Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASBHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........October 28, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening glnr Newspaper Company Busineas Oftice: 11th St. and Pennavlvant New York Office: Chicagn Office: Builotne. Office: 13 Regent St.. London. European pis Rege The Evening Star with the Sunday morn- fng edition is delivered by carricra within the city at 60 cents per month: daily unly. ¥, 20 cents . Orders may he went by mail or elephone Main 5000, Collection is m ocarrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily Iflf} Sunday } :: fl::;‘. } m 5': Sindas” oniy 1572$300: 1 mo.. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. ailv and Sunday. ] vr. $12.00: 1 mo. $1.00 aile only ......1yr. SR00:1mo. 38 unday only $400:1mo. 33 Member of the Assoclated Press. ted In this paper and also the local @ew published harein. All rizhte of publication of special disnatehes herel Also reserved. — e The Curtis Example. When Senator Curtis of Kansas so frankly threw his hat into the ring he gave other presidential possibilities something to think about. A kind of shrinking modesty has prevalled so far among them; an inclination to let the job seek the man. A proper at- titude, and dignified. But in the world of practical politics, the candidate for the presidential nomination must seek delegates. He must seek them assiduously. Indeed, the presidential primary system, which has been es- tablished in a considerable number of the States, makes it essential for can- didates to “get into the race.” The nominating conventions are lit- tle more than seven months in the future, The first presidential primary, which takes place in New Hampshire, is in March. Sooner or later it is in- evitable that the candidacy of those gentlemen who aspire to the presi- dential nomination must come into the open. A great amount of work is being done today by the friends of Lowden, Hoover, Hughes, Dawes and Norris on the Republican side, and for Smith, Reed, Ritchie and Donahey on the Democratic side. Most of it is being done quietly. Fences are under construction in many States. Picking the psychological time or day for the announcement of a presi- dential candidacy is not dissimilar from jockeying for the start of a yacht race. The candidate who comes forward frankly for the presidential nomination immediately lays himself will be taken with the fast-driving diplomatic “guest” of this country. The majority of official representa- tives sent to the United States by for- eign countries are conscious of the dignity of their offices and conduct themselves with decorum. This is al- most invariably true of the higher ranking officials, and in a good many cases, when involved in motoring diffi- culties, these men have graclously waived immunity and met charges on their merits. But, unfortunately for Washington, there have been a small number of diplomats who violate every rule of the traffic courtesy, every rule of traffic regulation, and when appre- hended by a guardian of the law flaunt their diplomatic immunity not only to the policeman, but to the world at large. Traffic regulations are made for the safety of all, and all, diplomat or not, should observe them or take punish- ment fitting the offense. There are too many automobiles and pedestrians on the streets today and life is too precious for any city to harbor a reck. less driving, arrogant coterie of mo- torists. The quickest possible way for this evil to be remedied is for all the lead that has been set by other for- eign representatives and operate their automobiles with care and considera- tion, with diplomatic immunity waived in case of an accident. Costly Needle Trade Strikes. Significant figures regarding the economic losses due to strikes are con- tained in the annual report of the New York State Department of Labor for the year ending June 30 last. It is set forth that in consequence of ninety-nine industrial disputes in vari- ous trades a time loss of 9,989 working days was suffered. This is the highest economic loss to the State from industrial troubles since 1920. No computation has been made of the monetary loss to the workers and to the employes, though it undoubtedly runs to a heavy figure. It is set forth that the greatest factor in this wast- age was a six-month strike in the cloak and suit industry in New York City, which involved 36,142 persons, or thirty per cent of the whole num- ber of persons who participated in strikes during the year, and caused 74.4 per cent of the total time loss. The group to which this industry be- longs, including clothing, millinery, etc., had thirty-one strikes for a time loss of 6,579,669 days. Of the ninety- nine strikes, forty-four were due to refusal to recognize the unions in- volved or to confer with their official representatives. Only twenty-two of diplomats themselves to follow the ! THE EVENING those who dispute the findings of the remainder, so that the layman may be forgiven for looking askance upon much of what he is told. The same holds true for eugenics. All along, without possessing any of the knowledge of Dr. Pearl, the average citizen has believed that there was a great deal of foolishness and much danger in the theory that any government or board should ever be given the authority to deny marriage on eugenical grounds. Many parents have felt much the same way concerning the so-called “intelligence tests” in the schools, whereby little ones are lumped off with certain “intelligence quotient: What sclence, there is to psychology and eugenics has not yet reached the state where man, by taking thought, can infallibly predict the future life history of the child, or positively say who should or should not marry. Nature, in her profusion, adopts a hit-and-miss plan, whereby out of nothing she produces something. From the most unpromising beginnings she brings forth greatn No parents of a child can say whether their little one will be a failure or be numbered among the great of the earth. This is the hope of parentage, and it will be enheartening to the average parent to believe with Dr. Pearl that “it