Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1928, Page 8

R Edition, E EVENI With Sunday Morning _— WASHINGTON, D.C THURSDAY......March 8, 1028 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offic 11th St and Pennevly New York Qffice: 110 2nd St ‘Chicago Ofce: Tower Butidmg. European Ofice: 14 Resent St.. London. England . Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star. ... 43¢ per manth The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays). ... The Evening and Su Sta when 8 Sundare s0c per montd r 630 per month The Sunday Star Be per copy Collection made at the end ot Onlers mayv be sent 1n by mail or telephone Nain 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Maryland and Vit R:AL' and Sunday uly only . Sunday only an Daily and Daily onlv Sunday only Me: T 1 wo. 00: 1 mo.; 2 e | | aircraft. however, is usually more dam- tes and Cavada. | vr. st S1.00 | 8o Other Sta 38 1 mber of the Associated Press. Associated Press 1s exclimvels entitled | dis- | o ts of publication | are also reserved —————— Two National Projecte. | Proponents of flood-control legislation | for the Mississippi—and every good cit- | izen must be counted among them—; will ind no great dificulty in agreeing upon an engineering plan or upon the, method of administering the funds| made available for carrying it out. The| chief obstacle in the way of an lmme-‘ diste agreement seems to lie in the question of what proportion the Fed- eral Government should contribute. The Reid bill, reported in the House | would have the Government bear all the cost of construction, “without local | each month | . | exist comparatively undamaged as to | both utility and beauty. Scand often dors have a collision, but men people have naturally delighted to adorn and decorate craft whose basic function is utilitarian. Not only yachts, but traveling coaches, private rail icars, automoblles and every imaginable sort of vehicle has been rendered ornate to & surprising degree, That he who is to use this fairy-tale plane is convinced-of the safety and dependability of aerial travel goes with- out saying. Nevertheless, many will be skeptical as to the good sense involved. | Too pointed in the minds of most is the dictum of the colored man who re- |marked that if an accident hgppened {to-a traln or motor car, “thore you but if one happened to an airplane, “where were you?" The vehicle {which travels on land or on water can | endure & var of vicissitudes and still A yacht may scldom is one destroyed. An accident to aging to the craft than even to the occupants and it is fatal to them often enough, goodness knows! Complete comfort and the best of aterials are boyond criticism in any plane or dirigible owned by a wealthy man. But when it comes to dacorations in precious metals and in oll paintings | it should be remembered, even by | man who has so much money that ha | does not know Wwhat to do with it, that such a plane. crashed and flam- ing. will be just as much a total loss as the plainest sort of aerial \'r‘hh‘h" One is reminded of the chicken-fancier who wes expatiating on the beauty, the | breeding and the tremendous value of a prize-winning rooster. “Yes.” replicd his | visitor, “and think what a seventy-five- | cent cat or & fox worth nothing at all ean do to him!" o William H. Crane. Twelve years ago & veteran actor re-. | contribution.” The Jadwin plan, from | tired from the American stage with the | the Chief of Engineers of the Army, |P'AUdits ond praise of his fellow Thes. | suggests a twenty per cent contribution :;":' ;::‘.'rhr :::rt::m? ;rm: g from the States affected. The Jones|fT*a! Public aft re than haif a | Bill, introduced in the Senate, Starts CCT'UTY of continuous performance be- | with a Federal contribution of $325.- fore the footlights. William H. Crane | 000,000 for construction costs, leaving | B84 become a veritable institution in | S5 i “Ehe “abolsion’ o how;'hh country as a public entertainer. He S mmmhsd be‘ paid by the commum-;hm_ghytd in many roles, always as a . | comedian, never aspiring to the higher ::: “;’:’:“; r‘::::l “Go“&'r::;': :n [ reaches of dramatic art, content to :ro- Sir it iy s e s mnn‘:\'lde amusement through legitimate s t’he resrig iy wl":y? Bitsaictine methods. His plays were not. save in pi River,” while it eonlflbules‘nm or two instances, of notable qual- Mississip . ity. None has survived the period of | %o the ‘wealth and resources of the;nmegiate popularity. due to his own | States which border upon its banks, I8 | precance on the stage. But in the Tegarded in the broader light of & great | . ey of that long time, Crane gave mational possession from which the|creat enjoyment to countless thousands | country as a whole derives benefit. of pegpte. Perhaps he owed something 1f the Reid plan is adopted, the tax-|o¢ pys popularity to his assoclation with payers of the District of Columbia gyjart Robson, with whom he acted for would contribute more in Federal taXxes|iyelve years, their greatest successes be- than the people of Loulsiana, or Mis-|ing in “The Comedy of Errors.” as the sissippi, or Arkansas, or Tennessee, Of | two dromios, and in “The Henrietta,” a Towa—all of which States exact tribute | rarce of exceptional quality, which ran from the Father of Waters—to 8ssure|for s number of seasons. They were the continued welfare and prosperity|an inimitable pair, working together of these States. The people of the|with remarkable effectiveness. State of Maine would pay more in Fed-| When in 1916 Mr. Crane retired from eral taxes toward flood control than | the legitimate stage, he thought to bid late 80s, he, with the Washington Light Infantry Corps, became part of it. He was soon promoted to major and tran ferred to the staff of Gen. Ordway, as inspector general, D. C. Militia. Not long after Gen. Harries succeeded to the command, following the death of Gen. Ordway, Maj. Ourand was again promoted and made colonel of the first infantry. He served as such until he retired, about ten years ago, on his own application, with increased rank as brigadier general, for “specially merito- rious services." In a civic capacity, Gen. Ourand sarved as president of the citizens' as- sotfation in the community where he resided, and