Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR o With Sundsy Merning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY. .April 6, 1020 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star | RSRCEE SR, YA Rate by Mall—Payable Maryland and Virginia, e | ted ‘The Aseociated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of il news d tches credited to it or not otherwise cre in this paper and also the jocal ne published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. g g i i they used fore oil supplanted stations, a8 By 3 i g I i E i 1 gef 4 i i - §et 1 § AR . ! Breasks establishment already is as “limited” as any limitation agreement could possibly make it. It is mainly to thresh out the multi- farious and fundamental’ detalls of the | A Vicious Proposal. Every o often a member of Congress, | searching for ways and means to m-} fict additional taxes upon the District, | hits upon a plan which if carried to its | logical conclusion would soon result in | making the motorists as a class support | the city. Such & scheme has just been | propoted by Representative Frederick | | Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the | Mouse District committee. Mr. Zihlman, | according to press reports, would in-| crease the two-cent gasoline tax in the Disirict “o three cents and take one- | #xts of the revenue thus brought 1n“ and apply it to park development. “It; is my hope,” says the chairman of the' HWouse District committee, “that the| park lands acquired by the District and | now lying undeveloped will be equipped | | 1931, international naval problem that states- men and admirals are shortly foregath- ering again on the shores of Lake Geneva. They are not holding a dis- armament conference. They are only seeking to turn on the light in dark | corners, in order that, sooner or later,; there may be no darkness anywhere, they were in Washington in 1921, for a parley called to perfect a pact. The five-power agreement effected here provides for another conference in It would accord with the fitness of things if President Hoover were to invite it to the Potomac. R Tragedy and Law Enforcement. PHTLE il E - g gt come beyond the $30,000. It is quite likely that both courses will be adopted. are yet made, although it is beyond doubt certain that the edministration will move for a revision of the tax laws to reduce the rate of taxation as soon as such reductions may be made with safety. The Government is about to launch a farm-rellef plan which may cost hun- dreds of millions of dollars. It has al- | and the powers may be convened. as|ready embarked upon a huge project of flood prevention in.the Mississippi Valley, and the Navy has been author- ized to expend ‘almost three hundred | million dollars for new craft. Until it has been determined what effect these expenditures will have upon the ces of the Government, it is safe to say no step will be taken looking toward tax reduction. The fact that there is talk, The summary of prohibition tragedies in the last fifieen months, which shows that sixteen persons have met their however, in administration circles at this early date of & possible tax reduc- tion gives a considerable measure of wit! | h Toads and bridle paths and Other | jo\y\ ot the hands of prohibition en- | hope to the American taxpayer. Improvements through the operation of such legielation.” Seidom has a more vicious or dis- | eriminatory proposal been made. As ‘well tax the motorist for the sewer sys- | tem or the public ‘building program in | the National Capital as to tax him for | park development. It is a fundamental “principle that money derived from auto- | mobile owners as a class should be used | for construction and maintenance of | Toads, signals and others items which | _directly affect them. This pflnclple.i “pay as you ride,” is the basis for the gasoline tax, and if gasoline tax monies are used for any other purpose in any State or city then the tax in that par- ticular secticn s unnecessary and ‘should be promptly repealed. As a matter of fact, Washington never ‘wanted or needed the gas tax. Prior to | its establishment taxation of the local motorists was sufficient for the needs | of the city. Washington, however, was | compelled to mccept the tax because | Maryland would not grant reciprocity | otherwise, and the acceptance of the tax, due to last-minute changes in the bill in Congress, cost District motorists | & million dollars additional a year. The ; automobile driving fraternity of Wash- ington, however, regarded this imposi- tion philosopiically on the theory that if Congress kept up its regular allot- ment