is high time that eugenics cleaned house.” Much wisdom of the pres- ent day is a false wisdom, built on premise, brilliant but misleading, clever but not unmistakably truthful. Nature's way is the best, and while there may be many a miss in it, also much good has come from fit, and | shall come in the years to be. ——oe— Men who have little to do with play- ing the actual game become prominent in sport and entertainment. Base ball would have been more interesting had Ban Johnson or Judge Landis actually faced the batter. Tex Rickard never puts on the gloves and Will Hays must be rated, in all candor, as an indif- ferent screen performer. The manage- ment of talent is more important than its possession. r————— A musical comedy producer who spent a few months in the Atlanta Penitentiary is depressed and humil- iated. He can understand the feelings of the girl in the ginger-ale bath who was handed a twenty-dollar biil as full payment. ——t——— Everybody writes in one fashion or another. Recognized authority occa- sionally feels compelled to take up the question of whether this is to be a Government of magazine writers by the strikes were for increased wages and seven of the walkouts resuited from reduction of wages. Eight of the strikes were precipitated by the open to attack from the rest of the magazine writers and for magazine writers. ——————————— Play producers are inclined to ex- fleld. A candidacy may be announced | Shortening of the number of hours|plore earlier English drama, where too soon, or it may be withheld until too late. constituting & week’s work. Of the they will find rough Anglo-Saxon dia- In both Republican and |entire number of the strikes within | jogue calculated to make modern im- Democratic camps this year the situa- | the State, elghty-two occurred in the | proprieties seem comparatively pallid. tion has been even more difficult than usual. The fact that President Cool- metropolitan district. In explanation of the factor of non- — e Having said that he does mot ition of the union, the State . ddiht Coollige pirocesds. 1dge is still in a position to be drafted | F8cO8N! ‘choose,” Preside: ge P —if Mr. Hughes, Mr. Fess and some | Labor Department sets forth that the |45 write a Thanksgiving proclamation others are to be believed—may well make it difficult for Mr. Hoover, Mr. Dawes and other Republicans to take the dive into open candidacy. Gov. Smith, on the Democratic side, realizes that he has only to announce his can- didacy to have the campaign of re- liglous and dry prejudice intensified against him. Obtaining a presidential nomination 1s no simple matter. A vast amount of organization is usually necessary to land the delegations from the varl- ous States. This cannot be done over- night. It cannot be done on mere suspicion that a man is a candidate for the nomination. The time is rap- 1dly approaching when the fight must ®et into the open. Senator Curtis has started it. ——————— A Harsh Sentence. James Moore of Lawrence, Mass., ‘was found asleep in a subway sta- tion the other night in New York. He had been working hard as a con- erete mixer and In court the next morning, charged with disorderly con- duct, he was sentenced to three months in the workhouse despite the fact that he told the magistrate that he had money in two banks and could afford to hire a room, but that he was 80 tired from his labors that all he could think of was sleep. influ- ential citizens of the metropolis, aroused at the seeming harshness of the sentence, retained a lawyer iIn Moore’s behalf. The matter was thoroughly investigated and it was found that he was not only a hard- working lad, possessed of a remark- able sense of thrift, but that since last June had sent six hundred dol- lars home .to his mother. The case has been referred to the chief magistrate in New York, and the only offense that Moore appears to have committed is that he was dirty and unkempt in appearance and protested to the policeman who awakened him. It would appear that the judge who originally heard his case rendered snap judgment, en- tirely unsuited to the circumstances. Thrift and work are to be commended rather than condemned 2nd the judge ghould have taken more pains to ascertain the true conditions under which Moore was brought before him. It is very probable that the hard- working, saving young lad will be allowed to go his way without the stigma of “serving time.” —— e In too many cases a “hop off” is only the prelude to a cold plunge which may prove either stimulating or fatal, B Diplomatic Immunity a Menace. Diplomatic immunity for reckless motor driving has again endangered the helpless citizens of the National Capital. Smashing through a crowd of people gathered on the street, at a speed estimated to be sixty miles an hour or better, an attache of one of the embassies was finally overtaken by a motor cycle policeman after a chase lasting a mile or more. When stopped the diplomat blithely showed his State Department registration cer- tificate and proceeded on his way. He ‘was the possessor of that menace to law and order, diplomatic immunity. Although papers have been filed with _, the State Department by the District factional conflicts within the unions themselves had a potent influence in precipitating the greatest of the walk- outs, that in the clothing trade. This imternal division, due to a strusgle for office between the “ins” and “out: itself due to a radical division of opin- ion as to the function of the union, naturally reacted to prevent amicable relations between the employers and the workers, and although the State Department of Labor does not pro- ceed to the conclusion, it is evident that this enormous economic loss was the result primarily and mainly of the lack of unity on the part of the workers. The personnel of these tradez which suffered so severely in strikes during the past year is largely of alien origin. Radical propagandists find among these people the best of material for their subversive purposes. During the agi- tations incident to the Sacco-Vanzetti case some of these trades engaged in brief walkouts in demonstration. They constituted the chief body of the