Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. .January 29, 1929 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company iness Office: 18 Ave. 0 East 4Ind St icago Office wer Building. Buropean Ofice; 14 Regent 8t.. London. England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star..... .......43Cper rconth Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Bundays) .. ... 80c per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundass)..... The Sunday Star ....... .5c per copy Collestion mace at the end of rach month. Orders may be sent In by mail or telephone 65¢ per month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo.. 85c | 1 yr. $6.00 1 o 50c 40c : 1 mo.. All Other States and Canada. alls and Sunday..l yr.$1200; 1 mo,$100 aily only 151l $8000 1 mol T Sunday only’ . 1 yr., $5.00i 1 mo. S0c Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Fress is exclusively cntitled o the use for republica of all rews atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- fied 1% (his paper and wiso she -ocal views published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. e = Senator Bingham's Findings. Senator Bingham's analysis of the Bureau of Efficiency’s findings on fiscal relations is in general effect encourag- ing to the District. While The Star has | always contended that the proposal to | place Uncle Sam's contribution to Capi- | tal butlding and maintenance on the basis of Uncle Sam’s lability as a tax- payer is unwise and threatens continued controversy over the moot issues in- volved, Senator Bingham has indicated | that If such a basis is adopted, in fair- ness to the District it must be followed throughout. In other words, the ques- tion does not rest merely upon the llability of the Federal Government as a municipal taxpayer, estimated on the taxable value of Federal realty and ! personalty holdings in the District | alone, but includes such kindred issues as the liability of the Federal Gov- | ernment on account of the excess | exemptions of real property and the | lability of the Federal Government on account of excess park acquisition and maintenance, the last two ilems being occasioned by the fact that the Na- tlonal Capital is located in the District. On such a basis, and without con- | sidering the all-important fact that the omnipotence of Congress over the District is coupled with its exclusive responsibility for Capital development, Senator Bingham reaches two impor- tant conclusions—first, that at least | eight hundred thousand dollars over the lump sum of nine millions are owing to the District, and second, that the Jump sum should not remain arbitrarily stationary, but should vary as the value of the property of the Government varies. There are, of course, other considera- tions than the changing values of Gov- ernment property which should affect' the varying amount of an annual lump- sum contribution, and these can be taken into account in fixing such an- nual lump-sum contribution, as long as that plan of financing the District pre- vails. The District joins Senator Bingham in his satisfaction over the fact that the Bureau of Efficlency report provides & detailed and independent study of | weapons. | pounds. Democrats, a contingency that is not likely to occur. Tt is clear that two pressing problems need the attention of the incoming Congress and administration, the farm problem and the tariff problem. At the present writing it does not appear there are other subjects of legislation that cannot well wait until the next regular session of Congress in Decem- ber. Furthermore, it will be easier to deal more effectively with the two major problemis if the Congress does not diffuse its activities, but rather concentrates upon these big jobs. The farmers of the country who have sought somz measure of relie{ from the Fed- eral Legislature for years have suf- fered much in the past because their Interests were made the foot ball of politicians in Congress. The coming special session of Congress promises more opportunity to give the farmers a square deal than has arisen in any recent Congress. It is to be sincerely desired that nothing shall be done to hinder the passage of measures to aid the farmers—measures which have been promised them again and again. - e Germany Steals a March. While Uncle Sam and John Bull are wrangling over cruisers, Michel of of the world. The Reich has evolved | a so-called light cruiser of vastly dead- lier effectiveness than any warship of the type ever designed. She is Ersatz Preussen, first of a group of four formidable sisters. According to experts, the German vessel would be capable in an engage- ment ‘of destroying single-handed two ships of the 10,000-ton type which the United States and Great Britain are now building. Although of the same displacement, Ersatz Preussen’s superi- ority lies in her greater hitting power and speed. Against the Anglo-American ships’ eight 8-inch guns—the maximum caliber permitted by the Washington treaty, to which Germany is not a party—the! Reich cruiser mounts six 1l-inch From their wide mouths a broadside totaling nearly 4,000 pounds can be hurled. The main batteries of | the American and British cruisers can throw a broadside of only 2,000-odd ‘Thus, broadside for broadside, the German cruisers would have the other 10,000-ton vessels outgunned nearly two to one. In respect of speed, the Ersatz Preus- cruisers and their British counterparts are capable of a continuous voyage of 10,000 miles at thirteen knots. The German vessels are bullt to travel that distance without refueling at twenty knots. It is estimated that they could cruise 18,000 miles, or almost three- fourths of the circumference of the globe, on their own bunker capacity of oil-fuel and under the impulse of their internal combustion engines which are sald to be of revolutionary capacity. Enacting the role of a modern Emden, it is easy to conceive that an Ersatz Preussen might paralyze high seas com- merce in any war to which Germany was a party. She could remain out of range of 10,000-ton cruisers of the American and British types and pound them to pieces—two of them at a time, if necessary. The treaty of Versailles limited the the taxation and fiscal affairs of all citles in the United States having an estimated population of between three hundred thousand and one million. ‘The District feels that its previous con- fentions relating to the tax burden borne by local residents are ably up- held by the Bureau of Efficiency. And it is with great satisfaction that the District notes Senator Bingham’s de- termination to interpret the Bureau of Efficlency statistics with the same spirit of impartiality and fairness which marked their compilation. et It is hard to eradicate latent sugges- tions of witchcraft. When you sneeze, almost any friend is liable to say *“Gesundheit!” to scare away the pneu- monia germs or rap three times on wood in order “to frighten the devil.” ———— It is estimated that only twenty peo- ple, including Mr. Einstein, can under- stand the Einstein calculations, and it is suspected that as many as nineteen in the list are bluffing, just a little. ————— The Special Session Program. ‘The plan of the Republican leaders, in conformity with the views, it is be- lieved, of President-elect Hoover, to limit the subjects to be considered in the expected special session of the new Congress to farm rellef and tariff re- vision, is already being criticized. Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, has lifted his voice against any | suggestion that the Senate, and im- pliedly the Congress, should be limited | in any way in the work it may desire | 10 undertake. The Senator from | Arkansas is for an untrammeled Con- gress, with the privilege of sending to the President any proposals for legis- | lation that it may desire, Constitutionally, once the Congress has been convened, it may go its own | pace, with the only limitation in the | ‘way of legislation the presidential veto. | Even that may be overridden by a two- thirds vote i both houses. The minority party in Congress is ever ready to embarrass, if it can, the ad- ministration in power. This is true whether the minority be Republican or | Democratic. If the Democrats can make political capital during the first session of the new Congress, with a new President on the job, so much the bet- ter for the Democrats. { As it happens, however, the Demo- crats are very much in the minority in the coming Congress, owing to the results of the last election. In the House the Republicans will have 267 members, the Democrats 166, and the Farmer-Labor party 1. There Is one vacancy. The discrepancy between the Republican and Democratic strength in the Senate, while not so great, is sufficient to make Republican control absolutely assured. Fifty-five of the Senators in the next Congress will be Republican and thirty-nine Demo- cratic, with the Farmer-Labor party having a single representative, just as it has in the House. Such being the situation, it appears reasonably certain that the plans of the Republicans to Hmit the subjects of legislation in the epectal session will be successful, unless Germany has stolen a march not only | upon them, but upon the othér navies | sens are little less marvelous. Our’ THE .EVE shielded from unfair competition, will meet with widespread approval from all save, perhaps, the Caucasians who are turning out bows and arrows, baskets, moccasins, beadwork, sandstone pipes and hatchets which are utter fakes, —— s Economy and Prosperity. Tt is possible that President Coolidge may find occasion before March 4 to make a farewell address to the country regarding his service in the White House. Such a statement would be appropriate and historically valuable, But if the opportunity should not arise or present itself suitable for a valedic- tory of this character, the address made last night will serve in its stead. For lin that statement the President re- viewed the conduct of Government affairs under his terms of fiscal policies and economies, which have been the predominating factors of the period of his presidency. In his talk to the heads of depart- ments and burcaus the President last night reviewed the operations of the last eight years, during which he noted the Nation has come up from prostrate business, unemployment, lack of confi- {dence in the economic structure and misery and distress, to a normal and prosperous condition. The FPederal Government has become the “best con- jducted big business in the world, a harmonious, efficient concern that com- in the business world in efficiency and unified control.” The intimate relationship between Government efficlency and general pros- perity became a text for the President in his summation relative to the ad- vances that have been made in the economic condition of the country. He sald: 3 Unquestionably, however, wise gov- ernmental policies and particularly wise economy in Government expendi- tures, with a steady reduction of the national debt, have had a dominant influence. The people gained confi- dence in themselves because of increas- ing confidence in their Government. The reduction of taxation made pos- sible by the cutting down of Government expenditures left more income in the hands of the people’ enabling them to increase their expenditures and thereby not only to obtain greater comforts, but to add to the demand for com- modities; it likewise helped to provide funds -for building up the capital of the country and augmenting its pro- ductive capacity. Undeniably tax reduction has reacted to stimulate business. The people are more prosperous because they are under lighter burdens of taxation, both direct and indirect. This phenomenon may stand in history as the dominating characteristic of the Coolidge adminis- tration. / ) Cabinet forecasts provide a cheering reminder of the abundance of high- class talent available for the statesman- ship of the future. et A “statesman out of a job” used to be referred to as a “politician.” Now he is a golf player or a fisherman ——t———————— If all the cabinet possibilities could be brought into line, the inaugural pa- rade would be long and imposing. r———— Florida is, for the present, allowing real estate to take care of itself, while speclalizing on political news, size of warships Germany might in future build. But it was silent about the ‘caliber of guns the Germans might mount on the ships permitted them. In particular, Versailles falled to place any embargo on German shipbuilding skill. In that important direction the Reich obtained a “freedom of the seas,” which she 1s now capitalizing to a very remarkable and somewhat disquieting degree, ———— Imitations of “old masters” have been bought for large prices. Counterfeit money usually lands in prison the person who makes it. Counterfeit art appears to be much safer. r—en— 4 Hindenburg asserts himself as ring- master of the big political circus, but former Kaiser Wilhelm still enjoys a concession to conduct a very picturesque sideshow. ———— It may be necessary for women to wear more clothes because of