Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING With Sunday Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY....December 11, 1028 Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busin 3 ilth 8t & lflgn |ank cag, ‘Buropean THEODORE W. NOYES. a4 Penmivivania Ave nnsy, 10 Faxt 4and w. Tower Buildint. 14 Regent St.. London England 5 ! Rate by Carrier Within the City. ine Star 45¢ per menth The E,renln&.nm Sunday Star cwhen & 0 80c per month Sunday Star 5) 65¢ per month e Collection made at the end of each month Orders may he sent in by mail or telepnone Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1ly and Sunday 1 9r.810.00: | mo. KSe il only . .1 yr., $6.00: 1 mo. 50c day ouly 1 yrl $4100: 1 mo. we All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday..l yr.$12.00. 1 ! iy only . 1yr. $8.00; 1 mo. ay only ......15yr, $5.00: Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively ertitied to the use for repuslization of all 1 ews dis- rmnu eradited to it or not ctherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the lncal news published herein. Al rizhts of publication ef special dispatches herein are also reserved ——— The Kellogg Treaty. The “open season” on American for- eign relations is about to open in the Senate. Indeed, it has already begun in the foreign relations where the Kellogg multilateral trea renouncing war is up for consid- eration. Eventually the treaty be reported to the Senate, and in accordance with the practice which has been in vogue when dealing with treaties since and including tae Ver- | sailles peace treaty and the League of committee, ! will | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, STAR 'or full dress uniforms, or his fnnln.' much time trying to hit on the proper full dress, mess dress, cape and other | combination of numbers for the fire- proper varieties desired. Olive drab and khaki will still be the order for drills and troop formations. | | The war Secretary's pronouncement | means that the procurement and the | use of the peace-time blue is entirely | optional on the part of either officer or i man, and that in each cese the wearer | Ishlll bear the expense. How many en- ’i!stpd men will be willing to go into | their pay envelopss in order to obtain | & pleasing variety of clothing remains | Ito be seen. Officers are cxpressly for- | bidd~n to exercise pressure to that end on their men. but it is probable that, surrounded by frequent examples of the | dress uniform. very many men will thus | | provide themselves. Many of the older | officers possess blue uniforms alrcady, and many others will crder them made. There is no doubt that the Army of the { United States, small and chosen with | utmost care, is fully worthy of cloth- ing not enly of a quality but also of a oc { cut, traditional color and dignity com- | mensurzte with its excellence. It would be a fine thing—and eventually it will | come—if Congress should enact legisla- | tion removing the entire matter from the rea'm of personal choice and would pay the bill for reuniforming every en- | listed man. In the meantim> Secretary Davis' In I'which he will receive widespread com- mendation - An American Cheguers. “How To B2 Happy Though Presi- dent™ would b> an enpropriate title for { the homily which President Coolidge | has just published over hs own name in the golden jubilee numb-r of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch., “Advice to My st move is the bsst he could | | Go. & stop in the right direction for | Nations Covenant, the debate will b2 conducted in open executive session. It is entirely proper that treaties of importance, involving the relations of | Successor” would be an equally good name for it. | It is a peculiarly human document. | {1t refers, as Mr. Coolidge himself puts the United States with other mations, | it to “the health and physical condition should be considered in public. Secret | of the President.” Describing the duties diplomacy and closed sessions of the |of that office as “exceedingly heavy” Benate during the consideration ©Of ang its responsibilities as “overwhelm- treaties are not desirable in this d2¥ |ing” the Vermonter interestingly dis- and generation, if they ever were. It!cigies how he himself has menaged to is the entire people that becomes in- | surmount them. velved in a war, if relations between n: It is a story of simple, regular living tions are broken off and strife ensues. ! for the most part, though one which is There used to be an old saying in | designed to chagrin the apostles of the the Senate that partisanship should end | strenuous life afield and afloat as the at the water's edge—the edge of the. one sure panacea for middle-aged well- Atlantic or Pacific Oceans—or at the |peing. Mr. Coolidge confesses that ab- Canadian and Mexican borders. In |gtentions from inconsequential jam- .other words, that Americans should ! porees, constitutionals and vibrating | stand together in the interests of the | mechanisms—his famous synthetic pony country when dealing with other na- | among them—are his recipes for fitness. tions. It is with difficulty, however, that | Nothing in the plaintive preachment partisan politics can be kept out of any | oy presidential physique will attract discussion in this country. Possibly It |more attention than Mr. Coolidge's was easier to keep free of such partlsan- | recommendation cf a rural White House ship when the doors of the Senate were | i the hills within easy siriking dis- closed for the consideration of America’s | tance of Washington.” He revives al foreign relations. | | forgotten—end little advertised—project of some patriotic citizen who wanted Congress to accept a $200,000 legacy. Senators may differ honestly over treaty provisions. If they so differ it is right that those differences s would suffice, the President thinks, should be expressed. But I &[4 provige an adequate country retreat treaty is opposed because it s the prod- | s, e harassed Chief Executive from uet of a Democratic or Republican 8d- | yme to time and for the no less over- ministration, or because Senators de- |iaycq First Lady of the Land. sire to bask in the Nmelight and t| yngoubtedly Mr. Coolidge has in show their personal power, or to sciniil- late as orators, the affair takes on a different complexion. The Kellogg treaty is hailed as a { mind the foundation by Lord Lee of ‘Flrehnm. five or six years ago, of a l“week end estate” for the benefit of British prime ministers. Chequers, the great step toward peaceful, and perma- | ooyniry place in question, only an hour nently peaceful, international relations. | o tyq by road from London, has splen- 1t is at least an expression of good Will | gigqiy fulfilled the worthy purpose of its and a gesture in opposition to war and | gono; and