pro- test against the execution of the con- demned men in Massachusetts. The American Federation of Labor has steadfastly endeavored for a long time to correct these conditions. But lack, of affillation on the part of some of the organizations and recalcitrance on the part of leaders of others have to a great extent negatived these ef- forts. It would be the most whole- some reform ever effected for the working classes of America it these trades could be brought into discipline through responsible organfzation, thus securing the benefits of intelligent unity of purpose and action without the losses which bear now so griev- ously upon the men and women who are struggling for subsistence. —_—— e Blindness threatens Booth Tarking- ton. His writings have delighted many and his personal misfortune would mean a deep sorrow to a muititude of readers and play-goers. Should his eyes dim, Tarkington's ears will still hear the applause. —————————— The only serious criticism yet leveled at Lindbergh i{s that he made long- distance flying seem too easy. Nature’s Way. Dr. Raymond Pearl, head of the In- stitute for Biological Research of the Johns Hopkins University, writing in the American Mercury, says that su- perior people do not produce superior children. An exhaustive study into the parentage of sixty-three great philoso- phers showed that the fathers of fit- teen of them were entirely unknown, and of the remaining forty-eight “Just two were sufficiently dis- tinguished to leave public record of the fact.” Of the forty-eight, Dr. Pearl declares, the group *is mainly composed of mediocre people with a few superior persons in the lot, and a few badly inferior, Some of these parents would have been segregated or sterilized if recommendations of present-day eugenical zealots had been in operation.” These statements may well cause the average person, who perhaps is not a psychologist, to pause and con- sider. Psychology, In the past fifty which indicates that he is perfectly satisfled with the national situation. —————————— " Geneva is visited so frequently by distinguished assemblages that an en- terprising hotel corporation might find it worth while to take the charming city in hand. ———— The fascination of horse racing lies largely in the fact that a patron who pays $6.50 for admission is perfectly satisfied if he wins a bet tbat pays him $1.90. ————————— Calve is singing in vaudeville; and singing no doubt more sincerely than when she was a romping figure in grand opera, asserting temperament rather than talent. STAR, WASHINGTON, D._C, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A Toucher, young or old, is a fellow who insists on pawing one as he passes, or as he stops to converse, or as he meets one in the elevator. The genuine Toucher simply can- not resist the impulse to slap his friends, to poke them in the ribs, to feel their clothes. He is especially in evidence when one dons the latest thing in nifty gray =uits, fresh from the hands of the tai- lor, spick-and-span and immaculate, Seated at the old desk, the victim has a hunch, from past experience, that it will not be long now before a Toucher comes along. Sure enough, before 5 minutes have passed, here comes old No. 1, who has just been handling grimy carbon copies. His paws are covered with black, but does he care? Not a bit of it! Deftly he brings down his right hand upon the shoulder of the nice new suit, leaving finger prints from the end of the triceps to the collar. The victim writhes in agony, but it does him no good. Old Toucher No. 1 is without pity. “Fine day, ain’t it?” he asks, re- moving his hand with sweeping mo- tion, which smears the rest of the car- bon down the sleeve. The victim moves as much as two- thirds of an inch in protest. “What's the matter?” indignantly bellows No. 1. *“’Fraid I'm gonna hurt your old suit?” Then he goes away and tells what a grolich the wearer of the gray suit is. * K % % The wearing of new garments, of course, is tantamount to waving a red flag at a bull—the Toucher simply cannot estimate the quality of the goods unless he feels it. In reality he knows no more about cloth than you do, and he knows it and you know it, but the process of nipping the coat between thumb and forefinger looks very professional. Men commonly throw many bluffs, and t is one of them. Very few are willing to admit that they have never studied the process of weaving. They want their fellow men to believe that they are universally wise. “Nice suit you got on there,” com- ments Toucher No. 2. “Thanks, old man.” The shrinking gentleman in the nice suit knows what is coming. Sure enough, out shoots a none-too- clean hand, and the drape of the suit front is grasped between thumb and " 1s the sage verdict. Then the goods is subjected to a rough massage, which injects at least two wrinkles where only smoothness was before, The victim shrinks back as much as a quarter of an inch, and only after peacefully submitting to the touch of the Toucher. But the latter has never been known to miss a shrink. “What's the matter?” he growls, deeply offended. “Think I'm gonpa hurt your old suit?"” * ok ok Toucher No. 3 has a mania for slap- ping one on the shoulder as he passes. An office mate may be deeply en- grossed in a most perplexing problem; it makes no difference at all to the merry No. 3 man., ‘The sight of a poised shoulder. hunched over work, stirs deep primi- tive instincts. He is seduced into action. Suppressed desires foam to the surface. His arm goes 'round, and his mighty hand, easily as large as that of Long- fellow’s village blacksmith, descends with a wallop upon the unusupecting shoulder. “Hello,” he calls, leaving his friend smarting under the impact. A variety of this brand of Toucher is the fellow who insists on poking one in the ribs. Now the ribs are notoriously ticklish. “Tickle me, love, in my lonesome ribs,” says one of James Whitcomb Riley’'s poems. ‘Toucher No. 4 specializes in the poke, deeply implanted between two ribs of his helpless friends. “How are you, old top?” he in- quires. Usually the term “old top” is used by this Toucher to denote the person whom he is addressing. Suiting action