Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING win Edition. WASHEINGTON, D. C. PRIDAY.........April 18, 1080 e e . THREODORE W. NOYES, ...Editor The Mvening Star Newspaper Company | R -:.—l‘ month SR e mhlfl—hnhhhum Al yr., $10.00: 1 mo., XIS 1 mo. 4.00; ‘The ed Press patches credite ered- Member of the Associated Press. Assoctat 1s exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- ag 1 o baper ai 5 The news in sper herein. All rights of publication et Soacial”dispatcnes herein iso reserved. What to do with former Presidents of the United States continues to be & subject of wide discussion. Senator Fess of Ohio has just come forward with a suggestion that when a man retires from the White House he auto- matieally becomes s Senator-at-large “for life at a salary of $25000 per annum. There really seems little occa- sion for excitement over the future of former Presidents of the United States. At present there are two Hv- ing former Presidents, Willlam Howard Taft, Chief Justice, and Calvin Cool- idge, private citizen. Both appear to be amply able to take care of them- selves and thelr families. Rarely has there been a time when there have been more than two living ex-Presidents of the United States. “The best plan, probably, is to permit former Presidents to do what they wish. A man who has been Chief Executive of the United States is usually quite capable of looking after himself. ‘This was true of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, for example, and of ()rovel'l Cleveland and others who have attained | the high office of President. When he left the White House, Woodrow Wilson was a very sick man. Fortunately he had made provision for his own future, iowever, and his last years were passed in eomfort so far as money could make them so. The proposal of Senator Fess is made mot only for the purpose of giving ex-, Presidents & competence for the re- mainder of their lives, but also that the Senate may have the benefit of the advice of former Presidents. The Ohio Senator argues that ‘-ir wide experi- ence and knowledge of public affairs, gained in the White House, should be used continuously for the public good. However, it is possible for former Presi- dents of the United States to get the ear of the public whenever they wish to give the country the benéfit of their advice, without their becoming Sena- tors. Former President Coolidge today is busily engaged in giving expression to his own views on public affairs through writing magazine articles. This | latest ex-President has just made it clear in one of these articles that he is desirous of entering again into active life as & private citizen of the United States. He even considers it a privi- lege, he says, to become once more & citizen unattached to the Government, but 1.2 position to work for the good of the country as a private citizen. Ap- fntly Senator Fess need waste no | Massachusetts to run for the ‘mext year, to succeed Senator leth.” If the former President de- ef to enter the lists, he may be- ~Senator by the vote of the peo- ple of his own State. Doubtiess they will be fully able to determine whether they wish to be represented in the up- per by Mr. Coolidge and how ong they desire to retain him in the Senate, should he ever go to that body. Every other former President would be in s position also to seek election to the Senate if le desired to do so. In order to make effective the plan proposed by Senator Fess it would be | necessary to amend the Constitution. Amending the Constitution is no easy | , and the Fess idea of caring for | er Presidents does not appear likely to be tried out. N A stock market quotation that relates to distilling interests brings prohibition into the realms of finance as well as those of politics. B Drouth has become a serious subject | for statesmanship, in an embassy as| well as on the farm. ¢ Dogwood-Mindedness. ‘ olks are said nowadays to be this- minded and that-minded, in a manner of description that is supposed to apply to the prevalence of trends of public thought. For example, there is much ryeference just at present to the air- mindedness of communities and groups, to the extent of appreciating the need of making provision for the effective and safe use of airplanes at landing felds. It would be ‘well for the sake of verybody if a general state of flower- mindedness were to develop and prevail. Just now what is needed is dogwood- mindeédness. Not that sort of “minded~ mess” that demands possession, to the point of destroying the natural growth, but the appreciation of the plant itself, in the place where it grows. Destroyers of the dogwood are none ! vandals for their appreciation beauty of the blossom.. They Bave been told repeatedly that there is one proper place for the bloom, ‘wood of or s0 it is more than likely to be tossed aside, as rubbish. Once it was beauty, mow it is something ugly. Let there be the right sort of flower- mindedness, that which appraises the natural growths at their real valuation, which appreciates the fact that certain shrubs and plants must not be despolled of their blossoms, and that the dog- wood is one of these. Then will their beauty remain, season after season, and delight all who come in after years. - Washington’s Bridges. Increased automobile trafic has made the task of keeping Washington’s many