Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1928, Page 8

8 fl:"'—_——_—‘ fTHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.. October 8, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylval Jul ast en: a Ave. 1 1 t Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenine Star . .45c per month and Sunday Star ) 60c per month undays) Evening and Sunday Star ys 65¢ per month Sc per ecpy (when § Sunda: at'the end of each month. e Sunday Siar Collection ma ©Orders may be sent in by mail or telenhone Maln. 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1 yr. $19.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ 1 6.00: 1 mo.. 50¢ $4.00: 1 mo.. o 1yr. All Other States and Canada. Dally and Sunday..1 yr.$12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 only .. BN mo. day "only 1 yr! $500: 1 mo.l Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Prass is ¢ xclusively entitled 2o the use for republication of all 1ews ais- tehes credited to it or not otherwise cred- n this paper and also the .ocal rews Bublished herein. All rizhts of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. 4o0c The Last Four Weeks. Four weeks from tomorrow is elec- Mon day. The campaign is now in its final stage. The candidates for the presidency are both in action, Gov. Smith imore fully than Mr. Hoover, with a longer schedule of speeches al- ready made and yet to be delivered. Minor speakers are now giving voice throughout the country on both sides. Press publicity is at full flood. Charges and counter charges, accusations and denials, arguments and rebuttals are in veast volume in print, and the air wibrates daily and nightly with discus- ‘ion, assertion and rejoinder. Saturday Mr. Hoover spoke to the ®outh in a speech delivered at Eliza- bethton, Tenn. His address there was plainly designed as an invitation to the States of that section to support him, despite traditional Democratic fealty. Next Saturday night Gov. Smith will epeak at Louisville, Ky., the first of a geries of addresses in the course of his Becond tour. It is now stated that he will not enter the “solid South,” but will confine his tour to the borderland, though he may make visits below the Kentucky line. It has from the beginning of ::: eampaign been evident that for Airst time in modern political history the South is “debatable.” This contest 4s exceptional in the spectacle of num- bers of speakers for the Democratic party addressing meetings in the States that have heretofore been virtually free of campaign activity. It is also note- ‘worthy that numbers of newspaper cor- respondents have, for the first time " gince reconstruction days, toured the Bouth in search of news of the situa- tion, and have reported that it is pos- that one or more of the States c | ering the entire District and that pro- cided in this case that the expenditure of a great sum of money is genuine economy. The representatives of this great country abroad are far better housed today than they were two decades, or even one, ago. There is undeniable room for improvement yet, however. The best is none too good for this peo- ple and the best is likewise none too good for the capitals of our friends, the other members of the family of nations. S e The Citizens’ Associations. Washington's citizens, barred from participation in the national elections and from representation in the legis- lative body that makes their laws, as- sesses their taxes and controls the ex- penditures of their funds for municipal purposes, are still participating in soms measure of activity in their own behalf as residents and home owners. They do this through the medium of the as- sociations that have been formed cov- vide forums of discussion and agencies for the exertion of public opinion, for the guidance of the Commissioners and indirectly of Congress itself. These citizens’ associations, which have grown from small beginnings, now embrace the whole territory of the capital and include in their membership many thousands of people, men and women. They are doing a good work. They are stronger in numbers than ever before, and are steadily increasing in influence. It is the duty of all the residents of the District to join and be active in the work of these associations, not merely to attend meetings but to take direct part in the programs adopted for discussion and action. Just at preseni the associations are starting on the sea- son’s work, laying out their lines of in- quiry and debate, considering the par- ticular projects that are to be studied, and, if approved, advanced. Their membership committees are engaged in “drives” for memBers, secking to enroll those who have thus far failed to join. As a consequence of this endeavor sev- eral thousand newcomers will be added to the rolls before Congress assembles and the result will be an increase in the influence and the effectiveness of the organizations. ‘There are two lines along which the citizens’ associations can and should proceed, to the end of gaining better- ments for their immediate areas and to the end of advancing worthy projects and propositions for the good of the District as a whole. Originally it was the purpose of these bodies to care par- ticularly for the needs of their imme- diate areas. In time they came to broaden their scope of action, and, while not remitting in their endeavors to ob- tain immediately beneficial develop- ments, to engage in District-wide en- deavors. On that wholesome basis they are now proceeding, and while at times their strictly local interests occupy them primarily, they are always a factor in the formulation of policies and the expression of public opinion on ques- the area of supposed solidity may this year break away from the Demo- eratic column. There are three areas of question in this contest, the Northeast, the South and the West. In the Northeast, which includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jer- ey, the prohibition question dominates. No point of the compass has especial Sure for & man who wishes to grow up with the country. “Go South!” has as much significance for the statesman and financler as “Go West!” used to have for youthful ambitions to grow up with the country. e Farm organization is generally ad- vised. The agricultural interests, large or small, may as well seek some way to follow the tendency of the time and merge. ————————————— An Austrian Attraction. ‘Washington, the National Capital, is fn constant process of beautification not only by patriotic, liberal and far- sighted