Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1928, Page 8

g {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......January 30, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsyivants Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42 st Chicago Office: Tower Building. Furopean Office: 14 Resent St., London, Fngland. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star 45¢ per month The Evening and (when & Sundave). The F: and Sund; (when § Sundars -65¢ per month e Sundav Star. per copy liection made at the end of each month. e MAY be sent in by mail or telephone, in 5000, r . 60¢ per month ning T Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ryland and Virginia. Dailr and Sunday....1yr. S0.00: 1 mo. Dailr onir . SA.00° 1 mo.. ndas only . $3.00: 1 mo. Al I‘mm; States :mi Canada. B 00: 1 ma. 1 1yr. 8.00: 1 mo. $4.00: 1 mo.; Member of the Associated Press. Tha Associated Press is exclusivels entitled 10 1he use for repuhlication of all news dis- Taiches cradited 10 it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local el Published herein. Al richts of publication ©0f special dispatches herein are aleo resert: The Sandino Stamps. An organization styling itself the All- America Anti-Imperialist League has | been formed in this country to further the cause of Gen. Augustino Sandino, who is now in the field in Nicaragua at the head of a force of insurgents seeking to set up a government despite | the efforts of the United States to maintain the established administra- tion. This league, the components of which are somewhat vague, has had prepared a stamp bearing the inscrip- | tion, “Protest Against Marine Rule in | Nicaragua,” to be sold to sympathizers and to be affixed to letters. When this move was brought to the attention of | the postmaster of New York City, where the organization has its head- | quarters, and, it is to be suspected, prac- | tically its whole membership, that off- | cial notified the local secretary of the | Jeague that letters bearing such stamps will be treated as unmailable. The postmaster cites section 212 of the TUnited States penal code, which bars from the mails all libelous, scurrilous defamatory and threatening matter and provides punishment upon conviction by a fine of not more than $5,000 or | imprisonment of not more than five years, or both. By this citation of the penal code | the stamp of the All-America Anti- | Imperialist League is held to be de- | famatory of the United States Govern- ment. The secretary of the league de- nounces the action as high-handed and arbitrary and seeks to justify the stamp | by likening it to that which circulates once a year in promotion of the work for the fighting of tuberculosis. He avers that “Imperialism is & disease just like tuberculosis,” and insfits upon the right to use the stamp as a means | ©f eradicating that “disease.” ‘The action of the postmaster at New ‘York has not yet resulted in any def- inite procedure, but undoubtedly a test ‘will be made at once, carrying the mat- ter to the Federal court, which will then be called upon to determine whether the “protest stamp” is in fact libelous, scurrilous or defamatory, cal- culated to bring into disrepute an es- tablished policy of the United States Government. A nice question arises in this con- the weather, the operating force re- ports for duty. Travel may be difficult to the point of almost prohibition, but the switchboard girls must get to work, and they do. It would be well for those who use the phone in such emergencies to con- sider that the wire trafic is much heavier than usual, and to be patient with the delays and mistakes incident to the crowd of calls, Everybody, of course, wants immediate service, but everybody cannot get it when the switchboard lights and the exchanges are flashing at twice the normal rate. The girls who are working the switch- boards have themselves had a hard time getting to their exchange stations. In the old times the horse was de- | seribed as man's most faithful servant. But In these days, especially when na- ture nips humanity, truly the telephone plays that role. R Sunday Coasting. Yesterday was the first good coasting forward to it, and the fathers and mothers throughout the city were an- ticipating a return to childhood pleas- ures. But it was Sunday. Of course, no one conceived that Sunday coasting would be any different from that on any other day, except that there would be less traffic and the danger of accident more remote, combined with the fact that Sunday was a day when the men of the house were relieved from arduous labors and could enjoy the fun with mother and the children. But here the trouble began. A police regulation prohibited all coasting on the Sabbath, and if the citizens of Washington had adhered strictly to the rule there would have | been no sledding on the Winter's finest day for the sport. Fathers and mothers, however, realizing the unreasonableness of the regulation, promptly took the law into their own hands, patrolled the streets, and in various parts of the city coasting went on as it should have done. Any regulation that makes law-| breakers out of children and their parents in their indulgence in a harmless sport should never have been | put on the books, and it is dif- | ficult to define the reasoning which placed it there. It would be far better to prohibit coasting on week days be- cause of the heavy traffic than it would on Sunday, but coasting should be al- lowed