Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY ...April 23, 1928 l‘l;E(;DOBI W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star ,\n\;ulm Company uninoss Ofioe 11th St and Pennaylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd ‘St Chicage Office: Tower Ruilding Furopean Office. 14 Regent St London, Ensland Rate by Carvier Within the Ci The Evemng Star . 3¢ per month Ay H0c par month Sunday Star undave) B3¢ per month Sc per copy (when & The Collection m e may be sent i by mar 5000, R ar telephone. Ma Rate hy Mail—Payable in Maryland and Virginia. 1 mo 1 mo A 50 4 Al Other States and € e b yr, $19.4 anada. Tmo. $ S8.00: 1 mo $100 1 mo . 100 Member of the Associated Press, Asso Local Labor Congestion. It is to be hoped that warning of the industrial situation in Washington will L. broadcast through labor organ- izations and otherwise to prevent any further drift to this city on the part of artisans seeking employment here | on the strength of the Government's | public building program. In The Star| yesterday appeared an account of the conditions which showed that already | numbers of workers, both skilled and | unskilled, finding employment slack | elsewhere, have come to the Capital in) the hope of securing engagements here in connection with the great construc- tion plans that have been authorired by Congress and that are now in the| first stages of execution. This report | of the situstion reveals a distressing | amount of idleness here on the part of competent and willing workers, par- ticularly in the construction trades, who have been at best able to get only part-time jobs for several months. Pri- vate constructions have not been a: active here as for several years and the promise of large-scale opera- tions by the Government has not vet | materialized. Nevertheless, there have been numerous arrivals from other cities on the score ot the projected works, which, though they will cost, accord- ing to the appropriation limit set by Congress, ultimately at least $50.000,000, | will be spent over a period of vears; and will not be in full headway for| perhaps another season. The works that have been actually started at present give employment to only a few men, while it will be a num- | ber of months before athers will be instituted, and those already begun have reached the point of full manning It is, therefore, imperative that warn- ing be sent as conclusively and as widely as possibie throughout the coun- try that there is no field here for im- mediate or even early employment of eonstruction artisans. If all of the buildings authorized by Congress in the Federal housing pro- gram were to be started at once and carried through to completion within the shortest possible time consistent with good construction, ‘there would doubtless be need of many more work- ers than Washington could supply. But that is not the practice that is to be pursued. There are now only three buildings actually in hand—those for the Departments of *Agricuiture and Commerce and that for the Internal de At the end of each month. | Advance. | | their purposes | before the American Society of News- | sion to the fact which the owner depends in part for his own sustenance, Is carefully nur- tured. No intelligent farmer will abuse or neglect one of them. Yet many owners of horses abuse and neglect | their property. their servants, who have {a definite economic value to them. Usually this neglect and abuse is the result of ignorance or thoughtlessness | Sometimes it is & matter of 11l temper, the man putting himself actually on a | ower level than the four-footed crea- ture. | Dogs and cats have their definite | place in the social system. They have their duties and their values. But whether they are useful or merely ornamental, whether they are of service or simply give pleasure by their ap- pearance or their companionship, they should be considerately treated, should be adequately housed and fed and nur- tured, and should not be subjected to | | cruelties or neglect. There are many people who do not like these animals. It is their privilege to abstain from their possession and | association, But they have no right to treat cruelly the domestic animals of | others. | Organizations of men and women | who realize the human responsibility for the welfare of the dumb creatures ' adopt various methods of carrying out They are all animated by the best spirit. They are now united in the present effort to Arouse & keener sense of duty to the dumb. They | hope by the intensive work of this “Be Kind to Animals week” to gain a little ground against the prejudice and the | thoughtlessness and the willfulness of | [ those who do not appreciate the liabil- | ity that man assumes in his role of | superior being. | Simplified Diplomacy. Over at the Department of Com- merce there is a suite of offices en | titled “Division of Stmplified Practice. In an uncommonly thoughtful address | R paper Editors in Washington Sarturday | night Dr. von Prittwitz, the German | Ambassador newly accredited to the United States, pleaded persuast for | simplified practices in diplomacy. He was discussing ‘the increasing mass of | treaties registered from year to vear with the League of Nations at Geneva. “I am the last,” sald -Dr. von Pritt- past| Witz. “to want to minimize the value | |of the work accomplished in and by such treaties. But is this really & case lin which safety lies in numbers?” | Then the accomplished young German { envoy suggested that there is “a cer-| | tain danger in a muititude of treaties, many of which remain unknown to the masses, because they are too compli- cated.” Dr. von Prittwitz rammed home | his argument with an up-to-date allu- | that the proposed | Kellogg renunciation-of-war treaty had ' met with universal approval in Ger- many, among other reasons because of its terse straightforwardness. Diplomacy is addicted to circumlocu- tion. Talleyrand said language was a | means of concealing thought. He was| not referring exclusively to diplomats, or he might have observed that their penchant is to employ a surplus of language for thought-concealing or thought-confusing purposes. It may be that diplomats lack terminal facilities because so many of them are trained in the law—a process of education not usually conducive to that brevity which is the soul of wit. Diplomats’ epistolary products, as a rule, lack neither pro- fundity nor length. ‘The four-power treaty of Washing- ton, which in 1922 laid deep the foun- dations of peace in the Pacific and the Far East, contained only 277 words. It was mainly American