climatic considerations. No lady with influenza can be regarded as positively charming. —————— So much serious work has been found for the police that it will probably be permissible, Winter and Summer, to conduct promenades in bathing suits. o Indian Imitations. In a constantly increasing number of ways Uncle Sam is looking out for his citizens of aboriginal blood. He may not always have had their best interests at heart; furthermore, his red children were often so erring that they received scant sympathy in any quarter. But to- day relations are cordial and smooth. The latest idea, emanating from the Department of the Interior, which han- dles Indian affairs, is to provide a trade mark whereby articles which are the genuine output of skilled copper- colored fingers may be so trade-marked that both the red brotner and the in- expert tourist are adequately protected. It is a good idea and ought to be ful- filled without any friction or difficulty. Where “Lo” was once harassed and robbed in a variety of ways, now his lands are purchased rather than con- fiscated and his assets, if he be incom- petent, are carefully administered. True, he docs not always gain the full value of what he exchanges, as witness the projected purchase of the last In- dian-owned lands in Ontario by Ca- nadian officials. In tnat province he will sign away 128,320 square miles for $8 cash and $4 a year forever. The land is worth much more than that, of course. On the other hand, what one cannot use is rather worthless and it is a good bargain, although it may not sound so. Many such have occurred in | the United States. But when it comes down to trade- mark protection, that 18 another story. Factories in the East have been able to turn out imitations of Indian goods so successfully and so cheaply that the red men had no other recourse than to stultify themselves by acting as sell- ing agents therefor. Every purchaser wants a genuine Indian article; no one wants an imitation. The anxiety of Secretary of the Interior West, there- fore, to have adopted an Indian trade SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Theorizing. Till Mr. Einstein came along, This life seemed like a simple song; But Relativity now makes A small brain throb with various aches. I thought Ike Newton showed the way ‘To comprehend the sky's display Of suns and, comets moving fast. His teachings fade intd the past. Tiny Electrons, good or worse, Whirl like the mighty Universe; Then are obliterated, quite As a new Theory heaves in sight. Now everything is said to be No more than what we Think we see. Friend Einstein, tell us, on the spot, Are We All Here, or, Are We Not? Risky Business. “Does a political career compel a man to take chances?” “Some,” answered Senator Sorghum. “If you don't promise a friend a job you run the risk of losing a vote, and if you can't produce the appointment you lose both the vote and the friend.” Jud Tunkins says he is in favor of peace and harmony and that is why he gave Up trying.to belong to the town choir. Road Agents. Along the road the stage coach rolled, Among those Western bandits bold. How placid seems that Western scene ‘When Big Town bandits now convene! Keeping in the Picture. “Do you think sarcasm makes a girl unpopular?” “Oh, yes!” answered Miss Cayenne. | “But it's better to b2 a little unpopular than not to be noticed at all.” “A man who has become so wise that none can understand him,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, ‘“needs yet & little more wisdom to enable him to tell what he knows.” The Only Objection. In scanty costume she'll appear. ‘Who shall complain that it is bold? We merely tremble in the fear ‘That she is going to catch cold. “Tain' no use o' arguin’,” said Uncle Eben. “No one ever made a friend by showin’ somebody dat he's got de wrong idea.” e — He’s a Real Strategist. From the Elkhart Truth, The new President of Mexico has issued a decree putting an end to execu- tions by firing squaas. Seli-preserva- tion is the firsi law of nature. et When Hoover Does! From the Seattle Daily News. Many politicians pricked up their ears when it was reported from Washington, D. C, that Secretary Kellogg was “ten- dering good offices.” e Birds of Prey. From the Canton Daily News. by Mr. Coolidge at the semi-annualiacross one of her smail books, you may “business meeting” of the Government | administration in pares favorably with like establishments | An airplane struck a pedestrian the & large group of Republicans in the mark, for which a design has already other day, and if this keeal up the aviators are going to arouse the jealousy FHouse should ally themselves with the been submitted, and his wards thereby of motorists, A ’ NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The name of Kate Greenaway is not as well known today as it was a quar- ter of a century ago when the “toy books™ she created were in their heyday. Yet because her drawings were time- less in value, pcssossing a quaint beau- ty and charm, her beoks still exert an undeniable influsnce. ~Whenever you see a drawing of a child, especially if there be something about it which scems to speak of innocence, you may know that you are looking at the work of a disciple of Miss Greenaway. ‘Wherever you may happen to run ba sure that it will attract your atter tion, although the name of the illus- trator may be only a name to you. XK kK Recently we came into possession of a copy of “Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book,” one of the four which made the Englishwoman famous, and which net- ted her 8,000 pounds sterling. It is about 4 inches square, contain- ing 12 typical Greenaway illustrations in color, one for each month, and hun- dreds of what might be called thumb- nalil sketches, one for each day in the year. The verses for each day are by Mrs. Sale Barker. The book was published by the London house, George Rout- ledge & Sons. The binding is half-limp black leather, the pages have gold edges and the front cover also in gold, shows two children playing battledore and shuttlecock. * ok ok ok Kate Greenaway was born in 1846 and died in 1901. Her father was a draughtsman and engraver on wood. Miss Greenaway's water color drawings were first exhibited in 1868 in London. Her Christmas cards, in her typical manner, made what today would be called “a great hit.” were young girls, children, flowers and landscapes. “Under the Window,” published in 1879, was the first of her illustrated books to become the vogue. Her share of the profits on this venture pounds. “The Birthday