Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1928, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY........June 2, 1828 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business O« 11tn St and Pennay) New York Ofice 110 E nd $ Chicago Office: Tower Ruilding European Uffice: 14 Regent St., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star .........48¢ per month The Ev unday Star . ... .80¢ per nonth The Evening and (when 5 Sund: The Sund: o por copy Coilection mada at the end of each month Orders mav be sent in by mail or telephone. Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable In Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dailr *and Sumday....1vr 0n; 1 mo,, %8c Daily only 1yr. 3 Ave Sunday only 1 . $3.00; 1 mo., 23¢ All Other States and Canada. Dailr and Sunday .1 vr, $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 Daily only LLlr, $ROO: 1 m Sunday only 1yr. $4.00,1mo. Member of the Associated Press. 50 per month es credited 10 1t or not otherwise cred. n this paper and slso the local pews hed herein. Al rizhts of publication pecial dispatches herein are also reserved — The Flight of the Southern Cross. One of the most satisfying features of the remarkable flight of the South- | emn Cross from San Francisco to Hono- | lulu is that during the entire time of | Saoce G issals-sour bows the wonid | wa ormed regularly of the plane’s progress. Whereas heretofore the air | heroes, after the take-off, have usually vanished into a void of silence until | they either made their destination or! were given up for lost, the regular and | cheerful messages from those aboard the Southern Cross brought relief and confidence and added an additional dramatic touch to the hazardous trip. Capt. Charles Kingsford - Smith, Cha=ies T. P. Ulm, James Warner and Lieut. Harry Lyon are to be congratu- lated for accomplishing one of the most difficult Lights in modern aviation. In their gian® three-motored Fokker plane they hit the tiny islands directly twen- ty-seven hoif's and a half after leaving the Golden Gate, covering a distance of twenty-four hundred miles. Contrary rection is north. The tragic story of Scott's return journey has become one of the imperishable memories of the human race. But when these two parties started out the South Pole was undiscovered. Almost the only objective of both Scott and Amundsen was to discover one spe- cific thing, the location of the Pole it- self. Both “discovered” it. It never can be “discovered” again. Any future expeditions into the Ant- arctic continent must have an entirely different objective in order to justify themselves. Both Byrd and Wilkins would do well to consider the crossing of the Pole as purely incidental. They have before them the richest field—and the most difficult—which remains for the intrepid explorer while the human race is confined to this planet. They | are to enter afh enormous area of the | surface of the earth, concerning most |of which absolutely nothing is known. The surface has not even been scratch- ed. For a century hence, it is likely, the Antarctic continent will provide ex- | plorers with plenty to discover without bothering any more about the Pole. The bottom of the world is truly a “never-never land,” amidst whose black peaks and icy wastes anything is likely to be found except life. Yet many be- lieve that the continent may be the casket of an extremely rich and varied fauna and flora which flourished at a time when far different climatic condi- tions obtained upon the surface of the globe. The possibilities are endless, anu they defy the imagination. Compared with what remains to be discovered, the mere prospect of two| men flying over a geometric point which | already has been crossed twice has lit- tle appeal. Any one of the yawning| chasms over which the airplane motors | will roar through the air may contain material compared to which the Pole itself would sink into insignificance in | popular and scientific interest. ! Comdr. Byrd has stated repeatedly that he plans a sclentific expedition. That is exactly what is needed at the bottom of the world. TR A Police and Gamblers. Police Supt. Hesse suggests that a| ‘padlock” law is needed in the District | to suppress the gambling evil. He would have Congress grant authority to ciose for a long period any establishment in to reports, they were never off their course, and arrived at Honolulu within | ten minutes of the time they had set. | This intrepid band of airmen have | now completed the first lap of their | smbitious journey, which, if all goes | well, will lJand them in Australis. The the aviators expect to take off for & thirty-one-hundred-mile ocean flight 1o the Fiji Islands, seven hundred miles longer than that just accom- plished. While twelve hundred gallons of gasoline were carried to Honolulu, oday’s Canal Celebration, All Washingion, or as much of it as can find space, should attend the com- munity pageant this afterncon com- memorating the cenlenary of the con- Canal. The program for this occasion has been thoughtfully arranged. It will Tepresent as nearly as possible the scene gation Toute beiween the Atiantic sea- bosrd and the Mississipp! Valley. Though it never progressed s far as | that, it was none the less an Important enterprise, which for many years lf-i forded vaiusble transportation faciiities ' for the Capital. President Jopn Quincy Adams turned the first spade of earth, end proximateiy the point of this e ¢ be & stmulus o interest In Yocal wisvory for resients of the Cepital o sltend this ceremony todsy. In tne arrangement of the eslebration a spirit has prevailed. The nis sre Washingwnians. The program has been Geveloped under the | padiock ‘could not be applied merely or. which games of chance were found to be under way, in any form. Such a law would be effective, of course, only in case of conviction after trial, for the the strength of arrests. But it would | serve a good purpose to have estab- |lished the principle that properties |used for an illegal purpose could not | continue to be used for any purpose for s period. It would put the owners ol such properties on warning of the pos- sibility of a loss of revenue in the event of the misuse of their buildings fol- lowed by the conviction of their tenants. In this connection it has heretofore been suggested that one way fto strengthen the laws against