in construction. Its author-in-chief, it was understood, was the late Senator Henry Cabot Revenue Bureau. Only one of these, the first named, is in the building stage. v‘l.adgc. a.master of English expression The sites for the other two are not yer | That was a model of the diplomatic prepared—that for the iast named, ,n_! style which evidently stirs the imagina- deed, has not actually been acquired | ‘tlon of our ambassadorial friend from Sy Choe’ Gionkenment. | Berlin, who, speaking the volce of the New Germany before a distinguished gathering of American opinion-mold- ers, received & greeting that augurs well for his mission in the United | States. Public buflding construction is sub- | Ject o delays that do not occur in| private work of this character. In this | particular program of constructions the | situation has been especially vexatious. Although already owned by the Gov- ernment, the site for the Department of Commerce Building was not fully avail- able when the time came to erect, Cer- | tain units of the District government occupled provisional quarters there and ecouid not be moved until space had | been made for them elsewhere, The same was true of the Internal Revenue Buiiding, occupying one of the “war- | tme” structures on the site. In the case of the Internal Revenue Bullding $teelf, a large part of the land had 0 be condemned and that procedure is even yet continuing. There i no definite assurance as 1o when the title wili pass 10 the United Btates and ex- cavations can begin for the eonstruc- tion 1f these facts can be laid before the eomstruction artisans of the ecountry who are now out of employment, they will be spared much expense of travel and much distress in disappointment for Washington now holds more than enough men % carry on the Govern- ment's bpulding work at i present olage Lovers of the turl may be relieved 1o know that oil discussion I no longer W interfere with the difference of opin- fon that makes horse racing - = The Superior Being's Duty. This is “Be Kind to Animals week.” Every effort’ s 10 be made by the pgencies engaged in the prevention of erueity v the dumb creatures 1 bring v universal pyblic aitention the duty of man W be consGerate and humane wnd v prevent needless suffering on their part. Yesterday wermons were preached in the pulpits of the churches subject, clergymen enjoining thelr besrers o apply the golden rule of humanity w sl the charges of ba- Lure Unat have heen sssumed by man in bis civilization. This is an eflort 1o etablish Hght relations belween the so- salied wuperior being and the inferior ones. sll manifestations of lite for which man & morslly responsible Cruelty w smimals takes many forms sctusl persecution, misuse, ahuse, peglect end indifterence ‘The crestures Uiet mre most closely sseociated with dogs end cats, and sl animele 1hat have coomomin velue, cuch as cowe, pigs and sheep, are Vo be reied s members of the human sociation. by service, snd The lorg spimel, wpon 5 on thie people. norses tamily by & by custom e Aqueduct Bridge Removal. Becretary Davis has recommended to | Congress the early removal of Aqueduct Bridge on the score that the plers of the | old structure are in bad condition and | tend to block openings in the new Key | Bridge, and that the Virginia abutment | of Aqueduct Bridge has caused siiting and creates a dangerous condition dur- ing high water. The Becretary of War points out in his recommendation that | Key Bridge accommodates all of the trafic that formerly used Aqueduct | Bridge and that no apparent necessity | remains for the old structure, while on ‘xhe contrary much benefit would ac- | erue by its removal. ( Various proppsitions have been sug- | wested 1o make use of Aqueduct Bridge | since the erection of the Key Bridge | AL one time it was thought that it could | be used by raiiroad or traction com- | panies and vhere was once a project on foot to creste an amusement pler on the Georgetown end of it. With these ! plans all falling through, there appears 0 be no reason for any part of the structure to remain, and it should be removed at the earliest possible date. While there 15 comparatively little navigation on this part of the Potomac, | War Department officials state that it | has come to their attention that the un- | certainty of removal of the Aqueduct Bridge has caused at least one com- pany to abandon plans for & navigation termingl above Georgetown. 1t may well be that removal of the bridge will stimulate use of the river and that the port of Georgetown may assume some of it former importance. . ——e— “There is yet time for former Secretary Fall 1o get back to the farm and super- | Viee the detuils of Bpring planting o - . A New fipeed Record. America has at last successfully dis- pited the world sutomobile speed mark with England. On the sands of Day- wna Beach yesterday Ray Keech spun 12 M. White's thirty-six-cylinder mon- | ster cur over the ground st the rete of iwo hundred snd seven miies | an hour, breaking the record of Capt Maleolm Campbell, who & few months ago sl the mark st two hundred and six miles n hour. Yesterdsy's record {16 the result of dogged persistence on the part of Keech. At the time Capt Campbell was asiounding the world by Burtling hig cer through spase faster THE 'EVENING. STAR. WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT . TRACEWELL. than any other human, Keech was at the scene of action ready to challenge him, but his huge car was barred by the American Automoblile Association because it had no reverse gear. Keech and his mechanics worked feverishly to make their car comply with the re; ulations of the governing body of ra ing, but in the meantime Campbell had set up the new mark. When finally Keech got his car in running condition again, Campbell had departed for England in a blare of glory, and he suffered further disap- pointment when he was unable to co- ordinate the two motors in his car and was forced to stand by and watch Frank Lockhart attempt to better the record of the Englishman. Lockhart's dive into the ocean at a speed of more the consequent wrecking of one of the finest pleces of automobile machinery ever assembled, gave Keech another chance, but it was not until yesterday, months after the occurrence, that his thirty-six-cylinder monster responded perfectly to heavy pressure on the ac- celerator, and he went on to & new record, While there may be skeptics who see nothing but a particularly hazardous | stunt in tests of this kind, they have unmistakable sclentific value. Of course, | 1t will never be practical for the aver- | age