endower. Mr. Lioyd George, for the settlement of international dif- | wh, ynows the rigors of No. 10 Down- ferences without the use of submarines | o gireet has called Chequers a life- and poison gas. The great majority of |, j1oneation insurance policy for the the Senstors, on both sides of the |, iynye jleaders of his Britannic chamber, it is now believed are in | majesty's government. favor of prompt ratification of the| oot Hoover, as all his friends treaty. It should be ratified. The . is not & man given much to play other nations of the world, signatory 0 | o rejgzation. He evidently believes, in the treaty, are waiting to see what the |\, yorgs of a well known German United States will do before they under- | ;. i that “If I rest, I rust.” An take to ratify it. Possibly they have | y;opicqn Ghequers would be a boon for ’h“’u‘"‘“ ‘:'.' “‘”‘:’:m“my c’:v‘zn:'; | any President of the United States, and 1 the L“‘: Senate, although the | in particular for a type of hard-working "'"Q m"""m“ rawn Iargely by an | SXECUtive like the incoming chiel en- President. fgmeen Congress could spend a worthy gk ‘ day or two between now and March 4 There are rumblings of opposition 0 | 4\ ierring the discarded $200000 1 "would 0 ha Uniisd Biate n with | 18%cY 804 astig oo President Cool the League of Nations. The hair split- idge’s advice to use it for establishment g agiis. . Bt Bocritary; K!lm“’m | of a presidential hiding place far from Senator Borah, ehairman of the forelgn | (¢ MAdding i:"":v"‘:‘;“z;'"“ g relations committee, insist there is no | ONS Of executive Washington. commitment of this country beyond the | . .h though political expectations actual words it contains, may find disappointment, many states- Cats may be killed, it is said, by o (Nt me feel grateful stuffing them fo death with eream.) s, e yeminder that Washington, D. That i one way of doing away With| ;s an ideal place of permanent resi- a cat. Treaties may be killed, 100, by | gor oo stufing them to death with reserva- | PSR S tions. That is what happened to the | Aviation has its dangers. 8o have the Versaliles treaty and the League cove- | gytomobile and the locomotive, “Safe- nant. The protocol proposing Ameri- |y first” is a sound maxim, but it can adherence to the World Court, which | cannot compete in influence with the {8 another way of saying & treaty 10 jdea of “Get there first.” afimit the United States to the World | . suffered apparently a similar | : fate, for the more important member | Deliverance by Dial sations have 50 far declined fo accept| Fire on the premises he was employed the Senate's reservations. Already there | 12 guard was discovered the other night W talk of adding reservations to the | by the watchman for a large New York Kellogg treaty. The supporters of the | flooring company. The offices were treaty, however, will bitterly oppose | equipped with the new dial telephones. | Due to & combination of excitement and any such proceeding. ——— -t unfamiliarity with the instrument at % his disposal he found the mechanism m?:m‘;“’;‘n :;:;d:":' ‘:‘1‘3:: more than he could readily handle. By show except the manager. 5 the time he had abandoned his efforts 2 to summon assistance by that means the flames had quickly gained such headway that they cost the owners of the plant more than $60,000. Announcement has been made that the National Capital in the compara- N 3 A Restorative Regulation. What_ will probably prove a welcome | Christmas present has been given "o | hoth the commissioned and enlisted | personnel of the Army by Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis. He has directed tively near future will be completely equipped with the dial system which that soldiers of the United States be | authorized—although not required—ito resume for social affairs and other proper occasions the dress and fuil dress of blue obtaining prior to 1915, in which year it was suspended for an in- definite and, as it proved, an unneces- sarily lengthy period. Dignified agitation for the resumption of this colorful, useful, logical and bene- ficial garb has been undertaken from time to time by various Army officials of high rank. Recently it seems to have gained marked impetus, with the resuit above stated. Reasons for the revival of a change of clothing comparable to a eivilian's best suit, or, perhaps, evening clothes, have been as obvious as were the reasons for its disuse during a time of war featured by a great influx of short-time officers and men. About the only counter reason ever adduced was that of economy; a saving to Uncle Bam’s purse in so far as the enlisted man was concerned and to the personal purse of the commissicned officer who ‘ul therefrom purchase his own dress eliminates at least one human equa- tion and which has other points notice- ably in its favor. Lest Washingtonians snticipate difficulties in emergencies similar to those suffered by this New Yorker, they are reassured as to thi: particular point; cur old friend “Cen- tral” will not be completely done away with, but a moderate number of her will remain on duty to be summoned in precisely such sudden emergencies by a single operation as simple as the removal of the receiver from its hook. ‘The user's fingers inserted succes- sively and moved in a certain way in apertures numbered from zero to nine call the desired party. This proce- dure may not be quite as speedy as the verbal recital of the desired number, but a wrong number becomes the user's own fault. However, in case of fire, flood, accident or attack the same manipulation in the zero alone calls an alert ear, always on duty, into which the trouble can be told without further delay. Doubtless the New York watch- man did not k’n?;‘t.hh and spent too | fighters. It may be that the old thrill- er of an instrument being knocked from its base and transmitting simply an narticulate cry will be lost. The quick use of the zero and the single sylleble “Help!” or “Fire!” will be as efficacious as It cver was. Inasmuch as the former occurrence has always been so rare as to be negligible, the community may view the adoption of the dial system without qualms due tc possible emergencies. RS, The Variable V. cover varied contingencies and pemalties in this fair land of freedom is a con- stant cause of wonder. iine to a starving family, a couvert charge, a tip to an attentive captain of walters, the price of an important and lengthy journey, a bet in a small poker game—it is almost anythirg or nothing, as the case may be. Five dollars measure a fine imposed on a dry agent who injured an inno- | cent girl near Lorain, Ohio, in his de- termined efforts to protect the Nation from the evils of intemperance. Five dollars constitute the fine imposed out |in Milwaukee on a men whos: idea of 2 good time was to stick tacks in