Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1929, Page 42

! THE -EVENING STAR _W_M.I_!‘S day M Edition. WASHINGTON, P. C. SUNDAY.........April: 14, 1920 ' THEODORF W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Nmpa_pu- Company 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave New York Office: 11 New York Of 0 East icago ichigan 18 it European ouu% Bt The Sunday 8t Collection made at the end of each month. i Orders may be sent in by or telephone Main 5000. + Sunday onl: F All Other States and Canada. Dajly and Cunday..1 yr. 1200 4 s Siinday"onty sume that the farm bill which is put through will be in line with the recom- mendations of President Hoover—res- ommendations which he has yet to sub~ mit to Congress in his message. The farm organizations of the country have indicated at least & willingness to go along with the administration’s pro- gram, anc. if after it has been tried out they desire more they will come knock- ing at the door again. But this Con- gress is ready to put through & farm bill. It must put through a farm bill thab the Chief Executive will approve, for. there would not be the slightest chance, in the opinion of leaders, of passing a measure over the presidential veto. The tariff-revision problem is perhaps more ticklish for the administration than is the farm-relief bill. It must hold a course which will earry it safely between the Scylia of inadequate pro- tection for American products on the one hand and the Charybdis of de- struction of American foreign trade on | the other. The whole world is watching Member of the ted Press. The Associated Press is cxclusively entitled to the use for republication of ail news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- + ited in this paper and al o news published herein. All rights of publication special dispatches herein are aiso reserved. —_— The Five-Year Budget. Auditor Donovan's suggested five-year financial program for the District, re- _ ported elsewhere in today's Star, is an excellent description of what the Wash- #’ington community can and cannot do . in the next five years under the exist- - ing rate of taxation and the existing * system of congressional appropriation ‘for the Capital. The Commissioners are careful to explain, in submitting the + budget for public consideration, that the plan is only tentative. In addition to their statement that financial rela- tions, upon which the budget is based, may change, they might have added that the necessity for such a change becomes obvious through the most casual study of the proposed budget. Mr. Donovan's budget contemplates the expenditure of about sixteen mil- lon dollars in the next five years on extraordinary improvements for ¢he Capital. These improvements include the purchase of land for the municipal center, a children’s tuberculosis sani- tarium, bathing pools, elimination of grade crossings, construction of two new bridges, a farmer's market, expan- sion of the public library system and a new incinerating plant for refuse dis- posal. The remaining two hundred and fourteen millions to be available under Mr. Donovan's plan in the next five ars would go for maintenance and apkeep. The budget further shows that about fhirty-two million dollars’ worth of sug- gested improvements are u.nlccounbed| &% under the five-year plan. These in- @lpde the general administration build- fag for the municipal center, eventual- to replace the present Municipal ilding; a National Guard armory, an airport, a new jail, improvement of the ‘Washington waterfront, approaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, sewage Sreatment works, land for which has ! been acquired, and five bridges which will probably need replacing within the period covered. The proposed budget does not provide salary increases for the Police and Fire Departments. One of the improvements listed in the Wydget is for parks, and Mr. Donovan's plan presupposes the expenditure of a million dollars a year for five years. This is in line with the expenditures provided for in the Cramton park bill, But the million dollars a year would be continued for sixteen instead of Bve years. Under Mr. Donovan's plan the budget for the next fiscal year, including de- figlency items which will be asked upon the reassembling of Congress in Decem- ber, would be $44,965,000. The second, and largest, budget would be in 1931, when the figure would reach $48,552,- ©000. The third would be $44.662,000, the fourth $45,830,000 and the fifth $46,607,000. In 1921 Uncle Sam’s contribution to the budget for the Capital represented forty per cent. In 1981 it would rep- resent about twenty per cent. Who can explain this fifty per cent decline in Uncle Sam’s responsibility for main- taining his Capital? ———ee There was a time when Japan held very much aloof from the U. 8. A, Now 14 throws bouquets annually in Poto- mac Park. ———————————— The Special Session, ‘The new Congress meets in special session tomorrow, called here to tackle two problems of major importance to the country—farm relief and tariff re- vision. It is little more than a month ! since a new President moved into the ‘White House and took over the admin- * istration of the Government. One of his first acts was to issue a proclamation convening Congress in extraordinary session April 15. ‘And now the new President and the new Congress