gambling would be to hold the owner of premises on which fllegal enterprises are con- ducted jointly responsible for the breach of peace. Most of these veritably public gambling joints are conducted in rented places. If the owners of those prop- erties were made responsible for the abuse of tenancy which the conduct of lsembluec of the order in annual con- gress, which had outgrown the accom- modations of the original meeting place, care was taken to avold financial straits. A bond issue gave the money to buy the site and simultaneously provisions were made for a sinking fund and for the accumulation of a building fund. It may be doubted whether this record of liquidation in two years and the collec- tion of enough cash and pledges to start the construction with assurance of a sufficlency to insure continuous work and early completion is to be matched in the records of voluntary organiza- tion activities in this country. SR A Purchase for Posterity. Americans will long benefit by ths successful recent culmination of a campaign undertaken by the Soclety for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The result thereof is that beau- tiful and fragrant Franconia Noteh in the White Mountains, togeilier with its natural wonders, the Flume and the Great Stone Face, have been saved to posterity in the form in which Nature created them. Ten thousand of the forest iovers to whom appeal was macae by the or- ganization to “buy a tree” bought them in numbers sufficient to provide the full amount needed to save this beauty spot from the lumberman's ax, according to an announcement from Edward Al- len Hollis, president of the society. The sum needed for th2 permanent preserva- tion of the 6,000 steep acres which ¢m- brace the Notch was $400,000, The State of Néw Mampshice gave one-hall that amount. The Jate James J. Storrow gave one-fourth, and the people who love and enjoy the mountains and hope again to traverse them gave the final fourth. Just now Franconia Notch is bare end bleak, almost colorless except for the tiny red buds of maple tices. The birches stand in serried rows of shiver- ing white, against which the pccasional conifers show as almcst jet-black. Spring is just around the corner, how- ever, and when Sprinz does get into those hills she does a job which is an inspiraticn and joy for months to come. 1n June and July and August many a moturist and many a hiker will look up at the Old Man of the Mountain and bless each and every one who gave in order that Spring might havé material wherewith to weave her magic. B Invention has asserted new influence in national party deliberations. The chairman must share popular interest with the radio announcer. B Motor statistics promise a car for each family. They do not discourage street rallway confidence in & steady supply of straphangers. —tee A market that goes one way per- the optimist who disregards the law of averages. et ‘The bootlegger is more deferential than the old-time bartender in coming around to collect instead of waliting for the money to be brought to him. [V — No doubt many aged Chinese citizens are longing for the good old days when s fairly satisfactory battle could be fought with a few packs of firecrackers, an fllegal business involves there would probably be stricter supervision over the activities of tenants and a diminution of the practice. Another suggestion has been advanced that may be worthy of consideration. It is that a policeman be stationed in front ‘ofcvuymblhhmtvmrepoohan_ known to be sold or other games of chance are played—in short, every iden- | tified gambliing house—to warn all who enter that the place is under suspicion and that they may find themseives in- | volved In case of raids, But this, even if | practicable, might not harmonize with { police raiding plans, which must be | founded upon such secrecy as may be | It is certainly sn intolerable situa- | tion that gambling joints ean flourish, | with the full knowledge of tne police, in the Capital City, without corrective | proved. 1f the courts do not give ade- | quate attention to cases brought be- | fore them, permitting needless delays and evasions through resort to the familisr tactics of penalty-dodging | gullty ones, there must be a revision of | the laws which will guarantee prompt and effective trials and the imposition | convicted. B — The Aretie Circie has long been the scene of tragedies, The airship has not | yet succeeded in ryewriting history in | the realms of ice, | - | D. A. B’s Fiscal Achievement. SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, June Wedding. Old-fashioned wedding, Biushing bride and all— Blooms their petals shedding, Where smiles like sunbeams f Hear 2 lot o’ chatter Few can understand; Philosophic patter— “Preedom’s new demand!” Theories erratic Echo everywhere. Love is still emphatic, Claiming loyal care. No dark future dreading, Hearts and hands will meet— Old-fashioned wedding Makes the world complete! Dark Hersemanship. “Are you a dark horse? “No,” protested Senator Sorghum. “Why should I define my attitude? As soon 28 a man admits he 15 a dark horse he becomes a contender of high visibility.” Reminiscence. Fond memories cause sirange unrest, omorrow's ceremonies will be Jo- | Of #evere penaities upon sll who sre| Though festive be the present mood; And just when we are happlest, A littie tear will still intrude, Jud Tunking says a good fishefman can be happy with canned goods in case the luck of rod and line is against him. Absent-Minded. e women of this country should fesl | “Why did you tie that string around | wuspices of the Progressive Cilizens' As- | proud of the achievement of the Daugh- | your finger?” of Grorgewows the cans remains of tie w envions of wnd 1he sory of e oot Gevelopness snd use Gur- e o ters of the American Revolution in con- | sion with businessiike efficlency. Yes- eray & check was signed by the trens- | arer genersl for 81,000,000, wherewith pay off the ouly ocutstanding in- “To remind me of sumething my wife ar pasewd out Of ducting e fnances of thelr organiza- | wid me o buy,” snswered Mr. Meek- wn, “What was 117" “I dow't know. I'm keeping the string there 1o remind me 0 ask Hen- Vg many Gorades i Clrkly nkeG Wik | geptedness, Sucurred two yesrs ago 1o » | rietis again when 1 get back home,” e etory o Viasinguon. 