Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1928, Page 8

3 THE EVENING B THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY. . . .August 27, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES . Editor he Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 1ith St and Pennsvivania Ave New York Ofice: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office Tower Building. Buropean Office_14 Resent St. London. England Carrier Within the City. S 45¢ per month nday Star 60c per month day Star 85¢ per mo 5¢ per copy 1 mo.. States and Canada. $1200. 1 mo, $1.00 £5.00: 1 mo $5.00: 1 mo “busm(*\’( and the underworld. room of agree- ons to substi- for the settle- of disputes between them | ¥ to renounce War as an in- The sig- among all rked the past to dodge attested merely al, yet sim- or clock tay @'Orsay ng fifteen r settlement policy. feeble | | | v upset not the pre to assay labx | jof er | is not adequate. management and preparedness that this vast sum has been carried through the streets of New York without the loss of a dollar. The valuables thus shifted represent about one-third of the world's entire gold supply. The capture of any one of the trucks carrying this bullion and currency and these securities would have constituted one of the richest hauls in the history of crime. Perhaps some of the “master minds” of the crime world, knowing of this proposed transfer, actually tried to devise plans for the cap- ture of some of the wealth. If so, they were thwarted. Nothing short of al | military operation in the nature of an | ambush and surprise attack by an over- whelming force could have broken down | the safeguards adopted. If such an|shosts. The steamship extermi- attack had been staged many lives|nated the sea serpent. It is by a some- would have been lost. | what slower process that the more cu- | No report is made as to the cost of | tlous legendary forms of humanity are this transport operation. Tt must, how- | 0eing exterminated by the airplane and ever. have been heavy. The hiring of |Other modern means of penetrating eighteen armored cars and ninety guards | Places hitherto beyond the reach of ex- and twenty-eight special policemen, a | PIOTers: total force of one hundred and eighteen | ONe expedition has just left New York men, all “armed to the teeth.” is no for the jungles of the Belgian Congo to War that a deficit has been definitely forecast in officiai estimates. It is doubtless due to the general increase in the cost of materials and services which the Government, in common with other great business organizations, 1s now called upon to meet. Naturally the director of the budget in his report Pleads for strict economy in Federal activities, and it is to be expected that the budget submitted in December will reflect this apprehension - 3 Vanishing Giants. While any part of the earth's sur- ace remains unexplored giants and dragons will not become extinef The electric light has exterminated has e R Sewer System Inadequacy. Recent heavy { photographed and its life forms cata- jr.vgur-d Mystery is self-exterminating because of the challenge it offers to the [spirit of adventure. Yet a few more | vears and there will remain nothing un- all job. But in view of the prevalence | €K 3 Tace of giants, a tribe of negroes, me and the existence of highly |3 Of Whom are more than seven feet skillod bands of marauders this ey. | (ML Teputed to dwell somewhere north penditure is justifiable. 1t may be re. |°f Lake Victorta marked that this operation proves the | Another expedition will sall in a few value of defense provisions. No treaty 10‘ pIoR e bpE OLRG (O fing outlaw war can be written betweey | 0¥ ® FAce of extremely primitive dians, who bury their sick alive | This is the Lioyday of explorers. One Imr- er another the unknown places are | visited, their inhabitants and fauna rains have aemon-|studied and their mystery dispelied swated that there are several places in | Any unvisited region is almost sure to Washington at which the sewer system | have acquired a fabulous race of some Large areas have been | kind—men, animals or plants. Mystery flooded by the waters that could not be builds upon mystery. The human mind carried off in season by the .ondnits | needs a pasture for its phantasmagoria and much damage has been done to The odd. the gratesque and the super- property. Transportation has been ' natural must have a feeding place or blocked and the health of numbers of | they will perish people has been affected. | The world will be a less interesting The Capital's sewer sy has been i plade in which to live when the last of developed steadily, as conditions have | its. unknown regions has been surveved, demanded and as funds have been pro- vided. but it is evident that it has not been sufficiently cxpanded. These places which have of late flooded now require attention. There should be no STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST o= 27, 1928. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACE | Here are three hot-weather stordes, { interesting because true. The first is: CHICKEN AND WAFFLES. There was a young man in this town | who enjoyed what was called al his | place of employment. “a day ofl.” That meant that on a certain day a week he was excused from his usual labors. His “day off" was Wednesday One Tuesday he failed to report for | duty, and the next day being Wednes- yday ‘nothing was seen of him until Thursday morning “Where were you 1his boss. “Well, you see, it was this way explained. “I have been certain restaurant, where they print on the bill of fare on ‘Chicken and Waflles ‘Tomorrow.’ at all to sitting at one of the small tables where only one man was sitting. “He would nc. like that,” breathed the official gently but firmly. | “Do you mean to say that the rest| of us must stand up and wait until some | one_leaves?” asked the Washingtonian 4 sir,” said the other politely. Moral--They know how fo make the | | eater feel comfortable in Canada P Excuses, misundc | ~~these are three themes. Every one from personal exp man, woman or > {ime or othe somethin nding, politeness neat hot-weather | knows the first tence. If there is| child alive who at | has made no excuse | or other, he or she| Tuesday?" asked o lways i Tuesday ome disposition on the part . i L) of some persons to frown upon excuses, e L DL QU LR | especially for failures in work and con- x\’w";:a.