will, figuratively speaking, face each other— at opposite ends of Pennsylvania ave- nue—tomorrow. Upon the measure of co-operation which is developed and the lJeadership will depend the success of the coming sesslon of the National Legis- _lature and of the Chief Executive, In both houses of Congress the Re- publicans hold control, and President Hoover is fortunate to have with him a greater margin of Republican votes in the Senate than did his predecessor. Furthermore, the Republican members " of Congress are well disposed toward him. Even the so-called radicals, Brookhart, Fragier, Nye and others, supported the President vigorously in the national campaign last year. On the other hand, there is a fucleus of mal- " contents in the Senate, headed by Nor- the course Congress and the Presi- dent will pursue with regard to the tariff. The President has let it be known in clear tones that there is to be no blanket upward revision of the tariff, with enormously high rates. The tariff bill is to be in reality a mere supplement of the existing law, with an adjustment of rates. particularly de- signed to aid the farmers and certain manufacturers who have need of fur- ther protection. As the new session opens it is im- possible to predict with any certainty when the Congress will wind up its work and adjourn until the regular ses- sion next December. There is talk of taking up the census bill and reap- portionment of the House membership, the question of national origins and the transfer of the prohibition enforce- ment from the Treasury to the De- partment of Justice. July, August and even September may see the legislators still hard at work. The hope of the administration, however, is that Con- gress will tackle its job, the job for which it was called, and complete it as speedily as possible, so that the farm- ers and the American manufactures may have promptly the benefit of legis- lation which they were promised during the campaign. s Flaming Youth. All over these broad United States | this Spring more than 2,000,000 Ameri- icln high school boys and girls have i been participating in the Sixth National | Oratorical Contest on the subject of the Constitution. Approximately 22,000 schools have been the scenes of their Demosthenesian efforts. Forty-three daily newspapers, in as many regional areas, including The Star, are sponsor- ing this great annual competition, which terminates in the national finals at Washington May 25. { A number of leading Washingtonians have had the privilege of serving as Judges in the District of Columbia pre- liminary contests, from which, on April 25, the winner in the National Capital zone will emerge. The testi- mony of these judges, which is un- doubtedly typical of that of others in preliminary contests elsewhere in the country, is that the standard of ex- cellence among these school orators is | unmistakably improving from year to year. In reasoning power, diction and eloquence, the high school boys and girls are revealing a steadily growing talent in the art of public speaking. They manifest a correspondingly grow- ing respect for the principles of the Constitution and the spirit of ordered liberty, which it inculcates. ‘The world hears much—too much— of the irresponsibility and irreverence of “flaming youth.” It is pilloried up hill and down dale as frivolous and morally decadent. It is contrasted with “what boys apd girls were like in our day,” and always to “our” own advantage. Well, it is seriously to be wondered whether “boys and girls in our day” could have, or would have, thrown themselves into the Constitution ora- torical contest with the skill, enthusi- asm and devotion which mark these annual matches in American ;“fh school brains. Many old-timers bt it. They question, for one thing, whether the teachers and teaching “in our day” approached present-day standards, whatever the capacity of high school children then may have been. This much is oertain: The contest is-proving, and proving to the hilt, that not all our boys and girls are squander- ing their energies on petting, smoking, dancing and drinking. The time to quit generalizing about the habits of modern school youth is now. The King of England offers no sup- port to rumors of & regency. Retirement to private life is no more agreeable to & monarch than to a minor official. —_—at————— Station USA. This idea of Senator Nye's, to give Uncle Sam a broadcasting staticn in Washington and let him broadcast to his heart's content, has some great pos= sibilities, Used to supplement the Oon- gressional Record, for instance, it would undoubtedly serve a good purpose, It is one thing to read in the Record remarks of Senator Blank after have been carefully edited and inf spersed with such kindly comment “(Applause)” and “(Laughter).” But it another thing to hear Senator Blank and to realise that the correct versions of the Senate’s reactions should be “(Groans),” “(Sighs)” and “(Snarls).” Over the radio Senator Blank would be more careful to mind his P's and Q's. g i " have o special surprise for you today. The Representative-elect from Fori- fornia will sing, at the close’of the hear- ing today, ‘Get Out and Get Under the Moon.’ " 5 £ There are certain difficulties which must be ironed out before Senator Nye's bill can be enacted, however. The broadeasting station would prob- ably be attacked as putting the Govern- ment in the radio business snd compet- ing with commercial enterprises. And, unless the Government erected & station powerful enough to stretch from coast to coast, it would have to depend on hook-ups with other stations' to reach the Middle West, where so many good voters live. But these obstacles will probably be ironed out by science before the station is erected. And when it is | cording erected, every member of Congress will | 8! measure his place in the hearts of his countrymen by the’amount of his “fan The Government’s Theaters. ‘With the acquisition by the Govern- of commission as a theater for at least twenty years, and for a long time before its.passing it was styled, not by the name which was nationally known, “Ford’s Theater,” but as the Bijou. Its walls have in time compassed the offer- ings of some of the Nation's most fa- mous thespians. They were succeeded by lesser lights of the drama, and at last the house was the scene of less than average productions. All three of these theaters have in the past been known by other names than those of the present. Poli’s of to- day was Chase’s of former times and Albaugh's Opera House before then. The President was Kernan's for many years, and it had another name before that, which has slipped from memory. Ford's was the Bijou in after years, but 1t was Wall's Opera House before Ford took it in his emergency of 1865. It has had other names in the course of its career, which were borne for brief periods and dropped. All three of these historic places of entertainment will be razed in a little while. They are landmarks, and they wil be missed for a brief period. But it is all in the line of development that these and other traditional places of local interest should pass to make way for the great public building program now in evolution. Poli's Theater will, with its adjacent structures, be de- stroyed to provide a plasa to flank the Commerce Department Building soon to arlse to the south. The others will merge into building sites, In another decade they will be but memories, —————————— Total abstinence is said to be prac- ticed by Texas Guinan. It may be for this reason that, as Mrs. Willebrandt was mentioned, Texas said, “Give my love to Mabel The two have, at least, a point of sympathy in distrusting the demon rum. ———t—————— ‘Even the Great Lakes are joining with the racketeers to show Chicago EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D, Bishop of ) “Unused Gifts.” Life’s accountability is measured not by the extent of our gifts, but by the use we make of them. In the parable of the talents Jesus sought to illustrate the uses men make of life’s privileges and opportunities. At the outset, ac- to the parable, every one is iven certain gifts.and commissioned to invest them in such service as will ren- them useful. The , but in ive and two talents a record of approved is rendered and rewards given. Washington Muen&y .l;?m men are em- that confused by the extent of their gifts. The profundity of theo- logical knowledge is no, guarantee of a contented mind. in, we frequently find those who are limited in both capacity and knowl- use of the edge who make the largest man_ in gift in the the parable who hid his fnm had no T;vldent ‘i‘l}:i'tr::lmmnt! h‘z: 3 e very lon of holmend him indifferent to its value, Every life, no matter how hum- ble and mw impoverished, has some quality or of which the world has need. T recall the incident of a :rt&pled child whose body was racked with pain who, in the face of her af- tion, became one of the benefactors of the community in which she lived. Helen Keller ‘is a brilliant example of t |what we have in mind. ~With every avenue of ch to life restricted, ’s:e l;]..a come ‘be h:n;&! the o:uund- I pensers ol P] ess and peace. One of the t preachers of our ration once told me that one of the el nces of his life came from the simple expression of Christian faith from the lips of & humble, unobtrusive woman to whom he listened in an East If it is true Side mission of New York. an vates, ually mmtmmmmmmnfimu rendered, in the main, by those who use the few gifts, sometimes the single they have in enriching their fellows. An inarticulate faith or an expres- sionless form of generosity, if there be such, is valueless. That we grow in- tensively only as we grow extensively is univefsally true. It may be a poetic ex- pression that affirms, “What T kept I lost, ‘What I gave away I kept,” f(and yet we witness the proof of this rofundity of our knowledge, but rather t is quality and the use we make of it that trates its value. It not in. every day. Jesus declared, “He that loseth his life shall find it.” Life's ac- countability is inevitably disclosed in the use we make of the gifts which God has given us. Special Interests Have Found That the Country Elected a President in November| BY WILLIAM HARD. The summary of this administration to date, at this week end, from a cer- tain standpoint, is all in a pained re- mark which was most moanfully made here the other day by a visiting busi- ness man from New York. “This is what we get,” he said, “for electing & business man and a ‘mil- lionaire’ to be President.” He then proceeded to review the ad- ministration's achievements as seen from a chair in a New York club corner. Oil men aren't allowed any longer to dig in the earth on the public domain, and they are