1L i sppro- priaie Lhal Une ceensTy e mareed ss LY mmorIow © pageanty. and. given fair weziner, 2l that Wil br neefed b maks ¥ & gress paoess Wil be Une attendance of & iarge number of peopie s B AURL eW TeToes % grester man \nan Aviation Vajy finds 9 | LBT nas - Indians irommes nol only & oL of Bterstire thanis W Bandsrg OF, & pivorel point of Hoence The Bottom of ¢ Tiw prompect of Bovin Vo Voeess Con [ st i Susind Witk st onis Comar. Byrd yhans v tor Wilkitor Cunpge 10 e et m e ! L Li L s rep B tolk L Cast = [ e wuve Bk Beypamiper 1or Uik v Gk ptigre WG RSN e A Of Ui world st e Vishasum GuL o o Grstinelion ruced w e thie worse 1o AT The bowere ar fing the Diirasd-swegt pins of 84 e Poie . Vot igh piasesy trom vokh every (7 Prvl e Fraucs esny 6 wnd wond isie fwated 1or the purpose of es- \enlishing & fund 1o enlarge the head- | quarters in this city, With this liquida- | tion the orgenization owes no money, | owns tree of incumbrance the property | on which the new Constitution Hall| will e built and has $700000 in cash | and piedges of $300.000 sdditions] for | the construetion. Truly, s remarkable | achievement, which justifies the warm- | st onngratuistions Numerous organizetions -of & socisl and patriotic character conduct their afieirs with comparatively siight busi- nes efbelency, lnspired by high sims and suiving W sccomplish desirable re- s quickly, they sre spt Lo load them- with U Qicchiarge oA which v wis for Wtien Bampering U W Ahedr work o ussnwiiie, Musy » worthy ceuse b weers checked by Tailure W et O o | one sosused o hours Of ligh - i the development of s natbonal lealguar s i Washinglon the “[atugh- g caretully. ey crested o large uilding fund lwtore they underiovk sracthon of Coptinents) Hall, snd Bnsiurd 1t through 6 comphetion with- of | out wraining the resources of the or- | wrner European natwn fosling tom | geniation, Wioen the time came 1) pian | 4 Lor s sAGYUE, Yo Provide 1oF Lhe s I | e Gl | YWe have many fights,” seld Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “which leave us all o Jttle time to determine with scourate pense precisely what they are ahout,” Technigue and Nature. A singing teacher sald to me, “Look 0 the barking dog and see How he secures, with open throat, A tone formation, worth your note,” My watlch dog #its out in the dark, 1'd rather hesr his honest bark “Than any transient fight of sonk The prima donns brings slong. “I's got an Jdes,” wuld Uncle Eben, ol cxoebiy’ clibekens with parrots 5o dat sacriticing nm-'/u{ ;..mm- dey kin speak up an' tell about | | e srcity i de coup! | v | A Male Prerogative., 1 From the Columbun Ihspsion | Whe sbility W grow whiskers is shout the only astinclive thing left Lo the mnle wx, wid we iy have W vesr ‘e Y rE” Lisve proceeded conservalively snd | Just fur disUngulshing purpones. D For Pockethook Only. Foon the Bew Ociesns Times Pioayume, “Woman wrraigred for giving reduce tom treatment. without by w phy- wician's license " Mnyaw%fr AONBE will be that the reduciion Was spplied 1o tias pockethosk eniy? . | . G STAR, She stood on the front steps in a long dress of organdle of the color of orange water-ice, with which her bobbed brown hair contrasted strangely. The skirt was down to her ankles, in the style of 20-nay, 10 years—ago. Heaven help us, so swiftly time flies and fashions change. An orange-colored parasol completed the outfit. She might have stepped out of an old-time fashion plate if it had not been for her bobbed hair and gen- eral appearance of utter modernity. ‘Women today look different from the girls of 1900 and up. This one, despite her masquerade costume, would have been out of place in the era to which iher costume belonged. Those athletic shoulders better fit in a sleeveless tennis costume, the beholder thought. The long skirt hides legs more free and modest in silk stockings. How much for the better have wom- en’s clothes changed! This is the hon- est thought of an honest man, and no doubt is a reflection of the honest thoughts of all honest men. The old-time dresses of women were immodest to a degree, with their un- necessary concealments and their equally unnecessary revealments. The idea behind them, in the light of the more free and happy costumes of today, was essentially in line with the veil of the harem. ‘Today all that is changed. The phy- sical construction of ladies is no longer a mystery, and to that exteént lacks the unhealthy lure which all mysteries pos- sess. o styles in women's clothes will look absurd 10 years from now, as the fash- ions of a decade ago do today. Th: thing is impossible! Why, merely to look at pictures taken even so short a time ago makes one smile, while the dresses of 20 years gone en but from the women, t00. ‘Women, despite the fact that some say they have no sense of humor, are always struck by the preposterous “fashion plates” in the surviving copies of “Godey's Ladies’ Book.” A scintillating young lady showed us, with much laughter, several of these plates, pointing out the huge sleeves, the full skirts, and so on, and saf “Do you realize that such a dress as that took 25 yards of silk? And do you | dress T have on?” Critically we surveyed the frock. (Are dresses called frocks any more?) Final- e gave it up. “Less than three yards,” said she, tri- umphantly. ‘The big point, aside from the major one previously mentioned, was that the dress was stylish and good-looking and u‘urrly becoming to the lady in ques- tion. It seems to us observers of the fash- jons that whereas in the old days women and girls dressed all alike, today they are beginning to use their heads more, with the result that every lady| more or less suits herself. This, of course, within limits. For centuries women were held down and restricted more than men ever were, except the males of the serf class, and as a result even in 1928 they are not free to do exactly as they please. No doubt, if they could, many would ap- 1 sistently affords serious temptations to | pear in no clothes at all, as more hapPDPY | yew novel, “The Closed Garden,” who and carefree still. * k% % ‘Women's styles today have the de- cided merit of simplicity. Gone are the ws which ladies of past genera- BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V., COLLINS. . History is a smoldering fire; it = often covered with the ashes of oblivion, untll some stimulating event—a stum- biing foot or freshening breeze—arouses its flame and starts it aglow