bridges up to date and in repair one of the most important, as well as one of the most expensive, problems at the District Building. The advent of Spring brings with it renewed activity by the Bridge Department. The Park Road Bridge over Piney Branch, which was floored again and a new asphalt sur- face laid o1 lsminated planks, while curbs are to be raised to prevent auto- mobiles from crashing through the slen- der rails and dropping into the ravine below. A concrete floor is to be laid on the Anacostis Bridge, at a cost of one hundred and twenty thousand dol- lars, and the long-delayed work of com- pleting improvements to Chain Bridge will be resumed later in the Summer. Meanwhile, the steel work to support the M Street Bridge, which will replace the old structure that grew decrepit and weary with age, is taking shape. The bridge does not conform to the ideals of the Fine Arts Commission, It is be- ing erected with the expressed disap- proval of this advisory body. The en- gineers contend that with a limited ap- propriation beauty must be sacrificed to unadorned utility. But the bridge will continue that interesting contrast which marks the bridges now spanning Rock Creek. The old Calvert Street Bridge, with fts ugly skeleton of steel work, re- mains as a companion to the Connecti- cut Avenue Bridge; the ramshackle P Street Bridge, by reason of its proximity to the Q Street Bridge, teaches an in- teresting lesson in the old and new ideas of bridge building, while the M Street Bridge, another structure of steel, -will lation to the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, a stone’s throw away. Within the last few years the Calvert Street Bridge, the Klingle Bridge, the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over the Eastern Branch and the Highway Bridge have been resurfaced and cov- ered with concrete, better to withstand the pounding of heavy truck wheels and the constant load of automobile traffic. Trafic lanes on some of the bridges have been fenced with rails and netting to repel the attack of anything on wheels. ‘The life span of some of the older| bridges is already measured. Concrete and resurfacing are stimulants taken in the face of emergencies. It will not be many years before a great bridge- building program confronts the Capital. When the program is undertaken, the then completed Arlington Memorial Bridge should be used as a model and the Capital should become a city of beautiful bridges. New York is generously disinclined to spoil the joyously pleturesque time that Mayor Jimmie Walker has been having. ——— et Daugerous and Unsound. Despite the growing volume of protest by civic organizations and individuals, | an appalling ‘number ' of miraculous escapes from serious mjury or death on the part of motorists and an ever- increasing congestion of traffic, the Commissioners and the trafiic officials apparently are remaining adamant in forcing upon Washingtonians their pet scheme of making the left-hand turn. One other city in the United States h’ similar to Washington in its reguiations | governing the turn. All other ecities are different from Washington. Yet in the face of this overwhelming majority, local traffic officials insist that the fun- damentally wrong outside turn shall be continued in the National Capital. If the traffic officials or the Commis- sioners would put themselves in the place of Mr. Average Motorist and oper- ate an automobile in rush-hour traffic for a few days, their experiences would soon convinece them that the inside left turn, prescribed by the Hoover con- ference on street and highway safety, and used in such heavy traffic centers as New York and Chicago, is the rem- edy for a situation which at the pres- ent time not only breeds accidents of the worst type, but congests traffic to a marked degree. On their trip around Washington these officials would see numerous cases of speeding motorists attempting. to make erossings on the amber light, but, miscalculating, finding themselves unable to get through before the out- side left-turn movement starts. The left-turners, broadside to the on-rush- ing car, furnish almost ‘unmissable targets for the rushing drivers who $hink they will be able to cross the in- tersection before the red comes. Traffic officials, when they see one of these nar- ‘devastation is -committed. They have no light, but that argument is as futile as to say that there should be no parking refloored & few years llo.lltohen-} carry out the same thought in its re-| ‘walt for four changes most of the motorists, intend to block the street Or the party, believing that ‘Twelfth street, because of its narrow- ness, is an extreme case, might try, in early morning rush traffic, the left- hand turn on wide Thirteenth street at E. If they succeed in disentangling themselves from a conglomeration of they may indeed congratulate themselves upon having more luck than Mr. Average Motorist when he attempts to do the same thing. 