under safe conditions for the children of Washington on every day | that the elements make possible. Ot course, there should be no unsu- pervised sledding. Sleds have no brakes, and immature minds have no judgment of speed when a collision with an auto- mobile is imminent. Streets should be roped off and a policeman assigned so that the greatest safeguards can be thrown around the exhilarating sport. There will be no lack of co-operation on | the part of motorists if the way Is| barred by an improvised chute, and it requires little effort on the part of the Police Department to create safe tobog- gans on the few days of the Winter that ‘Washington children are able to coast. ‘The senseless rule of prohibiting en- joyment of coasting when it is most logical should immediately be rescinded. it, and the District is making itself ridiculous by allowing it to remain a regulation. Arrests should be made or warnings dealt out by policemen o those who persist in coasting on streets which have no protection. This should be done to save the lives of the coasters, day of the Winter. The kiddies looked; There is no conceivable reason for|. as under these conditions no sport is more dangerous. But as far as roped- off, patrolled coasting is concerned it should be permitted at every opportu- nity when the cold blasts of Winter cover the ground with a firm fall of SNOW. —_———————— Aircraft Fatalities. An interesting report on alrcraft fatalities made public by the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department following & study of a large number of accidents demonstrates that the human and not the mechanical factor is chiefly responsible for mishaps. Stating that a The Phone and the Storm. It is in such emergencies as yester- @sy's snowstorm, which hit Washington unawares and greatly deranged the life of the community, that the value of | the wlephone is most manifest. Yet the present generation has been 80 sccustomed 10 this mesns of communi- | eation that even in such conditions the phone serviee is taken for gragted with- Out particular thought With snow banking the sweels snd in many cases blocking egress from garages, wilh street tat Lfies halted and schedules disarranged, with walk- ing made exiremely diMoult and even CGangerous, with all veniyres out of doore wroublesome end taving W etreng'h end menecing @ heslth, the telephone W the city dweller's best friend. With the family car out of commis- slon, Ar. Urbanite may phone for & eab, or he may phons Ior & motor Goctor W gel he machine lu wolon His wife mey phone for supphes. He ey ph W his ofce b explain bis prospective Lardiness his wbsence from Uese scene uf Lig diy's luginess His wite may phune U cencel soisl en aprmenie In Use few hours of & snow visitetion fhe telephone de Uie greal resdjuster Consequently sn exceptionslly heavy burden 18 laid upon the system. Now thet wires sre mostly carried under- ground there ere few bnesksges How- over grest the increase of phone traf- e ) Gy e three hundred and forty per cent im- provement in safety had been brought about in six years, the report points out that eighty per eent of the fatalities for this period can be traced directly to personnel. Bad air judgment and inexperience are cited.as the two prin- cipal faults of the human element in flying and the report strongly recom- mends that service avigtors should spend more time aloft in order that ex- perience may be gained and instinctive judgment developed. ‘With the three hundred and forty per cent improvement in construction and safety, it is up to the personnel to match this record in the human factors of |flying. In the early days of aviation, ,’"hen the wings of the plane were ;lubh 0 fold up in the air if subjected 0 unusual strain, or the motor, after a short period of running, would be prone {0 g0 dead, the few hardy souls who went aloft literally took their lives in their hands. Now, however, with air- planes generally safe and well con- structed, man must prove himself ca. pable of meeting mechanical improve- | ments with additional mental and | physical abllities to eope with the un- usual conditions of the upper atmos- where, far as the ultimate the farmer is any great discrimi- R A killer 5 referred o as “a fox." | A fox 1s & comparatively decent crea- ture. The indiscriminate disgrace of animals in naming criminals may yet | call for the intervention of the 8. P. i S — | The Pro-Trotsky Revolt Report. | Bvery time Leon Trotsky has been disciplined by the Boviet organization st Moscow reports have circulated that s counter-revolution has been started in { s bebislf by those who hold with him | for thie maximum of bolshevist prineiples | and practice. But on each occasion this | reported reaction has proved o be s | myth Now that Trotsky has been exiled once maore the counter-revolution story slarts wnew. From varous quarters come dispuiches that & military revolt hiss broken out in Moscow, one of them $Uing 80 far ws L say Lhet seversl divi- slous of the Hoviel wrmy huve bruken Qiscipline sna ere now bumbarding te Ubusedsn capital. From Moscow Nselt | bowever, comes & specific dental, which declures these reports W be “sheer fice ton,” snd secredits them W certatn THE EVENING ‘While Trotsky has a certain sentimental following, he is no longer the powerful influence that he was during the Lenin regime, when he was in command of the army, of which it was understood he was the idol. As a matter of fact there is evidence that