hardly allowed to live on the earth anywhere. The Secretary of the Interior has told them to chase themselves off his Federal lands in the West, and the Attorney. General has told them that they cannot combine to save themselves from drowning in the flood of ofl out of the private lands in California and Oklahoma and Texas. They creep into Washington now, and how do they look? They look—and the New York busi~ ness man was quite right on this point— they look limp. They - look licked. ‘Where now is the fat arrogance which bloated ofl magnates—in cartoons, at any rate—are supposed to display? It is wholly gone. . It is replaced by a look of abject desolation. * x % & Oh, the good old days when Harry F. Sinclair used to come down here and get entertained at dinner by our very best people! Who would entertain him now? Only common people in care of the most “common” jails. The fashionable ladies who used to place Mr. Sinclair at their right at their dinner tables now are most partic~ ularly severe upon him. They loathe some of the wildest times in its his- | tory. —_—————————— The public still eagerly awaits Lind- bergh wherever he may make & landing. Early predictions that his popularity would be short-lived have proved en- tirely erroneous. _—————————— Hopes are still entertained by Trot- try. The ol industry, so lately the potent prince of our industries at Washing- ton, Is as much out of luck now in social Wi as in polif . The oil barons and oil dukes and oil kings who come down here now to see what can be done to pick up the of mi Attorney General's de- sky that some nation that feels the | need of give him & place. P —— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Banquet. When to & banquet now I go, Of precedence I think, And see the cool, pure water flow As a convivial drink! I taste the viands rich and rare ‘Whose titles cut & dash— And long, while I am dining there, For steak—or even hash. ‘While seeking joyousness complete The food will make no hit— I do not ask what I shall eat, But where I'm going to sit. Dispesing of Formalities. - “Did you ever have to take & quick lunch at & railway station?” “Many & time,” sald Senator Sor- ghum. “And I rather enjoyed the ex- perience. There was no question of precedence in quality or service that a dollar tip could not take care of.” Jud Tunkins says you kind o' lose hope of farm relief when you see farmhand dressin’ up an’ startin’ for a plenic three or four times a week. Accompaniments of Song. Now let us all arise and sing A song about the merry Spring— A heavy coat prepare to use And don't forget your overshoes. Old Adam. “Your encoursge your wife to drive first-class troublemaker will | any Washington enraged power. "l:'eyhnnngnehmunnuv rags. ‘That is the condition, says the tndg- nant New York business man, to wl Wi has now reduced one of our noblest and most puissant industries. * ok kX Moreover, says our New York business man, just look at our “millionaire” President gonig other rough-neck trout, with the White House saddle back to atial cruises on into oblivion herself, and the dafly any for horses dismissed Cavalry and the with the mmm':'zl: it gett his ball around uui"-’ any w:lnlrng a¥Y.MC. A asium, “Where is touch in all of this?” the New Y&!{h seems to a year in direct tal | the sale b is and elegant administration should give to the proprieties? All gone. Look at Gann case.” * ok ok R The rter, under the guidance of his ne'wnmend. looks at the Gann case and sees as follows: The State Department has thrown the town back into Jeffersonian demo- cratic social chaos. Except when the omatic corps intervenes to save the situation and to establish rules of cedence in its own em! and tions, there are no more social rules oe!'. any sort. ‘There is no more ad on % L using Federal Reserve credit in stock market operations is not the big right answer. But can they make the Federal Reserve Board stop? They cannot. The board keeps pummeling right on. Oil men are trodden under foot, traction interests are trodden under foot, bankers are trodden under foot, and so are manufacturers. The Presi- dent tells them that they can't get any regular normal, old-time unanimous tariff boost. All they can get is a “re- vision” and they can't get even all of that. First it's a “revision” and then it’s a “revision” that's “limited.” And Mr. Mellon has gone and lim- ited the secrecy and privacy that we used to enjoy in getting our refunds of taxes from the Treasury Department. He's gone and changed over to pub- licity. He's caught it, too. And the prohibitionists! They thought the President was going to spend all his time on “prohibition enforcement.” Then he broadened it out of their field by making it “general law enforce- ment.” Now he announces that all Federal law enforcement officers have got to be polite and respect the consti- tutional rights of citizens, and he's made 1t into “lawful general law en- forcement.” Where does that leave the drys who want to shoot up the country wlmt:verytmn. it's got leveled at one And the farmers! What do they want? They want the equalization fee. At any rate, that's what most of their organized representatives say they want. But do they get it? No, they don't, and they hardly dare even to breathe it in the President's presence any more. * ok X ok Say, who's running this country? You used to be able to see who