man, even if automobile manufac- turers were able to incorporate such speed in stock cars, to drive at any such pace. The value, however, lies in the fact that after such a run every metal | part of the racing car shouts out its | own story of its ability to withstand the | burning force of friction. Friction 1s the enemy of man-made machinery and it is friction that puts the ma- jority of automobile engines on the | junk heap. Consequently, when ex- | perts are able to observe exactly what takes place in a motor when pushed to excessive speed, a great deal has been | learned and man is much the gainer | by such knowledge. - B —— Iike many another great ecollector, the late Flbert Gary found comparative- Iy little time to enjoy the pictures in his gallery. The sense of possession is a controlling influence with the great | art connoisseur as well as the great financier. - PSP —— | London does not care much fory American actors. English actors have for many years been heartily welcomed to this country. Tariff experts may be | compelled to consider the question of | reciprocity in histrionic art. An air patrol is wanted to chase hecklers who hover about outdoor meet- ings. The aviation pursuit may become almost as reckless and terrifying as that caused by bootleggers and police- | men. i B Annual report that the peach erop has fajled is one of the few chances the fruitgrower has to introduce the element of dramatic suspense into his somewhat prosaic occupation. & - There is no doubt that the public should take the politicians more seri- ously. It is also urged that some of the politicians should do the same for the public. e S R An agreement to refrain from war is | likely to cause discussion which if it | does not positively avert all war can be relied on at least to postpone it. The airship has abolished the need of large supplies of gumdrops to be presented to Eskimos by visitors to the North Pole. It will surprise old observers if either the Hoover or the Al Smith boom can maintain s crescendo pace started so early. e —— SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON, The Lighter Side. Toward politics we ought to be More reverent, none can deny. We should refrain from empty glee, And breathe s most respectful sigh. And yet, amid its serious glories, Its orators tell funny stories! Alas! Comedians must thrive In all the hallowed haunts of fame. Sometimes they even will contrive Intrusion In a base ball game! “Twas ever thus in every city; The wisest oft would fain be witty, Intent on Business. “Are you Interested in airplanes?” “Only as an observer,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum, “The aviator vote out our way isn't big enough as yet to be worth going after.” Getting Inte the Game. ‘The bulls and bears perform In sunshine. and In storm. The little lamb draws near And wants to play—Poor Dear! Jud Tunkins says about all the bene- fit there is In the average argument is chest expansion and deep hreathing. In Evidence. “I saw you at the grand opers. “My wife had & lot of new clothes and jewelry,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “You were expecied to look at her; not at men. Signifieant Discourse. “Have you ever practiced the art of public speaking?” “Not yet," answered Miss Cayenne, “Until & girl is engaged her best pros- pects in life depend on qulet Inter- views." “Men who have made history,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “have the needs of posterity.” A New Drama, He introduced a dinlect Surprising to humanity, With grammar, in each line correct, And no word of profanity, “Honesty,” sald Uncle Ehen, “is de beat. policy 1 sald ‘poliey, not ‘poll e, " " - VAI d and Bebin d. From the Boston Werald, Middie age ought 1o he the time when o man has we much good work ahead of him as behind Old Saying Verifi than two hundred miles an hour, with | the elg | times { They tell, never made 1t well enough to satiafy Athtesman like “Jim” Watson would be " | diana Spnator's pre-convention stock- BY CHARLES F. One reason we like a small book, “Hardy Shrubs,” by Frank A. Waugh. | fust, isaued by the Orange Judd Pub- | Ishing Co., 18 that it pays high tribute | to the world's favorite bush, the lilac, In A new way. Newness s always fetching. | Another Is that Prof. Waugh writes | informatively and interestingly of all | the shrubs, thereby giving the reader a sure guide among these plants. A third Is that he gives the latest Ideas as to | pruning; always a difficult subject to the amateur. “The outstanding quality of the lilac | s its domestic character and associa- | tons," the author writes, concluding ht pages which e devoles to| this shrub, which he terms “one of the finest of all.” “One woilld have to be as impervious to sentiment as a rhinoceros to ride through the New England hills and not | find his imagination stirred by the | mementos of years gone by. It fs not necessary to open the old discussion about abandoned farms, but at frequent Intervals there are the indubitable re- mains o.vhwhn once were homes, Some- | ere are timbers s | oftener there are only the stamce™ ot the cellar walls; but always there are lhfhhmv spreading clumps of lilac | ear after year, | care, they thrive and ::rh k-emrnlnz May ® sky and to the quiet roadway homely but_exquisite. beaury ar L generous blossoms. Their heavy fra. grance weighs down the evening rir. more intelligently than any | uAge. the story of the homes dotted these “hills and held | ambitions of living men and without a human spread, and with they publish to | | | other lang) that once the human women, “These men and farms, now grown They built roads, no brush. They made them, but. the hou. every other materi vanished away. [ touch of beauty i they planted lilac rmr: ;’Andc\\’. “And now, after a century and change, nothing remains 02(‘"::(1'1 thelr effort save only that one touch of | beauty in their lives. That one meager | wish for a sweeter and kindlier home | l;::enul:iv'olfl Al the struggle for more | s of tillage a e Re and more barns for “The blossoming lilacs are the and most durable monument in rr!:! memoration of the fireside that used to | May the reason be perhaps that they represent precisely the most es- sential. ‘spiritual and eternal element In those long-forgotten homes?" o ox o We do not know what the reader here women opened up again to trees, | w obliterated in the | houses and lived in | ses and barns and al equipment haye | Ast of all, as the one n their pioneer lives bushes by the sitting- | | thinks about the above paragraphs, but we Dbelieve them to constitute