always worked diligently for the uplift and betterment of anything that had a tendency to improve the city of his birth. Not only the members of his family and his friends, but the Dis- trict as a whole mourns because of his demise. R TS The Southern Railway's Decision. While it would have been advan- tageous to have the entire force of the Southern Railway held in Washington, quarters incident to the purchase of the property by the Government for public building uses, it is highly grati- fying that decision has been reached by the corporation to retain in this city the administrative organization and to ercct a new structure for its accommo- dation. The Southern Railway has be- come closely identified with Washing- ton in th2 course of the years of its establishment hers. 1Its headquarters employes have become residents of the Capital, in many home owners. Some of them must now leave for Atlanta, where a part of the force will be placed for more effective contact with the detailed work of the tem. The executive offices, however, will new establishment will without doubt be highly creditable to this city as an addition The Southern was under urgent pres- sure to remove its entire force clse- where when the time arrived for the change, and this decision leaves Wash- ington in possession of the most sig- nificant portion of the organization, although the slightly larger fraction of the personnel goes to Atlanta. The cor- poration is to be congratulated upon its course and Washington upon its re- this progressive transportation system. Carlyle wrote of the philosophy of clothes. He dld not have opportunity to coniemplate the extraordinary misfit in evidence when Trotsky undertook to step into Lenin's shoes. —————— The discovery of a new mummy Is bringing little surprise even to.arche- ological eircles. Mummics, are pretty much alike. — e may yet cause Montana to become as | much of a.polittcal storm center as Ohlo. e upon the break-up of the present head- | cases have become | remain in Warhington and the | to the Capital's equipment. | - tentfon of a large body of workers for | after all, | The prominence of Senator Borah ! “My Dear Sir: I must express my de- light” over your Pope articles. I was brought up on him, my father having an open volume on his desk from which he oiten read aloud or quoted. Another of his was Young's ‘Night Thoughts.’ “Where would you find a father in these days educating his family fn such fashion! And reading Milton in the long Winter evenings! “While we could not appréciate the great thoughts then, the reading did sflmethlng to us, unawares, which we' fecl to this day—caring most for the best and noblest, and the commonplace or vulgar having no appeal. Most sl cerely yours, READER." The writer of the above letter has stated unusually well the answer to a question which has occurred to most ives. After all, what does one get out of | good books? | It might be phrased in another way, and put thus: ‘What does one get out of a classical cducation? cople at some time or other in their |si By the term “classical education” may meant n college cmmw“ of the usual academic, as distinguished | from the technlcal, sort. As may be | ireahzed from a perusal of the above | | communication, a “classical education,” | |In the best sense of that term, may b:’i received in one’s own home, if the par- | ents have a love for and appreciation of | the best that the world has produced. | | Education is thus seen to be a very | | near and homelike thing, not some- | I'thing that necessarily requires a coon- | skin eoat and baggy trousers for ils | propar assimilation. L {or may not be { * | While one would not say that clas- sical books and a classical cducation are exactly synonymous terms, in a| loose sort of way they may be trans- | lated into terms of each other, since the | ! latter uses the former in its work. | | Good books bzcome classies only after a certain number of years, during | which the opinion of educated men and | | women has been unanimously in their | ‘Thiz combined judgment over into their proper places | Good books have suffered somewha! | from the sncers of the groundlings, just tion hes been forced to bow the knee. to some extent, to the popular clamor i how to do something.” Many a young man. while taking an academic course at college or universit; has been asked by some one of the good town peopl “What are you going to do when. you get through?™ | If the young man is Wi he will im- | mediately select himself a vocation, and announce it forthwith, although that instant may hsve been the first time in his life he ever thought of it. He may have no Intention whatever of being a playwright, or newspaper man, or bank president. or whatever else he chooses for his life work, but he will shortlv discover that he has made a great mistake if he Innocently an- | | | don't know." “You don't know. eh?" the other wi muse, with a quizzical look. whi | ss2ms to say, and which undoubted : “Just what I thought! You and you 1 won't know anything then e The real answer to this sort of thing is the helpful one given by our corre- spondent: “The reading did something to ue. | | as the once universal academic educa- for an education “that would teach ns | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES.E. TRACEWELL. unawares, which we feel to this day— caring most for the best and noblest. and the commonplace or vulgar having no_appeal.” It is difcult, if not downright im- possible, to measure the good which one receives from good books In so many dollars and cents. Money is a great yardstick, it is true, but undoubtedly there are some things it cannot measure at all, just as there are many qualities of mind and heart which cannot be measured in terms of education. Life has a wonderful way of shaking everything together into a human exist- | ence, taking good things from here a there, fn order to round out a human being. 