Book,” “M er Goose” and “Little Ann" followed. The quaint beauty of design and charm of draughtsmanship won instant recognition, not only from the general public, which always knows what it | likes, although it may not know why, but also from great critics, such as John Ruskin. LR The shy, modest English girl had managed to do what all popular illus- trators want to do—create a “style” of their own. In reviving the quaint costumes of the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury for her pen children, Miss Greena- way made a trade mark for herself which was unmistakable. The “K. G.” in the left-hand corner Was unnecessary—every one could tell a Kate Greenaway drawing just by looking at it! Her children were compared to those of Reynolds, her flowers to those of Botticelli. England and the United States begam to think of children in the terms of her drawings, and it be- came fashionable to declare, even if it were not exactly - true, that “Kate Greenaway dressed the children of two continents.” * Kk K Miss Greenaway’s work undoubtedly shows the Botticelli infiuence. One of the illustrations in “The Birthday Book” is an especial favorite. It shows a young woman walking The subjects | |across a pale green meadow, between two idealized peach trees in bloom. She has a fat-faced baby slung over her shoulder, while at her side walks the baby's older sister, holding aloft in her right hand a large flower stalk. All three are dressed in white, with high waist, and plenty of back showing. In the distance a blue stream rolls with hills far away. Another favorite illustration is that for the month of November, showing three very young gentlemen walking along the road toward the village. They have on high-buttoned trous- |ers and little frock coats, and the most impossible of hats, ludicrous, yet touching. A red moon rolls in the clouds above. The whole is but 4 inches square, yet once seen it will never be forgotten, teaching anew the old lesson that art is not quantity but quality. * ok ok x The verses, too, are quaint enough. For January 5 we hnve:q " The joys of the teapot who will not sing? The warmest and cosiest and comfort- ing thing! Who does not enjoy a good cup of tea? Without taste or reason I'm sure they must be. There was a bit of propaganda, as neat as you please, long before the wox-l:d c;me into general use. or January 14 we find, alongside a half-inch drawing of an old lads; bur- dened down with wood: So wearied with her heavy load! So ragged, sad and cold! Dear children, always pity show To those who're poor and old. Beside the picture of a footstool, find the following for Januarywzos: i Footstool, or hassock, R Whichever you Is useful enough in its way; But it helps little people sometimes to a tumble, And big people, too, I may say. * koK % All sorts of flowers and vege! are mentioned. ~Croquet .seemgg ‘v’zbl!‘;e' ‘going out,” but battledore and shuttle- cogk \\'Als ;’lerly m;:\ch l:]n its prime. M April 1, rhyming a picture bad boy who stands grlnning: ofie Look at this boy as ycu pass by; Look, he's laughing;” I'll tell yyou why: e made an old woman an April fool; ith vulgar boys that is the rule. Tea comes to the for April 9: et Baby, with the teacup, What have you got in it? If it is tea, give it to me; Come, share it, miss, this minute, X E N Toward the end of the month the author grew melancholy, beside a gate post: Just an entrance, nothing more; Whither, whither does it go? Where glad hearts are gay and light, Or where they ache in silent woe? A drawing of a typical English house: A tiny house, a nice wee house, A house that just suits me; And when we're really settled there, I hope you'll come and see. ‘What quite won ouf own heart, how- ever, was the prophetic verse written for August 6, our birthday: This lady has come to pay a call, To have a little chat; She talks of the weather, she talks of the news, She talks of this and of that. Selection of Mo HasvSanction of American opinion, virtually without dissent, approves the selection of J. Plerpont Morgan and Owen D. Young as members of the next reparations conference which will advise the Euro- pean powers on solution of their finan- cial problems. There is doubt as to the | practicability of floating German bonds in this country now, if a German bond issue is decided upon, but there is no doubt about the ability of Messrs. Mor- gan and Young to give the nations in- volved the best advice obtainable. “Mr. Morgan,” in the judgment of the Louisville Courier-Journal, “will be in a position to advise whether Ameri- can investors can and should handle a part of the transaction. Several years ago he opposed a similar proposal on the ground that Germany was too heavily involved and the conditions in the country were not a sufficient guar- antee to.the investor. This was in 1924, when the reparations total was reck- oned in huge and hazy figures. His now reported opposition to the idea of com- mercializing the nation’s obligations causes Berlin no qualms. It argues that this was his attitude five years ago, and times and conditions have changed. Owen D. Young, an advocate of the commercialization idea, may have as his collaborator this outstanding authority on the soundness and feasi- bility of the plan.” The significance of the riames of J. P. Morgan and Lord Revelstoke in the list of experts to revise the Dawes set- tlement is emphasized by the Daily Tribune, which observe: men are not merely bankers with a banker’s knowledge of credit operations &nd a banker's familiarity with finan- clal transactions involving large fig- ures; they are pre-eminently interna- tional bankers. Lord Revelstoke is a partner in the London house of Baring Brothers. From the fact of their Pus- ence on the commission it is fair to conclude that the forthcoming settle- ment, if one is reached, will be in essence an international bankers' set- tlement.” * ok ok ok Messrs. Young and Morgan are viewed by the Nashville Banner as “men who are in position to have within their per- sonal knowledge well nigh every ma- terial fact bearing upon the momentous problems to be considered.” That paper also remarks that “while the United States has not an immediate interest in reparations, the circumstances of the allled debts and of the post-war heavy borrowings of Germany in this country, which are interwoven with reparations, make the meeting of the commission a matter of very positive concern both to this Government and to American capi- talists.” Morgan has “Appointment of Mr, been received with much satisfaction in