to word, he digs an extended thumb squarely into the place where it hurts most. If his thrust were just a thrust, it might be forgiven, but it is more than that. It is a jab—a vicious, unfair punch that leaves one's side aching for min- utes afterward. * K K ¥ Toucher No. 5 is widely known— perhaps the best known of all these gentlemen. He is the man who buttonholes his acquaintances. Conversation with him is impossible unless he is touching the other party. Like a ship, he must warp to. He feels more at ease anchored by a forefinger neatly tucked into that otherwise useless buttonhole on the left lapel of the coat. No doubt this is why the button- hole was placed there. Yet it seems somewhat absurd that the tailors of the world should be so thoughtful of the Touchers. It would seem that their plain duty is to make their garments as free as possible from handles, so that all the touchy tribe of Touchers would be put to as much trouble as possible in carrying on their nefarious work. One sometimes wonders about the Touchers—do they touch because they want o or because they cannot help themselves? Are they lonesome creatures or are they simply nuisances? 1s their sense of touch more highly developed than that of most persons— or less? If their touching prowess denotes affection, one might be inclined to submit without a twitch, but if it be otherwise, then surely a left hook to the jaw might be exactly suited to their needs. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ————— The greatest fashion dictator in the world is Mussolinl. Popularizing so somber an article of apparel as a black shirt is no mean achievement. B SR ‘The Hohenzollern wealth remains intact. In this modern day, a capital- ist may be greater than a king. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Soclal Interchange. Had a little party down to Pohick-on- the-Crick. , Folks came happenin’ along in Sunday clothes so slick. An’ here was Jim an’ there was Jane, a-growin’ up so fine! 5 They make me pretty proud to know that they are friends of mine. Glad to greet the youngsters with the dancin’ an’ the song. We gotta get acquainted as we help the world along. We find new lights in mental fogs a-growin’ rather thick ‘When we have a little party down to Pohick-on-the-Crick. Keeping Promises. “You have made many promises.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “And T have kept most of them care- fully—in my office files.” The Odds. The politician makes his play A cherished goal to reach. You risk your taxes, day by day. He only risks a speech. Jud Tunkins says a man is in hard lines when his only idea of relaxation is to get into the worst company pos- sible. Disappointed. “My daughter is going to marry a chauffeur,” exclaimed Mr. Chuggins. “Are you disappointed?” “Yes, It looks like a reflection on ‘the way I have been driving the old family filv.” “A smiling friend who hates you,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is less dangerous than a frowning enemy | who tears you.” Lay of the Habitual Debtor. We toll this life to make or mar ‘With merit or with bluff. ©Old friend bookkeeper sits afar years, has brought forth a veritable brood of theories, many of them of Commissioners outlining the police- impressive plausibility, The same is And figures on the stuff. “A bootlegger,” said Undly Eben, “Is , ‘man’s charge, there is comparatiVely | true of eugenics. Yet within the very | a bad boy dat laughs at de trouble ycl BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Kansans in Washington are electri- fled by “Charlie” Curtis’ readiness to run for President in 1928. They say the Senator offers the Republican party a chance to nominate a man who carries more of the towpath and log cabin appeal than any standard- bearer in a generation. Personally and politically, the G. O. P. leader in the Senate is classed first-grade White House timber. Curtis was 67 years old in January—almost the same age as Senator Norris and. “Jim” Reed. Lowden is also a 67-year-older, and Senator “Tom'” Walsh is 68. Curtis’ boosters insist his candidacy is 100 per cent genuine, with no stalking-horse or favorite son ‘“complimentary vote' business about it. That keen observer of political conditions, former Repre- sentative Phil Campbell of Kansas, describes Curtis as ‘“about the most ideal nominee conceivable, from the standpoint of the plain American people.” The country boy, part Kaw Indian cn the side of one of his grand- mothers, who started life as a county fair jockey and became the leader of the world's greatest deliberative as- sembly, “would make a President like McKinley,” in Campbell's opinion. L Rear Admiral Magruder, who has steered his ship into hot water, mad for the wrong harbor when he ap- pealed to Calvin Coolidge over the head of the Secretary of the Navy. The President, during his four years in the White House, has established a pretty consistent record for stand- ing by the members of his cabinet. Secretary Wilbur, in particular, has repeatedly been under heavy fire from the outside, but Mr. Coolidge resolute- ly and unfailingly sustained him. Those who are famillar with Cool- idge's mental processes on these oc- caslons freely predict that the Presi. dent, having full confidence in the judgment of Wilbur, will refrain from interfering with such “administrative measures” as the Navy Department may take in Admiral Magruder's case. One of the ‘recent utterances,” which were the immediate cause of Ma. gruder’s_detachment from the Phila- delphia Navy Yard command, is re- puted to have been: ‘“My father was a Magruder, my mother was a Kil- patrick, and I have red hai * K ok K ough public boxing exhibitions nr?