}:m"xk:nn{s ol “’v‘l‘.,h,;‘":,‘;‘;:“gl;“‘fihlum_ but sane thought will allow for was Monday, I thought it was Tuesday, | 't and reallze hob o good excuse and that tomorrow would be Wednes- | 'S peticr than & poovone. o day. So I stayed off Tuesday, thinking | acessary. make it a consistent. well it was Wednesday, and it wasn't until ,]m"'g"}'" St GXouss. Rot: @ Dingibshine Wednesday morning that I realized | fiousny Ot excuse, not a bungleson that it was really Wednesday and not | railire for many exeuses to “get over Thursday. So. being my day off. I|jieg with the person to whom they are stayed home, of course.” ith the persor n they 7 [, Yes. kind triends. he “mot away with | "FG 1N ot o H | another pe e { . Moral harbors a suspicious | one | mits him to credit o | ofhers, he will not be in THE “PONY l’rl'llsh an excuse from them | Every grade and high school student | Knowing the occasion when knows what a “pony” 1s [BIGRIRGIENIC DisLean € tme = This useful thing is not an animal, | tDing of an art. Undoubtedly tut simply a translation, usually of a|3¥e times and places when and latin text, but not necessarily. There |21 €Xcuse is very e are such things as German ponies, and | OIY the student of mankind will make even French ponies, a perfect choice The world's favorite pony is that of | i Caesar's Galllc wars. It may be pur-| Misunderstanding lies at the root of chased in a small volume. easily con-|much of the sorrow and troub cealed from Teacher's prying eves | world, It is becatse Single pages of translation, abstracted 'may help toward understandi from the book by means of a sharp desirable e penknife, found ready resting place in | llaps and on the arms of chairs Pages were more easily upon alarm than the en possessed the happy faculty pling in dire distress Now, there wa | cently " entered not in trying to see f things, or if h mind. which per nd-out lies to position to Spring a novelty, not an old it some there where | concealed book and of crum- Many ¢ soul simp! the teacher | the need for tolerance It an educator beliey demanding too muct | heard stori about “ponies,” but | being, which, after {scarcely knew what they were. Her |is, let him I knowledge was, in a sense, incomplete. |assuming the wor Taking up the study of German, she |over certain definite young girl who re school who had all, ever rememb he or obligatic | Pitlne sl it ! ace in the District at which the Yet this should be a day of rejoic- | ‘3inS can cause inundation of the streets ing among the nations of the world; {2nd the filling of cellars not the joy of reaching a goal or of | Despite the difficulty of getting ade- completing a task but of setting a goal U8t appropriations for Capital needs and starting out to reach it. The cere- | 2 effort should be made at the coming mony in Paris today should be regarded | Session of Congress to obtain at least onl_v' n this light. It does mot repre- provisional allowances for a complete v and exhaustive survey of drainage con- nt the attainment of the millennium, . . :o- do:s it mean that the world has ditions that will lay the foundation for [s : 5 reached a proximity to the millennium | Subsequent enactment looking to_the which affords even a distant view or | CWing of the present ills from which maAdouonun;ne of its proportions. But | Certain neighborhoods in the city suffer p : A modern city's sewer system should . that fifteen nations of ¥ *outlawing™ of war by treaty as a term |nature can put upon it. The rainfall too fanciful for serious thought, and | °f this present month is already within that they have been willing to grasp a slight fraction of the August record gamely this straw with the thought for all time in this region, and it is that while it may not be unfailing as probable that before the end of the » life preserver, it may lead to firmer | TODth & new record will be established. and more lasting safeguards. Secretary Kellogg, as the representa- tive of the United States and the author of this treaty, was given the honor today of leading the procession of dignitaries into the clock room, where, seated about a horseshoe table, they signed the paper. But when Mr. Kellogg wrote his signature he sur- rendered, in effect, this honorable lead- ership and passed it on to the United States Senate. Great Britain, France and several other nations have decided to hold back, not to ratify the treaty until the United States ratifies it. Pain- ful experiences of the past have taught them the fallacy of counting diplo- matic chickens before the mother hen has demonstrated her intention of hatching them. At this date, with the ceremony in Paris and all it implies fresh in mind, the possibility that the Senate may follow a traditional course and develop an acute attack of jeal- ousy over the treaty-making efforts of the executive seems remote, indeed For the treaty has carefully avoided committing this country to those things which in the past the Senate has de- clined to acknowledge. The strength of this treaty signed in Paris today, however, depends al- together upon the moral support that 4t gerives from the people. If, In the United Stétes, the desire to give it sup- port has been sufficiently awakened, there need be no great fears of what the Senate will do. Lacking this sup- | +, the treaty signed today and lhti sentiment behind it may as well | scrap of paper nndi | highest efficiency cannot provide against serious accident wher, the standardized workman unconsciou 1y tries to substitute haste for speed. - - period in the campaign draw er. & number of statesmen wil necessary to shorten their gol 1 hours. - ie comfort out of | is no comfort either politics or the | | | be