Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1927, Page 6

e ————————————————————————— e "THE EVENING STAR With Sunduy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.. @=:ember 17, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 1ith & ana Fennsel New York Office: 110 Fast 43nd St. Chicago Office” Tower Buildine. Furopean Office: 14 Rezent St.. London Ensland nia Ave ‘The Evening Star with the Sundag marn e edition fs deliverad hy carriers within the city At 60 cents per month: dailv only 45 cents per month: Sundare (nly 20 cents o0, montn, Orders ha sant hy metl o elephone Main 8000 Colietion is made by earrier at end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Ady aryland and Virgini E"‘ v and Sunday....1or $a00 1 1yr. 8600 inday oniv. ., .. vr 8300 “1ma 1 mo 1 mo All Other States and Canada., B‘ v and Sunday | vr $1200: 1 mo $1.00 aily onls 1or. 800 1 mo. k.2 Sunday only vr. $400°1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press ta sxclpsiyely e 0 the iise for republication of all new at hes cradited 16 it or not otherwiss er ted in this naner and alo tha local news v hliched Rorin ATl piehts of m O enreial @inatches herein are alen | ion sanived S 'THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, 7. ©. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1927. the press S0 far discuss the agents, prosperity, the new Ford known he did quisition of Sisler, but doubt omething pleasant and interest to it questioned on that topic. He the Rritish lsles eventuully with the saloon. just buil-baiting or that they prohibition car as nat less would have had say declared would do away as fhey have witch-burning, but added never would 1 ndertake When an automobile press agent tried him fnto posing with some he horrified? Did eve fire? Not taughed and ot out with to inveig! chorus girls his episcopal much! He just of it gracefully. was shoot of Americdn cities, including Chicago. Were a certain ervant of he might sibly learn something from this distinguished visitor that would be ta his advantage rmees Golden Chances. An apnual institution of e constru A Decade of Community Centers. Ten vears ago was started in Wash- | dnzton a movement to make fuller use | by the community of the school plant. | which provided specifically for public education of the younger generation. | representing a serious economic loss | in long periods of idleness. To night is celebrated the tenth anniver-| sary of the establishment of commu nity centers through the opening of the | schools fo 1t will | profit the people of the Capital to at-| its community uses. tend this celebration at the Central| bublic aid. In every instance it m..}mwa SRS e High School and to witness the denion | aid have been presented by tive generosity comes again, with th Christmas season, hefore the Washington, in the form of the regu lar announcement of the “Fourtecn Opportunities.” selected cal of families in need the Asso. ciated Charities as specific in which direct aid can be given, witn | dollar the the assurance that every m direct to main Thes every tributed will go tenance of the cases are carefully chosen. i heneficiaries. In aid ix not rendered the family will be e | fa Basemin George | the streets cannot be turned over to| them exclusively, and they should be | lations that pro | the ! people of | hut Year after year these of | instancos | tance there is positive necessity for | etrations of the activities which have | broken, the home will be destroyed, | resulted from this organization. Fol.| Jowing a dinner, to be presided over | by Commissioner Dougherty, there | will be a program in the auditorium. | with motion pictures and music, with | dancing in the armery. social games | and square dancing in the girls’ gym. | nasium. and a basket ba'l game in the | boys' gymnasium. This “open house,” | from § to 11 o'clock, will be a demon. [ al centers stration of some of the activities car ried on by the community throughout the District. The real significance of this slon lies in the fact that the city of Washington is practically ren»wmx| one of its ewn accomplishments and | taking an inventory of the resulis achieved by community centers in ten | years. It is believed that these cen- | ters in the National Capital nearer to realizing the ideals of com munity centers than do those in other cities, especially in their use by civic organizations and the buildng of defi mite cultural and reereational programs for the people of the community. Ac- eording to a late calculation, 722 cit townships and villages in this country are using school buildings as commu- pity centers. Besides the District, there are thirty-two States that have laws providing for community w of school buildings, advancing the ideals of local democracy, economic self-sup- - port, the development of neighborhood Jite, providing a focus for community interests whether social, educational political or business. It is unquestionable that these cen- ters have quickened community life. have broadened the mutual acquaint- ance of the people, have afforded out- lets for talents hitherto suppressed or undeveloped, have given encourage- ment to the spirit of organization and have developed leadership and co-op eration on the part of the people of | ‘Washington. { It is desirable, therefore, that this “tenth anniversary should be marked by a large attendance at tonight's pro- grams in the largest of the buildings that have been opened under the law for public recreational and cultural purposes. For with understanding of | what has been accomplished will come fuller realization of the opportunity | which this institution affords for wholesome community advancement. | et | One of the greatest compliments a | Latin American community can pay | *a distinguished visitor is to arrange | & bull fight for him. regardiess of | whether he likes bull fighting or nm.i Possibly the U. 8. A. will arrange, in | a reciprocal spirit. to provide a prize | fight for the special entertainment of an honored guest from abroad R R A Broad-Minded Bisho, A Dbishop elerzyman. sense, and ability viewpoint are marks then the Right Rev. Deane, Lovd Bishop of Abe d»fllvnml‘ Orkney, in Scotland, now visiting in ‘\\nnhmgmn. is fully entitled to the church! rank he enjoys. Time was when a Calcdonian cler man was supposed to be able 1o turn milk to clabber