Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ek Sundey Morning Biten. . WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.......June 20, 1920 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The !u-h; Star Ne paper Company 11th 8t nm“ [ranis Ave. New !gg‘gn n "fi m:‘l':t Rate by c-m:r wnhm the City. The Evening 45¢ per month s lvenln 60c per month g o0 nd Buriday’ aur (when 4 Sundays) -+68¢ par month T Collection mads oo TAGeR Pl of Teiepnane Main 8000. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. d and Virginia. 1 7. 010.00: 1 mo. ase .+ 80c Aday only . N ;«88 1 Mo 40¢ ally and Sunday..] vr. 313 All Other States nnd Cnmdl. mo. t inday onls H«mhor of the Associated Press. ociated Press {8 evclusivaly entitled for republication of all 3 ews dis- g edited to it or not otherwise cred: in this paper and also the lncal rews pnhn-md herein. All riehts of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Out of Step. For sheer complacency, probably, nothing can equal the latest attempt of the Traffic Bureau to justify its con- tinued use of the present left-hand turn in Washington. Beset on all sides because of its insistent advocacy of a turn that is used in only one or two of the smaller cities of the country and a turn that is definitely rejected by that great body of traffic experts, the Hoover Conference on Street and Highway Safe! the Trafic Bureau has from time to time stanchly re- iterated its belief that its pet scheme 1s the best ever devised. And while all of these defenses of the Washington outside left turn are not answered, simply because it seems & waste of time, the little blue chart, which was issued yesterday, is too perfect to pass ‘without comment, Four left-hand turns are depicted in the drawing. Three of them ‘are fundamentally the same. They include turns used in such centers of traffic congestion as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco, Number one drawing shows the standard left turn recommended in the Model Municipal Code and used in large cities from coast to coast, The footnote states that there are six haz- ard points. Number two shows the method of making the left turn on the inside of the center of the street, mere- 1y another and quicker method of mak- ing the Model Municipal or Hoover turn. Four hazard points are attrib- uted to this method. Number four skips to the practically never used left turn on the red signal, but the same as the others in execution. Six hazard points are stressed in this maneuver. But now comes the perfect part of the diagram. Number three is the rotary left tun now used in Washington. And proudly and with delightful naivete the traffic office exclaims in its footnote, “No hazards!” ‘The Traffic Bureau has probably put in a great deal of study on this ques- tion, but if this chart is meant to be serious instead of comic it would ap- pear that more stully wae needed in order that obvious hazards may be dis- covered in the “perfect plan.” In the first the method used in making & left-hand turn in Washington is a violation of one of the fundamental rules of driving, which is, briefly, “Never turn across the line of traffic coming from your rear.” ‘This hazard, which is a real hazard, can be seen any day at any street inter- section in Washington when a motorist walting on the outside to make a left turn and 2 motorist rushing through the intersection to get through before the light changes are in imminent danger of colliding and often do collide. In the second place, the Wash- ington turn promotes zigzagging from one lane of traffic to another when an intersection is approached over which a policeman has control at certain periods of the day. If the policeman is on duty the turn must be made from the outside. It he is not it must be made, the way it should be at all times, from the inside In the third place, the innocuous right-hand turn is bar- red at any intersection where the traf- fic office left-turners are congregated. And in the fourth place, nothing but congestion is bred—the kind of con- gestion universally to be avoided and inimical to the frictionless movement of traffie—by a left turn that in its very conception is subversive to good driving habits. ‘Those are a few of the hazards. There is another phase to the question, however, and that is that no community should set itself up as defying the best traffic thought of the remainder of the country. Universality is the goal of ali cities in the United States in so far as traffic regulations are concerned. It is the only sensible method to reduce the terrific accident toll. Washington, the National Capital, is delaying the day when the motorist may drive the same in New York and Chicago as he does In San Francisco and Houston by per- sisting in being out of step with the Fest of the United States. ——— Smith opponents are persistent, re- membering the historic fact that what may have been considered a political finish was, in reality, only a start. —_———— The Senate Favors Publicity. ‘The Senate’s modification of its hoary old secrecy rule represents a compro- mise that goes a little more than half ‘way toward the goal set by proponents of full publicity on Senate proceedings. It does not, as planned originally, pro- vide for the automatic release to an anxious public of the roll calls, which show the way the prevalling wind af- fected the Senators’ views on public questions. While it is still possible that these roll calls will continue to be treat- ed confidentially, the new rule ‘allows each Senator to state fully and frankly to the curious members of the press how he voted. And in thus making known his action in an executive -session, he no longer runs the risk of expulslou from the Senate. ‘The procedure under this amended rule will probably be that the Senate's consideration .of a nomination or a treaty will be begun in open session. ‘On motion of a member, duly seconded, | I whether to continue the discussion in open session or with closed doors. A vote taken in executive session will not become available, but individual Sena- tors may make public their own votes. If newspapers have been able to pry the 1id off votes in executive session under the old rule, the chances are that they will more facilely repeat the process under a rule which removes the penalty from talkative members. ‘The new rule does not go as far as Senator