80 the net result of Washington's ex- periment with the left-hand turn that violates the driving practice of every intelligent operator of the motor car is that instead of being a “safe” turn, it is fraught with terrifying possibilities in the way of personal injury and death, and succeeds only in congesting traffic, when the crying need of today is to keep traffic from being congested. ‘The Commissioners and the traffic officials will indeed have much to account for to the people of Washington if they per- sist in continuing a plan that is both unsound and dangerous. —os Prohibition informers have to be edu- | cated to & knowledge of John Barley- corn’s methods accompanied by a su- periority to all his temptations. It is a large responsibility that is involved and. one which should command the highest sense of moral responsibility. — o | Many Japanese cherry trees have been killed by flood. They represent a splendid gift in token of friendship, and the effort at replacement and care be- | comes a sentimental obligation. oo+ It becomes evident that a successor | to Hindenburg must soon be chosen. He is & wise old man, who will exercise tre- mendous influence if he can name Ris own successor. B The country talks a great deal about polities and religion, but continues to show its greatest, enthuslasm when the line-ups are mentioned regarding Lext Summer’s base ball. r—e—————— When a statesman goes fishing the world gives him credit for silent think- ing. No record is made of any re- marks that may happen when a fish strikes and then gets away. —— o A nstion can still be happy if it cant discuss questions of social precedence in forgetfulness of the problems of seriots economics. Mexico has many rebels; but few leaders. P SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ©Old Friend Mule. At Flintville on the Pike, the rule Has brofight strenge things to pass; ‘Where once we hollered at the mule, We're stepping on the gas. We used to watch our step when we Were traveling down the lane. And now we risk our lives to see A passing aeroplane. That patient mule of long ago, A faithful stride would strike. No better friend we'll ever know At Flintville on the Pike. Sticking to Business. “Are you in favor of grand opera?” “Why should I be expected to expres¢ an opinion?” ssked Senator Sorghum. “So far as I can see, grand opera has no political influence whatever.” Jud - Tunkins says ‘“companionate marriage” sounds to him like a new name for some pretty rough old stuff. ©0ld Thermom. ' The Old Thermom's a fickle friend ‘Who will deceive us in the end. We all rejoice that Spring is here, Then—ain't it queer?—a frost draws near! Stock tickers bring reports adverse. The old Thermom is even worse! The Fruit Jar. “Do you think there is any more genuine innocence?” “Sure!” answered Uncle Bill Bottle- top. “I know a number of charming young housewives who still think a half-galion fruit jar is supposed to be dedicated to fruit.” “Rules of precedence,” said Hi Ho, the'sage of Chinatown, “decide not who shall have first place so much as who shall have the last word.” Cherry Blooms. Some trees of Cherry bloom have died, ‘While others stand in blossoming pride. The flowering will smile forth anew. stands true. “A lazy man,” sald Uncle Eben, “goes fishin’ an hopes no fish is gineter wake him up.” PR Hot Time Promised. From the Oskiand Tribune. Why Just Home Work? From the Yakims Morning ' Herald. Abolition of home work is favored ‘Willlam John . Cooper; United Salad? Ita a Meal, vm Sants Barbara Daily News. Though some trees fade, the thought | ome back | fences for every ing liant sunshine of that hot April day. Peach trees, cherry mu_t‘he various owering crabs, are lovely, indeed, but for solid satisfaction nothing quite equals the plain old ap- ple tree. ‘Who ean say just what part childhood in such satisfactions? ever they may be. Especially must this be true in regard to such an intangible as one's preference for one sort of flower over another. If it is true that there is no account- ing for taste, and that there is no dis- ting such matters, it is equally so t one may trace many a taste back to childhood days. Nearly every one who likes flowers at all has & fondness for the hollyhock stately beauty of the Summer border. It is one of the old-fashioned plants which reigns regally season after sea- son, despite the glory of the rose and the new-found radiance of the gladiolus. 1t is probably true that the reason the average person has such a marked fond- ness for the hollyhock is because it was different enough from other flowers to attract his attention as & child. 3 'All children are drawn to the unusual. There is nothing staid or “sot” in their tastes. And then, too, the hollyhock is always a refuge for pumble bees, which may be seen crawling in and out of the flowers all dey long. And children like bumble bees, although sometimes they do cruel things with them. * ok x * ‘While riding around the other after- noon we saw the tax sssessors in a big | tim car, with notebooks in their hands, ter- ribly intent on valuations. Their ride was work and ours was pleasure, and as we saw them there concentrating on dollars and cents we could not help but think that we had much the best of it, we who were searching for beauty. “Two apple trees, worth fully one million dollars—" What an absurd item! “Lilac bush, in full bloom, assessed at half a million.” Beauty's self-appointed assessor, lean- ing carelessly over a wire fence, sagely judged s couple of dozen early double tulips to be worth fully a quarter of & million dollars, in view of recent deci- sions anent apple trees and lilacs. “T am glad,” said the Spring assessor, “that some one has enough sense to put a fence