Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.. THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsvlvanta Ave. New York Office: 1.0 East $2nd St. Chicagg Office: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Recent St London England The Evening Star with the Sunday morn ing edition is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per nonth: datly enly 45 cents per month: Sundave (nlv. 20 o er ‘month Orders may he sent by mail or alephione Main 5000: ollection s made by carricr at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ailly and Sundav. ...l vr $000:1mo. ATy Onivooll 0T ve. SH00: 1 mo Aie unday’ onlv.. L1001 v $300° 1 mo.. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. Dailv and Sunday.1 vr. €100 Pally e anday-§ It "ad 00: 1 mo. Sunday on Jdyr., $400° 1 mo, Member of the Associated Press. The Assnciated Press fe axclusively entitled o the use for repubiieation of w1l news dis- Atches credited 10 it or not otherwise crev ted in this paver and alsa the toeal rews published haren. All richts of n i Bf <pecial dienatehes herein are also reserv e= Another I. W. W. Tragedy. The Colorado coal strike has come to its almost Inevitable climax of loodshed. The walkout of the miners, under the influence of the In- dustrial Workers of the World, a rad- fcal organization that has figured largely in tragic conflicts in the past began Octaher 18, The mine owners established guard prevent invasion of the premises by the strikers and to protect the men who remained at work and other: wha were brought to replace the quit ters. When the situation became e~ite the State was called upon for at the propert Rid for the preservation of the peace, | end National Guardsmen were sent. The strikers continued in their at Jempt to stop the operation of the mines. They were warned to keep at a distance, but refused to heed Finally, in the face of specific injunc- tion to abstain from interference, a number of the strikers advanced upon the mine entrance. They were ordered to halt, but persisted in ap- proaching. They began to hurl mis- siles, some of which struck the guards. When it was evident that they would not halt, and after some of the guards were severely injured, an order was given to fire a volley in the air. It failed of effect, and then a second order was given to fire into the group of advancing, menac- ing strikers. Several of them were slain and more were wounded. That is the usual course of such actions, which begin in violence and end in tragedy. The claim of the strikers is that they were “peaceably” seeking access to the post office, lo- cated on the company's property. This is combated by the testimony of the guards, who declare that the purpose of the advancing crowd was distinctly hostile, that rocks were thrown, and that several of the pro- tecting force had been hurt before the order to fire was given. There will doubtless be inquiries and per- haps trials. Murder charges have been brought against some of the guards by the strike leaders. The governor of the State has mobilized the National Guard and concentrated machine guns and tanks on the scene of the rioting. There can be only one end to it all, the breaking of the strike, with a sad cost in lives. The responsibility for this blood- shed must rest upon the men who, re- fusing to work, undertook to prevent others from working and sought wviolent means to that end. There is no evidence of a deliberate effort on the part of the guards to prevent peaceful movements by the strikers. It would have been the crassest folly to permit a howling, menacing mob to reach the entrance to the property, and those stationed at the gates were in duty bound to keep that ‘rowd at a distance. The stupid plea that the men were trying to reach the post office will not be believed. They were trying to make trouble, trying to stop the mine operations, to scare the working force away, perhaps to pun- ish them for persisting in working. This organization has been engaged in tragic mischief ever since its forma- tion. It has figured in numerous con- flicts with the law. Its fundamental principles are communistic and revo- lutionary. It should not have the least support or sympathy from other American labor groups, and, on the contrary, it should be definitely placed under the ban of distinct dis- approval by them. This Colorado tragedy is merely the latest of a series in which the I. W. W, has been the specific cause of bloodshed. It may unfortunately not be the 13" for the radicals who lead the orgaMization are persistent. They are fanatics, who are doing infinite harm to the cause of labor in America, without accom plishing anything toward their ob- Jjective, the breakdown of the sys- tem of Government and its replace- ment by communism of the Russian trpe. o It seems almost a pity that Gaston Means should find himself rvetired from public life just at a moment when so many little matters appear to need the services of an expert de- tective. v The Loyalty of Laymen. Leonard Wolte, literary editor of the London Nation, challenges his readers to unearth from the writings of Henry Wadsworth single line of poetry. His challenge has been taken up by another English- man, James Douglas, editor of the London Sunday Express. It is difficult to determine which is the more frritat- Ing, the charge or the defense, Longfellow’s champion calls him the Henry Ford of poetry. “He provided low-brow poetry for the multitude of low-brows,” he remarks. “He was the common poet of the common people. Let us not despise the primers of poetry, for they may lead the peaple into ihe Promised Land by way of the wilderness. It s a long way from Longfellow to the great poets, but it 1s at Jeast a way. Even diluted poetry Is good for poetic babe: There is a gulf between the poets and people,” he continues. “I submit that tenthrate poets are useful as .November 22, 1927 1mo.