with a look, while # Bcottish bishop did not feel he was doing his duty to his church and his Jock unless he played the part of a cross between a revivalist and a wet blanket. There ceptions, of | ecourse, but this seems heen the general rule. Apparently it different today. The native sense humor of the Scot, long ed. seems desirable eyes of the clergy and laity alike. Bizhop Deane, in the short time he has been in the National Capital, h maid number caleuls 1o endear cosmopolit yesidents has —and there is no reason to doubt him—an intense admiration for America and things American. He wants to hear Senator Borah speak. He with Maver William Hale Thompson over eighteenth century history ing out that Scotland herself had little | use for George 111, but thinks V should not he | acutely because he happens to hear the same Christian name Big Bill. | he declares. repted in the British | Isles with utmost good humor That may. may not, he a deli yway of putting his conviction as to| the superiority of Britain's good sense and discrimination In an interview given Friday come | | | | | p. | of a| horse of humor her fellow’s of superic Frederick uperior plain is a i o1 bod. nse and tolerance, to zet the were ¢ to have i f unappreciat a virtue in the a of things ed him its n He savs he declines point orge made 1o suffer | is the Ate to A representative of The Star, the visiting | éivine discussed such widely diverse topics as prohibition. H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, the cities of Boston aod New York, companionate rpar- to be the sole arbiters of the trafic mend’ | ot t | their | into which to crowd children will be separated from theiw parents, to be cared for in institutions or aged or infirm per will e forced to subsist upon impersonal, in stitutional charity. It is always gratifying to give to s specific purpose. These Fourteen Op portunities furnish such a means of giving. While no names are ever men tioned, and the actual identities of the beneficiaries of the charity are hidden from the public, it is assured that any ne who designates a gift to any one of the fourteen cases is contributing specifically to that and that ns particular use, In some instances the wage earner he family is ill, the income has stopped, the needs, of course, continue. the children must have food and cloth ing and the house must be heated. Just a little regular assistance during the coming year will keep that home intact. Or the father had died, and the widow her family; she needs help at the stari to reorganize her life. Or a woman with seven children, deserted by a recreant hushand, must be given : hand to tide her over the difficulties. There are many variants of the old, old story of misfortune, betrayal and sickness, Kvery one of these fourteen casss | has been thoroughly investigated, and each of them is known to be worthy The assurance given by the Associated Charities suffices for the public. There | is never any question merit. If the giver cannot decide which of the four- | teen to select he may give to all, his donation being distributed throughout | | Dearborn Independent obliged to sus- the list, It these fourteen are not helped by this direct means they must be cared for out of the general funds collected during the year. If they are all supplied to the amount of $15,050, which is the total of this year's requisi- tion for these cases, the burden that rests upon the city’s organized charity agencies will be materially lightencd. 1t is only a question of whether these exceptionally appealing instances tamily need are to be appropriated by the community specifically in vance or funded through deficiency bills. hese Opportunities are always met It is the hope that they will be met | this year by Christmas morning. The time is short, but the task can be uc complished in The week that remains Washington has nmever yet neglected these Opportunities, and will not n lect them now. cases ol for a1l It is well known that eriminals revel in notoriety and are fond of seeing pictures in print. The cusiom of calling all thieves “bandits” and signing fancy nicknames to them have its share of responsibility crime waves. Thirteenth Street Parking. Merchants on Thirteenth strect have been complaining bitterly over loss of husiness since the teattic regula tion barring angle parking went inio effect. The Thirteenth Street Business Men's Association, composed of chants in the downtown section street, has conducted a poll members on the question with a <ult that only five out of sixty-one vot ing approved the change to parall Phe merchants, in their com that they were new mer a parking. int malntain as | sessed heavily for the wideninz of the of ample thoroughfare, that the object the increased width was to supply parking space lews street travel, and that the regul tion has been changed solely at the b hest of the bus companies. There is no guestion but that angl | to the smooth e heini parking is a detriment flow of trafh acked in and out inevitably travel. But it ix likewise evident thit street | anzle parking s more cars than does pi dizsdvantages are more than balance ny cars that under regulation would roaming the streets, their drivers d <ufficient spar ‘Thirteenth street exceptionally wide 11 oughfare, and if thers ix any place in o parking this street. take care of mw El parallel parking e insolately seeking now un | the city where | missible it | must pedited by the authorvities It is an im tant part of the city’s business lifs apparent, however, that the is per g il he ex 1 travel, of course, e It transit companies cannot be atlowed | yez there will be no deduction | from that gift for the cost of organized | | charity sdministration. is struggling to maintain | |i! Apparent viage, subwavs, plumbing, press ! regulations. They are now given large and | spaces for the busses to stop at the varfous intersections, and bus travel is | possible way. Bat | itated in every willing to accept reg vide the greatest good for the greatest | number, This situation on Thirteenth str draws atiention to the steadily decreas {ing amount of parking space for the | passenger automobile. Washington i< axceedingly fortunate that parking in the downtown section is still permii overflowing with taxicahs new ted. Rut [ hack stands . husiness entr | anthorized daily. large spaces for load | ing and unloading at the end of each Bishop Dexne intends (o visit 2 score jpjock and huge cleared sections for hus stops te owner finds him self a the y difficult in position when he Peepul” snjoying high rank out there | | boc 4 downtown stop of a mentality above that of the fifth- | grade pupils whose patriotism he 1% gagied district parl 0 nobly striving to keep untarnished. [igyag, hut until that time arrives every all f cou ng Sooner or later, <. con will abol [ ftart_ should be made to protect from encroachment the small amount of | space available. 