Jones' original proposal nor the resolution offered by the conservative rules committee. But as it required a two-thirds vote yesterday to change the rule, and now leaves to A majority vote the decision on open or closed session, the chances are that the Senate will eourt more publicity in the future than it has in the past, while newspaper re- porters will run less risk of ineurring | senatorial wrath by reporting the public views of public men. —— et Prohibition and Politics, Senator Oarter Glass of Virginia yes- terday in the Senate undertook a lec- ture of the Hoover administration on the ground that it was dodging prohibi- tion enforcement.” He took as a vehicle for his remarks a resolution offered by Senator Jones of Washington, an ardent dry, providing for the creation of a joint congressional committee to investigate and report what changes should be made in governmental administration of the dry laws. Incidentally Senator Glass used up quite a bit of time of the Senate when that body might have been adopting the resolution, which had been recommended by President Hoover. In | the end the Senate adjourned for its two months' recess without acting on | the Jones resolution, which now must | go over for final action until the House returns in September, for that body, too must act upon it. There was a chance | of putting the resolution through bothl houses yesterday. But the debate in the Senate on the resolution ran along until after the House had adjourned. The Senator from Virginia is aware of the fact that legislation is necessary before the prohibition unit can be re- moved from the Treasury Department and transferred to the Department of Justice. He knows that legislation is required to bring about any othe: transfers which may be necessary. He complains, however, because the Presti- dent has recommended a congressional committee to draw up plans for such legssiation, charging that it would merely delay action and also that the President is seeking to shift the burden of making the transfers to the Con- gress. The President is already on rec- ord in his inaugural address in favor of a transfer of the prohibition en- forcement unit from the Treasury to the Department of Justice. So Senator Glass’ argument that the President is seeking to avold responsibility’ in this matter falls flat, Purthermore, the President in the end must approve the legislation put through Congress. Mr. Hoover called the special ses- sion of Congress to deal with two greal subjects, farm relief and tariff revision, both of them held to require emer- gency treatment. It has been obvious all along that if the President in- sisted upon prohibition legislation in this session, it would lead to long de- bate, and perhaps block action on these matters for which the special session was called. Yesterday's debate over the Jones resolution was merely a sample of what might have been expected had a measure been taken up seeking to strengthen prohibition enforcement. The President, therefore, wisely is let- ting the matter go over to the regular session of Congress. But Senator Glass ignores that. In his opinion the Presi- dent is derelict in his duty. Senator Glass has voted dry on legis- lation that has come before him for years. He has been accounted an ardent dry in the past. But Senator Glass gave his support last year to Al- fred E. Smith for President. Mr. Smith’s first act after he had been nominated by the Democrats at the Houston convention—a convention par- ticipated in by Senator Glass—was to declare he intended to use his best efforts, if elected President of the United States, to bring about repeal or modification of the national dry laws, Senator Glass and other “regular” Democratic leaders of Virginia imme- diately found themselves afoul of the strong dry sentiment of their State, The dry Democrats, voting agalnst Mr. Smith, made it inevitable that the State should go for President Hoover. These same Democrats consider Sena- tor Glass a backslider because he fol- lowed the Smith banner in the last campaign. They have already organ- ized at Roanoke to elect an anti- Smith dry Democrat for*governor this year, and there is every indication that they intend to try to get the political scalp of Senator Glass himself when he | comes up for re-election next year. | ‘The Virginia Senator's attack upon the President, whom the dry Demo- campaign, in which he out-Hoovers Hoover in his demand for prohibition enforcement, may mnot have been | designed to ingratiate himself again in the good graces of the drys of his| State. But at least it may bes con- sidered an attack upon some of the dry | leaders in his Stats who turned against | him last year and who promise to do the same in 1930, r—— “It's a long time between drinks” said the Governor of South Carolina to the Governor of North Carolina. That discreet convivial relationship has not heen reliably established between Canada and the U. 8. A. B A Blatant American. Reports from Paris tell of the richly deserved honors which are being show- ered upon Jean Astolant, Rene Lefevre and Armeno Lotti, jr., the three intrepid aviators who were the first Frenchmen in a French plane to span the Atlantic, but they likewise relate the activities of that incongruous figure, the stow- away, an American, unfortunately, who put the gallant fiyers into the very jaws of death by his presence on board the Yellow Bird. The fiight of the glant Bernard plane was concelved by Prenchmen, was financed by French- men and three years were spent in preparation for the sporting venture by Frenchmen. Yet an American not only had the supreme gall to sneak aboard their plane, thereby endangering the lives of all and definitely making of the trip a fallure because of the addi- «a majority of the Senate will decide tional gasoline consumption on account {than in cold, and both find it more crats of Virginia supported in the last|® | talk.” ! Out on the alcoholic route ' Bhoot if you must some bad Boy Scout EVENIN! of his weight, but blatantly seeks to participate in the receptions and honors being accorded to them by their own country. The hospitable French do not enjoy handing out snubs. The crew of the Yellow Bird announced that inasmuch as America was 5o kind to them in their preparations for the take-off they felt inclined to help the youth. To Americans, however, the spectacle