for street construction and main- tenance the additional revenue from the | gas tax would serve to augment the| fund to & degree that would assure a comprehensive yearly street program. And although Congress did not keep up its appropriation the additional monies have been adequate to provide the Na- tional Capital with everything that it needs in the way of well kept highways, Motorists of the District are perfectly willing to pay their share for the con- struction and repair of streets and through the operators’ permit revenue for the establishment and maintenance of automatic signals. Washington motorists, however, are not willing and whould not be called upon to pay, as a «class, for improvements in the National Capital in which they can have no pos- sible interest as motorists. The argu- ment that part of one-sixth of the gas tax money will be used for roads in the parks holds no appeal to them. The parks are Federal reservations, yet Mr. Zthiman would insist that District mo- | torisis should pay for them not only as | motorists, but as taxpayers in addition. Roads in Federal parks should- not tome out of gas tax funds and neither should bridle paths or other park de-' velopment. Car owners of the city do not believe that any such principle can | be clothed with logic. Motorists believe that money for perk development, water develop- ment, building development and all other kinds of development, not affecting them, should be paid for by the people of the city as a whole, including themselves as general tax- payers. And finally, the motorists of. the city resent attempts of Maryland members of Congress to plaster upon them additional gasoline tax burdens simply to protect Maryland dealers in gasoline who are situated near the bor- der and who undoubtedly lose some ‘business on account of the lower cost of gasoline in the District. —— e ‘ To the plain citizen, remote from official formalities, a question of social precedence means little. Yet it has its wvalue. It is something to talk about and is not likely to develop in such & way as to make demands on the tax- payer. Disarmament Illusions, With the preciseness of expression 'fll ‘which he is addicted, President Hoover hes just taken occasion to clear’ up some misapprehensions about the ‘forthcoming meeting at Geneva of the “preliminary commission” on limitation of armament. The United States will be represented there by Ambassador of 1927. * Mr, Hoover wants the country forcement officers and nine prohibition officers have been killed by law evaders, will be viewed from two extreme angles. The members of one minority will smack their lips and gleefully applaud the timely end of those who flaunted the law of the land, with fatal results. The members of another minority will heatedly denounce the slaughter of innocent American citizens. Both of the minorities will unite in polite ex- pressions of due regret over the death of the prohibition enforcement officers. But, between these two extreme points of view, there is a sane middle ground upon which stand the vast majority of American citizens. They realize that against the comparatively small body of enforcement officers there is arrayed & host of men, organized, banded together and made desperately bold in their pursuit of the fat rewards of an illicit industry. They know that when these two elements meet, sparks fly, and the victory often depends on the side that is quickest on the draw. They know that for every score or more of criminals who would shoot to kill there must be one or more scatterbrained enforce- ment officers who are so human as to lose their heads under the stress of excitement, whose fingers are too eager to press & trigger and whose moral equipment is not quite strong enough to enable them to resist the temptation of using their badges and their guns for revenge, for cowardly builying and for imbecile abuse of authority. The resulting tragedies, not only the tragedies which involve the loss of life, but the tragedies which occur when the law runs amuck and a citizen is de- | prived of all the rights which should | be guaranteed him as a citizen, are the inevitable accompaniments of the “great moral experiment” upon which a Nation of one hundred and twenty million people is embarked. That there should be tragedies is distressing. That there have been only one hundred and ninety deaths since the prohibition amendment became effective in 1920, nine years ago, is remarkabie. A belief that there will ever be an end of death and tragedy while the law is enforced is founded on nothing more solid than dreamy illusion. The news that