auto- mobile tires and soothe his ear with the sound of escaping air. It does seem as if this country might revise and revamp its sense of values. The officer who shot down the girl who ibly. consistently enough, refused to stop at the behest of what she and her father thought were bandits might well be suffering some more severe and more prohibitory penalty. The merry tire- | puncturer might well have been sen- |tenced to a lengthy term of changing tires gratls for unfortunate and weary motorists. But the bill with the picture of the pioncer family and its dog, which well knew the value of five hard-earned dollars, continues to be the Great Leveler. RS- A few kind words from Mussolini were once supposed to satisfy the public of Italy; who appears to be gradually in preparation for a policy that pro- vides for “treating them rough.” s When Hoover takes up any subject | relating to Latin America he will speak cne who has| with the authority of taken the trouble to ascertain just what he is talking about. e When Mussolini sneers at efforts toward world peace it is time for Italy to look him over and decide whether he is a seMf-sacrificing patriot or the big boss. S The wise man in the New York money and, instead of speculating, bought a seat on the Stock Exchange. - ——— Night clubs are deplored by every great city as a means of luring the out- of-town visitor on, to make more trouble for the patient police. e Peace endeavors find encouragenment in the fact that civilization has never ssen a war to be regarded by candid humanity as anything but a failure. —eee Airmen will make remarkable dis- coveries in Antarctic regions; none of them s> remarkable as their own revela- tions of courage and endurance. — ——————— A'stock ticker works as fast one way as the cther. An incident of the trad- ing expense will be the wear and tear on delicate machinery. ——os SHOOTING §' 'ARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sleeplessness. ‘The gentle farmer used to rise At earliest peep of day; And, next, retire in manner wise ‘With sunset’s glimmering ray. But politics has brought a fray The farmer views with fright. Not. only does he work all day— He stays awake all night. Boosting. “Some of your campaign prophecy failed to deliver the goods.” “That wasn't exactly prophecy,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “That was salesmanship.” i1 Jud Tunkins says & psychoanalyst can tell you what you are thinking about by going on the theory that every one thinks about such things as rent, taxes, grocery bills, etc. Flattery Without Imitation. It's only proper that we should Admire the noble and the good. And yet, while giving him applause, ‘Who wants to look like Santa Claus? Enforcement. “Can prohibition be enforced?” “Of course, it can,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Its up to you. You don’t have to drink anything against your own will.” It Is Wrong to Gamble. “It’s a mistake to gamble.” “No one believes that he is gambling,” sald Mr. Dustin Stax. “Everybody thinks he has a sure thing.” Lights of the Roadway. “When you have made a long jour- ney do you not look forward to home | with & light in the window?" | “Yes,” answered Mr. Chuggins. “But when the gas is running low, It gives me even grealer joy to behold a highly illuminated filling station.” “It is a mistake,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “to suspect a friend who frowns in thought and trust an | enemy who smiles in flatiery.” Mechanical Bird. The airplane rises stanch and sure, We love to see it sail. And yet there's many an epicure ‘Who'd rather sight a quail. “If dis evolution talk is true,” said Uncle Eben, “you has to give de monkey some credit. He has been goin' for- ward instead o’ backward.” e eees Crocodile Tear Gas. From the Detroit Free Press. The use of tear gas by banks and trust companies to disperse persons of evil intent may offer a hint to the Gov- ernment in raids on the pork barrel. R We Have Horse Radish. From the SL. Paul Dispatch. An onion famine is threatened. Soon there will be nothing to weep dver, ‘The elasticity of a five-dollar Ll to! It is a life- | | these creatures possess along this line. | to it | Their food doesn't naturally come in market is the one who saved up his | | Would human beings find it bese- ficial or harmful to be endowed with the keen senses of dogs and cats, par- ticularly that of smell? We are so used to living our lives with the natural gifts which we have that we seldom think of ourselves with any lack. Yet any one watching a pet dog or cat sniff around will be impressed with the fact that the animal has certain endowments far in excess of those en- joyed by mankind. This is particularly so in regard to the sense of smell. Every home in| which & cat holds the premier place as family pet knows the astounding ability : Tt is doubtful if any wild member of | the tribe has a much better “smeller” than the average domestic cat, either long or short haired. The latter, we believe, is the more gifted. Tom “sees” his dinner with his nose. | A slice of beefsteak, as such, makes | no impression on him. Show him the | meat when he is sitting on the other | side of the windowpane, on the sill, and | he will pay no particular attention | A slice of beef is something without the knowledge of the animal kingdom. such a form. Raise the window ever so slightly, let old Tom get a good Whifl, he will be electrified into complete action. | He will begin to meow with the clear, | ‘dulcet tones used by his tribe when imploring dinner. He will stick his nose into the crack of the window in order to get a better impression of those | charming smells, The odor of raw, juicy beefsteak—"Ah, delicious, de- licious!” meows “Tom. He knows his food when he smells it. ok oK K Recently we watched the cat Jack | Spratt do an astounding picce of feline | | detective work. As unerringly as a | | bloodhound or a Sherlock Holmes he | followed the trail of a strange cat which | {had invaded his house and then van- | | ished before he saw it. | i The black cat, admitted at the kitchen | door, proceeded directly through the | dining room into the living room. There he rubbed against a chair, wound his way along a sofa, arched his back at snother chair and rubbed against the front decor, where he was let out. Jack Spratt appeared about this time | at the doorway between dining and liv- | ing rooms. He stood with his white | nose pointing slightly up. His white | chest_shone. | The black cat was gone, but Jack | knew he had been that way not long | before. As 'straight as an arrow he | walked to the chair, gave it a suspi- | | cious sniff, then went directly to the| sofa, when he made a careful olfactory investigation. From this point he made | his way without hesitation to the other chair, and from