of a citizen of the United States commit- ting the grave breach that the stow- away apparently glories in is something for which an apology should be made. Parisians have put up with many dif- ferent types of Americans from time | immemorial, the kind who are loud and boisterous, the kind who are drunk and disorderly and the kind who vulgarly prate of their wealth, but probably never before have they had the experi- ence of feeling compelled to be kind to & man who deiiberately endangered their countrymen's lives and who com- placently remarks that “we” had a good crossing. Col. Charles Lindbergh did much to promote Anglo-French understanding eand amity, The stowaway bids fair m' undo it. Money could not be better | spent by the United States Government than to buy him a steerage ticket for home without further delay. Do Not Forget Them. During the hot days householders | should never forget that thirst afflicts their pet animals as well as themselves. Whereas & man may quench his thirst by so simple an expedient as turning & faucet, his dog or cat has no | sueh method open to it. Fido or Tom must depend upon his human friends to see to it that he hu. 8 good drink. Both dogs and cats naturally drink more in warm weather difficult to secure water. In past years great stress was placed upon watering the horse during Sum- mer. This need still exists for work horses, but in the main the attention should be placed today on seeing that an adequate supply of water is available for pets. In many homes the pets, while ostensibly belonging to the children, de- pend upon the older folks for their care. Father is at work, and Mother is busy around the home, but some one—and usually it is Mother-—must see to it that the dog or cat has water, ‘This is easily done by filling & pan early in the morning. Animals prefer their drinking water at air tempera- ture, so that slightly stale wate. is their favorite. Nor should the birds be forgotten. ‘What is more pleasant to watch on & Summer afternoon than the songsters flocking to a bird bath? A little fore- thought in these matters will repay itself a thousandfold, and the furry and feathered children of Nature will be happier and healthier, ——— ‘There are many social, political and financial complexities. The situation is one in which, could he have sur- vived, Theodore Roosevelt might have found particular enjoyment. —————— 1t is internationally conceded that the financial ideas of Charles Dawes are not as queer as the underslung implement he proffers as a “pipe of peace.” — epepiifD Pame is generous. If a public char- acter is forgotten in political affairs he may be revived in attention by & divorce. i e Prohibition champions recoghize the fact that & sawed-off shotgun is not altogether a dignified emblem of office. ‘Washington's airport project estab- lishes =a general relationship with “castles in the air."’ SHOOTING STARS BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Right to Eat. What is the question of the day? We talk of beef and corn and wheat As Tariffs hold their ancient sway. The question is, “What Do We Eat?" And sometimes when high words arise, | ‘When Stern Statistics raise a row On What We Eat, we must surmise— Also on When and Where and How. And so, as schedules new draw near, Each Tariff leaves us in a wreck Of apprehension as we fear Some one is going to stack the deck. We do not claim to understand Of phraseology a lot. The right to Eat we all demand, And ask “How, Where and When and | What!” Far From the Crowd. “Do you look forward with pleasure to your Summer outing? “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “You can then forget your cares for while.” “I can't forget them. But I can at least worry about my political future without being disturbed by a lot of loud j | Jud Tunkins says he had a successful day. He drove a fiivver to town and) escaped with his life, Summary Penalty for Youth. They find a Rum Car going strong. ‘Who happened to get in all wrong. Happy Days. “You used to shoot Gulch.” “Why refer to them happy days?” asked Cactus Joe. “I'm tame. The Gulch is a movie ‘location’ and nobody shoots anything except a camera.” up Crimson “There is no power,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “great enough to make it safe to speak in recklessness.” Relativity. _ Einstein plays the fiddle! ‘We turn attentive ears— We're living in the middle Of the “Music of the Spheres!” “In a loud-mouth crap game,” said Uncle Eben, “you thinks you's exhortin’ de dice when mebbe you's only tellin’ yoh troubles.” v B That’s Only One. From the Seattle Times. ‘The real test will come when Charles | America, G. Dawes attempts to amend the rules Tequiring mlmu to walk backward when leaving the presence of British royalig. e o4 G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, ehflaren see the fireflies flash- wm the Summer night they little thlt such lumincsity is the call of mate to mate. Such, however, is the case, another instance of Nature's striking adapta- tions. What pleases the children is done by Nature for her eminently prac- tical ends. Fireflies belong to the family, the Coleoptera, w] the sacred beetle of sands of others. It is said that some kind of beetle can thrive any place on the earth’s surface. One beetle lives in and on one sort of plant, and another in another, 80 that gumln scientists are kept busy combating them. If a showdown ever comes in the world-wide war between the insects and man, one of the major divisions to be overcome will be\that of the Coleoptera. No doubt the click-beetles (Py- rophorus), commonly called fireflies, will be spared, largely on account of the pleasure they give to mankind through their luminous activities. What would a Summer evening be without the bright sparks showing here and there, now here, now over there? hfrh includes Little children run after them with | much shouting, intent on catching | them in their chubby hands, determined to imprison them in bottles, so that they may watch them flash their fire. * Kk % Fireflies Deay be regarded as an ideal children’s insect. They cannot bite, they are clean (at least to all outward appearance), and R,ueu no unpleasant characteristics. e genus Pyrophorus contains about 90 species, their native haunts, as “cu- cujos.’ Tt is said that down there they are put in cages, and are worn 8s per- | sonal adornments. The firefly {5 unknown in the Eactern Hemlsphere, although the well known glowworn often is called, al- though incorrectly, a firefly. Bof male and femele fireflies emit light. Even the eggs are lumi- nous. Those who have made a special study of fireflies declare that the luminous organs consist of layers of cells “which may be regarded as a spe- chlhed rtion of the fat<body.” 1f doesn't make it clear, we quote lrom the lnlcle in the Encyclo- wdn Britennica, “The luminosity is due to the influence of an enzyme in the cells of the organ upon a special substance in the blood.” Now we are eure-that you know all about it, just what makes the firefly flash, and how! The interesting thing about this insect to the homeowner is not how he does it, but that he does do it 1! au ly that he does it so well. HIA llgh is the despair of scientists, being of the “cold” type, which wastes no lumination in heat. Man has been able to make some very fine lights for himself, but the best of them is considered extremely wasteful from the scientific standpoint of 100 per cent utility of materials in- volved. A firefly can outdo Edison any nij ht in the week, when it comes to giv off light without waste. Its little Hl)\l machine is a wonder, in its w has no glass bulb, no wires, no BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. A very great forward step has been taken, this week, about’ “farm relief.” ~Agriculture has been In the dumps for several years: farmers have complained and politicians have echoed their cmnpllln? Many plans have been proposed for “farm rellef " One was adopted by Congress last week, by which hlll a billion dol- lars was authorized to pump prosperity into crop selling—like oxygen into a drowned victim. President signed a check for $150,000,000 of that amount last Monday, which ought to “help some.” Political opponents of the ldmimstrltlon wonder what will come after the whole $500,000,000 has been spent, for it will not make two blades of grass to grow in the markets where one Jimson weed had grown be- fore, Still, half a billion dollars is $500,000,000—and that is somelhlng‘ even if it abnormally stimulates produc- tion instead of markets. But something very different in the | way of “farm relief” really did blossom, yesterday, in Washington, and it opens | up a mighty interesting story of prog- | ress—a story that is likely to mcr!asr in | interest, each successive climax becom= ing more thrilling until the grand cli- | max and denouement wherein the laugh | will come so unexpectedly on the “vil- lain of the plot"—the chap who was a | pes?umst about how to be a farmer and | smile. ‘This “relief” differs from the half- billion-dollar scheme in that it actually | will make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow in the right way, where the weeds had. flourished, and the greater the ex) rendnurr of the capital, the surer will its inexhaustibility be | demonstrated. Y i * For centuries, the Englishman has been dropping his H's around promiscu- ously. Wherever he drove his 'orse or worked ‘is ’arrow or 's 'oe, there fell H's—absolute waste. He tried to pick up some and tacked them onto curious | plltes‘ but they never looked natural. | just couldn’t huuderstand w'y 'e|a ld a ‘ed; his 'eart was 'efty in its nor- | mal beat, and ’s 'ands were 'andy at many hundertakings, and, thanks to roast beef from Hamerica, 's ‘ealth was usually robust; ‘e is ‘ealthy. Now the trouble is discovered to be Jjust like that caused by .diet lacking certain vitamins. It is only in recent years that science has discovered that no matter how much we eat, and no matter about the chemical analysis of, our balanced ration, if the food does | not contain proper vitamins, we get | the rickets or something. The English- man dropped most of his H's but American agriculture lacked H's all the time and did not know it until a few years ago. So the Department of Agri- culture is now undertaking to put H into farming. There are four principle vitamins: there are four principle H's essential to “farm relief.” The stunt required is to put Vitamin H into farming and vitaltz: agricultural prosperity. all the despicable pledges the Slgcker's Oath is the worst, not only inits treason, but in ils negative dec- larnnnns, But the Pledge of the “4 H's" 18 just the opposite in that it forecasts great citizenship by doing something constructive. Here it is: Attention! “1 pledge “My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater loyalty, y Hands to larger service, “My Health to better living for my club, my community and my | country, Salute!” * Riaing It has long been recognized by farm institute workers that an audience composed of old farmers is sterile soil | for nowlns modern crops of progres- | siveness. ut youngsters take to new ideas like a duck to water, or like virgin soil to sced, and more than half a million embryo farmers, male and female, have raised their right hands and taken the Pledge of the 4 H's. In fact, the total number, from the be- gonnl.n:, exceeds 5,000,000, but some- w they grow up and marry and live happily ever after and now the chil- dren of the original members are crowding into the camps—more than half a strong and growing. - None is eligible to join a 4-H Club unless he or she first proves worthiness by doing something worth while—raise a pig, knit a doily, make a pudding or grow & prize-winning acre of corn, It might seem that just which of the stunts was done by a girl and which by a bwy would go without nyln[—but it Some of the girls have won eat beetle | Egypt, and thou- | lumped off in tropical |y in the much talked- | Hoover | jment in 1928 was 663.940; probably by jdrop their H's, like the English. rent.” but it flashes m -mmmt of ligl give off is tremen com:uua with the size of the creature, if an insect may be called such, and we think it can. A single firefly, in a- glass jar, can give off more light, in roporcwn to his size, than one of the latest type elec- tric street lamps. No doubt a precise measurement of his illumination would show it to be very small, but not a jnt |of it is wasted. It is all light, and can be seen for yards. * ok k% Picture handsome Bozo _ Firefly fllahhl muumume Mlll hn- “Oh w!