5 When it comes to the so-called “clas- " of literature, the earnest believer in them often is faced with the hard question given: and It is good to hav | In reecrve some such answer as that given by our esteemed unknown corre- spondent. Reading of the best books does some- | thing to us, there is no doubt about it. And this although we may not realize at the time that anything out of the ordinary has happened. Great literature is not heralded with a blare of trumpets, and the mouthings me fantastical actor, who insists on ing at the reader: Now you are reading something! “Here 1s a book! “Read it and laugh! “Read it and weep! “This is & classic, and don't you for ot it! 5 “Read it, and receive exactly 9-10 of 1 per cont of benefit!™ CAE No. a good book doesn’t come to one in sueh fashion. Maybe it slips into your life when you are small, as the magic verse of Alexander Pope did into the life of the writer of the letter. He—or she—could not appreciate it then, but something of that black and white magic found lodgment In the mind and soul of a human being. Young's “Night Thoughts,” too. Here Is poetry that perhaps is read no more, | to any extent. but there are passages of arandeur there. One can picture the family group. | the father reading. the mather, perhaps. | sewing. the children listening—maybe restive, but still listening. i And unawares the reading did some- | thing to them. | It was an actual “something” that it did, not an intangib'e thing. for it gave | them a solid basis for their judgment | of mature ycars. | _When one is brought up in the garden | with real, growing gladioll. he wili| never thereafter be satisfied with the “A Tear for Yester. Noto—Tha follawing poem, col Crmln:'ullm M ,l-'.' y Tetired, was. Inupired 4 at m.fiuufiflh A enr For ¥ pilander Johnwon and appear: he columy. “Shooting Stara” rorular fea thix_paper. ture of the editorial paga of Mr. Johnwon's verses are incorporated In Col. Perkins' longer ver- wion, First, Aurora's orb, ascendant, Moves majestic, stately, slow— Waning to the West, resplendent— ‘Twilight, then the afterglow. Crystal dewdrops freshly filling Petals, morning's breezy call; vening twilight's shadow's chilling— Midnight and its sable pall. Childhood’s morning, incense-breathing Youth exultant, manhood strong: Boyhood's daydreams, garlands-wreath- ing, Twilight's shadows growing long: Buttercup and morning glory, Noontide and ascendant sun; Evening and memento mori, Nightfall and—our day is done! . . “1 used to laugh at sorro: Ah, but that was long ago! ‘The sadness of the morrow I had not learned to know. The dewdrop of the morning In radiance draws near. 1 learned with later warning That dewdrop is a tear— A tear for hours departed, Beneath a golden sky, Exuberant, light-hearted, So swiftly passing by. | The morning dewdrop. glsaming, We swiftly brush aside And turn to day-dawn’s dreaming. ‘k To noon-time's hop> and pride.” | Wa've passed into the shadow While the twilight curtains fall, And our memories grow sadder As we hearken to its call. The evening dewdrop glistens As it trembles on our cheeks, But the ear of mem'ry listens To the cadences it speaks. We've reached the sable curtain Of the veil we soon must pass, { i And we hesitate, uncertain, Of the night beyond, alas! Yet, upon our ear, now welling From the Angelus, when rung, Is n voice seraphic, swelling, With the etening vespers sung. . . . . Our saddest thoughts are sweetest, ! clever imitations which may be pur- | chinced in stores. fashioned from cloth. | ‘When one has been steeped in real | pros», real poetry, he will not thereafter | i be impeosed upon by vulgarity or mere | clever insolence. This is the heritage which the child | takes with him into manhood or wom- anhood from the home where good | literature is made an integral part of | the daily life. | The reading will have done somethinz to him which will last the remainder | of his life, giving him a foundation for | | an appreciation of the noblest and the | best, and at the same time furnishing | | him with the best answer to the bar- barians. Fortunate is the child whose Iathe: | or mother belleves in the noblest and the best, and is willing to work and | fight. {f necessary, for the right of th~ child to enjoy the same good things of | | this life, its moat durable satisfactions, | "its truest consolations. | For they span & broader sea, Soaring. eagle-wing'd and fleetest, O'er a world of memory; Iridescent dewdrops cluster— Morning bright or ev'ning grav— And concealed bensath their luster Is—"A Tear for Yesterday.” C.M.P. Pro;;?sis U S. Failure To Aid Cuban Trade To the Editor of The Star I was greatly surprised when reading in your paper the refusal of Congress to enact legislation for permitting the importation from Cuba of cigars in lots of less than 3,000, thereby bringing to an end the modus vivendi extending the parcel post convention between that island and this country. the people of Mississippl and Arkansas| combined. The taxpayers of California | would contribute more in national taxes farewell forever to the dramatic life, but after a period of quiet retirement | in the E2st he moved to Hollywood, A humane spirit would lezsd to a, movement for holding political conven-, ‘The administration has favorably re- | ported the bill fo change the 1866 to- acco law, but it would seem that toward flood control than the taxpayers | Calif., and there, from time to time, he of Loulsiana, Mississippl, Arkansas,| yielded to the Jure of the silent drama “Tennessee, Kentucky, Jowa and Wis-|and made appearance on the screen. consin. With a twenty per cent con-| Always thrifty, he had by the time of tribution from the communities affect- | Kis retirement amassed a considerable ed, sections of the country far removed | fortune, and was in far more comfort- from the Mississippl, including the Dis- | able circumstances than is usually the trict of Columbia, would pay more in|lot of the veteran actor. And he was sctual tax contributions than some of | in another respect different from many | the communities which owe their ad-| of his fellows of the stage: His married | wancement in the past and their hope | life was ideal. He was in every respect | for the future to their proximity to the ! a credit to his profession, 25 he had! river. This is the correct ple. | been a large contributor to the pleasure | There is nothing wrong about it. The Of the American people. So long has it | Mississippi River is a national m.l been since he appeared in public that sion. It should be treated as