the army is de- voted only to its paymasters. As for the people themselves, when not phlegmati- cally complacent toward the established regime they are inclined to go in the other direction from sovietism as now established from that in which Trotsky would go. In other words, there is rea- son to believe that great numbers of the Russian people would prefer a further modification of Soviet rule to a re- turn to the early ultra-communist regime of which Trotsky was the ex- emplar, Stalin's position at Moscow may not be altogether secure, but his weakness is probably due to the reaction toward conservatism rather than to any reac- tion toward the bolshevism of the earlier days. As for the army, it will fight for those who provide it with food and clothing and kopecks. —— e A presidential candidate is at this stage of the proceedings compelled to admonish his listening public to await developments. The motto of the pres- ent is “Please stand by ) Close friends of Lindbergh appear to fear that some day, instead of greeting an admiring populace, he will be com- pelled by nerve stress to say “Good- morning, nurse!” ——— e A man who is mentioned as “too old" to be President is frequently found per- forming labor as arduous and exacting as that required by the presidency itself. B Publicity given homicide freaks might call for more toleration if there were a chance of their going on the tage and being a little bit entertain- ing. ————— Senatorial courtesy affords a tradi- tional background which causes an oc- casional inadvertent discourtesy to stand out with startling prominence. —————————— There is no way of spotting an ob- jectionable juror in a way that will provide for an objection to prevent his delaying the procedure. ————r—ee Automobiles have to take care of the boy on a bicycle. He is no longer re- ferred to In terrified accents as a “scorcher.” ———— e After a statesman has told the world what he thinks, the radio is liable, very disrespectfully, to turn on the jazz. - Opposition to capital punishment may be rendered most effective by persuad- ing persons not to deserve it. ——— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Looking Into the Future. Hand me the almanac With names and dates, Showing how men keep track Of star-made fates, Those constellations grand Tell nothing new. I can describe offhand Notes that fall due. Even when blizzards rage, Cruel and white, Hopes come that must assuage Sorrows in sight. Hand me the almanac, It points the way ‘That the old zodiac Leads us toward May. Drawing the Line. “I am not in favor of any more con- stitutional amendments,” said Senator Sorghum. “Why not?” “We may have to draw the line in order to prevent the amendments from becoming more voluminous than the original document.” Human Reminder. ‘The blizzard bids us borrow And do the best we can, And so, we find in sorrow, ‘The fellowship of man. The nabob seeks a hovel Where hearts and hands are stout, And says, “Please bring a shovel And help to dig me out Jud Tunkins says a good loser is one who can look pleasant and cash in when he finds the game getting too rough. Educational Uncertainty. “You have been neglecting your les- “I am sorry,” answered the pupil “I heard about a dispute over the school books and I thought I might | as well lay off and walt for a final de- | cision.” “We dwelt in a more merciful inno: cence,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “when it was possible to terrify an enemy with evil odors and fire- works.” Friends in Need. Fate In its frony must move And oft to disappointment lead. The friend that needs you may not prove The friend that some day you will need, “Exercise 1 good foh de health,” sald Uncle Eben, “an’ & man dat shovels off de snow gits s much real benefit a8 & golf player” i eaf R S The Unfortunate Alien. From the Detrait News A codfish bearing the royal stamp of the Norweglan government hss been caught off Long Branch. 1f he has an American visa, let him in. From the ¥ort Wayne News Sentinel, ‘The modern woman s greatly handi- capped by not being able o pull her skirt uny higher than wsusl when she suspects the near presence of & mouse. R I Fiom the New Yuik Foet Marine officers believe that Sandin: ufficers have fled W Hondures cun't be w good-will Night, we fear. - v - he Reckless Humter, s It press dispatches telling of the shortage of etaple supplies at the capital It e altogether probable that there ia I 8 e B TrOMEY PISl WY From the Jadianapalis News, A hunter even shot through hiouse window, marking ! Ilimit, aa he is the only man [] for o school- sxtrems o mistake B d ’ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWEL As soon as the man had washed the windows, dried them, and departed, the two business men looked at each other. “If my wife saw that window, nounced one, “she would have a fit. “There is no housewife in Washington who would pass it,” agreed the other, as he pointed out several neat streaks. A third executive—every one seems to be an executive nowadays—spoke up: “I have a relative who is a_ crank about cleanliness. Her husband came home the other day with some tar on his pants’—he did not say trousers—“and he sat down on the windowsill, and left a smudge on it, and she gave him—- “I'm for cranks!" shouted out the second executive, with fervor. “I'm for cranks,” he repeated., solemnly. “We ought to have more of ‘em. I'm tired of people who don't do what they are supposed to do.” And he pointed at the still dirty