again. There is that flaming character of early America—Etienne Brulé—now burning again with light, and attract- ing all eyes. Few of us had ever thought of Brulé as of special interest. (Pro- nounce the name roolay,” French with an accent over the last Jetter, A name derived from “bruler. to burn.) We might anglicize the name into Steven Burns. There is & little place in northern Wisconsin named after him, and sud- denly it springs out of obseurity and becomes the "Capital of the United States of America, for there is where the President and his entourage will to plant & stake in that little island in the river, and, using that as the center, take a radius extending to the Arctic Circle, then sweep & circumference, that edge of measurement would almost exactly touch the coast of Nova Scotia, the southernmost cape of Florida, fol- low the Rio Grande and the coast of California, and the tip of Alaska, and come back to the Arctic Circle. S0 |as well as the point of interest this | Bummer, R | Etfenne Brulé was a French inte preter for Champiain in the latter early explorations. He was also a wan- derer on his own account, and after he | had nelped discover Lake Huron, he | paddled his own canoe down the Sus- {quehanna River into Chesapeake Bay, the first to make the voyage. That was in either 1615 or ‘16, While he was in {Lake Huron he learned from the In- | dians- 4hat - beyond that Mer Douce (fres) ter sea) there was another and a larger ses, which, with charac- teristic exaggeration, he declared was 400 leagues Jong. That was Lake Su- perior, He described the Palls of Gas- |ton, now better known as Sault Ste. Marie, 2 miles wide, through whic {into Lake Huron, He was the first | white man o learn of the great copper ore deposits mlong the shores of Lake Buperior, for although he laid 1o claim to having seen the mines, he showed @ copper ingot given him by an Indian. He arrived in Quebec from Lake Huron and possibly Buperior voyages two years before the Mayflower landed the Pilgrim Pathers on Plymouth Rock, There In Quebec he met another pro- tege of Champlain, Jean Nicolet, who was destined to have an important part in the discovery and opening of Lhe Northwest, the country of Lake Bupe- rior, Nicolet had spent 16 years in the Province of Quebec studying the Indian languages before, in 1633, he set out at the behest of Champlain to explore the Northwest for the purpose of persuad- ing the Indlans h'ylm(s the Mer Douce (Huron Lake) to join the Hurons in their annual pilgrimages to Quebec to tyade their furs, Belleving that he might meet some Chinese mandarins on Lake Buperior, Nicolet rruvmrd himself with & gorgeous robe of hinese silk, 50 that he might appear their equal, While he did not find occasion W meet man- darins, he found the splendid costume added greal prestige, especlally when e thund Lo, dent Coolidge did not hesitate o i “Injun” and cow- Doy costimien while 1 Bouth Dikota, might be Snportant for him to take to Winconsin wi wiiple wardiobe suitable W Cathay. *x o There followed other French priests to the Lake Buperior regions, serving volher ns mbssionaries Chan s ex- Jorers; W 1641, Pathers Jucques and wtaba U 1660, De Grosseliliers und Radisson. in 1660, Father Menard; in 1665, Pather Allouez, who explored the sauthern shore of Buperior and founded & misslon on Madeleine Inland--te lurgest of the 12 Apowtle Istands in Chequamegon Bay —ahout 00 miles east of Duluth or 60 miles from our new White Mouse st Brulé, Later came Fathers Marquette st and Deblon, who worksd Mackione biand and WASHINGTON. 1. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. It is impossible to see how the present | | by draw hearty laughter, not only from | for it IAE live through this Bummer. If one were | Brulé is the grand center of geography, | the waters of this greater lake flowed | d With Wik two-handed pia- | C., SATURDAY, tions thought or were told were of im- portance to their charm. Today the world has at last got back to the old Greek idea that the lady herself is the most charming part of the ensemble. Hence we have dresses, hats and so on (we almost wrote that go on) which fit. No more does a lady seem to be wad- ing around in her clothes. As the Lord made her, so she appears in public— well, more or less. This is not only economical and more free; above all, it adheres to the blessed criterion of sim- plicity. g | observer what a wealth of stylistic tricks can be involved in a simple bit | of cloth no more than three yards or 50 long. Men may pride themselves on the fact that men are doing the designing for |these simple, stylish clothes, The in- spiration for them, as they say, comes { from the masculine mind, which about fact that women were much overdressed. Simplicity began to be the watch- word of all the coutourfers from the Seine to the Hudson river. We like to | think that they were influenced by the women themselves, who were in rebel- lion at last against too much clothes. Sweet simplicity! Surely the angels in Heaven wear no | more clothes than the modern girl, for | the good and simple reason, as Penrod said, that enough is enough. Out of cumbersomeness has come | freedom; ~from intricateness, ugly and washer-womanish, springs the chic (so | they call it) frock of the moment. Ladies, we men take off our ugly hats to you. | What of the future? The solution offered by the comic | magazines will not do. In a field where progress goes hand in hand with sim- | plicity surely there must be an artistic lend in view. The clothing of women, if one may {get a vision of the days to come, will be essentially like the dresses of today, | only more so, if you get what we mean. Hats, for instance. There will be large hats and small | hats, but instead of the hats being dictated from the so-called “fashion centers” the girls who wear them will have a say in the matter. i Just as the blond girl must learn the lessential trick of wearing costumes | which accent her dominant color— | 1 | know how much it took to make this gold—so all women will realize that it is | | the girl under the hat who counts, not | the hat itself. Gone are—and will continue to be— the feathers and fuss of olden times. In | their place remain—and will continue |to remain—the hat of lines, dominant |and characteristic. Cut, drape—these have taken the place of and will the more continue to usurp the place formerly