Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1928, Page 8

'8 — " luE EVENING STAR WASHINGTO ! . i THIS AND THAT THE EVENING STAR ___ With Sunday Morning Edition. _ WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, November 28, 1928 boons and monkeys. Any one who fis inclined to smile at the dilemma of the mandates commission of the League of Nations would do well to inspect the comperative brain exhibit arranged by the Department of Physical Anthro- | pology on the top floor of the New Na- tional Museum. Certainly the gorilla's | brain is different from the brain of | man—but not sufficiently different to THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office: i1th Bt and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 47nd St deny him faint traces, at least, of|glorious example of the gorgeous South- |if she has succceded in stealing the 5 e ground that he did not meet the duced into the lives of the most intelli- o o Eurcoean Ofice, 14 Regent St London {mest of those sublimated qualities | em countryside. Somewhere within its | Busband away; never without deadly | olympe de Cleves” is such an ex- | =IUITEREE) 0 the e e e Do W e e e i W oy which are characteristic of the human | spreading acres Thomas Fortune RYan | gliow himsel{ to be stolen. Tt 18 true f;y"::,“‘:l:h:?:aeb?g::fx 1&2::;;;3: to the office of President * * * who | pest p;‘:):pose of a newspaper—service.| A. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelsso: Rate by Carrier Within the City. | race. The records of anthropolds m! was born. Americans who pass them | that she may visit a little of her enmity | docs, indeed, fit into the personal life | Shall not have been 14 years a resident |There js no charge except 2 cents in | Bartholdy was the full name of thr he Ey:;‘\‘l:l Ster 48 per month | captivity are full of humorous and|by should know that *here saw the|uPon the too faithful swain.” story of almost every human being. within the United States:” The words'coin or stamps for return postage. Get |great composer. He was born at Ham and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) ... 60c per month 65¢ per month | 3 5c per copy Collection made at the end of each monti | pathetic anccdotes with a strikingly | human flavor. | It is easy enough to prove that the| of their Trojan era without taking as | well as giving blows. | Thomas Fortune Ryan lived to be near- ly 78 years of age. His tremendous life of business never enfeebled him, be- cause along with the game of money meking he cultivated the art of living. | He was a lover of horse flesh and of | rural life. Oak Ridge, the Ryan estate on the outskirts of Charlottesville, is a light of day a Virginian worthy an honored place in the Old Dominion's rich roll of great sons. “It seldom happens that a woman |casts an envious eye upon another | woman's husband, without considerabie hard feeling against that other, even This bit of sound common sense, this morsel of everyday observation, which | some might dignify by the name of philosophy, others by that of psychol- 1) 8, BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. tains thoughts ‘applicable to everyday effairs, which, as Lord Bacon said, "f‘:nme home to the hearts and bosoms of men.” Dumas is not so much here interested in political plot and counterpart as in the love story of the fair actress. Olympe, and Jacques Banniere, ¢ WEDNKSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1928. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKL Herbert Hoover's eligibility to be Presi- dent of the United States was ques- tioned by a number of speakers— and by many whisperers—on the During the campaign recently closed‘ Stop a minute and think about this fact: You can ask our Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer bac’ in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea, intro- of the Constitution in this particular | the habit of asking questions. Address paragraph which have nothing to do ' your letter to The Evening Star Infor- with the 14-year residence requirements mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di- are omitted purposely because they rector,, Washington, D. have no bearing on the challenge. It/ Indian scout and French scout kneeling on either side. Below and separate from this is a bust of ‘La Liberte’ by Rodin, presented by the republic of France.” burg, Germany, February 3, 1809, anc died at Leipzig November 4, 1847. Hc was the son of Abraham Mendelssohn a banker, and the grandson of Mose: Mendelssohn, the philosopher. Al- Orders may be sent in by mail cr telepnone | gorillas and chimpanzees belong with e =i ogy, is to be found neatly tucked away | novice of the Society of Jesus. Jacques : 4] bridge v A the beasts and not with the human Shooting for Colliding. {n one of the most Unusual ot Alexan- | the loverof the stigsin; hls' bload; i (o, pacoe it T d““ng‘g:%‘:fidl:m‘:;u:g‘;nup.d’ b Rate by Mail—Payable In Advance. | rece. Pt if the League commission| Chicago has long had the reputation | ~Olympe de leves' may be said to be | ate. and covertly, send Voltatte mach | VOU€TS that Mn Hoover had relinquishd | A Actording fo the laws of auction | Christian, and was given the nam iy and ryiand and Virginia. e | Necds an argument to save these per- | of being a tough town, whet with gang- | Utterly uniike any other of Dumas' many | to the horror of Pere Mordon, the su- | 118 O e =it thwrcane on e e Sae Cor toks (st taet i L::ncdoex:-mposehnm s abe: iy oaiy “17m 490 | mo 3¢ | secuted animals from extinction a little | sters roving the streets with machine | Sare" raianie, I Bnglich translton | perlor o the “ ity s iuetantatet | o the player on his left and so on until sminent conductor, & pianist. of ti : justifiable sophistry might turn the guns concealed in the tonneaus of their | tous observatlons, based Solidly on N- | tasion Tor. the Intter imaern ot Hos e e G L Gl i G B D L i o 1y AlLOther States and Canada. trick. carsand the beer and liquor “racketeers” | man nature and keen observation. Jacques Bannicre discovers a secre| Senator Reed of Missourl, & strong | ing O 2 B 5 Q. Where do pistachio and cashev - e continually in w: 4 Dumas posed neither as a “student| window opening onto the street. f Mr. Heover, in some of his & — - Ls nly ‘1 ually in warfare, but until recent- | ture” hrenolo- opponent of Mr. i nuts come from?