$100 L to] Longtellow | slgn posts on the poetic highway. The lover of Longfellow may hew his way to the high bards who sing high songs.” There is more, but the fore- going is plenty. Just what is a great poet? Ts he the man whose writings can be under- stood by only the chosen few, or i8 he that man whose writings stimulate | ambition, rouse conscience, develop | kindly sympathy and otherwise touch the wells of the deepest sentiments of ich a large number of readers ar: capable? Is there, in truth, a gulf be. tween poets and people? Until these points are settled no one has the right |to pronounce a poet great or small. And with all due respect for the great |eraftsmen in | tions sound splendid but, to the aver- mind, mean nothing, thank | Heaven it Is not yet settled! In music, in art, in literature, there abroad, and to have heen lily osirs words whose composi | {ze seoms to b tong abroad, a theory that the re understood thing L un Lle. If there be modern |whose writings have inspired thoughts in old and young t 't Longfellow, his readily mind. e | word-trickster; simplicity, beauty kindliness are the outstanding tures of his cfforts. When a n | fame is enshrined in the hearts of the | |ordinary, run-of-the-mine people, he, | | and they, need to worry little over the | | smartaleck appraisals of far-off edi per se any poet better n those does was name not | oceur to no | and | fea . n's | Habadou are only in part true he w {over the mind THE EV. Sultan declined to recelve him. Ben | Habadon tried to telephone. Mulai | Hamada declined to listen, but called hack the palace at Rabat and gave orders to the palace attendants at that#place to throw the dismissed one out of the house. This command was | literally obeyed, the palace staff being | deligchted at the opportunity to ""."; the tables on their long-time tyrant So now Ben Habadou is out in the cold, the palace servants are pleased and the young Suitan feels that he has established his reign of independence This action of the new ruler of Mo- rocco to be applauded. He would, have heen seriously handicapped it he had consented to retain the veteran, | who had been for the rtual ! h of Morocco behind the robes | It of course, to see a lifelong servitor of the « swept out upon a change of regime | But if the tales that are told of Ben on a basis | years Vi mona of the Sultan, is, own 1 1 at Rabat complete dominion n. Progres sive as that monarch w Ben Haba deu led him into many mistakes of dzment that brought about serious | ilts. The character of the young Sultan | is evidenced by this determined act. | He may prove to be even more pro- e than his late father. He has an opportunity to bring Moraceo for pernicious influence F He and | 7. had of the Su sres |tors, or, for that matter, those nearer { home | “The truth is.” that Longfellow never wrote :1; line for the expert, for the eritic, for | the connoisseur. He was not a poet’s | If this be true, and it appears | {0 be true, the En zained a good deal more than the ex- | savs Defender Doug las, i | poet slishspeaking race | ! | |pert, the critic and the connoisseur | And three cheers for that! “The lover of Longtellow,” he adds, “may | prozress, ripen and mature. He is not past praying for.” That is good. | Some are, .o Depressing Dress. The quartermaster general of the Army in his just-issued annual report testifies that the clash between conomy and style as regards the uni forms of that branch of our fighting forces is having a depressing effect on the men. This verdict of Maj. Gen. Frank Cheatham is in line with opin ions of weight expressed ever since the armistice. So far the economy en- thusiasts have won out, to the conse- quent discouragement of the enlisted personnel and the disappointment of the public which supports the Army. The quartermaster general was dis- cussing in particular the style of the olive-drab garb which is now the only authorized uniform. Linked up with this question is the one of reviving the old blue dress uniform. Several >nthusiastic attempts in this direction have been made, but the economists have so far succeeded in scotching them. Only last month the Bureau of the Budget rejected such a plan on the part of Army authorities, with the dictum that such would entail the ex- venditure of more than a million dol- lars. On the occasion of the burial of the late President Harding a high- ranking Army general, contrasting the appearance of Uncle Sam’s sol- diers and sailors, declared that he blushed for the appearance of the for- mer. Gen. Cheatham has done the best he can, He has “pepped up” the cut of the olive-drab dress; he has replaced bronze buttons with gilt; he has au- thorized the issuance of one new roll- collar sult to each enlisted man. At the same time, only khaki, distinctly the garb of war, obtains, and the only way in which the soldier or his officer can prepare himself for a gala official function, military or social, is by ex- tra attention to the haircut, the shine and the shave. Great Britain, in the face of eco- nomic handicaps the antithesis of our prosperity, has found the means to rehabilitate its army In the pre-war dress. It cost her something, but from the standpoint of morale and tradition she found it well worth her while. Only recently Washington had an op- portunity to note the way the Domin- ion of Canada dresses her troops on parade. It 1s beyond doubt that their colorful and snappy appearance in crimson, blue, gold, tartans, etc., made 2 tremendous impression on the popu- lation of the istrict. How high Gos arnment officials could watch these de- tachments at Arlington on the occa- sion of the unveiling of the Canadian memorial war cross, or on the follow- ing day at the White House, and fail to be impelled by a desire to have our swn physically magnificent soldiers appear comparably as well, is past un- derstanding. Many and many a mil- lion dollars is spent each year and each month by the Federal Govern ment for purposes far less wise and | far less beneficial to all concerned Lift the enlisted man out of his de pression! Give him at least one change ot clothing over and above the light- to-heavy and the heavy-to-light which ;omes with the changing seasons. No other reputable class of men suffers from the same disability, and no other class would do more credit to Uncle Sam if the latter should prove a lib. sral-minded clothier. oo Like “charity,” though in a differ ent manner, “contempt of court” is construed as covering a multitude of sins. N The New Regime in Morocco. Young Mohammed Ben Mulai Yuseff, | the new Sultan of Morocco, whose of- | ficial title is Sidi Mulai Hamada, loses Ino time in showing his authority. | Upon accession to the throne of his | tather, the late Sultan Mulai Yuseff, he determined to make a house-clean- ing, the first item of which should be ;!hn ousting of Sidi Ben Habadou, the | master of the Sultan's palace at | Rabat. The youthful new ruler—he is only seventeen — believed that Ben Habadou had exercised a baneful in- fluence upon the former monarch, and he therefore severed a connection that had endured for many years. The veteran protested. Mulai Hamada be- ing then at Fez, Ben Habadou asked that he be permitted to proceed to that city to enter his protest and plea for retention in person. The young | under mtelligent | Uncle Eben, “kin look hisself in de ward a long way. There are peren nial tribal difficulties. There are in ternational complications. But both | clements of the prohlem of Morocean | covernment are now reduced to lowest terms for many year ocenpies a commanding position and | the | Moroceo and progressive ad ministtation may become an impor- iant factor. The nt prayer of the powers of Furobe is that young Sidi Mulai Hamada will not follpw up his victory over Ben Habadou by un the good things his father ac- complished despite the reactionary in fluences that beset him. M- pre: doing A juror happens to talk too much. He reveals a misfortune more than a | fault. Had he known how to pre- serve discreet silence he might have Leen a statesman instead of a juror. .o Evening dress for men is goirig out of style. In a short time the white tie and swallowtail coat may be worn onli' in honor of distinguished states. men and favorite pugilists. ——o—s It is easy to induce a crowd to sing “After the Ball.” The song was writ- ten in simple sentiment long before the “high ball" became a night club feature. ) When it comes to fashionable cus- tom, there is but one answer to a plea for “woman's rights,” and that is, “Lady, help yourselt.” e b s A crap game. A quarrel. A frac- tured skull. Too much so-called sport calls on the coroner’s jury as the final referee. r——— “Tammany” was a stirring cam- paign song. It proves nothing to com- pare with “Sidewalks of New, York.” [R———— In some respects it is a conserva- tive old world. Trouble is always brewing in the Balkans. ———— et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Viewpoints. The man who in a building dwelt With radiators warm. Wrote of the thrills explorers felt Amid the raging storm. The man who faced the bitter blast Told of the soft repose Where bland narcotics joined at last The perfume of the rose. “Tis thus that every man admires A struggling neighbor’s lot, And thinks the things he most desires Are those that he has not. 0ld and New. u will see many old friends when you return to Congress.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. | “But conditions have a way of chang- | ing. I'll also see some new enemies.” “Great monuments,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “were reared to commemorate vanities. Even an | Ezyptian pyramid proves to be a pub- it plant.” Relief. “What kind of relief do you de- mand?” “I dunno exactly,” answered Farmer Corntossel. *But if there is anything good goin' around, I want to have my application on file.” Jud Tunkins says a Thanksgiving turkey starts the thanks with the carv- The dealer who collects the price 'Much obliged Unostentation. “Can you sing ‘The Star Spangled ing. is too busy to s Banner’? " “Yes,” answered Mr. Wobble, long as T keep it down so that none of the surrounding choristers will notice that T am trying to sing. 0 “We would he hetter off,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “had our ancestors heeded the many wise words they spoke. Feelings Disgulsed. Belinda is good-natured now, No quarrels will she take up; None can discern a frowning brow Bencath her merry make-up. A man dat does his best,” said face when he shaves in de mornin’, which helps to staht de day right.” ——ee—. Not Indicated by Name. From the Detroit News Whenever a question in _biology brings up the name of Dr. Ales Hedlicka of Washington we always nave it in mind to ask whether the eminent doctor favors the lighter bev- | erages as indicated by the first name or complete reped as indicated by the B That Subsequent Concern. ym the Cleveland News. Kour investigations were started promptly to find out just what caused the Pittsburgh explosion. America [ with | shopping list | vouth NING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The childish delight of mankind to zet something for nothing begins in the early years, as might be expected: {1t is not so commonly realized that mMany persons never outgrow it. All children reach out their greedy hands for candy, toys, all bright and interesting things that come within their reach, expecting that anything which takes the eye must he theirs by divine right or nough it is so. The mode child lives in a perpetual holiday, as fond parents and acquaintances pile gift upon irt Little Johnnie laughs at the old <ong, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year!' Christmas comes every day or <0, and he knows it! At the worst, € every week or two, coincident Mother's trips downtown What have vou hought for the question, as Mother through the front door, laden with hundles The gift for the child upies an important Hlice on every and if it is overlooked, toars and wailing will be the order of the day. s e comes * ok ok % Many a grown-up, however, has as caseless an interest in getting some- thinc for nothing as the worst spoiled chile Iirst of all, it may be admitted that it is possible to get something for nothing. There is a school of thought which holds this to be as impossible 1s the discovery of the fountain of the transmutation of lead into old. or the invention of a genuine per- petual motion machine. We believe them to be wrong in relation to the ability to zet something for nothing, however. And mistaken in believing it to be wrong Ta the child tor nothing, in ing Tt gets something pure sense, in the loy care and vigilance of its parents who try their best to think of every: thinz to help it along the path of life, to sateguard its happy. he pure gift of something for noth- the return to the mother not he ine acconntable under any terminology as “pay.” In a_true sense the child gets some- thing for nothing, a great something which it has not yet earned, and in some cases never will merit. Much the same thing holds good in other human relationships are many women with pretty faces 1nd warped souls who receive admi tion without any return, who in a real sense get something for nothing Iivery one knows some seif-sacrific- ing man or woman ‘ominon human nature. who gives to some other one a precious gift for the giving, without thought of pa ment profit. The one who receives this benefit, far heyond his ability to repay, sure Iy gets something for nothing. * ok ok % wha' likes to nothing enjoys The man 5 get some- thing for no play quite so well as the one for which he | receives free tickets. _He will get.more simple satisfac- tion out of this play than from any number of those which he attends as the result of reaching down into BACKGROUND OF BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Knights of the Golden Fleece, at- tention! There will be a general mus- ter in Barcelona, Spain, in 192 which all Kings and ex-Emperors, knights ex-officio, will be present in full regalia—scarlet and purple. Also all presidents of republics of Europe— perhaps of the world. At that happy reunion, such as the world has not known since the reign of Charles Quint, in the sixteenth century, there will be a grand march, headed by former Emperor Wilhelm I, late of the German Empire, and by War President Poincare of France and ex-President Loubet of that same country. How the “buddies” will cele- brate the happy reunion! The Kings of Belglum, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Germany! What a delicate” question must be solved by the majordomo of King Al- fonso's castle in deciding the prece. dence of the royal and presidential dig- nitaries! Shall a mere plebeian presi- dent walk in advance of his majesty by divine right? King Alfonso will preside over the congress of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, for he is commander of the order in Spain. Who today is the commander of the order in Austria is a mystery. For the order now is twins, half being Spanish and half Austrian, where originally it was one great order “for the protection of the tate and church.” What church, while Wilhelm 1T and George 'V, the Protestants, are knights? What state, since today all royal and elected heads of kingdon and republics of Europe are members? And why is it called the Golden Fleece when it professes to have no intention to “flecce” anybody? * ok ok % Perhaps no incident of modern times has so clearly emphasized the tremen- dous change in world stat~eraft does this announcement that in 1 an attempt is to be made in that most backward of Furopean kingdoms, Spain, to revive the pomp and circum: stance of glorious royalty and bring )v;ll'k the trappings of the age of chiv- alry Time was when Kings of Furope maintained a_community of their own, quite apart from the life of the masses. All Kings addressel cach other as “Dear cousin,” and, in fact, most of them were actually cousins by birth. Their subjects lived in ar.ther world, or rather were born into this world only to serve' the interest o. the whims of their royal sovereigns. un- elected and ruling by uivine right. The World War brought into vivid horror the divisions which had risen in the aims and purposes of the Knights of the Golden Fle ce, for in-| stead of a union of strength to defenil the thrones and protect the Papal Church, which two aims were the iginal order, in con: knights” rule the piracy to conquer the other and with them conquer and world, * K ok % Wells, the elist and socialistic tells in his “Outlines early achievement vision, when all the under one rulership, whether royal or republican. But he depicts condi- tions precedent to that development First, the world must repudiate all present prejudices and attain a com- mon level of education—Darkest Africa and New All must abandon their present re- ligions, and all veligions will be merged into a new one, “simplified," H. Gl historlan, nov- dreamer, fore- of History” an of Wilhelm's world will be so that it will be neither Christian nor Buddhist. nor Mohammedan nor Jewish. Perhaps Mr. Wells knows just what his own faith is going to e, or possibly the Knights of the Golden Fleece will devis a creed which will embody the essence of all creeds—it such is conceivable by lay- men Then all mational patriotism will out of order, for there will be ations, and all the world will be but whether one republic or one cmpire under “Me und gott” Is not yet clear, and cannot be asserted until_“castles in Spain” open ‘heir Le no one- portals and lower their drawbridges | It has not been officially indicated that the United States will have even an ‘‘observer” at the conclave of the knights, although President down | and to make it | e lavished upon most babies | such crass | There | who ennobles our | York for example. his own pocket for the price of ad- wission. How his soul radiates good cheer |as the curtain goes up, he looks atound the uudience and computes the number of wights who have paid their hard-earned cash to see what he sees for nothins. He is in a tolerant mood. The pretty girl there—third from the left | —is unusually pretty ton ht. ¢ is good, the plot excellent | setting unequaled. It is a { —especially when telling about it mest day It is true that there may be one or [ two who come in on paper who find themselves fo to unusual vig ilance when it < to eriticizing the | free play, or the book which comes to { them unsolicitedq | The majority, however, have their fudgments temp by the joy tting somethinz for nothing. L The man who comes into the office with a gift hox of oranges is in an ex ellent position to observe human na ture in the raw. Men who would think nothing at all of blowing in a twenty-dollar bill on a theater and good dinner after. ward would hold up their hands in horror at the mere suggestion that l?