Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1927, Page 6

) “THE EVENING STAR| With Sunduy Morning Edition WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY.....October 15, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. .., Editor * fhe Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Oflice 1. il Pennsvivanta Ave. Ke‘-‘ l\"ugk (;&1“: 110 '::: 4und St Chicagy Office. Tower Burovean Oftice 13 Reent St England ac with tie Sunday mom eved by carriers witl cr_month: daily <nly: hle sent. by matl o1 ction is made by th The Evenin tng edition 18 deliv the city at 60 cents 45 cents ver month: . O ma) W"um"?«% S jer at end of by Mail—Payable in Advance. Rate B arviand and Virginia. - 0.0 lv and Sunday....] o i}.”' .00 Iy only . . day” only e All Other States and Canada. ¥ 12.00: 1 mo.. $1 ek ‘\lr: si.u_nm 1 m(lu ibe Sunday $400° 1 mo. 3bc 00 Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press is exclusively e ntled to e A or Tepublication of all news dis- astches credited to it or not otherwise cred- T4 his paver and also the weal i published herein All tixhts of public av of special di: ches herein are also reseryed Build a National Gallery. President Coolidge, at the opening of the international exhibition of paintings in Pittsburgh, called atten- tion to the part which art plays in raising the spiritual level of the peo- ple. He paid tribute to the masters of the brush and palette and to the men who have reared great galleries of art. Art and opportunity for the appre- clation of beauty, the President point- ed out, are not reserved to the few in America. Nor should they be. The inspiration of a great painting should the traffi¢ to and from Arlington and FFairfax and other more outlying coun ties of Virginia has long been accus- tomed to passing to and from the Dis trict-by way of the Chain Bridge. Its closing. which safety factors made im- perative, hax thrown practically the entire burden of this traffic upon what was already an overburdened highway | —that leading from Fairfax through | Cherrydale and thence to the Key Motor traffic upon that road a tedious, nerve-racking and | dangerous business. Yet it is along that read that the diverted stream must pass. Indications at the District Building are that the- necessary -repairs upon Chain Bridge cannot be effected until next Spring. If this is true the best must be made of a bad situation dur- ing the Winter. But if there is any way in which the job can be expedited, If any means can be devised whereby the already over-protracted delay can be ended and a rush job done, that way and that means should be taken. et The Travelers' Aid. The financial campaign of the Travelers' Aid Society, whereby the sum of $20,000 is to be raised in Wash- ington during the next week, has made an excellent start. On the first day upwards of one-tenth of the total needed was subscribed through the vigorous activities of the men and women engaged in bringing home the needs of the society to the local public. That fine early response should be, and no doubt will be, continued with increasing momentum until the neces- sary funds are fully subscribed. For the Travelers’ Ald Soclety performs a welfare function in the community of very high value. Co-operating with 1,600 other cities in a Nation-wide ohain of service, it exists for the pur- pose of assisting the great traveling be as free to the newsboy and the laborer as to the son of wealth. Pa- trons of art and artists, from the days of glorious Greece and imperial Rome, have been public benefactors. Here in the United States, with a history that in length is scarcely a tick of the clock of time, the material growth of . the people is the marvel of the world. -Along with this growth must go a growth of the spiritual, & love of beauty and of truth, or the Nation will fail to meet the ideals of Its founders. In Pittsburgh great galleries of art have been founded and are open to the public. New York, Chicago, Bos- ton and other American cities have their art collections. In Washington the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the **National Gallery offer wonderful op- 22 portunities to the people who visit “the Capital City. But the National Sallery of Art remains without a home * of its own. Tucked away in the Na- " tional Museum, -this “collection of ~“paintings,” including works of the greatest artists of Europe and Amer- jca, valued at millions of dollars, is not properly housed nor given proper --opportunity to exert its beneficial in- “fluence. In Washington, the Capital of the Nation, visited by millions of Ameri- eans and men and women from over- eeas each yesr, is the fitting place _ for a great National Gallery of Art, * _comparable to the National Gallery “In London and to the great galleries ““in Parls, Berlin and Rome. At pres- ent the National Gallery is under the supervision of the Smithsonian Insti- tution, and with entire propriety. It is not the fault of the Smithsonlan Institution that the gallery is not properly housed in a building of its - .own, but miist be squeezed into a few “rooms in the National Museum, with some of the paintings in dark halls. .The fault lies with Congress, Which has failed to provide the -building needed for the proper display of these treasures of art. For several years a site for the gallery building has been authorized. But Congress has so far not made provision' for the ersction of the gallery, although the project hds had many warm friends among members of Senate and House. At the coming session of Congress it .-is probable that'a new site will be provided, to meet the change in the =~ plans for the development of the Mall. * Estimates have been prepared, showing an expenditure of $10,000,000 needed for the construction of the “National Gallery, and_for a large en- dowment fund for its upkeep. It is not improbable that funds for the gal- lery will be donated. No greater me- morial or gift of greater lasting joy and benefit could be provided by an American. But if the money needed for the erection and upkeep of the National Gallery is not forthcoming from private sources the Government should no longer delay. ————.