1t | that angle parking should be allowed n all that of sufcient width to permit only the maxi mum amount of free.running traf the maximum space for stopped is streets are not automobiles. ——— Red Tags. “Radges of shame,” or red lic tags, are proposed for all automobiles | whaea owners are held at fault in a cidents. The suggestion was advanced th nl Safety Chieago, and claime are made that it a | The idea is basically nnsound can be no point in permanently penal- nsed Iy Public Sch Leagne of has found wide support There aps has o a minor accident due solely to taka in judgment. It has often heen that every automobile operator, before profjeient, must have ona or twe minor scrapes. and it that to a stigma permanently on such a driver too great a punishment. Of course, for the less a red tag might p for others to get out of the way, but this kind of driver should never be al. lowed behind the wheel of a motor car. examinations for permits and more severe treatment hy police and courts will do more to im- prove conditions than any set of red tage in the world e mis- he becomes place habitually ove a warning e reck Stricter operator There is nothing new in the rumor that money was placed at the disposal of United States Senators, which they did not accept. It is a matter of na tional pride that such experiences are not uncommon in the history of legis- lators, Public thought is keeping earlier hours. The luncheon address and even the breakfast chat may exercise more influence than the most eloquent afterdinner speech, oo Whether he goes campaigning or not, Charles E. Hughes may count on being kept emploved on important matters by a country that appreciates efficiency. Florida has dispensed with brass hands and auctioneers for the present and seems disposed to allow the nat. —————— proceed without artificial stimulation. e Tt was the irony of fate to find the pend just when Henry Ford was plac- ing his largest advertising or ————— Women who kill their husbands and write statements dispose of the old idea that a woman cannot aim a gun [ o sharpen a penen. e The unkindness shown hy the Mis- ssippi might entitle the relentless stream to he known as the stepmother of waters, SHOO B TING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Tmmutability. The streets have changed, crowd Moves through A greater the thoroughfare so proud. Where buildings rise in heauty fine Along the far extended line, Where once good horses plodded slow, And now the motors swiftly go. Yet Santa. as he plays the game, “Human nature’s just AV the ame.’ The children love the dear old toys. The grown folk seck the honest That through the centuries brought cheer joys. To family or Thouzh strange. Ax distant skylines shift What great importance claim, triends so dear. landmarks yield to prospects nd range; can Since human nature’'s just the same! i combined with friction | slow up | allel that its| | by irs advantages. Anzle parking will| A Word of Kindness. ‘Is there anything to be said for a man who uses large sums of money 1| in an election” “Well - he answered Senator Sorghum, n usnally claim to leave politics than when he 2 poorer man tered it. | Holiday Hesitatio An honest human heing lends A stalwart cheer extensive, Ud rather have my mortal friends. A myth is too expensive, Jud Tunkins the says one of the heroes | of hour the thiough the shops trying t thing wife really Christmas gift i man tind some his for wa a Reliel. Wanted. “You are in need of relief?” answered Farmer Corntos. “The radio’s out of order and the Hivver's fr ) that we can’t get to the motion pictures.” 1 am, sel ze. “A fault Ho, the s an unpardon; <aid he too often forgiven, of Chinatown le habit.! i suge Lingering Sweetness, noenrly shopper hastens to the tore. And then he AU pay day comes. shopx <ome m “When ' urn,” Iy no gift at all. gift in re- yoh gift ain W an invest 3 n this theory nee | ural increase in real estate values to, they | | | | | and have only {klass | evening's | glass affaivs will not en- | elaim iz filed later. wandering | «jq, {to | tificate executed | employment THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Lite is not made up entirely of zrand moments nor do statesmen. even. think only of matters of state. The surprising humanity of human comes home to one when he the following letter wriiten hy in Washington Leings reads an Englishman Denr Sir g e just read your That' reference to tobaccs g from Manchester, Kngland bheen in the 1 8 A lasxt, 1 am a passiona pipe smoker and, nnfortunately, I left my earthenw tobaceo jar in Eng land. What a coincidence “On SKunday 1 went around 1 tobacconists, also souvenir “This and in rs. am since August to sev ) shop Linquiring for an earthenware tohae offeved the not a patch on it was nes. wh irthenware | 1 read veour article in this aper, The Evening Star, to m regular subscriber, vou e how pleased 1 was to others ave been looking ame article searched for vesterday, but in vain “Now, it has just occurred to me that you might ha able to give me the address of the store where I can pur chage a tobaceo jar made of green pottery. Thanking you in anticipa- tion, Yours truly, “WILLIAM L. * % % % indeed, cven at Christ to find a real tobacco jar. Let explorers track through the North, and fearless pioneers e the tempests of air. Others will persist in their real tobaceo jars, An honest jar, where shall one find jar, the “When which T ean i find th for the &l 1 It is a task mas time, it Every knows that the clear do. One would smoker not go so far as to sa itself, Is ugly, that from the eve. Tobacco unsmoked is pleasant, aro- matic; tobaceo “dead” is fit_only for the ash receiver, or the garbage can (preferably the latter), Whether fresh or smoked, however, the “Indian weed,” as they used to 1 it over in England. is