that to the door. He lost no time, nor made a false move. His nose held him true to the scent. To the cat, the odor of another cat must be overpowering. “Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.” ‘The rhyme of the giant ought to come | natural to a cat in relation to one of his own tribe. Yet there is no human being, it is safe to say, who could have detected the presence of a cat in the room in any other way than by having seen him there. Cats are ultra-cleanly creatures, | it being said that they wash themselves | so much to keep mice from smelling ' s o “ | several | 8 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. them. Keep themselves ever so clean, however, they cannot fool another cat. * oK ok K Such powers of smell probably would be anything but pleasant to a human being. There are some persons, of . who are better endowed In this spect than others. One cat owner declares that he can smell a can of salmon being opened in the kitchen before the cat on his lap does. He professes to have so scored in instances. The one occasion upon which the cat beat the man was due to the cat's ears, the man asserts, the feline being adept at detecting the sound made by & can opener. ‘The olfactory margin of most hu- man beings, however, is not very high. ‘There has to be a lot of smoke before they can smell it at all. At the far ex- treme is the man who has lost en- tirely the sense of smell, Certain dis- eases cause this lack. Whether such a man is to be envied or pitied is the question. He misses many unpleasant smells, no doubt, but also he fails to enjoy the charming odor of fresh lilacs, the sharp tang of seashore air, the de- lightful aroma of sizzling beefsteak. All in all, this would be a somewhat lesser world without the sense of smell Obnoxious smells may be obviated large- ly, but no power can make up for the inability to smell the true fragrances. In a chemical world such as this, wherein the Creator has made both things to be smelled and the i ments with which to do the smelling, he would be an ingrate who would not take advantage of this kindly curi- ous_provision. The unusual feature of the provision is that so many odors are pleasant, some to one some to another, but hun- dreds upon which all men unite in praise. We have given a few. Who in the world does not rejoice at the odor of a lilac bush in bloom? When th: dew drips from the bl ms, and the fragrance fills the air, we have one of life's most charming smells. It may appeal to some more than to others, kut the truth of its beautiful freshness re- mains unchanged through the ages. There is the smell of burning Au- tumn leaves, quite different, but com- inge gratefuily to the nose of man, woman and child. The exact proportion, of course, must be very carefully kept; too close to the smoke, it becomes acrid; just the right distance away, it is better than any sweelish incense ever burned in a pot. Maybe these odors smell sweetest in memory. There Is a range affinity between memory and sweet sntells. “Every Morn I Send Thee Violet: ‘The smell of violets faded a quarter of a century ago comes back as easily as that detected in the florist's shop yesterday. ‘All good and gracious smells redoleat of fine living, of health, of beauty, stir | in the mind and heart, conjuring up visions at once bitter or sweet, no one but the secret eyes can see or the hid- den heart tell. There is a loveliness to sweet smells sending fragrance over literature, from the sad song of Ophelia, naming over her flowers, to the high lights of sacred history, redolent w'th fir and balsam. Mankind would be the poorer withou® the delicate spparatus with which he greets the keenness of a Winter's morn- ing, or salutes the aroma arising from the supper table. Let us rejoice that we do not have to possess the cats ability to enjoy the good things of ol- factory life. Farm Relief at Short Session Not Expected by Many Observers and pass it through both houses of 3 ic advocates of farm relief e Congr ‘without a division being called legislation hope for the enactment at the short session of Congress of & new bill with the much-debated equalization clause eliminated. Others are quite uncertain about it, and there is a wide- Iy held impression that the problem is likely to go over to a special session after the inauguration of the President- L‘leck h division of “A sharp division pmcedure"p is seen by the Oakland Tribune (independent Republican), which points to the fact that “Senator McNary is for attempting the passage of his new measure during this short session, while Senator Borah and other Jeaders believe that to get a real farm relief bill more time should be devoted and the new administration should be in_office.” Reported approval by jdge is mentioned by the Kalamazoo Gavette (independent), as possibly of- fering “an excellent chance of the Mc- Nary bill's enactment into law,” and that paper finds that “President-elect Hoover's promise to call a special ses- sion next Spring if no farm relief legis- lation is enacted between now and| March 4 has had ils effect upon 8| number of Congi ssmen.’ “The delay is unnecessary and sought by talkative Senators and’ Representa- tives who want to continue thev farm relief battle as long -as possible,” con- tends the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (Republican), while the Miami Daily News (independent Democratic) sug- gests that “those Republican leaders Who have decided to await Mr. Hoover's views on farm relief *are the same statesmen who mldl us rlncmlgly that he made his position clear. haTdhr Charleston Daily Mail (inde- pendent Republican) observes, however. that “proposals are quite numerous, but likelihood of agreement on any one ap- ars doubtful.” In fact, the Louisville urier-Journal (independent) declares: “Farm relief at this session seems about as remote as ratification of the Kel- logg peace pact. The national legls- lators already have too much to wrangle over.” The Springfield Union (Repub- lican) also feels that “its consideration might well be postponed until after Mr. Hoover has assumed office.” An analysis of the new McNary meas- ure is offered by the Philadelphia Eve- ning Bulletin (independent Republican), with the comnient: “While abandoning the equalization fee, il contains much of the general principle of that which President Coolidge vetoed for good and sufficient reasons last Spring. But it differs in various matters which Mr. Coolidge found so uneconomic and im- practicable as to require his official dis- approval. ‘The same revolving fund is | there, but it is reduced from $400,000,- 000 to $200,000,000. The Federal Farm Board fs cut from 12 members to 6. | to be chosen not by Federal Land Bank | districts, but at large, and not more 3 from one political The Commodity