}(’v l’\\l!"l‘h se a whole box of oranges 1 one time. The the fine show some one 1 NOVEMBER 22 of | 1927, NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM Wil own BOOKS Little, KINGDOM OF Dana Orcutt. THE liam & Co. was I that books from pretty ving apart are say is, manner. theme, much content, alike. | is simply a collection of printed gathered up in orderly fashion tween a couple of lids more or caleulated to stand the wear and tear of ordinary usage. It has a titl page. a table of contents, mavbe an index, maybe illustrations, probably a “jacket” of flamboyant design. The e husiness of the book is to deliver its content of thought over to th reader. It belongs to the great de mocracy of print, a domain in which there are no casies, no orders. And |there vou are. Just then William Dana Oreutt came by, in his hand a volume that needed no second to prove the oracle of a minute before, ume old victim to half-informa- 1t the most of us ar “Distinetion,” applied either to man himselt or to his achievements, repre- s an elusive quality, an essence ult to analyze and define. It is, however, immediately sensed and ap- preciated, even though not quite fully understood. The volume that Mr. Orcutt holds out for inspection, “The Kingdom of Books"—just as a mere ages be- less Perhaps this is the reason why their eyes glisten at the mere sight of the box of golden fruit, with its Lop ripped off, and the aroma of sun- shine filling the air. Not 4 man in the office is willing | to miss the treat, so ingrained in our common nature js the lesire to get something for nothing. The super optimist may say that this intense \HI}.IIV; S8 Lo accept of the proffered fruit shows the kind heart of the ivesage man. Kind fellow. he simply cannot hear to offend the donor! All the time this kind feliow simply and solely intent on his share of the fruit before his mates inake away with the contents of the hox. | * ok ok ok Probably something of lure of the public libraries feeling that one is getting something for nothing, free food for the mind, free entertainment for the soul. This would be another indication of { the good inherent in this universal desire. It cannot be overemphasized | that this delight of mankind in getting something for nothing is natural and right. Why shouldnt one get something for nothing now and then? the lies in the and-take “proposition, a ledger which the price of every every service, every gift, every activ |1ty is invariably set down to the right. | _Every one knows, in his larger mo- ments,” that life is something more than mathematical. These appropri ate penalties may prevail, but along- side of them lies another which Is the hope of mankind. In it are kept the list of the ameni. ties of life, the thousand and one gifts of mankind to mankind. of God to man and of the Creator to Himself. Only by keeping this list in view shall ‘we ‘come to our full stature as human beings. EVENTS upon vet this has nothing to do with the League of Nations and it is not cov- ered by the Monroe Doctrine. * ok ok ok The motto of the Knights of the Golden Fleece is_ inspiring—to Latin scholars. It is “Pretium laborum non | which, being interpreted, mean “The reward of labor is not cheap. That does not refer to high wases of unionists. The slogan was meant to inspire the early knights with the idea that it they hustled they would reap rich rewards—or at least their sov- ereizns would. The order was founded by Philip 111, Duke of Burgundy and the Nether lands, at Bruges, in 1429, to celebrate his marriage with Isabella, daughter of King John T of Portugal. It was an order of highest rank, with the original membership of only 24 Knights. Today neither Portugal nor the Netherlands has any connection with it. The “golden fleece” was the skin of a goat—a mythical goat of an- clent Greek mythology, a goat with wings of gold, which could outfly any modern aviator ace. That symbolic animal was chosen because it repre. sented ancient chivalr _History relates that Jason had lost his throne, even as William of Two Eves, and he sought to regain it. The gods told him that he could never wield a_scepter until he hrought back the golden fleece, of unmeasured value, | which hung in the treasure room of his powerful grandfather, King Cretheus. So one of Jason’s volunteer heroe: named Argus built a great ship, under the guidance of the goddess of wi dom,” Athena, and he named it the 50, In that vessel a band of heroes sailed to Cretheus' capital and offered to trade golden treasures for that bunch of goat hair. That was the first Argonaut. King Cretheus cunningly agreed to surrender the fleece, provided the claimants would participate in a bull- fight with two fierce bulls hich breathed fire, tame the bulls and hitch them to a plow, with which they must plow an acre and sow it with dragons’ teeth. The teeth would come up as armed warriors, whom the seck- crs for the golden fleece must slay or be slain by them. 1o hhe bullfight must h o0 Spaniards, but the fighting againe: dragons® teeth may have. a“:l‘fe;l)‘:rm:::: Dificance today for the ex-Kings and Jason, the hero who song o golden flecce, and with it his k‘i::;‘;\](‘vv’l‘) was in_despair at the prospect of death fighting the warriors of the dragons' " teeth, until Medea. (he | daughter of Cretheus, sent him a com- forting message bidding him to take {courage. to throw the teeth behind {him and when they grew into war- {riors just to loss a stone among | them. " That would end his troubles Ig‘m-' I'!M \\'flrhm lvhon would turn to zhting each other il Y wer [ xniing, eact until they were ave appealed oK ok X Now " : that the scheme of the Span- ish bullfight which ie being ]\I:HLV:G:I by King Alfonso? Will the dethroned Kings throw stones at the nations and set them to opposing each other until Ithe golden fleece is won and thrones regained? If Alfonso were a more formidable Kinz himselt one might well fem that he was conspiring with the mod ern dethroned princes to “pull the wool over the eyes" of the nations, hut who can conceive that of Alfonso? Is he a bolshevik? Will Wilhelm dare leave Holland ‘or the Spanish feast? Out of bound Will King George and the Kings and ~x-Kings of Europe dare leave their thrones to seek castles in Spain? \nd if they do, and if and when ymebody tosses a stone or “an apple discord” into the world's defenses, , vill_the nations turn to rend each other, instead of protecting the peace f humanity events, prudence w <ainst disarming before seeing in what becomes of the golden ece and the dragons’ teeth of com- unistic “internationalism.” (Copyright 1927 by Paul V. Collins.) oo Up-to-Date Jurisprudence. ‘tom the Cleveland News. Cincinnatl reports don't indicate that rns getting | good | Life ought not to be forever a give. | pleasure, | olumn | object to take in hand, to feel, to see—possesses a cl distinction, whose chief elements are proportion. size suitable to its proposed use, color ind design of its outside decoration paper conveying to hand and eyve the cifect of a fine and finished fabric, type that melts into the text itself or | | 1ssues from it an inherent part of the thought. The whole is like a picture where restraint | srved the uses of art. “The Kingdom