one the finest tributes ever paid bnlh"llln?i and homes, pointing at once to the necessity for lilacs and beauty in the making of every real home. One might not expect to find any- thing so good in a handbook—that fis why this is a particularly good one. When & writer can take the reader by surprise he is achieving something. This is a book of but five chapters (the last a “Catalogue of Shrubs"), but it _contains all that most persons will want to know about these essential ele- ments in the home planting. The “catalogue,” is particularly weil done. Prof. Waugh plainly tips the reader off to the really essential shrubs —privets, lilacs, spireas, dogwoods, bar- berries, apples, etc. Garden writers all too often affect to despise plants that the great mass of the people admire, Prof. Waugh, | with the breadth of vision caught ! through his many years of work in the | chair of landscape gardening at the WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FRED: “Who is so deafe or so blinde as hee ‘That wilfully will neither heare nor see?” | 8o runs a famous proverb of John | Heywood, written 450 years ago, and Just exactly as true today as when that earliest master of English colloquial | sayings first uttered if. It Heywood were writing 1928 presidential proverbs in the United States, he would aim that shaft at certain idolators of Calvin | Coolidge. Although the President on April - 21, taking cognizance of the persistence of the “draft-Coolidge” cult, fired a fourth shot in its direction, hope springs eternal in its joint and several breasts. Having read Mr. Cool- idge's stralght-from-the-shoulder de- mand upon the Republicans of Massa- | chusetts not to “embarrass” and “com- | | always come up laughing with a big [0 the level of the ground, or as nearly ERIC WILLIAM WILE. {ONDAY. Massachusetts Agricultural College. knows that the people are often right in their preferences. You have heard what he has to say about the lilac. Of the spireas he states: ““Here we have one of the most popu- 1ar groups of shrubs in the whole cata- log. In fact there are streets where the Van Houtte spirea is so popular as to seem decidedly common. But the favor in which the Van Houtte and the other spireas are held is altogether de. rved.” Of the variety mentloned h says specifically: “The greatest favor- ite of all, hardy, strong, free-growing. will withstand drouth and cold and crop of white flowers in thickly crowd- ing_umbels. One of the best shrubs ever Introduced to the public.” So the next time some gardener with | p-stage” tendencies tries to sneer at your Van Houtte spirea, tell him wha one of the real experts has to say aboyt it. b o 8 Prof. Waugh indicates that founda- tion plantings around a house should | be mainly hardy shrubs, not evergreens. He, too, has his dislikes, however. “The | too popular hydrangea, for example, is | quite 100 c and too voclferous for planting about a quiet domestic private house,” he believes "It would be more fitting In a zoological garden.” While one may make such plantings as one | pleases, Prof. Waugh says—and most readers will agree with him, even if he does trample on the toes of their favor- ite hydrangea—that “matters of taste should be settled by persons of taste.” We glve Prof. Waugh's ideas on pruning, as they are entirely different from any we have heard hitherto: “One general rule may be offered, observation of which would go far toward making a revolutionary improvement in the prun- ing of shrubbery. This is to prune at the bottom, not at the top. “Any young, vigorous, healthy shrub keeps throwing up new shoots from the base. But if each stool is left alone year alter year without thinning, the time soon comes when there s no more room for young sprouts, and since the entire stool is shaded and choked by the old stems young growth ceases. If, on the other hand, the oldest stems are cut out bodily from time to time, their places will be quickly filled by young, fresh shoots. In this way the “entire plant can be constantly renewed. The whole shrub remains indefinitely young. clean and thrifty, whereas by the com- mon method of pruning at the top the shrub soon becomes old, decrepit, ‘leggy’ and_unattractive, with a ‘maxi- mum of old gnarled wood bearing & minimum of flowers and foliage. “At_each annual pruning. therefore, one should remove the oldest stems, and these should be cut out clean down to that point as possible. From one- fifth to one-third of the entire shrub should usually be taken owt each year. “The customary style of pruning, consisting in snipping off the tips of all branches, making each shrub look like a boy's hair cut pompadour, is bad horticulture and bad landscape gar- dening. It should be practiced only on | formal shrubs like the evergreen boxes and bays, which in ancient times were employed in the embellishment of beer gardens. “It will be readily understood that the system of pruning here recommend- ed will produce lower. smaller bushes than the opposite system. A larger number of shrubs will be necessary. therefore, to cover any given space completely.” Prof. Waugh, while listing Symphori- carpos recemosus, the common snow- berry, does not Include calycanthus | flordus, the “sweet shrub," dear to| memory. Maybe it is bit coarse, but | those of us who put its flowers in our | childish handkerchiefs will regret its absence from this very good little book. | it from him now. Once upon a time the Towan, then a political youngster, | gave the late Senator Albert B. Cum- | mins a neck-and-neck race for the Hawkeye governorship. * % % ¥ | Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of | Michigan, chose the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ banquet instead of the Senate floor for his maiden speech in Washington. The distinguish- ed company which heard him Satur- day night voted his debut an unqualificd success. Mr. Vandenberg is witty, elo- quent, forcejul and impressive. If “the freshman nator” —a self-descrip- tion—should prolong at the polls next Fall what he calls a “temporary assign- ment” in the Senate, he should go far. Whate'er betides, the Senator-scribe APRIL d Ip ’ 23, 1928, Asks Death Penalty For Makers of War To the Editor of The Star: Yesterday you published a copy of the new treaty to enG war between cer- tain nations. A treaty becomes part of the written law. I notice this law has no teeth. It is sald that a law without a penalty is worthless. I would not say “worthless,” for some will try to obey out of fairness. 