Germany, where it is believed that his knowledge of international finance will tend to keep proposais for a settlement on a practical basis and within the ca- ! pacity of Germany to pay,” says the Rochester Times-Union, while the Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin thinks that indeed “the nations involved are fortu- nate in securing the co-operation of Messrs. Morgan and Young.” “A patriotic impulse” is seen by the New York Times “bzhind the acceptance by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Young," and the Times believes that ‘“everybody knows that these American experts were invited because they were Americans and because American interests, no matter what Congress and the adminis- tration may say, are closely wrapped up in the whole question.” The Providence Bulletin holds that their inclusion on the committee “insures a minimum of mlmcal interference with the economic ue involved, guarantees consideration for the investments made by thousands of Americans in German enterprises and promises some sound economic ad- justment of this intricate international problem.” * ok kK Mr. Morgan's presence, as appraised by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, ““fur- nishes a guarantee that every problem of banking or finance which may be raised during the discussion will have courageous and _broad-visioned con- sideration,” and the Sioux City Tribune suggests that “it is comforting to feel that the local team will compare favors rgan and Young Public Opinion ably with the best that can be produced by other nations”; that “‘whatever Mor- gan and Yo may wish to 'g:omu or protect at the conference y will handle themselves efciently.” Discussing the possibility of a bond a billlon dollars, the Erie tch-Herald sees much trouble al . “The difficulty would be to get these bonds into the hands of private in- vestors—especially American concludes this paper. “It is not believed that these bonds would at present find a good market in this country. Ameri- | can bankers are said to be against such |a flotation, while both President Cool- idge and Mr. Hoover are reported as opfiosed to it on grounds of national policy.” : ) Friend of the Classics Replies to Mr. Perkins To_the Editor of The Star: One of the readers of The Star in last, Thursday’s edition claims that most of the words used in everyday English are of German or Angle-Saxon origin. Now, I don't pretend to be very familiar with either Latin or Greek, yet I was able to pick out of the 500 or more words in that letter. 135 Latin and 31 Greek derivatives. He also deposes that most of our Latin and Greek derivatives are technical in character. See if these words are technical: Linen, anchor, dy» namite, diploma, asylum, poem, mani- fest, vigilant, circus, animal, neglect. Of these, the first six are derived from Greek, the others from Latin. As for Caesar's Commentaries or Xen- ophon's Anabasis—both were written nearly 2,000 years ago, yet they still have the power to charm the scholars of today. Why? Surely records able to endure for so long must have some appealing quality about them. Can any English translation convey clearly this quality to the reader? No, no language can accurately interpret the flavor of anothey. To be fully appreciated, any work should be read in its original form. Would you rather see a picture of a tropical landscape, or would you rather be there yourself—to see its gorgeous beauty, hear its wondrous intonations, feel its pleasant mellowness? Following Mr. Perkins' line of reason- ing, why not discard da Vinci's “Mona Lisa,” or Raphael’s “Madonnas”? They were painted hundreds of years ago— they cannot interest people of today. Regarding the words, declensions and conjugations of Latin and Greek, does not German have them, too? Certainly. And, pray, what language does not? How could any tongue possibly exist without them? We haven't yet reach- ed the age of mental telegraphy. ‘WILLIAM D. JOHNSON. Cure for Road Hogs ) From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. The best way to be assured of receiv- ing the courtesies of the road is to be a driver of a 10-ton truck. ) Repaying the Hotel Man From the Terre Haute Star. Getting half the Nation into Wash- ington for the inauguration will only repay the poor hotel men for the loss of patronage on election day. s Revolving Jail Doors From the Toledo Blade. Unless they equip it with revolving doors Chicago's new jail will be scarcely large enough, What About Paying for It? Prom the Detroit News. It is more blessed to give than to re- ceive, because when you give you don't have to take the article back for ex- change, e It’'s Not the Yule Dinner From the Butte Daily Post. 1t's not so much the Christmas dinner as the warmed-over remains that clamor for medical attention. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M MAN THE MIRACLE MAKER. Hen- drik Van Loon. Horace Liveright. Sunday night every ‘person of the thousands listening in must, by way of that experience, have captured within himself one of the few real thrills of & lifetime. There, face to face, so to speak, he came upon the officers and men of the America, each giving his own account of the rescue of the foundered Florida's crew. Here were Comdr. Capt. Fried and Capt Harry Manning. Here, too, were the eight seamen who volunteered to man the lifeboat, who fought the Each told his own story. Some in one way, some in another. Everybody in his own way. Standing by, one felt that to these men this was an ordeal greater, perhaps, than the actual service beind it. Yet for us not to have had these storles would have been loss irremedi- able. And to those fortunate enough to be on hand Sundaysnight this was a surpassing event, one not to be for- gotten nor diminished. Out of it two miracles emerge. One, that of the mechanical invention by way of which these two ships could speak to each other, could get together in spite of the monstrous sea raging below in a demonic fury of frustration and destruction. ‘The second miracle, greater even than the first, is man himself—these men. Embodied here Is courage without shadow of fear, with no dependence upon rank or standing. Here is hero- ism of epic measure. Here is sturdy devotion to the business in hand deny- ing the power even of the sea itself. Here, too, is a modesty of personal dis- claimer that sets up an inspiring pic- ture and a passion of generosity, a new quality of friendship, that quickens the heart and taps the place from which tears flow. Does 1t take the perils of the sea, or