windows. . Well, why not cranks? A crank, after all, is simply some one who carries something farther than most of us do. We do not refer to the “half-cracked” man who harbors a de- lusion, or an idea that is not feasible. The crank of whom we speak is simply the man or woman who insists on perfection, in so far as that is po: sible of attalnment by human beings What would the world do without him | —and especially her? ‘The first instance that comes to mirnd, of course, is the cranky house- wife. Perhaps she was more common in | in keeping with his ideas of the way | the old days of the Republic than to- day. when cigarettes have taken the place of the broom, and the bridge table of the dustpan, Yet many such household cranks exist, to the eternal bewilderment of crass male beings who insist on throw ing the sheets of the Sunday new paper on the floor, one by one, as th finish reading them. Perhaps few men who engage in the | pleasant pastime of strewing the news of the world from the front door to the staircase can be n that this is an utterly gesture. “Oh, what difference does it make?" such a thoughtless being will murmur. “Aren’t they nic~ clean papers?” “If you had to nick them up once — This is the only answer the neatne crank ever has been known to make, one which proves eminently unsatisfac- unnecessary tory to the criminal strewer, of course. | Yet it is undoubtedly true that if he | had the task of picking up the sec- tions and pages, one by one, and put- ting them into a neat pile again, the chances are 10 to 1 that he would read his paper thereafter in a more orderly manner. * ok k% The man who is a crank about his books deserves mention. To him a book is not just something to be read in any manner, but a friend which should be handled as a friend To cut the pages of the volume with a buttered knife, or to “dog-ear” them, or to rumple them in other ways—each of these actions is an offense against friendship. Yes, he is cranky about his books, and he makes no apology to any one for being so. Yet others constantly resent his care of his own books, as if he were doing something which he had no 'Tight to_do! Especially is he regarded as a sap by those who borrow his beloved vol- umes. One might innocently think, offhand, that the borrower would not look a gift horse in the mouth. Nothing is further from the truth, however. He or she-—they are all alike. asks for a book, is glven one from a | prized set, keeps it three months, with- |out deigning to read it. and then be- {comes horribly offended if the owner | dares hesitatingly to ask for its return. Why, she doesn’t recall the book at |all—are vou sure she borrowed it? | wasn't it some one else? —what did it look llke?—well, she will look for 1t again—well, here it is, she was lucky to find it, she hadn't read it yet, and {no one remembered ever seeing it—vou were lucky ever to get it back again, no_doubt Undoubtedly! ®k The man who is a crank about his home, or about his car, wants his home |and_ grounds and his car to be in as good a condition as he can maintain | them. As to his house, he wants it to be well painted, not only because it pro- tects the wood and improves the ap- carance, but above all because it sat- isfies his ideas of the way a home should be kept. As 10 his lawns, he desires them to {be in good sod. not alone because this {improves the appearance of his entire | property and increases the value of his_holdings, but mostly because it is | grounds should be kept. | As to his car. he likes to see it shin- ling, well painted and always washed. |and its engine functioning perfectly. not only because such care results in more enjoyment and a good resale value, but, before all. because this is the care a good car ought to receive. | ST Cranks. one and all! And yet they erty values, maintain clean cities, take n interest in civic affairs, keep homes and lawns habitable and attractive and make the interior of a house into a home! Without these good cranks, men everywhere would dwell in conditions ferior to those they now enjoy. for the influence of such cranks permeates whole neighborhoods and extends those who do not even know of their existence. It will be realized that such persons although they sometimes cause trouble {and annoyance to careless persons. reality cely deserve to be called “cranks” at all, since an argument ght easily be put up that they are merely good citiz | The person indi | Instance, resents the care which neighbor takes of his own lawn, and calls him a crank and a grouch if he to remonstrate, although in the best possible spirit, against the needless spoiling of his turf by others. Yet this crank is simply a more civ- man, everything else being equal, than his neighbor who seems to have no conception of the value of decently maintained home grounds. | Civilized and uncivilized men are no | longer known by their wearing or not wearing of clothes. but more .often by | | their conduct in relation to the things they own. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When President Pease of ' Amherst College was a guest at the White House last week, Amherst's most famous alumnus was probably made acquainted with his alma mater's plans to stage a mocel session of the League of Na- tions there. The session will be held April 7. Various countries will be Tep- resented by student delegates from Am- herst, Massachusetts Agricultural, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Springfield Col- eges. Attendants at the Ambherst “league” will be members of clubs spe- cializing in international affairs at the five colleges above named. Among the subjects to be debated at the make- believe league are disarmament, security and arbitration, tarifls d the Latin American policy of the United States. One or two members of the Geneva secretariat now in this country are expected to be present and steer things. The United States will not take part in the Amherst “league” meeting, which accords with the Coolidge doctrine that the League of Nations may be sauce for the European goose, but not for the American gander. * k% Now that Herbert Hoover's matri- monial history has become a political issue, it might not be inappropriate to narrate another heinous episode that connection. When the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover were fel- low students of metallurgy at Stanford. | pebibiicuns who are avowed or semi | Hoover was earning his way through college by waiting on table in one of the mess halls. Stanford slang for that kind of a working undergradute was “hasher.” Mrs. Hoover (then Lou Henry) belonged to Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, which didn't much fancy the idea of one of its members keeping company with a “hasher” | Things came to such a pass that Miss Henry was served with an uitimatum | on the subject. She responded by formally announcing her engagement | to young Hoover. Many years alte ward, when the mining engineer b came a man of means, he and Mrs | Hoover presented Kappa Kappa Gamma with a magnificent sororily house, | which now adorns the Stanford campus. The Hoovers have been something more | than happlly mated matrimonial com- | panions, Early in their married life | they collaborated In a translation of “Agricola de re Mctallica,” a standard cxt book of metallurgy * ok ok x Marriage of the Quaker Hoover by a Roman Catholic priest, and the silly hubbub 1U's aroused, comes home with particular interest to a brilliant young member of the Washington diplomatic corps—Betsuzo Sawada, counselor of the Japanese embassy. As o youth in Nippon, Sawada became & convert to Quakerism. When he grew up, he mar- rled m charming Japanese girl, who hnd become a convert to Roman Cath cism. They stll adhere o their 1 spectively adopted fulths, P The “0. K" just placed upon Eugene Meyer, Federal farm loan commissioner by the Senate committee on banking and curreney, probably brings to an abrupt end A long-lngering campalgn against that — eminent — Government financler. Mever and two other mel bers of the Farm Lonn Board- Ceorge R. Cooksey and Floyd 1. Harrison were Coolidge recess appointmenta lant year. Bome of (he farm organizations threatened & knock-down and drag-out fight mgainst thelr confirmation by the Benate. Meyer was plllorled as a “Wall Btreet” man insufficlently “far minded” to NIl the job of far commisstoner. Now comes the e committes headed by a agricultural spokesman ke *Pet beck of Bouth Dakota, and hallmurks Meyer with approval by a declsive vote of 10 to 4 Meyer was subjocted to u pretty stiff cross-exmmination by the committee the other day, but vame out with fiylng colors, In the course of 1t he révealed himsell us w Westehester County, N. Y., dirt favimer, Who knows not_ only Wis antons, but his wpples, his cattle and a 1ot of other things which | he ralses, D) Diplomats in Washing!on to see Il Uncle Gam wades Into eagerl; iba" Slandard Ol-itoyal Duto” Bl | Ing in on him conve (war on the other side of the world The opening gun of American inter- | vention seems to have been fired by ecretary Wilbur's inquiry into the sale of “juice” from the Hawaiian naval ‘ml reserve to the Royal Dutch Shell joutfit, and thence to British and Japa- nese consumers. The piquant feature |of eventual State Department support of the Standard in its fight with the British oil combination is the Soviet Russian angle. The ruction around the Standard’s marketing in India of oil it buys under concession from the bolshevist government. The Soviet is still on Secretary Kellogg's | black list. If he goes to bat for the Standard in the Royal Dutch Shell im- tbroglio, he will, in a manner of speak- ing, be backing Red Russia. It's & good |thing our distinguished foreign minis- {ter's halr is already about as white as it can get. * % ox % If Mr. Smith of Illinois and Mr. Vare of Pennsylvania were trying to break |into the Senate in any but a presiden- {tial year, they might have a chance But this is 1928, and they're out of luck. | The Democrats wouldn't vote to admit | the “slush fund twins” under any cir- umstances, but astute Republican | Senators are fighting just as shy of |doing 50, At least certain ambitious | Republicans are. The roll call barring {Smith contained the names of all three | avowed candidates for President {of Kansas, Willis of Ohio and Norris of |Nebraska. The way in which “New- |berry Senators” were mowed down in {1922, 1924 and 1926, when they came up for renomination or re-election, is still | vivid and painful memory on Capitol | HuL —Curtis ok w Hearings on the District of Columbia’s | plea for national representation will be renewed before the House judiciary ommittee this week. Last w observer broadcast across the by radio a brief statement of “voteless Washington's” plight and claims. The air audience, as his experfence of five vears has proved, is a fair audience. That explains the shoals of letters pil- ing fn almost every se (1) the writer’s astonishment that Washington is de-Americanized by lack of national suffrage, and (2) the assur- ance that once the country at large is asked. through the State Legislatures, to right that wrong, action will promptly ensue. There seems to be agreement with the District ton that taxation without representa- ton is tyranny today just s much as It was in 1776 (Copyright. 