—B. R. T. The Library Program. Iy it has not. reached the stage where | it ek wne the "10th” eentury | prirom this vantage place he sees the | speeches challenge. (he eligibility of | Q. I the bite of the tarantula usually | ™" ‘pistachio nuts are imported from | gduivnlentc T Somis. vaepeets, &t Toet, oF procession of actors and actresses | Mr. Hoover to be i..s.dent on the 14-| fatal>—C. L. B. Sicily, Syria and Persia. Cashews arc Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclnsively entitled %0 the use for repuslization of all 1 ews dis- tches credited to it or not otherwice cred- 4 in this paper and alio the Incal news Published herein. All richts of publication of #pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. The Britten Cablegram. No one guestions the sincerity of Chaimman Britten's purpese in inviting Premier Baldwin to designate a group of British M. P.’s to discuss the Anglo- American cruiser. controversy with the House naval committes, but the wisdom | of the Chicago Congressman's action is open to the gravest Goubt. Mr. Britten, in a private cablegram ; %0 Mr. Baldwin which the naval chair- | man admits is an “unusual” procedure, ses that tish and American | islators meet on-Canadian soil, hold *a friendly discussion” and “hear tes- timony.” The result of their conversa- | tion and their depositions regarding “the equality of sea power between Great Britain and the United States.” respecting all but capitel ships, would then be “reporied to their respective governments with recommendations.” Probably Representative Britten has ot transgressed the lotter of the Logan act, which forbids direct commumca- tion between a citizen of the United | States and a foreign government on | matters affecting their mutual relations. But the House naval chairman has done something that at least borders on con- flict with the spirit of the Logan law. | At this moment there is no more thorny i question within the whole domain of ! American fore'gn relations than our differences with the British about cruis- | er parity. Within the past sixty days the Coclidge administration has ad- dressed jointly to Great Britain and| FPrance a formal remonstrance on that subject. On Armistice day the Presi- dent reiterated the American attitude | with emphatic terseness. He set forth| the United States’ demand for naval ecuality in unmistakable terms, though he coupled with them a reassurance of our readiness for resumed conference on | the subject of limitation. Statesmen on either side of the At-l lantic happily realize the profound cessity of reaching an agreement over | 4nglo-American naval armaments. Both | the British and American systems of government provide statutory ways and means for achieving it. In this coun- try, it is exclusively within the province of the President and his responsible ex- ecutive advisers to negotiate such un- | derstandings. When negotiated, it is the privilege of the United States Sen-| ate to review them and, if it sees fit, to ratify them. The unvritten British censtitution clothes his majesty's gov- ernment with similar powers. It is wholly inconceivable that in eonnection with so delicate a proposition s Anglo-American naval affairs extra- | official intervention from any quarter, however well intentioned, can be help- ful. Indeed, there is ample evidence to Sustify the fear that it can be harmful. Chairman Britten is an effective friend of the naval establishment. He will make no mistake in leaving its | purely diplomatic affairs to our diplo- matic establishment. —_—et————— Enthusiastic greetings extended to President-elect Hoover on his present good-will journey may eventually have the effect of reconciling him to the idea of an inaugural celebration such as the U. 8. public so heartily favors. —— et ————— Apes and Men. Are gorillas “natives”? This ques- | tion is involved in a proposal by Lord Lugard, British member of the man- | It is encouraging to note that Repre- | sentative Gibson of Vermont, chairman {of the special subcommiitee of the | House which has been making a general | survey of the nceds of the municipal | establishment, has already prepared for | introduction on the opening day of Congress the bill providing for a five- year building and expansion program for the free public library system of the District. The early enactment of such a measure has been considered as one of the city's outstanding needs, and the sentiment behind it is virtually unani- mous. The District Commissioners took occasion in their last annual report to urge it, and the Gibzon subcommittee not only favored it in the report on its activities delivered at the closs of the last session of Cong: but expressed the belief that the cost of the project might be met out of the savings to other District departments—savings effected through adoption of efficient and eco- nomical methods already recommended. The Gibson committee found that Washington's free public library system has fallen behind the progress of the city in other directions because of the failure to provide for its necessary ex- pansion. Conceived as “a supplement of the public educational system of the District,” (1 Public Library came into being in 1886. Two years later it be- came tax-sustained on the half-and- half basis, and in 1903 it occupied its new building and was adequately housed. In 1911 its first brench library was opened. Since 1922 two other branch libraries have been opened in | appropriate buildings. As the city grew the Public Library’s facilities have been enlarged tb keep up with®this growth. But today the city’s growth has out- stripped the Public Library. While the statute creating it provided that the free public library system should “con- sist of a central library and such num- ber of branch libraries so located and 50 supported as to furnish books and other printed matter and information service convenient to the homes and of- fices of all residents” of the District, the system now consists only of the central library, three branch libraries in sep- arate buildings and two subbranches in public school buildings. The actual needs of the library, how- ever, as shown in the bill to be intro- duced by Mr. Gibson, include at least thirteen additional branch libraries in separate buildings, twenty-five branches in rcoms in public school buildings and branch libraries in rented quarters to serve suburban areas. These would be in addition to remodeling and exten- sions to the central library which have | hecome necessary. By the adoption of a five-year pro- gram Congress would enable the li- brary trustees to develop the system in accordance with a well formulated plan, and to enlarge it in keeping with the ! intent' and spirit of the congressional act which brought it into existence. —_— re——————— Science