its vast isolations, to make men such as these? There is no an- swer, not any answer available. So let us turn to the pleasure and excitement of Mr. Van Loon himself in his outlook upon man as the real miracle maker. * ok ok x Authors, as a rule, hold the reader to leading strings in a compliant fol- lowing of the courses laid down by them. A proper plan, 100, in the main. Order, as you recall, is one of heaven's first laws. And this, no doubt, is a rea- son why the reader, irked by too much law and order, is overjoyed to come upon a book, like this one, that per- mits him to roam abou at will. Were it not for that amazing adventure of Sunday night, I should, very likely, have gone along side by side with Mr. Van Loon, instead of leaping over to page 201 for my start. In that case, I'd have set out with “Space” as the beginning of man’s miracle-making. Maybe it is just as well, for at this minute we are all sitting on tha edges of our chairs waiting for a new conception of that same “space”—a conception calculated to knock our present notions sky high. Too big, too immeasurable, too terrify- ing, too uncertain—space. So, let us go back to Sunday night and the radio and the men. Let us beg}i*n at page 201. * ok k k At this point Mr. Van Loon tells a story. That's what he does all the time, because he 'knows that the story is the thing with all ages and all conditions of mankind. According to this story, the Chinese thousands of years ago in- vented a toy by means of which people quite widely separated could speak to- gether. Nothing but a couple of bam- boo tubes linked by a slender wire was this toy. For a while it served to amuse them and then, after the fashion of toys, it made way for something else and was forgotten. This particular thing, however, was among those trifles that sooner or later come to the surface again in a demand for more or less of attention and interest. So, in the Mid- dle Ages, this same toy in its essentials, the very one that had amused the Chi- nese thousands of years before, caught the public mind by its strange to it speech to pass over distance to ear of the listener. The eighteenth century played with this curious con- traption. “And just when evel was about the great ibilities of ingamajig popped up for or hundredth time and was being sold widely at all county fairs.” And the notion grew that this might be a way to carry the human voice out and away from the mouth of the speak- er. It was a German, of course, one Philipp Reiss, who first brought to ical use an instrument of “soun " And he called it a “tele- ! phone.” Then a Scotch immigrant, Alexander Graham Bell, took the next step and the most vital one to the public gen- erally, that of producing the modern telephone. And then—and then—the means by which the voice, without any carrying wires at all could pass out into the air, winging half around the world and more, with messages as clearly audible as’if the speaker and listgner | birt! were in the same room—well, this is the miracle, the man-made miracle, that brings us back to the point from which we started, back to Sunday night with its story of a sea rescue, made possible :‘ymtih& wireless and the hero-men be- * ok k¥ If you want to examine any kind of man-made marvel, here it is.” It is an engrossing occupation, to run the finger along this table of contents in an ex- ploring mood. The point of pause will depend, to be sure, upon the kind of reader that you are. Maybe you would like to know how we came upon the elaborate and bothersome business of clothes. Well, here you are. Able to follow us from the time when we were ed in our own skins on up to— dear me! This is one of those cycle movements which the savants tell us is a habit of history, sort of going round and round Iikke a dog after its own . Like everything else, the story of clothes is that of the rise, the domina- tion, the rebellion, the return to former conditions—and then the whole thing over again. Perhaps this is not your choice—this story of the first coat. I would not, if I were you, abandon it too quickly, for it is a huge story after all. The “coat” means warmth and shelter, rather than the apocalypse of the modiste. It means, therefore, the whole of the builder's art, much of agriculture—houses made of ice, houses made of leaves, and by and by the modern apartment house and the city skyscraper. A wonderful story! All right, if you prefer something else, sup- pose you take your own hand, letting this illustrate some far past whengthe man-creature began to make use of his forepaws to do many things for his own safety and comfort, for the safety and comfort of those under his pro- tection for the time being. If you don’t think that this is a story-—just g0 about it here from page 83 on till the miracles are all set out before . ten to this, “From Fingers to Spad “The inventor of the spade probably was a woman. In the earliest agricultural communities of which we possess any record at all, men did not demean themselves with work in the flelds. They left that to their ‘wives and to their daughters and to their donkeys. I have no doubt that one fine day some poor, bedraggled female sea and brought back safe 31 lost men. | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Many readers send in _questions signed only with initials, asking that the answers appear in the newspaper. The space is limited and would not accomnfodate a fraction of such re- quests. The answers published are ones that may interest many readers, rather than the one who asks the question |only. All questions should be accom- | panied by the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your guestion to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. . What hours are known as the “mischief hours"?—S. U. C. A. Some police departments desig- ! nate certain hours of the 24 as the time when young boys and men are most apt to get into trouble. From 7 to 11 in the evening are looked upon as mis- chief hours. Q. How many official basket balls and foot balls are sold in the United States each year?—I. T. A. No definit® figures are available. As a very rough estimate, the Sporting that the number of official basket balls would run around 50,000 and the num- ber of official foot balls around 35,000. Q. What were the original bound: aries of the city of Philadelphia?— B A. Founded by William Penn in 1682, the original city extended from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River and from Vine street to South street. Q. Where are most of the mush- rooms canned in this country?