such. | The National Capital is another na- | tional possession. When Congress woke up to that fact some forty years ago it/ matched, doliar for dollar, contribu-! tions from the taxpayers of the District | to bulld up and maintain the Nations most of his admirers of earlier days thought that he had already taken his final “curtain.” and it was doubtless a matter of some surprise to them that he was still in the land of the living | when a few days ago word came that | he was dying. The stage owes much to him. His m‘ ‘:; ;:", me eenlu u‘::n "“lo‘iwork was clean and wholesome. His the yers of ';‘ ty!phy' were refreshing. There was never | % in any of them, or in his renditons of | it added forty cents, And now, Mfler| p,;oprers, the least suggestion of the deciding that & Jump sum of $9.000,000 ! { morbid or the salacious. The dramatic was the correct Federal contribution | . .5 have flowed on since his period for the 1925 Ludget of $29,000,000, the | or s tivity to bring before the public House concludes, by some obscure | cp that is debasing, and it is well to tions as close to the cool Canadian border as possible. ~ —————— The man who does not know his business may “get-by” by bluffing, in many flelds of endeavor. Aviation is one thing he should not attempt. ———et—— - What Lindbergh can command is in- calculable. What he actually desires is the privilege of- being himzelf. o SHOOTING STARS. , BY PHIL NDER JOHNSON, Athleties. Wish 1 were a candidate Marchin' with the band, Where the speakers congregate Through this happy land, Stoppin’ only, now an’ then, To oblige the camera men. 1t you lose, or if you win, In the big debate, All serene, amid the din, You may smile at Fate As you claim no one can skip To the handshake championship. In the world of sport so fine You may have a place, process of reasoning, that it continues yemember the days of Crane as a time 0 be the correct Federal contribution | of good health in American theatricals, | If you ever stand in line With a statesman’s grace. BACKGROU | | [ “Found—Five million dollars of gold. Owner may recover by proving prop- erty. Address Uncle 8am.” It's “as good as gold.” yet the United States Government refuses to accept it for assay, at the mint, unless our Gov. ernment, which does not “sprak” to t Soviet government. can induce some- body else to buy that gold and run his chances of being convicted of keeping a “fence” for stolen property. and so of having to losé what he paid for it in rase that Romanoff Princess Anasthesia | hould reclaim the Russian throne. But Anasthesia (or Anastasia) still sleeps ' upon her anesthetic incognito. The $5,000,000 has been sent from Russia to two New York international| banks for deposit, as a basis of credit, so that the Soviet government mey use it to buy agricultural implements and other much-needed merchandise. It would add to our own export trade. it would give employment to a miliien of our idle men for onc day. at §5 each; it might persuade the Bolsheviks to love us. But we decline to accept it even on deposit, so long as credit must bs given to the unrecognized Soviet government of U. 8. 8. R. No Russlan can buy imports except th: Soviet gov- ernment. itself. D OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. SRS | United States Treasury and credit ! taken against the $187,000,000 debt | owed by Russia, regardless of what gov- jernment de facto ruled that country.| | The Soviet government has paid noth- {ing on the debt, nor has it assumed |any obligation for its future payment. | It has been suggested that it would | be a graceful gesture now if,-finding | the $5.000.000 gold shipment not avail- able as a bank account for general checking, the government at Moscow decided to offer it as a partial payment of the genera} debt due the United Statcs. It has been demonstrated that this country does not insist on actual | payment of the debt immediately. but | only asks Its ecknowledgment = guarenty of amity and good faith. with a guaranty of ownership as part of the settiement. . v . Tt has boen suggested that since Rus- sia owes this country some $187,000.- 1000 for loans advanced to win the war, taching that $5.000,000 and sending & credit slip to the Romanoff govern- ment which borrowed the money. or the Soviet government which has not vet assumed the obligation to pay the debt? Or we might give a receipt to the de- funct Kerensky government, which we did recognize, but which today could not quite recognize ftself. If we were to attach the shipment faitbfully | parcel post this would bs a fine opening for at-| those that manufacture cigars. and dis- regard the convenience to other citizens, and the vast interests of the merchants who an_enormous business with Cuba through the parcel post. It is acknowledged that Cuba has performed her part in the agreement for I35 years, and that two yenrs ago she raised the weight allowed for mail packages from 4 pounds and 6 ounces to 11 pounds at the request of American manufac- turers, and recently expressed a willing- ness to raise the weight to 22 pounds, with C. O. D. privileges, in return for the right to mail cigars here Politicians appear to ignore every- thing but their own private advantages in securing the votes of their constitu- ents. The United States iz in duty bound Ito favor Cuban interests, when. as in the present case, they are also the | Interests of an Immense number of this country's citizens, The benefit of this modus vivendi to Cuba is very problematical: the harm to American tobacco industries is in- significant and the advantages are only to a limited number of real Havana | cigar smokers in this country. The recent Pan-American Congress at Havana, Cuba, through the abl | | of the Cuban delegation, has done much to avold friction. and to increase the friendship of the Central and South American republics to the United States, and to make said conference a success. The United States has refused | to do anything for Cuba., her ward, when In distress. Sugar is so low in Congress prefers to favor a few citizens | of this country who grow tobacco, and | diplomacy of Dr. Orestes Ferrara, head | ANSWERS TO Stop a minute and think about this fact. You can ask our Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea Introduced | into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world—American news- paper readers. It is a part of that| best purpose of a newspaper—service. There is no charge except two eents in stamps for return postage. Get the habit of asking questions. Address your letter to The Evenifig Star, In- formation Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What howos the charcoal together | in briquettes?