has discovered a number of new cures for old diseases and has managed to keep many paces ahead of nature’s developments of new lumenul\ to replace the old. o It is the frank opinion of shrewd, cold-blooded financial experts that even the stock ticker may at times talk non- sense. —at—————— Unprecedented prosperity, as mdlrgz- ed by the market, does not necessarily imply inflation. Previous conditions | may merely have been subnormal. B A Great American Passes. dates commission of the League of| Nations, who believes that steps should | be taken to protect the anthropold | population of African areas under| League control. The commission faces | & delicate question of authority. If the gorillas and chimpanzees can be con- | sidered as a defenseless minority in the | population of the mandated provinces | the League unquestionably can take| steps to guard them against exploita- | tion and extermination. On the other | hand, if they are merely “natural re-| sources” their fate is in the hands of | the local authorities. There may be an interesting ' debate before the matter ! finally is declded. : ‘The gorilla and the chimpanzee cer- tainly do not belong to the genus ‘Homo sapiens. It is impossible at pres- ent to determine the degree of their relationship with the human race. Dis- | regarding other noteworthy anatomical differences, the brain weights of these mammals relative to the weights Ever and anon when the Grim Reaper takes his toll we are reminded that it is not alone in the realm of statecraft that the United States breeds great men. In Thomas Fortune Ryan as great a man has just left the scene |in that other major domain of Ameri- can activity, commerce and finance, as ever adorned it. He typified the pos- sibilities of life in this country to anj ideal degree—the poor country boy of humble birth destined to scale the diz- ziest heights of affluence. In another respect Thomas Fortune Ryan was characteristic of his Nation and era. He'died in harness. To the | end of his strenuous days in the marts | of big business he was active and a ver. With it all he was an unob- trusive American, gifted with a habit of silence. “Thomas Fortune Ryan,” remarked a famous confrere of his early career in Wall Street, the late | william C. Whitney, “is the most a harmless automobile collision would | result instantly in the shooting of an innocent citizen. John Archer, foot ball star of Northwestern University, and Chester, his brother, a member of the Missouri Military Academy team, met in Chicago the other night to celebrate the foot ball victories of their respective | schools. After a night of revelry they | were returning home in a friend's car | when John, who was driving, slowed | down to make a turn off Michigan ave- nue. In doing so he scraped fenders with a large sedan containing five men. A block further on the larger car over- | took the student’s machine, and after forcing, it to the curb the m‘(‘upan!s. opened fire, and John today lies in 1 hospital, critically wounded with a bul- let in his spine. The Chicago authorities object to the reputation that their city has acquired, but as long as members of the under- world are allowed, because of lax en- | forcement of laws, to entertain notlons‘ that they can “get away” with unpro- voked shootings such as this, there is liable to be no change of sentiment to- ward the Windy City throughout the rest of the country. It should be ap- parent that men who will seek to kill because of a trivial automobile collision have little respect for the law's ability to catch them, and no community should tolerate this lack of respect. et \ A fishing trip is, after all, a private, personal diversion, Even when writers | and camera men are present, the pub- lic may be requested to remain in polite | ignorance as to the size and number of | the fish. i B No statesman would be so lacking in public spirit as to lose interest because | definite measures for farm relief would spoil a most interesting form of politi- cal conversation, ) A campaign every four years is val- uable in developing new ideas with no copyright restrictions to prevent their use by the party coming into power. o After a certain period of years what started as a public scandal dwindles to a forgotten incident. e Even equatorial warmth has not rec- onciled President-elect Hoover to the idea of a big inaugural parade with snowplow accompaniment. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Successor to Santa. Though Santa Claus is off the map, Our hopes arise anew. The question asked by every chap Is “What will Congress do?” We hang no stockings up to hold The gifts we think are due; The Rich and Poor, the Young and Old Say, “What will Congress do?” Bo, as we annually pause Our prospects fair to view, The world. forgetting Santa Claus, Asks, “What will Congress do?"” Trying to Foresee, “What are your political views?" “Of course,” answered Senator Sor- | ghum, “I'm in favor of the public policy | that will bring most ballots my way, | but I'm no fortune teller.” Jud Tunkins says he has learned to distrust the stranger who is busy trying to “get next.” A pneumonia germ does ! the same thing. Enforcement Jobs. ‘The Gun Man and the Racketeer Seek as officials to appear. Our hearts with gratitude are warm For tokens of such Great Reform. Harnessing the Dollar. “What are you going to do with your millions?"” “I'm going to see that they aid hu- manity,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I have already financed numerous musical shows that will enable many chorus men and feminine dancers to live in comfort.” “There would be less resentment in life,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “if it were as easy to recall a | genuine kindness as it is to remember a fancied injury.” Recognition. When circulars in fine array Tell what to buy and what to pay, A sense of pride will still persist— Jou know you're on the Sucker List. our present-day psychologist. et he undoubtedly knew & great deal of the human heart and mind, and understood the subtle workings of the human spirit, especially in regard to likes and disliizes, love and hatred. In most of his novels, however, he contented himself with making his characters act and talk in keeping with sound knowledge of human beings. He left the business of felicitous observa- tion to others. There are few quotable sentences in the D'Artagnap series, or the Queen’s Necklace stories. This has been held by many, who consider him a'ongside Walter Scott, as a fault, it being felt by them that a truly great writer ought to strike