Americans in official positions, but by the nations of the earth. Build- ing after building, adequate, impressive and in good taste, has sprung up here in the last few decades to house Ambassadors and Ministers of foreign powers. ‘These structures have been important factors in the beautification ©of Washington. The news that Austria is to add to the number of these handsome homes will be received with gratification. Her Minister has just announced the acqui- sition of a splendid site for the con- struction of a new home for a legation which 18 to cost $150,000. Washington will first benefit by the completion of the great new Britkh embassy and shortly thereafter by this latest addi- tion. Other similar projects are in sontemplation. ‘The Capital and the Nation should be grateful to these far-sighted and liberal governments and should without reser- vation go and do likewise wherever high United States officials abroad are housed in rented or in inadequate or inconvenient quarters, or wherever sccommodations suitable to our dignity come out of the private purses of our diplomats. “We have come to the con- I clusion that renting,” states Minister Prochnik, “aside from the difficulty or impossibility of finding a building which would fully answer requirements, most uneconomie.” Austria, he points out, at present must be governed by wules of strictest economy, but has de- A i | tions of general importance to the Cap- ital as a whole. To the extent that the membership of the associations is inclusive, they are influential at both the District Build- ing and the Capitol. Through the Fed- THE EVENING. STAR, WASHT 0 CTOBER 8, 1928 VGTON, D. €, MONDAY, nothing in favor of Lancelotti and that of the second was one to nothing in favor of Potenziani. So it is all very complicated, not at all like a world series of base ball games. If the impetuous natures of the Roman nobility follow the tradi- epidemic of duels in and around the capital. But Il Duce will probably have something to say on that subject. He has already frowned upon the spectacle of good Fascisti facing each other in “mortal” combat, and his frown may become a forbidding scowl if any signs appear of further disposition to settle |the gratfing question at the point of | the sword. Lights on Airships. Lack of sufficient running lights on the monster dirigible Los Angeles has Iresulted in a complaint being filed with the Navy Department regarding the menace to night-flying air mail pilots. Harold P. Pitcairn, president of the aviation company which operates the air mail route between New York and Atlanta on a night schedule, has re- ported to the department that if it had not been for the fact that one of his pilots picked the exact moment that he was headed directly for the invisible ship to test his landing lights there would have been a fatal collision. Oth- er pilots, it is said, have told of similar experiences and lucky escapes. Despite the justice of the complaint and the seriousness of the situation, no reply | has been received. The Navy Department should hasten to take action on this matter. It can- | not afford to countenance the flying of its big dirigible in a manner that is potentially dangerous to other users of the air. Everything on the ground, on the sea and in the sky should be suf- ficiently lighted at night to avoid the dangers of collision, and the United States Navy should certainly take the lead in equipping the Los Angeles with enough lights to protect the fiyers of another branch of the Government. Airplanes and airships will probably never become as numerous as automo- biles, but with the steady increase of flying machines the thought has prob- ably occurred to every one that the future congestion in the air will be tantamount to wholesale loss of life. At present the night fiyer’s chief worry is that he will be enveloped by fog and that his motor will stop. He thinks little about the possibility of collision. But when there are hundreds and perhaps thousands of others shooting through the ether at high speed the danger of crashes will become acute. These prob- lems, however, are something for future generations to solve. In the meantime the Navy Department should comply with the reasonable request that its big ship be adequately lighted to avert accidents. ———e—s. ‘Trotsky, ill and no doubt discouraged, very probably looks back to the days in the Bronx when he wrote and dreamed of the future. He has attained much of what he attempted; yet the dreams were the best part of the experience. ——————— Checking up on idiomatic forms used in oratory may introduce a new angle eration of Citizens’ Associations they now operate effectively on general mat~ ters, and the influence of this body has been definitely recognized and has in the past been decidedly a factor in the arrangement of improvement programs and the direction of economic policies. To the extent that the associations are comprised of representative member- ships, numerically and in point of ac- tivity, the federation in turn becomes a force for the good of the District through the formulation and effective direction of & sound and clearly defined public sentiment. It is to be hoped that in point of numbers of members, in the matter of the selection of subjects for considera- tion and in that of full and well direct- ed debate and of distinct action the Dis- trict's citizens’ associations this coming season will function beyond the point of highest efficiency of the past and thus make a new mark of citizenship participation for this community. —_———— Having declared his purpose to retire from the ring, Gene Tunney may yet be a litle disappointed to find that the public, passing on to new figures in fame, has taken him at his word. Desirous of discouraging gamblers, ‘Wall Street has steadily raised the in- terest rate. No interest charge has yet discouraged the gambler eager to borrow money. e ¢ A vice presidential candidate does well to present himself as prominently as possible. Whether his ticket succeeds or not, he is rehearsing for a long silence. o A Draw or a Decision? Prince Potenziani, former Governor of Rome, has proved that he is no of controversy calculated to create even more harsh comment than the more serious issue. ————— On the 7th of November American citizens will wake up and realize that they are all friends after all. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Non-Intoxicant. Here's to the ukulele's lay! ‘Welcome the saxophene! Oh, let us cherish, day by day, Each dulcet jazzy tone! The music soon must touch the heart Upon emotion bent. The dance brings forth a subtle art tional course there may be a veritable | Well, the iced tea season is closed. Now no more for about a year will be heard the tinkle of ice in tea, nor felt the soothing gurgle of that bever- age down the throat. The glass that cheers but does not | inebriate has gone on the top shelf, its duty for the Summer season of 1928 having been done neatly and efficiently. Surely there is no other drink in the world quite like iced tea, or ice tea, as one prefers to call it. The qualities of this beverage have long been a mystery to many discrim- inating persons, who recognize its worth but do not exactly know how or why it gets its prestige. Let it be admitted that many per- sons regard hot tea as so much—well, “slop” is the word usually used. No | doubt they are mistaken. Tea is much too old and too universally liked to de- | serve any such term. | Yet any one who has chanced to im- bibe a poor cup of hot* tea readily un- derstands why many folk cannot en- dure it. It is significant that these very per- sons do like and do drink iced tea in Summer. ‘Why? Rk There seems to be some occult rela- tionship between the weather and one's desire for iced tea. After a Summer of careful observation we are able to state that 90 degrees is the temperature at which the human desire for iced tea manifests itself. Let the thermometer on the back porch sink 1 degree below 90, to wit, 89, mankind immediately loses its thirst for this king of Summer table beverages. Let it go down to 88 degrees, and your average person cannot bear to look one of the tall glasses in the face. We were very careful in making our observations. One evening, when faced with a glass of iced tea, we felt a sud- den repugnance. Perhaps we were ill? Nothing of the kind! The thermome- ter, a very good instrument, showed a temperature of 87 degrees. That explained it. No man drinks iced tea at 87 degrees in the shade. It simply is another one of these things that are not done. It becomes almost a social offense to drink tea with ice in it when the day is not hot. Probably some advertiser will come out with a picture of a group of polite friends sneeringly laughing be- hind their hostess’ pretty back as she offers them iced tea in the face of the thermometer on the wall which plainly shows the room temperature to be 76 degrees, * ok Kok When the red in the tube mounts to 90, and 92, and so on to 94 or more, the demand for iced tea is instantane- ous. It wells from a million lips, and is in the one and only satisfactory man- gex;d—i. e, with large beakers of amber uid. Iced coffee and even iced cocoa have their places, but when it comes to genu- ine satisfaction during hot weather there is noth®ig that takes the place of tea.’ Strong men and weak women (if there are any weak women any more) feel the same way about it. The amount of tea one can hold re- mains another mystery. Many men think nothing at all of consuming three or four glasses for supper on a hot night. Probably any one can drink twice as much iced tea during a meal as any other liquid. Just why this tol- erance must be solved by the chemists who delve into food and drink. There WASHINGTON Herbert Hoover’s speech at Elizabeth- ton, Tenn., smacks of an inaugural ad- dress. At least, there’s hardly a topic an incoming Chief Executive would discuss from the east steps of the Capi- tol on a quadrennial March 4 that the Republican nominee didn’t touch upon. It was altogether in the presidential manner. Hoover's staff in Massachu- setts avenue headquarters says the Eliz- abethton speech cost “the chief” more intellectual sweat than any of his cam- paign utterances thus far, including the acceptance address. If the truth were known, it would probably develop that Hoover’s perturbations were due to_the muititude of counsels thrust upon him. There were many wiseacres who thought he ought to utilize the Tennessee ad- dress as an opportunity to tackle the Wi ring campaign in general and the rel us issue in particular. To the ex- tent of 100 words or thereabouts, Hoover was moved to skate across that tender ‘Which stops the argument. It offers a relief complete As each new tune is sped. The rhythm all goes to the feet And never to the head. From the Rear Platform. “Do you think rear platform speeches ought to be.encouraged?” “By all means,” answered Senator Sorghum. “They prevent & man from talking too much. When it is time for him to quit, the engineer simply pulls out.” Settling 1t Among Themselves. ‘What cause for gratitude we'd see In this and other nations If all great speakers could agree Before they start orations! ice. It was when he declared that “in a contest such as this there is no place for personal bitterness” and when he called for a campaign “free from abuse, free from misrepresentation and free from words and acts which carry re- gret.” Gov. Smith's hope of smoking Hoover out on Teapot Dome, prohibition and Mrs. Willebrandt has again been dashed. EE Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for the governorship of New York, has been receiving widespread credit, since his recent nomination, for coining “the happy warrior” as a de- scription of Al Smith. Roosevelt applied the term in the peroration of his Hous- ton nominating speech. A political histo- rian rises to remark that it was Wood- row Wilson who put “the happy war- rior” in politics. He sprang it for the first time in the 1912 campaign, when Wilson quoted from the poem by Words- worth, which the passage occurs. The Jersey Democrat told- the country, on repeated occasions from the stump, Jud Tunkins says he listens to both sides of an argument same as everybody else; and what he falls to understand is how so many people come to have so. much spare time! grafter. He effected this proof with his sword, by pinking slightly a man who is said to have said that he was a grafter |and that his recent displacement from | his position by Premier Mussolini was i due to the discovery of irregularities in { his administration. According to the code duello, which still obtains in Ttaly | despite Mussolini’s ban, the drawing of | a single drop of blood by Prince Poten- | ziant from the person of his traducer definitely settles the question. If the sword ef Prince Lancelotti, who is said {to have sald that Potenziani was a | gratter, had touched the cuticle of the former governor doubtless the verdict would have been otherwise. But the | case is somewhat complicated. Lance- | |lotti's