—— A musical producer who has been confined in the Atlanta Penitentiary will soon be released. A new line of “underworld romance” may be ex- ~pected. It is not likely to produce anything in important rivalry to the singing of Frank Stanton. ———r Chain Bridge Repairs. On Baturday of last week bids were -invited by the District government - ' upon the work involved in the repair- ., ing of Chain Bridge. Ten days from “that date bids will be opened. Not until after that date will the authori- ties be in a position to decide whether the expense of the necessary repairs can be met from funds at present available for expenditure or whether a special appropriation must be obtained from Congress for the defraying of those expenscs. It has apparently been decided, and the decision Is an eminently wise one, ~ that whatever the congressional de- cision Is to be in the matter of replac- ing the antiquated chain bridge by a *modern and beautiful structure, the urgency of the present state of affairs calls for the repairing of the old span at the earliest possible moment. The » present plan isgo rebuild the abutment ,-#& the Virginia end. put the bridge into temporary commission pending con usive action by Congress on the pro m for the future and, should that action e for the needed new bri 10 keep the old one open while it is in process of construction. This is the wise and practical course. The situation which obtains today Is fraugit with much inconvenience and public which visits the National Capl- tal in event of distress, trouble or emergency of any kind. Without dis- tinction of condition or creed the so- clety stands ready, day and night, to aid any traveler whose trail in Wash- ington is crossed by trouble. What this service means to aged men and women, women with children, chil- dren and young girls traveling alone, | immigrants and strangers who do not understand our language, victims of accidents and sudden illness, the blind, the penniless, the bewildered, the friendless, is a theme which needs no ornamentation. Last year 30,000 in- dividual cases were handled; cases calling for the ingenuity, skill and patience of a highly trained personnel. This is the fundamental and obvious’ function of the society, and a work of unquestioned value it is. Yet as one thinks of the secondary significance of that work the return upon each dol- lar spent in its accomplishment be- comes greatly enhanced. - Picturing a condition of affairs in which the so- ciety was absent from the setting we get a glimpse of what its existence means to the community. Thirty thousand individuals in varying con- ditions of trouble and distress— strangers within our gates. A greatly increased burden upon the local police, the local hospitals, the local missions and lodging houses. An augmented list of vagrancies, accidents and of unprotected girls taken advantage of. Scores and hundreds of those whom the society today reroutes to a hap- pier journey's end admitted and ac- cepted as a burden and charge of the community and its soclal welfare agencies. X Every dollar spent by the public- spiritedseitizens of Washington in sup- port of the work to which they are this week invited to contribute is a double investment. For it buys skilled aid for the stranger within our gates who stands in need of it, and it buys that prompt and efficient action which can alone save the community the vastly increased expense of the help- less when once installed in our midst. The local public, aware of these facts, cannot fail to accord the appeal of the society that whole-hearted support which it so richly deserves. Borah and the Progressives. Senator ‘William E. Borah, had he remained a citizen of his native State, have Democratic control of their re- spective States continue unchallenged. I'hey see in the nomination of Smith 1 real menace, even the danger of a break in the Democratic solidarity of the Southern States. They fear that Smith's nomination would estrange thousands of Democratic voters in the South, because of dry sentiment, anti- tholic sentiment and anti-Tammany sentiment in their section of the coun- uy. Tu North Carolina the Republicans are far more numerous than in other States of the South. The State goes Democratic by 100,000, But that is {no great margin, the Democrats say who fear the Smith candidacy. Fur- thermore, some of them belleve that within a short time after the nom- Ination of Gov. Smith an independent dry 'and Protestant Democratic nom- inee for the presidency will arise to plague them still further. With the Democratic vote split in North Caro- lina, for example, the Republicans would have an excellent opportunity to carry the Tarheel State. Tke great difficulty the Smith can- didacy must face is the opposition which comes from States which are sure or likely to go Democratic in the 1928 campaign provided the wet and dry and the religious issues are not raised. The same kind of opposition to the nomination of Smith, which now comes from North Carolina, is deep-rooted in Indiana, where the Democrats believe they have a won- derful opportunity to carry their State ticket next year, with any other nom- inee for President than Al Smith. The dry Southern Senators now callying agaihst Smith are not unnat- urally considering a candidate with whom to oppose the New York Gov- ernor. They look rather favorably upon Gov. Vic Donahey of Ohio, who, like Smith, has been elected a Demo- cratic governor in a Republican State for several terms. Donahey is Prot- estant and he is acceptable to the drys. He may be their rallying point. For a long time “Miss Democracy” has been portrayed as a demure and antiquated lady. A tendency asserts itself to Insist that it is about time for a “Mr. Democracy” to get into action. e The B. & O. exhibition reminds the public that while the plain old horse may have had his day, the “iron horse” is only just getting his start in life. — e Prize-fighting will go on, in spite of the popular -assumption that by this time Tex Rickard really has more money than he knows what to do with. e Italy has apparently given no seri- ous. consideration to the question of Mussolini’s successor. And yet even a dictator has birthday anniversaries. Liet « man come to the office un- shaved—that is the very morning he will be called into an important con- ference. The thing has never been known to fail. Lindberzh can fiy across