—K. 8. H. | A. In briquetting charcoal it has ' been found necessary to use certain | binders, such as gums or starches. Briquetting has also been accomplished | by using tar or pitch as a binder and | then subjecting the briquettes to a low temperature distillation in order to| tar or pitch. Q. Who was the first book agent?— 8. A. P, | A. Parson Mason Locke Weems, first blographér of George Washington, was | America’s first itinerant book agent. A blography of Weems. just published. reveals that with a copy of his “Life of Washington” under one arm and tracts | (on morality under the other he made | | house-to-house canvasses of the citizens | | of the young Natlon. How {s arf | tured?—N. L. G. A. There is no weaving employed in the production of artificial lace. The manufacturing is done by a machine, which consists in ita essential parts of » receptacle containing a cupro- | ammoniacal solution of celluiose, a | metallic _cylinder upon which is en- graved the negative of the design and a coagulation vat. A rotary motion is given the cylinder, over which flows the solution, which, entering the inter- | stices of the engraved pattern. fixes |itself immediately in the coagulative |llquid, out of which emerges the | texture ready to be dyed and dressed. | Artificfal lace is both beautiful and unalterable. It will wear well and is less combustible than ordinary lace and is waterproof. tificlal lace manufac- Q. How long will a shinzle roof last?—N. M A. The life of a good shingle roof is | from 15 to 40 or more years Q. When did Ingersoll make the statement that whisky was the finest beverage that ever painted landscapes in the brains of men?>—R. L. D. | _A. In a letter to his son-in-law in | New York, April, 1887, at a time when {he was i!l with pneumonia. and when | whisky In small doses had been pre- |scribed, he wrote: “My dear friend: I {send you some of the most wonderful | whisky that ever drove a skeleton from a frast or painted landscapes in the brain of man.” Q. Where was John the born?—M. T. T. | A. Dr. Henry van Dyke, writing of a j{trip to the Holy Land, speaks of Ain Karim, as the village where John the | Baptist was born. Baptist & Tsmt oif usually found n pools?— "A. “Pool" as used in oil fleld language 'dms not mean an open hole filled with oil. Cil is contained in the formation { ;u't;:;n the sand grains or small cracks n |area within whoss limits ofl may be ! found In commercial quantities. Q. During what time* did Benvenuto | Cellint, the peted sculptor and gold- ?—H. T. H was born in 1500 and died in Q. What is a zebrass>—R. C. N i | i | According to Assuming as did a certain part of the of t country that Secreta: Hoover was called by a Senate com. i mittee to give his views on Mississippl | flood control. with the purpose of em- ‘h.rrssiln: him politically. the general verdict is that he came out victorious |over factiona! focs. Some comments | indicate a belief that he should have /taken a more decided position. Op !the other hand. manv agres that as a member of the administration he was bound to take the position he did as to | the recommendations of othsr branches of the Government. | “It should be clearly understood.” { protests the New Orleans Tribune (Dem- ocratic), “that none of the Louisiana leaders in the flood-control fight. nor Chairman Reid. nor any of the Lower Valley's other allies, brought Mr. Hoover to the stand. Mr. Reid and his col- !leagues in the flood-control committee, | Indeed. decided not to do so. whe conducting theair own hearings. Secretary was summoned at the insist- |ence of colleagues opposing him in the drive off the volatile material from the A bo! | plate that hoids piano A pool means a definite | . Brown Scott and Dr. L. A It is a hybrid offspring between a | QUESTIO BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. zebra sire and a burro dam. It was first obtained by an experiment of the United States Department of Agrieul- ture, Bureau of Animal Bethesda, M4, i 10p O Q. How large i3 t - AT ‘5’ he Island of Mada. A. Tt covers an area Sitlen. of 226,016 square 5 “Q .:lov many States employ lethal a mean = ment?—H. E. 5.20f sapial: punieh A. Nevada is th ) uses this method. B Q. Why it one edition of the Bibl sometimes called the at heJ.n; g Version” and sometimes the “Authorized Version?"—H. B e A. This transiation of the Bible was authorized by King James I y %0 18 given both names. . " Cossnd, Q. Please describe the Pitt - t—G. E. o i A. The so-called robot in Pittsburgh is probably ‘the automatic muhlzfi. which gave an accurate check of the number of persons at the convention of the National Association of Iron and Steel Engineers held in the East Pitts. purgh plant of the Westinghouse Elee- tric and Manufacturing Co. Q When did Rudolph Valentino come to America?—N. M. A. He arrived on the Hamburg- American liner Cleveland two days be- | fore Christmas, 191 Q. Is the trout Switzerland?—H. T. A. The lakes and mountain streams of Switzerland abound in trout, espe- cially In the Upper Engandine. fishing good in ¢ 4 Q. What kind of a telephone system has aico?—L. E. C. A. The Mexican telephone systems are varfed. Mexico uses the regular phone which is ussd in this country by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., and also one known as the Erice- son. and they are now installing the new automatic. The main offices these communication lines are in Me: feo City. It is generally understood that many of these lines are foreign owned. 3. srqr whom was Cape May named? A. The Cape May Peninsula in New Jersey was mamed for a Dutch sailor Cornelius Mey, who explored the Jower ‘reaches of the Delaware in 1614. Q. What is the tension on the a wires when a piano is in tune?