not partic- ularly handsome, per se. No one ever hung up a clear glass of tobacco as an art object, eally believed that fine, medium or coarse ground tobacco enhanced the appearance of a living room. Fverything else being equal, an opaque jar i better than u transparent one. We have no quarrel with those who fancy the clear glass jars, but solemnly believe that nine out of ten men, given their preference, will choose an earthenware metal jar of some sort. it must be hid or * k¥ % England still takes very gravely Pipe smoking, rite over there, Lloyd George presents every one of his men with a new pipe at this time of the vear. The annual picture, with each smoker brandishing his pipe, is a thing to see. A3 might he her smoking in particular, is a supposed, every ac- | cessory, every pipe essential, receives as much care in its design and con- struction as if it were an instrument of state. reh | ¥ that tobacco, in | To look through a catalogue of some English “tobacconist” is to dis abuse one’s mind of the idea that a | pipe is just a pipe and a tobacco jar | Just a jar. | © Here' are aifferent shapes of | | pipes, in arfous finishes, at what | | might seem, to the non-smoker, per | fectly outrageous prices. Here are tobacco jars zalore, all supposed to he air-tight (@lthough one | | may doubt that). in mahogany (lead [ linea, " “metal, " pewter, porcelain earthenware. The smoker's fancy | “a faithful reproduction of . seven- trenth century tob jar: there an inner lid which fits micrometr and the outer lid screws tightly on to the jar | hie o 200 is intrigned by strike the | smoker gilding the lily, or | painting the rose: the pipe enthuxiast | recognizes immedintely that such « may cigarette as ratk r might run xome chance of being air-tight.” | EE 1 While there are some smokers who believe in dry tobacco, feeling that it smokes cooler, the majority of “fans’ want their fuel slightly molst. The air, however, seems to prefer moisture from tobacco to water from any other source, at least if one may Jjudge from the avidity with which it drinks up ihe fluid contents of a pound of tobacco, ‘The Intrepid manufacturer puts his product into a_hermetically sealed can “tin,” they call it over there), in order that the consumer may get his favor- brand in good shape. o sooner is the can open . with the aid of the neat little| gadget on the top, the best purpose | of which seems to be to cut one's | finger, than the tobacco automatically | begins to dry out. Here is where comes in. Once in the ja 4, how- | the tobacco jar| i often fitted with a rubber gasket around the lid, the to- haceo is kept more or less moist by means of a sponge placed under the lid. The better jars provide a space for this purpose. Under the influence of the sponge, the interior of the jar becomes ‘steamy” and the tobacco keeps nice- Iy, retaining its essential juices. | * & x % ] The esthetic side of the tobacco jar, however, is even of more importance, | Smoking involves not only the | senses of smell and taste, but also | those of touch and sight.’ The use, f beautiful objects enhances the ple ur moker 1 vantage over cigur and smokers in this respect, because all the objects he uses may be works of art, it he has the taste and, equally | mportant, the money. The tobacco jar, sitting on desk at office, or on home table, strikes home to the hearts and hosoms of smokers, | One does not have to go to an t] gallery it he has a good tobacco jar on his desk. Wherefore Washingtonians may well sympathize with the Englishman who cannot find a green earthenware to- bacco container in Washington. Let us wish him well and extend to him the following Christmas greeting: May you find it, old man! The pipe as quite an ad- garetts | 40,000 Vacancies Are l;‘ iile(i ‘ [ I Annually in U. S. Givil Service RY WIIL dent, U JAM . DEMING, ited States Filling 40,000 vacanc eral ( ervice with qualified work- ers in a wide iety of occupations is the annual task of the United State: Clvil Service Commission. Approxt mately that number of appointments are nece: v each year to fill vacan- cies cansed mainly hy death, resigna- tion, removal or retirement, Those who are appointed must not only meet the mental and moral stand. ards prescribed, but they must be in proper physical condition as well. The appointment of persons with eommunicable disease might prove a menace to other workers, fects render applicants unfit to per- torm the gduties of some occupations, or they might be aggravated by work or be likely to result in injury to the employes having the defects or to their fellow workers. of duty would result in a claim against the Government under the provisions of employes’ compensation ucts. The importance of thoroughly investigat- ing the physical condition of each ap- plicant fo Federal employment is, therefore, obvious. Executive orders issued in 1923 and for the purposes of promoting health and efficiency in civil service and of minimizing eclalms under em- ves' compensation acts r A general system of physical ex- Aaminations before assignment to duty, These orders direct the United States Public Health Service and other branches which have medical assist the (Civil sion by gi & physical examinations to prospective vernment workers, From the beginning of the competi- tive mination tem. applicants for certain positions have been re. quired to undergo a physical examin: tion, hut before 1923 it was not pra Li .Ili.lx' 1o undertake such a compr. hensive program ax that contemplated by the executive orders mentioned. The new procedure makes it POSS] ble to guurd against entrance to th service of pers who are in any wa physically untit L iving each appl 1t a physical e 1tion before fignment to duty. This examinat is in addition to the medical certifi tion required in some cases sSworn statement re rding condition ryjuired in all eases, i admission to examination. By the xamination before emplo; the prospective employes ar protected against assignment to duties not in keeping with their physical limitations and have the henefit of the disclosure of v existing physical abnormalities or defect The Government is given th At of the time of employment—a ver portant record in case a compen: P vil Servi physical hene- im- ion Clearly this pr cedure is an advantage to the appli- Nt as well as the Governmen Persons who have physical hand aps are