ * * McAdoo warns Nation against failure of loan, Says that would be worse than half a dozen battles lost, * ¢ ¢ As a war emergency measure tte Shipping Board will requisition all freight and passenger vessels above 2,500 tons next Monday. Soaring acs freight charges t concerted m’m allies. tion by United * * * The prediction that|l ‘ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1927, Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. The Demoerats are on the horns of a dllemma. They can nominate Gov. ‘Al Smith of New York for President next year aand throw into jeopardy Democratic_control of certain States thereby. 'They can turn aside from Gov. Smith and throw into the discard all chance of electing a President. Those who favor giving Smith the cold shoulder say that even with Smith as the party standard bearer the chance of electing a democratic Presi- dent would be so small that it would not warrant his nomination. With any other Democrat but Smith as the party nominee for Chief Executive, they figure they can win in the State elections in all the Southern States, in Indiana, where the Republicans are gasping for air since the unearthing of political scandals, in the border States, and possibly in’ still other States. With Smith at the head of the ticket, these Democrats see Republi- can gains, even in the “solid South.” * ok KX The Smith boom, however, has made rapid strides in recent weeks. So rapid, Indeed, that many Democrats, hungry for the pie counter, are really in favor of giving the New York gov- ernor a run. They are found in the ‘West and even in the South, as well as in the North and East. No one quite knows how strong the Smith candi- dacy is, or how well Smith will run if he be nominated. He has against him the drys and the anti-Catholics. On the other hand, Smith has the appeal of the man who has come up from the sidewalks of a great city—an appeal which will have influence with millions of other men and women who are either still pressing the sidewalks of American cities or, like Smith, have gone upward. He makes a strong ap- peal, too, to the liberal sentiment of the country. Here again no one knows exactly how strong the sentiment is today. The *‘wets” have upset cal- culations of the drys during the last vear. 1t comes down, therefore, tg the question whether the Democratic party should place all of its eggs in one basket and gamble on the election of Gov. Smith to the presidency, or whether the party should be content with victory in a considerable num- ber of State elections. With Smith denied the nomination, it is admitted by the Democrats themselves, they have little more than a ghost of a show to win the national election. Smith’s friends in the great States of the North and East will resent bit- terly the failure of the party to nom- inate their idol. They say frankly they will not support other candi- dates. They say, further, that if Smith is to be turned down because he is a Catholic, and by the South, they want to know it, and they will then be able to map their future course. * ok x * A canvass of sentiment in North Carolina. shows that Smith's nomina- tion would be a signal for a political uprising there. Men and women who have voted the Democratic ticket as regularly as they have risen in the morning and gone to bed at night are threatening to vote against the New Yorker. What is puzzling Senator Furnifold Simmons, the Democratic boss of the State, is whether this up- rising would be sufficient to throw the State into the Republican ranks. Some observers say that the Smith nomination would result in electing Republicans in half the congressionai districts next year and in throwing the electoral vote of the State to the Republican candidate for President. Others declare that the State would vote for Smith in the end. As a mat- ter of fact, the number of Republican voters in North Carolina is no negli- gible factor, The State goes Demo- cratic by 100,000 votes or a little more. This is a margin which a real revolt among the Democrats might wipe out enllr:]v-‘ RN The suggestion comes from these Tar Jeel opponents of Al Smith that a third, independent Democratic tick- et, with a dry and a Protestant at its head, would be put in the fleld soon after the Smith nomination. Such a ticket, giving the Democratic oppo- nents of Smith a rallying point, would so split the party as to make Repub- lican success sure in a number of States which ordinarily might be ex- pected to go Democratic. * K ok % If the Democrats are puzzled, their Republican_opponents are not so en- tirely free from problems as they had hoped to be. The recent gathering of Republican national committeemen in vashington to confer with Chairman Willlam M. Eutler has failed to clear the atumosplere. It can be said, how- ever, that, erroneously cr not, some of these committeemen have gone their ways still believing that Presi- dent Coolidge, if nominated by the na- tional convention, will aceept. Fur- thermore, it is said on high avthority that a number of States will send