held by the | tricks of ill-bred men who designed | clothes on the principle that the cos- | tumes were more important than the | peaple who were to wear them. | "“The principle of the complete outfit, from hat to shoes, will grow in impor- tance, so that lack of completeness will be the crowning sin in the days to | come, when ladies will be better dressed than ever. | 31 there is any ane reading here who | believes that men do not notice what | women wear, we can only refer him to | the wise words of Julian Green in his makes one of his characters say that a man may not notice the most beautiful dress. but he invarfably realizes when | something is wrong in a woman's ap- pearance. |later around the locality of the present | Chicago—"the City of Skunks.” * % x % Fatheis Marquette and Groseilllers visited Chequamegon Bay and cached some of their property there, while for 10 months they explored the interior, so that they became famillar with its at- tractions. Through their reports, Jesuit mission was located near there in 1665. Among the traders who were | tracted to the missions of Chequamegon Bay was Daniel Grayson Du’Lhut, in whose memory was named the city of | Duluth. For several years this enter- | prising Du Lhut maintained a fort, de- |fended by armed boatmen, In Chequa- | megon Bay, as a center for his fur | market. Another private owner of a fort, on }Mudelelne Island, was named Le Sueur, | for whom a small city in southern Min< | nesota is called. ‘The Sioux Indlans of Minnesota were enemies of the Algonquins about Lake | Superior, and there were bloody wars | !tnulunf ‘The climate in that region is most de- lightful in Summer; it is energizing, |seldom hot in daytime and always cool at night. While there are only 100 growing days during a year, the region is famous for its apples. It never has known a kiliing frost during the growing period, owing to the tempering influence of the great Lake Superior. This is not true of the inland reglons—15 to 30 miles back from the shore—but it is applicable to the lake front. The sea- sons come a month later than in southern Wisconsin and Minnesota— a month later Spring and Fall, Even when the explorers discovered the Indians in the early part of the seventeenth century, they had great fields of corn maturing near the shores. It was the white men who induced | the agricultural Indians to forsake their flelds and go hunting—especially the Algonquins, The magnificent forests have long | slnce been cut over, but second-growth | timber is becoming valuable. Fishing I and game are abundant. Chequamegon | 8prings 15 & cottage resort for nature lovers and fishermen, growing in pop- riehit, 1078, by Paul V. Colling.) » o - exsion, od of the From the New York This session of Congress came very near expiring of its own fatgue, The country was not so tired of 1t as it was of itself, Of course, presidential poli- tics and the early coming of the na- tional conventions of the two parties made Representatives and Senators un- commonly anxious (o get away from | Washington, But there have been plenty of occasions on which Congress sat much later, even in a presidential year, On the whole, the Nation may be thankful that it got off as well as it did. Congress voted the money to carry on the Government, None of theappropriation bills falled. Whether the total expenditure authorized will leave the budget lopsided cannot be told until the financial experts of the committees of Congress have got the figures analyzed and footed up. vt Congress Winds Up, From the Philadelphia Fublic The first serston of the Beventleth Congress, which ended recently, pros duced n respectable grist of construes tive leglslation, notwithstanding the specially strong wfluence that s alwa exerted by partisan politics on the eve of & presidentinl cumpalgn, Its general record 18 all the more gratifyling be- cause s earlier proceedngs, hoth in House und Benale, were marked by an open hostiiity o the administration which threatened to Ue up the legls- Iative program. During a considerable Imll.lun of the sesslon Congress was at oggerheads with the President on such important measures s tax reduction, flood eontrol and the merchant matine. And yet in the Hnalepent it approached Ledger 1 Yet it is astonishing to the mere male | {1910 began to get wise to the supreme | m"\:uh';u Inb;rm- “rr wlrm léww d y s nate po §904 of 10 uuga A H— JUNE 2, 1928 THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover ‘The foibles and pettinesses of the great interest Emil Ludwig, German biographer, fully as much as their pub- lic achievements, His portrait of Na- p leon is that of a strong man, domi- nating his age, but subject to violent fits of jealousy, vain to excess, intol- erant of all disagreement even in minor affairs. Ludwig's Wilhelm Hohenzol- lern is a weak neurotic, not a redoubt- able war lord. His Bismarck Is an in- consistent but perhaps very human mixture of greatness with weakness and meanness. That he was something of a glutton his own letters and those of his friends show. “At a time when he is complaining much of a dis- { ordered digestion, loss of appetite and { neuralgia, Hohenlohe, who is a guest in the house, tells us that Bismarck | partakes freely of the following dishes one after the other: Soup. cels, cold meat, prawns, lobster, smoked meat, |raw ham, roast meat, pudding.” And then he complains that he has a “sense of pressure in the forhead * * * as if ! my skull.” | the slightest appearance of superiority to himself on the part of his asso- ciates. Having loaned a fur coat to a tall guest, and noticing that it was too short, he said sharply, “I really don't like it when my guests are taller than 1" He found dogs more satis- factory companions than human be- ings, and many of them in succession were buried in the park of his Varzin estate. He once said, “I love dogs: they never want to pay one out for having harmed them.” Sometimes fas tidious guests at his table were di gusted at his habit of throwing large chunks of meat to the several dogs present in the dining room. Rough comfort was i great importance to him, but he cared nothing for the esthetic side of life. “It is a matter of utter indifference to him how the rooms in which he lives are furnished. provided there are some comfortable chairs. * * * ‘People who think fine fur- niture very important are apt to