1 would call it a move In the right direction. Ridding the world of wer is the greatest problem of all time. How shall we say never more shall there be the stench of blood-soaked, corpse-strewn flelds; the bodily pain and mental suf- fering of untold myriads of human souls from the scorpion sting of bullet, the shock and smash of bursting shell: hrfs‘ blasted to pleces by shrapnel: bodies torn by artillery fire; lungs and eyes burned out by polson gas; the rampant pollution of young men and maidens: the wanton destruction of homes and flelds of helpless ones: the soul agony nd despair of bereaved mothers and weethearts: the blasting of lives of the wrecks who return and the scarring of | souls of those who curse their Maker in | their agony? The point continually lost sight of is that wars are not started by nations but by individuals. “Or what king is there who, going to make war upon | | another king, doth not first sit down | and consider, % The best that thinking men have been able to o toward the abolition of crime is to ut a penalty on it which tends to check the mental tendency toward it by another against it, and in some cases rids the world of eriminally minded men. As a practical matter-—to get results—this same simple method s the only one that can be effective, even partially, toward preventing war. Sim- ply add a penalty clause to the treaty somewhat on this fashion: “Any person, be he king. prince, em- peror, ruler zen or subject, of any nation whatso- ever, who does an act of war, or who advocates, aids or abets therein, except | in defense of home, country or kindred | or the enforcement of the laws of the land, shall be guilty of a crime against humanity, and upon conviction thereof in a court of any land wherein he may be found, or in an international court. shall be punished by death: and the old theory, ‘the king can do no wrong.’ | 1s hereby abrogated to the extent that no royal or executive immunity there- for shall exist, domestic defense and | police duty being the only excuses; and an act of war shall be defined as an | armed_attack by two or more persons | resulting in the killing or wounding of ! persons or the destruction of property | or the capture of persons or proper This would cover riots and Insurrec- tions. as well as wars of aggression, but | would exempt home defense and law | enforcement. “It must needs be that | offenses come, but woe unto that man by whom the offense cometh.” ERNEST HAVILAND HOBBS. —oe | Cruelty to Animals Often Unintentional To the Kditor of The Star There is a great deal of cruelty to |animals which is unscen and un- noticed. Drivers of horses are not intentionally cruel, they simply do not know what cruelty is; they have never been faught to _recognize it. The milkman does not know that his horse is being worn out faster by the pain caused by the checkrein than by the work it is doing. The man who has a fretting horse is not aware that the fretting is the only way the horse has of telling that he is suffering pain. The rider whose horse has reared and fallen backward, perhaps producing serfous injury, does not know that the fall was the result of the horse's effort to escape the pain caused by the cruel jaw-breaker bit. ‘The laundry driver does not realize how much suffering he is causing his horse by the continued sawing of the iron bit—very often in the raw flesh. Sometimes horses are tortured by the backpad, or by a too-tight bellyband, or by & flapping blinder. Sometimes horses have been choked down by A too-small hame collar. Breast collars are much more comfort- able for horses than hame collars. The man who delivers coal does not know that the collar should be unat- tached from the rest of the harness, in order that it may not be held immov- able during the hours of work. Neither does he know that the breeching should be small and high so that the horse can back its load by the flanks and not by the top of the neck. The driver of the beautiful, broad backed. overchecked, prancing steed is not aware that the animal is unquiet because of the torture it is compelled to endure from the checkrein. Kindness to animals is as catching as smallpox when people have learned to see cruelty. Mothers unknowingly teach " their promise” him by voting for him in the | vows devotion to the fourth estate, in | Children to be cruel, and the faflure to A 24 primary, the drafters forth-| th pick a flaw In the President's | latest renunciation. He did not cate-| gorically say he would not run if nomi- | nated. He has not gone the famous | length of Willlam Tecumseh Sherman He has not sald he “would not serve” | if re-elected. LRI Until he actually burns his bridges, | ¥ Mr, Coolidge is bound to subject him- | self to the charge of not really meaning | what he says. will keep on saying it is modesty, pref- erence and reluctance that are tal lnz.; and not the President's determination. ‘They will unceasingly argue that If the Republican party in convention assem- bled sufficlently urges its leader once again to march it to victory, Calvin Coolidge ts not the man to leave his followers In the lurch. To date no one has discussed the President's impelling motive for putting away the crown. A reason now finding expression at Wash- ington concerns Mrs. Coolidge's health, which, though not undermined, is not as rugged as it might be. Lesser mor- tals than the President would shrink, under such circumstances, from sub- Jecting & wife to more of the wear and tear imposed upon the Pirst Lady of the Land. R Hodver's fortunes, which sagged fol- lowing Lowden’s Illinois p 'y vietory and the failure of Colorado, Oklahoma and Connecticut Republicans to instruct for the Commerce Secretary, should be enhanced by Mr. Coolidge’s action In Massachusetts, A shrewd Bostonlan now in Washington makes a sage ob- servation. He points out that Republi- can national conventlons never rrrum- ate an oxisting Republican administra- tlon T;\oy indorse it, either by renomi- nating its head or a candidate hall- marked with administration flavor. Hoover is the only man answering that description. To name Dawes would be to choose a man widely considered anti- pathetic to Coolldge—and not alone on agricultural grounds. To choose Lowden would be to fly in the face of the ad- ministration’s farm policy. Even the selection of an_otherwise acceptable n ti-Coolldge gosture, for the In- his McNary-Haugenlsm avers thal rejection of 1d be in-trade s s0 wholly without precedent that, in the opinion of the authority in question; it s without the slightest probability, o Claude R, Porter, Democrat, of Towa, who has Just been sworn in as an In- terstate Commerce Commissioner, finds himself heir to a desk with a history The 1. €. O. functionary whose fob it I o assign Inmmlu,‘ commissioners ofMce spece apologized to Mr. Porter for in- nl’:‘llln* in It some furniture that sn't new. The desk, a solid plece of yeal mahogany, 1s the oldest of all, but the new commissioner was nasured it wouldn't. he long before s more modern outfit would he put in. "By the way" Mr. Porter was told, “Franklin K. Lane ed. From thae Altoons Tribuns Of course the filest survive, as Dar- wip eald. We're all hiere, arep't we? used that desk when he was an Inter- state Commerce Commissioner " Where- upon Porter sald horses couldn't diag | reminds me.” he said, “that ‘Van' told | | Rhodes, for nearly 40 years superin- | bullding and used bricks, timber, nails | which his life has been spent. Vanden- berg made a hit with his story of how a Michigan jury once “charged” him $4,000 for accusing a politician of trying | to start “a little Tammany Hall." F. A.