the ocean with no more certainty than that the usually immuculate shaver will have failed to perform that important toilet action on the morning he needs it most. Now, a clean shave to a man is as important as silk stockings to a woman. Just as the lady of 1927 does not care to appear on the streets in cotton stockings, so the man of the same year prefers to be clean-shaven. There s about a shave, too, a great deal of satisfaction, although most men commonly conspire to speak of shaving as a nuisance—a necessary nuisance, if you will. The satisfaction of a smooth skin, however, is a real one, what with the improvement of safety razor blades and the large selection of shaving soaps in various forms which may be found in the shops. Almost any, man, no matter how tough his heard, by investigating the various implements and toilet articles oan find a combination which will give him that desired thing—"a good shave.” Probably no two men will agree upon the merits of any razor or any soap—that is how they all get by. The main thing is to secure results; to wit, a clean shave with a minimum of skin abrasion. It is probably true that most men discover by the time they have shaved several decades that cold water does the trick the best of all. * We turn, however, from of shaving, which may be discussed at length later, to the topic under dis- cussion—the strange persistence with which one gets called into a “confer- ence” of some sort the very morning one fails to shave. Poe wrote a story, “The Imp of the Perverse,” or rather an essay-story, in which he told of the seeming per- verseness in human nature which im- pels a man to blurt out the very thing he most wants to conceal. “Tell it! Tell it!” urges the imp, according to our first master short- story writer. There is a deal of psychological observation in this. If it were not for this streak in human nature, more crimes would remain un- detected than do. It is a somewhat similar imp of the perverse which makes the conference be called on the one marning in the week when one has not shaved. 3 ‘Why couldn’t it have been yester- ay? Then one had cheeks and lips as clean as i whistle, however clean that may be, with that ruddy look far- tamed among masculine beings as de- noting the “great outdoors.” So prepared, one might have walked ['in on a conference of Henry Ford and Alfred Pritchard Sloan with the best will in the world. % kO Jimmy Middleburg was a good dresser. Jim always wore the latest in good suits, conservative, yet with a certain amount of “snap” to them that de- noted both cost and “chic,” as the ladies say. On practically every day of the year the joys | 1. €, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 19%%. “THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Jimmy appeaied at work, If not ex- actly a fashion plate, then the next Lest thing to it One morning, however, Middleburg decided to don a rport shirt with col- lar attached. It was a yellow shirt, of a hue not at all becoming to the complexion or disposition of James Middleburg. Just how it came to be in his ward- robe he did not know, but there it was, daring him to wear it. of those odd moments which beset | most male beings when they enter a store to buy wearing apparel. One goes in with an impression that he wants @ plain white shirt, but leaves aftar a few moments of gentle clerkly persuasion with a vellow one, or a mauve one, or sometimes a pink one. This must have been the way it was with Ji put on the shirt. nything might happen— ted a bright red tie to go | with same abination was startling. Jimmie was in a bolshevistic mood that morning, however, so did not stop to look at himself. He was used to taking himself for granted. One can do that, of course, when one usu- aily dresses well. On mornings of aberration, ever, sometinng more is needed. * Jimmie Middleburg knew something would havpen from the moment he first really saw himself in the elevator mirror as he was ascending to his “place of endeavor,” as some call it. “Lord!” he murmured in a sort of modern prayer. hope I don’t have to go out to see Mrs. Smith."” The estimable Mrs. Smith was a very rich customer of Middleburg's firm, who had to be handled with gloves, as her patronage was worth a great deal. Middiehurg usually was selected to represent the firm in her palatial home. The morning wore away with no demand jor the representation of the house by Jimmie Middleburg. He for- got all about his yellow sport shirt, with its yollow collar too low for his style of teauty, and its enwrapping cravat of startling red. Jimmie thought he had escaped— when it happened! He had to go! He had ¥nown it; he had known it! There was no time to rush to a store for new shi:t and tie. He had to make the best of it. He hopped out of his car in front of the imposing edifice of white stone, 46 rooms and 26 servants. He rang the doorbell. Shortly, ke knew, the butler would open that door and survey him coldly, as if he nad never seen him before in his life. The effect of the shirt and the tie, alas! would be mcre, Jimmie thought, than any respectable butler should be called upon to stand. “You will have to go to the rear,” he could hear the functionary saying with & snor: of outraged dignity. Then the door opened, and there stood Mrs. ith herself! “Why, Mr. Middleburg!"" exclaimed she, selzing his hand. “Jervis is so slow sometimes I have to answer the door myself. Come in. I am so glad tC see Yo! | dae o how- —_— e An energetic session of Congress is promised. Some of the hats that go into the presidential ring may be en- tirely disregardful of early Fall styles. .ot It may yet be Calvin Coolidge's duty to look over the list of available Re- publican candidates and say “I do. or. 1 do not choose.”. " e —r—e——————— Hollywood permits the impression that every time a star undergoes a face-lifting operation he may expect a corresponding raise in salary. A “hop-off” is not ususlly as easy ac it sounds. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Adventure. She went zooming away ‘Where the heavens were gray, And left us to fear and distress. She got very wet, But she managed to get Back home—so the trip's a success. How many will roam Afar from the home, 'Mid perils at which we must guess! It they ever get back To the old beaten track, We agree that the trip’s a success, Illinois, might have been a presiden- tial nominee long ago. When he picked Idaho, with a minimum almost of electoral votes, as his residence, he made it geographically difficult for a national political party to select him as its standard bearer. Few men in the Republican party have been more prominently in the public eye than Senator Borah, since he entered the Senate of the United States years ago. Few men have been blessed with as great ability, The Progressive Republicans of the West are seeking u candidate about whom they may rally in 1928. They desire & man of the West, with a fuil knowledge of Western problems. They seek a man who can lead the Progres- sive sentiment of the country. Some of them are particularly anxious to have the Senator from Idaho assume this leadership. So far no encourage- ment has been given by Senator Borah to this suggestion, but that hus not deterred his friends and ad mirers, B Congratulations are due Ruth Eider. Any airplane adventure resulting in no loss of life is welcomed as an achievement. —————— President-Making. President-making has become a pop- ular pastime of the Senate. So far it is seeking to accomplish this end by the group system. The Progressive Republican group is out to force the acmination of a Western Republican, with Senator Norris of Nebraska as a stalking horse Southern Senators, led Ly the veteran, Senator F. M Simmons of North Carolina, are lining up to prevent the nomination by the Democrats of Gov. Al Smith of New York. Senator Edwards of New Jer sey, still intent upon making Jersey as wet as the Atlantic, 15 heading an- other group of Democrats. which is bent on naming Al Smith as the party standard bearer Prolably other ups ot United States Senators wi i other ¢andid: for-President bloc, the President, niy yet develop. The effort of the Southern Renutors. or some of themg Lo stave off the nomn s Hoover-tor- | Taking No Chances, “Why do you stand up every time the band plays?” “I have a bad ear for music,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “I never know just which tune is ‘The Star Spangled Banper.’ " The Object of Creation. Playing golf. each sunny day, Just to pass the time away. Earth and sky were, after all, Made to let us hit a ball. Jud Tunkins says an aviatrix gets wet and wishes she had staid home to reach for an umbrella instead of a parachute. Tired Business Man. “How's husiness?” “Fine!” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I have not examined the hooks. But I am playing a wonderful game of golf.” Road to Washington. “How far is it to Washington, D. C.?"" “It's about 4 hours in time an- swered Mr. Chuggins, 50 miles in dis- tance, 4 gallons in gasoline, with an indefinite allowance for tire trouble.” “In seeking to forget our cares,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “we take on new ones which are still greater.” Dark Horsemanship. When hope of eminence you see Avoid remark exact. It you a candidate would be, Do not parade the fact. “De gal dat learnt how to fry chicken,” said Uncle Eben, “is still in- terestin’ mo’ beaux dan de one dat keeps practicin’ on ge piano.’ s University Needs. From the Omaha World-Herald Nebraska University needs a chan- cellor and a punter. PRt S P Y United They Stand. | #rom the Pittsburzh Post Guzelte { Apparently the Prohibition party is | the wet and dry quesiion R Among Those Missing From the Wall Steet Journal danger (o District motorists and our Virginia neighbors, Much of ination of Gov/YAl Smith was to be expected. 1t is {mportant to them to Another missing who used to sing mee hel wash the dishes. ie —~pge one Iping mother {the on'y one that isn't divided on | | Latest Truce in ‘The truce between the coal mine operators and their employes in IIli- nois and other Middle West States is welcomed by the public because it re- opens the mines. The basic difficul- ties of the industry, however, are be- lieved to be as far from solution as before the five months' period of idle- ness. “The most hopeful feature of the present agreement,” in the opinion of | the Chicago Daily News, “is its recog- nition of the importance of taking into account mining by machine: The | Daily News contends that “the old processes are practically obsolet that “even now the mines are over- manned,” and contends that “in cheap production through machine mining lies the hope of continued high wages.” The St. Louis Times feels that while the strike has ended, “a permanent settlement is still far in the future, and it will not come about until minsers and operators jointly ac- cept-the fact that the bituminous coal mining industry in the United States is overmanned and overcapitalized and must be reorganized along sensible lines.” “Eventnally non-union competition survive,” advises the Binghamton Press, which recognizes that “it has been a costly war to labor and to the operators; to say nothing of great losses caused to industry generally in Tilinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma.” The Dayton Daily News states that “it hasn’t been a profitable proceeding for anybody concerned’; that it “was just one of those sense- less situations, such as war, where men destroy each other for lack of wit to find 2 way to save each other. The coal industry,” continues that pa- per, “has not found a solution of the problem which led to this unprofitable course.” e “The strikes have steadily decreased in their scope. of influence,” remarks the Nashville Banner, which points out that “the public has taken the matter with greater and greater calm- ness, and industry has learned to pro- vide fuel reserves and in other ways obviate the danger of having to shut down for lack of coal. It may very well be,” concludes the Banner, “that this dwindling strike is the last one, the Unitad States will see for some little time to come.