not necessarily excluded from all_civil service examinations, The physical requirements entrance to examinations are governed in . by the nature of the work for which the examination is held. In mechanieal trades and similar sitions, degree of robustness s con- 4 of such importance that it enters into the rating of competitor In clerical positions, on the other ase y hand. good health regardless of muscu- | lar dev suffice. In exs ability s where th are requ lopment or minor defects will ations in which ziven a definite waork Is arduous, applicants i to furnish a medical cer by a duly qualified sician at the time of examination the medical profession are conscientions in assisting the com mission in its endeavor to enroll only physically it persons for Government One physician, after an- swering all questions in the medicsl certificate with infinite care. wrote the following under “Remarks™ “I have examined this man very thoroughly The only thing I ean find wrong with him is that he is hald-headed The President has authorized. on the recommendation of the Civil Serv. ice Commission, an amendment to the physical rating or ph Members of | civil service rules which permits the commission to exempt from the physi cal requirements established for any s in the Fed-| Certain de- | Injury in line | provide | staffs | Service Commis. | or 1o | record of physical condition at | ly dis. ne on hled and hono | charged soldier, sailor or certification by the Veterans' Bureau | that he has been specially trained for and has passed a practical test demon strating his physical ability to per- form the duties of the class of posi- jons in which employment is sought The commission may, in its discretion, waive the physical requirements in the case of a disabled veteran not so | trained. i What is perhaps the most unusual | | method ever employed in reporting for physical esamination recently came 1o the attention of the com mission. An eligible for a position of post office clerk, who was enjoying vacation 85 miles away from home. | did not receive his notice to report for physical examination until the | morning of the day when he wis | scheduled to repo No ordinary | means of transportation was available and s a Jast resort the man swam 3 miles dowh a convenient river to a point where one of his iriends maintains a hangar. means of | an airplane and a hysterically hailed taxi he reached the Public’ Health Service station in time for his exami nation Tt is doubtful if the medical miner found it necessary to re quire this applicant to hop about t test cardiac condition under acceler tion. Certainly, this douzhty prosps <hould make a successful post office employe. In preseribing phys ments for entrance to | service the Civil Service Commission considers the interest of the Govern- | ment and that of the prospective em ploye. Whersver possible, persons who have physical handicaps that do | not materially affect their usefulness ave admitted to appropriate examina tions. It is realized that these per sons are obliged to earn a livelihoo just as their normal hrothers and sis and in ome occupations they on just as efficiently. A person enters the Govern ment service he opportunity to keep himsell in good physical con Working conditions are gen Medical attention is pro led for those injured in line of duty Vaeation leave is allowed. in addition to sick leave in meritorious Gavernment workine honrs allow am ple time for healthful recreation a relaxation, position a qi ar ical require the Federal B 1 A Credit 10 Wa | From (he Washington Post The Washington Eveninz ! terday rounded out the seventy-fifth year of its life. In the face of this ex- imple of journalistic longevity. marked as it is by green and vigorous zrowth, the Washington Post hezins to wonder whether it was not mistaken when it ited its own fiftieth anniversary as a remarkable event. The Star saw o much before the Post was horn, and could a tale unfold of such surpassing ‘nterest, that the public will not he <atisfied until It hears the story. The | wded with | fate and unrolling a pageant of mizhty | fizurex in mighty affairs, all passed under the watehful eye of The live- | | ning Star. As a_younaster the P |ix anxious to rend The Star's own i count, from its own files, of those stiv- | ring days in Washing | The Star is built upon the most en- | Turing foundations—the stevling char- | cter of two men, Croshy 8. Noyes and | Samuel H Kauffmann. It is men who | natitute a State, and men who build an institution like The Washington | There is no substitute for strone | | manhood, resolute, self-denying and | | devoted to great ideals. Messrs. Noyes - ves | | ind Kauftmann concenirated their ef- forts upon a single task, a task well | worthy of their lives' devotion, and hy | | happy eo-operation they built a struc ture that will endure. Their sons and | erandsons have proved worthy suc- cessors of the founders, wisely follow | ‘ng the original plans while adapting | e growing structure to modern re. | wirements. | | The Evening Star is perous he- | canse it earns and deserves prosperity. | It is a credit to the National Capital | in its enterprise, its wholesomeness lits public spirit and its loyalty to Washington. The Post joins the peo- | ple of Washington and the country in hearty good wishes to The Evening | Star at the beginning of its seventy- sixth year. 4 | ler’ | really |64, | she | with | and | lin | month: e THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover Are wise and kindly parents as obso- lete as buggies and hansom cabs? Or is it the devoted and dutiful children Wwho are obsolete? Or ix it merely that our literary purveyors have ceased t find interesting the rent who satis. fies the child? An outstanding exam ple in fiction of filial hostility and hatred is to he found in Samuel Rut Nvay of All Flesh,™ but other novels and not a few biographies re- veal the same unfortunate psye hologi cal situation. Quite the rever is the attitnde or Will Durant in his “Transi- Hon,” which le calls “a sentimental etory of one mind and one era and his publishers call “a mental autobi ography.” The book I dedicated “t0 hder mother and a perfect father nd this notwithstanding the fact that his father told him he was “the most ungrateful boy any mother ever had” and gave him three days to get it of the house. e loved and hon