—M. T. H. £ A. The Etude says that the 230-odd strings are stretched at an average tensfon of from 150 to- 200 pounds apiece; therefors the- iron plate, to- gether with the heawp wooden framing carries a strain bet®een 18 and 20 tons Q. What is meant up insur- ance?—L. H. bk A. Group insurance is written by many of the leading old-line life in- surance companies, and receives its name from the fact that a company insures all the employes of a large corporation. department store, or any orzanization. Q. How many members were thers in the United States delegation at the Pan- American Congress at Havans. and who were they?—S. M. = A. There were nine in the delega- tion: Charles E. Hughes. cas... Dwight W. Morrow. Ambassador bama. Judg® Morgan J. O'Brisn Jam S. Rowe, rector general of ths Pan-American Union. H;)over Won Bout With Foes, Nation’s Views Government. But he is no Lucifer and Light Bearer.” A more favorable view is taken by the San Antonio Express tindependent Democratic) with the statement: “On «he point at issue—division of costs— Secretary Hoover's testimony before the Senate committee was tactfully noa- commitial. Wisely, he prefers to ex- ercise his influence behind the scenes Mr. Hoover's suggestion that the res- ioration of pubdlic confidence is the mest important phase of the program is altogsther sound.” e Of the Hoover suggestion for & Fed- eral commission to consider disputed points, the Fort Worth Star-Talegram tindependent Democratic) states: does not alienate any of his Southern support, for if condit such as they are claimegd in th: States. an Inquiry will esta fact. He does not alienate the support, for the inquiry will like n 1o & budget of nearly $40,000.000. While | in the hope that the tide may change | Only wait and practl legislation creating the National Cap- and restore the stage to its higher | e In a good gymn: The New York banks have refused to | from the Soviet government. the ship- buy the gold mn their own name, but of- per, upon the ground that the gold Ths Bangor Con price that it does not cover cost of ' current campaign. Regardless of all credits him with production. The Cuban tobacco is of so | that, we regret that his testimony was ftal Park and Planning Commission | specifically regarded formation of that| body and the work it shouid do as na-| tsnal projects, the money appropriated therefor is included in & purely local| supply measure. Nor is that the only, instance of such practice. There is » | $rowing disposition in the House to look | upon the District as an area set nidvi for the selfish benefit of those who happen to live here, for the support o’ which the Federal Government must grudgingly give something. The finr conception of Washington, the National Capital, the pride and property of the | Wation, becomes obscured in a wordy oz A Congressman asks, “Why should the people of my district pay for your parks here in Washington?” But no Congressman rises v demand, “Why should the people of the District pay standards of earlier Umes. [ ) Preliminary political demonstrations | ’un be expected 1o do little more than disclese who has the best publicity| agent. st The effort to “dralt” Mr. Coolidge is another reminder 1o Republican leaders | of how “blessings brighten as they take | their flight” fe— Charles H. Qurand. The passing of Brig. Gen. Charles H. | Ourand is a Joss of real severity o this | |e A native and lifelong residsnt, the National Capital can il afford to | lose & citizen of his type. Quiet, upas- | ruming, but exceptionally efficient, “Charlie” Ourand was an officer and a | ntleman in every sense. During his young manhood he adopted the profes- | for controlling the Missiesippl floods?” Mere we have no votes, Here we have | nothing ' say regarding either the| Mississippl fiod ooptrol or the main- | tenance of the Federal Capltel. sion of instructor in the public schools of | the District, Many Washington “hoys,” | who are pleased Lo consider themselves | still young, well remember him as prin- | cipal and teacher of the fifth grade, on he top fisor of the old Miller Public the hullding standing today on But as! American citizens the people of the | District ere proud ¥ bear their part of | the expense of protecting snd enhanc- | 8<h0l ing the value of & great natonal asset— 5 STEet TR B e e e e .";’,un-d more remunerative employment in | Bhe's | H street between Bixth end Seventh | lof the map section of the Army War © part owners, in the Netional Capital? | o0 “ye prepared many of the maps [used by the American Expeditionary | Forces. tn the zone of operations, during | the World Wer, Being considered of | much more value to the Government in | the War College than serving the troops {0 the field, was the sole reason he did not go abrosd in uniform during the | War Active and prominent In the military | 1ife of the National Capital since hoy- hood, Charles Ourend atiained the rank of general ofcer in the local organized militie, Blarting with & boys' “outht,” when his sge warranted i1, he jolned the Washington Light Infautry Corps, long prior to the organization of the National Guard. He passed through the several non-commissioned grades and rose 10 be caplain of Company €. When the Netlonal Gubrd was formed in the Nicaragus falls inw the frequent mistake of supposing that & neigh- borkood querrel 15 & War - High-Flying Frescoes. A step which, Judged by the past, is riectly logiesl but may be 8 bit pre- wsture hes been announced in uumrt»l “This i the extreme pesutification end ornamentation of sircraft. According 1o advices from Wew York s factory there ie construct- Ing for & wealthy man & plane that i W be fitted with gold snd silver decors- tions end wdorned interiorly with designs in o)l painting Jeid on by & master hand From the canoes of prehistoric peoples * e leviathens of present-day yachts- tion with eviation Standing By. “Your constituents say nd by you.” ‘Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum L] they | “SBome of them merely want to hear | the next talk on the program. wo often merely a cass of stand by.' " It is ‘Pleass Perversity, Our morals sometimes prove a bluff. 