—J. J. K. A. Most of them are cgnned in the State of Pennsylvania. Q. What fraternity recently recelved a memorial gift from Joyce Kilmer's mother?—W. G. A. The gift of a window to the Delta Upsilon Fraternity Chapter House at Rutgers University by Mrs. Annie Kil- mer in memory of her son, Joyce Kil- mer of the class of '08, was announced recently. * Q. Did women smoke in the colonial era?—D. R. A. Women of all classes are known to have smoked. Q. What did American aviators ac- complish in the World War?—T. D. A. American aviators engeged in over 2,100 combats. There were 12,830 pursuit flights, 6,672 observation flights and 1,174 bombing flights. Enemy po- sitions and strategic points were photo- BY PAUL letting him come in through the steer- age of every passenger vessel that crosses the seven seas? That seems to be the problem now facing the Senate. For the Senate is getting used to twin measures under simultaneous consid- eration. First, the Senators had to choose between the treaty outlawing war and the cruiser bill making war unwholesome to the enemy;: now it is pondering over the cruiser bill and the immigration problem. Which shall take precedence? * K ok K All Americans agree that unless we limit admittance of foreign immigra- tion.' we shall be overwhelmed with th2 millions of “outlanders” fleeing from intolerable conditions of poverty and oppression in their home lands, so there is no open debate over the need of im- migration restriction. But. what kind of ts may be acceptable even un- “iu:hmmm the World War, m¢ e 3 planning to o, America, We swarm int erica. e actually received, in 1921, 140,000,000 T nations, w! mplmm ted that 2,500,000 Ger- mans, 350,000 Polish Jews and 240,000 Iun:nsh were planning to join us fhe fol! ar. ocmwm "hnwn:d to shut the gate by passing & law limiting immigration to 3 per cent of each nationality of for- elgn-born residents already here in 1910, according to the 1910 census. Later the Nmit was reduced to 2 per cem.’}'hn law continued in force up to 1924, onut the practical result was discover- ed that upon that 1910 basis of resi-? dents actually born abroad 40 per cent of all immigration came from South- eastern Europe, although only 16 per cent of our total population had origi- nated from southeastern European h. This original basis was not put upon descent frem foreign ancestry, but upon actual foreign birth of the immigrants then in America. As the immigration of recent years had come largely from Southeastern Europe, that gave a larger number of “foreign birth” ac- tually here, constituting & basis of the 3 per cent quotas. ‘o change the census, on Wwhich to base calculations, to the 1920 census did not improve matters of selection of natfonalities, for still the large number of recent immigrants had come from Southeastern Eur reece,Czecho- slovakia, Jugoslavia and Italy. The 1890 basis, which was suggested, would have given 31 per cent of our immi- gration to our recent enemy—Germany. ‘The 1920 census was not much better as a basis of quotas. Up to 1924 all that was thought of was to count each nationality within our country, and see how many had been born abroad, then lay out quotas based upon a fixed per- centage of the foreign born already admitted. That did not take into ac- count the second generations of foreign=- born parentage, but born in America after the parents had immigrated. Much less did it recognize Americans whose ancestors had come over in the Mayflower or the Dove “before the war.” * ok ok Xk Tn 1924 Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyivania introduced a bill which discovered that America was primarily inhabited by Americans, and these had as much interest in preserving the pure- bloods as they had in the exact propor- tion of mixed-bloods from Europe. It was in that bill that the whole popu- lation was taken into consideration, and the basis of quotas of immigrants to be accepted was taken on the general basis of the nation in which the citi~ zens had originated, even back to an- cestry. Americans are recognized as well as foreigners in preserving the American country. ‘This meant that by examining the what lines of ancestry the people had come—in what general proportion. Also, the total limit was fixed at 150,000, aside from immigration coming from countries of this hemisphere, for there is no restriction on Canadians, Mexi- cans nor any other nationality born in North or Central or South America— more's the pity, perhaps, according to grew tired of breaking her nails while pulverizing the soil with her hands and picked up a stick or a stone and let it do the work of her fingers”"—and there's the spade, in its prime essential, if you please. It is not possible to name even the wonders of this book—to name_the miracles that man has made. It is not possible to tell at any length of the plausible quality of this record— of the gradual steps from this to that in a practical everyday adaptation of means to ends from the crudest times | life on up to this amazing day of achieve- ment. Nor is it possible to describe the dramatic punch of this author's writ- o Topetner, Shougming. seope. the er, ug! e 3 reasonableness, the sheer ennmnoP‘::t the story-teller—as such—in themes, hun- of that are of immediate the restrictionists. * ok kK This»Reed bill was passed, to go into effect July 1, 1928, but subsequently Congress postponed the date for its moment and of thrilling content, here is a book so surpassing in substance and form as to promise delight and solid fact and &mportant information for the rest-of one’s life—at least one’s e in the present turn at existence. Praise for Hendrik Van Loon is close to clear and unpardonable supereroga- tion. I'm not attempting to praise him. Instead, this is only an effort toward expressing something of my own delight in him, and with this goes the hope that you, too, ‘may have a chance at “Man the Miracle Maker.” Goods Dealer of St. Louis, Mo., states What's the use of building cruisers to keep the enemy off cur.shores, and then census it was to be ascertained from | graphed 17,845 times. From these plates 585,000 prints were made, Q. When were horse cars first used in Washington, D. C., and_when. did electric cars come in?—A. R. H. A. On July 11, 1862, the use of horse cars was inaugurated in Washington on a line from the Willard Hotel to the Capitol. On July 29, 1862, the line was extended from the Capitol to the State Department. Later in the year it was extended to the Navy Yard. On April 12, 1890, horse cars wers abandoned for cable .cars, although after the powerhouse burned down, 4 horses were again used for a short time. The electric system of cars was inaugurated by the Seventh street sys- tem in January, 1895. July 7, 1896, an east-and-west line using electricity was inaugurated. Q. How much should & college boy weigh?