of Books® an object lesson drawn off from r Oreutt’s long and zealous “quest (ol the perfect book™—a modi fied and adapted to the purpose of |creating a more general interest in the physical beauty and worthiness of he bock itself as a product of modern it t lesson £ AW “The Kingdom of Bool a guide through the realm of book makir No, no, not a dreary and uninspiring domain! Oh, no, not a dull and arduous journey! You will fire to it at once, provided vou set out in the good company of Mr. Orcutt | himself.” Listen to him for a_minute at the door of the outfaring: “All my llife T have been secking a_Baedeke | to the Kingdom of Books. The lonser I seek, the more clearly 1 understand the collaboration such a zuide book would demand. and the tervitory it have to cover. But what a it would he! The papyrus of Egypt and the paper of China wonld unfold the before my very eyes: the ancient seribes and the skilled minator would transinit to me the responsibility they accepted in giving to the thought of man an appropriate vehicle; the jewelers and goldsmiths of the Byzantines would reveal the fact that even solid gold, inlaid with precious stones, was not considered too vstly material for enshrining that most priceless gem of all in the covers they wrought. ““Then the master printers of the fifteenth century would tell me how the printing press brought this gem of thought within the reach of others than the wealthy patrons, and of the persistent and courageous efforts they made still to hold the setting true. It would be a lengthy story, for it must cover the history of civilization: but I should find each page more fascinating than a novel. Most guide books are useful only when my is, in effec ! would volume workers makers | seerets tucked under " arm as [ journey the world over; this one Kingdom of . where. on a cheerful b could study the leisure and com characters of would bring the 0oks to my own librar; Winter's night, with in the fireplace, [ monuments at my mune with the great their periods in the aling exam ples they have left behind.” To those who, having tried both, declare the book route of travel to afford satis- factions not attainable in the actual journeying itself this hook comes as sumptuous adventure through the ar centuries and the distant lands that gave origin and rise to the art of printing and bookmaking. Here by way of exciting vicarious adven- ture you will search dim and unfre- quented corners of old hook shops in many a pieture ue and exotic quar- ter. Out from these there will come to you hy way of this ardent adven- tuter and guide the goodly company of “prime ministers to the book"— Gutenberg, Aldus Manutius, the llzevirs, John Baskerville, Willlam Morris and another and another, each offering out of his own period the pired products of the great- ast of all arts, that of printing. Here are sketches of the modern masters of typography. Here finally is the book itself in full dr Here, too, comes, the hook, a personality com- plete. In the guise of a happy out- aring here is a budzet of instru tion, useful and awakening, upon a theme that through historical fact, comparative illustrations. embodied personalities and plain_joyous adven- ture becomes, by way of William Dana Oreutt, a vital and fascinating study that, even to the average reader, matter that invites to further knowl edge, to further appreciation and en- joyment. * %k X X NTAMERONE: Tales. Giovanni_Basile. lated by Sir Richard Boni & Liveright. It is now just about since Giovanni Basile, gentleman of taste and leisure, was wandering through Italy in search of native fairy tales and folk lore, tradi- tions and legends, such as everywhere the people of the sofl hold in trust, a precious heritage from the far past for the enrichment of all future time. take it that B like the writer of our ¢ ring here and there for material or local color or other whatnot of foundation for hi work. And we may assume that, finally, his pockets (or their equivalent 300 years agzo) bulging with stor) stuff, Basile returned and set himself to the plainly happy task of creating 'he Tale of Tale: “Il Pentamer- one,” in frank im. s to title of “I1 Decamerone’ imitation as to general method and manner also. A big bool Here are five days of story-telling to appease a captious woman and incidentally to give her trembling spouse a moment of peace now and then between whiles—a way they used to have to provide occasion for such magnificence of recital, as we know by our own youthful adventures in The Arabian Night There is nothing new here. Jakob Grimm him- self is authority for the fact that the tales are “all taken from existing tra- dition.” But, nevertheless, these are “homely, humld, imperishable, delec table storfes,” according to William A. Drake, whose sketch of Basile and his work is a most interesting and useful introduction—critical and_historical to the volume itself. Tales were “a precious bagsage™ in those old days when books were scarce and readers were more scarce. Vivid, meaty robust they reflected the time and the place of their theme and substance as noth- ing else could. When Sir Richard Burton took upon himself the task of translating Basile, the prime purpose of his effort was to hold fast to the spirit of the work, to preserve its as- tonishing imagery, even its extra zance, to keep the charm of the man undiminished, to reproduce his zest of life, not to lose his loving intimacy with the native surroundings. It is over 30 years since Burton presented Basile to English and American read- ers through a linflted edition. To the The Tale of Trans- Burton. L. PE 300 year: | rospsctive jurors are asked whether is always efficient when it comes to' Coolidge and former President Taft|they have conscientious objections to investigaiions. are eligibles as knights. Perhaps not, | being tampere ‘vllh. reader of tales, to the student of liter- ature as it is affected by the vicissi- tudes of time and place and changing as | A book as such, so he went on, | illu- | opens up the beauty of true art of a | Neapolitan | Il sile was hehaving much | BY FREDERIC J. HASK Q. When retire from A. In 1908, did the Harold Bell Wright ministry?—D. C. Q. What is a prairie schooner?— Vv M. D { used colloquiall the ed States it refers to a lonz can. | Ny by | sovered wagon used espe smigrants crossing the prairies. ewish farmers Sy, Agriculture Society number of Jewish farmers increased from about 1,000 in 1900 to almost 00 in 1 are Goodwin Q. Are there man the United S The Jewish reports that the in A Q W Where Sands?