‘:‘. & bnumul llt:l :he exclaims to herself. ‘‘Never travels from tropical America hlv- I seen a Premar one.” glwd uflm ”umh in repl; er dainty s reply possess great appeal, Bozo Firefly slows up, circles in the air and comes back again. Once more he dazzles Miss rus, but just as she flies over to strike up an uciu.\lnunu, a large creature on two legs looms in the gloaming. It is little Janie Murdock, 6 years old, regarded by her parents as a fragile child, but by the fireflies as a perfect monster in comparison with themselves. There is a swish, and the gigantic right hand of Janie closes over poor little Miss Pyrophorus jun as nua u about to flash “Hello!” to big Bo: Firefly. "The romance 1s over. In vain does nhe dash against the sides of the fruit jar in which Jnnle imprisons her; in vain she lights erself, Her fat cells work overtime, try to lure Bozo tosher rescue, but llme Jnnu Murdock and a quart Mason jar were not included in the wide scope of beetle knowledge. The forefathers of the Coleoptera, or true beetles (not the false ones, which have no particular standing), never heard of Janie, nor of glass, nor of the insatiable wishes of humanity, which reach out after all sorts of sensations. How could the wise of this nus know that even the youn the uman species were never satisfled, but wanted everything that glowed, that gleamed, whether it was beneath the earth or on the earth or in the-air above the earth? Every small child reaches out for the moon, 8o that it is no wonder that it catches fireflies at a later age, for fire- flies are flying bits of the moon, bring- ing her inscrutable, cold light to eartn, where it may be imprisoned in jars. Perhaps some scientist has found out just how many flashes there are in a En n firefly. It would all depend upon w well fed the individual lpeclm nd how many firefiler { the op ; te sex were around, of cour: flies are at_their mum ‘not in Janie's jar, but fly- ing aroun ust the same. as Janie ti in the night, especially on humld evenings, when they flash their Then they present one of the most familiar but one of the most charming sights imaginable, as they drape the home yard with moving Japanese lan- :e:m such as fairies might use in their eams. prizes with the biggest hogs in the county fair. Some of the' boys—no, it might be challenged if we accused any of these huskies of knitting doilies, but they can can 58 varieties of fruits an jal authority is found for the following statement, under date of 1924: “Each succeeding year the im- portance of the farm boys and girls for bringing about the introduction of improved practices has steadily in- creased. The enrollment of girls has been larger than that of boys. Of the 300,545 girls enrolled in one or more of the various club projects, 175,545 were enrolled in some phase of clothing con- struction, of whom 100,702 reported the "making of 321995 garments and articles of various kinds. Interest in | food_preservation is indicated by the enrollment of 83419 girls and 726 boys in food-preservation clubs, A total of 43,971 ls and 482 boys reported the canning, preserving and pickling of 2,562,641 quarts of it, vegetables and meat. There were 51,929 girls enrolled in poultry clubs and 7,224 in dairy clubs. To make the home more attrac- tive and its surroundings more satis- fying, 33,667 girls were enrolled in projects for the beautification of home grounds.” All of the above statistics are super- seded now by huser figures, for they are taken from the 1924 report, but the pro- portion remains the same—advancement of interests among the youths of the farms in improving conditions under which they live and move and have their livelihood. In fact the erroll- now there are a ‘million, out of the 6,000,000 eligibles* in America. * ok % X sum organizations select the best champions out of the farm club to rep~ resent the States in the annual pilgrim- ages and encampment in Washington (of which the present one is the third), and so two girls and two boys from each of 40 States, plus Hawaii, and “leader” also from each, are now en- camped upon the grounds of the De- partment nl’ Agriculture, having “the time of their lives.” ‘Will these champions go back to the farm and hustle, with increased knowl- edge and enthusiasm, or will they dawdle around a factory becatise factory wages entice them into factory drudgery? A team of the farm champion boys has been sent to England to compete with an English team in judging live stock. And the “Yanks are coming” every year, for this first team showed the British' competitors that they didn’t take a back seat for any ‘“furriner” when it came to noting the fine points of a steer or horse, sheep or pig. Our champions won all the prizes in stock Judging. * ok Every morning the camp is urouped by reveille, then comes the raisin 1d Glory. At 9 o'clock, in the hlfl he National Museum, there is an lll- ly, addressed by some notable speaker, and in the afternoons all are | “personally ~conducted” upor: sight- | seeing tours, such as trips to Mount Vernon and to the chief sights of official Washington. In the evenings they gather about a campfire upon the grounds of the Department of Agricul- ture, and different teams vie with others {in presmltnl programs of entertain- ment. That's why it is confessed that the! |scheme of Congress to relieve agricul- tural gripe, by a dose of half a billion dollars, is not to be compared in im- portance with the movement among the farm youths, of ages 10 to 20, ln discovering ways to be happy though ‘farming. What are dollars compared with 4-H's? Ameriean farmers don't (Copyright, 1929, by Paul V. Collins.) — e Let’s Give Bill a Hand! From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Bill Hart is coming back to the screen, He will make a talkie western and if he hasn't forgotten his once familiar two- gun shooting art the new presentation should be plenty nolsy. et They Might Quit Voting. From the Jackson Citizen Patriot, If the Senators keep on telling how each other voted in their executive ses- 1t 1 a1l precisely alike, are laid in a row on Pyropho- | my | ment shortly will issue, the New York ] n'"§1 slons it may become necessary for the Senate to adopt the Australian ballot system. i by JUNE 20, 1929. Ah! “Blindfold Test” Has Japanese Rival BY E. E. FEEE, PH. D. A new kind of cigarette test, in which the point at issue is neither the flavor of the tobacco nor the number of coughs in a packet, but the supposed telepathic abllities of the human mind, is de- scribed by