‘g;rregd v{"nhin the District of Co- lumbia, the two-fisted new president of George Washington University, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, has introduced boxing contests into the athletic cur- riculum, where they've never been be- fore. Dr. Marvin belleves that the gloved art, besides building brawn and moral courage, is designed to lure both campus sheiks and fair co-eds into the gymnasium, as spectators, oft- times when they might be far less usefully engrossed. Marvin, though an Ohioan by birth, is far-western by upbringing and_ education. He at- tended Herbert Hoover's alma mater— Stanford—in 1909, 1910 and 1911, and paid his way through college by paper hanging. Marvin has something in common with another member of the Coolidge cabinet, Secretary Jardine. Like Jardine, the George Washington executive has a clasp of iron when he hands. shakes hai e Prince de Ligne—pronounced Leen- yeh—the new Belgian Ambassador, Who has just presented his credentials to President Coolidge, is a scion of one of Belgium's most ancient ang aristocratic houses. He is a “career’ diplomat, having previously represent- ed his country in the Netherlands, but just prior to assignment to the United States the prince was a gentleman farmer in Africa, where he possesses’ a vast plantation In the Belgian Con- go. With the departure of Baron de Cartier from the Belgian ambassador- ship in Washington the rank of dean of the diplomatic corps passes, for the first time in many years, to a Briton. Sir Esme Howard, King George's am- bassador, mounts to that eminence, aithough he has been accredited to our court only three vears and a half. EEE ! That's a very significant gesture which Japan made the other day at the International Radiotelegraph Con- terence in Washington, The chief of her delegation, the accomplished coun- selor of the Mikado's emba Setsuzo Sawada, who happens to be canvert to Quakerism-—called upon o States, Great Britain, France, Ger- many and Russia. Nippon omits no opportunity on these international oc- casions to assert her rightful place in the sun. The Japanese national con- sciousness has heen especially keen- edged since 1922, when the treaty of Washington officially anointed Japan, along with America and Britain, as one of the three first-class naval powers of the world. With extensive colonial dominions in the Pacific, Ja- pan demands as large a representation in radiotelegraph regulation as any other country. * Kok % Albert Boardman Kerr, a former Washingtonian and oldest son of the late Representative James Kerr of Pennsylvania—who was clerk of the House during the Cleveland adminis- tration—is the author of an unusual book, entitled “Jacques Coeur, Mer- chant Prince of the Middle Ages.” It is a maiden literary effort. Mr. Kerr practiced law in Washington after graduation from Central High School and Yale University. During the war he was the “dollar-a-year” counsel for the housing bureau in Washington. For the past two years Kerr has lived in retirement at a villa in Cannes, France. ‘“Jacques Coeur” is the epic story of a remarkable Frenchman in the colorful era destined to burst forth in the full glory of the Renaissance. Though a merchant and mariner by occupation, Coeur fell upon the fleld of battle during a crusade against the ‘Turks, the culmination of a medieval romance narrated by the American author with the fascination of a Jules Verne. * ok k% It's just become known in Wash- ington that still another late Con- gressman’s widow aspired to fill the unexpired term of her departed hus- band. She is Mrs. Willlam Newell Vaile of Colorado, who planned to be a candidate for the Denver district, which will hold a special election on November 15. But Mrs. Vaile found that the Republican powers that be— principally ~ Senator Lawrence C. Phipps—had plans of their own. These didn’t include Mrs. Vaile. The nomi- nating convention put up a Denver automobile dealer, Finley Macfarland, but the latter has since withdrawn, and a Denver lawyer named Francis J. Knauss, a State Senator and reputed Klan leader, was substituted. Knauss ranks as a Phipps satellite. The Den- ver special election is a clean-cut prohibition contest, with the Demo- crats on the wet side. (Copyright, 1027.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today In accord with President’s proclama- tion, churches throughout the country hold special prayer services for the success of American arms in war against Germany. * * ¢ United States is spending total of a billion dollars this month. Average thus far this month is almost $30,000 every minute of the day and night. ¢ * * As a result of the discovery of whole- sale plots to burn and otherwise de- stroy the Nation’s food supply, Food Administrator Hoover orders guards doubled at food depots and other places where food is stored in large quantities. * * * London and Paris newspapers express great satisfaction over ocgupation of front-line trenches by some of our troops. * * * Cabled summary of work done by the Ameri- can Red Cross made public today shows immense accomplishment al- ready. Big preparations being made for the American soldier contingents. ¢ ¢ * President summons everybody to sacrifices in the way of food con- sumption to gccomplish America’s ob- jects in the war. Says burden of feed- ing allied peoples falls upon this coun- try. ——e—————— Beyond the Footlights. Fron: the Yakima Morning Herald. New York officials have just uttered an edict that girls on the stage in that city must wear clothes. They have not said anything about the girls in the audience, ————————— An All-Round Executive. the New York vs are ; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927. e W —————— PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK The anclent battle between author- ity and freedom which has marked the history of the church through the cen- turies is being fought in the modern home. The domestic authoritarian makes most of direction by the aduit. The domestic libertarian makes most of development by the child. 