relegated as an idle dream. Cr———— a near find 1t by s Far rural in tal weath relief takes e iree Billion Dollars. Moving Tk While 1, signing sen gaged woday s hoped will { war and lead 10 a re- nts, anpouncement campaign st city in of largest of w York move s and in prep- tra worth a successtul the One has dollars d security certifi- blishment. Thi ned Ly a Zeet of ed cars in eghly trips which took only about carried acting fi one truck alone other each seventeen were armed valuables 25 a guards machine & ach guard was nosed forty-five-caliber bulle ach man also carried a T dozen policemen stationed at points along the route. Four armed with sawed-off shotguns inal points. Although operation repre- of only about period ed n cap two . #upply of tei gus bombs were £ m guarded the tern the transport sented [ seven of h entire recy opers wher mpleted emen A Fegarding S & % consk at nations of | wigp | divector made | )y Thus the experiences of the past few | weeks may be taken as a test of the adequacy of the drainage system It is not enough to rest upon the assurance that the sewers are sufficient to care for all but extraordinary pre- cipitation. The flood that comes from an exceptional rain is seriously damag- ing and those who suffer from it are not solaced or recompensed by the as- | surance that it is unusual should be, in short, a margin above the requirements of the greatest rainfall that can possibly be expected. Now is the time to prepare for the provision of the additional sewers that these recent happenings have shown to be essential. The demands of the more sparsely settled sections for protection against floods are to be considered sym- pathetically. If there are no present plans for additions to the drainage sys- tem the experiences of the past few weeks assuredly show that they are now necessary, and some official assurance to the effect that steps will be taken to- ward that end will be the most certain | way of relieving the anxiety which is now felt by a large number of Wash- | ingtonians. - If Gene Tunney is in earnest about going into literature, his hardest pun- ishment is ahead of him. Literary crit- ics are far more merciless and less re- | strained by formalities than antagonists | in the prize ring. — When it comes to the blue chips avail- able for the big American game of pol- itics, the opponents can measure their respective stacks and figure that they start about even. e An entirely rational theory gains in civilized respect that men will be found s ready to keep an agreement to pre- serve peace as they have been to observe an alliance making them partners in possible war. R A Deficit Predicted. In his annual report Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Bureau of the Bud- get, predicts a deficit of $94.279,346 at the end of the current fiscal year. Inas- much as a surplus of $252540283 had riler been estimated, this change in prospect of Federal finance 1s some- nat startling. Gen. Lord notes that |the present estimate of receipts 1s $101,995,738 less than the previous esti- mate, while the net increase in esti- | mated expenditures is $244,823,891, Th | makes a total difference of $346,818,62: which, if maintained, will wipe out the expected surplus and cause a deficit, These figures relate to the current | fiscal year and cannot be affected by |any economies that may be made through a reduction of estimates and appropriations for the next fiscal year If they are verified by experience dur ing the remalning ten months they will I lead to a shortage of Federal funds. the first that has occurred for some year |In all lkelthood, the possibility of laeficit tfor 1928-9 will have an effect upon budget recommendations for 1929-30, those that will be submitted in December for action at the next the $66 Tax tions voted by Congress at | the las on go into force in Janu- lary, They may have the effect, as have other rate reductions, of actually in- | creasing the collections, although in all | the estimates upon which the reduction | sure was based allowance was made | tor a lowering of the volume of Govern- | ment income. Bhould there be an tn- | crease consequent upon the rate reduc {tion the deficit now computed by th ! the budget may be malerial tirely There | reduced and possibly overcome en- | known, so far as the map of the globe |is concerned, and there will be no place | for mystery to retain its foothold | any suppositions regarding their human |and animal life are allowable, so long While unknown places remain, almost they do not transcend the physical | possibilities of living creatures. No- |body can deny that wild men do not exist in the interior of Borneo until { somebody has been there and made a thorough hunt for them. It is entirely within the bounds of | possibility, for insance, that somewhere | in the Belgian Congo there is a race of | negro giants, with every individual more {ihan seven feet tall. The difficulty is, {of course, that if they are found they | probably will turn out to be rather pro- | saic, humdrum men and women, with all the old, familiar vices and virtues of human nature. In a few years they will be appearing at circuses and on the vaudeville stage and another of the earth’s mysteries il be exploded. Sl As a rule, night club patrons do not | greatly fear publicity, which calls at- {tention to a pecuniary independence which calls for no economies in the | quest of a good time. S e A narrow escape from a spill marked Gov. Smith's experiment with a tallyho coach. “Safety first” up to this point is still represented by the old band wagon. — e A few critics are inconsistent in al- lowing.it to be inferred that the rain- storm during Gov. Al Smith’s accept- ance speech served him right for being a wet. —— e Byrd departs confidently on a great adventure. The public has no fear for him. One of the traits of leadership is the ability to inspire faith and courage. e SHOOTING STARS. gx\’ PHILANDER JOHNSON Daybreak. Something more to worry 'bout As the day draws nigh! Morning may bring but a