have very poor dinners,' " he said. *x %2 Bismarck was unable to tolerate op- position and rarely forgave an Injury. He pursued his enemies with persecu- tion, Bunsen remarked of him that “he is even more inclined than most despots to hatred and vengefulness, and in small | matters is petty.” He had specially printed formularies for use in slander charges. Mommsen was accused of slander because of a hostile electoral speech. The editor of “Kladderdatsch” found himself in jail because of a mild joke directed against the chancellor. Count von Arnim, a companion of his youth, died in exile because, when envoy in Paris, he had intrigued against Bis- marck. Of all his associates, only Roon dared to resist his bullying, and wrote, “I cannot permit you any more, in complete misunderstanding of my nature, to treat me in so inconsiderate and hostile a way, and actually as if I were a refractory or negligent subordi- nate.” Bismarck once said of himself, “It is quite true that anger gets the better of me sometimes, and. which is worse, it often overpowers my better judgment.” Emil Ludwig says of him, “He can recognize only two reasons why any one should differ from hil opinfon—malice or place-hunting.” F a An old man in his dotage tells his own life story in Eden Phillpotts’ novel, “A Cornish Droll.” It is not a heroic tale, that of Willlam Chirgwin, but it there can be nothing but felly inside | He was always irritated at | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Many readers send in questions signed only with initials, asking that the an- swers appear in the newspaper. The space is limited, and would not accom- modate a fraction of such requests. The answers published are ones that may | interest many readers, rather than the {one who asks the question only. All | questions should be accompanied with | the writer's name and address and a 2- | cent stamp for reply. Send your ques- tion to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin director, Washington, D. C. iclezy contribute to the expenses of | Comdr. Byrd's projected trip to the | South Pole?—A. W. D. | A. A grant of $25,000 was voted from | the soclety’s research fund toward the expenses of the expedition to the Ant- arctic continent. Q. Who is the best known Mexican aviator?—D. G. A. Capt. Emillo Carranza ls some- times called the Mexican Lindbergh. —H. 0. A_ He is supposed to use the heaviest bat that is made. He uses a 52-ounce !bat. The average bat used by other | players is from 38 ounces to 40 ounces. Q. In a school publication I observed ohn Smith, ex-'24." What does the “ex-'24" signify?—H. C. N. A. The “'24” refers to his class in | college or school. “Ex” indicates that | he was not graduated. | picture of & dog listening to the talking | machine?—L. C. C. g | A. The idea was originally concelved |by an English artist named Francis | Bearaud, who appeared at the offices ‘of the Gramophone Co., Ltd., of Lon- This painting portrayed his favorite | fox terrier listening to one of the earli- | est models of the gramophone. The idea was well received by the officers of | the Gramophone Co., and an arrange- ment was made with the artist whereby { he surrendered the picture and the right of duplicating it. Later it was | adopted by the Victor Co. In America as { its trade mark. Q. Which Presidents were affiliated | with the Episcopal Church?—A. G. { A. The following Presidents were | Episcopaitans: Washington, Madison, Monroe, W..H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Plerce and Arthur. Q. Where does New York City get its | supply of ice?—E. W. A. The supplied with artificial ice, and the Hudson Valley natural ice crops have | gone largely into the discard, along with the Maine ice cut, so far as the metropolis is concerned. The ice plants in this city make 30,000 tons a day. Q. Is there any reason why the Balfi- | more oriole is so called’>—C. C. L. A. The Baltimore orfole is an Ameri- !o( the male—orange and black—are | those of Lord Baltimore. Q. Please give me some information concerning the Simplon railroad tunnel. 000,000. It is the longest tunnel in the world, and consists of two tubes, actu- ally making two tunnels. It connects French Switzerland with Milan. |.. Q. How was purple discovered?—L. is not one to be altogether ashamed of. | D- T. William’s chief fault has been too great lenfency toward a wife who took mar- riage rather lightly and deceived and deserted her husband whenever temp- tation offered. A full purse usually brought her back and on several oc- casfons Willlam had good financial luck. Each time Mercy Jane promptly return- ed. Only after much experience did he take courage to divorce her. His second wife had a more sedentary disposition. William's vocations included at different times seamanship, keeping a public house, selling tobacco in a small shop and farming. * X % % Although this is a column of informal comment on books and not one in which books are definitely reviewed, yet some readers have asked the Booklover for advice in book reviewing. To all such it is suggested that they read “Book Reviewing,” by Wayne Gard, director of courses in journalism of Grinnell College, which is one of the Borzol Handbooks of Journalism, a new serfes of handy and instructive manuals. The author points out that hand in hand with the great Increase in the number of books published there has been a multiplication of journals devoted ex- clusively or largely to books and depart- ments in magazines and newspapers, containing book news and reviews. Bul he also says that, although there are no less than 231 American newspapers | regularly giving space to the reviewing of current books, there has been no corresponding increase in the number of qualified reviewers. This book is in- tended to help the novice reviewer and the prospective reviewer and it contains | many_helpful suggestions to that end. Many of these suggestions are in the form of quotations and opinions of successful reviewers. ‘The viewpoint of the London Spectator, expressed over and over in very similar language In other extracts quoted, Is that “the essentlal of a satisfactory book review s that it should tell what the book is about and express a clear- cut expert opinion on it.” The author warns against the overflowing of super- latives in praising medlocre books. For example, one critic found during one recent year reviews