1t is important to know what free- dom for the child really means. It ‘makes all the difference in the world whether freedom is conceived nega- tively or positively. Negatively conceived, freedom for the child means giving all the bad im- pulses of a child free rein. It means letting the child get up when he pieases. It means letting the child eat when and what he pleases. It means letting the child disgrace the family by bad manners. It means letting the child muddy the carpet and mar the walls. It means letting the child shirk re- sponsibility. It means letting the child be im- pudent and insulting. It means letting the child go dirty and deflant. Such freedom, if these were its sole results, would be indefensible as a principle upon which to rear children. Positively conceived, freedom for the child means giving all the good impulses of the child free rein. It means letting the -child try ex- periments. It means letting the child follow its curiosity. It means letting the child formulate his real desires, fears, diffculties, ideas. It means letting the child try what he_thinks out. It means letting the child make what he invents. It means letting the child discover his world instead of giving him a sort of personally directed Cook's tour through it. Are we wise enough, as parents, to know how to restrict the negative freedom that gives the child's bad impulses free rein and to grant the positive freedom that gives the child’s good impulses free rein? This cannot be done by deciding, in- cident by incident, whether freedom should be restricted or granted. That calls for an infallibility few of us h;tve. It can be done in two ways, viz. irst, by organizing the child's sur- roundings so they will stimulate his curlosity, lead him to experiment, and give him a zest for discovering and understanding his world on his own account, Second, by trying to weed out of the child's surroundings the obstacles that will prevent these good impulses from finding expression. There are no rules for parenthood; it must ever remain an art, fortified by knowledge and adjusted to the family in question. (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Ssyndicate.) ——————— Condemns Selection Of Fire Station Site To the Editor of The Star: In the vicinity of Sixteenth and Varnum streets northwest there is now nearing completion a group of buildings of wunusual architectural merit. This group includes the Ham- line Methodist and the Grace Lu- theran churches, constructed at the great expense of perhaps a half mil- lion dollars, together with other costly homes ranging upward to several hundred thousand dollars. It is now proposed by the District government to place directly within the center of this distinguished group a fire engine house. This engine house is to be so placed that a hose could be- played directly from it on these two notable churches, which are in themselves absolutely fireproof. We are told by newspaper reports that the cost there- of will be $74,000 and that the ground has already been purchased for such use, in spite of the fact that large areas of vacant land exist between Fourteenth and Eighteenth streets in the immediate neighborhood. Both these churches, built with the contri- butions of hundreds of people, built with unusual beautiful architectural lines unsurpassed in Washington, were located purposely in a neighbor- hood which apparently gave the high- est assurance from the intrusion of an engine house. It is not too late to rectify an error in judgment, by placing this building in some other location, where the vio- lation of esthetics will not be so no- ticeable. Certainly, some heed should be given the wishes of those groups of people, who have erected costly buildings, for they at least have shown greater vision than those who now contemplate the erection of a building swhich not only violates the architectural qualities, but the spirit of this unusual neighborhood. WALTER C. BRANDES. ) Tom Brown Praised For Base Ball Ability To the Editor of The Star: The death of Tom Brown recalls to my mind one of the few plays that stand out in my memory and has been recounted time and again. It occurred in the morning game of Decoration day when the Washington club, owned by the late Moxley, the bill poster, was located at Ninth and S streets. Because of his fleetness of foot Tom was lead-off man for the Columbus, Ohio, club of the American League. The first ball which Bob Barr pitched to him Tom knocked over the right flelder’s head for a home run and, as I recall it, not another player on either team reached second base during the gine innings. Tom Brown was probably the most graceful player that ever adorned a uniform and, al- though not as heavy a hitter as Ty Cobb, could run the bases faster than any man I ever saw. W. J. DWYER. Golden Hand in Sky Seen Sunday Evening To the Editor of The Star: Iam not, I feel, vainly curious when I ask if any of your sky-reading read- ers on Sunday evening, October 16, observed the golden hand on the edge of the western horizon just as the sun was setting. The delineation was strangely perfect, the long, thin, lance pointed index finger pointing directly south. What made the picture more striking was the arm to the hand—a grayish-blue cloud, stretching away to the northward and shading into an opaque mass. But the hand alone was lighted—a gorgeous sight against a quiet sky. If some artist would re- produce this formation on canvas, many a eritic would toss his head and remark, “Pshaw, that couldn’t be!” But it could and did. How many had the fortune to witness it? CHARLES H. BURKE. ————— For Home Surgery. From the Detroit News. One of our minor regrets has always been that nobody in the family went to medical school long enough to know how to set the leg of a card table. —_——— Senate, Stronger Attraction. From the New York Herald-Tribune. Mr. Dawes refused two seats to the big fight. He hears enough tumult and shouting in the Senate. A Timely Query., From the Boston Transcript, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKI. Q. How many leagues of profes., sional base ball are there in the United | States and how many professional | base ball players?—S. L. S. A. There are two major leagues and 24 minor leagues, and about 10,000 | players in organized base ball. Q. A friend tells me that Colleen | Moore was born in Florida. Can you | tell me in what city? Is this star | married’—S. M. T. | A. Miss Moore was born in Port | Huron, Mich. Most of her childhood ! was spent in Tampa, Fla., where she was educated at a convent. She is the wife of John McCormick, motion picture producer. Q. Could a snake's fang plerce a canvas tent?