comes from the White House, to the effect that the President will not sanction illegal search and seigure, is not as startling as it might seem. No President, and no prohibiton official, has ever countenanced such tactics, and President Hoover is gen- erally regarded as a man of sound mind. The President, and the officers under him, will continue to em- phasize the importance of regard for one law while enforcing another law. This attifude will not be a cure-all for the occasional flarebacks and explosions that mark the conduct of the experi- ment of prohibition, But as the ex- periment progresses, the mistakes should lessen. If the accidents become more important than the experiment, the time will have arrived for changing or dropping the experiment. But that time | has not yet arrived. — et A young singer files suit for libel aganst an opers magnate who says he merely refrained from comment on her singing. Regardless of his opinions, the opera promoter finds himself obliged to contribute more or less valuable pub- licity to & budding career. Earned Income. A greater measure of distinction be- tween “earned” income and “unéarned” income is to be made in any tax-reduc- tion bill that the Hoover administration proposes, This is economically both wise and just. President Hoover, it is said, realizes that earned income, so far as the great mass of citizens is con- cerned, must bear the burden of provid- ing for a rainy day. The income which comes from bonds, stocks, real estate or other property holdings, if the property is wisely purchased and wisely held, has T e The Mexican rebel who attains a moderate degree of influence promptly finds himself with a number of sub- rebels on his hands. No authority goes urcontradicted. ———— e There is no longer any such thing as & “joy-ride.” The crowded roadways make every motor journey an experience involving a certain amount of fear. o Pirates, like Capt. Kidd, distributed grog as a mere incident and looked for gold angd jewels. At present the grog is the main inspiration of piracy. e ‘There is one relief soon to be ex- pected. The crocus foretells that the first circus will be due before many weeks pass. -t ‘The rum raider who kills a suspect arrives at scant glory for having made at least one permanent teetotaler. B T ‘Wall Street seeks to discourage specu- lation. And yet Wall Street would never be the same without it. ————————— A smaller dollar bill will be accom- panied by the hope that its purchasing power will grow larger. ————————— ‘To the orderly mind the great ques- tion in Mexico still relates to what the shooting is all about. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Early April. April Fool went drifting by, i Bringing sunshine to the sky. Though the North Wind bellowed loud, And a storm lurked in each cloud, | Not too warm, nor yet too cool, South Wind murmured “April Fool!” “April Fool!” the Crocus gay Seemed so joyously to say. *“April Fool,” in youthful pride, Hyacinth and Jonquil sighed. As we feared a frosty rule, Came -good tidings—"April Fool!” Recognizing Superior Force. “Are you in agreemient with all the things your constituents require you to vote for?” “Not exactly,” said Senator Sorghum. “But my constituents are set in their ways and I am not so foolish as to think I can reform them.” Jud Tunkins says & man who won't admit he has ever been wrong makes a big mistake, right there, Political Drama. In problems we must still engage, As time slips on its way. And even now we set the stage For next election day. Caring for Sojourners. “Where are you going to build the new jail?” “Up on the hill, yonder,” answered Cactus Joe. “We want it to be visible as a warning to evildoers. At the same time we don’t want it to be so alluring as to compete with the hotel de luxe Crimson Gulch is planning to build.” “A kind word,” said Hl Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is too soon forgotten, and a harsh one too long remembered.” The Friend Severe. I love the sunrise beautiful. A friend it makes me dread— That old alarm clock dutiful ‘Who gets mie out of bed. “De unemployment problem,” said Uncle Eben, “’pears to me 'bout like | broader dis: Is you lookin' foh a position, or does you want work?” vt Blue Monday for Him. Prom the Dayton Daily News. That man who was arrested for stealing six off the lines started his criminal career early in the week. States. of The first pu book s to enmmm , to after reading the brilliant amateur. Golf is learned on the dening is learned In the golfer who does not read all he can about his game, however, is missing something, and exactly the same thing