around his property. Fences seem to be losing ground, and it is too bad, what with dogs let run and chil- dren turned loose upon sn entire com- munity when their dads merely own or rent one house.” The assessor stroked his long white | green beard. “Any one who really likes a garden must have a fence,” he continued. “The Pl are to be tram g pled just as they are L3 nces for erery' residenties melghbor R e, Sl By W feral several mnd-‘oql:rbed 'wln. 5 * * ‘There are some fine bushes in bloom in the District this week, notably a sort with magenta-colored blossoms. It is a very common bush, but we don't know !h;unnam of it. lowers are distinctive and, since there is little else in bloom, do not “clash” with any other color. The honest gardener will wonder if business of “ colors” isn't grossly overdone by many flower lovers. Nature takes care of such matters very well if left to herself; she seldom the magenta tint without plenty of dark green, either of shrubbery or grass, to offset it. Magenta would make something of conflict, to be sure, with salmon pi but why put salmon pink nearby? ‘There is a great deal of bunk, it would seem, about the whole subject of colors in the garden. There is nothing that rdener worries more about and nothing that should less oc- cupy his mind. Of all the senseless things to wo: about, when there are mnny‘:u.\ Mrg worries! Instead of being so precise about colors, the average gardener had better turn his attention to the insect pests and blights which will ir]event any color at all if left to them- ves, The neat little question of fertiliza- tion is much more important than that of color matching, yet many gardeners talk incessantly of the latter, who never think to give their plants a square meal at any time. It is an un- fortunate fact that the question of color looms so large to the amateur. It catches his fancy when he first be. gins to garden, and unless he has will of his ows he will fall a real vic: to this craze. One would say nothing against “color schemes,” as such. They have their place in flower- dom. What is prettier than a vase of blue and yellow flowers, say larkspur and snapdragons? Yet not one person in a thousand has any sure sense of color values and combinations, so why should the other 999 bother about the subject? If you think you are the one in a thousand, go ahead and fuss around over colors, but if you are content to be simply one of those who knows what he likes, although he may not be en- tirely sure why he likes it, the sensible thing to do is to grow what one pleases. and see if Nature doesn't know & thing or two herself about “color schemes.” We have never yet seen an ugly garden, and we never expect to see one. They are all more or less beautiful. It only takes one apple tree in full bloom to make any yard fine. As for real fragrance, is there any more pleasing than that which wafts from such a cluster? This is one greenish-white blossom which is pretty; but apple- is an incomparable green, after all. To discriminate between fwd and bngneenlnwhaunru eye for color. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Dolly Gann's coming-out at the Pln-gymeflun Union last Mw was as swagger s function as Washington has seen in many a moon. Whatever betides the Vice President's official hostess in the future—and little birds | H are whispering ominously, in the words of Al Jolson, that she “ain’t seen nothin’ yet"—she can at least look back upon her night of nlrhu as a glorious and ttering occasion. ~Mrs. Gann walked in on the arm of her host, the Chilean Ambassador, sat at his right at the head of the table, and reigned su- preme as the first lady of the dinner. On her own right sat the ranking diplo- mat present, Senor Dr. Velarde, the Pe- ruvian Ambassador, who will be dean of the corps when Sir Esme Howard quits this tempestuous scene early next year. Vice President Curtis sat 150 feet away from his sister, at the far end of the shimmering white Hall of the Americas, because there were nearly 200 guests at the t oblong table. He Davila into her own dinner, sat at her right and had on the other side of him Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, wife of the Su: preme Court justice. Mr. Gann’s tabl partner was Mrs. Paul ‘Wooton, news. paper man's wife. No place of distinc- tion was assigned him. A pleasant time was had by all. * Kk % There's an interesting reason why Ambassador Davila’s sumptuous feast, which is going to live in Washington social history, was bone-dry. The ac- complished journalist-diplomat's faflure to provide inspiring refreshment was not due to any of the particular circum- stances of the occasion—the presence of the Vice President, two-thirds of the cabinet, the full White House secretarial staff, etc. Senor Davila was governed entirely by the fact that he was not entertaining on his own premises. The Pan-American Union palace is the property of 21 different governments— those of the sister republics of the Americas. As the United States owns one-twenty-first of both the ground and the building, it is to that extent soil of the U. 8. A. It is therefore not possible —or at least not quite ‘proper—to dis- pense anti-Volsteadian cheer there. Ac- cording to Pan-American authorities, it has never been done since the dawn of the eighteenth amendment. * kK ¥ Senor Pablo Ramires, the