Advisory Cou mains, but instead of being the termining authority to approve Farm Board’s operations, or disapprove them, it becomes subordinated to the board and co-operates with it, but is | strictly advisory. The equalization fee | has disappeared, but the provision for insurance against price ~decline re- mains.” “It is declared that no loss would be | paid from the United States Treas: ury,” says the Worcester Telegram (in dependent), and that paper asks: “How, then, would the losses be met? There would inevitably be losses. The very existence of & surplus crop would mean that the growers could not get (he prices they needed for profit. The stabiliza- lon corporations, with the money loaned to them by the Federal Farm Board, would buy crops &t prices profitable to the growers. The stabili- zation corporations would finally dis- pose of the crops, in some way, at a; loss. How would the loss be met?” At least, in the opinion of the Kansas City Journal-Post (independent Repub- lican), “if there. is one subject on which there has been unanimous agree- ment it is the imperative need of farm rellef,” and that paper, emphasizing the absence of the fee from proposed action, argues that “fhere is no good reason why the friends of farm legis- lation cannot get together on a meas- ure which will afford immediate relief f opinion as to President Cool- party. cil re- de- the for in either.” i The belief among many. persons that “such a measure could be adopted, inas- much as the problem has been long dis- cussed and the impossible and unsound features have been discarded,” is em- phasized by the Albany Evening News (independent Republican), which, how- ever, concludes: “There should be a real effort to bring about farm relief at this session. It may be that since it may involve the tariff revision ques- tion, that will make it impossible to adopt farm legislation.” It is suggested by the Ann Arbor Daily News (independent) that “here is an opportunity for the lame ducks to demonstrate that they are not so lame as has been popularly supposed,” al- though that paper concedes that “most members of Congress are human be- ings with human weaknesses, and the defeated ones might feel a malicious satisfaction over the prospect of shift- ing that troublesome fssue, along with some others, onto the shoulders of their successful rivals.” - A query is presented as to the course of action by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (independent),, “Will Mr. Coolidge or some member of Congress indertake to carry out the ideas of Mr. Hoover in re- spect of farm relief, or will the various factions start all over again the weary- ing business of threshing the old straw?” The Huntington Advertiser (Democratic) suggests that “debate on whether relief legislation shall be en- acted in the short session or go over to an extraordinary session, to be held some time between March 4 and next Thanksgiving, promises to be as lively and acrimonious as debate on the actual measure itself.” .. “The McNary-Haugen bill without the equalization fee' may look a good deal like ‘Hamlet' with Hamlet left out, but that 1s what is before Congress,” re- marks the Duluth Herald (independent Republican), with the added comment: “It is very likely that the problem of a crop surplus will be met much more effectively without the fee than it would have been with it. * * * The new bill looks promising, and Congress ought to adopt it at this session and spare the Nation the expense and uncertainty of a special sessfon.” Suggestions that the measure is so- clalistic are made by the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat (Democratic) and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent), while the Birmingham News (Demo- cratic) points to “an flprroprlauon of $300.000,000 without devising any means lo find the money.” The Waterloo ‘Tribune (independent Progressive), how- ever, concludes, “If Mr. Haugen and his commiltee of the House could be induced fo accept the McNary bill, it could doubtless be put through this ses- sion, and thus the 1929-30 crop would come under its provisions.” - —.— Dealing in Seandal Becomes Big Menace From the Pasadena Star-News. There is a form of intemperance | growing upon the American people and becoming a startling menace—the in- temperance of foul speaking of others— of scandalmongering. It is found in poli- tics. It is found in social life. It is found in business. It is found every- where. The reputation of no man and no woman is safe against vicious as-| sault, Instances of this kind are ap- pallingly numerous. The national politi- cal campaign just closed was full of such instances. It came to be known as a “whispering campaign.” If this evil is not checked, it will bring upon this country more misery, more blight, more suspicion and more all-around levil than any potential menace of the times, Start the tongue of scandal to ! wagging, and no human being is proof against it. b We Can’t Suppose It. From the Fart Worth Record-Telegram. Smaller families go well with the eco- nomics of the times. Just suppose & good old-time family of 14 had to wrestle with school lunch money, car fare, movies and whose turn it is to use the flivver, | i i | | | | | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1928 NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM G. M. CIRCLING SOUTH AMERICA. Isabel Anderson, Litt. D. Marshall Jones Co. This, the very, moment, it seems to me, to’ revive t0 grown-up uses a game we used to play, one that children the world over are still pursuing in unabat- ed zeal. “Follow the Leader!” You re- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERIC ]. HASK 1 l ‘This newspaper puts at your disposal | Q. What is the oil production in the a corps of trained researchers in Wash- | United States a day?—B. M. ington who will answer questions for| A. X is now estimated to he about you. They have access to the Govern- | 2,500,000 barrels a day. ment departments, the libraries. mu- - seums, galleries and public bulidings,| Q. How long a time did Whistler and to the numerous associations which | expend on “The Black Lion Wharf"?