may be sald of the amateur gardener who falls to keep up with the garden the knowledge uprearing of children is God-given. While every golf beginner will admit that Bobby Jones might be able to give them a few pointers id an article, the amateur gardener seems 1o think that study of this subject is be- neath him. Has he not seen honest but dumb countrymen tilling the most beautiful fields of produce, and has one of them ever read a book on the subject? What he forgets is that such men are the product of a tradition, that they have learned their business from their rents, that they acquired their skill the hard school of trial and error. The mistakes they made do not show in yonder waving fleld. Nature kindly wiped them out long ago. * k% x ‘The average city man or woman who takes to gardening as a pleas- urable pastime needs not only the in- struction which is contained in garden books, but, even more, he needs the communion with the writers of them. Enthusiasm lies at the heart of all production, whether of books, articles, flowers, soap or whatnot. The man who bullds on enthusiasm, whether his own or some one eise’s, is the achiever. In the garden it is not necessary that this achievement be anything startling. Sometimes one may well think that the United States puts too much stress upon large achievement, and not enough upon the smaller and less spectacular doings of the individual. Many a man achieves without setting the world on fire. Judged from the flamboyant standpoint, he has done nothing, but judged by common sense and decency he is a conqueror of the first rank. We are so used to publicity methods in this country that we are sgésggéii H i8¢ i Ll fifigfzi ] £ : i i3 E 22 LE placed back on the shelf. From then on, even if one could remember pre- cisely what he has read, which he never can, he would not be able to apply It even approximately to the actual cases which arise before him. The writer writes from his own ce, and the reader reads from his own. While their two minds are in actual contact, there may be a fine flow of understand- ing, but when the reader closes the books he ground and harvesting what Nature grows, there is no human being who ever arrived at complete mastery. The | reading of books on horticulture, how- ever, will go a long n{ toward keeping | the amateur grower keyed up to his | best. If a book does this, it has done some . Therefore, do not be disap- pointed if a book does not “solve your problems.” Few do! The big thing that any book can do is to interest the reader, and if it does that its mission has been fulfilled. Pay no attention to those who would sneer when they see a garden book in your hand. Those who do not buy books do not love them, and those who do not love books belong to another race. ‘Those who must read about their hobbies can go their way undisturbed, secure in the knowledge that the it horticulturists have been great readers, too. The prospect of a Republican house- cleaning in the South at the hands of President Hoover is hailed with enthu- slasm cans. and corruption is banished patronage, the public looks for benefits which will extend to both parties, but f the new policy is successful from doubt that the President’s stand will have any considerable effect toward solidifying the Republican gains made there in the last election. “Long ,” says the Boston Tran- script _ (Independent), “we advocated that if a Republican President could not find reputable members of his own party to represent him in the South he should solicit the aid of reputable Dem- ocrats, of whom the Southern woods are full, and President Hoover’s hint appears to embody that idea.” The St. Paul Pioneer Press (independent) calls the move “a reform of the highest im- portance, which should free the South of the deadening weight of its one- party system, give new political vitality and ener“ to those States and cleanse the Repul party itself of the scan- Idalous system. The Republican party meets the South half way.” “If the Republicans go earnestly to work to clean up their affairs in the South,” advises the Charlotte News (Democratic), “it becomes the Demo- crats to show equal earmestness and activity in doing the same thing in States where their own name is none too highly prized.” The Memphis Com- mercial Appeal (Democratic) wecomes the proposed action with the conclusion that “it cannot fail to result in the elevation of Democratic morals, which at times have descended to a low ebb— a condition that must inevitably pre- vail when there is but one political party.” * K kK | large tion.” ‘The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Repub- lican) protests against “complete domi- nation by one party, whether Republi- can or Democratic,” and holds that “a strong minority is the best possible guarantee that the party in power will keep on its ‘mettle.’ " fying his party,” says the Schenectady Gazette (independent Democratic), “he is performing a public service in seeking to end a corrupt condition that nat- urally had an .adverse effect upon & and important section of the Na- .” The Little Rock Arkansas Ga- zette (Democratic) states: “Both Dem- ocrats and blicans throughout the South will welcome these measures from the White House. The South as & whole is ‘concerned, for the South as a whole suffers if in any Southern States the minority’s affairs are in the selfish hands of Republican racketeers.” “If President Hoover's ambition were nothing more than partisan, ry to , to hold Southern States only for the added it ‘would give the Re- blican- party,” in the o|(m|km of th’e “there might be small reason to wish the President luccmmsg; &l: 1; uu;e the two-party system in the t those States in a way to Hoover’s Reforms in South Welcomed by Both Parties both Democrats and Republi- | comment in the South discloses general | ing “President Hoover is not merely puri- aff | have this its future takes on & bright~ | ness not hitherto known.” | “Never until the South began to fig- |ure in the Republican electoral col- umn,” the Omaha World-Herald (inde- pendent) remarks, “did any Republlmnl President move to correct the condi- tions, or any outstanding leader, includ- Mr. Hoover himself, rise to de- { nounce them.” The Milwaukee Journal | (Independent) suggests that “there is! | altogether too much of party and too| Mitle of the responsibility of govern- ment in the Hoover pronouncement,” imwah that paper concedes that ®it is| reassuring to find even this much prom: | ise of departing from recent practices.’ | “We believe that President Hoover himself was represented by some very practical . Northern politicians before | the Kansas City convention in the | scouring of the Southern country,” ob- serves the New York Evening World (independent), while at the same time agreeing that “if President Hoover can rid his party of the low influence that dominates it in the South he will be entitled to the warmest congratula- tions.” ok ok ok ‘The Birmingham News (Democratic) maintains that “it will not be easy to induce either respectable Democrats or respectable Republicans to engage in| the work of reconstruction so long as| the 60-year-old system of keeping the| selection of Republican delegates as the | prime objective of Federal appointments throughout the South” is maintained. “Whether a true Democrat is capable of being whistled away is a_subject of pros and cons, argumentatively speak- ing,” suggests the Fort Worth Record- ‘Telegram (Democratic). “It to appear that we will be having answers to the riddles within a year or two." In iblieanism is dressed for company, ready for any- thing to happen. “As Virginia will be the first Southern State to hold a State contest since the November election,” records the Roa- noke World News ( cratic), “it will be the orded to the Republicans of measur®| ing their chances of holding their Southern gains. Republicans in Wash- are frank enough to say that they hardly expect to elect any of their State ticket, but hope to & for- midable showing for its chological effect throughout the South.” The New Orleans Times-Picayune (independ- ent Democratic) contends: “If Mr. Hoover believes that the political affilia- tions of Southern States can be re- versed . merely by setting up where needed better systems for distribution of the ?eden"l patronage, he imagines 8 vain i “None of the glorious traditions of this wealth are in the remotest degree mn’e'cud .with that political {us to have evs B 15 E5z3s § ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. i S e beth in 1571. jeweled armlet having in the '+ | thereof a clocke.” the pretensions of ’ it is because she does not want erything our own way.” Brazil, the first South American coun- try to offer opportunities for European colonization, , as Dr. Gibbons sees it, a brilliant future. It is nearest of all the countries to the Old World. “At be- | the time of this writing Rome and Madrid are both @announcing direct service by alr to Natal, and say that they will deliver letters in Rio de Janeiro in less than three days. So the world is moving.” In spite of Nature’s niggardly treatment of Chile, in giving her only a narrow strip of fertile land between the Andes and the Pacific, Chile has great natural resources