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offers the opinion: “Illi- nois has written only an’armistice, even though it represents a temporary local victory for the workers. From the natioaal standpoint it seems to acrifice the union’s strongest weapon ~the possibility of bringing about a shortage that would compel general resumption at any price.” With the statement that the miners “would seem to have won their point,” because “wages and conditions will continue ac hefore, pending a treaty of peace,” the St. Paul Pioneer Press veviews the situation with the state- ment: “The miners have lost wages for five months, but may receive com- pensation for that when the peace terms are made. The operators have suffered further inroads into their trade from their competitors in West Virginia and Kentucky.” = Yet the Williamsnort Sun is inciined to see in the proviston “for a thorough study | of the mining situation by a commit- tee representing operators and work- ers” a possibility that the resulting report may be “an important aid in getting a long-term wage scale satis- fuctory to hoth sides.’ The Indianapolis Star thinks that osing the poor mines, where the ost of production is high, would en- able the better mines to supply plenty of ¢oal at 4 lower price. Reducing the number of miners would provide regu- far work at a rensonablé wage rather the few months' employment h marks the average.” The igfield (Iil) State Journal looks to 10 the fittest” as the te zoal. but warns that “the de- wmination of the fittest by process of | elim’nation is bound to be slow.” for | it means “loss of investment and loss oi employment.” That paper is im re: housht that “other 1 dustr ations must abs | uttin must be met if the union fields are to|S Coal Fields Reviewed Without Enthusiasm by the inexorable process through which coal mining is passing.” * ok Xk % “Probably it would be a difficult and an ungracious task to undertake to suggest that about gne-half the miners might find it to their advantage to look about for some other occupa- tion,” observes the Altoona Mirror, but that paper is convinced that “con- tinuous employment at a moderate wage should be as profitable as uncer- ta‘nty even at a high rate.” The Ya- kima Dafly Republic sces “a clear demonstration _that coal mining industry in the United States is cvermanned and overcapital- d and must be reorganized along sensible lines.” The Springfield Re- publican expresses the hope that “the prolonged strike has resulted in the establishment of large numbers of the niners in other occupations and the closing of some of the less productive mines.” The Indianapolis News, taking ac- count of the “greater output of unor ganized mines,” would inspire “reason- ableness on both sides when it comes to making a new contract next Spring.” ““Congressional actfon, with compul- sory arbitration, has appeared to be inevitable,” concludes the Milwaukee Journal. "“It still may be, since the return of the miners in Iilinois may have no final national effect. But Fed- action will not have to be so dly invoked if the coal industry Wil really try to put its own house in rder, —— Street Signs for Boston. From the Boston Transcript. ““The sign brings customers,” said La Fontaine. But what shall the signs of many merchants avail, when strangers have no signs to guide them o the streets where those merchants keep their shops? It is well, it is cheering, that the city of Boston at .ast has arranged to make its street- names known, for motorists, pedes- trians and all who run to read. Month upon month, indeed, year upon year, this decision has hung fire, without resulting in action. Now, however, assurance comes that a contract in the considerable sum of $34,164 has actually been let, and that deliveries are already beginning. As one by one our street corners hecome inscribed with! elear and legible markers, the new convenience will be so great that many of us ,Bostonians will “hardly know what to make of it.”" But visi- tors will know—not only tourists, but thousands of people coming into Boston daily from the suburbs on missions of business, shopping and pleasure—and they will be much rratified by the improvement. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today First of allied officers, assigned to Camp Wadsworth to train troops, ar- rive after delay due to U-boats. * - Marshal Joftre spends entire day with American_forces near western front and gets big ovation. * * * Govern- ment may decide to have Gen. Per- shing attend the allied war council de- liberations to be held in Paris this week. * ¢ % Department of Justice agents arrest as spy muan who visited marine bases as nuval officer. * ¢ * Government seizes 500 ocean steamers, | but owners will still continue to o {erate tham. * * * Germany has ex tended military service to men 47 years old, and is calling up those who have | heretofore escaped service on account {of military unfitness. * ¢ * President jsounds call for mobilization of all the Nution's gold reserves under super- vision of 1 Rererve Board. Says it will aid ctively In a “vigorous brosecutior 1ecessful termination of the war * Caproni Brothers the workere who are gradually being deprived of their chosen employment pradict air age m Jjourneys made trom continent to the bituminous | Perhaps he had purchased it in one|; | | the House or in the countr found himself face to face with the THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. Remarkably happy, full, rich and successful as was the life of James Bryce, H. A. L. Fisher in his recent blography of the author of “The American Commonwealth” points out that he never succeeded in rising tu the highest eminence as a member of the House of Commons. He entered Parliament at 42 vears of age and wa continually a member for nearly years—that is, until he came to the United States as British Ambassador in 1907. He was always esteemed us valuable member and held office in ee Liberal cabinets. His speeches were “ably constructed, well argued, couched in good perspicuous English and always full to overflowing with accurate information. He never rose without saving something which was a distinctive contribution to the de- bate. He was never fumbling or un- certain, * * * Nevertheless he was not a parliamentary success. He was con- gidered to be too academic and pro-| essorfal.” Bryce, who ‘“was above 1l things an historian, desired to tell the truth, the whole truth and noth-| i: - but the truth.” Joseph Chamber- | in, knowing “how little the House of orimons thinks of academic intel lects, was always careful to allude to him as “Professor.’” Bryce's défects seem to have been “a certain lack of pliability, an insistent voice, a temper- ament somewhat deficient in the good- humored composure which is one of the most valuable of parliamentary zifts, a turn of phrase incisive rather than humoroys, a prevailingly serious outlook, coupled with * ¢ * excessive indulgence in historical disquisitions and analogies.” In England public men are usually estimated by their parlia- mentary equipment and success. He wag not a firstclass parliamentary figure and so did not exert either in y the in- fluence that belongs to a man whose word is decisive in shaping public opinion. As a consequence, his biog-| rapher states, “the estimate which was formed of him was surprisingly below his real desert: Bryce strong- ly criticized the government for its South Afvican policy during the Boer War, and throughout his parliamen- tary career championed the cause of the Armenians against the Turks. In his final estimate of Bryce, Mr. Fish- er says that had he spent himgelf lese eagerly in chivalrous causes he would probably have made a greater impres- %ion upon his parliamentary contem- poraries.’ o R On his return from America, Bryce entered the House of Lords, having been created in 1914 Viscount Bryce of Dechmont. His biographer states that for the title he cared nothing, but he did welcome the seat in the House of Lords, since it gave him an opportunity of expressing his m nd on public affairs and kept him in the arena of politics. This phase of hia parliamentary career seems to have been distinctly more successful. This was perhaps in part due to the more tranquil atmosphere of the House of Lords, “where the keenness of party d'fference is muffled by long tradi- tion of stately courtesy.” At any rate, Bryce there “attained to a posi- tion as a speaker which had never belonged to him” in the House of Commons. But his success there is perhaps even more due to the experi- ence he had gained as a public speak- er in the United States. It appears that the “feeling of constraint and difficulty wh'ch often overcame him when addressing the critical benches at Westminster fell away when he more responsive audiences of the New World. To them he spoke more frecly, more eloquently and with al new sense of animation.” As a re- sult of this experience, in his later I'fe the' defects of his early parlia- mentary style in the House of Com- mons disappeared and he became one of the best and most graceful of pub- lic speakers in England.: “Much prac- tice had given him mot only ease and fluency but a remarkable commind { a striking and appropriate vocab- * » ¢ The sense of strain which marred his lier efforis passed away. He spoke as if speaking were as pleas- ant and natural a function as bieath- ing itself and established without ditf.euity and from the first that pleasant bond of spiritual sympathy which unites the true orator with his audience.” x Ok K K M. Andre Tardieu, French states- man, former professor at Harvard and French high commissioner to the United Siates during the World War, has analyzed the causes of dissatis- faction between France and the United States in a recent book France and America.” He sees faults on both des. The obligation imposed on the nited States by Lafayette's part in the American Revolution has been ex- aggerated, he says, as Lafayette was merely an incident in that struggle tor liberty. No unusual friendship has ever existed between France and the United States, which has for s been fayorably inclined toward Teu- tonism. He repudiates the necessity for gratitude from France toward the United States because of her part in the World War, as the United States fought for her own interest, not for France, and found the war an “asset,” not a catastrophe. He plainly says that selfishness was the motive for the entry of the Unit.d States into the war, as American trade was in- volved with allied credits, so that the support of the allies was necessary. The war loans of France should have been, and should now be, though late, considered as gifts. Some of the charges made against France by American soldiers, with regard to ex- orbiiant prices charged them for everything, are taken up by M. Tar- dieu and either <enied, explained or partially admitted. The hope is ex- pressed that in some way a more friendly attitude of the two nations toward each other may be brought about. * K ok ok An_interesting, if not new, view of the character of Napoleon III is given in “The Second Empire and Its Down- fall; the Correspondence of the Em- peror Napolepn II1 and His Cousin, Prince Napoleon,” edited by Ernest @’Hauterive: and translated from the French by Herbert Wilson. Gaps in the correspondence are filled by brief | paragraphs by the editor, narrating | connecting_events. The lette) poleon III not to have been the v weakling that many of his co- temporaries, and especially Bismarck, believed him to be, He seems to have been undeniably ambitious for per- sonal power, but patriotic; unserupu- lous, but kindly and generous when he felt he could afford to be; not a| match for Bismarck, but rather ciever | and skiliful in diplomacy. In one of his letters he claims a divided respon- sibility for the Franco-Prussian War,| usually attributed almost entirely to his stupid “In 1870 three author- ities were equally responsible — the soverelgn, the ministry and the Corps Legislatif.” o * ok X " The small son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, who would have been Louis XVII but for the French Revolution, is supposed to have per- ished in 1795. There 18 a possibility that he did mot, and Meade Minni- gerode in his novel, *Cockades.” has told a story of what might have hap- pened to him if by chance he had sur- vived. As Francis Vincent, a boy, who might be the boy king without a throne, he arrives in New York City. There he is kidnaped several times and finally falls into the hands of spantards, who keep him prisoner and - him to Mexico. He is later set o and his identity is revealed in an| unexpected denouement. e | “| saen rollicking and gamboling on the : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, y s ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Are there more clergymen or lawyers in the United States’—A. W. A. The last census gives the num ber of clergy as 125,183 clergymen and 1,787 ordained clergywomen. The number of lawyers was 122,519, of whom 1,138 were women. Q. 1 A. Previous to the 1923 earthquake it had less than one-half mile of pave In its reconstruction plans eral streets are to be paved early all of the principal streets iu he foreign settlement are included. Q. Who is Jes A. Miss Ackerman is guished traveler and writer. She is purticuiarly noted for her special nobby—tree pianting. Of herself Miss Ackerman says "It is probably true tLat 1 have planted more trees than any other woman and in more distant places than either man or woman, for at this moment my trees are growing in all the countries of the world but three.”