1098) UNITED § IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Gen. Po army of rshing 15 preparing for an 2,000,000 men in France. A member of the general's staff says plans are progressing on a gigantic scale proof that America has gone into the war in & big way, ¢ * Hinted at Washington that Leonard Wood may remain i France to serve in war coun- cils or some other consplenous capae- iy, * * ¢ Federal Board of Vocation Al Training asks Senate for $10,000,000 1o educate the disabled soldiers and sallors returning from the war, * ¢ ¢ Sixteen former German liners have al- rendy wivived st French ports careying American troops, one of them the le- Viathan ‘The annonncement 1s made offclally 10 offaet false reports clicus lated by Germuny among her own peo- ple to create unjustified confidence tn the German submarine. * * ¢ Fleld Marshal von Hindenburg warns strikers n Herlin (o quit bnmediately. o ¢ ¢ Sixty thousand workers i the Krupps plant have left their work, and 1 4 extimated that at least 500,000 are now on atreike, Btikers' committee dasues ultimatim 1o German government con- talning elght prineipnl demands, the frst of which is peace, * * * Allied representatives name thiee & commit JANTARY 30. - lelsewhere, 1 venture to make a fe are the good people who keep up prop- | ¢ to | in | rent to beauty, for | ranges | 1928, Praises Hofmann, ds Pianist’s With Violinist. To the Editor of The Star: Washington has recently enjoyed a | musical experlence—not only ~ inade- auately appreciated, it would seem, but in_certain qua even met with a cnrlously mistaken_ criticism. As a composer of more than 30 years’ experience in mucie, tempered by the angle of a number of years abroad in Munich, Berlin, Paris Playing and ob- | servations regarding last Wednesday's ! Joint recital, at the Ma. | Luboshutz, violinist, and Josef Hof- mann, pianist. In this connection. I wish to amplify the statement of The Star's musical editor _(following the above recital), to the effect that many | people regard’ the pianist's part in a | violin sonata as often a heavy, and |generally a thankless, effort. Unfor- | tunately, T am only oo conscious that the following letter is composed with Horace Greeley's famcus dictum in mind, “I have not time to write a short cditorial When it was learned that Hofmann, ist of the first rank. was to ap- not as soloist. but as ensemble | . there was in certain quarters surprise and a_disappointment altogether natural. But when there further developed those who complained that Hofmann must have fallen off bly to be “playing accompani: then, Indeed. it seems neces- sary to take account of stock T believe that it may safely be as- serted that no pianist living could have more adequately accomplished the task that wes set before Hofmann last Wed- nesdav morning. And in so doing he proved himself as great an player as a soloist—no mez ment for one associated almost ex- | clusively with virtuoso work when one presumes to complain of “accompaniments.” where in pianoforte literature is there more compelling vir- tuosity than in many parts (notably in | the second movement) of the Cesar ‘ranck sonata or. as well, more justi- sions for tonal bea In 'm and simplicitie: the mystic beau ur, of the Franck and the s and rhythmic vir- Bruch combined to ably varied and able occ brief, the uosi make | satisfyi and forih between violin and piano as | co-equals. As a matter of sim| | there are those who even felt times the violin “accompanied were, the pianoforte! The writer won- I'ders if any listener on_that occasion (because “accompany- any falling off> For one that opinion seems beyond ral part of a he piano is, worth and hopeless on this extent seemingly But in a To be sure, the orchest | concerto tra re a matter | charm. v the esth were the | justified in their | glorified transcriptio { riched by the piar lin its consid | ke an orct ng. as he jdid. in a vein planistic | whenever the violin chanced to pause. 1 how Hofmann did cut loose, though al- | ways returning to his authoritative yet discreet * ! Not least extraordina) ever, was the fact. dot by many. that Hofmann played gram absolutely without notes--a feat of such intellectual virtuosity as to be all but incredible. The mem ing of the regular piano part in a well known sonata would be thought feat enough yet, in addition, for one o me the orchestral part of a violin ¢ (never in the repertory of a Di the first rank) would generally garded a job as thankless as altoget? inexpedient. (Few people realize. mor over. the function that sheer memo: called upon to play in a modern re- cital.y { _ Mme. Luboshutz is a violinist of very | remarkable accomplishment and rare musical worth, who has been delighting | the public. A Chicago criticism de- clares that “Luboshutz is the Hofmann of the violln.” And Hofmann, it goes without saying. is secand to none. It is inot too much to declare that their en- | semble is altogether worthy of each par- of sounded D 3 2d poetic work indi- | vidually and as jont performers. In- | deed, after attending recitals for neariy 3 vill testify that for me such