delegations, either uninstructed or in- structed for one of the “presidential possibilities,” ready to jump te Cool- idge at the earliest possible moment after the balloting has begun. It is possible, of course, that the President may let his friends know that under no circumstances will he accept the nomination, and in that event this plan for a stampede of the conven- tion to Coolidge will not be carried out. That word has yet to come from the President, however. Party lead- ers feel that the President should let them know in time to prevent a stam- pede If he is unwilling to make the race if the nomination comes to him in that way. They point out that if he turns the numination down after the convention has actually voted for him the second choice of the conven- tion will look rather like “small po- tatoes.” To be left in that position, they say, would be unfair to the rty. p.De:q'rlte their efforts to get together on another cardidate for the Repub- lican nomination, the committeemen are still. at sea. Reasons were ad- vanced why they did not care for Hughes or Hoover, Lowden or Dawes, or Longworth. The arguments ad- vanced against these various candi- dates make the leaders turn their eves more and more to Mr, Coolidge as the solution of their troubles. Thev still believe they can “win with Coolidge.” * ok ok ¥, The Western Republican Progres- sives of the Senate who do not care for Lowden or Dawes of Illinois are getting quite a kick out of the boom which they have launched for Senator Norris of Nebraska. They are figur- ing now on lining up several State delegations for the Nebraskan. Mr. Norris, himself, however, is not taking the matter too seriously. He is willing to have his candidacy vsed as a rallying point for Progressives, so that the Progressives may present a solid front and be more influential in the national convention. An Easier Job, From the Seattle Times. Turkey will take its first complete census this month. The task has been greatly simplified by massacring the Armenians, driving out all the Greeks and ceding a lot of territory. One Certain Fact. From the Detroit News. ‘While it still is debated whether men ever lived in trees, it is pretty certain that some of the maple sirup now in circulation never did. The True Fan. From the Santa Barbara News. < | It is to pick out the true fai He Is any ball team that is o0 Zar ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How much money does the Gen- Land Office take in in a year?— C. M. A. The total cash receipts from sales, leases and otheér disposition of public ands for the flscal year 1926 were $10,608,056.71, and from sales of Indian lands $805.983.75, a total of $11,414,04).46. Q. hat is n?—M. the salary of the Senate . H. P. He receives $100 per month. Q. Why is the norse chestnut so called?—M. 8. A. The term horse chestnut is used, since horse in connection with fruits, etc., means large. The horse chestnut is a larger nut than the chestnut. Q. What cities have Knife and Fork Clubs?—D. P. 8. A. This organization has clubs in Lineoln, Nebr.; Sioux City, Iowa; Den- ver, Colo.; Portland, Oreg.; and to the South, Kansas City and Springfield, Mo.; Shreveport, La.; Houston and Dallag, 'Tex. These clubs are carefully selected groups of men, who have associated themselves together in their community (and through the joint re- lationship and affiliation of one club with andther in the Nation) for the purpose »f culture, recreation and the recognition of distinctive service to society and humanity. Q. When was Coney Island opened up as a pleasure resort?—L. E. B. A. Steamboats first began making excursions to Coney Island in 1840, and it may be said to have been a pleasure resort since that date. Q. Who was called the “Father of Mexican Independence’?—S. N. A, This itle was given to Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, a Mexican priest, who lived from 1753 to 1811. He started 4 movement for independence which cost him his life. Some years later he was extolled as a saint, and the new-bcrn republic erected a mag- nl.flunt statue to him. Q. When does a thing that has been hot become cold?—P. G. A. Cold is the relative want of heat, and there are no determinate bounda- ries between coid ana heat. By a mere arbitrary distinetion the degrees of a thermometer beiow the freezihg Doll;t are sometimes called degrees of cold. Q. What is call money?—C. C. A. Call money is money loaned on condition that the loan be repaid at any time the persen making it calls for his money. Q. When was the National road built, and was it Intended to be a transgcontinental road?—R. E. . A. The National road, as originally lanned, was to extend from Cumber- and, Md., to Jeffetson, Mo, and its construction was begun in 1806, Q. What is the “Comedie Fran- caise,” in Paris?—T H. B. A. The Comedie Francalse is the official name of the national theater of France, which is supported by pub- lic funds for the purpose of advancing dramatic art. It was long known as La Malson de Moliere, or Moliere's Theater. the United States at the present time is about 11,000,000, @ Why are the Scotch soldiers calied the “Ladies from Hell”?