— maintain_headquarters in the Nation's | G. D. Capital. If they can be of assistance to | A, Whistler told Joseph Pennell that you, write your question plainly and ' he “took about three weeks over ‘The call the city by-streets of adventure that | You W€, YOUR QUEF B e mps o this game opened up to us in those other_days, the vacant lots and aban- doned sheds of high emprise that by way of it used to beckon us out and awiy to no end of daring and gallant deeds. You remember, too—certainly you do—how much depended upon the | vigor and ingenuity of the “leader”, himeelf to protide the tip-top of action and excitement. Well, the old game is on again. Lusty and full-grown it is! The “Leader,” vigorous, ingenious, determined, is al- ready on his w The next move in the play is, clearly, for all of us to join up promptly in a sturdy partaking of the great enterprise. An astonishing spectacle! “Follow the Leade) at this juncture presents the entire popula- tion of the United States in the wake of its next President who has sailed away to the South in a search for full and exact Information, for immediate contacts, for friendly understandings, for general good will among the peoples of the Western Hemisphere. And this remarkable experience promises in its effects to be a part of the budget of statesmanship with which Herber! Hoo- ver, next President of the United States, will seek to direct the common mind at Lome and to reflect its will. For the reason that we are a partaking pars of the Government itself we need to go along upon this expedition. We, clearly. must “Follow the Leader!" in this out-faring. The means to do just this are abundant. print and picture, relay to us dail the progress of the unigue pilgrimsge And there are books to help the publi in this partaking of an inspired enter Wire and wireless, | The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing ton, D. C. | Q. How many stamps are being is- sued for the aeronautics conference in Washington, D. in December?— E. D. K. A Tt is understood that the Post Office Department has issued 20,000,000 S-cent stamps and 5000000 5-cent stamps for the International Civil Acronautics Conferenc: Q. How does the number of murders in England and Wales compare with the number in the United States?— T. 0. B A. Statistics for England and Wales show that during 1920 there were only C. 368 murder deaths, equivalent to a rate 1,000,000, or just about one- of 8 per i i ling murder rate of this | tenth the prevai | country. Q. How many “reconstruction” homes | have been built in France since the | war?—G. E. D. g | A. Ten years after the armistice ap- { proximately 700,000 “reconstruction” | houses have been erected and about 18,500 factories and workshops have been | built. At the close of the war it was | found that 340,799 homes had been de- | stroyed and another 526,000 were so damaged that they had to be rebuflt. Q. Please tell something about cara- ‘Caracul—also known as Sheep family. Habitat: Tashkent, and some of the provinces of Southern Rus- prise. New books are coming out. Old | i, “which are also called “Russian ones are stealing from neglected COF-|Caracul” The Tashkent caraculs have | ners, all with South America or Cen- | he highest luster and the finest moire | tral America as the theme. Speaking | e il0"™ Rluccian caraculs vary in | of books bearing upon the prime topiC | color as brown, black, brown and black, | in hand at the moment, here is one | 594 o0 "AN4" Chite. and occasionally | that you will like, and for the best of | gpite. ~ Caraculs are bred to some ex- reasons, It is at this particular junc- | fene i the United States and Canads. turs such a useful book. | They are also found in China and Mon- Mrs. Anderson’s “Circling South'golia. ~ These are generally white, are America” offers an exceptional 0p- peavier and have a looser curl.” portunity to secure 8 vivid sharing in | many points of the Herbert Hoover ex- | pedition now in progress. No, it is not a study of political systems and policies Lt America. Nor Is it & gesture | toward diplomacy and foreign relations. | These abstruse matters, belonging to | the expert and specialist, have no part | in the purpose of this book. Rather | does it seck to provide that general | Ope of the proudest days in the his- View without which, no matter what | (ory of Washington was that which the subject may be, there is little hobe | marked the victory parade of the sol- of cither understanding or enjoyment. | giers when they returned from the So here, a direct outcome of the au- | glorious triumph over the enemy of civ- thor’s personal experience, is a means | jjization. The sunshine was bright and by way of which the reader makes the | vet no bfighter than the eyes of the circuii of South America, stopping at | fens of thousands of triumphant Amer- one coast point or another for excur-|icans lining the streets along which the sions iniand. A map—that positive es- | heroes marched, while the bands poured sential to the travel story—and a gen- | oyt their strains of melody, and waving erous supply of clean-cut pictures, ob- | old Glory swelled to the breezes jectify the text in its orderly and ade- | “rrymp, tramp, tramp, the boys—" quate description of the important and | AR BY PAUL interesting features of the coast of South America. terial facts that one, coming out from this book, is able to put away in his | pocket so many dollars of the good hard currency of authentic informa- | So much for the ma- | There is another parade marching | through Washington much stronger in numbers than was that one. Can type picture it in its true colors? There are no bands of music to hail tion. of the ma‘ter, good as it is. The best part of this book is its au- But, after all, this is the least |its glory, no flags waving in the cold | wind. There are* no shouting multi- | tudes crowding the curbs while this pa- thor—but that is true of any book. |rade marches silently and sullenly. The Let me specify. The mood of this | “boys” appear younger than were those travel story is & joy, because it so fits | heroes from the A. E. F.—the fact is the purpose of the undertaking and is that not one is over 21 years of age besides such a completely communicable ' and most of them range between 17 and mood, delivering the goods to the reader | 20 years, yet they march with the lock- with no loss at all in transit. A pleas- |step even more mechanicaily than the ure trip? Just that. And this is its | military stride of the other regiments. effects A thing to remember here, how- | Some of the marchers-hoid high their ever, 1s that pleasures vary in depth |heads as in deflance or br: and quality with the sources from which they rise. Here is obviously an author of much experience in going up and down the earth, one who, deepening her own personality by such wide and varied contacts, has grown appraising and critical of places and peoples and significances. A studious traveler, as exacting in respect to herself as she is honest with the sights before h Often here does she tell of studyin anew this place or that one just ahead to make sure of her facts as to the history, the natural resources, the ani- mal life, the ways of the humans in their religious and secular and old-time customs. There is a scrupulous intent, manifest here, to deal in the utmos fidelity with any matter under the con- sideration of Mrs. Anderson. “Circling South *America” stands as a summation of the important