ience was unqualifiedly unique. Did Washington truly realize what a | priceless opportunity it had been of- | fered? When Schumann first { the youthful work of a man named cried, “Hats off. gentlemen. | & genius In like manner, Washing- | ton—thanks to Mrs. Lawrence Tow | send—should have been eternally gr: ful for the opportunity to hear Luboshutz, violinist, “accompanied” by Josef Hofmann. PERCY LEE ATHERTON. e Protest Sewage Plant At Mount Rainier ¢ FEditor of Th you please allow space for & pro- ainst the maintenance by the District of Columbia of the sewage dis- posal pur station at Brentwood and Eastern avenue. on the bound- | Star: I have the this_ station was placed the this section was in wood and unsettled | Since then, however, this neighborhood has become a built-up community residences, both in Mount Ratnier and {on the District of Columbia side | This place frequently becomes clog- ged and overflows, the residue bemg surface-drained through the town of ™M Rainier, to the great menace | of the health and-wélfare of the people. pumping station is located in ion ‘Thi; the center of Eastern avenue northeast together with two large oak trees, form- g an obstruction to travel Several study | lower, of Mme. | And | son to belicve that Hof- | heard | vears ago when | ¢ of | ANSWER sonal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? [ eric J. Haskin, director of our Wash- ington Information Bureau. He i« employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa- tion Bureau. Prederic J Haskin, direc- tor. Washington, D. C. and inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage Q. How large are the cities of Pan- ama nnd Colon?—E. A. N. A. Panama City has a_population of about 60.000 and Colon about 32,000. Q. Are the Eskimo peoples of Alaska stupld or intelligent?—S. D. The assistant chief of the Alaska that the native races of Alaska, with very little training. excel in all mechan- ical occupations and frequently exnibit extraordinary dexterity. Q. What are alligators used for?— K A. Alligators are extensively utilized. Their hides can be tanned into an ex- | cellent leather, which has become ex- pensive. The teeth. obtained by rot- | ting the skulls in the ground, are of fine ivory. and valued for carving into | ornaments. Both flech and eggs are eaten by some persons. and the eggs are valued because they can be hatched in boxes of warm sand. yielding young aligators to be sold as pets. or killed and made into curious ornaments. Q. Please give a short history of uan Fernandez, ed off the west coast of South Americ: W.J. E. A. The Island of Juan Fernandez "ars the name of its discoverer. The Spanish navigator came upon the deserted island in the year 1563. He took possession of it and made a set- here of 60 indians and tried sh a fishing station. He soon led and returned to the mainland. the and a few goats, been its princi- ce. Q. In Lindber recent tour of America was he always on schedule time?—N. A. F. was scheduled to land at 2 o'clock in 82 cities and he was ‘late only once and then because of a heavy fog. Q What is the coast-to-coast high- way that is open all vear round’—R._T. A. United States Highway. Nos. 40. 61, 0. 67 and 80 is the y round road and for the present more nearly surfaced throughout t any other transcontinel The route is Atlantic City Hagerstown, Columbus. dianapolis, St. Louis. vhis, Little Rock. Dallas, F El Paso. Phoenix. San Diego, Angeles and San Francisco Q Where may I obt the chemistry cot e tion office eives reliable and complete information on all ques which relate to study and to scien instruction. Q. What breeds of poultry make the best capons’—H. T. B. A. The Plymouth Rocks. Light Brah- mas. Cochins, Indian Games. Langshans. Wyandottes. Orpingtons and various crosses of these make the best capons . Why is the Pope said to be “ban- ished to the Vatican"?—L. L. ©O. In 1871 the Italian government Submit your question to Fred- division of the Bureau of Education says | 0 QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. What do you need to know? 1Is there | absorbed as part of the territory’ some point ahout your business or per-| much of the property over w | Pope of Rome had exercised and jurisdiction and possession. The I government placed to the credit of the | Vatican a sum of money and certain | guaranties which have not. been accept- | d by the Roman authorities. It is sald | that the Ttallan government is anxious | to adjust the matter, but so far the | papal claim has not ‘been diminished, | which is temporal power or jurisdiction over the disputed territory. f = | @ What animal other than the er- | mine changes its color to white in the | Winter time?—G. M. | ~A. The fur of the weasel changes to white during the Winter. Q. How Is jai-alal played?—E. L. A Jai-alai is a Basque-Spanish game of hand ball popular in Cuba. It is played two opposed couples on a floor and in a court called a “fronton™; the ball is served against a wall su! h projects a long ucture of basketwork which often should cut t down?—D. A. P. should be cut to within 6 inches or 1 foot of the ground for finest blooms, or one-third to one-half the wood should be left for the greates: quantity of bloom flower each Spring | Q Wno are | ranch owners of Al the Prince of Wales A. The sale of r drawn attention to the titled hold of property. near the E P ran Among them are the Earl of Minio Sutherland and Baron Josep ois. Tt can take of earth at a bite the top of a tional's largest £23.000 tons; tons. locomotive alone, Q How many dcaily newspapers were there in the United Stales in 1790?