—R. H. A. The Highland regiments were nicknamed the “‘Ladies from Hell” on account of the kilts they wore and from remarkable fighting qualities. The term was coined by the German newspape:s and adopted among the German troops on the Western front. 3. }Is 4 Ford car made in England? —E. E. F. A. The Ford Motor Co. of England, Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, Eng- land, manufactures and assembles Ford automobiles in England. Q. What is Marseille soap? 1Is it obtainable in tLis country?—K. D. W. A. 1n Europe castile soap is called Marseille soap because the chief mod- ern place of manufacture of castile soap is Marseille. Q. What 1s Dalton's law?—G. N. A. This refers to a principle discov- ered by the English physicist, John Dalton, that in a mixture of gases which do not unite chenpically the pressure is equal to the Sum of the pressures cf all the gases in the mix- ture. Q. Who was the first American to play “Hamlet” in London?—N. A. I A. Steele MacKaye “Epoch,” MacKaye's biography by his son, Percy MacKave, reveals the father as tke invertor of almost all of the modern stage devices, author of “Hazel Kirk," a veritable genius, who was “one of fhe most romantic and thrilling f:gures of the nineteenth cen. tury.” Q. What ia the cost of helium gas —R. K. M. A. The production cost of helium is approximately 2.08 cents per cubic foot. The cransportation cost to the air station is higher, and ranges from 7 to 10 cents per cubic foot. was the first. . Is there any medicinal value in sunlight?—T". B, A. The therapeutic application of sunlight is an empirical mode of treat- ment in many diseases which has been handed down through generations. There is unaoubtedly a life-giving prin. ciple or growing st:mulus in sunlight, and men and animals require it as well as vagetation. Q. Are balls batted outside the park at a base ball game usually recov- ered’—L. B. B. A. Not more than 5 per cent of such balls are returned, although a person presenting a ball at the gate is admitted to the park free. General Robert E. Lec said: “The thorough education of people is the most eficacious means of promoting the prosperity of the Nation.” These words of the distinguished Southern general are nome the less true now than when he spoke them. Our Wash- ington Information Bureau is one of the greatest agencies for the distribu- tion of free information and educa- tional data in the world. Its services are free to readers of this paper. All vou need to do iz to send in your query, together with 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Q. How many phonogra hi there is tae United sy’uln"rll)’ e A. The number of phon Frederick J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. Mrs. McCormick’s Political Candidacy Arouses Interest Mrs. Ruth Hanna MeCormick’s race for Congress in the coming Illinois primaries continues to attract the friendly interest of the press, both in her home State and throughout the country, Predicting that candidacy of Mark Hanna's daughter will precipitate a “lively three-cornered fight,” the Hartford Daily Courant (independent Republican) says the struggle “will be watched with interest in many sec- tions of the country,” for: “Mrs. McCormick’s role in politics has made her activities and her opinions famil- iar to many outside the borders of Illinois. In all parts of the country she will have friends to wish her suc- cess.” The Bloomington Daily Pan. tagraph _ (Independent Republican) credits Mrs. McCormick with being “an able woman, with years of expe- rience in matters political, both as pational committeeman from Illinois and as side partner to her husband during his career in Washington. In addition,” continues this paper, “she Is a woman of ample personal fortune, and the financial demands of primary and election contests would have no terrors for her.” Although the Rockford Morning Star (independent) recognizes Mark Hanna's daughter as “a clever poli- ticlan” and notes that she has “per. fected quite an organization among the women, especially in the northern part of the State,” it still feels that for a while at least. “conjectures as to her chances must be vague.” The South Bend Tribune (independent Ri publican) records * that she has ‘r celved “‘encouragement from all parts of the State,” but notes with equal emphasis that “at this time Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago apparently holds the balance of pow- er,” and recalls that the candidate’s husband, the late Senator Medill McCormick, carried on a political feud with Thompson for years and peace had not been negotiated when he dled.” Conceding that the hatchet might be buried, the Tribune still feels “there is doubt that her natural gifts could be employed in the best interests of her State and party if she went to Congress by means of a deal with Thompson.” * Kk % ok On the question of women follow- ing in the steps of their busbands politically, the Philadelphia