forth, now and then, thoughts which would | naturally be quoted by readers. ok * The faculty for writing “quotations™ is not born with every writer, even every great writer. The bulk of the writings of that other great Alexander, Pope, is infinitesimal, compared to the huge mass turned out by Dumas, yet the one book of Pope's poems contains more genuine quotations than the thousand novels Dumas_wrote, Alcxander Pope's poems, for that matter, contain more quotable lines than are to be found in any other works with the exception of the Bible and Shakespeare's plays. And it must be confessed that Shakespeare’'s blank verse strikes the modern readers as in- creasingly less available for everyday use, ewing to a certain mustiness which time has given fit. Quotations, after all, scarcely set the pace for any sort of writing. They are rather to be regarded as additions, if they are present —as gems adorning what otherwise would have been a mas- terwork. Especielly must novels suffer from lack of quotable lines, since the situations which give thoughts force are inherent in the story and not in human society. Those who may be charmed by e great romance will be astonished, after the glow of read- ing is over, to realize that there is not a “quotable” line in the book! Let it be said again that quotations are not the main business, or even the secondary business, of the novel writer. One does not have to be a writer of romance to realize, from an impartial review of the books of others, -hat it is the exceptional novel which con- Every once in a while some United States Government official leaves the It isn't often m's employes pre- fers to remain on the national pay roll in a job that pays him less than he got before. John W. Pole of Ohio, just appointed controller of the currency, is a man who answers that description. Since 1923, Mr. Pole has been chief national bank examiner, with head- quarters at the Treasury Department and supervision of the staff of ex- aminers at work throughout the country. His salary was $17,000. Mr. Pole’s annual pay check “As controller of the currency will be $12,000—a decrease of $5,000. The controller’s salary is contributed jointly by the Treasury ($5,000)0 and by the Federal Reserve Banks ($7,000). The new boss of the currency {5 an Englishman by birth—a native of York—but grew up in this country. He had his early bank- ing training in: Alabama and was_ap- ointed chief national bank exaniiner tom Ohio, while on duty at Cleveland as a regional examiner. ¥ ok Ko More than once during the late cam- paign some one pulled the wisecrack that the Government would become a “Smithsonian Institution” if Al Smith should be elected President. Now comes the State of Illinois with a charter to the newly incorporated ‘“National Smithsonian League,” just founded for perpetuation of the governor’s political ideals. “To foster peace and tolerance among all ciizens of the United States, regardless of race or creed,” is one of the league’s declared purposes. Gov. Smith is now being boomed for a commis- sionership on the Port of New York Authority, a job within the gift of his incoming successor. But the recent Democratic nominee's impending trip to Chicago, for a conference with George F. Getz, his former employer in the trucking business, suggests that Smith is likely to resume the presidency of the United States Distributing Corpora- tion. 1It's a $30,000 job. e ox e Every once in a while the distin- guished foreigners who comprise the ‘Washington diplomatic corps are left speechless by the naivete of the equal- ly distinguished Americans with whom they're brought in contact. Not long 18g0_a certain eminent member of the Coolidge administration was a guest at dinner in a European embassy. The arty had no sooner assembled than e observed, somewhat to his conster- nation, that all the other men in at- tendance were clad in formal swallow- tailed evening dress. He was in a “Tuxedo.” The Yankee statesman came to the conclusion that upolog:s were in order. So he took occasion, be- I fore the evening was over, to explain to his hostess that he had that very dav received a brand-new dinner-iacket suit from his tailor and though® he couldn't do better than to don it for the occasion. Rikox w Frank B. Kellogg. Secretary of State, views the latest news from Wall Street 'WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. drumming up business for the play that evening. In the parade goes the beau- tiful Olympe, with whom Banniere fallc head over heels in love. That night he escapes from his con- finement, and makes his way to the theater, where he is suddenly pressed into service as an actcr because the fel- low playing the leading male part has suddenly deserted, having decided to enter into a religious life as expiation for his sin of being an actor. It is a situation such as Dumas loved ~as the reader does, so well is it work- ed out. Dumas plunges into his narra- | tive with little waste of words. Not for him was the laborious method of Scott, the lengthy descriptions of scenery, the careful drawing of the stage upon which the actors were to enter. He makes the actors come on, and then lets the scene take care of itself. It is because of this precipitate way of doing business that Dumas gives a rather sketchy picture of the life of the stage in 1725 in France. This novel ofers strange contrast with that other story of French stage life, “Nana,” by Emile Zola. Zola, the realist, makes you see, feel, hear, even smell, the stage, with its mixture of gaslights, powder, per- fume. Dumas, the romanticist, leaves all that to the imagination of his read- ers, He will not bother himself about it. He is too busy showing you how Banniere and Olympe escape to Lyons, and just how they set up life there to- gether, The meeting of the strange Marquis della Torra wiih “the poor Banniere” forms a chapter which perhaps no oth- er writer in the world could have con- ceived or handled. Their subsequent incarceration in Charenton, the in- sane asylum, is as dramatic as a man who first wrote plays knew how to make it. The picture of the asylum, and how easily men of that day could be “railroaded” there makes unforget- table reading. “Olympe de Cleves,” although bur- dened by a sad ending (in common with “The She-Wolves of Machacoul” and “The War of the Women"), must be accorded a place with those striking romances. It is a mystery how this trio ever escaped the makers of movies. Glorious, thrilling reels could be made from them with little change. Even the titles might pass unscathed! And, because a great writer