remark about Potenziani was heard by Count di Sambuy, the ex- governor's friend, and the count imme- diately challenged the speaker. A duel | was fought and di Sambuy was wound- ed three times. Did that prove that ‘Lancrloui was right and that Poten- | ziani was a grafter? If so, does the drop | of blood that Potenziani has just drawn, ln—om the person of Lancelotti overrule | the judgment and establish Lancelott! lns a slanderer and Potenziani as a pure and upright public official? As the | ~ase stands, Lancelotti first won, then | "ost tha argument. But Potenziani may | claim that the first bout with raplers was not and could not be conclusive | because it was not fought between the |real principals. But now some friend of Lancelotti's may challenge Poten- ziani, in order to balance the series, which really stands at & draw in point of the number of engagements. The score of the first bout was three to Resenting an Economic Tendency. “Are you antagonistic to wealth?” “In a certaln way,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop, “I am. It don't seem | proper for the bootleggers to be gettin® | about all the money in the community.” “We revere our ancestors,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown; “but that is no reason to forget airships and gn on flying kites as they did.” Our Reclaimed Marshes. The epicure has quite forgot ‘The joys that once he knew; And now he rents a house and lot ‘Where once the reedbird flew. “A good politician,” said Uncle Eben, “is a man who kin make you think all you gotta do is to vote his way an’ den | take it easy de rest o’ yoh life.” e Food No Matter. From the Arkansas Democrat. Peace will never come into the world so0 long as husbands bring friends home to lunch without giving wives at least an hour to get their rouge on straight. ————— Rubbing It In. From the Des Molnes Sunday Register. One of our readers suggests that about the best definition one can think . of for the word “detour” is the rough- est distance between two points. et Both Need It. From the Colorado Springs Sunday Gazette and Telegraph, “In God we trust” is seen most fre- quently on money and in the conduct of pedestrians, that it was his favorite piece of verse. It concludes as follows: And while the mortal mist is gather- ing, His bre applause— This is the happy warrior, this is he That every man in arms should wish to be. draws ath in confidence of Heaven’s * K K K Cleveland, Ohio, was the scene the other night of an old-fashioned, honest- to-goodness 1928 political debate be- tween a pair of antagonists who would have graced any arena in our times. Representative Theodore E. Burton, Re- publican, who is running for the Sen- ate, was pitted against his fellow townsman Newton D. Baker, Democrat, former Secretary of War. Burton open- ed the polemics with the thrust that the corruption personified by Tammany Hall, of which Gov. Smith is a member, constitutes “a pertinent issue.” Boss Tweed of Tammany, arch-grafter of the nineteenth century, Burton recalled, had died in prison. “Right!” retorted . “But who sent him there? None other than a great Democratic prose- cutor, Samuel J. Tilden.” To which adroit parry Baker added that he could recall no ‘“oil grafter” of the present political era who had yet been put in the penitentiary. Both debaters agreed in advance to eliminate the re- liglous question. * oK KoK This observy has just tarried in West Virginia. Leaders of both parties there agree it is fighting ground, with condi- tions which make cocksure predictions cither way unwise. There is a “Hoover trend,” apparently, but Senator Guy D. Goff, Republican, sald so many rough things about his California rival for the presidential l'mmlnn;:l;t 3:. tt.he wu: Virginia primary conf some of thel‘l}nhnve “stuck.”. Some of his fel- low citizens also remember hearing Goff lambaste Hoover in Kansas City most un- mercifully the night before the national convention opened. The 1924 election, in which West Virginia's distinguished Democratic son, John W. Davis, failed to carry his native State, went Republican by a plurality of 31,000. The Davis- La Follette vote combined was a ma- jority of 5,320 more than the Coolidge total. The 36,720 votes La Follette polled-—if they are being held together answered by housewives the land over | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. is a pretty field open. Instead of competing in eating un- told quantities of scrambled eggs, or pies, men ought to hold an iced tea drinking contest. Then the world would hear of astonishing feats. The only fair time to hold such a contest would be about 6 o'clock some hot Summer eve- ning. when this magic beverage just hits the spot. * ok kK Tced tea drinkers vary in their tastes, of course, some liking it weak and others strong. In this, as in everything clse, & mean is to be preferred. Such a glass of iced tea will be neither too strong nor too weak, but just right, with the exact coloration which makes it so appetizing. Ther}e’pcnn be little question that the color of iced tea is one of its greatest charms. Iced coffee is a muddy-look- ing brew at best. Its chief charm is the precise second, together with the ensuing seconds, when the cream is poured in. Then the mingling of the cream with the coffee makes the glass take on the appearance of a mobile marble, the veins shifting and varying. eddying to and fro, until finally one solid shade is achieved. Iced tea, in the other glass, is a clear, delicious amber, so sparkling in its crystal setting that it appeals irresist- ably to all lovers of good things to eat and drink. This grand drink is never clouded with cream, although a dash of lemon may lighten it a bit. TIced tea is best served in clear glasses. Those who have tried the experiment of putting it in the colored tumblers now returning to popularity know that iced tea in such a setting is not pre- cisely iced tea as they lo~ it. They miss something. At first thoy inquire, “What is wrong with the tea tonight? Was a new brand used?” Then they | realize that what they miss is the color of the true blend. Not being able to see the color, they lose some of the charm of their favorite drink. * ok Kk Iced tea, to be at its best. should never be stored, even in a refrigerator, | but should be made fresh for every | serving. Since tea, as the exporters assure us, is still the cheapest com- modity we buy, there is little excuse for serving it stale. Just exactly what delicate changes take place in a pitch- er of old tea put on the back