ored his father in spite of this because he had a philosophic mind and knew that, from one point of view, his father was right. “1 was not bitte nor was I lonely. Even in the h of the event 1 wnderstood what base in- gratitude my apostasy must seem to Barents who had stinted themselves for years that I might have an edu- catlon and be a priest. After all, 1 had been exiled gently, without vio ience or hatred.” * £ N Dr. Durant's affection for his par ents iz one of the most pleasing traits in the “mental autobios- His father, a mill worker who read, a revealed aphy.” wld not was “happy in his wife, and he did not idealize his children, loved them intensely in his silent way. When T think it 1 marvel that 1 cannot reeall his giving our mother the slightest cause for jealousy. much less for any doubt as to absolute Joyalty to her. In short, T dote on my though he father. T have reason to, for, like my | mother pleasures that we childr an education. He had received none Mimself; he had never had a dav in chool: and if within a few year our avrival in New Jersev he reached the position of superintendent of the Jargest department in the new factq master of 300 men, it was by native sbhility and tireless industry, against the handicap of utter illiteracy. That whs an achievement beside which this paper-seratching of mine seems a little thin.” Of his mother he says: "I Kknow her white-haired 70s—that she was as pretty a wife as any man had among dear mother of ours was bound to make a saint of one of us, and tried best to inoculate me with every virtue,” Reflecting on her grief over his ahandonment of the religion which had trained him, he says “pPoor mother! What did it matie which religion we professed. or which philosophy we believed. any more than Which language we spoke or what clothes we wore? The chromosomes had more to do with s than these ex- ternal and accidental things. What mattered was that you were the tenderest of mothers. and that 1 having none of your faith, could love vou and honor you more than this pen can ever say." PR The age of Pericles departs from it ssic mausoleum among the records history and comes to life in Gertrude Atherton's novel “The Immortal Marriage.” Pericles and Aspasia ave the chief participants in the romance, and about them circle Alcibiades, Phidias, Anaxagpras, phocles. Thueydides and Socrates—all as alive as if they were twentieth cen tury moderns. The greatest statesman and the most gifted and clever woman of Greece in its most brilliant age naturally found each other, for Greece was small, The facts that Pericles had el of ancient a wite and that he himself had passed | to marry was from a law requiring Athenians only Athenians (Aspasia Miletus) prevented their legal mav i but not their “immortal” union which was ended, humanly speaking, by the death of Pericles at the age of me of the dramatic episodes of the novel are various Athenian polit ical intrigues, the death of the son of Pericles, and the trial of Aspasia for her life on the charge of disbelief in the gods. * xR % As introspective, if not as morbid a mind as that of Marie Rashkirtseff, is revealed in the ‘“Journal of Kathe- rine Mansfleld: 1914-19 edited by her husband, J. Middlet Her journal was Katherine confidante. In it she recorded events. sometimes of a most trivial character it they happened to impress her as significant; but, even more, she con- fided to its pages her thoughts. her n Murry. evanescent feelings, reflections on her | own character, reactions to frasments of beauty along the daily path, com ments on people and conversations, day dreams, notes for future stories or” essays. Introducing one volume she says: “Come my unseen. my un known. let us talk together.” Iliness ind its accompanying melancholy <how through the pages of the journal though never distorting the mental outlook. as in Marie Bashkirtseff's rtured entrie: Katherine Mansfield's were passed at Fontainebleau, where died. The journal ends three months before her death. with a final pathetic wish for health: “By health 1 menn the power to live a full, adult, living. hreathing life in close contact what I love—the earth and the thereof —the —the * Then I want to work. Af what? too short life wonders I want so to live that I work with my | fecling and my I want a earden. a small house. in'mals hooks, pietures. musie. out of this. the expression of this want to he writing.” P hands and my brain gt Ane “Right O°Clack Chapel,” a study of New England college life N the eighties, hy nelius Howard Pation ind Walter Taylor Field, indicates by its title the fact that early American colleges were an outgrowth of velizion The two authors had personal experi ence of three New England colleges during the eighties-—Amherst, Dart mouth and Yale. Six others are in cluded in the studv—Bowdoin. Brown Harvard Tufts, Wesleyan and Wil liams. Puritan tradition influer the carly history of all these colleges. and several chapters describe the working of this influence. The hties are considered the hezinnine in eolleze methods teresting are th ounts and estimates given of ny minent administrators and h among them President Charles Eliot Norton, W Bliss Perry P ators have re 1 factors in “Guides, ends,” by Charles Frank- president emeritus of Western Reserve University and Adel- hart College, Twenty-two sketches, chiefly of Americin college presidenis and professors, an intimate acquaintance with these men of dis tinetion the part of President Thwing. The subjects include | Bryce and John Morley, President Charles W. Fliot of Harvard Hopkins. president of William: linm Jewett Tucker, president of Dart- William R." Harper, president University of Chicago: Daniel man, James B, Angell. An White, Henry Adams and of the modern er and life. Very 10 nr pre. tribnte Philoso Edu, od a as soe phers and Thwing, the it 6 drew D, John Hay. af * ok ow % “That's New York:" by Mor ¢ and Johan Bull. presents a New York for all the different types of peopie who know New York or wish to know it. East Side resorts, negr night clubs, the courts of justice. where justice is not always found, churches, banks, parks by day and i Manr French-Canadian, | he denied himself a thousand | n might have of | because she is yet beautiful in | the workers in that town''; and “That | in| Mansfield's | The last months of | sun. | Al ANSWER Q. How many people attended base all games at the Yankee Stadium last Summer, exclusive of world series’— AT A Approximately 1,500,000 persens Q. Where is the paper made that is Known as Chinese paper?