doubt; Afternoon, a sigh. Everything depends on you And your natural point of view. Something more to smile about As the sky grows bright! Flowers bloom where children shout, Radlant with delight What you look for, you will find. 1t 15 all your frame of mind. Beneficial Disagreements, “Some of your best friends do not agree with you in politics.” “I like to go golfing with them just the same,” answered Senator Sorghum. “A man who disagrees with you is valuable in helping you to check up on the weak points in your arguments.” Proceeding With Caution. When you in politics get gay, Oh, friend, be careful what you say! If you would hold the party track, Perchance youw'll have to take it back | | Jud Tunkins ys some men can write 50 mean about a candidate that they get you interested In learning his good points for a change. Memory. “Do you find it easy what you read? “Rather too to remember casy,” answered Miss | Cayenne. “I sometimes afrald 1 | may momentarily forget 1 am a lady and repeal some of it In conversation.” am “It s wise,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “to forget an injury; but 1t fs careless not Lo remove yourself beyond the possibility of its recurrence Gambling Farmer, He gambles and cannot Whatever bet he chooses, The odds on any kind of crop Are to 1 he loses, on atop. dat sits around doin #ald Uncle Eben, “is oftin llable to find incouragemeni. Bome folks, de more dey tries to break out an’ be Industrious, de more dey gits in | de way.” | man .- Shadow Boxing? From the Tndianupolis Star The trouble with these private Holly- wood fights 1s thet the "hero” seldom dered & Wiumph of *ud This is the fust time sice the World equals his screen successes, conscientiously refrained from using the | vocabulary at the back of the book, in the honest belief that this list of words was a_“pony.” and that therefore to use it was wrong. Naturally enough, although she was an exceptionally smart girl, she got low marks in her examinations, until one day a companion, who also had the same idea of a “pony,” said to her “Why, I have just found out that we are supposed to use this vocabulary at the back of the book!" A Believe this or not Moral—Be sure you know the diffe ence between a “pony” and a vocabu lary. * % e COURTESY. A Washingtonian recently took a mo- tor trip to Canada. While in Toronto, we believe the city was, he entered a French restaurant, 8 place with all sorts of “atmosphere.” Every table was occupted, but not |of the greatest of these fs the r | ity for finding out the troubles in the | scholastic lives of pupils. Learning {ought to be a pleasure, but too often it is not. Those who are older experienced owe it to those under their guidance to help them in more ways | than one As for politeness, the taurant sets a precedent wh |be imitated with gain. we believe, { most American eating places. Certainly | the rights of the consumer ought to be protected. Every one who has eaten h migh is anything but pleasant in the majority of cases. Some plac to solve this by making the ta small or doing away with them entire substituting armehairs. The United States is such a pushing, | crowding country that most of us P! great instance, than be left on the Perhaps the y will come in thi try when every rider will get a seat, curb. anadian res- | at table with a stranger knows that it | fer to stand up in a street car, for| coun- | every chair at every table, he noticed. Being rather hungry, he told the head waite and every movie patron get a good seat. and every restaurant frequenter a table T that he would not object |to himself. o ol WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS —_— Mr. Hoover's decision to open personal Ihendquanerfi and executive offices in Washington outside his own home and apart from the headquarters of the Republican national committee, and his acceptance of a tender of the mag- nificent Washington home of the late | Louis A. Frothingham, member of Congress from Massachusetts, for this purpose, was generally hailed as con- firming what had already been fore- shadowed—namely, that Mr. Hoover in- tended to take over active personal direction of his own ~ampaign. It is obvious that the Hoover headquarters at 2223 R strest, where the Republican nominee ani rsonal staff will be | g1 precipitate them tor Borah fally at thelr desks, will be the mecca | is being counted on heavily by the Re. respects AN of those wne. enl” to wer | publicans as a headliner in the speak- m-rtéc jd !: l:kc urd:m s T'“‘, r‘,;‘,m | :x\u'camrx)zu;:’n‘ But no one will pick his 3 o Works | toPles for him. Borah will probably or help, rather than Chairmen Work's | syforate addresses on pmmbu'umb ‘-l;;li office in' the downtown office bullding. | gorenate addres b * % ok AR ‘The Frothingham house as it now stands is richly furnished from top to bottom with many rare pleces of Colo- nial and French period furniture, with | paintings and bric-a-brac, and objects | of art assembled from the four quarters | of the globe. These furnishings are to remain except so far as space has to be made for essential office furniture. ‘The principal rooms of the house are on the second floor and comprise dra Ing room and music salon of large pro- portions, easily capable of accommodat- ing 200 persons, a librury and a large dining room-—the scene in past seasons of many fashionable dinner parties Mr. Hoover intends to vecupy the din- ing room as a private office. A mam- moth flat-top desk has replaced the dining table. The drawing room and music salon will be utilized in receiv- ing committees and delegations and for large conferences of the Hoover | executives, The library will provide offices for the secretaries. * ok Kk Both vice presidential nominees, sturdy campaigners of powerful voice and physique, are slated for yeoman service in spreading the gospel of their re- spective pariles through the length and breadth of the land. ‘Their speaking itineraries now in the making spell for them the Strenuous Life, with capital letters. Senator Robinson is already “booked" for