of *the shelf in the ice box is something only an_expert in analysis could answer. One does not have to be a chemist, however, to know the difference be- tween old and new tea in the glass. Perhaps the best way to serve it is to pour it hot onto cracked ice. This is slightly wasteful of ice, but the better taste is worth it. By putting a few more pleces of ice in the glass the drink may be made as cold as it de- serves to be for the very best effect. Iced tea ought to live up to its name. Next to the proverbial second cup of coffee, which is never as good as the first cup, the worst thing in | the world is a lukewarm glass of iced | Kuomintang Is Defended Communistic Influence in Chi- nese Organization Is Denied. | To the Editor of The star: After reading this letter I know that you will thank me for giving you an op- American Kuomintang in your issue cf October 6, entitled “Communism in America." For many years I have been identified intimately with the Kuomintang or- ganizations not only in China, but in foreign lands. I can testify that Kuo- mintang principles are alien to com- munism, without compromise. Last year sinister influences attempted a modified communistic control of one of our American groups, with the result that our “purifying” committee used certain disciplinary measures with immediate success. Disgruntled “Jesusmen,” as the Chinese call the missionaries, are larget: responsible for these constant allegations of communism against the Kuomintang, {for the “Jesusmen” fear that they will lose their jobs when China is fully free from foreign invasion. Hence their bread and butter policy is to slander and libel the Kuomintang, which as an organization follows the true principles tain of our gunboat missionary societie: I do not mean all missionaries, of course, { for many are good, particularly the ¥. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. which are becoming indigenous organizations, warmly welcomed everywhere in China. 1 have just returned from Europe, where I gave lectures before the student groups of Kuomintang in Europe, of which there are over 2,000. I can | testify to the absence of any_com- + munistic growth whatsoever in Europe | or_America. Your editorial is of the sort that brings great distress upon us. It was | such an editorial as this in 1918 that caused the Canadian government in 1918 to throw over a hundred Canadian Kuo- mintang leaders in prison, where they remained until I was able to convince the Canadian department of justice of the injustice of the prosecution. I mention this incident in my biography of Sun Yat Sen (Century Co., 1925), to which I refer you. I further direct your attention to tion, issued last year, enttled “Our Com- mon Cause With China Against Com: munism and Imperialism,” of which I am the author. Please also look over the old files of the Chinese Nationalist | Monthly, of which I was the founder | and the editor-in-chief. Moreover, I| declare that during the many years I| was identified with Sun Yat Sen as his | foreign legal adviser he never contemplated acceptance of any form of communism, but merely reciprocated the Russian abrogation of China’s un- equal treaties, as a political opportunity to advance China on the road to free- dom from foreign invasion. I have too much confidence in our State Department to believe that such department views with alarm “th startling report of Communist egi tation” and its ‘“co-operation with | the American Kuomintang.” I make an unreserved and uncualified offer here and now to prove that the Kuo- the Kuomintang (American) publica- | mintang of America is a lawful or- | tea. It must live up to its name—it | ganization, entirely free from com- must be iced to be right. munistic control, and as resident of our Americans may be committing crimes | country attached to the principles of on their stomachs to like their iced | our American Constitution and well dis- drinks so cold, but one is afraid that | posed to the good order and happiness the matter will continue to stand at | of the same. And this offer holds good | ANSWERS TO ' QUESTIONS BY FREDERI | The resources of our free Informa- |tion Bureau are at your service. You | portunity to correct the inadvertently |are invited to call upon it as often erroneous editorial published against the ! a: you please. It is being maintained olely to serve you. What question can { we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps’ for return postage. Address your letter {to The Evening Star Information Bu- { reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Wash- | ington, D. C. Q. Who coined the phrase, “a scrap of paper,” in the World War?—H. S. M. A. The German chancellor, von | Bethmann-Hollweg, is quoted as hav- |ing said that England was going to | war for Belgian neutrality just for a scrap of paper. | ‘Why is a robber on the seas called |a “pirate”?—G. A. P. | A. The Latin word “pirata” means to ;“anack or assault,” and the Italian “pi- |ratare” means to “rob by s=a.” The English word is derived from tI | "A. it is a society in London, of | which John Galsworthy is president. | The initials stand for poets, playwrights, editors and novelists. and its object is to bring literary aspirants under 30 |into contact with others in their fields. | Q. How heavy was the largest hail- stone ever weighed?—D. H. Dr. Hann, a German meteorolo- gist, mentions one that probably holds the record. He says. “In the hail oc- {curring in Austria’ (Styria and Carin- thia) in - early July, 1897, there fell { hailstones weighing 1 kg. (2.2 pounds) or more.” He adds that the largest | hailstones are known to fall in sub- | tropical latitudes. especially where the |land rises somewhat above the level of the sea. In upper India; Mesopotamia, Asia Minor (especially Armenia), Aus- tralia, Natal and in the middle and southern parts of the United States there occasionally occur frightful hail- storms. Q.*What is fox fire?—J. H. E. _A. Fox fire is the phosphorescent ight emitted by foxed or rotten wood and is a peculiarity of certain species condition except as it affects growth of the fun; the Q. What countries are represented at the Vatican?—W. L. P. A. The following countries send rep- resentatives to the Vatican: Germany, Bavaria, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, | Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain. France, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, Netherlands, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Ru- | | mania, Russia. Czechoslovakia, Venezu- | la and Jugoslavia. Q. When was the first paper made from cornstalks?