wrote them, they would be free from sentimental “guff.” ber of the New York Board of Alder- men in 1925 and has become an expert in municipal government, while re- maining an active Republican organiza- tion leader and the mother of four growing children. She is a daughter of ~Massachuetts, an alumna _ of Wellesley and the wife of a Wall Street magnate. * ok ok % A fighting parson sure enough is the Rev. Charles Daniel Trexler, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Brooklyn, who last Sunday conducted about as unique a divine service as Army folks i Washington have ever had brought to their notice. The oc- casion was a special service for the 101st Cavalry of New York, who rode to the church, 300 strong. in full regi- mental kit, with Dr. Trexler, their chaplain, in their midst. As soon as the troopers were in their pews, Chaplain Trexler read the Scripture lesson from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians on “Our Life a Warfare.” Hymns sung were “My Country, 'Tis of Thee," “Soldiers of Christ, Arise,” and “The Son ,of God Goes Forth to War.” Then the soldier-clergyman de- livered a sermon on the text of pre- paredness, urging the doctrine that Christ Himsel! preached the necessity of defense. “If we would have a cor- rect interpretation of what is America’s direct responsibility as a_country based upon Christian principles,” Chaplain Trexler said, “we can very surely gain it if we consider Christ's own words. While in His personal life, He taught there must be no personal resistance through revenge, He also taught that it is the duty of every government and every people to defend their principles.” * K ok % Who's the man with the most di- versified interests in Congress? It would be hard to divest Senator Ar-S thur Capper, Republican, of Kansas of that distinetion. A man who must concern himself with as widely di- vergent matters as farm rellef, foreign affairs and street car fares in the Dis- trict of Columbia has his head and hands pretty full. Capper is chairman of the Senate committee on District business and a leading member of the Senate committees on foreign relations and agriculture. In his spare time he does duty in the committees on claims and printing, and at night and on holidays he steals an occasional hour to look after his far-flung publishing affairs, which embrace two daily news- papers in Kansas and a string of farm journals stretching all the way from the Atlantic to the Mississippl Valley. (Covyright. 1928.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. France is planning to give Presi- dent Wilson the greatest welcome she year residence with: the United States | requirement theory. There were others. | Even now several of the members ol the Senate are receiving letters asking | for information regarding the l4-ycar residence provision of the Constitution | and Mr. Hoover's situation with regard to it. However, up to date there has been no indication that a serious ef-| fort will be made to challenge Mr. Hoover’s right to hold office, now that he has been overwhelmingly elecied. Senator Reed himself, uness he changes | his mind, will not undertake this Lask. | Just what method of attack could be taken by any one who believed that | Mr. Hoover had disqualified himself | by remaining outside of the United | States for many years is not clear, even | to the constitutional lawyers. One sug- gesiion is that alter Mr. Hoover sheil nave been sworn in as President and taken office, impeachment proceedings could be brought against him in tne House and tried in the Senate, on the ground that he was technically ineligi- ble to be elected and to hold the ofnce of President. In view of the results of the election and the huge popular vote as well as the overwheiming electoral vote given Mr. Hoover, it is not likely that any such proceeding would gain a favorable hearing in the House of Representatives, where _impeachment proceedings must originate. The coun- try is not likely to be interested in a technicality which was advanced as a reason for defeating Mr. Hoover during | the campaign and which made little or | no impression on the country. . * K ok ok Another avenue of attgck, it is sug- gested, might come at the time tne| vote of the electoral college is can- vassed in the joint session ol Congress on the second Wednesday in February. It is at that time that Mr. Hoover is to be declared formally elected President of the United States. But even at that time there is no provision in the Constitution which gives Con- gress the authority, or either Pouse, to pass upon the eligibility of a candi- date who has been chosen President. ‘The question, it is said, might be raised at the joint meeting, and referred to a joint committee of the two houses, with the idea that it might be submit- ted to the Supreme Court of the United States for a constructive decision of the highest judicial tribunal. Whether the Supreme Court would entertain such a proceeding is another matter. The time intervening between the daete of the count of the electoral vote by Congress and the date of inauguration of the President-elect on March 4 would be brief. The chances are in any case that Mr. Hoover would necessarily take the oath of office on the day appointed. * ok K K It has been suggested, too, that a tax payer and voter might initiate some kind of proceeding in the Supreme Court to have the eligibility of Mr. ver tested in that tribunal. The eligibility of any President-elect has never been attacked. The subject is a new one for legally inclined minds to ponder. But the opinion expressed by some of the ablest constitutional lawyers of the Senate is that any effort to throw out Mr. Hoover 'will get no- where, Mr. Hoover was employed as a mining engineer in many parts of the world for many years prior to the World War and the entry of the United States _into that conflict eleven years ago. He returned to this country to become Federal food administrator at the invitation of the late President Wilson when this country entered the war, and has been resident “within the United States”—the language of the Constitution—since that time. It is obviously short of the prescribed four- teen years. But if a presidential can- didate is a citizen of the United States and has not relinquished his citizenship at any time, it is not believed that absence from his native land would militate against him under the con- stitutional provision. Other Presidents have left the shores of this country within the foufteen-year period prior to their election and have not been challenged as ineligible to ho'd office. ‘This was particularly true in the early days of the republic, when such a technicality in all probability would have been raised if it was thought to apply. ‘What would happen in the event that Mr. Hoover should be held ineligible because of the fourteen-year residence provision of the Constitution? Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, the Vice President-elect, doubtless would be in line for the sutession. Eo R Senator Curtis is expected to make an announcement of his plans before the close of the year. He may resign from the Senate and permit the appointment of his successor immediately or he may determine to hold on as Scnator and Republican leader of that body up to the time of the close of the short ses- sion or almost to that time. There is a plethora of candidates in Kansas to succeed Senator Curtis. In informed quarters the chances of Representative Homer Hoch of the Kansas fourth con- gressional district are rated excedent for this appointment. There are other members of the Kansas delegation in the House who hope that the lightning may strike them. Former Represent- ative Tincher is mentioned ag a possible successor of Senator Curtls, too. Former Gov. Henry Allen, who was the publicity director of the Republican national committee during the recent campaign, would have a better chance for the appointment, it is said: if he were not frowned upon by Senator Curtis. Gov. Allen and Senator Curtis have belonged to opposing groups of Republicans in the Sunflower State in A. The name “tarantula” is generally applied in the United States to a-cer- tain species of large bird spider. It has & bite which is painful but not dangerous, and very seldom fatal, so far as accurate records show. Q. How many clinics are there in the United States whose purpose is child guidance work?—C. N. A. The “Directory of Psychiatric Clinics for Children” lists 470 clinics which provide regular service to the public for the study and treatment of Jjuvenile behavior problems in 31 States. Q. Do Hereford cattle have a wave in their hair?—M. D. A The hair of the thoroughbred Hereford dees have a natural wave. g. _Kwas helium gas a war discovery? A Hellum was discovered by Hilde- brand in 1889. CQI-i Who invented the time lock?— A. The time lock was first suggested in 1831 by an Englishman, William Rutherford. In 1857 Holbrook & Fish of the United States devised another, but the first successful time locks put on the market were the Sergeant and Yale locks, brought out in 1875. Q. What is meant by saying tk t an “estate is in chancery”?—J. E. G. A. When an estate in England is in chancery it means that it is in litiga- tion in the Court of Chancery. Q. Were Noah and Daniel Webster related?>—D. M. A. Noah and Daniel Webster were not closely related. These men be- longed to distinct branches of the Web- ster family, which came over to the United States from England. Q. Who made the Liberty Bell that was exhibited at the Chicago World's | Fair>—C. B. L. A. The Columbian Liberty Bell was cast at the foundry of the Meneely Bell Co., Troy, N. Y., in 1893, and weighed 13,000 pounds, the diameter at its mouth being 88 inches and its height 75 inches. It was a duplicate of the new Liberty Bell that was placed in the tower of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in 1876,and was cast from the same molds. Each thousand pounds represented one of the thirteen original States. The exact cost of the bell is unknown, the records no longer being available. The bell was bought by a committee representing patriotic societies, of which the late W. O. McDowell of Newark, N. J., was chairman. At the conclusion of the Chicago World's Fair the bell was exhibited in various cities throughout the United States. Q. Are any of Shakespeare’s lineal descendants living?—L. K. P. A. None of the family in direct de- scent is no°/ living. Q. What lighthouse is at Crown Point? Whose statue is on it>—C. B. A. The mayor of Crown Point, N. Y., says: “The Champlain Memorial is no longer used as a lighthouse. A steel tower has been erected for light. The grown in India, Mexico and the Wes Indies. Q. What was the first vessel in tI British navy?—H. C. K. A. The first - ar vessel of the British navy was the Great Harry, a three- masted vessel, built in 1509 at a cost of 872414, the first double-decker to be built in England. Q. Is “Wang” one of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas?—E. T. A. This opera is often mistakenly at- tributed to Gilbert and Sullivan, but it was written by Theodore Morse. Q. Were Quakers exempt from serv- ice during the World War?—J. D. B. A. The selective service law in vogue during the World War provided exemp- tion to “a member of a well recognized religious sect or organization, organized and existing on May 18, 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbid its members to participate in war in any form, and whose religious convic- tlons are against war or participation therein.” This selective "service law applied to Quakers as well as many other religious sects. However, there were numbers of Quakers who served in our active fighting forces. Q. What is the temperature inside a volcano?—M. G. A. In Kilauea the temperature at the surface of the lava is in the neighbor- hood of 1,000 degrees Centigrade. Ba- salt, which is the molten rock in Kila- uea and many other volcanoes, may melt at either higher or lower tem- pératures, depending on their composi- tion. Thus the melting point of sand- stone would be very high, probably in the neighborhood of 1,600 to 1,700 de- gree‘: Centigrade, depending on their purity. Q.A How are pecan pralines made?— A. Set to cook one pound brown sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, four tablespoonfuls of water. When it comes to a boil add half pound pecan meats. Stir constantly until sirup begins to thicken and turn to sugar. Turn out on marble slab. Q. Are all the Indians in Oklahoma civilized?—L. O. A. The Indian Bureau says that the Indians in Oklahoma are all civilized and most of them live like white people. Q. When was lead first used for writ- ing>—W. K. A. The use of lead for marking is very ancient. It is mentioned by Pliny. Cortez in 1520 found the Aztecs using lead crayons. The manufacture of glphlte pencils in England began in Q. What are the symbols of 8ts. Mat- thew, Mark, Luke and John?—S. F. A. They are, respectively, the winged cherub, the winged lion, the ox and the eagle. Q. What is the height of Perry's monument at Put in Bay, Ohio?