™ u Why are talcum powders so N. . Talenm’ is the pharmaceutical term tor talc, their general base, a mineral compound consisting of silic «nd magnesia, principally the former, found in combination with other rock in parts of Europe and North America. Q. Where is the Gambja?—R. C. E A. The Gambia, composed of the coiony and protectorate of that name, is the smaillest but the oldest and most northerly of the British possessions in africa. It comprises a narrow strip of land touching the Atlantic Ocean tude, and extends intand on both banks of the Gambia River for about 250 miles. Its area is about 4,000 sauare miles, and population about 211,000, Q. Ts bhanana oil made from ba nanas’—R, E. K. A. Banana oil is not a product of the bamama plant. Banana ofl is so named on account of the odor im parted by its amyl acetate constitu ent. It is a mixture of equal parts of amyl acetate, acetone and benzine, with just encugh pyroxylin dissolved therein to give the finished product sufficient body. portant item in barter and exchange A section of the famous Amritzar acknowledges the supremacy of the British Government, and will in token of such supremacy present annually to the British Government 1 horse, 12 perfect shawl goats and 3 pairs of Kashmir shawls.” Q. How long has there been adver tising agancies’—M. J. 8. A. In New York City as early as 1850 there were agencies which ar | ranged rates with newspapers, gath ered inforination as to the extent and character of newspaper circulation, for the guidance ot clien It after the Civil War, however, with the development of the patent nedicine industry, that the business Q. How many generations of Con- Has Yokohama paved streets?— | in the extreme western part of the| continent, about 13 degrees north lati | g | Q. Why did Queen Victoria give so many cashmere shawls as presents’— | B. W, | A. Shawls have always been an im | treaty reads: “Maharajah Golab Singh | fucius’ family are buried in the Con fuclan family buying ground?—N. 0. A. A. The burying ground is a 10,000- acre plot. Seventy-eight generations are buried there. Q. Do men In Federal prisons wear striped clothes?—A. G. A. Federal prisoners do not wear stripes. Q. How does the oxygen content of the air in heavily wooded mountain | districts compare ‘with that of the air in Pittsburgh?—R. M. A. The Weather Bureau says that the difference is very small, too small. indeed, to be of any special importance. ‘[:hll is owing to the more or less con tinuous and vigorous stirring and mix ing of the atmosphere by winds, con vection, turbulence and diffusion. - Q. What were the Federal expends tures 100 years ago’—A. D. N. A. In 1830 they amounted to $24. 000. In 1925 they were $7,551, ©00,000. Q. How many eggs do the this-country lay in a year?—D. They lay 2 year, or hens of Q. How many schools are there in Mexico, and how many children at tend”—R. L. - A. There are said to be about 15,000 schools, attended by 1,250,000 pupils. Q. When will the Welland Canal be finished, and what will it cost?—J. H. A. At a cost of $115,000,000 when finished, Canada has three-fourths completed a shipway from Port Col on Lake Erie, to Port Weller, e Ontario, with seven locks. | having a lift of 451 feet each, 30 feei | of water over the siils, 859 feet long |and 80 feet wide, with canal section 200 feet wide and 27 feet deep. One | tourth of the mileage is now in use by | ships. One-half of it will be in servis | w.thin anather year, and three-fourths, | it not all of it, will be in service in the | year 1929, but will be finished at the latest in 1930. jon v Has Japan many motion picture ers?—C. E theat p: M. There are now about 3,000 mo tion picture houses operating in Japan. Q. How much of the original weight lost in cutting a diamond?—A. P. M. A. At the Kimberley: mines the av- e loss is from one-half to three s of the weight of the stone. The s depends on the nature of the stone and style of the cut. |is i e | titth: | | | Q. How many bhiands of cigars and cigarettes are there?—C. A. | "A. There are about 5,000 brands of cigars, about 2,000 brands of cigar- ettes, and approximately 2,000 brands | of chewing and s tobaceo. The answers to questions printed here each day are specimens piched | from the mass of inquiries handled by | the great informaticn burcau main- tained by The Eveming . Star in Washington, D. C. This valuable service is for the free usc of the pub lic. Ask any question of fact you may want to know, and yow will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, in- close 2 cents in stamps for rctutm Bk o itk and more complicated | ytqge, and address The Evening Stgs | Information Burcau, Fre in, directer. Washi:i: o Hae 'Three American Girls . ‘With Young Playmates of a King and pets of a Queen! o That doesn’t otten fdll to the lot of little American boys and girls, but it is the privilege of three tiny American girls in far-away Rumania—the daugh- ters of William Smith Culbertson, American Minister to the country, says an Associate Press dispatch from Sinaia, Rumania. Whenever little King Michael of Rumania can steal away from his royal throne, which haunts his bos- hood like an evil goblin, he may be lawn of the royal palace or in the gardsns of the American legation with Junia, Jane and Josephine Cul- bertson, aged 14, 12 and 2, respectively * kK K In his dashing nature, Jjoyous laughter, impish pranks and bubbling enthusiasm, Michael is much more of an American boy than a Rumanian king. Although two of his American playmates cre older than himself, he insists. as the boy in the group, on bossing and leading