three weeks of continuous ! stumping through Tennessec, Kentucky the Carolinas, Georgin and Florida, with | a couple of forays into Texas and Vir-| ginla, starting next week. Senator | Curtis “opened” in Rhode Island last week, is in New York and Pennsylvania this week and in Massachusetts and Maine next week. Then he is going o swing westward., Indicative of cam- palgn strategy, it 15 noteworthy that while the Republicans are giving first attention to the North Atlantic sea- board, the Democrats are concentrating | first on the so-called border States. Re- | publican Chalrman Work 1s going to stage a round of State conferences in New England next week, while Dem cratic Chajrman Raskob and Repre- sentative Willlam A. Oldfieldy, chairman of the Democratic congressional com- mittee, are making trips to St. Louts, Mo., to Nashville, Tenn., and to Louis- ville, Ky. tal reports that before the campaign s over the country may see a series of debates between Dr. Butler and Sen- tor Borah on the subject of prohibition. These two oratorical giants, impassion- ed partisans of the opposing viewpoints on the eighteenth amendment, staged a memorable debate on this issue . in Symphony Hall, Boston, in April, 19; to which the whole country listened But it is a safe wager that the Hoover rategists will have no hand in any fur- -Borah debating contests, If ire, it will be the unrestrain- ing spirit of both men which * A year has passed since the electrocu- tion” of nd Vanzetti, but the reverberations are still rumbling round the world. On the same day last week the cables reported Secretary of State Kellogg being “smuggled” into Paris to avold a hostile demonstration by Sac co-Vanzett! sympathizers, the Sacco- Vanzetti Memorial Assoclation wa meeting in Boston, and launching plans { for the erection of a memorial build- ing on Beacon Hill in Boston, near the statehou to be dedicated to ‘frec speech.” A bas-relief of the two | ltalians was unveiled at this meeting, the work of the noted sculptor, zon Borglum. Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, former president of Ambherst, and Prof. Robert Morss Lovett of the Uni- versity of Chicago were among the headline speakers. Meantime, the ¢ plete stenographic record of the trial nd of the multitudinous appeals and legal processes is being issued in book form in several volumes by & prominent New York publishing house, that the world may read and form its' own judg- ment. ‘This book venture was finaneed wealthy and prominent persons who d the view that the Sacco-Vanzetti case was n fearful miscarringe of Amer- se, A serfous-minded historian wvor to refute the superstition that Friday is an unlucky day, has assembled an imposing list of dates of world events which transpired on Friday. T deal- ing with the history of our own land would to show that Friday was a lucky for America, Columbus sadled from Spain on his voyage of dis- |covery on Friday: he discovered the new continent on ¥Friday; started his return voyage on Friday, and arrived I Spain on Fridav. The landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock was on PFriday. George Washington was born on Priday. Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga and Cornwallls at York- town on Friday, and so on and so forth (Copyright. 1926) - idewalk Banana Skins Are Menace to Safety in an en- | The bunana skin the stdewalk by thoughtless people is getting to be as dangerous to pedese trians as the reckless driver's auto and of political significan e w8 ulml yewr | the “unloaded” gun. A banana skin Gov. Smith's famous brown derby has | " I8 @ 0Ce] 0o Iy G been reproduced both as a real hat, as | ]“‘:“Mtf“;):'”‘"\i‘,"_':\""fl‘l Py Ao H:“”" @ mintature replica and as @ cont lapel | SO0 S aualities. e {nd it il ornament. Not to be outdone where| \"yine 1ooking girl, with twosinch heels the campaign hat s concerned, &, neq0inty “red shoes, and lNps of Quaker hat has made its appearance In | opipuon red, came near landing i the the Republican camp. Lucky pocket |y e “gaturday with s fractured pleces—coins that look like gold—are} sl when her modern heel came in being fssued for both candidates. On |aib. WHUR, POT modern heel came the Democratic luck piece beneath the | onr ghth and P streets northwest donkey 18 the name “Al Smith," wnd i -Thery is'n brisk banana market n that on the reverse pide is the slogan, “For | yioiniy" and o police regulation should Personal Liberty and Natlonal Bros-|yequie’ fhese “merchants” (who pay perity” = #mith and Hoover medalllons, | no"giore vent) to exercise a little vigi- wuto tags and windshie dl n'll.lu‘"'- w4 Jance in keeping the sidewalks clear of i lurge variety of campalgn buttons © 1 (hese “dangerous weapons.” which would the famillar paraphernalls of every|pe o ynorg desirable employment for the campaign—are out, but are more widely ? o | DOllce than snooping into real business in evidence than 1s usunl 5o long PHOF | Jluces ‘and forcing merchants to. tak bl out insurance for their employes, when a congressional blunder fatled to pro- ‘Though Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, | vide for this measure by a suitable ap- having denounced the Republican stand | propriation to pay' some of the many on prohibition and eulogized Gov Smith's idle men to do this work acceptance address, now says that he is . wdcuqun:Y, elessly thrown on ook Not since the days of Roosevelt has there been such a demand for cam- paign buttons, emblems and novelties * PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK There is always tension between the | older generation and the younger gen- eration The existence of this tension is a | matter for gratitude rather than grief. The old generation tends to be cock- sure. The new generaticn tends to be thus old its generation did not k critical guard, the generation would forever thr pseudo-perfections upon it fhere would be a sure embargo on Fach generation would go on pounding the mistakes of its Humanity would go static | In tradition. however good and | | there is