| Miller, editor of the South Bend Trib- une, heard Vandenberg speak. “That me 25 years ago he'd like to go to Con- some day. There'’s a dream come oo "The Story of Monticello,” Thomas Jeflerson’s home on the outskirts of Charlottesville, Va., is the title of a fas- cinating volume by Frank B. Lord, Washington newspaper man. He sub- titles the book, “As told by Thomas L. tendent of Monticello.” Stuart G. Gib- boney, president of the Thomas Jeffer- son Memorial Foundation, observes in a foreword, “Monticello is more peculiar- | ly the achievement of the brain and | hand of one man than any home ever | bullt.” The author of the Declaration of Independence selected the site, de- signed the plans, superintended the and hardware made on the premises under his direction, v ox Judge Joseph M. Proskauer of the | appellate division of the New York Su- | preme Court, who was at Asheville with Al Smith, ranks as the most “judicially minded” of the governor's confidential advisers. A man of about Smith's own age, quiet, cultured, retiring and mod- est, he practices silence when others of the Smith “kitchen cabinet" are most voluble. No Democrat is closer to Man- hattan’s idol. “Joe" Proskauer would be almost sure to be In & Smith cabinet or to be appointed to & United States Supreme Court vaca ney. opyright. 1998} UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today British naval forces, with the co- aperation of PFrench destroyers, carry | Out w o rald against Zeebrugge and Ostend with object of bottling up those (Wo bases of German submarines on the Belglan coast, They succeed In blocking the canal al Zeebrugge by sinking two old cruisers filled with con- crele in the channel, Marines and blue- Juckets land and storm the mole to distract attentlon of the enemy. mall wareraft, * * * /| und Blitsen! It's the | one Cierman yelled when | I.m-hmr that the opin/ rald started, Indieating lon they hold of the Amerl- Cans s not In accord with that which the German mwnr- pers have sought o disseminate in no‘r attompts (o be- Nttle us. * * * Qertaln Amerioan di- Vislons are now In line on a ocertaln. sector of (he front which has been the seene of some of the most severe fight- teach children to be kind is the cause of nearly all the cruelty in the world. MRS. C. K. HUNTINGTON. e A rereciotis Kindness to Animals Urged as Obligation To the Editor of The Star: Another Be Kind to Animals anniver- sary has rolled around to remind us of the obligations we owe our four-footed nd feathered friends and helpers, which, though called the “lower” crea- tion, often exhibit traits of love and devotion equal or superior to mankind. Let us resolve to make this week a starting point for some thought, word and deed of kindness every day for some human being and animal in need, for need is all around if we only keep our eyes open. As just one example, at this time of the year hundreds of little cat and dog mothers, homeless, unwanted and hun- gry, have brought Into the world still more unwanted little ones, but the mother love and devotion bestowed upon them is of the very highest type. They are cursed and cast out by man simply because It seems undesirable to us that certaln kinds of animals should obey the universal instinct for motherhood implanted and blessed by the Creator. Motherhood of the humblest creature. however, demands respect, and instead of cursing & cat or dog mother, feed her, gain her confidence: then, If unwilling 1o provide a home, take the whole fam- ily to the Anlmal Rescue League, where they will be hlll!\ll,l:? disposed of, thus both preventing needless suffering and ridding one's self of a so-called nul- sance.” The look of gratitulle I have seen In rescued animals' eyes makes any trouble for them well worth while A further Important suggestion is teaching our children to observe and love all tame and wild life of both ani- mals and plants, and to stand up for their Qod-given rights, This is one of our greatest obligations and privileges. It should be started In the home and continued through the church and pul lie sehools. Let them h peta, i pos- sible, What Is a more perfect comrade- ship than a boy and a * Don't deny him, And what more utiful sight than the litte girl mothering her dolls and kitten? VIRGINIA W. SARGENT, Promoter Christian-Humane Educe N v e “Multiplicity of Laws. From the Nashville Tennessean. Multipliolty of laws needn't annoy you, The law against stealing means un"}lnl to the man who wouldn't sleal .o Always & Murmur. From the Bostan Hevald ‘The hum of Industry never wholly drowns the murmur of unemployment. g and at other points in the line the prooess of brigading American | troops with other allied troops s going | on apace ¢ F ¢ Garmans bring 40 fresh divisions to the west front, Surely D Prom the Atlanta Constitution There s no question about the Con- wrepsional Record belng dry, president, potentate. citi- | This Is a special department devo to the handling of inquiries. You hav at your disposal an extensive crganiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates 1o information. Write your question, your name and your address clearly and inclose a 2- cent stamp for reply. Send to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred- gric_ J." Haskin, director, Washington, | Q. What is anise used for and what yield per acre may be expected?—M. G. A. Anise is grown aromatic seeds (fruits), which are used medicinally and also in baking and foi flavoring confectionery. tilled from the seeds is used medicinal- Iy in cordials and also for flavoring va- rious beverages. Yields of anise seed are quite variable, since fthe plant is very sensitive to unfavorable weather conditions. In a good season {rom 400 to 600 pounds per acre may he reason- ably expected. | | | Q. What is meant by the practice of Fletcherism?