was running it. It was the fellows who were in right. But who's in right now? | Who are they? Who's getting what they want? At this point in his discourse the veteran New Yorker sighed. His serious- ness overcame Jocularity. He tical Wash- | o Baltimore, vice | Thich reguier gloomily remarked: “I guess we weren't electing a busi- ness man or a millionaire. I guess we were electing a President.” ‘There’s something in that, but it certainly isn't the whole of it. The President isn’t bossing everything. He is giving all sorts of leeway to the ghtful prit and duties of his cabinet ministers and of the members f Congress. He is a million miles from being & dictator. His influence, how- ever, is in harmony with & new era which he embodies and which he for- wards. In this new e‘n Imr in Wash- ington now no class of people can come along and establish a Jfi'. domination, not the bankers, not the manufacturers, not the oil men, not the farmers. This is & classiess era in Washington today; and it shows in the administration’s attitude toward society as well as in its attitude toward political and indus- trial issues. We seem to have come to s moment when the only thing really on m in Washington is what might be led the combined “all of us.” That fits Hoover, and Hoover rides it with his toes firmly in the stirrups. (Copyright, 1920.) the an | Uncle Sam Helps to Solve magnificent stately Returned Goods Problem |} BY HARDEN COLFAX. ye Sam is extending & mm‘nr;lm' the merchants of the count to solve the “returned :;'qu $72,000,000 t, not to mention expense of the same item in whole- usiness. In launching fleld work in its dry goods distribution survey in the South- west area this week, the domestic com- of tl ent of Commerce dispatched questionnaires to in 59 cities which rding returned ‘When the n".fl‘- are analyzed, several months hence, valuable data are several months, the domestic commerce division has been conducting & special study of returned goods in co-operation with the controllers of that city, in are received from 18 stores in ferent lines, but all wil arrangement. Re- conclusions, to be geceived this month, for reh operations, will include for the first time statements of the reasons assigned by customers who return goods, the in the jous months—the R e termine the its ha glft, | remodeled with a hinged top, saying Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Congressmen can now march right to the “ple counter” and eat. This an innovation at the Capitol just in- stalled/ under the direction of Repre- sentative Charles L. Underhill of Mas- sachusetts, chairman of the House ccm- mittee on accounts. The Speaker’s pri- vate dining room, for cial = has been moved and the space it occupied has been transformed into & quick lunch, sandwich and ple Counter for the busy members who must have quick action and who desire also to a the heavier charges for table service in the House cafe. District people who have seen Under- hill in action on the House District com- mittee realize that he is a decidedly stubborn fellow when he gets his mind set. As soon as he became chairman of the committee on accounts, with supervision over the dining rooms and kitchen, Mr. Underhill ordered the dis- continuance of the sandwich stands in the f the House. Ther o g was & howl of protest from the mem- bers, which forced the opening up again of these stands. Mr. Underhill’s feelings were salved an order that the sandwiches had to be wrapped. His col es see in the opening of the sandwich and pie lunch counter a de- termination on Chairman Underhill's part to drive the cloakroom stands. out of business, * kK E The old Daniel Webster desk in the Senate, which the great statesman of elder years used when the present Su- preme Court room was the Senate chamber, and which the late Senator Hoar of Massachusetts refused to have that “what was good enough for Web- ster is good enough for me,” has been assigned to Senator Watson of Indiana, the new mafjority leader. ‘The old Jefferson Davis desk, which bears the bayonet slashes made by Union soldiers quartered in the Senate cham- ber during the war, will be used during the coming session by Senator Pat Har- rison of Mississippl. Senator McKellar of Tennessee suc- ceeds to the desk in the front row va- cated by Senator “Jim” Reed of Mis- sourl. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, the only Farmer-Laborite in the Senate, has been given the desk previously oc- cupled by Senator Curtis before his eclection to the vice presidency. It is the aisle desk in the last row. There are six fewer desks on the Democratic side in the new Congress. £okidw Assistant Attorney General Farnum is doing very important work here not only in handling enemy alien claims against the Government running into many millions of dollars, but all the condemnation work for Mississippi River | flood relief under the $335,000,000 authorization and many million more in the Federal building program. He Is keeping the home fires burning, as president of the Massachusetts State Society here, by bringing all former Bl{ Staters together regularly for a soclal evening and always emphasizinz the glories of that grand old pioneer commonwealth. His latest achievement is a double-barreled affair on Friday evening, April 19, in the ballroom of Wardman Park Hotel, to celebrate fit- tngly the 154th