—F. H. A. There were eight were published t papers and periodicals: Daily. 8 weekly, 12 bi-menthly, 1 unknown. ¢ Press Extols Gen. Goethals As an Engineering Genius Newspaper appreciations of the late Ma). Gen. George Washington and his extraordinary capac ganization. “Goethals’ was 8 great knowledge. & polecnic energy. 3 mountain-m th.” says the Atlanta Journal new, and knew thoroughly. the eleme: of the vast problem into which he flun himself. He worked like a master gen- eral in the heat of & campaizn, organ izing, maneuvering. directing. He had that al confidence in L o zone and congueror of its diseases: | Goethals. builder of the his! o anal—th two will wal in_history's starry courts. “In the passing of this master bu! er Nation has lost one of its grea fest citizens and the world has los! of the standing could have done th d the tribute o Gen. Goe! ¢ that he was not only a gre: T but & very great man.“ ng that “appropriate offk 5 probably be sccorded Is in death the New Orleans feels that “his best and most nent is the Panama Canal. tion in time of peace and “He possessed the extraordin i { one who can conceive the ts entirety, while refainin detall™ says the Provi- rnal; “one who can. in simple ways see the forest d rees. Add to that a driving which itsell distinguished the his success, | autos have collided with this building | or trees in the past two years. It is not only by reason of the in- sanitary condition and danger to travel that makes it at once a nuisance, but {1t 1s also an eyesore to the aciacent 'S | property owners, and holds in depreci- ation the value of our property | The citizens of Mount Rainier have at varfous times appealed to the Dis- trict of Columbia authorittes for the abatement of this nubance, with no satisfactory results. C H.ADAMS e T Says American Flag Is Flying Over Dump To the Fuitor of The Star I wish to call your atiention to a condition extsting here i the City of Washington, the Capttal of the United or hundreds of vears our patrio have fought courageowsly to detend o flag. and 1 at any tme ft was abu they would witlingly lay down thei Hves to save It from any disgrace. and (was only during our tecent Workd War shown how happy ¢ 1o muke the supreme gone on Lo the great “beyond,” Nag remated unstained For several months 1 have noticed on passing elther inow machine or a street car (hat W American flag waves on Nigh over one of the ugliest spots our city - the dump, located on Ben- wing road northeast 1 have never passed this place with- ont feellng that “our flag” cries out to be taken away from there ANy one powessing an Awerican flag hotsty 1t With piide and with honor and, when the ag s Jowered 1 is cave fully folded and handled widh dignty angd reverchice Pray tell me why should an Ameriean flag Which s tespected 1 every clvilized land be flown from such w place as thix dump 1 cannot help feeling that the un Presston can be compared with the but our | | | | | tee on shipping contiol to speed men to Pershing and get nillion additional wen AcKoM duwilpg 1018, N KWt of seetig o garbage wagon deco | vated with an Ametican r\w CLARA WISEMAN, —————— I compre- Toledo Rlade observes worked and harmonised and of others “he d the efforts solved te point: above evervthing e ¢t that he b tme when moderate cost and w n loss i human lite He will go down in history as one the great engineers of all tawe ™ Arms the Indianapolts Star Little Roek rRansas kes the comment “1f there are ciachs Of great sclentific feats—as b nded by thase who see das evidence Gens Goethals unqu down In history as mounted to the very He belongs als as thase who mids planned the Har Babylon, erected b eave the Mavas st demonstrated 15 possible ™ On a mammoth s plixhed what his prod cotemporaries inen takings had declared 1o be imposaitie, ™ | savs the Hutte Daily Post, and the | Erie Dispateh-Hevald testigies that was his early recognition of the vital nature of the problem of sanitation | that made 1t possible foF how to yues | ceed where De Lesseps and others had talled | e | i Pura o the ge peak ot 1 that : n: | ¢ he accom- | asors and s | ering unders | “Coethals' unflinehing faith i the PrOject 1ol and the weans e sdope o to bring the greal walerway o bes | e i luded by the New Yok Sun The Aun Arbar Daily News sees o ! MUY phase I (he task, declaring T S 1 WAS & WAT e WS Was e down there I Panama - he was Oghiing & stubborn Nature that placed heart-breaking obstacles i his way With perverse persistenve. He must have Aot Deart mive (han once, dut never | would he admit defeat™ Yet. as the Cleveland News points out. he “bore his fame modestl: e o submerge ed with action down in hist ous Commy Protests Designating Meat As Cancer Cause v fac- € as isued siateents > of food 38 & cause ere A food wh % Blames Ofticials For Traftic Deaths Canitaty There are niENLN Star nas w PARET (ontaios almost dagy {08 the catastrophes of thy SIMADLY, the acoounis & ACkN A% well o Ay the e are of e aovaunts ol Tead DY fAvAToR BB Wiy samething be done o dumnoh wocidents WhY cant we for mstance. have & o Fifteenth and ane and Miwenth norehwest feast for the halt Alter 4 3 pm A pedesirmn doownes o Wgesied vehicks At A duay A Buar hour and i Kiled by & disoon. certed molwman oF chawtear, netther Ne nar the motorman noe the chanftsw 1330 much at fault as the 8 responsible for feabng HENRY D