— M These dangerous hout 5 miles east of Kent, England from which they are separated b the Downs ey are opposite Deal ind Sandgate. Near them.the Dutch fieet defeated the British fleet in 1652 she are rma »unda I give me some tion about the World Peace tion.—H. C. L. A. The World Founda known until 1911 as the Internation School of Peace, was founded by win Ginn of on, Mass., in 1903 Its object is to bring about by edu- cation through the college, the pre the pulpit and the platform peace and better order of the world The management is vested in a board of trustees, a board of directors (cor responding to the facdlty of a col- | iege) and an advisory council, the i | dividual members of which are hizh national and international repu 1tion. Q Peace 308 of Q. Was vinegar used in Bible times When was it first used in France, i land and the United States?—P. A, Vinegar wi first made wine. as its name idicates. at mote period. Biblical writers tioned it, and Hippocrates used a medicine. By the sixteenth Vinegar from grapes was being pro- dueed 1n France for home consump- tion and for export. In England vin sar was first made from malt liquors a method of disposing of ale and beer Which had soured. For this reason it | was known as “alegar.” Although this name has long since become obsolcte. malt_vinegar is still the standard in the British Isles. It is not known just when vinegar was first made in the United States, certainly vers early as a home product. ng A°N from a re: men it ntury Q. How much should a mature collie 2. 0. H. A. The weight for shou'ld approximate 60 pounds, the bitch 50 pounds. The collie stand ard requires that males of the breed measure about 24 inches at the shoul der and the females approximately 22 inches Q. consic vol mature dog Why was the Battle of Sa d the turning point itionary War?—G. ¢ A. One authority explains “For ance w aid should be extended to the zling republie. Accordingly, an ind fleet were dispatched from France and thereafter the French had an important part in the struzgle.” of the it thus trug- the | nd | \toga convinced then that | | Q. What city in South America i paved with black and white tile?— D. K. A. Manv of the streets of Rio d Janeiro are paved with black ani \white tile, often in the form of grace ful curves and other fantastic fig Q. wis A Please tell something abont the 1 Clark expedition,—H. .1 The Lewis and Clark exped | was conducted by Meriwether Lew |and William Clark.” These tu were sent out by President | to explore the Louisiana Territory, | Which had just been purchased from France. Between the years 1304 and 1506 they penetrated from the Mis. | sissippi River through the territ now comprising M . Kansas | braska North h Dal Montana, Idaho. m and ( gon to the Paci They the first whi en to cross tha tinent. Q. nated which Univers | in Indiana is located?— A. The University of was founded in 1342, and chartercd by the State Legislature two vears later. TIts foundation was due to the missionary zeal of the Very Rev. 1d ward Frederick Sorin, €. 8. C. The land now occupied by the university was doeded by the Bishop of Vin- cennas on condition that a college be built thereon within twe years. Q wil mercur before ‘LLY Ne \ta, and Washir | e Ocean Who upan M vtre Dame an electric fan in a thermometer hangin ?—H. R The Bureau as a rule, blowing on hava no essential iy, If a very ter is placed in fre howe pera heated lower the of Standards savs air from an electric A thermometer effect on the mer sensitive thermome the er, cause a slizht rise in ten e, inasn the 1 | a first to When was ths erhit computed gravitation?— the ots law according e A. The comet of 1650 was the first one whose orbit was computed en the hasis of the law of gravitation. Newton mada the ecaleulations and found that its period of revolution was about 600 vears. At its perihelion it passed through the sun's corona at a distance of only 140,000 miles from |its surface. Tt flew along this part | of its orbit at the rate of 370 miles per second, and its tail. 100.000.600 miles lonz. changed its direction correspond with the motion of comet in its orbi the Find out whatever you want to know. There is no room. for ignorance in this busy world. The person who | loses out is the one who guesses. The rson who acts on is alirays the one who acts upon reliable information. This paper employs Frederic J. Has- kin_to conduct an information bureau in Washinagton for the free use of the public. There is no charge. except 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any facts you | desire. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic JJ. Haskin, ! Director, Washington, D. C. ‘Borah Dry-Law But Political The Jemand made by Senator Borah that the Republican party declare itself in support of prohibition, Ie ing the field open for the Democr to upnold the opposing position if they so desire, has resulted in words of commendation for his position, but doubt that such action is possible. Many papers believe that neither pa iy is likely to respond to such appeals, intimating that in the next campaigh the prohibition question will be voided “In (he next Republican conven- tion.” predicts the Syracuse Herald (independent), “the country will wit- ness, o far as the prohibition question is concerned, another exhibition of the worst kind of cowardice—the coward- ice of evasion and silence. And it is as sure as sunrise that the Democratic national convention, which will prob- ably come later, will follow the Repub- lican example.” °‘The Chattanocoga News (independent Democratic) also takes the position that both parties will be called upon to face this issue, and concludes, “Attempts té dodge or gloss it over will not be misunder- stood by those who engage in lives of crime.” Suggesting that the coming cam- paign ‘would be very interesting in- deed 1f one party were to g0 wet and the other dry as to candidate, plat- form and intent in case of success.” the Cleveland News (independent Re- publican) declares: “But no such test in prospect. Republican and Demo- cratic politicians are far from wish- ing party ranks to be split by any such issue. And prohibition politicia seem even more bitterly opposed to any further voting on the reform, though they call it a fruit of majority rule.” “It is the most absorbing political question before the people today the opinion of the New Bedford ard (Republican), which continues: There is more talk about it, more gen- uine interest in it. than in any other issue, What Mr. Borah asks is that the parties say just where they stand with regard to it. They won't, of cour: and it is easy to see why they won't. But that does not alter the fact that it would he the honest thing to do. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (independ- ent) holds that “it is with political trimmers that Mr. Borah will have to struggle in the next national conven- tion nless all signs fail, these men will heat Mr. Borah precisely as the trimmers of the Democratic party will beat those who would put into the Democratic platform an honest and in- telligent prohibition plank.” i The position taken by Mr. Borah is viewed by the Spokane Spokesman- Review (Republican) as the one which it has taken from the beginning. That paper adds: “It respects the citizen who says, ‘I do not believe in prohi- bition and I stand on my constitu- tional right to advocate repeal of the cighteenth amendment. But, until that amendment is repealed, I shall stand for enforcement of the law and shall support the authoritics who are enforcing it Unfortunately the wet rdvocates who take that sound posi tion are but a minor fraction of the sition. The great mass of them sion and nullification.” The people themselves,” according to the Watertown Daily Times (Re publican). “do not lack courage. They are willing to meet an issue squarely face to face. And they have the right to expect the same amount of cou from their party leaders.” The nta Constitution (Democratic) also remarks, “Our position is that of Sen- ator Borah and we congratulate him, a great dry leader that he is, for his courageous statements as to a situa tion that is striking at the very vitals of our national life.” The Topeka “Washington and the Nation have plenty of leaders who are wedded to ‘mere political expediency’; it will not have too many Borahs.” Yet the Trenton (independent) argues: “The only pos- sible justification for a party plank re lating to prohibition would he a desire to alter the existing law in such a vening Times modes of production, the reissue of the volume in available form by its admission to “The Black and Gold Library” of Boni & Liveright will be in the nature of a literary event of more than passing importance. Daily Capital (Republican) feels !hal‘ Demand Lauded Results Doubted |manner_that _its enforcement would be possible. Many people believe that the failure of the present dry law is due to the extravagant limitations which it places upon what are gen- erally considered personal rights. Sane revision. legally proposed, would be a reasonable party aim. * ok ik “None of the outstanding prospects for the Republican nomination,” ac- cording to the Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratic), “can be looked upon as what might be called dry. * * * The Republican leaders are not prepared to abandon their ancient bases in the st and cast their fortunes wholly with the West, and the kast is wet. None of this is lost to Senator Borah. It is, on the contrary. probably because of this condition that he thrusts his demand for a bone-dry pose on his party. It is extremely unlikely that there will be any such revolutionary disposition, but. if ‘there should be, the logical leader of the party would be "Mr. Jorah. It is a long change, but the | only one for him. Borah's party a iates,” says New York World (independent), I not thank him for his advice upon platform making. They have troubles of their own. As for the peo- ple in general, they will not be sreatly impressed by the spectacle of a states man who butts his head against an unyielding wall of public opinion in- stead of devoting his power and his j gift of leadership to the task of finding | some way out of the impasse to which. in this matter, we most unhappily have come.” The Springfield Union (Republican) s«uggests, “We can agree with him that such a frank recognition of the issue would be in the highest desree honorable and courageous. and that it is demanded by the circumstances. and yet we cannot escage the susp that, were there any probability t cither party would so recognize Senator Borah would forsake seck something more improba quite impossible. and that his cl voice would ring in eloguent for it. An explanation from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (independent Demo- cratic) is: “Senator Borah leads oppo- sition to the farm influence in the Middle West to acquire strength in the Republican East. He calls for a party declaration on enforcement of the prohibition amendment to acquire strength in the West. * * & Asx iuggler, Senator Borah is a man of TS, The Scranton Times (Demo cratic) agrees that his “party asso viates will not thank him,” while the, Milwaukee Journal (independent) asks, *Is this going to he a veal fizht or only another Borah fight?” and the Daven- port Democrat (Democratic) remarks that ““Senator Borah has demonstrated his ability to stir up the animals again.” UNITED STATES N WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today it, to or rion pleas Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder in announcing new regulations to draft boards throughout country says viec- tory rests with soldiers and chal- lenges those who regard industry as our chief weapon. He declares the United States shall not confine itself to baking bread and sharpening swords. * * * American transports col- | lide in submarine zone and then es cape U-boat attack. * * ° American | Mission, headed by Col. House, ar- rives in Paris. * * * United States in notifying Germany of alien restric- tions will argue that this country is doing no more than Germany did to Americans long ago. * * * More than 200 Amerlcan idlers, former ambu lance drivers, are rounded up in Paris and given choice of enlisting in the Army or returning home. * * * Fort Myer turns out 900 new officers who will go into active service at once. * * ¢ Germany bars zone around the Azores on ground that the islands have become “important hostile bases of Atlantic navigation.” * * * British forces are consolidating the gains made In yesterday's crushing attacks. German counter-attacks to regaln ground prove vain.