—L. H. A. As early as 1765 a German, Jacob Schaeffer, called attention to Indian corn as a pessible source of paper. The first American patent on paper to ba made from corn was taken out in 1802 by B. Allison and J. Hawkins for a process of making paper out of corn husks. Twenty years ago the Depart- ment of Agriculture conducted exten- Sak = ? | | Q@ What is the P. E N. Club’— of the justice of Christ more than cer- | S:M of fungi. Climate has no effect on this | C J. HASKIN. | department heads and chemical engi- | neers. Q. Whac is the fastest known fish In the water?>—M. C. S . The Bureau of Fisherics says | that the bonito, a member of the | mackerel family, probably is the fastest | swimmer, but a definite answer is not | possible. I Q. When a man has a fur farm, are the animals he raises considered do- mesticated animals?—L. A. A Fur-bearing animals bred and raised on fur farms are considered wild ! animals in captivitly and not domesti- | cated stock in the ordinary use of the term. Q. Is it correct to say, “Divide the work ‘between’ the four of us"?—T. U. E. | A. Literally, “between” may be used |only when speaking of two persons or things. Thes word ‘among’ should be violations of air traffic ?—W. 8. A. Botween July, 1927, and July, 1928, 219 violations have been handled by the Department of Commerce. ! Q. Do woman drivers of automobiles | figure in accidents in proportion to their | numbers?>—G. G. | _A. In Atlanta a traffic count showed | that 13.3 per cent of the drivers were women, and during the first six months of 1928 woman drivers constituted 8.7 | per cent of all drivers involved in ac- | cidents. | Q. What are the boundaries of the gthnnc, Pacific and Indian Oceans?— 1% A. Modern geographers consider the dividing lines to be the meridians of Cape Horn, 68 degrees W.: South Cape, Tasmania, 146.5 degrees E., and Cape Agulhas, 20 degrees E. Q. Which is the most solemn day of e Jewish calendar?—A. W | A. The Day of Atonement, observed on the tenth day of the month of ‘Tishri, is the most solemn. Q. How does gravity on the sun sompare with gravity on the earth?— H. F. O. | th | "A." The force of gravity at the sun’s surface is 27 2-3 as great as gravity at | the surface of the earth. | @ Why was the birthday of George | Washington changed?—P. S. D. A. When George Washington was | born, the Julian style of reckoning time was in use in England and her colonies in this country. According to this, the | birth date was February 11. When | the Gregorian calendar came into use | it advanced previous dates by 11 days. Q. When was Roger Williams' statue put in Statuary Hall?>—D. C. A. The date of placing the statue | i3 1870. It was one of the first statues | placed in Statuary Hall. | Q Please tell me the names of the i men who drove dog teams during the !%lpl;’thefla epidemic in Nome, Alaska.— | A. The names of the men in charge of dog teams that attempted to carry serum to Alaska in February, 1925, were W. J. Shannon, E. Kellan, J. Kal- OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. exactly that point. Americans like cold. In nothing is this shown better | than iced tea. We wouldn't give a | cent for a mediumly cold glass of tes We want it as cold as possible, and | | even colder. Then, and then only, docs | |1t deserve its good name. this year, which is doubtful—might turn out to be the balance of power in West Virginia next month. * ok Kk Nationalist China is on the verge of seeking an elevation in diplomatic rank at Washington, London and Paris. Dr. C. T. Wang, foreign minister of the| Nanking government, is credited with the intention of making early requests for the raising of China’s legations in the United States, Great Britain and Prance to the level of full-fledged em- bassies. Soviet Russia a year or more ago took the lead in sending an Am- bassador to China, but since the Com- munist propagandists were kicked out of Peking ambassadorial relations have not been maintained. Washington has | more foreign missions of embassy status than any other world capital, due to the fact that we exchange Ambassadors | with six Latin American governments— Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. | * Kok X Nearly all the campaign snapshots of Gov. Smith show him clutching a cigar. He's incurably addicted to stogies. ! Smith told the writer not long ago that the main reason he plays golf is that it prevents him from smoking. He evi- dently realizes he's in danger of favor- ing the weed excessively. Hoover, too, likes his cigar, but he varies his smok- ing by frequent tugs at a pipe, an in- herited college habit. No one can ever remember seeing the Californian puffing | a cigarette. * ok ok ok ‘The jaded sidewalks of New York are likely to see some campaigning “what is” when the National Woman’s Party unfurls its militant banners in New York City this month. They're going to flap, as already announced, for the Republican ticket. Seasoned ‘picket- ers” who were among the old guard of the feminist movement will head the drive in the big city. They include vet- erans like Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs, Richard Wainwright, Mrs. John Winters Brannon, Mrs. John Rogers, Miss Maud Younger, Miss Mabel Vernon and Miss Anita Pollitzer. These crusading sisters will wave the purple and gold of the “equal rights” party day and night from | the Battery to the Bronx. They will carry on a corner soap-box stumping campaign, in addition to one of the National Woman's Party familiar house- to-house canvasses. Washington-head- quarters has been transplanted almost en bloc from Capitol Hill to Fifth ave- nue. (Copyrieht. 