Chilean Ambassador’s guest of honor, is famed in his country not o1 for his genius as a finance minister, but also because of his achievements as an educationalist. It was while Senor Ramirez was ister of education that the law making compulsory the study of English in the cmmn public schools was ) Chilean school children therefore grow up bi-lingual. Few countries in the world, 1t is said, have made the tongue of 8 are and Lincoln equal by statute wil:h tlhe\r own lan m:. Senor Ramirez is a lawyer, as as cial and educational suthority, * ok k¥ Emest Lee Jahncke, the new Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, admits that his maiden experience in public office is giving him the time of his life. He doesn't ever expect to weather ancther thrill like the one he got his first day at the department. The New Orleans yachtsman-shipbuilder was swinging around in his swivel chalr, trying to ac- custom himself ‘to the surroundings, when a_spick-and- young naval icer was announc He was a sym- phony in gold braid. “I'm your aide, sir,” the saluting apparition explained. Jahncke had just recovered conscious- ness when his office messenger tiptoed Benora | cabins. WILLIAM WILE. & young hw{’:r. connected wi abl Oregonian has known the President longer than any man now in public life has been scquainted with Mr. oover. That may be why their two n.i?r'u are about to beat as one on farm relief. had charge of affairs 4 R The new private owners of the Levia- than freely acknowledge they haven't pping game for love. That's why decided, after due and careful ref to let = gers order drink aboard her—at least on the high seas. There's a reason. The reason is, this observer learns in an authoritative quarter, that antici- pated profits from liquor sales per voy- nfn-reexpemdmbemhmp-y all the wages of the ship's crew of 1,000. According to present plans, drink may be ordered only when passengers are at table or when it is consumed in their . It will not be served either on deck or in what used to be the Levia- than’s bar and smoke room. kX X One of President Hoover’s unofficial scouts came back to Washington this week with an early report of what Mr. and Mrs. Vox Popull are saying about the new occupant of the White House. He reports that commendation of the Chief Engineer's first month in office |is well nigh universal. In New York, | he claims, he ran into what he thinks is about the only real criticism so far leveled at Hoover. That was a rather | widespread belief that the President shouldn't have allowed Federal Judge Prancis Asbury Winslow to resign on | the eve of threatened impeachment, but | required him to face the music. * ok k% Secretary Stimson’s ukase that the State Department henceforward will keep hands off social arbitration in Washington brings surcease to Charles Lee Cooke, for the past 10 years “officer in charge of ceremonies.” What Cooke, 8 native Washingtonian, who began life as a Patent Office clerk, doesn't know about precedence is hardly worth worrying about. He is one of the de- partment’s skilled drafting officers, so | while there are notes to write he’ll not be unemployed. (Copyright, 1920.) .Royalty’s Pomp Fades In Modern Concepts - | From the Chicago Tribune. In Norway a young and royal Olaf has married a Princess Martha, and the misty land of fjords and stormy Vikings stands on its toes to watch them. The great shows pass and new ones take o e Mher “lmhrgul;fi ums no more gayly tl Au:m?nmnnmnltlnn, l“n‘d the royal- of Europe are & rather faded lot. e As the Crown Prince of Alabama, Olaf would have more meaning. As s Princess of Illinois, Martha would !r;p Tesent a ter and . in- terests and emotions; now tea parties 'and wed find small place outside of the y column, Kings, kaisers, emperors made the funeral of Edward, King of England, overwhelming in prest and pagean- 5 1] Emperor of Germany, the Austria, the King of Spain, the King of Italy, the kings and emperors of t | Europe: and of Asia were there, or were solemn, represented there, of all where a dismembered Emperor_of Germany, Herr ; the Em) this | ordinary household bulbs have been |black dust instanf e Hoover estate. Prob- | ance -| five open months? they | was all scraped in one direction, and al- lies; the Hohenzol- | aftern Finds Way for Dusting Inside Electric Lamp BY E. E. FREE, PHD, ;| & great edueaf motion picture sti for the “talkles.” the sound record, apt to hear the honeyed hero above what gunds like a chorus of angry snakes. Incandescent lamps thousands of times more powerful than m:hfiwmmme-m.mtmm it must have thick tungsten ents ted to very high tempera- tures, all of which increased the powder. To dust the bulb all that is necessary is to shake this loose powder around inside, like & dust cloth of metallic sand. is rubs the coat of off the glass. Oklahoma Political Dispute Analyzed Prom the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. After weeks of testimony, which prob- ably contained much of “pith and mo- ment” to the intimate politics of Okla- homa, but nothing of great abstract weight to the country at large, the Senate of Oklahoma voted articles of impeachment against former Gov. Henry 8. Johnston, thereby removing him from office. He is the second chief executive in succession to be so at- tacked. A State may develop an internal dis- ruption over issues wholly