>—E. D, C. A. This would be possible. Q. What do the terminations off, ski and vitch mean on Russian names>—C. B. A. Off and eff found in Russian surnames are patronymics, meaning a grandson or descendant. Itch or vitch means a son. Ski is of local origin and means city. Q. Who built the first schooner?— | H. D. J. | A. The schooner and clipper were both planned and built in this country. | The first one was built and launched about 1713 or 1714 by Capt. Robinson of Gloucester. The Baltimore clippers were launched at about the same time. | Q. Why is the Turkish government spoken of as the Porte?’—E. H. A. The land wall of Constantinople has four gates, one of which, the Sublime Gate, being the one through which the sovereigns entered their palace. This gave rise to the term Porte, | Q. When was it discovered that:| sphagnum moss had a healing prop- | erty?—H. D. A. The antiseptic value of sphag- num moss is said to have been dis- covered accidentally as early as 1013. During the battle of Clontarf, near Dublin, the moss was used as an expedient for stopping the bleeding from wounds. It was discovered that such wounds healed more readily than those ‘treated otherwise. Q. Where are the greatest recorded deeps in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?—C. M. A. The deepest place yet discovered In the ocean is 145 miles southeast o: Tokio, Japan, 32,644 feet. The deepest place in the Atiantic Ocean is near Porto Rica, 31,366 feet. Q. Do hummin, hum?—W. J. 8. A A. The humming noise which giv the birds their name is made h; :}el: wings. These beat the air with such extreme rapidity that the birds are able to stand still or poise in the afr, Q. How long is t igh- T % is the Atlantic high. A. It is 2,308 miles long, runnin; from Calais, Me., to Miami, Fla. : actually Q. Who invented 1 vers?— C.B D ife preservers? A." The life belt commonly in use was designed by Admiral W England. bl Q. What kind of flo of Sharon?—E, D, a1 he Rose A. This name is given to an orna- men ‘I shrub called Hibiscus syriacus. The “Rose of Sharon” referred to. in the Bible was probably a kind of nareissus. Q. When was the University of opened in 1841, graduating its fist class in 1845, Q. What was the name of Napo- leon’s horse?—F. J. 8. A. He must have ridden many horses, but the name of one was Marengo. Q. Can fishworms see”—T. A. The Bureau of Fisheris that earthworms have no eyes. ays Q. Why is the Society of the Order of Cincinnati so named?>—G. R. P, _A. The Society of the Order of Cin- cinnati is named after the Roman prototype of the young American offi- cers who left their farms to fight the tles of the republic. This proto- type was Lucius Quinctius Cincin- natus. Q. How much money must a person have upon entering Australia?—L. W. X A. The office of the commissioner for Australia says, “Any person other than a British subject is required to possess at least £40 (say $200) on land- ing in Australia, to be in sound hod; health and to carry a passport vised by a British consu Q. What United States battleship has the highest mast? Does it have to be lowered to go under Brooklyn Bridge?—A. A. The masts on the various big battleships are practically of the same height. Such topmasts are lowered when passing beneath Brooklyr Bridge. Q. Ts the Gulf Stream salt or fresh? What makes it warm?—P, T. A. The Gulf Stream is a salt-water current. The Gulf Stream owes its warmth to its equatorialorigin. Its temperature varies, ranging generally from 10 to 20 degrees above the sur- rounding oceans. Q. Who rang the Liberty Bell when the Declaration of Independence was signed?—L. H. W. A. Andrew McNair was the official ringer of Liberty Bell from 1759-1776. It was he who rang the Liberty Bell upon the occasion of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Q. When was it first made lawful to burn heretics in England?—NXN. P. A. The writ de heretico combu- rendo, by which heretics could be burned in England, was passed origi- nally in 1401 against the Lollards and was repealed under Charles II, Q. How large is Canberra?—C. Z. A. The area of the new federal ter- ritory of Canberra, in Australia, is 940 square miles. The estimated popula- tion June 30, 1926 5, Q. Are there wild hogs in the Black Forest? In Austria, Russia and Africa’—S. D. V. A. There are many different species of wild hogs found in Germany and Austria, Russia in Europe as well as in Asia Minor, Africa, Java and Borneo. They are much larger than the domesticated swine, and the wild boar of Germany, even though not fat, will weigh between 300 and 700 pounds. Frederic J. Haskin is employed by this paper to handle inquiries of our readers, and you are invited to call upon him as ‘freely and as often as vou please. Ask anything that is a matter of fact and the authority will be quoted you. There is no charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign your mame and address and in. close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Michigan established’—G. N. A. It was chartered in 1837 and Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- Kkin, director, Washington, D. __Wa]te,_r Johnson Wins Place In Sports Fame From Press A permanent and high place in the Sports hall of fame is assured for Walter Johnson as he closes his extraordinary career as a major league base ball pitcher and enters upon the experiment of managing the Newark International League club. He be- comes a diamond boss with the hearty good wishes of fans everywhere, in whose hearts the place of the great player is fixed, whatever new laurels he may win as an executive. The Springfield (Ill.) State Journal points to Johnson as a force for good in athletics. “His example has been worthy of emulation by youth and adult,” adds the Illinois paper. “It must be a great satisfaction to him,” continues the State Journal, “to know that thousands have followed it with prlofll and pleasure to themselves.” “Bring on your eulogists!” exclaims the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. ‘Call out the ‘last words’ in sports by the score! Notify the pedantic writers on the game of base ball! Gather all of thesé and all of the editorial writers, even all of the political orators. Then give them the word that starts them all on