1928 UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. In a driving cold rain and hail Amer-‘ ican forces today won a flerce hand- to-hand fight with Germans in the Argonne Forest. Strong German forces drove them from the crest of Hill 223, west of Chatel Chehery, but the Amer- icans countered with reinforcements and ousted the enemy after two and a_ half hours of bloody fighting. More than 1,000 German dead were left behind. * * * Fighting during the past three days has been very trying to the men on both sides. Almost con- stant rains have forced great suffer- ing and tested the limit of the physical stamina of the men in the front lines. ¢ * * British and American troops, with the co-operation of a French Army on their right, early this morning opened a terrific attack on a 20-mile front from Cambrai southward and shattered the remnants of the Hinden- burg system of defenses, advancing to an average depth of 3 miles. The violence of the British artillery fire was almost unprecedented, the guns be- ing massed wheel to wheel, and the barrage lasting throughout the nigh and part of the morning. * * * President Wilson today sent notice to the German imperial chancellor that there can be no cessation of hostilities, no armistice, so long as the armies of the central powers occupy the soil of the allied governments, ¢ & ¢ Five | { not only in America, but to the vast their hot drinks hot, their cold drinks | ramifications of the Kuomintang all | over the world. PAUL LINEBARGER (LIM BAI KU). PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK War invariably means, in the end, a serious setback to the social and spir- Itual ideals of a generation. And yet, while it is going on, war stirs men’s spirits to the depths, shakes them out of their usual smug satisfaction with their catch-words, and makes thes freshly sensitive to the issues of their own lives and the issues of their civili zatlon, thus giving social and spiritual leadership a great opportunity—which ! it usually lets slip. C. E. Montague gives this moving de- scription of the state of mind of the men in the world war and the chance it gave to their leaders: “The men came under their hands at | the time of most dramatic experience in most of the men’s lives, immersed in a new and strange life of sensations at once simple and intense, shaken roughly out of the world of mechanical habit which at most times puts a kind of bar between one’s mind and truth, living always among swiftly dying friends and knowing their own death at any time to be as probable as any one’s. To get rid of your phlegm, it was said, is to be a philosopher. It is also to be a saint, at least in the rough; you have broken the frozen ground; you can grow anything now; you can see the greatest things in the very smallest, so that sunrise on Inverness Copse is the morning of the first day and a spoonful of rum and a biscuit a sacra- ment.” This was a great moment for social and spiritual leaders, let us say, to get men to think of values to the call of which they had been cold in the hum- drum days of peace. I want to suggest that modern science is creating this same troubled and re- ceptive mood in men’s minds. Modern science, like modern war, makes necessary an extensive readjust- ment in men’s lives. ‘The explosive power of new ideas and the distant rumble of new doubts pro- duced by science are stirring men to their depths as the roar and destruction of war stirred men to their depths. Modern science, like modern war, is immersing men in a new and strange life of sensations that are intense if not always simple. Science is breaking the frozen of men's complacencies. Science is shaking men roughly out of the world of mechanical habit which so often shuts the doors of the mind to the visitation of truth. Modern science, like modern war, is making short work of many men’s dog- mas, and raising a thousand and one baffiing questions about the purpose and management of a universe that no longer seems as simple and as manage- able as it did to their fathers. ‘The lives of our children will be pro- foundly affected by the way I~adership meets now this troubled mood modern science is creating. (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) —or—s. Says Gene Should Drop High-Sounding Phrases From the New York Sun. Looking over the Bay of Naples from the vantage point of Posilipo, Gene ‘Tunney sald, “It is truly a spectacle of fairyland.” Such a remark can only add to the suspicion with which the boys in the upper reaches of the Gar- den have regarded a champion who was on terms of familiarity with Shake- speare and Thornton Wilder. At the time that he spoke the words Gene probably did not know that he was among those whom the Reserve Board recommended for promotion to the rank of captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Even if he has no regard for the traditions of the ring that he has deserted, now that he is a Marine Corps captain, Gene should have some respect for the precedents and fashions of speech set by the il- lustrious Capt. Flagg and be done with talk of fairylands. ——————__ Or Make-up. From the Detroit News. Maybe that loud overtone in the talk- ing movie now and then is the hero's cravat. ground hundred and ninety-nine casualties on lists given out today, bringing total for the United States thus far to 45,885. sive experiments on paper making with | 1and, D. Green, J. Folger, T. Nicholas o | cornstalks and carried the work into L. Seppalla. The final dash was made by Gunnar Kasson. ! Q. What persons have walked across | Niagara River at the Falls on a tight | rope?—G. K. | A. Tight-rope walkers who have | crossed Niagara Falls are Blondin, | 1859; Maria Spelterina, 1876, and Johs Dixon, 1890. Q. What was Peary's first message | about the discovery of the North | Pole?—W. C. F. A. The message was, “Stars and Stripes nailed to the Pole,” and was telegraphed by Commodore Peary on September 5, 1909, from Indian Harbor. actual mill operation. | Winter so that they will not shrivel?— S. L. E. A. It has been found that wrapping the apples in paper treated in oil re- duces shriveling very materially. Q. Is the tonsure an ancient custom? -A. C. C. { A Among the priests of Isis and | Serapis the tonsure was the custom. | tg fsntered Christianity through monas- icism. | Q. What branch of science furnishes | positions for the most people?—d, ¥. A. More persons are engm in the | pursuit of chemistry than in any other | Sclence. There are approximately 22,000 ‘hemists and assistants in the United | States. The teaching of chemisiry in i colleges and universities, in medical and | other professional schools, requires a { large number of the most highly train- | ed specialists in the field; in many uni- | is carried on. Industries for the man- | ufacture of chemical products, food- | stuffs, gases, leather, metals, paints, | petroleum, photographic materials, rub- | ber, soap, textiles and other products | maintain laboratories for the of production, for development and for | research, in which chemists are em- ployed as analysts, research workers, Q. How may appies be packed for | versity departments important research | control | and | i .Q. What. inventors besides Thomas A. have received a large number of patents?