indiscernible to the inhabitants of neighboring States. In this instance that was par- ticularly true. The readers of the Na-| tion never came to know what it was all about. Of the nine charges filed against him Gov. Johnston was impeached on the | first one only—that of “general incom- petence.” It appears somewhat remi- niscent of the good old mid-Victorian saying of there being 13 reasons for opposing an individual, the first being because of personal dislike and the other 12 not remembered at the moment. It was obvious from the early beginning that the Senate personnel had that famous first reason for its action against the State’s duly elected governor. The final vote doesn't appear to modify the attitude appreciably. If governors can be impeached be- cause of “general incompetence” claims of political enemies, what governor of the 48 may feel at ease? When one party nominates a candidate against that of an opposing party the campaign Dflm‘lfld‘ is nothing less than the declaration of the “general incompe- tence” of the party and its entire list of nominees. There probably isn't an occupant of a gubernatorial chair in the Nation todsy who isn't “generally incompetent” to & percentage of the Senate, the House of Representatives and a considerable army of those who feel aggrieved at the disposition of the appointive “favors.” Oklahoma seems to be sble to mobilize that scattered power to better advantage than those other States which exercise more toler- | for the rule of the majority— | that's all. romm o Harvard Intellects Hold Championship| Prom the Knltkerbocker Press. Harvard has not had much to boast of for some years past in the way of athletic conquests. But last year, when a fund was established to finance an- nual brain contests between Harvard, scholars of ex brilliance and ceptional those of intellectual prowess from other | w; Crimson universities, the seemed finally to have found its own ground. Yale| went down to defeat in a competitive | examination in English literature, and Harvard alumni again held their heads high. 'gut. looking about this year for new intellectual worlds to conquer, Harvard discovers a singular apathy among the sister universities with regard to inter- collegiate brain matches. No one rises to dispute her championship. And this in spite of the fact that offer was extended on the broadest possible basis. Scholars from foreign universities were eligible. It was even stipulated that the examinations need not be con- ducted in English. They were ready to meet all comers in any branch of learning—literature, philosophy, science or any other subject their opponents might choose. But there were no comers. There will be no intercollegiate brain mateh this year. Harvard may explain this on the ground that there is a genuine fear of the intellectual might of the Cambridge glants among the eligible contenders, and thus continue to take pride in her undisputed championship. But if | the C| among the intellectual contenders there had been n prize scholars would in time shove the foot ball captains and the rovln{ cham- pions off their pedestals, the collapse of the brain matches must be a sorrowful thing. Local Option on Time Question Is Indorsed Prom the Utica Observer-Dispatch. A community once fell into violent contention over the simple question as to whether the inner bark of a certain tree which was used as the basis for a popular cintment should be scraped up- ward or downward as it was removed from the tree. Finally, just as war was about to break out, an old man suggested that as it didn't appear to make any differ- ence in the curative proj jes of the ointment which way bark was scraped, why not satisty esch individual by making both upscraped and down- scraped ointment and let each user choose for himself. And so they did, and peace was restored. Now, why can't this same policy be followed in the everlasting wrangle over advanced time or standard time for the For a time, during the war, the bark though complaint was voiced by some (and, of course, there has never been a proposition of wide extent upon which | the November election, notes a secret hope that! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS® BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Stop & minute and think sbout this fact. You can usk our information bu- reau any question of fact and get the answer back letter. It is idea introduerd into the lives of the most intelligent people in the ‘world—American newspaper readers. It is a part of that of —service. best pur- ‘There is Washington, D. C. Ql. Was Oenh!?umm_ecr&ll made & gen- eral permanently?—G. A CoMing € Sopombmens as ot son appointment as chief of staft during incumbency. Q. How many persons are there to each automobile in France, Germany, Spain and Italy?—F. 8. R. A. In Prance there are 40 persons to a car; in Germany, 148 persons to each car; in Spain, 125 persons to a car, and in Italy, 254 persons to & car. Q. Is Comdr. Byrd's ump‘nucr gw ‘Comdr. Byrd is using Amundsen’s old camp on the Bay of Whales as his main base. This is on a barrier of fast ice, which is fairly safe. Q. When were Pitkin flasks made? Are they prized nowadays?