anniversary of the battle of Lexington, when Paul Revere and Willlam Dawes made their famous rides to give warning of the British approach, and to introduce to Massa- chusetts people here the new Secre- tary of the Navy. Charles Francis Adams of historic Massachusetts stock. * X x % In these days of new administration economy which Is Hooverizing the play- things of the administration—doing away with little costly pastimes like yachts for the President and Secretary of the Navy and the stable of riding horses for the Executive Mansion—we can foresee that theve will soon be an announcement that the famous thor- oughbred Morgan horses, “kgpt” for the use of the Secretary of jgriculture, have been released from suc. service. Of course, they are not as old and honored an institution as the yachts Mayflower and Sylph, which President Hoover and Secretary Adams ordered out of commission, and the public hasn’'t heard much about them. As a matter of fact, it is not certain that Secretary Hyde himself knows he has these two thoroughbreds at his call. He isn't much of a horseman, anyhow. It was Secretary Wallace who had these riding horses brought here from the famous stock farm in Vermont and died before they arrived. Secretary Jardine didn’t use them much himself because he suffered from stomach trouble. Some of the officials in the Division of Animal Husbandry and their lady friends, however, have thoroughly enjoyed these mounts on the attractive bridle paths about the Capital city. Of course, thesé two horses cost quite a little for feed and are of no service to the department except for recrcation purposes, and there is a colored groom Wwho has little or nothing else to do but take care of them. They are two well worth-while riding horses. One of them several years ago won high homors MEMENTOS OF THE GREAT BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A certain immortality seems to cling to things associated with the great. The United States is now attaining an age where interest attaches to relics of its early heroes, and, in an accommo- dating manner, these relics turn up, often being discovered in the most un- expected places, The Library of Con gress every year has some new manu- script offered to it concerning Wash- ington, Jefferson, Jackson, Linceln, Lee or other great men. Private collections, too, become repositories of such relics. Only this Winter autographs and orig- inal pages written by eminent Amer- icans have appeared in the auction rooms of Berlin and Paris and have been purchased at collection S, usually by Americans. Not however, for many Europeans are ad- mirers of men who helped mold the American Union. _Lincolniana is es- pecially sought in England, where Lin- :,_?m 1; |§1uch ndmi;ed. while Germans em have a preference for relics of ‘Washington. Tgll latter taste arises from the fact that the militaristic Prus- slan junker finds much that is con- genlal in our first great soldier. It would be impossible to guess how long these relics will continue to be found. Only a short time ago there were found in a dark, dusty loft of the Treasury Building at Washington orig- inal letters written by President Andrew Jackson to the then Secretary of the Treasury in his own hand, concerning the famous Bank of the United States controversy. Documents, inclu an annual report, written in his own d by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury during the War of 1812, also were found. How it happens that these things survive the thousands of house- cleanings which have passed over them it is difficult to surmise. Not infrequently the manuscripts are state papers of historical importance. Sometimes they are quite personal, g:cta:;n:hthe l;sslo;‘ historic interest ey reflect the times the writer lived. Sy ;Vllhln[tol Kept Many Accounts. he collection of Washingtoniana is constantly growing. Washington was 8 precise, methodical man who set down on paper far more data than even his contemporaries. It will be re- membered that while he served as com- mander-in-chief of the Revolutionary armies he received no salary whatever, but only his living expenses. His ex- pense accounts, made out meticulously to the last penny, are extant. Then, too, beginning long before the Revolu- tion, he kept a journal or diary. This is a perfect exposition of day-to-day colonial life. It shows what he every day, as well as what members of his family did. It tells of the guests who visited Mount Vernon. The journal shows close attention to his extensive farming enterprises and also shows a tremendous amount of fox hunting, In all the Washington papers perhaps there is no more personal one than a Christmas shopping list which now is in the possession of the Henry E. Huntington Library at Los Angeles. The list is dated September 20, 1759, soon after Washin, Custis and brought her with her two small children, John Parke Custis and Martha Custis, who wes always known as Patsy, to Mount Vernon. Anything as important as Christmas shopping in those days was done in London, for American manufacturers were an almost unknown quantity, save for the cruder and heavier commodities. The paper on which Washington 'ways, | Perso: gton had married Martha | to d wrote the list is of foolscap size. On nne sheet are two parallel lisis, each containing precisely 24 items. One is for John, & years old, and the other for