—K. K. A. Probably you mean the very thin paper made largely in Europe for ex port ta China. This consiste of about per eent mechanical wood pulp combined with a certain amount of «ulphite for strength purposes, Q. What was the Boston port hill?>— W T 8 1t was a bill introduced hy L North, and passed by the British Pay liament, March, 1774, closing the port ton, Mass.. after June 1, 1374 et sugar first used? a When was | ¢ R In the year 1747 a German scien tist discovered the sugar properties of the beet, but it was not until about 1510 that the production of su from the heet was iously consid ered in a commercial way. In 1880 the heet sugar industry was intro- { duced into the United States. Q. What did_ the Indians use to scent or perfu re smoking tobaceo?— J. L. H. A. Kinnikinnick, an Algonquian word signifying “mixed by hand." is lised to designate a mixture of tobac- | o with some other piant. either for the purpose of imparting a more pleasant odor or to reduce it strenxih as the trade tobacco alome is monly too strong to suit the fancy the Indian. Among the Western tribes tobaceo was ordinarily used hy mixing it with gum. sumac and bear herry. the hark, leaves and roots two kinds of willow, manzanita leaves | Jamestown weed. touchwood, dogwood | bark owwood and a variety ather | even | | | ar insects, Q. What prominent athletic dirvector is also an artist?—k. T. C. A. Dr. Robert Tait McKenzie, | eral supervisor of athletics at | University of Pennsylvania. | #tatues and panels in the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art. the Canada Roy | Museum at Ottawa and the Roy | Academy in London. Q. What are the natives called?—N. A. The nam Charmorros. &en. the 1 al of Guam e applied to the na is The Chamorro diale of Spanish, Malay, Yaqui lingo and various Polynesian tongu win?—N. R. A. Napoleon hattles. was victorious Q. What other huilt on islands . H. B, A. Amsterdam in | The city is built on 90 islands are connected by 330 bridges, | Q. of what nationality | Ponselle?—¢. A. M. | A. Rosa Ponselle is of Ttalian blood, but was born in Meriden, Conn. uropean ci besides Venice?— the Netherlands is Q. How many people take the Civil, vear, and | in a | Service examinations are made?- | how many appointmen ¥ 3 of t of woods, barks, leaves, twige and has | ives spoken in Guam is a pdlygiot mixture | Indian | Q. Tlow many battles did Napoleon in 40 which Rosa TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKI Q. What star was called ‘ N: A. Venus was called Lucifer | ancients when it was a morning siar and Hesperus when an evening siay Q. Where is the mummy Tut?—D. W, A. The mummy of King Tut-Ankh. Amen is in the musenm at Caiva |y has not heen removed from the casker The wrappings have heen Visitors may see the hody | Luciter? v the King and how R. H The Bur never heen the spawni This fish tracealile the many Q. Where mullet 1a exze v AL has nitely mullet and not a of able Fisherios to And hahirs very ' e it t dei it the is the name for a 1 | Q. what figure?—( | A1t v ke give u is called a viginazon list of elgium and t Kkiast.—R. L. Imbassy savs th typical beets, f ten in o e Relzian coffee and rolls is Reigian breakfast. Potatoes, e rica are among the chief fonds of that country. Ducks and geese are used to a large extent..: Vi used mora frequently than heef apes, gelatin. truffles and | amonz other used in t try. Vienna bread is very nsed Q. Ts lime good not?- A. R A. In the past lime 1< A ceneral panaces soil difficulties, and it conld he nsed an any 1ype of soil the present time it has heen very conelusively that certain tvy such as creeping hents, the use of lim and do hest in an aetd woil As s Kentueky blue < | ie concerned, which is standard grase thr ghout Northeastern Unlted States, it has hesn found that lime s not essential to its well heing. Lime however, doee assist, especially wit} | heavy soils. in Inereasing tilth an | making them mave easily worked i Q. What is the word “houlevard” - A. Generally speaking. ity avenue designed walking or driving. A new idea creeping into the word. It carries the meaning of a long, main street upon which traffic has precedence over hicles approaching from side streets. Originally a boulevard was a fortress or tower rampart, hence a street or | walk laid“out on the site of such a rampart after its destruction. Tpe English word “hulwark” and the French “boulevard” are derived from the German “hollwe * or Danish “bulvaerk.” Q | | ¢ fish for grass or Is was looked" or for all was thought grasees resist menning of 8 E. G it the n s 2 hroad for pleasure t) Was Napoleon's wife exiled with him?—M. €. A. She was not exiled ad to live with her family. She returr | The answers questions printed here each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquirics handled hy { the areat Information Rureaw main- tained bu The Evening Star in Wash- ington, D. €. This valuable service is | for the free use of the public. Ask any | question of fact you may iwant to A. The number of persons examined know, and won will get an immediate for original appointment in the fizca | year ending June 30, 1927, was 245 | 535, The number qf original appoint ments o classified positions was | Burcan, 1 reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 centa in - stamps for return postage, and ad- -\ dress The Evening Star Information Frederie J. Haskin, director. Washington, D. €. | 38 ;, Owen The suggestion hy | Owen D. Young that he is a logical choice for the Democratic presidential | nomination has been greeted by many striking tributes to Mr. Young's | ability and personal fitness. although | there are differences of opinion as to | his political availability. On the latter point the Chattanooga ‘Times (independent Democratic) thinks “it would be immensely to the credit ratic_party to nominate man as Mr. Young, but it hardly credit the political | acumen of iis leaders.” The Roanoke | Times (independent Democratic) ob- | serves: “Owen D. Young undoubtedly | is all_that his admirers say. But so | was John W, Davis.” In fact, says | the Richmond News Leader (independ- ent Democratic): “Any one who will { ruminate for a moment will agree that