facts that constitute the long coastline of the Southern continent. Pictorial in projection, personal in its effect upon the reader, it serves to bring into con- crete immediacy & region upon which, at the moment, a tremendous mass of common interest is centered. You will not often come upon a story that, with- in its own scope and purpose, shows a better adaptation of means to the Je- sired end than does this most enjoyable and timely book of travel. L A ROVER I WOULD BE. E. P. Dutton & Co. Not “would be." He is already & “rover"—that is, if one may judge by the long list of his book productions, the most of them about some other place than his own native heath. Oh. no, this is no complaint! The more that Mr. Lucas roams the richer do readers become, either in the solid stuff of art appraisals and summaries, art descri tions and explanations, or in the Hghte but none the less pleasing, subsiance of stories, essays and other whatnot of the writer's craft and kit. Deeply enjoyable to readers of a par- ticular cut and fit are the Lucas books of the mood of this one—"A Rover I Would Be.” Here the author just soz- zles around—not always with his feet | in the water, to be sure—but sozzling just the same. Sitting down here or stopping there, for no reason at all as the unseeing companion may think. But, in a minute or so, right out of the air, or from the leafy bank upon which for the moment he is lounging, or from | a bird's throat, he brings into the light some deep thing that dips clean down into the heart of the one beside him, or the one with a Lucas book in hand. The beauty of incidental things, the mean- ing of the lightest movement or action —these are the things which give pause to this man, sozzling around. The book in hand is a clear case in point. Here he is somewhere, anywhere. ; himself. E. V. Lucas. | Most of the youngsters siink along with shifty eyes or bowed faces. * xR ‘There is a boy who surely cannot be 16 years old; don’t you recogniz: him? His mother is a widow who works | hard as a scrubwoman fn a big office building; she has little time to give to the care of her son, so he looks out for He tried selling newspapers, I but when he joined the gang he quit | such petty work, for the garg show- | ed him how to steal, and some of the | leaders undertook to teach him to pick pockets. So he loafed around the movies and mingled in crowds; it was easier than selling anything: the sell- ir;g x‘;igfime" was left to kids who were afraid. * ok Xk Yes, there are other boys we have seen before. There is George whose father is one of our leading citizens and financiers. “The old man” is rich, and gives George a liberal allowance, so what more could be expected of a busy dad? Why is George in this pa- ‘rlde of thieves and robbers and slug gers and criminals of all kinds? There must be some mistake. The blue-coat- ed “file closers,” with their clubs in I'hand so threateningly, must have got- | ten the wrong boy. No? That boy George began gam- bling with his liberal allowance, for which no accounting was required. He lost his bet, became furious and stabbed a man who had gambled his money |away from him. Some allege in his | defense that it was bootlcg stuff that led him to rashness. Now he is march- ing to the “big house” for 10 years, and |is lucky that his present “objective” is not the gallows. Only 19 years old— | too young to be a criminal? There are {in that Washington parade—the an- nual turn-out in the Nation's Capital— 10,144 “boys” between 17 and 21 years, | and 2,973 younger than 17. Total “de- linquents,” 13,177, in 1928. Every one of the marchers has committed, not a misdemeanor, but a felony, right here in Washinj within the last year. “Tramp! mp! Tramp! The boys are marching!” Literally! * x ok Several years ago, & certain “cub ! reporter” was doing police news in a Midwest city, where there had been no hangings for more than 20 years, for a “prominent” lawyer could always “hang" the jury, if he got his price. | (Probably the Chief Justice of the | United States Supreme Court today | will tell where that eity is.) | ‘There was & “crime wave.” the cul- mination of that 20 years of no justice in courts and no hangings. When es- pecially atrocious murders began to | double up, and occur weekly or daily, | | and the courts failed, there was a great | indignation meeting of citizens— 10,000 [e And de,"ln Music Hall, where the most prom- il }‘ffig‘c'u‘; e \:;:xmrl, inent business men addressed the | Aheedy i with oo ettings or backe | rowd and denounced the iniquity of grounds to master before the real busi- ness can get a start. What could be more near, or more familiar, than the very first of these idling moments of Te- flection—“A Day in the Country"? Perhaps you don't care about the country, don't see anything to it, but trees and more trees. ‘This is different. in the country. Mr. Lucas meets an owl. In iact, it was him as he tried to read a detective story. But as soon as they fell to talk- ing together—Mr. Lucas and the owl— why, that countryside spread out to include angient Greece and almost all the gods and goddesses in the pagan dispensation. Some of these ancient powers liked the owl and made use of it in various ways; some of them hated it and avoided it. But this dif- ference served not at all to split up the pagan world, for either in love or hatred they all came into the discussion. Not only they, but many of the mod- erns, also took a hand in the new views as to animals generally. But it is this particular little owl, sitling on his chair, that finally takes the reader into & complete captivity of companionship and conversation. It is right here, .in This is a Saturday | sitting beside | | the courts. That wrought-up 10,000 filed out of the hall, at near midnight. and learned that the last murderer, who had escaped the gallows, by his | father's deeding all his property to the | | notorious “criminal” lawyer, had been taken from the jail during the indig- nation meeting and started with offi- | cers to the penitentiary, only to es-| cape by jumping off the train. So the | ! mob burned the courthouse, and in the riot which followed for days several | “leading ~citizens” were ~accidentally | ! killed by getting in the way of the! militia_and failing to realize that guns in soldiers’ hands were usually loaded. After the three-day battle, the cub interviewed 55 murderers in’ the jail— some sentenced, some untried—55! ‘The present writer was a member of a conference committee which met last Sunday to consider the appalling growth of crime in the United States. The chief of police and chief of detec- | tives were members of that conference. | also several high-ranking officers of | | with words—that this E. V. Lucas has clearly been blessed with. Oh. yes, there are other things in this book, As Black Lion Wharf."" Q What is the flag of Canada?