Dr. Kotaro S8himomura, dis- tinguished Japanese chemical engineer, in a communication recently published by the Boston Society for Psychical Re- search, an organization devoted to strictly scientific tests of supposed su- pernormal phenomena. Four cigarettes, a table. Two persons take seats on o) site sides of the table, both facin row of cigarettes. One person, who u to attempt to send the ulep.cmg mes- sage, concentrates his mind on one of the four cigarettes, chosen by himself at random and without any sign to the other person indicating which clnrett,e has been mentally selected. person, whose mind is to recelva the upposed mepnhlc ‘message, closes his wes and tries to visualize, in memory, ‘hn the four cigarettes look like. Act- ing as tha recelver of the telepathic , with his wife as the sender, Dr. shlmomun noticed, he reports, that one out of the four cigarettes in his mental image of the row seemed to have moved out of line or to have changed in size. That change in the remembered image indicates, the Japanese experi- menter believes, the reception of the telepathic message. It was found, at least, that in too many instances to be reasonably explainable by accident the one cigarette which seemed to have cmnled in the “mind’s eye"” of the per- 0se eyes were closed was the one of vhleh the other person was think- ing. Skeptics will probably point out, however, that the number of Dr. 8himo- mura’s experiments was too small for certainty in so important a matter. “Hard Money” Still Favored “Out West” From the Seattle Dally Times. In commenting upon the new paper currency which the Treasury Depart- Evening Post says that the smaller- sized bills “may even wean the citizens of the Pacific Slope from their fondness for the clumsy silver cartwheels.” ‘The West is prepared to admire the artistic bills and to admit their superi- ority over the old-style money, but it will never give up the “iron men.” In keeping its Illver dollars the West is not unpatriotic. As a matter of fact, it is helping the Federal Government to economize, since the upkeep of metal money costs less than that of paper currency. Some years ago the Treasury De- partment pmed out several million sil- ver dollars to see if the East would accept them. The experiment was a total failure and within a week or two the new shiny dollars were back in_the | vaults of the Government. The East was firmly attached to its paper money and would not listen to the plea that millions could be saved by using the ! durable silver coins. ‘The fondness of the West for “hard money” goes back to pioneer days. In | the bonanza camps gold dust was the | medium of exchange, but it was not long befcre minted money came into use. And the West held to its liking gold and silver coins long after the nut became attached to the paper dollars. ‘The reason for the smaller-sized cur- rency, which will be distributed about July 1, is the economy in expensive paper. Experiments have shown that per money deteriorates rapidly from smeared with grease and gasoline ling stations and garages. Ob- ly we can save on paper if the blus are smaller. For a short time we thall have two sizes, but soon the old currency will find its way into the re- demption agency of the Government. However, so far as the West is con- cerned, there will be no falling off in the popularity of the silver cartwheel. Believe ‘Talking’ Movies Will Reduce Production From the Toronto Daily Star (Canads). Richard Barthelmess believes the coming of the “talkies” will cause pro- ducing organizations to turn out fewer pictures—a dozen a year instead of a hundred. Perhaps half a dozen & year would be better still. ‘The arrival of the talking picture— for it has arrived, although it will undergo a great deal of improvement— compels the moving picture industry to set itseif new standards. It was high | time that, from some source, the com- pulsion should come. It was fatally easy for producers to turn out “new” Ppictures rapid succession, most of them echoes and imitations of each other, with but the shred of an idea in each as justification for produc- ing it. But it is now perccived that while a half-baked idea may not be too Iflly to look at, it may be quite too silly to listen to. The eye may see much and look on with indifference, but the ear is a door to a man’s under- standing and his reason is on guard there. It will not admit rubbish—not too much of it too constantly. A man may see an incredible picture and not feel that his intelligence is being affronted, but if he is trapped into listening to incredible '.hlnm\ he will resent it. Sight is a sense that projects itself to exterior objects; hearing is the reverse of this in its operations, its function being to bring everything in to the core of one's personal consciousness. A man may see and be unconcerned; but if you make him listen it is of con- cern to him what it is that he is made to listen to. He will feel that he has rights and will indist on them. "The movie industry is well aware that its easy days are ended, and it will from now on have a oritical world to deal with. A pleasing appearance will no longer be ample equipment for success on the screen; the actor or actress must possess some of the culture and training necessary in legitimate drama. Mr. St. John Ervine writing in the London Spectator says: “No one who frequents moving pictures even rarely can fail to be struck by the extraordi- nary disparity between the quality of the Flcture as a piece of mechanics and its quality as a piece of entertain- ment. A magnificent apparatus is em- ployed for the production of puerile stories.” This truth must have im- pressed nearly everybody at some time or other—how everything is subordi- nated to the wonderful mechanics of camera and screen. It is probable that the latest development in the movies will require and call for the services of the greatest dramatists and actors. Langley ‘“History” Is Declared Wrong To the Editor of The Star: Sir: It was with great surprise that I read the “Who Remembers?” bit by Dick Mlmflcld in The Evening !t«ll‘ recently. No one “can truthfully remember when Prof. Langley “made the first flight in his airship, crossing the Poto- mac near a place called Widewater,” because he never made such a flight, nor any other flight as far as records can show. first to admit it. Langley did build a model al