Inquirer -apolis Evening Tribune (Republican), In similar vein, declares that “if Mrs. McCormick should succeed in her as- pirations to enter Congress she will be heard from often and decidedly.” * ok * x The Baltimore Sun (independent Pechrnuc) pictures her as offering both positive character and gool character to the voters,” and remarks that such a combination has be rare in Illinois politics. “There ha'q been positive characters aplenty, bit th?ly l:a\"eh left th: goodness prince pally to the negative types,” contire uf; tl:e Sun. : gt n its tribute to Mrs. McCormic the Kansas City Pcst (lndapondenl says: “Mrs. McCormick ought ‘e have a better grasp of national affai s than a majority of the men elected 1o the House of Representatives, and sle is said to be a person of great nativa ability. It is not far-fetched to as Sume that, if elected, she may make a ‘{latlonnl reputation for herself.” ‘Her support of former Senator Me- Kinley against Senator-elect Smith in the last senatorial primary in Iili. nois,” according to the Sprinzfield Union (Republican), “indicates lhat’ she is bound to no one of Illi- nois’ dominant machines, and it is to be hoped that her candidacy marks the appearance of a new political spirit in a State that really needs i The Angeles Times (Republican) recalls that “she was an invaluable l;locll!l of her husband during his lifetime and was possibly largely re- sponsible for ‘his career. tarted she is likely under he: paper. ————— Pageant of Wee.ls. Fl?ru;‘ ‘t ; 1«; York Herald Tribune. s is the time of the blooming of great weeds in pastures and low sround. Sturdy and gorgeous, they press in upon ‘the city and ask no favors of horticultural experts. Just now they are holding a massing of th colors in plain view of hurrying Broad- way where it skirts Van Cortlandt, and, pausing with due precautions to watch their response to a whole week * of sunlight upon rain-fed ground, one might think that he was looking out across the b —p Eikibo g Old Medder—for a Not all are th but no one could If she gets to go a long way T OWn power,” concludes that (Republican) says: ‘‘Thus, once more, a woman seeks political office as th heir of her husband. There is no rea. son, of course, why she should not and Mrs, McCormick may well have ample ability, acquired and inherited to fill the ition,” continues the In- quirer, although it contends “it is a somewhat fairer test of the capacity of women for public life when they enter the contest entirely ‘on their own, ‘The Kansas City Times (in- dependent) insists, however, that Mrs, McCormick is entering the contest not as the daughler of Mark Hanna and the widow of Senator McCormick, | p ut on her own polictial experience and her proved ability.” “The elements in her pclitical make. p which commend her,” says the I linols State Journal (Republican), “are | the facts that she is unafraid and that she is uncompromising with those with whom she is in disagree- ment over some fundamental prin. ciple of right, or .wmn‘. She is not independent R publican) characterizes her as “woman and adds fairs is highly intelligent and the re- sult of years of unselfish study of American affairs. By right of char. acter and ability and attractiveness, Mrs, ‘McCormick will be the most val- uable member of Congress Illinois has had for many a day if she wins the election she is now seeking, In the opinion of the Akron Beacon Journal (Republican), “women of her type are needed in C , not to fight for bureaucratic jobs for their ut to support the common- sense II!M" that in miss- the Joe Pye weed, waving its 80ft pink ‘flower-heads above all the rest, nor the dark, Tyrian purple iron. Wweed, almost as tall, nor the gay and still untarnished various plumes of goldenrod, The blue lobelia blooms Steadily along the shady Horders of the fleld, where it runs under sumac and cornel bushes, and the old-time boneset—useless to a city which has Ro attic rafters from which to hang bundles of herbs in winter—recon- cles the strife of colors with the mild White of its aromatic flowers. But no al;;n:lera come to gather it the wild op or blue vervain growi br;,vely there. e oW when the mowing machine gone from the meadows and the pxr:.a\: has not yet come, these wild Septem- ber weeds rush it and make a field thelr own, while in those free and happy low pastures where cows are the sole harvesters, their soaring vi- tality in a year like this hide: fences and_ swims streams. e loosestrife, in long ranks and cloudy masses, like a sunset trailed llong‘::-‘e earth, is covering miles of lowland, re- blooming every day in amethyst, wad. ing like the “cat-tails and_adorning waste land. Fragrance the White balls of the river bush is blown across the road. In dark places the false Solomon's seal wears pendants of coral, and rich red satin of the scarcer cardinal flower shows too startlingly at brooksides to leave it just hope of a future, while along, swamp margins ti closed gentians says " to every guest and will not open, even for the sun. September never swept along the )