>—W. O. C. A. Between the years 1872 and 1915 there were over 40 inventors who had each received over 100 patents. They included, besides Edison, Francis H. Richards, Elihu Thompson, Charles E. Scribner, George Westinghouse and | Edward Weston. Q. Where is the Scholars?>—S. R. A. This name, “Insula Sanctorium et | Doctorum,” was applied to Ireland in | the early middle ages because of the | number of missionaries and learned |men who left the ecountry to evangelize land teach the people of Western Eu- rope. er | ind of Saints and | Discussion of the immigration issue in | the presidential campaign develops vig- | orous attacks by Republican champlons {on the proposal of Gov. Smith to use a | later census than that of 1890 in fixing | quotas. It is contanded that such a change would shift the source of immi- | gration so as to vastly increase the in- flow from Southern Europe. On the other hand, in support of Gov. pendent Democratic) argues: “Both parties, in their platforms, declare for restricted immigration. Both declare against undue hardship in the separa- tion of families. It might be argued that the Democratic pronouncement is a little the more definite, but the pur- port of the two platforms is sufficiently similar to leave no real ground for argu- ment.” The World-News refers to the fact that the governor favors “a later census in determining the quotas,” and recognizes that “there may be difference of opinion as to what census is best to be used,” but contends that “whathor |one prefers the census of 1920 or ihe | census of 1890 as the basis for forming | the quotas, the total number of immi- grants who may be admitted is not in- creased. * '* * Mr. Smith favors giv- 1ing to each nationality a quota propor- tionate with the number already in thi: country. Mr. Hoover favors an arbi- trary quota system, based on a census { taken 38 years ago, and which results |in giving Germany 31 per cent of our immigration, when it has contributed 16 per cent of our population, and giv- ing the British 20 per cent of our im- migration when they have contributed 44 per cent of our population.” Speaking of a ‘“misrepresentation which enemies of Gov. Smith have circiflated about him is that he belisves {in ng down the bars and going back to urrestricted immigration,” the Lynch- {burg Advance (Democratic) declares “There was not only nothing in his ac: ceptance speech to justify the circula- tion of that charge, but he plainlv stat- | ed that he was in favor of the prin-iple involved in our present immigration Republicans Attack Oppo;lents’ Stand on Immigration Issue Smith, the Roanoke World-News (inde- | & consistently advocated retention of the 1890 base of the present law.” The !New Bedford Standard (Republican) |argues: “Gov. Smith wants quotas fixed | on the basis of the foreign born in the country in 1910 or 1920. The result of | the adoption of this ?ollr:y would be to | decrease the quotas of England, Ireland, | Germany and the Scandianavian coun- tries, and greatly increase those of Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Italy and Poland. No quota plan can be devissd that will be satisfactory to everybody. But if the policy of numerical restric- tion is to be maintained, and both the candidates favor it, we doubt whether any better plan can be devised than the one now in use. There is a rational ground for favoring the policy which draws our future immigrants from the races that had most to do with umlni and develooing the country and that ?fiffi fit into the American scheme of ings.” | * ok ok ¥ “If Gov. Smith is against basing the | quotas on our entire population today, | and if he is against basing them on our foreign-born population in 1890, he must be for basing them upon our for- | eign-born population today,” asserts the | Cincinnati Times-Star (Republican) |after taking note of the fact that both | candidates are against the national |origins provision, which “was put into | the immigration law because Congress recognized the undesirability of basing quotas upon the number of foreign born in the United States at any par- ticular time, and wanted to base tnm instead upon the character of the en- tire American people today.” The - cinnati paper continues: “It may be that the national origins will not work. But a quota mfim ‘upon the foreign-born population in’ 1890 will work, and it happens that that popu- lation was fairly characteristic of our entire population today.” “Gov. Smith knows,” states the In- i dianapolis Star (independent Republi- |can), “that it was not until after 1890 fthat the hordes of immigrants |Russia and Southern mll‘“u;eanu!lrl?!n“ into this country. They are the alien jelements so prominent in his home jcity. Gov. Smith knows that what he | Proposes is to change the quota basis o that more of these wjll be admitted. And for every one of them added to {laws. Again, in a recent speech, he | made his stand plain.” * koK K Among those who deny that the two candidates are in agreement is the Kansas City Times (independent), | which holds that the census of 1890 | was selected ns a basis for the present | the immigration list one must be taken immigration law “for a very particular from the list of eligibles that might reason,” and that “up to about 1890, !try to get in from Great Britain, Ger- the great bulk of immigration had been 'mnny zgundmlvh and the other North- from the ‘old parent stock’ representeu 'ern Edropean nations. He does not in American citizenship, from the coun- | seek to increase the tide of immigra~ tries of Northern and Western Europe.” but to lower the quality.” ‘The Times adds: “If the quota basis is| “Ralph G. n to be shifted to a later census, one less than ‘38 years old'—Gov. Smith has not indicated which later census he prefers—and the ‘discrimination’ is to 3 chairman of the vance committee of the Brother- of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen,” says the South Bend Tril june (independent Republican), ‘“re- be removed, the plain and unescapable |ports after a tour of Western 'States result would be the admittance of much | that employes of railroads in that seo- larg“{nnumhéer: l:mm sauthen; mrope‘u\ | tion are awake to the importance of the countries, af e expense of countries | immi; .8 @ Gov. to_the north and west.” e e L “Smith is on the wrong side of that | issue,” insists the Ashland (Ky.) Inde- | pendent (independent), which recalls that, in its editorial position, % “has + Smith were elected and his immigra- tion policy made effective, the brother- w‘ne m:emcol.;l omwhere would be com| in the fleld for the Amemup workmn‘e' it A