which made. a number of flight Widewater. His man-carrying plane, which crashed on both of its -ttemph. due to failures in the structure and faulty launching mechanism, was manned by the Ine Charles Manley. In view of the recent bitter dispute between the Smithsonian Institution and Orville Wright which resulted in the loss of “the first man-carrying airplane to fly” to this eoum.ry I believe an exphnluon&h!m order. BARNABY, Lieut. (CC) U, 8. N. He himself would be the |*- at Bishop, is frequently played upon pub- pproach Public Awaits With Ihférest' the Appearance of N Keen national interest in the new paper money.'mn to be circulated, is ap} Vu ting anxiously for the arrival of the new, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat finds reason for concern in the fact that the old MI\ELB n filth Dbecause it is “It takes very little mumnwn " accord! to that paper, “to sense the menace of mlecnon at is borne on the of ruper money that for so many mnnt has been passing from hand to hand, from sources of fiith and disease and infection into homes and offices and | pockets of spotless cleanliness. This situation is present because curreney reissue has practically stopped and we are handling our one-dollar, five-dollar and twenty-dollar bills, and even larger ones, over and over. * * * Nothing can be done about the matter, other than the exercise of care in that come to us.” “The new bills are destined for populs demand,” says the Charlotte Observer, “and when the public understands the situation the old bills may be subjected to rougher treatment than ordinarily, that their period of usefuiness shall be shortened, to facilitate withdraw: The Scranton Times remarks that “while, as a matter of course, there will be more or less general circulation of the present currencjr for a number of years, it is expected that most of the old currency will be withdrawn in the course of a year or two. It will be re- called that for many years after the Government_sf ting two-cent pieces and nm imes, many of these coins were in general use. ay they are seldom seen excepting in a collec- tor's display.” S “With red, green,. brown, blue and yellow as the color scheme for one's ‘wad,’ money will talk louder than ever,” remarks the Chattanooga News, while the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, speaking of the saving in material represented by the smaller currency, states that “one is less impressed by the &r -saving eolnt than by the fact t! the new ills will represent. nn esthetic improve- ment over the old, better pro- portioned and more beluwul in design. Some of the newer issues of the" P'unch government have shown what can done by way of combining legal unfler with art. In American practice the tw‘o ;uve been oftener divorced than joined.” : “The backs of the bills,"” lains the Columbia Record, “will be ted uni- een and the faces in black, easury seals and serial num- ben are blue, red, yellow, green and brown. Consequently the new money will be stylish and it is sald to be more durable than the flumncy which has been in use in the pasf “This being a republlc, we cannot be- ar | nations. And then the ew Paper Money stam| paper money, which W "t honor indeed. Its one drawback is thl'. it unnot be conferred until some time the person to be honored is dead. * * * A new art gallery of the Nation's great will appear when the new money is put into circu- lation. It involves an interesting p dox. ‘The smallest denomination will be adorned By pictures of the greatest men, * * There is, of course, a perfectly ‘ood reason for this. We are supposed to be reminded of a great man every time we Jook at.a bill” “A review of the names,’ states the chulen(eu serious comment. ponnm 3 are of men who were not ident of nited B?Am “ is fairly easy to understand [amilton and Chase aj in the handling bills | w, be upon the most populu nu dcnmm- J‘”"‘ Just what was in the mlnd who made the selections is obscure. * ok ox “We have never been bothéred by lack of space about our to carry the bills as they are” obmvu the Morgantown New Dominion. “It is gratifying, however, to know that there are people in the Unlmd States who have found it necessary to change the old age a 'm “ overburden of filthy A hes partm the size of money along If the department had gone about that job seriously and in , there have been times when Har bill would not have covered mu¢h more area than a postage stamp.” “The one advantage,’ contends the Waterbury Republican, "will come from the superior ease with which the new bills can be fitted into and drawn out of the bilifold. Even this ldvlntlle will depend in the long run ‘hether or not the makers of hu.llolds cnn be persuaded not to make them * * Now, if the billfolds wul remain as they are, the new bills will fit in them 'lth a comfortable margin of room to s n.souuet.he can be inserted without ltlckm! creasing, and can be more easily ln- and withdrawn. t us h:fie the Dbilifold manufactur eonunue to use the same lasts, or mt- ever they make billfolds on.” * “It is too bad the Treasury. did not see ‘fit to eliminate the two-dollar bill whzn it planned its new size currency, says the Des Moines ‘nrbune-cnpdm “The &:o-dol{ln blllnh‘l: achieved | superstitious fame. su) pmed mun bad luck to its m‘r’ stow orders of nobility on famous men, says the Spokane 8 “but we can print their nlcture-ron of the idea was in the ease vlth mchhlt is mistaken and misgiven for other o ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many ate questions as our free !.nrorml Bu- reau in Washington, D. ‘This highly organized institution hn been built up and is under the personal direction of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in constant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational entérprises it is in a position to pass on to you authori- tative lnfm-mnmn of the hkhesz order. Submit your queries to the staff of ex- perts whose services are put at your free disposal. There is no chnr cept 2 cents in coin or stamps or re- turn postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Pted ic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. Q. What_constitutes usury in the Dhtrlct of Columbia?