Patsy, 4 years old. ‘The list is headed: “Sundries to be shipped by Robt. Cary, Esq., & Company use of Master John and Miss Pat- sy Custis: each to be charged to their open accounts but both consigned to George Washington, Potomack River.” ‘This 15 an {llustration of Washington’s methodical ways. All oi his accounts relating to his farm, his other business enterprises, and all per- sonal expenses were carefully listed. He could at any time determine just how much was expended on any given n or thing. Christmas gifts for John and Patsy were as carefully seg- regated as repairs to a mill. Lists Show Personal Traits. It will be noted that Washington was allowing a great deal of time in his Christmas ordering. The order would have to cross the Atlantic in a sailing ship which could not hope to make the voyage in much less than a month. Then the goods had to be moled and shipped back in the same way. Adverse winds or storms sometimes de- layed the ships for many weeks. Three= month passages were not unusual. The Christmas list for children con- tains mostly practical items, but also there are such items as “10 shillings worth of toys” and “6 little books proper for children” for Master Custis, and for Patsy “1 fashionably dressed baby, 10 shillings,” and “other toys, 10 shillings.” Then, “5 pounds, white sugar candy, 10 pounds brown sugar candy.” | For John there were ordered “4 pair | strong and neat shoes, 4 pair pumps.” Many other items of wearing apparel look odd, but they were quite the thing for & 6-year-old boy in 1759. Among them are “1 pair handsome shoe and knee buckles, silver.” “i light red duffie cloak with silver frogs,” “1 pair black hair ribbons” with many hand- kerchiefs, stockings, combs and lace. The whims of a lady of fashion if only 4 years old were respected Yy the stepfather in ordering for Patsy. He orders “2 caps, 2 pair ruffles, 2 gllfr,k"!ét Mbl:el P d‘: fashionable not el n_ore ket handkerchiefs it is specngnfhnfihey must be “small and fine.” Laces and linens galore are ordered and much ribbon and eight pairs of kid mitts and four pairs of kid gloves with shoes and pumps. Then a “cloth cloke” is or- dered for Patsy, coat of fashionable silk” and, of all things for a 4-year-old T e Sarina Washin Washington a separate list contained cloths of all Iom:p‘hlu. | tuckers, caps, handkerchiefs and “8 pounds perfumed powder." This list was made out long before | the Revolution and the time in which Washington was to prove himself a great general and military strategist. His military taste, however, at the age of 27, when this order was placed, is clearly shown in an order for busts ect his house. Without an ex- ception the busts ordered are of great generals: Alexander the Great, Julius | Caesar, Charles XII of Sweden, the King of Prussia, Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough. That “King of Prussia,” so listed by Washington, was Frederick the Great, who afterward was | to send Washington a sword inscribed ;fr:fl;n :he oldest living general to the atest.” Fifty Years Ago In The Star Search for the cause of the yellow fever and for means of preventing it Yellow Fever beo " without the Investigation. clue that was fur- nished long after- ward by the discovery of the mosquite link in the chain. In The Star of April 7, 1879, is the following: “The Secretary of the Navy today designated Medical Inspector Willlam T. Hord, Medical Inspector Richard C. Dean Medical Inspector Thomas W. Leach a board of officers to visit the U. 8. S. Plymouth, now at Portsmouth, N. H, and make an investigation into the recent outbreak of yellow fever on board that vessel. The board is direct- ed to make a thorough examination of the subject in all its bearings and to re- port the result of their work. Secretary Thompson does not deem it exactly in his line of duty to call the attention of Congress to the outbreak of the fever on the Plymouth after her thorough freezing out at Boston during the Win- ter and h fumigation. In view "This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Mrs. Blackie sat proudly in the soa| | box with her five kittens, . Her large, luminous, green eyes | seemed to suggest that perhaps no cat |in world history ever had finer looking kittens. ) 5-':‘1'&" it was ldflx;e e ‘e was one dark tiger striped, one light tiger, a maltese, a black and white spotted and a pyre black. The dark t kitten guished by the pattern of the stripes on the head, which ran arcund in a circle, instead of following the usual method of up and down. The result was that this seemed to be wearing a sort of crown or hat of some sort. As far as we know, this was a most unusual marking, * Xk x % The dark tiger kitten was the first to get its eyes open, 7 days after it ‘was born, and its brothers and sis< ters opened theirs at varying intervals, ranging from 8 to 15 days. The largest and most v us was the black and white spotted fellow, who thoroug! of this outbreak the Secretary has not displayed to the admiring world a band much confidence in the effectiveness of the refrigerating ship, toward which an appropriation of $200,000 has the in_the Army endurance test. to eliminate excesses which place a heavy burden of expense upon opera- tions. The expense naturally is pas: on to customers together with other overhead costs and profits. More in- tensive training of salespeople, to see that sizes, colors, etc, are correct, is being undertaken by many store man- ers. But many customers also ap- rently need some education in buy- g. ‘There are no official statistics on the cost of “returned goods” to merchandis- ing. Estimates, however, may be made readily, The minimum amount of re- turns, gxomue. is 4 per cent of sales. 