—S. W. H. A. Weight would vary with height, according to the Society of Directors of Physical Education. This soclety has set the following standard of measure- ments of the physically ideal American student of '22: “With a height of 5 feet 9 inches he carries a weight of 159 pounds. The girths of his neck, knee and calf are the same, with the | upper arm 114 inches less. The girth | of his thigh is '; inch less than that of his head. His expanded chest is 40 inches, the girth of his waist 10 inches less, his hip girth almost the same as his unexpanded chest, while the breadth of his waist barely ex- ceeds the length of his foot, and ths stretch of his arms measures 2 inches more than his height.” Q. What hymn was sung by the Disciples: of Christ at the Last Sup- per?—W. T. 8. A. Tradition says that the hymn sung was the “Great Hallel” of the Jewish Passover celebration—that is, the Psalms CXII-CXVII, inclusive. . Q. What kind of bears are the largest in Yellowstone National Park?—T. K. A. The grizzslies are the largest. They weigh from 900 to 1,000 pounds. Q. Is it possible to transplant 10- year old cedar or fir trees>—P. J. A. 1t is often done. The best time is early in the Spring before the growth starts. Care should be used, particu- larly with the roots, so they will not dry out. As much as possible of the root should be retained. If the trees are transplanted in rich. earth their future growth will be materially aided. Watering is the principal thing in car- ing for them after transplanting. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS V. COLLINS. going into force up to next July 1. It so stanas now. It was referred to three cabinet of- ficers, the Secretaries of State, Labor and Commerce, to work out the sta- tistics which constituted the guotas for the respective nations. These three officials reported against the possibility of ever ascertaining the true quotas, and today there is a vigorous effort to repeal | the law entirely. 1t is obvious that that | activity does not come from immigra- tion restrictionists, but from groups of | immigrant citizens or their descend- ants. “America for Americans!” is n their rallying call, but rather “Amer.c: for the Ghengis Khans and their foi- lowers!™ ‘The most active opponent of “na- tional origihs” is the Steuben Socie.y comprising Germans, for they alleg truly that the national origins bas. would favor the British, raiher tha; the German element. So their maga zine, the Progressive Megazine, char acterizes the basis as “wicked" an “nefarious” and cries “Deutschlan {iber alles!” > * k¥ % All the opponents of the Reed lat advocate its repeal on the ground the otas “separate families,” althoug.: re 1S no compulsion upon the heac of any family to leave the countr; where his family is obliged to remain with or without him. - However, it i not true that the law does separatc husbands from wives or from young children. One proposal is to give our immigra- tion officials discretionary power to make individual selections of immi- grants, to which proposition is ralsed the objection that that would open the door to petty political pull and graft. A judge argues that We should admit thousands of immigrants so as to “re- duce unemployment,” in caring for the needs of the increased citizenship. The very object of restriction is to reduce unemployment. * ok om o While the three members of the cabinet ' reported against the national origins as a quota basis, declaring it to be unworkable, the experts/ of the Census Bureau, including Dr. Joseph A. Hill, chief statistician, declare it to be entirely practicable. Even if the Census Bureau should find that there were some inaccuracies in taking a census, the errors could not be large enough seriously to -affect the quotas. Dr. Hill, speaking on this sub- ject before the Senate committee in 1927, said: “It is only fair to say that 150,000 immigrants means one immigrant to 600 inhabitants. So an error of 600 would make a difference of only one immigrant; an error of 6,000 would mean 10 immigrants, and an er- ror of 60,000 would mean 100 {mmi- grants. On this basis an error of 1,000.- 000 in the classification of the 1920 population would mean 1,680 difference in the quotas.” * ok ok % The loeseness of some of the conten- :{(‘msP of !hel “antis” is illustrated by | the Progressive Magazine's arguments. The editor of that publication has writ- | ten a book, “The Germans in the Mak- |ing of America,” in which he includes all of Teutonic stock, even the 3,000,000 Dutch Hollanders. He thus sets up a claim that the “Germans” constitute 26.8 per cent of the total white popula- tion. He includes not only Holland, but Austria, Poland, Switzerland and even France, where there are many people of German ancestry, though each of those countries have quotas. o In 1926 Senator Wadsworth of New York introduced a bill to admit certain relatives of immigrants, in addition to the regular quota of 164,667. An in- vestigation by the State Department discloged that that provision would open the gates to an_extra 577,000 immi- grants over the fixed limits of 164,667 (nominally 150,000 besides the 100 mint- mums, etc.). The law already admits certain rela- tives in the non-quota class, namely, an unmarried child, under 18 years of age, and the wife of any American citizen. It also gives preference, up to 50 per cent of the quota number, to applicants who are unmarried children under 21 years of age, belonging to quota immi- grants; also to wives, husbands, fathers or mothers of United States citizens. By @ 1926 amendment the law was made to admit the wife and unmarried child of any allen minister or professor who had entered prior to July, 1924. Many other proposals intended to widen the gates to aliens, under various pretexts, have been urged upon Con- gress. Chairman Johnson of the immi- gration committee of the House points out that a recent test showed that there were then pending 20,500 applications from Northwest Europe, and 176,500 *applications from, Southeast Europe. Secretary Kellogg also emphasized the Idnct‘t'hlt '":: and those children un- ler years of age can enter ess of quota restrictions. Last i than 18,000 came in as dren without the quotas. (Copyright, 1929, by Paul V. Collins)