of ni- trates, copper and coal. Tp develop her resources, she has secured many loans in the United States. “American interests "fcolntrol ”uxwhcmt of the copper, uding the largest copper mine in the world. We are heavy own- ers of nitrate securities, and we are { developing Chile'’s iron ore. American banking and trading firms run textile and sugar mills and operate a chain of grocery stores. Our International Tele- phone & Telegraph Co. has recently acquired the Chilean telephone system. * % k% Most_readers of Dr. Gibbons' “New Map of South America,” for probably most of the readers live in the United States, will be especially interested in the attitude of the South American countries toward our own country. There is much discussion of this. In connection with the League of Nations, Dr. Gibbons says: “Undoubtedly Brazil, Argentina and Chile would all feel the necessity of active participation at Geneva were the United States a mem- ber of the League. But as long as we belong neither to the League nor to the World Court, it is natural that our Latin American neighbors that have pretensions to be ‘great powers’ should be indifferent to the League. * * * Moreover, it is difficult to see what ad- vantage League membership, 50 long as the United States abstains, has for the larger Latin American states. ‘Their foreign policy is almost exclusive- 1y devoted to questions of the Western Hemisphere.” The chapter on-“Pan- Americanism” mentions’ the various pan-American conferences which have been held—commercial, financial, scien- tific, labor, sanitary, postal and others, Dr. Gibbons speaks with praise of the work for harmony in the Western Hemisphere done by the Pan-American Union and its director generai, Dr. Leo 8. Rowe. “Much has been accomplished through its library, its publications, the facilities it offers to students of the political and economic history of the two continents, and the full and splen- did economic information it is dissemi- nating. Every month, in its beautiful building, the_ representatives of the American republics get together to talk things over. Good will is also created by social functions. Most important of all, Dr. Rowe is tireless in his en- couragement of and aid to the organ- ization of pan-American conferences dealing with specific problems.” * ok xx Surely author could have no better send-off than that given by R. H. Mottram to H. W. Preeman in the preface to “Joseph and His Brethren. Mr. Mottram says: “It all depends on what you want. If you like that school of fiction—I will call it the cocktail school—which plays variations upon such incidents as that of Lord Snooks shooting the lovely Miss Jones in the back as she is coming out of the bath- room, you' had better not read this book. You will not like it. * °* * After all, you had better read this book, whether you think you will like it or not, just as you had far better refresh and restore yourself with joint, dump- lings, greens, 'taters, a bit of cheese and what pseudo-ancient inns miscall a tankard—but Mr. Preeman and I still call & mug—of draught ale, all of which this book strongly resembles, rather than with any cocktails ever concocted. * * * The scene is laid in the eastern part of the county of Suffolk in England, but, unless I am very much mistaken, it might as well| t) have been laid in one of the agricul- tural districts of New England. * * * The farm, then, is the subject of the book. There is no catas e. Sev- eral sudden deaths (so rightly observed by Mr. Freeman as taking place in the open air—Father and mother died in the fields,’ says Ben), but no violent ones are there; no purple lusts, but four absolutely life-like courtships, tongue-tied and progressing with ac- curate detail from bits of sweet man- gold to chocolates, as the years ad- vance, or even omitting both and go- ing straight to babies; no greater in- dulgences than beer that has been tolerated for 700 years and tobacco for 800. No frills, absolutely none. There is absence of far-sought effect, the di- rect pleasure in the model that hap- pens to have been under the creator’s nose since childhood. * * * Mr. Freeman has come across and faith- fully portrayed one of the most primi- tive and outlast! types we res the Richmond dent Democratic), suf ion that “Virginia Democrats who last year voiced a against o | ETages. 