their way across the printed page to the ultimate in tributes. Let them go on, and on and on, and when they have finished they will not have said half of what was in the heart of the average American boy when he read the news that Walter Johnson will pitch no more games."” * ok ok % “One of the ornaments of base ball,” is the verdict of the New London Day, Wwhich declares that “in all its history the game has known no more honored person™; that “only Christy Mathew- son approached him in honor.” The Anniston Star observes: “A pitching record such as has been established by the Big Train is a thing in itself to make him satisfled with what he has accomplished in his chosen profession. It is one to challenge the coming stars of the mound, and one that will prob- ably stand for many years, if not for all time. But to hold the respect of fans in general and to retire with a name clear of all blemishes is a greater triumph.” Speaking of the multitudes of ad- mirers who reget the passing of Wal- ter as a big league star, the Pasadena Star-News adds: “Never did a cleaner, n.ore honorable player appear on a base ball diamond. * * = He gave his best to the team; he never gave up until the last pitch to the last man to face him; he was modest and without hoasting in victory; he was game and genteel in defeat; he accepted ‘umpires’ rulings without bolsterous protest, al- though many times he doubtless felt that bad decisions robbed him of im- portant points in the game, or even lost him a game. Walter Johnson quits the big league respected, es- teemed and admired throughout the {i:il:lhand hreadt'h of the land. Pity ere are nof re W - sons in base ball!" Sl o The Indianapos News recalls that never was there any charge of um- sportsmanlike conduct, never a breath of scandal, never a criticism that was deserved,” while the Omaha ‘World- Herald, holding that “his fame In base ball s secure,” mentions that “when toward the very end of his career he found his teammates at last worthy of him he proved as magnificent and as likeable in victory as in defeat.” Thie Fort Wayne News-Sentinel places him as “one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever known,” and the .\’Vnter!awn Daily Times believes that 'he occupled a place in the hearts of the fans equaled only by that of Christy Mathewson. The Roanoke Times offers the similar tribute: “He belongs in the galaxy of stars along with Christy Mathewson, Hans Wag- ner, Ty Cobh, Babe Ruth and one or two others. There never was a greater “It will be remembered that his best was sufficient to bring victory to his team in the world series of 1924, That year the fans saw one of those rare but satisfying instances of a climax pleasing to their emotions and in har- mony with their sense of the fitness of things.” The Portsmouth Star gives a pic- ture of the climax on the Washington ball fleld in the light of a descending sun: “The long arm swings back and descends swiftly. The Old Master has returned to his youth. In that great crisis he flings off the shackles of age. No longer is he an old warrior, beaten down at last by Time. His great cour- age draws his youth back to him. And before the sunset’s glow has become a mist across the skies the roar that £0es up from the multitude tells him that he has won as great a victory as any man ever achieved. And as he walks across the fleld in the twilight he knows that he has kept faith with his believers and that they will never forget him. e The Animals Do Not Choose. From the New York Herald Tribune, Whenever a foreigner departs in ror vulsion from a bullfight, exclaiming that no art can justify such cruelty to terrified old horses, his Spanish, Afexican or Peruvian hosts unfailingly lelze“un American sports page and ery, “Tu quoque! If you are talking about cruelty, they argue, what mod- ern spectacle is more bloodthirsty than heavyweight boxing? We pay for- tunes to watch giants belabor one an- other and feel cheated unless blood has flowed. Is that not more barba- rous than forcing mere horses to be gored and having bulls, maddened by darts or fire? Compared with the bull- fight aficionado. are we not, indeed, positively cannibalistic? If the time ever comes when an old horse agrees, for a million bushels of oats and a stall lined with swansdown, to allow one of his teeth to be knocked out and his hose placed askew, and if nothing more than that is done to him in the arema, then bullfights will be far objectionable than prizefigh I a bull decides to take a chance in the gladiatorial ring for the sake of the applause, the thrill and the opportu- nity of acquiring a ranch to live on for the rest of his days in a few minutes, then no one ought to hold him back. When the animals play their m parts for a price, because they have chosen to do so and prefer money to safety and risk to work, like the espadas, then the bullfight will become quite as humane as the impending spectacle in Chicago—as well as far more artistic and beautiful. But man nr;nn! fairly aelpk his pleasure through agon; of villi cel gy unwilling, innocent Ups and Downs. #rom the ’l'o;glu Capital. Some of the ablest business statisti- clans attribute the whole cycle to booms, or speculation. Depressions and panics have their origin in the speculation which whips up pros- perity, and when it begins to flag, ac- cording to the course of nature, spurs it on at an unhealthy rate. It is all right to “keep on smiling,” but deny- Ing business recessions does all the damage. if it is not limited to talk but actually is carried out in busi- ness activities. If artificlal stimuls tlon of prosperity can be made t appear as a vice to be avoided, then the business cycle may be a thing of the past, as Mr. Schwab may have described it. At first sight, this might appear to run agalnst the familiar law that ‘“what goes up must come down,” but, in fact, if m ‘osperity n't go too far up, it will not have pitcher or a more admirable sports- man connected.wl.!h th: game.” * That he ‘gave his best in either to come down. The aim of industrial leaders appears to be to maintain & reasonable prosperity level, and they are therefore just as much against