—J. M. F. . Pitkin flasks are the products of the Pitkin Glass Works, which were the first works of the kind built in Con- necticut. The works were constructed in 1783 and were in operation until 1830. Many containers made by the Pitkin Glass Works were never sur- passed in beauty or color or pattern. “The Pitkin type flask,” says R. M. Knittle, “is known to every glass col- lector. Many large bottles are n with banded necks. The sunl pattern is particularly meritorious.” Q. How many forelgn embassies and %ngonl are there in Washington?— 3 A. There are 45. Q. Does coffee or tea contain more caffeine?—F. M. A. The amount of caffeine found in tea and coffee varies with the product Coffee usually contains less than 1 per and 4 per cent have been found in dif- ferent samples of tea. Q. What is the basis used in the national origins act?—L. 8. A. The national origins act says that the full quota of any nationality shall be a number which bears the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabi- tants in continental United States in 1920 having that nationality bears to the number of inhabitants in conti- nental United Btates in 1920. Q. How many people born in Canada live in the United States?—G. A. T. dians in the United States. Q. Is an outside loop a dangerous o A outside loop is 8 dangerous feat oul oop is & Tous fea to perform in any airplane and is not commonly done. Capt. Doolittle was the first to accomplish this loop. Q. What State is known as the “Mother of governors”?—M. D. M. A. Kentucky is known as the “Mother cent, while amounts varying between 2 | A. In 1920 there were 1,117,878 Cana- | of governors,” ha 105 gover- nors to 28 different fl:" Q. Why 18 “won't” eonsidered & con- traction of “will not”"?—P. K. A. It 1s a contraction of ar old form, “woll not.” Q. How did Scotland Yard, the Eng- uR.lh!polll‘ce headquarters, get its name?— A. Tt is so called because the former headquarters was situated in Great Scotland Yard, a short street off White- hall, Londoa. Q. How are shorthand reparters ap- pointed for the United States Supreme Court?—B. 8. A. The United States Supreme Court has no shorthand reporters. Q. What is the name of the charac- ter “&"7—M. W. A. It is known as “ampersand.” Q. What purpose is served by the iron posts stand! on opposite sides of the roads at cement culvert on Maryland highways?—A. W. W. A. The iron posts are placed on op- posite sides of the road at cement cul- verts for the purpose of 3 head walls when clearing the road of m:', wt;l;:t gm walls wlll1 not be hit and so0 e persons clearing the road will not get into deep holes. Q. What is permutation’—G. P. W. A. Permutation shows in how many positions any number of th! ‘may be arranged in a row. Thus, letters “a, b, ¢” may be arranged in six posi- tions, viz., abe, acb, cab, cha, bac, bea. g. I.)l!:m ‘wide is the English Channel? A. The English Channel is 20 miles wide at its narrowest point. It is 140 miles wide at its greatest breadth. Its average width is 70 miles. Q. Why is “La Dame sux Cameliss” gxo;nflu “Camille” in this country?— A. Bernhardt used this play the sec- ond night of her first trip in America. Owing to some trouble with the een- sors, the xpl.gy was advertised as mille.” 1In all her tours in America, mille” was her greatest success. Q. What can be used to improve grass and discourage weeds?—C. A. A. Ammonium sulphate is widely recommended for the feeding of lawns to promote growth and discourage most weeds. In the Spring when the lawn starts into active growth it can be fer- tilized as soon as ground is moist with up to 5 pounds of ammonium sul- phate to 1,000 square feet. During the Summer this should be decreased to 3 pounds. Application can be as frequently as - once a month. Another fertilizer is cottonseed meal applied 10 to 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet three or four times during the growing season. Q. Please describe the climate of Bermuda.—D. H. McC. A. The Island of Bermuda has an equable climate. In the Winter the morning temperature is about 50° F. and 70° at midday. The Summer maximum is about 87°. Trosts are un- | known and the ocean winds are tem- pered by the Gulf Stream. Bermuda |is principally a Winter resort sought by those who wish to avoid severe | Winters. Interest in the recent Wisconsin | referendum, which resulted in a large majority against the State prohibition enforcement law, centers about. con- fiicting opinionsas to its national sig- nificance. “The Wisconsin referendum ™ ac- cording to the Columbus State Journal, “is further evidence that Presi- , f¢ isconsin went emphetically for Hoover and now goes emphatically wet. We favor a referendum in every State, if a national referendum is impossible. on the naked question of tion or Government control of or ammtwhlch choose by popular vote to wet.” ‘The New York Sun that “the Wisconsin vote does damage the dry argument that the Hoover-Smith elec- tion last November should be interpreted as a referendum because of the avowed dryness of Mr. Hoover and the more emphatically avowed wetness of Mr. Smith.” The Sun believes that “the net effect of the Wisconsin vote should be to encourage the wets without par- ticularly discouraging the drys.