100 | as much of For centuries fermented mare's milk has been found by the natives of Mon- golia to be the most satisfactory of bev- ges. A to Owen Lat 3 who recently returned from a journey througl Q. To settle an argument, please state what color milk is—H. B. A. Milk is an opaque white or yel- lowish-white liquid. The amount of yellow color depends upon two classes of yellow pigment found in plants eaten by cattle, which color the butter fat. These pigments are carotins and Xxan- throphylis. The whitish color of milk serum 18 due to interference with the passage of light by the casein in pseudo- solution. Q. Why do we never find dead birds about uniess they have been killed by accident or design?—L. R. 8. A. The Department of Agriculture says that birds’ bodies disintegrate rap- Q. When was the English East In- dian Co. formed?—W. E. S. A. In 1599 the Dutch raised the Ebe of pepper from 3 shillings to 6 per pound, and in September of that Toar o the. pirpose. of Joiing & for the purpose of a company to direct trade to the Indies. The East India Co. was granted a chare ter by Queen Elizabeth in 1600, and was first called “Govenour and Com- pany of Merchants of London Trading with the East Indies.” In 1698 William TII incorporated the “English Company Trading with the East Indies.” The two were amalgamated in 1708 under the title “The United Company of Mer- Indies,” commonly - called “Honorable East India Company.” Q. Please give some information sbout the Pennsylvania State Forestry School—R. D. 8. A. The Pennsylvania State Forestry School, at Mount Alto, Pa., was estab- lished in 1903. The school is author- ‘Two formidable crises confront the Hoover administration at its outset. Like some of the previous dilemmas of ouf history, these loom big and threat- ening. ‘The days of “fifty-four-forty or fight” were passed over without serious blood- shed. Our “manifest destiny” has never burst o e The Dred Scobt case and Civil War have been survived and ;thfi Government at Wi ves.” racy—except _in President Hoovi not wisely but too well, and Vice Presi- dent Curtis has shaken up the Depart. ment lg S’l:te and orators are “view. ing wi alarm” the possible. com tions. Canada may boast “I'm AE‘“ | But not that. is the challenge of our i ood Injun, the V. P.—just the reverse. * % % x It seems strange how the State De- ‘partment can become confused over complications not really belonging to its responsibilities. Now it is worry- ing over precedence, when even the Declaration of Independence estab- llsheddrnr llll time it all men created equal. Why worry? Haven't the ladies now lchlemdnz masculine standing, making them equal, too? Things equal to the same things are mlll;l to hex:ch other. ut this problem really belongs to the military and naval deplnn'l:fl‘&, rather than the Department of Diplo- macy; and there it is definitely settled by the code of salutes by the big guns. ‘The guns bang 21 times in honor of a sovereign, including the President of the United States or of Andorra. When the dinner bell rings in the White House, the United States President goes out first; others may follow if and when hun, s the precedent, to effect that, other | things being equal, preference is to the American in America. * Kok % For our Vice President and for am- bassadors of foreign countries, the big guns go bang 19 times. Who gets these grstl‘.‘ our Nn\g' ;illl IBA"P that “there glory enough for all”—especially for he American in America. (For 'fi’ury" substitute what the sailors and soldiers call “chow.”) As for ministers plenipotentiary and envoys the most extraordinaty, the sta- tus thereof is established by the Bi Berthas of the Navy or Coast Guard, which sound off only 15 times, Even for a member of the cabinet or Pres- ident of the Senate, the roar comes 17 times. Foreign diplomats wear high hats, but they can't “high-hat” our own statesmen in our own Capital. The artillery learned to sing on the march, “Keep Them Calssons Rolling,” and 'they never missed a mess; why should a Vice President not sing the same dit! Under the Kellogg multilateral treaty we may have no further use for our Navy, but it should be preserved as a glorified dinner bell, to notify the men are easily learn to recognize the mess call. * k% % loover’s dilemma i$ not s¢ is hands with hang ‘which has President ed. He come into vogu e el nth ceptury ane to the wilds of American colonies, but never ived on the continent of Eu- rope with much favor. It is a sort of plebeian affectation, introduced by x: venus who used it to curry votes h this territory, one can receive | ¢, ‘kick” from this drink as other alcoholic beverage. Mr. from any Lattimore has written a book about the experiences he this idly. Dead birds are eaten by predatory | mflmh and insects. chants of England Trading to the East| | | forest community, with & 23,000-acre forest attached. nna' x mehfil;fll it d—%g x:“ : ing of .