recital of the qualifications of Mr. Young has a very familiar sound. Ry changing a few dates and connec- tions it would serve equally as well as a skeletonized biography of John W. Davis.” Yet many Democratic papers warmly welcome the idea of Owen Youns as a standard bearer. Says the Birming- ham News (Democratic): “One singu larly attractive feature of the Young candidacy is that it unites the breadth and depth of democraiic sympathy with the statuesque calm of the aristocratic ideal. In this respect Mr. | Young perhaps a stronger reminder | of world statesmen like Pericles, Pitt. Jefferson and Wilson than is any other candidate the public now has in mind for the presidential nomina- ublican or Democ of next year * % ¢ The moi is thouzht of the stron the conviction t here not merely to ¢ o conquer with i * ok ok Kk such would a on—Re hecomes + name t i s well.” the ssition “The pronouncement from ith, in harmeony with th aken previously by Senator Gliss of Virginia,” is viewed by the New York | Times (independent) as “one of several |isolated expressions in his favor. But | it shows that the Demoeratic part is not shut_up to one man.” Co tinues the Times: “It has availible talent in reserve and if it should be necessary to call upon it no name would he more appealing and com- manding with Democrats who think about the country and the presidency the largest terms than that of Mr. oung. That he would be competent Chief Magistrate™ is the verdict of the | Philadelphia Evening Rulletin (inde- pendent Republican). which remarks that “as head of General Electric he has domonstrated hiz administrative capabilities, His work on the repara | tons “plan. and in " other important public matters, has shown his ma v in other spheres.” The It | Journal-News (independent) also | clares: “There is no question as to his fitness. This has heen re especially since his hrilliant 1 A member of the commission ev reparations pean muddle may be given D. Young. Referring to the possibility of a Re publi nomination Dawes, the Canton Daily News (independent Demo- cratic) feels that “it would he at least interesting if the two men who worked side by side with mutual admiration on the problem of German reparations were to lead their respective parties next year in the clash of polities.” The Daily News states that “not a great deal has been said about it publicly. but there has long been a sulbs weight of opinion among Democrat which solved the Euro- plan for which credit without stint to Owen night. newspaper offices, eating places and always the streets. hoth uptown and downtown, all g0 to make up New York. The treatment is ironical. Mr, Markey takes New York seviously and wonders whether New York de- serves jt. PY D. Young As Presidential Candidate his name | Jure with, but one | Ived and put in effect the plan of | Is Discussed leade: make a that Owen D. Young woul most excellent Democratic candidate. The Anniston Star (Dem ocratic) similarly holds that “Mr. Young is a man of such outstanding achievements, of such unimpeachable integrity and of such commandin: presence that no Democrat would hav. to stultify himself to give to thisgres ! American his ardent support.” * ¥ % *x “The personality, business and pul lic career of Mr. Young commend hir to conservative influences,” says th New Orleans Tribune (Demoeratic) and the Charlotte Observer (independ ent Democratic) adds: “He is toda one of the great prophets of the elec trical age. Hjs knowledge of industry and his vision of the industrial ture of the republic make him some thing more than an efficiency expert he i indeed a philosopher.” Th Greenshoro Daily Record (independen’ Demoeratic) links his name with that of Gov. McLean of North Carolina a “outstanding leaders i their s tions.” “Whether this cause can b made a popular one is a_question tha* will be pondered deeply hy Deme cratic leaders before committing them selves.” in the judgment of the Hons ton Chronicle (Democratic). The Okl homa City Oklahoman (independent feels that “the average voter know mighty little about him, and any ef fort fo reveal him now would loo! decidedly like political propaganda.’ but adds that “if the country onl’ knew Owen D. Young for what he i the name of his supporters would Ir le m. n many respects his training an his accomplishments parallel those o the Secretary of Commerce,” remark the Atlanta Constitution (Democratic! which Delieves that “the Democrati party could zo far and do no better.’ and exclaims: “What an innovation t put & man in nomination who is no a politician, who has never held ar “lective office, who knows most of al how to apply sound economics to busi ness! The Muskegon Chronicle (ir dependent) visions “the utopia of i | future™ as a “vepublic in which th Youngs and the Hoovers would h recoznized immediately for their emi nent fitness to he its leade “He s the only possibility for th nomination who is not a wet." sus gests the New London Day (Repul can) with the conclusion that “if M Young is nominated, the chances art that the Democratic cause will stand right where it did in 1924 with John W. Davis carrying the standard.” UNITED STATES N WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. By a vote of 282 to 128 the House of Representatives late today adopts | resolution proposing an amendment to the Federal Constitution which | would prohibit liquor_tratfic through out the Nation. Slightly amend ed, the resoluti goes bhack t¢ the Senate for concurrence and | then go to the States for raltifi |cation. Drys are jubilant. .o | War Department names six new majot | generals and four brigadier general |* * ¢ Gen. Crozier, chief of ord nance, tells Senate military affairs | committee that red tape in the War | Department, plus delays in putting | war appropriations through Congr { has retarded equipment of the Amer |can fighting forces in this country | since we entered the war. * * * {German raiders sink vessels In British convoy in North Sea. Few fa. | talities reported. * * * Neutral dip- lomats in Washington get tip of com- ing German pence offer, * * * Trot. | sky demands that the allies pass his agents, otherwise Russia will not recs ognize passports of allied representa- tives. ¢ ¢ el Administrator Gar- feld asks coal miners to work on their | usual holidays, with the exception of ! Christmas day, to prevent shortage of | coal, 1n