pretty sure to be some- | | thing’ that was true when the tradition | | blished, but that is not l]uv“ s constantly chal- | com- ery anging conditio static traditior Most of us magnify the tradition and the change. | This is why humanity keeps close to | | reality in traditions only at the of occasional rebellions 2 that rebels and reac- plike g0 often sin on the side ufficient complacency—their I they think they | own little 5 t e need t e enougk jand our a {ence aione. Nor dar adition me of 1dition All wisdom springs out of experience, | but it must be a triple experience, viz: | The experience of our ancestors. The experience of our cotemporaries The experience of ourselves. Another way of stating it ‘is to say | ws its strength from viz by r en many m of us can be an that none of us is | determine our beliefs | ‘ S by our personal experi- * we determine our actions by | alone for there is always > poison of the obsolete in t | | | | ne time. which, bees of our 1 a bro use it is cotempo- | der base han personal jnds i on n matters than ¢ be | which s the only v ruth can be discoy adapted to one's Jurrent opi the judgment raries and thus re experience th can po: which new ld truth e wise man puts these three—tra- | dition, current opinion and personal ex- | perience—together into a unified whole. | r—ar—s own | t e Newsnpaped ticate.) | - | 1 . ~ . | Use in Experiments Condemned a Dog’s Cruelty| To t of The Sta | o Editor I wish to thank The Evening Star | and the Deaconess Yeo of the House of | { Mercy for making public the truth | | about dogs being used for vivisection, | | cloaked under the guise of sxparimenta- | | tion | Dr. william C. Fowler, | Health Officer, like all other tors, cloaks himself with tk | claim that every precaution i o eliminate pain and sufferin such world-renowned surgeons low and Hamilton Pisk Biggar come out in the open and declare that untold | sufferings and cruelty are 1csorted to. | which are needless, then we have food | for thought in saying, Why do the| serum manufacturers, A M. A. and the | vivisectors, use their millions of dollars | in having the judiciary committee in | Washington, D. C., deny the Inter- national Conferences of Societies for District false ! taken, | | | through talking, there are ecircums an- | the Investigation of Vivisection a hear- | {rue that birds and even humans may on their bill exempting dogs | from vivisection, which the Hon. | | James A. Frear of Wisconsin has the | | honor and manliness to sponsor? Are | not our constitutional rights denied | | us? Milton said, a state governed by | | the rules of justice cannot suppress knowledge and truth. Why is the judici committee interested in sup- pressing the truth and knowledge which the anti-vivisectionists possess? Why not have our jury system changed so that & man being tried for murder will have a jury composed of murderers, or a forger to be judged by a jury of | | forgers and so on. The law should pro- | | hibit lawyers, doctors and all such who | {have a financial interest in serving in | our Legislature. I wish to co:rect a | statement made In The Evening Star, | attributed to Mrs. AL R. Blumenberg, { vice president of th» League, when she s Congress the league and affi nizations attempt to get through a Lill | making experiment with dogs il- | |legal. The International Conference of | Societies for the Investigation of Vivi- | Section is composed of over 100 S. P. C. | A., Humane and Anti-vivisection So- cleties, and it is this conference, of which {the Rev. C. Ernest Smith _of St | | Thomas’ Church, Washingtor, D. C. 15 | | the president, which’ tries to get the bill making experimentation of dogs il- | legal, and the Animal Rescus League of | Washington is no® a member of this | conference, althouzh Mrs, Blumen! two years ago, told me that she saw no | reason why the league should mot be a member. It seems to me that every | true 8. P. C. A, Humane Society and | Animal Rescue League should be a member of the conference, and, with their combined efforts, have influcnce enough to prohibit the worst cruelty fCyistence. Dante sald, “Show the light and the people will fihd the way. P GUSTAV STRYKER New York City, UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR T | ing n Years Ago Today. rmans are driven back on a 57-mile | front, Haig's forces advaneing to a point 3 miles past the Hindenburg line * The British in a turning move- ment thrust along the Arras-Cambrai road to menace the main German de- fenses, Peronne s now threatened and Halg's capture of Somme heights gives him dominating positions 6 mile: away * Bapaume is & no man’s land and German reinforcements are | rushed there. British have captured 000 Germans in the past six days Roye fell today before the Freneh under Gen. Debeney, who captured half a dozen other towns in an advance on @ front of more than 12 miles. At some points the French gained ground to a depth of s mile: forcing the enemy back on both sides of the | Avre River. * * * American troops to- day attacked the Germans in the region of Bazoches, 3 miles west of Fismes. | Simultancously the Germans attacked the Ameriean lines at Fismette, about v mile north of Fismes. The American improve thelr position near Bazock and resist the attack on Fismette, * * ¢ Observers who visit the American front | lines are deeply impressed with the un- daunted spirit of American soldiers {ns well as their cheerfulne hardships of trench life, hundred and elghty-two on list given ont today; 88 killed, verely wounded and 96 missing. - No Monopoly Here! From the Spitngfleld (Ohlo) Sun During elght years of Republicanism, according to the Hoover speech, the pepulation fnereased 8 per cent. It is! reported, however, that some of the new ones ave Democrats - In Wisconsin, From the 8t Paul Ploneer Press Wisconstn 15 having a hot primary campalgn, but the weather may mod= erate before the polls open Septem- ber 4. amid the | * Four casualty 13 se- | sembling our modern | rag fibers beaten to a pulp and made | between Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein?— B | Times | bor. | conspicuous part In writing them in ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC This is a special department, devoted | to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an exlensive organ tion in Washington to serve you in any |7 to 1 jon. | except in cel and | inspected and approved by ment capacity that relates to informa Write your question, your r your address clearly and inclo: in coin or stamps for reply ning Star Information Bure Haskin director, Washi Q. Who is regarded as the hea aitter of all the champion prize fighters? T. A. A Th the consensus of opinion ses that Jack Dempsey 1s amon est hitters, if not the heavi of all the heavyweights Q. How much does the Spirit of St Louis weigh? How much does the en- | gine h?—J. F. W | A. The weight of the airplane, empty | but complete with instruments, is 2,150 pounds. The engine weighs 430 pounds. | s is a matter of opinion, but| the & Q. Are more divorce: ple dwelling in citice t rural districts?>—L. L A. Divorces are relatively more nu- merous in cities. They are also more numerous among childless coupies. han Q. Where is the International Bu- | reau of Weights ang Measures?—P. A A. By treaty the United States, with 27 other nations, maintains the Inter- lonal Bureau of Weights and Meas- ures at Paris on neutral territory in the historic Parc du St. Cloud, at Sevres, The bureau is official custodian of the international standards of length and mass, the meter and kilogram. Q. Of what material was the first| paper made?- | derived from | a reed called “papyrus,” which grows in Egypt'and Asia Minor. The ancient tians knew how to make the stems the reeds it paper by p together with a paste mad nd mud. The first pi paper. made of fibers felted together, was made by the Chinese about 105 B.'C.. of bamboo and ic flour rom re- | into a sheet = { Q. Why was a pontoon bridge built | A" The Schiffebrucke which connects Coblenz_with Ehrenbreitstein was so | constructed because a movable bridge was considered advantageous for so important a position in case of inva- sion. Boats are used in place of sta- tionary piers to support the ends of the beams carrying the roadway plat- form. The bridge is 485 yards long. Q. How early were adhesive postage stamps used in this country?—D. R. S. A. Adhesive postage stamps were issued by several cities of the United States independently of the Govern- ment about 1845. Well known examples were those of New York City and St. Louis. Stamps of this kind were au- | thorized by Congress March 3, 1847. Q. What were the nicknames Eugene Field's children>—C. C. S. A. They were Trotty, Pinny, Dais Rosie and Sister Girl. Q. Can snakes hypnotize birds and sometimes human beings?—W. O'B. A. The curious and uncanny power possessed by snakes of continuing mo- tionless with the lifted head projected forward for a seemingly indefinite time is one of the most astonishing of their muscular feats. It is this habit which gives rise to the popular belief that snakes are endowed with the power to fascinate or charm birds, small mam- mals, and even mankind. It is quite of become so terrified at suddenly seeing a snake in this attitude, with its round, unwinking eyes fixed on the beholder, that their muscles are temporarily par- alyzed. The sickening fear experienced on such occasions may leave the crea- ture powerless to move, but this sensa- tion is quite different from being hyp- notized. Q. Did Lew Wallace's “Prince of In- dia” have a subtitle>—M. M. A. Tt is listed as “Prince of India, education” s to be|* the mainland? or Why Constantinople Fell.” QU J. HASKIN. Does France R. C. E It is compulsory from the ages of inclusive. and is non-religious, ain denominational schools the govern- Q. have compulsory A. at do the initials “P. D. B.” or?—i. C letter tand P, D, BZ aré an ichlorobenzene, a somewhat re- e. been_called N. E. E. neerto in D Ma- ed Q. Which concerto ‘The Adam of A. Beethoven or” has been Q Turkey “Zip Coon™ 11 A. Cari the S G @ the ve the name “Turkey of both piec back to “Zip Coon™ and ngs. According to th p Coon" is older the Straw is practicall 1 on an island or on -E. C. tuated o1 10 mil de, at the con- Lawrence and Ottawa e of the oldest citles in Q. Is fluence of the rivers. It is ¢ North America Q. How do the end men of a mi trel how t usually is Mr. Bone alled Mr. Tambo A A. The comedian given the name Mr. Bones derives it from the rhyth- mic noise producer that he manip ulates set of bones originally an actual pair of bones, used in the manner of castanets. It was in 1841 that the bones roduced into and was the He u ribs of relsy, hard rial me from the of some Tambo gets hov Sometimes the whole troupe would carry tambourine: the left end man was recognized as virtuoso of the instrument Q. Where wer he motion picture cameras located in the Houston conven- tion hall?—L. B. H. A. The motion picture photographers were in cr nests, about 25 feet above the main floor, on 10 of the main upright supports of the buflding. Q. If a buffalo nickel is tossed in casting lots, which side is heads and which is tails?—A. W, A. The dated side of a coin is con- sidered heads; therefore the side bearing the buffalo is tails. Q. Was the brain of Anatole France remarkable in size?>—R. T. A. To the surprise of anatomists, it was found that his brain weighed only 1,017 grams, about 25 per cent less than the weight of the average man of mediocre ability. Q. What is meant by an aquatint?— A. W.B. A. It is a process of etching on cop- per or steel plates by means of nitric acid, producing an effect resembling a fine drawing in water colors, sepia or India ink. Q. What is argot?—D. E. L. A. Argot is the French term for what in English is known as slang, especially applied to the dialect of thieves and vagabonds. Q. How many commissioned negro officers are there in the Army, active and reserve?—W. W. A. At the present time there are five negro commissioned officers in the agtive Army, two line officers and three chaplains. In the Reserve Corps are 757 commissioned negro officers. 