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, relerrln&.luo to t “Mr. Hoover's inaugural messsge pies for sc:u ::-onenglm(\ in ’:A(orement did not make much of an impression in the Badger State.” “From Wisconsin's referendum figures and New York's refusal to return to concurrent State enforcement of pro- hibition moderate citizens will draw at least one inference,” in the opinion of ‘hlcm Daily News, and that is that “the investigation of abuses in prohibition enfortement and of the gen- eral situation that has developed under the Volstead law—an investigation which President-Hoover has pledged himself to institute—is necessary and inescapable.” “It is an unfortunate trend, for there is a lot of good that the dry law has done in this country,” declares the Port- land Oregon Journal, with the further comment: ‘“Are these votes by indi- | vidual States to go on? And what sort of development may gppear in the final outcome? Many & spund friend of pro- hibition is disturbe® by recent happen- ings.” The Oklahoma City Times, how- ever, is convinced that “few other States will follow the Wisconsin example”; that “it is not repeal that the friends of prohibition need to fear, but nulli- fication.” Looking forward to possible legislative action in Wisconsin in accordance with the referendum, the Kansas City Jour- nal-Post states: “This would increase the task of Federal enforcement and make it harder on persons charged with violating the Volstead and Jones acts. [ They will be taken before United States | courts, generally held at some distance from their homes, and they will be tried under a statute which has an unusually high penalty.” The Waterbury Re- publican suggests that “Wisconsin s still in the Union and the Volstead act will remain in force there.” i Commonwealth where beer fiowed freely in the days when the blrlm everybody agreed) we got along very | Houston changed ity was given the privilege of following its own preference. This system has been followed for a appreciably than they were three years ago.” e Lansing State Journal also observes that “outside the large cities prohibition has very substantial backing” in_ that State. The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader sees no change of sentiment there. The Madison (Wis- consin State Journal, on the other decided trend away from ows,” according to the ‘that Wisconsin is with the national “It merely Indianapolis Ne still out of sympa dent Hoover's election was not an ex- | EVarying Opinions Aired About Latest Wisconsin Wet Gesture per cent beer under Government super- | vislon.” | e s t the kind o | prohibition we Milwau- kee Journal. “To almost . |the ineidents | counted. The violence of Federal en- | forcement against the small offender in |the face of its evident failure to do | much with the big oflzndgr, the invasion | of homes, the ird of alting of one set of laws above the hard-won safeguards of human liberty.” ‘The Baltimore Evening Sun states: ““The returns show that the people of | that State, like the people of many | other political units, are strongly op- | posed to the law and the evils which | have grown out of that the nature of the vote “will stimulate agitation,” the Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin. nevertheless. | concludes: ted i “It cannot be interpre! | as significant of that general change of | opinion toward prohibition which must | develop before there can be any sub- stantial amendment of the law.” The Davenport Democrat feels that ‘“Wis- consin will probably get along about the same, with or without.” “The Middle West,” as viewed by the | New York World, “has its hard. prac- tical sense and its distaste for bunk and shams no less than its occasional eru- | sading enthusiasms. When the process | of education and disillusionment has | gone a little farther we shall hear from | that plain-spoken region in a plainer way.” | Drastic Mexican War Methods Are Deplored From the Flint Daily Journal, ‘The brutality and inhumanity which has appeared in the Mexican revolution is almost beyond belief. A large force of rebels which was trapped by a cleyer Tuse on the part of the federals was cut to pleces. Those who sought to surrender were shot down without mercy. No quarter was given. Eight hundred bodies of the slain were up along the railroad track, soaked with gasoline and incinerated. ‘War is never a pleasant thing to con- template, but a war of this sort seems worse, Countrymen fighting against their own countrymen is & horrible thing. The federal commander pro- fessed regret that circumstances com- pelled him to kill his own countrymen ;n ;“eshhwmx ~ manner, but he de- fen y saying that it was for the best, as a quick ending of the revolution now would save lives later. Prom a military point of view he S ST A onl e tha - !k;:dmh Mexico. > e ico deserves the pity rather than the censure of the world. Justice is by no means entirely on the side of the federal forces. Those who are leading the rebels are in no sense of the word exclusively political adventurers who are trying to the vance their own sel feel there are A Worthy Idea, at That? Prom the Sprinefield. (Mo.) Leader. & m probably has mum blan¥- Give the Boys & Hand. From the Roanoke Times. After reading reports from the major league training camps in the !aulh‘,‘;z seems hard to realize that there will be a tail-ender in each league this | season, the same as usual, Slower Than It Looks. From the Toledo Blade. ‘We suppose it looks : really is % dro miles an B —— He Needs It. From the Muncie Sunday Star. e-l.ll?d. n'.namn%:::n,mnu; to a‘ln_l’ plans for-the protection Ty of