had named 137 novels as “the best of the year," of which some were pronounced the bes of the decade and even of the centur: Another warning is against the ove flowing of adjectives, such as “vivid, “poignant,” “compelling,” etc. My own pet detestation is just now the word colorful.” Mr, Gard’s book reprints a number of specimen reviews of varlous types and contains lists of magazines and of newspapers (in cities above 100,- 000 population) regularly publishing bouk reviews. oKk Those who enjoyed the “Life and Letters of Walter H. Page,” published in 1922, will not be averse to reading “The ining of an American: the |Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H Fage, 1855-1913," also edited by Burton J. Hendrick. The preparation of Walter Page for his fine contribution to the World War, as told through these let- ters, is only slightly less interesting than the story of his work as Ambassador to England during the trying period when the United States was attempting to remain neutral, to do justice to all the warring powers and to preserve her own self-respect, CRE One who n('l'fg(ln the reasoning of Don C. Seltz in his book “The 'Also Rans' " would almost belleve that our greatest statesmen were those who failed to be Presidents. That some of the candi- dates who “missed making the presi- dential goal” were greater than some of those who mirived is generally ad- mit but with regard to others men- tioned by Mr, Bellz there may be some doubt. Some of the “also rans” are Willlam H. Crawford, Daniel Webster, Htephen A, Douglas, Aaron Burr, Henry Clay, Johin C. Callioun, Cen. Winfield Scott, W. I Seward and W. J. Biyan, oo The mythical parents of the at least semt lllf( ilcal King Arthur were made the subject of a novel by Warwick Deeping about 28 years ago, “Uther and Igralne” has now been republished, In it Mr. Deeping idealizes the char- wcters of Malory, Instead of ridiculing them us 15 the fushion of John Er: Uther Pendragon 15 an almost bl knight and Igralne 18 a loyal woman, Merlin 1s & plotter, at first of mischief, Inter of peace-making. Dramatie fights against, pagan Invaders, rescues of beautiful ‘maidens and noble sacrifices :"emmmu knights are the basis of Blot ¥ rom the experience | "A. Purple, a mixed tinge of scarlet Q. Did the National Geographic So- | Q. Does Babe Ruth use a heavy bat? | | @ Can you give the origin of the| | don, with a finely executed ofl painting. City of New York is now| can oriole, so named because the colors | | A Tt 15 124 miles long, and was| in| completed in 1905 at & cost of $14.- BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. | and blue, was discovered at Tyre, It § | said to have been found by a dog haw |ing by chance eaten a shellfish cailet murex, or purpura. Upon, returning, hil/ master, Hercules Tyrius, observed hi lips tinged., and made use of the dis | covery. ~ Purple -was -anciently used | the princes and great men for the | garments. It was restricted to the Em peror by Justinian I in 532, and Porphy: | rogenitus attached to the name of somf | emperors signifies “born to the purple.” Q. What is the origin of the nami | Chile, or Chill, one of the South Amer: ican republic . D. L. | A. This is an Indian name, whost origin has not been satisfactorily ex:/ | plained, no less than six derivation having been suggested. Perhaps it § | from the Quichua chiri or chili—cold— | referring to the perpetual snow on manj of the mountains. Q. What is choral music?—T. H. P. A. It s music written in parts, usue |ally for four different voices, and per¢ | formed by a chorus or choir. Q. How much money do the Amerie | can people spend on candy?—R. T. | A In 1926 1083399 pounds of | candy were eaten in the United States, valued at almost $260,000,000. Q. How wide |be?—R. 1. C. A. It is from 315 to 4!, inches wide, 1t is of dull broadcloth on overcoats of | Winter clothing, and of serge on Sume< | mer clothing. hould a mourning band @ Who discovered that maple sa | could be evaporated or boiled into sirup . J. A. The earliest explorers i this country found the Indians making sugar from the sap of maple trees, and in some sections, especially along the St. Lawrence River, producing it in quans tity for trade. The crude methods of the Indians were soon improved upon by the white people. but nd the tapping and boiling the general process is still the same as it was at that time. | | Q. Please tell how the Louise Home was started—F. E. L. A. On November 21, 1869, W. W. Corcoran conveyed by deed the property fronting 381 feet on Massachusetts ave- | nue northwest, known as the Louise Home, Mr. Corcoran founded this | home in memory of his daughter, Louise | Corcoran Eustis, who was the wife of a member of Congress from Louisiana. Louise Corcoran sympathized greatly with the South, and shertly before her death in the south of Prance, soon after | the war, she asked her father to make 1provi.nan for the women who had lost their fortunes in it. The home cost $200,000 at the start for its building | and grounds, and Mr. Corcoran gave in addition an endowment of $250,000. It { has been in operation since 1871. Q. Why was Mme. Patti’s castle called Craig-y-Nos”—R. R. C. A. The name is derived from the or “Mountain of | | Night,” Mme. Patti’s castle was constructed in the Swarsea Valle: exclusively by electricity?—J. J. F. A. The Electrical World says that it | knows of no town or city exclusively | lighted and heated by electricity. There |1s a so-called chimneyless town on the lines of the Montana Power Co., and possibly & community on the Pacific Coast. It is true also that the City of T‘?m‘ has a very large residence heat tload. ' The unsuccessful attempt to revive | publicity of Federal income tax returns drew prompt and emphatic protest from the press generally. Temporarily ac- cepted by the Senate, the publicity | clause of the new tax bill was killed before the measure went to the Presi- dent for his signature. “The Senate,” says the Binghamton | Press, “wisely eliminated from the reve- | nue bill the section calling for the pub- licity of income tax statistics—the tax snooping provision—by a vote of 57 to 0.0% * ination of ‘the tax snooping feature of | the measure was instantaneous snd | unanimous from all parts of the country.” The publicity plan, according to th Roanoke World-News, “has been trie without great success. For some year: continues