them. When the American young hopefuls are not playing blindman's buff, tag ring-around-the-rosie or some other childhood game with their little royal chum, they are sure to be found stroll- ing in the Palace grounds with Queen Marie, who has taken a great fancy to the American Minister's little glrls. ‘Among the children of the foreixn colony in Bucharest the Culbertson wirls are enviously called “Queen Marie’s pets.” ! The Queen delights to listen to whut she calls their “Yankee dlalect.” The only time the Queen hears English spoken outside her own household is When. the American children come romping over t» the palace. : 16,000,000 people. King Michael is just like any other a-old boy. He cares mora for his toys than for his throne, much more for his little American playmates than for his se- Vere-visaged ministers of state. He would prefer to have his whole king- dom taken from him than lose his heloved and inseparable cocker span- iel, Brown Mumbo, who shares all his joys and sorrows. * ok kK would much rather have “Mickey” a dry old protocol. Although the Rumanian state sets aside a million dollars a year for him, the tiny mon- arch ves more for the ‘‘dimes” his mother gives Bim for being “a good boy." Little Michael has a whole kingdom of toys, which he shares unselfishly with his American playmates. he insists that, as mere girls, the Cul- bertson children know nothing about operating mechanical things, and he must show how each one runs. The Culbertson girls' only play- things are dolls, tiny girls' dresses, miniature kitchens and embroidery saskets. Neither as boy nor as Kinig does Michael have the slightest in- terest in these things. Like any Americarf boy of 5, Michael is put to bed at 7 or 7:30 in the eve- ning. At 6:30 in the morning he is up again and dressed. At 7 he goes for a carriage ride, and at 7:30 he has a carty American breakfast of orange e, oatmeal and milk, buckwheat cakes and sirup, of which he usually has two helpings. At 8:30 he goes romping over the palace grounds with his pet dog, Brown Mumbo, and plays with his American rubber-tired scooter or his miniature hook and ladder. Machinery and all mechanical things tascinate the royal youngster. When- ever any one makes him a present of a toy he insists on taking it apart to “see what's inside.” When the cor- respondent of the Associated Press twok ‘the lttle fellow's photograph Michael Inquired: “Will you open tlie camera and let me see what's inside? Ts there really a bird there?” » % % Hereafter. rom the WaN Street Journal Where one goes hereafter d:pends o what one goes here | Although ruler over the destinies of a thrilling fairy tale read to him than | | Ruman:an .. derstands thoroughly, but he is m»_g-- ning to acquire sume Ruinniaa. At is the;intention of his mother to edu- cate him entirely at home with the aid of private tutors. Luncheon is served to the litile King at noon, after which he usually has a nap of two or three hours. He is then free to play for the rest of the day. To see him racing, daneing and screech- ing across the palace lawn, dressed in the simplest of American blouses, a pair of Buster Brown “knickers” and dollar sandals, no one would believe he is a royal sovereign. His. simple and modest mother, Princess Helen, does not want Mickey for the present to feel that he is an exalted personage. She still calls him “Baby,” and does not hesitate to spank him if he is mischievous or fractious. “I want him to le just a simple, sweet, likable boy,” the princess says. “I don’t wan* lim to put on airs or to become :poiled, He will | realize his responsibilities “as King soon enough. I want him first to have real childhood. and ali the laughter and joy he can get out of life. Sor- | rows and tears w’ll come to him later in lif!.'l suppose, as they come to all PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK Thousands of our sons and daugh ters have been in college -and univer- sity _now for about a month; their homesiciness and heagtaches have | filtered back to us in their letters. For many of them this is the dcfinite br 5 away from hom goinz in on their own. A month ago they left that most human of all human institutions, the home, to go to universities, the very size of which makes difticult those |simple, direct, personal and warmly human relations that gave a touch of light and loveliness to their homes. The readjustment they have faced and are facing is no easy matter, I know, for I have been through it. But this difficult readjustment fis |part of the price they must pay for growing up. They expect this change to challeng. their capacity for adjustment and achlevement. r This is not a skylarking expedition | upon which they huve embarked. { Beneath their -free laughte: jand bantering expect it to be working expedition, ssarily mpersonal ersity is in man: it is after all a very human i A really great university is not giy: to coddling its students, but it is con derate. Figuratively speaking, a university cannot undertake to tuck our sons or daughters in at night and sec to it ey wear their gojoshes on wet L must assume that they have gone past ‘the governess stage, but it i85, in most instances; -a very human place. It applauds them in their strengtn and assists them in thely weakness. Two things mark the:life of students in a great university—freedom and discipline. The university can see to it that they have freedom-—f{reedom to Srow. treedom to think, freedom to question, freedom to differ and freedom to doubt the stock opinions of their time. The university can grant freedom, but our sons an' daughters must achieve discipline .oc themselves. Discipline is not someti.ng imposed upon our sons and daughters by the university; that sort of discipline is simply the minimum necessary police regulations. A disciplnie imposed is not discipline: it is regimentation, and om the regimentation of minds the rue university flees as from the At 10 in the morning the juvenile monarch has a short and simple les- son in reading, writing and spelling from his English nurse. English the oanly l&ngn"' the boy King un- i8'do in the universit; lague. KEducation is not something the uni- versity does to our sons and daugh- ters; it Is what our sons and daughters (Copyright McClure "n-'—\‘ ‘Syndieate.)