—F. B A. Fletcherism is a theory advo- cated by Horace Fletcher that perfect health requires and is maintained by | complete mastication, or a chewing of the food into pulp. 1 Q. How can I refinish a | blackboard?—L. E. G. ‘, A. Paint the board with crdinary black paint such as will dry xith a | Rloss; then apply a coat of plack paint | mixed with turps instead of oil. which will dry a dead black. child's | Q. What is the plot of “The Dyb- | buk?”—O. E. B. A. The Book Review Digest thus gives the plot: “Contrary to an old promise to wed his daughter to the :on of a friend. Sender has consented to another match for Leah. Channon, now a scholar in the synagogue. is Leah's betrothed. He hears of the ap- i | his love. turns from piety to blasphemy and dies. On the wedding day, at ihe culminating moment in the cer:mony. ilhv dybbuk--Channon’s disembodicd tined bride and takes possession of her. The terrified father begs the rabbis to try to exorcise the dybbuk. In the final scene the exorcism takes place {but when the dybbuk is torn from Leah’s body her spirit follows it.” Q. Does one-fourth of the popula- tion live in the Eastern part of the United States?’—-K. J. H | A. Over a third of the population of the United States lives in the North- eastern section. which includes the New England States, New York, New Jersey, | Pennsylvrnia, Delaware and Maryland. ! Q. How many submarines did Ger- | many lose during the war?—S. D. | 203 submarines, whil Q What punishments were given to eriminals in Rome?—F. P. R. A. The following punishments were meted out to the offender in ancient Rome: The mulcta, or fine; vincula, im- | prisoment or fetters: verbera, or | stripes: talio. or infliction of punishment | similar to injury, ie.. limb for a limb: |infamia, public disgrace, by which the delinquent, besides being scandalized, was rendered incapable of holding pub- | lic office and deprived of other privileges | of Roman citizenship: exilium, banish- ! ment: death, either civil or natural. | Natural death was brought about by | beheading. scourging. strangling, or throwing the criminal headlong from the Tarpeian rock, or from a place in a prison. from the Robur. Q. How many people visit the Metro- politan Museum of Art in New York annually. and what is the cost of main- tenance?—O. N. A. The report of President Robert W. de Forest gives the number of visi- tors at the main building in 1927 as 1.209,176, and at the cloisters 38.345. The cost of maintenance for the year was $1,388.712.45. Q Who nfl:lmlliaommud the song “Casey Jones"?—1. E. A. According to Robert W. Gordon, author of “Old Songs That Men Have Sung."” referring to “Casey Jones.” “This song in the form in which it is com- monly sung today is the product of Austria lost 20. | |and was copyrighted by them in 1908 They did not originate the song. but merely made a new version built upon | older material. Much of this material was In the form of scattered stanzas. chiefly for its| ‘The oil dis-| proaching wedding and. despairing of ' | spirit—enters the body of his predes- | A. Germany is reported to have lost ' Eddie Newton and T. Lawrence Siebert, | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, | some of which dealt with Jay Geuld and not with Casey Jones at all.” The author of this book says that the whole history of this song is complicated. Q. What are the different weight classes in professional boxing’-—G. S. A. The classes of professional boxers are: Flyweight, 112 pounds: bantam- weight, 118 pounds: featherweight, 126 pounds; junior lightweight, 130 pounds: lightweight. 135 pounds. welterweight, {147 pounds (America has a junior | weiter class at 140 pounds); middle- weight, 160 pounds; light-heavyweight 175 pounds. and heavyweight, 175 pounds and over. Q. Is there an organization ealled the Sea Scouts?—L. A. The Sea Scouts is a branch or- ganization of the Boy Seouts of Amer- ica. I would like to know whether 8 chicken has a sense of smell>—H A. Chickens have very littie sense of smell. Q. What is actually meant by term “fair” when used in weather fo casts? M. R Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Agrien). ture on its forecast work considers a day as “fair” when not more than 0.0 inch of precipitation is expeeted to or- cur within_the period coversd hy the forecast. By precipitation is mean rain, or snow reduced to equivalent. The term has in the p: also been used, although not in fr casts. to denote a state of the sk tween overcast and clear. The ex slons “cloud; or “partly 3 modifications of a Ynlpl’ w a”;l(; x;!’)'-fil t indicating that the weather is not pected 10 be eiear. Looking over ous dictionary definitions and <'IV"I!'HV set for Weather Bureau observers is generally found to embrace a tain degree of cloudiness and conditions. In forecasts it sign sence of measurable precipitation, - Q How :onx has Washingte apanese cherry trees | 10! s n Poto i@ A {X¥ November, 1909 a ity of Tokio, Japan. presented to W n ington as a token nr gnod ld"\'n:?r' teem 2.000 Japanese cherry tress 11 arrived {2 Washington in January but were found to be infactsd gallworm and other insect pest. as certain fungous diseases. T, therefore destroved. In March. 1312 2 second shipment of 3.020 trees arrived They were in splendid condition. The first tree was planted by Mrs. William Howard Taft. then the Pirst Lady ot the Land. and the second by the Vie- countess Chinda, the wife of the Japan- ese Ambassador. Q. What is the student loan fund in South Dakota’—M. N. A. Any high school graduate in South Dakota who desires to attend an institution of higher education in the State and can obtain the indorsement of three responsible persons may borrow money from a student loan fund spon- sored bv the Parent-Teacher Ascocia- tion of that State. th ipal- These 210, Q. How are pearls formed in ovs ters?>—D. W. A. The pearl formation is often due to the irritation caused by the pres- ence of a grain of sand or some other foreign body lodged between the mantie and the shell of the animal: an extra amount of pearly matter is thus se- creted and forms roughness or profec- tions on the inside of the shell which if becoming free and regularly spheri cal, form one or more pearls. Q. Is there a statue or monument of or to George Washington in the city of Budapest. Hungary?—J. G. A. A statue of George Washington vas recently erected in Budapest. Hun- by Americans of Hungarian birth turr descent. | Q What is meant by the “bends.’ | and how does this disease affect one’— N H. E Q A. Bends. or caisson disease. is euf- | fered sometimes by deep-sea divers. It is due to too rapid a decrease in air pressure, causing bubbles of gas to form | in the blood. which, if they lodge in the heart or brain, may cause paralysis or death. Q. What ingredient is used in the manufacture of soap to make the cakes harden after the re cold*>—C. G. R. A. Silicate of soda is used by manu- facturers to harden soap. Bremen Flight Of Hazards Over the Atlantic In acclaiming the crew of the air- plane Bremen as heroes assured of a place in history, the American press points to the experiences of these cours that transatlantic fiying still Is a long way from a safe and practical business. As the Flint Daily Journal expresses it, “the Bremen fiyers in their very suc- it Is” and there is “greater respect for the others who sailed away in as high hopes. but lost.” “Doubtless other daring spirits will continue to court death to achieve this triumph,” says the Omaha World-Her- ald, "but If the Atlantic is ever to be made safe for aviation will take something more than daring and the experience of pilots. - The real advance to be made next must be that of U’Is alrplane designer and manufacturer “That the westward crossing could | | | crossing had been made three times within the year, was well recognized. avers the Charleston Evening Post. which also contends that “the chances were and are against it in the present stage of development of the airplane, as the chances are still against an east- ward crossing, despite the achievements of Lindbergh, Chambeilain and Byrd, although doubtiess the eastward is a better hazard than the westward flight.” Whatever may the practical effect, the Roanoke Times feels that “their desperate attempt to set & new record b being the first to fiy from the Old to the New World was foolhardy. no doubt, but it was the foolhardiness of brave men, nevertheless, and was uni- versally recognized as !I:“h > oo of the past “only excite according to the los Angeles Express. which belleves “thev think only of the goal or they never would try for 1t.” and holds that “should that desire ever be lost, the &Il\i(rm\n of mankind would be at an end.” Never- theless, the Norfolk Dally News of Ne- braska find in the Bremen's experience “additional eviddnee that the sclence of alr navigation has not yet solved the roblems that will have to be met be- }lnn the flight from Kurope (o this con- tinent can be made with reasonable safety.” “Qreenly Island has become a hise torle spot, as did San Salvador 436 years ago." remarks the Newark Kve- ning News, which exclatms: “All honor to the two Qermans and the Irishman. * Considering the filght, the Cincmatt Times-Star states that “Ns alaim to Rreatness is the fact that It was made against prevalling headwinds and in the tace of an unbroken sequence of dis- astrous precedents ” The appraisal of the Anniston Star is that “although they fell short of theww goal, their achlevement has insured for them a place on the rall of honor among those Wwho are making aviation history.™ The Atlanta Journal pays the trib- ute: “Thelr bitter battle with wind and fog, their ool courage when utierly lost In the vast of the aiv, their skill N maneuvering for a deseent where | the et misoaloulation or fumbling might have meant wreckage and death, All this gives peculiar glory to the deed Pilot Koehl. Capt Fipsmaurice. Raron von Huenefeld! We saluto them as ageous and skillful men as further proof | cess have shown how difficult a thing | and would be made, as the eastward | Furthe;' Proof master spirits of, the air age. They | have bound the Old World to the New with ties stronger than steel. more precious than gold. and beautiful as human faith and brotherhood.” Pointing out that “five famous avia- tors and two daring women. including & princess and the daughter of an Eng- lish lord. laid down their lives trying to accomplish the westward passage,” the Rock Island Argus asks: “What mat- ters it if the trio failed to make Mitchel Field> They spanned the great ocean successfully, and their names will go down into history. Germany and the Irish Free State divide the honors.™ The Salt Lake Deseret News holds that history will record it as “one of the most daring achievements, in view of what happened to their unfortunate predecessors, ever recorded in the an- nals of fiying.” EEE R “Alreraft today.” observes the Port- land (Oreg.) Journal. “are mot bemg employed to make the world afraid They Are Opening up new routes of traffic. They are bridging the oceans with good will. Another greater exploit remains. It is the non-stop flight from America to the Orient. It is the flight from the Pacific Coast to Japan. Lind bergh may intend to fly, and if anv aviator today can do it he will. And where the non-stop planes fiy war treats, because international friendship appropriates the wings.” The Scranton Times, referring to Joy in Germany and in Ireland.” adds that “there i thanksgiving In this country, too, that the men who plloted the Bremen d not meet the same fate as other dar fiyers who sought the honor of be the first to make the westward cross ng As 0 the technical problems. the Louisville Courfer-Journal savs The 'lesson of Peary, as exemplified in trans | atlantic fiving, is only another proo! of the ut futility of any effort tow rn\u AT oceanic air lines. ‘There only & few days in April and May when ithe weather is at all favorable { hazardous undertaking, and fav | weather in the northern Atantic | decidedly variable term.* | The St Louls Times advises The | Southern route, by way of the Amies flonger. but at seasons almost ' Columbus made it safely with hiy cars JYels. Aviators who next try to asal that Mars of angry salt waters ought | take is theory to heart In the recent flght, as observed by e Morgantown New Dominion. the Public sensed & greater expertness and | more careful preparation for the at [tempt than has attended any of the 1 Other wistward flights, with the pasai | ble exception of the Nungesser-Colt ef- (tort from Parks.” The Harisbug Tele ‘frwn Also notes that “the Rremen and 1S orew were betier prepared for thelr pbattle with the eloments than any other \P“'M"h\ll that has headed this way by The Ringhamton Press emphasises |the point that “the fight proves what | radio has done to make certaln in Efaet emergenc instant P [ on "With the femotect parts 0f the {world. Without radiv no news of the | fyers would have been given o the world for weeks," %