1 met some playhouse pickets Who told me that the play was rough— And 80 I bought two tickets. Jud Tunkins says a falsehood in the hands of a good magazine writer may be & work of art. C Make-Up. Had a little party down to Pohick on the Crick. All the gals was made up in a manner very slick. Pop started a flirtation with Mom. She now acts mean. more’'n 40—hut Iooked ke sweet 16, “Attention, “How are the pign?" “All right, I guess,” anawered Farmer Corntossel, “Anyhow they still have wonderful appetites” her make-up ] “We respect the wisdom of our an- | cestors,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- | town, “although we know they ofien forget the teachings of thelr own an- cestors.” Bhifting Favor, ‘The ways of politics severe Bring many & grief, I vow, The “favorite son” of yesteryear Looks like a pehild now, “When yoh laugh st another man's troubles,” sald Uncle Eben, “you muw’ expect to furnish a few laughs yohself when luck ain’ so good.” v—ono Please Stand Byl From ths New York Sun International understanding and uc- cord will be measurably advanced when it fs generally understood that (he Polish Bejm s » national loglalature snd not & hroadcasting ll‘lhfl{ ¥ will fer to handle it only as agents of the Russian government.” This 15 not satis- factory to our State Department | It 1% an axiom of law that the prin- | cipal Is responsible for the acts of its| agents, but the axiom would not protect | the banks, if the, principal In this case | set up a disputed claim of ownership against other elaimants, involving liti- aation under international Jaws and tween pretenders of thrones and prin- cipalities Our laws permit any “owner” of fold to bring it to the mint to be colned into money, “free and unlimited.” The | banks cannot use ft unless it be colned, | | and 1t cannot be colned until i's own- | arship 15 fdentified and proved. The Government ralses doubts s to its legitimate ownership by the Soviet gove | ernment. Inferring that it is conflscat- | ed, which does not carry title. ¥ . | | | What a golden bait! 1f we took | gold from the Soviet government we | | would have to give a reccipt to the | Soviet government, and that would be tantamount to recognizing that as the | government of Russia, de facto The same kind of golden bait was . tary of State Hughes ruled that so long as we refused to know that the Soviet government exists, just so long we can- not know that thelr government has true ownership of the gold they are handling, Our policy ia to refuse rec- ognition de jure of anv government which reaches power by force and rev- olution, or de facto of the Russlan gov- crnment. which refuses to assume the Indebledness and obligations of the government it succeeds, LR The Kerensky government did &0 | recognize the debts of the Crar's gove ernment, although Kerensky overthrew ths Romanoffs. To this day th in an sgent of the Kerensky government located In New York, who is engaged In stralghtenting up the accounts of the overthrown Kerensky reglme, and all the money he collects, beyond his voverhead” s pald to the United States and applied (o the Russi For example, (he Karensky government lost. milllons” of dollars’ worth of wu- nitions i the explosion of ammunition In New Jersey nome years ago. Lately M8 Ughet, the Kerenaky agent (of- Aelally known ws the “Russtan finan- clal attache of the Russian embassy in Washington), succesded 1n - oollecting claims sgainsl the Lehigh Valley Rall rond, which was responsible for the loat munitions, since they were fn fta pos- wo8al0n B8 common carrler, and as soon as the money was colleciod from the rallroad company it was paid to the dangled before us in 1020, when Secre- | had been stolen from the Kerensky or | the Czar's government, it would put the burden of proof upon us, and we have no witnesses. Possession I8 nine points ot the Iaw; the other point is the story that this identical gold came out of mines “taken over” by the Soviet gov- ernment since 1923, hence preceding governments had nd shadow of a claim upon it. v oa A high authority on internationa law cuzgests that an attachment might hold in favor of the Kerensky gov- ernment-——1{f such a government could today prove its existence-—-but It would be embarrassing to United States courts fo have to pass upon that title, for although the United States did regu- lariy recognize Kerensky. he has ceased to function and there I8 no successor ofclally recognized If the owners of the gold mines from which the gold Is alleged to have been taken within the last four or five years could prove property and show that it had been confiscated without payment, their title would be good, proyided Rus- san courts so decided. but who are we In America to decide disputed title between the Russtan government. which Lwe do not recognize, and & Russian cltizen or eitizens? Even the League of Nations dare not interfere in the internal affatrs of any natlon, And 1t a gold mine deep In the bowels of the earth does not constitute “internal” affatrs, what is ft? 8o at Iast there come contradie- tion to the anclent proverd, “Gold goes in At any gate except Heaven' for 1t must be amended by adding Uncle Sam's,” “or LR There s one more peril which con- fronts that ,000. It may yet be solzed by Rumania, just as that lttle country has already selsed certain bank balunce of the Hoviets in the Bank of France. The story is that, during the World War, Rumania, for security, de- lm‘"'“ national funds in Russian banks est the German-Austrian enemy find It and capture it 1 held within the Nuhting rone. When the HRolahevik revolutlon overthrew Kevenaky it selaed and confiscated (he Rumanian bal- ances. ‘There were no qualms In Ru- manta about “recognising” the confia- cator of ita funds, so when It was dis- covered that the Soviets had & goodly balance in the Bank of France Rus manta attached it and was awarded 1t by the French court, so that several milllon franca were veoovered. 