— F. LS. | A "The official flag of the Dominlon | of ‘Canada is the British Union Jack with the arms of Canada, surrounded by a wreath and crown, imposed upon the intersection of the cross. | '@ Where did_the Delicious apple originate?>—C. F. H. A. The Delicious apple first came to motice In the orchard of the Iate Hiatt of Peru, Madison County, bout 1881, It was then a sprout, supposed to be about 6 years old, from the stock of a Yellow Bellflower tree, the top of which had been destroyed. The beauty and fine quality of the fruit attracted Mr. Hiatt's attention and he at once began its propagation in a small way for his own planting. The name “Hawkeye" was applied to the apple by the Hiatt family. The right to propagate and sell the varfety for & period of years was sold to the Stark Brothers' Nurseries & Orchards Co. about 1894 with the right to re- name the variety “Delicious.” It was commonly introduced in 1895 under that name, which word was registered In the United States Patent Office a8 & trade mark, July 4, 1905. | Q. Where was Byzantium?—M. L. A. On the death of Theodosius the | Roman Empire was divided, and his son Arcadius took the eastern half, with Byzantium as his capital. This ancient city occupled the most easterly hill of the modern city of Constanti- nople. Q. Why is Germany still officially designated as “Reich* when that word means “kingdom” or “empire”?—F. M. A. The founders of the German re- public retained the word for historical reasons. It is an old Germanic word found also in early and middle English. which still survives in composition in the word “Bishopric.” BACKGROUND OF EVENTS V. COLLINS. the Navy and Army, and one Congress- man. No one disguised the fact that crime is increasing. dangerously. ‘What is to be done about it? One who has had experience as governor of Federal possessions overseas spoke firmly for rigid enforcement of law. [ In Chicago, according to our chief of Kdetccnvcs, who a veteran of the | World War, it is “open warfare” with | crime. Machine guns and everything! It transpired in the conference that the dockets of our Washington courts are overcrowded: that the judges try “jail cases” first, and postpone bail | cases. If a criminial can furnish bail he may not come to trial for years—if ever—and in the meanwhile the evi- dence vanishes. Lawyers can-continue the cases interminably. Justice Is mocked when bail can be given; there are too few judges to-keep pace with criminals. Sometimes a criminal re- leased on bail repeats his offense and is released again and again on new bail for new crimes, wtihout trial—and finally the charges are nolle prossed. “For law, lll we read in ancient sages, “been Cobwebs for - “Tramp! are marching!” Thirteen thousand and more, march- ing down Pennsylvania svenue and past the White House! Real boys, not out of their “teens.” The average age of felons is 22 years. * ok kL Yesterday the Pifth International Conference on Boys opened in' Wardman Park Inn—200 strong. It was addressed by an ley cat” who confessed that since he had been welfare officer of Philadelphia for several years he had come into touch with the Boy problem. He confessed that, although a bachelor, he had taken eight boys from the slums and was educating -them as his boys. Last June, tears of pride.céme into his eyes when three of his” graduated | from college—ong an e ', one & physician _and bne & graduate from Wharton School. Nine years ago, “his doctor” was & boy “slinging hash” in a 15-cent restaurant. No relation to that man Grakelow who iIs supporting his eight “alley cats,” but where is there a father prouder than he of “his boys"? Or one who has a greater right to be proud? Mr. Grakelow has served as supreme exalted ruler of the Elks! Grakelow feels for “alley cats,” for he has been one. Later while welfare officer of Philadel~ phia he knew how to meet such boys' roblems. He knew how to trust boys and inspire their better natures. Once he grew peeved when parents brought to him a r',e-';-yeu-ald “incorrigible” and asked him to send the child to some re- form school, for they could do nothing with him—he was so bad. Elk Grakelow is proud, too, of the junior organization of the Elks—the Antlers, 3,000 boys, whom the Elks are looking after as big brothers. Isn't there a lot of good in this world! Grakelow declares he didn't think much of a boy who lacked pep enough to get into trouble sometimes. But it'’s up to real men to help them out, remembering how they—the grown-ups —had all been just as “wicked,” if they had chanced to get caught at it, when they, too, were boys. * K K K Then a learned professor of law of Columbia University discussed the two classes of people in their attitudes toward criminals and the law. He classified them, as professors classify animals and bugs. One set consists of people who hold the “classical view" as was held in their early lives—strict punishment of criminals. The other class are “positivists,” who want to pre- vent making crimin: in place of wait- ing until the boys become criminals and then punishing them. It is clear that this conference i made up of “positivists,” who are not seeking to pamper crimifials, but rather to keep boys out of such environment that they will become criminal. It is only 75 years since the lord chancellor of England denounced the idea that in- sanity is a disease, now considered a palliation of crime. Environmen®, with lack of right guidance, today. is recog- nized cause of crime, and sophisticated men and women—not boy v responsible for such cau: gullty ones. ‘The classicalists pass the Baumes law, sending criminals to the peniten- ry for life, upon their fourth con- ction of felony. Society demands protection. Later the legislators decide to Study crime. Not before. T It was the intent to outline here what is being done in Washington to reduce j the army of 13,177 boys parading our streets—the felons—but, after' all, the organized work for boys is so inade- quate that the story is rather too humil- fating for the Nation's Capital. This is sald, not in depreciation of the worthy devotion of little organizations and blg individuals, but that parade ontinues its musicless march by our hurches and charities and public in- stitutions. It is half a division, and for a division to pass a given point is an all-day march. some situation as this, that the reader, |a matter of fact, just about everything too, gives up his heart to the kindliness, | that one needs to make of him a dscent the wide compassion, the big and deep and kindly human is right here in this understanding—the simple, simple way lovable and beldved book. There is also an army of girls—“bad.” sullen girls—but, let's not talk of that, (Covyright. 1928, by Paul ¥. Collina)