that paper, “the Internal | Revenue Department ruled that the | public had access to the actual amount | of tax an individual paid, but not to the | statement of his business affairs on which that tax was based. There was an immediate rush to find out what competitors in business were returning | General public curiosity centel on the vast fortunes of Mr. Ford and Mr. | Rockefeller and Mr. Mellon, but many | a man went to the tax office to find out how much money those engaged in the same line of business as himself were making, and, if possible, to find out how ithey made it. Publication of the tax paid without giving the taxable income led to many misconceptions. “In the form of limited publication of total tax payments, as applied in 1924,” the Grand Rapids Press recalls, “they were useful, as one Senator put it, for ‘ladies contemplating divorce or | contemplating an application for all- mony,’ and for persons who wished to sell ‘sucker lists' to mail advertisers. They did the country no good whatever 50 far as collecting more taxes was con- cerned.” The Arkansas Democrat refers to the 1924 provision as having “remained in effect only a comparatively short time,” | and remarks: “Protests from taxpayers resulted in its repeal, and rightly so, for the simple reason that it served no good and did no harms Its insertion in | the law apparently was motivated by a demagogic appeal to the curious and to those who sought the secrets of suc- | cess of men who earned sufficlent to be | able to pay an income tax.” *ox Kok “If income tax publicity meant any- thing,” states the Hardford Times, “there would be far less objection to it. It is, however, even more evil than merely foolish to print figures which cause neighbor to gossip about neighbor and set the various strata of society against each other when the figures themselves are totally misleading. Unless one can have access to all the facts and figures that go with an income tax return, no | information of value is gained.” ‘The South Bend Tribune says “it seems like burning the barn to kill a rat, to roll all taxpayers into one big goldfish in order to ensnare a few men whose activities are suspicious. Most thinking people,” adds that paper, “will agree that It 15 bad enough to have to lay one's financlal secrets before a-host of Government employes fn an income tax return without letting the public in on them The practice, fn the judgment of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, “is despica- ble, w stench in the nostrils of $ out of every 10 Americans who must be placed ut the mar.y of the curlous one who will run riof in wn attempt to pry o his that “both President ary Mellon opposed the Bellingham Herald ar- anul- affairs entitied le degree of privacy. Cer- the move, | gues that tainly no public good. cords of & by sas City Post declares that les of sound business, as well nal privileges” would have i amendment had . 'The Post believes “it I8 - i whish. ) many n_sus) becothe * The demand for the elim-| contends that| per, “would be served by opening the tcan iness man's affairs 0 ed on by the Frenc Defeat of Income Publicity Meets With Public Appyoval 1 justice to industry and other commer- | cial relationships could be wrought to irreparable degree by such disclosures | as the amendment contemplated.” *x % % “Publicity of income returns” 85 viewed by the Chicago Tribune, “is an | expression of envy and malice and the mischief-making impuise of men with- | out sense of practical affairs. It is un- | fair in its effects, and without justifica- | tion in any subsfantial public benefit whatsoever. It is an expression of the small- , intolerance and lack | of respect for individual independence ;wmch creates & pest of obnoxious and unworkable law throughout the Nation, | and is replacing the wholesome spirit of American neighborliness with the acid of mean distrust and petty interference in private affairs.” | The St. Joseph News-Press reviews | the history of the similar 1924 provision, with the statement: “At the time of | the repeal of the claus¢, February of 11926, it had been productive of much | litigation, controversy and irritation. There was a serious question as to its constitutionality, which was challenged | in several cases then pending in the courts, -but when Congress struck out | the provision the cases were dropped. so | the disputed points never have been settled. There was much that was | dubious and vague in the law.” The Star Is Commended For Welch Pay Bill Aid To the Editor of The Star. Please accept my sincere thanks for |lhe splendid support you have given {to the bill authorizing salary increases |for Federal employes. Permit me to congratulate you on the high character of your newspaper, which enjoys the confidence of so vast a number of readers, RICHARD J. WELCH. Bad Weather for E From the Saginaw Daily Crop reports in Washington political circles are to the effect that the weather is decidedly unfavorable for planting third parties. xperiments. e Genuine Farm Reli From the Morgantown New Dominion, The farmers find a relief in express- ing their feelings. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. French counter attacks today have effectively s German drive in the main area of tivity between Soissons and Chateau- ‘Thierry. North of the Aisne, Mont de | Cholsy is attacked four times during the | night by the crown prince’s forces, who | captured 1t only o promptly driven fout by French bayouets. s ¢ Pe- | tween Sotssons and Chateau-Thierry | the Germans last night occupled Long- pout, Gorcy, Faverolles and Troesnes, W gain of about 3 miles over approx- | imately a S-mile front, but they later |lost ull these villages except Faverolles. {* * * The French counter attacks | were particularly successful in the Neu- | tlly-8t. Front reglon, northwest of Cha- neighbors' personal | teau-Thierry, where today they drove back on Passy-en-Valols. tion on the arne un: changed. ‘The Germans are in slon of the eastern halt of Thierry and the French still hold western part of the town. * * lled reserves are moving u the Clermal Pty teau the . Al- French, British anlAmer~ to the front, cheer- ces who have farms and reports 83 .l in actf refu been forced to flee thel homes. * * * Persl ualties in today's Hst, 1 and 11 dead of wounds. elght officers and men of the E P, e on ciod for Suianiy tn ortes |