—C. 3 A. The Byrd fon to the South Pole sailed in a fleet of four ships—the City of New York, the Eleanor Bolling, the Sir James Clark Ross and the C. A. Larsen, It m’:d |Lhe m h:hlmltely equmed e tion ever un- en polar research. More than & million dollars was spent in outfitting. Besides the ships’ crews, there are 82 scientists, engineers, aviators and radio ‘The larders contain 1,200 dif- four planes, including & plane and three smaller planes for scout work, as well as snow motors and caterpillar tractors. Seventy-nine dogs were taken along. One plane has been wrecked and at least one of the dogs has died. Q. How is rainfall measured?—L. 8. A. Rain is measured by exposing & suitable gauge in a position where it will catch approximately the full amount of water that falls upon the earth's surface at the point in ques- tion. 'The receiving can is usually 10 times the diameter of the small meas- urin{‘mbe into which the contents of the larger can are poured for conven- fence in measuring. One inch of rain- fall indicates that the rain has fallen 1o & depth equal to one inch over the adjacent territory. Q. How many ;‘rm f,*},’ ?wu‘;hg visit- ing Eur to n?—V. R. ‘A. Th?w‘gxld Traveler predicts that 75 per cent of the people who travel abroad will go to London. Q. Please list some flowers that will grow where it is shady part of the time—H. B. A. The following flowers thrive in partial shade: Basket flower, sweet suitan, clarkia, platycodon, godetia, Drummond phlox, pansy, sweet alyssum, lupine and forget-me-not. Q. Phonograph records look as though they are made of rubber. What material is used?—E. G.» A. At one time records were made of rubber. A composition had to be found. Shellac, china clay or tal- cum powder, coloring pigments, barium or barytis, asphalt and cotton flock are the principal ingredients. Q. What has been America'’s greatest contribution to medicine?>—S. P. A. That would be & matter. of opin- ion, but one of America's great con- mbuuoa: was the discovery of the use of anesthetics for operations. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. e e et ceasing to be the type and model of politeness, a President immediately sug- gests itself as 3 more economical chief nalogy of the discipline Navy and Army is before us all, and no one would affirm that the service be carried on, even that of Republican countries, if the captain of & man-of- war or the colonel of a regiment shook hands with h.u‘mm:' and with it to agitate his arm is not to salute him. Second. That wherever this motion has been introduced it has superseded the salute. Third. That salute is the basis of all discipline. Fourth. That no human society has been constituted without it, as shown by the earliest of recorded usages and etymology. Fifth. That such practice has never appeared among any people, whether flourishing or decaying, until the pres- ent tfme. (The middle of the nineteenth century?) Sixth. That it apeared in England as one of the corrupt practices con- nected with the solicitation of votes for seats in Parliament. (Query: Where did Mr. Hoover acquire the shake hands corrupt practice if he never applied for British registration? “Murder will out!") * kX % This British writer of 60 years ago seems to deplore the passing of the sa- lute, superseded by the handshake. Why not revert, then, to the military salute to the President, in lieu of squeezing his digits? In fact, there are many oth= elx;‘ ;umnute.s for the modern hand« shake. Undoubtedly if our Vice President should ever become Chief Magistrate, he could naturally use the Indian sa- lute, which consists in rubbing each other’s arms and breasts, as well as their own. Anybody can say “How?”—the Injun “Howdy.” Travelers report other ancient and honorable forms of salute, with far greater lineage than the handshake. For instance, the Fuegians pat and slap each other’s backs. Some hale fellows and women to fall in, for we all can }that, Now that women’s rights have be- come recognized, why avoid the form of salute so familiar in most Latin coun- tries—a warm embrace and a kiss on each cheek? 'Kissing is unknown to half the world—but it is easily taught. ‘Where the folks don't know how to kiss, they ;ub o:m and n;lll‘ mihh'other. That ne 80 Weat. on ticks, but it has its drawbacks. Not one of these Orient They Did Some Stinging. From the Philadeiphia Evening Bulletin. it is made of a shortage in the New Jersey bes supply. - Tos sany have gone 1nto the poilical fielg, « Assurance Is Pleasing. n-lhl-ng-n»mn::m ’u foreigners will have justice in that " 18 this fo discourage foreignerst { REEOF YV Ry |