>—R. F. The District of Columbia code. seewm 1180, says: “If any person or corporation_shall contract in the Dis- uu:t verbally to pay a greater rate of interest than 6 per centum per lnnum. or shall contract in wntlnl Pl! a greater rate ihan 8 annum, the creditor smu {oflen. whole of the interest so contracted to be received: Provided, Thlt nothing in this chapter contained shall be held to e or affect the act of Congress ap- proved February 4, 1913, relating to the business of loaning money on Aecum.y P 6571 hh'ty-leventh Statutes, part 1, page Q. Are all aedl.'.lve drugs known as | ‘narcotics”?—F. F. G. A. Among sedative drugs there are narcotics, anesthetics ; and hypnotics. Q. What is the name for the tall cap | worn ‘by Russian mmury men, espe- clnlly by Cossacks?- . It is known as dlpnhl Q ‘What substance will ne\ltnlin the effect of a rnlgnet’—-D G. W. A. There is no known insulator for magnetism. Q. What is the highest dezree which & university can give?—F. 8. A. The degree of Ph. ‘or doctor of philosophy, is the highest degree | given by a university for actual work done. There are many other degrees— such as LL. D. (doctor of Il')—which are honorary. Q. When you plant grass seed and the new 'ass comes up, how soon should it cut?>—E. R. L. A. The Department of lculture says that in planting your lawn the grass should not be cut until after it has a sufficlent growth to permit at least a part of it to go to seed. In this way you not only will wait until the new grass has a sufficient start, hut. you will have also the advantage of the seeds which follow. Q. How many “Americans g0 abroad each year?—G. T. A. There is no registration that would give the exact number. It is shown, however, that in the fiscal year 1927-28, 430,955 American citizens came into this country from abroad. Before 1880, the number of citizens going abroad was less than 50,000 yearly. By 1914, the number had risen to about 300,000. This tourist travel now pours about $1,000,000,000 into European coffers yearly. Q. Are diamonds of different degrees of hardness?—A. J. A. All diamonds are equally hard. Q. How kmg is the Russian work day?—H. W. A A seven-hour work day has been roved for 88 government industrial -n'a ‘This list includes salt, iron and noql mines, chemical plants. oil refin- eries, textile factories, sawmills, railway | shops, electric plants and printing and engraving establishments. Q. How old was Undbcrgh ‘when he made his transatlantic flight?>—W. J. A. He was 25 years old. Q. How many religious denominations | are there in the United States?>—L. L. S. | A. The number of religious denomi- nations listed in the 1926 census is 213. Churches repo! number 231,983 with an active membershi] 976. The expenditure for 1936 | is $814,371,529 and the value of church | edifices listed is $3,842,577,133. Q. Who wrote “Hail to the Chief"?— A "It is a boat song whieh occurs in second canto of Scott's “Lady of the ‘The air, Sir Henry Rowley the Lake." lic occasions to announce the aj of a person of mmlnenee. Q To whom did_the powder behnsl that was blown up at Black Tom's Island?—J. N. A. The powder belonged to the Eu- ropean allied powers. Q. Has any country & Buddhist ruler?—L. 8. Q. of 54,624,- | Colo @hist monarch; but such liberty in re- ligious belief exists that creed offers no bar to official preferment. Q. Are m-unu and plums the same?—E. A Prums are dried plums. ‘This name was formerly given to any “lt’yne of plum that was preserved 50 that the word “prune” Jmly be taken either as the fresh or the dried fruit. Q. Where is the largest collection of fingerprints of criminals?—W. G. A. The National Division of Identi- fication and Information of the United fic print ecords Q. Is the pocket veto constitu- tional?—P. 1. A. The United States Supreme Court lecided unanimously tha it the pocket { veto 18 constitutional. Q. Has the birth rate (lllen off in | England and Germany?—R. A. R. | A. Both these countries have s de- ‘cli.nml birth rate. Post-war conditions ! have been such that homes and families | have suffered. Q. What is the 4-H Club and yhen was it organized?—L. A Thl 4-H Club’ Il ‘an tion | of boys and girls throughout the coun- !try made possible by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. « Their activity comes under the farm extension group of the De- partment of Agriculture and they take their name from their pledge, which is: “I pledge My Head to clearer thinking, | My Heart to greater loyalty, My Hends | to larger service, and My Health to bet- | ter living For my Cluh my Community, and my Country.” Aq". BDoes garlic contain arsenic?— A. The Department of Agriculture says that under ordinary circumstances garlic does not contain arsenic. There have been cases recorded in which an arsenic spray was used on the blossoms of fruits and vegetables which later resulted in a small quantity of arsenic being found in the matured fruit or vegetable. However, this is rare. lQl: Zflwn was linoleum first made? A. Linoleum, which is a process of manufacturing a floor coveripg from oxidized linseed qil and powdered cork, was introduced into England in 1860 by a man named Walton. We do not find it was on the market in ‘the United States during the Givil War. Q. Since it is_known that certain weeds are responsible for the spread of hay fever, are there any States that have passed anti-weed laws?~—1. A. M. A. Some of the States Hhinols, Michigan. Missoisl North De: ols, ichigan, o1 - Kota, Soutn Dakota, Orsébn. . OBID, Pennsylvania, California Jersey. . Q Xs nnro'ylserln !hlpped by rail? A. The Bureau of Mines says that the Interstate Commerce Commission regu- lation forbids the shipment of™ nitro- glycerin in liquid form by railroad. However, 1t is shipped in explosive gedatin form. Q. Is Queen M&ry olR England older | than King George V?—] A. Quetn erymbaliy 26, 1867. Kinz George was born at Marl- borough Houln. London, June 3, 1865. Kk’lnx George is almost two years the older. Who is the mayor of Pueblo, ruomo Colo., is under commis- sion form of government. The city council consists of three ioners, one of whom is president of the coun- cil. It has no mayor. Mr., F. E. Olla is president of the council. City Gets It Again. From the Akron Beacon Journ ‘Why pity the farmer? Thara m pmvnlllom to fight the lz; cflg muz ngm its trouble him, but the own, A X Doubtful Limitation! From the Indianapolis Star. There are certain limitations talkies; for example, the actors — A. The King of mm'm.mmm ot Sukhodaya, is the only living Bud~ \J e fl'“l hat say W mumuq:m