— J.H.T. A. It is 352 feet high. Its cost was statue is a group with Samuel De Champlain as the central figure and an in excess of $1,000,000. Observers Wonder About Limit To Upward Movement in Stocks Popular interest in the great bu'l movement in the stock market continues to grow and editorial writers of the country turn their attention to *he problem of where the limit of swollsn speculative security prices will be reached and what may be the effect upon the ‘“amateur” traders whose money has been thrown into the mar- ket in such unprecedented volume. As to the expansion of the business of buying and selling securities, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette holds that it is a natural corollary of the Nation's tremendously expanded business and industry. “It is obvious,” «eclares the Pittsburgh daily, “that stock trans- actions in this country ought to be n” a bigger volume than ever before—very much_greater than only a few years ago. Not only is there an ever-increas- ing number of shares to deal in, with the industries of the country constantly expanding, but there are millions of in- vestors today where not so long ago there may have been only hundreds of thousands. With the continued growth of old industries, new ones have come mtotthe fleld with amazing develop- ment.” A phase of the situation which espe- cially interests the Chicago Daily News is that “it is asserted that most of the orders to buy stocks at the market prices have come from the Middle West, where professional or amateur specu- lators are, or have been, relatively few.” The Daily News is convinced that “not all the purchasers of stocks at high prices are in position to form inde- pendent judgments regarding values and probably returns on their invest- ments,” and that “many persons are buying on margins in expectation of melons and large profits rather than of steady and fair dividends.” * ok % “Evidence steadily accumulates,” as observed by the Newark Evening News, that there s “in some part, a revalu tion of the many-sided industrial basts of a remarkable period of prosperity.” Having expressed uncertainty as to a period also of “mere gambling,” that pates that they, too, will have earning ywer."” p‘:""l'he public is the dominating fac- tor,” asserts the Indianapolis Star, with the suggestion: “Business is good, Christmas trade will be good, and the January 1 dividend disbursements will be large. Hence there is nothing ahead to change things greatly save public sentiment—which is the most fickle factor in the world.” The Erie Dis- patch-Herald also points to “the lon steady, upward tendency during the la: four years of sound security valu: and adds that “booms have come and booms have gone, yet this continuous rise, having little to do with pure specu lation. has clearly manifested itself. The Dispatch-Herald. however, warns that “the man who does not know his way about in such a market is treading | dangerous ground.” Aol [ “The big operators who set the stock market pace are evidently in an opti- mistic, pre-Christmas mood,” remarks the Syracuse Herald, with the cautious hint that “the line must be drawn somewhere, if anything like a judicious balance is to be struck between speciu- lative zeal and venturesomeness, on the one hand, and the actualities of the business situation and prospects, on the other.” To the Asheville Times “it appears that many of the captains of industry, having reached a most satis- factory liquid fiscal position in their enterprises, owing the banks little or nothing, having their business houses well in order, simply divert their sur- plus money onto the most profitable market.” Quoting prophecies of a “corrective reaction,” the St. Paul Daily News states: “One thing seems reasonablv certain: That is that the small traders who make up the ‘public market,’ rather than the rroreslonlln and the big operators, will be the chief imme- diate sufferers.” Caution for the in- experienced is advised by many paners including the Kansas City Journal-Post, the Richmond News Leader, the Sa't Lake Desert News, the Montana Rec- ord-Herald. the Brooklyn Daily Eag' and the Columbus Ohio State Journal ® 0 adroit, suave and notseless man I have ! with mixed emotions. ~When he was) 185 ever extended o foreigner on|the past, and Quring the preconvention|paper concludes: “In what proportions of the spinal cords set them off sharply | from men. The most primitive of human beings known to science, disre- garding microcephalic idiots, have brain | weights of approximately 900 grams. | ‘The brains of civilized men range nor- | mally from 1,200 to 1500 grams. The brain of the gorilla weighs only about | 600 grams. Weight alone hardly would be a deciding factor, but the anthropoid brains are greatly deficlent in nerve, cells compared to the brains of men Neither the gorilla nor the chimpanzee | can be considered as an extremely low | order of man. Judging on the evidence | of brain alone, he is another sort of | 2nima). He never has developed a cul- ture comparable to the rudest, most| infantile human culture. He i dumb— | or, at least, his language consists of an | extremely limited vocabulary. Some| have claimed thet chimpanzees have a dozen or so words, but the evidence | hardly bears out this belief. But although the anthropoids are distinguished easily from men they are distinguished almost as easily from fhfihll ‘mammals, even from the ba- ever known.” The story of Ryan's life is the ro- mance of modern American industry. Hardly a eingle one of its variegated fields did not at some time or other engage his massive interest. A native Virginien, reared in poverty among its tobacco plantations, it was not unnat- ural that one of Ryan's earliest and most eminent successes was the for- mation of the American Tobacco C iater to become the globe-girdling Britich-American Tobacco Co. Railroads, banking, life insurance, agricultural products, traction and a variety of allied industries were busi- | ness arenas into which Ryan leaped at recurring intervals, always as a mighty gladiator to whom conquest and riches invariably fell as if by charm. ally those ventures turned into gold | | e2ar1= in the prozess, for men could jnot tilt with giants like J. Pierpent Morgan, E. H. Harriman, George F. Baker, Anthony N. Brady, P. A. B, Widener, William L. Elkins and others / Liter- ! hich he touched. He became battle- | It's good to find that you are not To be neglected and forgot; Although by greater honors missed, You still are on the Sucker List. “De difference between ‘gamblin’ an’ ‘speculation,’ ” said Uncle Eben, “looks to me like de difference between small ready cash and