1f $30,000,000,000 of the annual retail rade of the United States is in classes where returns apply, which rmblhly is as conservative as the previous fig- ure, the value of returned each il B e cent money, it would req: 872+ 000 to finance this amount. * x K X Several valuable, but returned goods made—by Harvard University, State University and other agencies. With Uncle Sam in the picture, a much latger survey is possible. Stud relmm from 27 department stores in 9 cities of the State, the Busi- ness Research Bureau of Ohio State University found that in 1927, on total sales of $251,000,000, returns were $10,- 797,000, and estimated that total retail sales in the State were $1 00,000, mh returned goods valued at $74,000,~ In the Ohio study, the results of which recently were published, varia- tions as between the value and the number of returns were disclosed as to . In valye, “customer’s change of mind” ranked first, with “sent on approval” second and “wrong size asked by customer” third, while in number of returns “wrong size"” took the lead, with ol of mind sécond and sent on ap- proval” third. In average value, “sent on approval ranked at the top, “un- claimed” (will call) came next, “spotting and shrinking” ranked third and fol and “customer’s change of mind” came January is the great “returned goods” month doubtless due to mis- i in ‘Christmay gifts. In Baltimore, while returns of gloves in December ym 85 ‘n;‘ ross a'llhet.ol nu;zlglne. in anuary tage was 22.7; and ‘muslin underwear had a T restricted, been but le. urth, | some obstacle in Senate and is now before the House. He has, however, called the attention of a large number of members of Con- gress to the case of the Plymouth. This sed | 8 all he feels that his duty will permit. But if Congress should call on him for information he would officially commu- nicate with that body. The Secretary is greatly concerned about the fever on the Plymouth and will do all in his power to check it and if possible prevent a recurrence. .Orders hav~ heen given to have a marine hospi* “ortsmouth prepared for the re:jpiiou ¢. all men on the Plymouth thayf are affect>4 with the fever or who All the members of the board designated today to visit and inspect the Plymouth are in the city and will leave immedi- ately to carry out the orders given them.” * * % : Analysis of the Congressional Record 6| half a century ago inspired the follow- ing comment Lawyers and 8tar of April 10 islati “A - census Legislation. present Congress lshows tha_xgh of its mfl nmnhen‘ i:l are awyers. The preponderance of in our legislative bodies, State and Na- tional, has been a fruitful subject of discussion. Some of other fessions have been inclined to upon this condition of affairs as a grievance. Many of the newspa) of the country have also inveighed in The ), 1879: of against this ‘lawyer mt ly,’ claim- ing that it te:ti,l wm: the laws the more intricate, more provocative of uu; to the interests of the legal profession, at the expense of all other interests of the country. The remedy suggested is that the work of legislation shall be turned over to business men, who have a of the wants of the they can spare the time be taken with it. | of his of white around neck, 1 nec{lll:eee of fur, . Perhaps he was the only kitten in existence with ears trimmed in white. With his (we suppose) white-trimmed ears and white neckband he, too, was more or less unique. * ok X % The black and white one was the first of the kittens to peer over the 15 ltie Tegs, . Hger-stped. tah y le legs, ger-si wgun(, it took its first look into the wn. What staring little blue button eyes kittens have! The black and white fellow clung to the rim for a few sec- onds, then dropped back to the security s0ap box e. All of these cats, with the exception of the coal black one, possessed T striped tails, even the maltese. light tiger had very well defined stripes. The dark_tiger was the smallest of the brood. His face was the prettiest and his meow, or squeal, quite the loudest of the batch. * kxR Kittens merely squeak for the first 10 days they are in the world; after that they begin to develop regular feline voices. The behavior of the kits differed when they were taken away from their mother. The dark tiger squalied lustily, whereas the black one scarcely . Blackie did not seem much worried by the absence of one or more from the nest, but would stay In it with one kitten. gress, and as unsuccessful business men | 0 must be excluded from the , since ma their failures I be held to :l?:: assur- ance of similar failures in the business of legislation, lher:m would seem to be way the remedy. “The lawyers, of course, have some- thing to in their own behaif on this subject. have some views matter from one of this tion- m class that put the defend- ants' case in'a favorable light. Epito- silk | mizing his argument, it is held that the turn |requirements of preparation for the legal rofession and the mi University study showed ber, the average length of held to say. the | nice children