0% Ts the Panama Canal fortified?— ‘A The Panamia Canal is fortified. The defenses consist of large forts at each end of the canal, with field works for some 6,000 mobile troops. Q. How many teeth has the domestic goat?—A. G. A. It has 32 teeth. Public Discusses Position Of Curtis on Chief Issues Outstanding points commented upon | in the specch of Senator Charles Curtis, accepting the nomination for Vice President on the Republican ticket, are his treatment of the farm problem and stand on prohibition. Representa- of various political groups assume that he is more inclined to the dry cause than his running mate. His rec- ord on farm relief is a subject of dis- cussion In declaring that measures for the improvement of the agricultural situa- tion should nct be made a matter of partisan politics he was entirely right.’ thinks the Columbus Evening Dispatch (independent), while the Charleston Daily Mail tindependent Republican) holds that “when he expressed the opinion that the problem, as it espe- ally affects the Western States, should be solved by a non-partisan body, he talked sound sense.” ‘The Olean Herald (independent) believes that he “has opened the way for a leading issue to be sensibly vorked out.” Comment on this subject from the New York Sun (independent) likens the Curtis plan to the move by which “the gold standard act of 1000 came from the labors of the Reed committee.” but the Sun warns that “curing the farmers’ real woes may be far more complex a task than balancing the values of pre- clous metals.” The Rochester Democrat nd Chronicle (Republican) feels that “he holds the confidence and respect of the people of the West to an unusual degree”: that “he has served them faithfully during all the vears he has! been {n Congre. nd in that fact there | is assurance that he will serve the untry well if elected Vice President.” e Curtls speech contributes to the paramountey of prohibition as a cam- paign issue,” says the St. Joseph News- Press (independent). “In the light of his declaration, the Republican party seen more distinetly as the dry party.” The Providence Journal (in-! dependent) states that he “took strong | | tious problems,” | for Republican ground in his speech™; the Reno Evening Gazette (Republican) | that it “is quite brief as such addresses g0, but it is directly to the point,” and | the Minneapolis Tribune (Republican) | that it “Is a simple, modest, undra matic document on Republican party | hievement and Republican party pro- | gram for future stewardship if it is continued in national power.” % %y | “For 30 years.” affirms the Clncinnati | Star (Republic: “the matters | which Senator Curtis discusses have been the subject of b continuous la-| The country will remember h its history." The Unlontown Herald | (Republican) points out that in his talk | “there was unequivocal indorsement of | party and of program outhned by his | presidential running mate” And the ! Wheeling Intelligencer (Republican) di- rects attention to the thought that the | Senator Ustressed leading principles of | political doctrine which have Coolldge administration and which Mr. Hoover has pledged himself to continue | and enlarge.” { “His address was dignified, easily un- | derstandable, and showed no sign w'ml-l ever of any effort at oratory. ‘There suided the | and coming Charleston was_contained In It no hint whatever | Demacratiey by it many."” letin temperate tc t The Philadelphia Evening Bu (independent Republican) ‘in_background and persor he 1s a decided et to the party.' sentiment which finds echo in the To- peka Daily Capital (Republican), while the candidate’s common sense has approval of the Kansas City Journa! Post (independent Republican) and the Rutland Herald (Republican). riticism of the speech which comes from the Sioux City Daily Tribune (independent) is that made, “collectively, prop ideali: and prosperity in all walks of lif out the shadow of sug instance 0 how the idealism is t be achieved The Oklahoma City Oklahoman (independer Tts that he has thrown no new light on ve: and t he has mad no contributic ture of the na “He did. in Nary-Haugen bill recall: York Times (independent voted to uphold the F it. Naturally he could at fact in his speech d what he called mony' of the day.” The ependent) comments two ublicans at the head ticket have spoken. They have not the Volstead act s stand unchar four years. They have the farmy all have what in the way of relief simp §S 10 say we vote for the the Mc- New Sun of he wants (Democratic), have a complete pl the farmer. Ot as most o no solution f Senator ¢ almost he 1 party which ‘the " encc he Dave: concludes, * he made along the policy he voted to suppo veto of the MoNary-Haugen though privately he bill “Mr. Curti the Charle Democratic) to lev the holding, for 1o satisty one elemen gh o satisty those tle the dry be The Philadelphia Record cindependent Democratic) re- ny ‘So there you are—a wet and A dry yoked together for the conservas tlan of the offices and high moral standards.” The Memphis Commercial Appeal (Independent Democratic) be~ Heves “that ought to get them going The Chattancoga Times (ndependent Demoeratic) — suggests, however. that, “if elected, the vice pres wtlal candidate will have not the shightest' say us to what the adminis- tration may or may not do” The ning Post (independent holds that “the second been the had as its doctrine of agricultur nocrat (Democ recomm leader e v the bill, had favored the decla; Obs t were manifestly designed bala Mr. Hoov wet enow Curtis who would rat- atiol of criticlsm of the opposition, but it was | place on the ticket has always served rather an assured statement of confi-|a p dence In success for the party ville Banner « dependent), which adds that “1b could dly give offense, and political purpose, but the second place X he repre- | in the Covernment is hopelessly out of sonts” in the judgment of the Nash- | the cu '(o ent of affairs, and no attempt rescue it from s remoteness seems have any success,”