a checkbook.” oo Three Lusty Cheers. From the Roanoke World-News. We are good people; and though all should become crooked and depraved, we'll pause at intervals and gain eelf- respect by giving three cheers for virtue. ) Something to Cry Over. “rom the Detroft News. “Tha horseradish crop in Kenturky better then usual.” That's fine! It sht to keep on trying o An Empty Jest. From the Louisville Times. Let's not be sarcastic with father this Christmas, Don't give him a bill- foldr A | 1s “trust-busting” for the Government zs special counsel in the cases against the Standard Oil amd peper trusts— in 1911—he brought about the famous dissolution of the Standard, whose shares had a market value of a round $1,000,000,000 at that time. It was the Standard of New Jersey which was un- | scrambled from an octopus of 33 inter- Hlocking corporationss. Today the 30 sur- | viving companies, which were compo- nents of the concern thought 17 years 2go to be too bulky as a billion-dollar trust, represent a combined market value of $5.213,408,000. Meantime the Efendard of New Jersey is worth $1,305,000,000 the Standard of California {has just attained a share value of $1,082,000,000, the Standard of Indiana is in the $800,000,000 class, and the Stendard of New York is down as a $667,000,000 company. AT Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt, Republican, who has just been elected to the House of Representatives from a New York | City district, may be elected to another job before she gets a chance to take her seat in Congress. Friends have launched a boom to make her the next mayor of New York. Prospectively, if neminated, she would have the honor cf running against “Jimmy” Walker, whose term expires in 1020, Mrs, Pratt was elected the first woman mem- Preparations are being made on all sides and the de- sire is widespread to make a showing that will strengthen the President in European councils. * * * Details now available disclose that the Germans wrecked the French factories in the Briey Valley iron regions. They system- atically removed the machinery and demolished the factories and they ex- ploited the mines by working 15,000 priscners unceasingly to get the great- est possible production. * * * The pres- ence of American soldiers has had a markedly stabilizing effect in Luxem- burg. A sentiment favorable to France has been growing since the spell of the Germans has deen taken away. * * * The former Khaiser isebusy in Holland and believed to be in close touch with the German situation. He is still deny- ing blame for the war and trying to prove Germany guiltless. Many persons believe him insane. * * * It is reported that Bavaria has broken off relations with Berlin because the people have been deceived about the true condition of affairs. ) Some Can’t Even Smoke. From the Waterloo Tribune. ’ ln:‘t‘ehud of n'fiuxml father ‘:t flick- ng ashes on rug, these simply d & new rug. T A t campaign Gov. Allen was an ardent admirer of Hoover, while Senator Cur- tis was himself an avowed candidate for the presidential nomination. Pk Up in Wilmington, Del, the rumor has been revived that Senator Cole- man T. du Pont, Republican, may re- sign his seat in' the Senate, now that the presidential election is out of the way and his State safely in the Repub- lican column. Senator du Pont has been serfously ill for a long time, and that is the reason advanced as the probable cause of his retirement. Some time ago when there was talk of a res.g- nation on the part of Senator du Pont all the Republican leaders in the State united in a request that the Senator retain his seat, and a petition bearing their names was sent to him. It was feared that if he stepped out. it might have a bad effect. Now that the rumors of a possible resignation are again float- ing around, there is talk of Robert H. Richards of Wilmington as a possible successor of Senator du Pont. He is a former attorney general of Delaware and is now president of the State Bar Association, and is said to be closely affiliated with the du Ponts, * ok % X Efforts are to be made during the poming short session to reapportion these are mixed, unfortunately, only the future can determine. But it does no good, and may do great harm, in such circumstances, to ignore funda- mental economic facts while groping for an answer.” “There is a limit,” warns the New Orleans Item, which refers to the in- ability of the average citizen to under- stand true values. but offers the opinion that “these stccks listed on the New York Exchange and the New York Curb represent equity and earning power in financial, industrial and transportation combinations. Most of these,” contin: the Item, “represent the investment actual cash. Most of them have eq' ties behind them. Some of them ha:e earnm? power. The shares of othars are going up becauss the public antici- the House membership. Indeed, 150 members of the House are said to have signed a pledge they will filibuster against other legislation unless this re- apportionment is undertaken and put through. Reapportionment has lan- guished since the taking of the last decennial census, although the Consti- tution looks to a reapportionment of the House after a census of the country, s0 as to give the proper representation to the States in connection with their population. M e~ “There is a vast deal of unjustified prejudice against New York City and the Stock Exchange throughout the country,” says the New York Evening World, “but it is easy enough to o the reason for this feeling by foll ing the discussion of governors at the Governors® Conference in New Orleans. No special good is being done this city. l"’ financial center, or the country by | the wild gambling in stocks.” ! “It is no secret,” according to the | Birmingham News, “that expert judg- {ment is gravely apprehensive, not only | that present prices of a great many ¢ ; Stocks are too high, but that for more | thn 006 year these l;'nrloux nvfcks rl;nve cen quoted at purely speculative prices. j From this expert opinion the buying public is apparently in dissent. In dis- sent also—according to reports from Wall Street—are highly responsible in- vestment security holders—that is, men of ample fortune who ordinarily are satisfied with a relatively low dividend return on their investments.” The Departmen an- ry nouncement of the last income tax re- turns is juoted by the Omaha World- ‘‘showing corporation earn- ings actually to have fallen off. that paper s*es the situation as “more like that of a group of poksr players, all of them bl on deuces and treys # in and never completing the