1t may repeatl that course fn Amerioa, If that | them. | different a quality and flavor, com- PII'N‘ with the American tobacco, that ts importation into this -country in less than 3,000 cigars would not work eny hardship on the American trade, but nothing ts considered, and the yound republic, born with the aid of the United States. is being left to its own resources, to eke out its existence, and treated as this Nation would treat frica or Patagonia. At the time of the World War. Cuba was asked to produce suzar fn quanti- ties to supply tha United States and the allled nations. and she thus increassd her production ensrmously. When the WAr was over, prices slumped Cuba was ignored. this being thanks she N Why wonder that the Central and South American republics feel a cer- taln mistrust In the sincerity of the intentions of “the Colossus of the North"? ‘The Congress of this country, by ts retusal to sanction a new modus vivend: as desired by Cuba, is rendering a hard blow at the commerce of this Nation, and permitting Furopean coun- tries to enter a field that was closed to the parcel past business J. MORALES ‘- the Ok lal s Argument, From the Oklahoms Daily Ok Lot those who doubt that prohibition s & lNve tssue fust listen to the dispute concerning which was the wetter as. semblage, the Republican banauet at Okmulgee ‘or the Democratic banquet at Pawhuska .- Rolts and Nuts, M e Bemingham News course the South may balt the but bolts never stay in place without nuts PArty very long est, In the meanwhile, whoever the bona fide owners CEEEC “Gold! Gold! Qold! Gold! Aright and yellow, hard and cold are Price of many a erime untold! Qood or bad a thousandfold, How widely 1ts ngencies vary To save 1o ruln - o eurse (o bless, As even it minted colns express!” Might not Mr, Hood have broadensd his indlotment by weluding — with “minted coa’ the gold bars unminted but stamped by unrecognised governs ments and rejected as “talnted.” even when offered for machinery to produce 85,000 000 does not quloklir take wings and fly hack overssas. It 1s costing its owners a loss*¢f 4700 a day intefs food for the hungey® 1CoURL JUTE by Pawl V. Colliae ) and | | not more conclusive. sincs we believe | that the expression of his own opinton. | unfettered by any sense of official restraint, would have done our cause mors good.” | The judgment that Mr. Hoover was ! better informed on the subject than thoss who questionsd him is formed by the Columbus Ohlo £ nal (Re- | publican) and Fort { tinel (Republican), while the Ballingham | Herald (independent Republican) bee | lieves that “in that tast he won prese { tige, adroitly foiled an attempt to drive |2 wedge betwoen him and the adminis- trat left his opponents bee The Youngstown Vindieator CMOCTALIC) says that Senator Willis as like a timid hunter who had sud- denly encountered & bear™ That paper Also feels that “Mr. Huoover took such & stralghtforward stand on the question that the country must admire him more than ever.™ L “He bore a spacial resp explains ths Flint Datly Jo pendent), “In that any stand he might take before the Senate committee would bind him to & certatn course of action in the tmportant matter of flood relief | i the event that he should be elected to the presidency himself. Fortunately, his views and those of the administra- | tion coinelde. as most of his friends belleved they would." The Schenectady Riazette (ndependent Demoeratic) of -« fers the opintan: “We should not ex- | | pect him, under the clroumstances, to come out strongly for a plan that would antagontse the electors of the \ississippt | !regton. Nefther would we expect him to i 20 counter (o the President. whose suggestion in proposing that work, which is necessaty unde: program that may bdbe adoptad. s 0¢ undertaken as soon as possidle and hout waiting for the ratification of an entire program.” The Jersey City- Journal independent Republican) calls the co ssion _tdea “well worth while.” The Seattle Daily (independent Republican be- lieves it to be “based upon comy sanse.” and concludes that * politiclans underastimated Mr. Hoover.™” “The President has let it ds kno s comments the Norfolkx Daiy N dependent), “that he will not opposs placing the whale burden on the Fed- eral Government, i Conaress dec that that is the proper course. The low Mississippt States can find no fmate objection to this proposal. Ppears as i the attempt o make 8 political issue out of the fload goatral program strikss the country as St to all concerned. Ring up anothar ls-eve for Hoover! Ring up another dlack eye far Wilis!" UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Yeers dze Todav Qermans something n are appareniy Rgainst American e sector northwest ot Toul Their camouftage consizuctions Al same places have suddenly doen wha w W doudled fn hetght and thev are workug feverishly within the enemy s ¥ ¥ On & recent night the O “lnmu fired many shelly %0 prepare fway for a raid, Dut nog A single German [ROU o position W camy it out the American machine ‘\g;l and - autos matic rifles stopping Qermans Tthelr tracks. * ¢ ¢ Commiltee o { Publie Information announces 11wl no kuger fsie 0 the press Wats of | Amertcan saldiors Xilled and wounded I France, asmueh as Cen. Pershing | has requested suppression of all dut ihe [names an the ground that addvesses fand units of killed and wounded aids Ne enemy I kwating American forves b S OMAL Qen (oethals, Bdward TR Stettinius. the new surveyar general [f the St Paul Ploneer Press (independ- [ of supplios. and Maj e Mareh are fent), which believes My Hoover, ' made members of (he War Counett, “blinded by the dassling vialon of the |+ ¢« Marshal Haigs wen chack big White House. looaming ahead™ The [ Qerman atiack an Ypres frant. Qers Omaha Warld-Herald tUndependent) re- | mans. advancing on & mile froat, win marks: “Secretary HOover I8 A VOIY I aalv IeMPOTArY Suooess AL Y able wman ‘4 i wise and deeply 'antpauts, but ve-establish their Wme and riendship may be the sole difference | hetween & majority and a minority the coming convention ™ | UA neat compromise ts effected.” | viewed by the Houston Chironicle (Deme jocratie), “whichs will dispase of any ! baste differences of opinion untit after | the Fall elections. Which seems 10 say rather clearly that the adwinistration | plans to perpetuate itself through the election of My, Hoover, and that Mr Hoover plans the aglle sidestepping or straddling of such fsues as food con- | tral, farm rellef, Government operation [Of shipping and water-power plants. And almost everything else that afteets the econaie welfave of the peaple.” CPalitieal artfilness” 18 the verdiot versed I th WAy And Intrieacies of drive enemy back 300