Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ——ith Synday Mop ing Bgition, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY,,...,...June 84, 1920 THEODORE W, NOYES, , ., Editor W T Soiiection made & She e Sf cach month. Qrders may be sent in by mall or telephons Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virg Ir fly and Sunday. Eu iy, oniy, - ay only m { to greet the visitor with a breeze, whil Potomac Park offers soothing ministra- tions in a similar service. ‘There are hundreds of dells in Rock Creek Park where the temperature is just a little lower, The creek itself helps. Scores of beautiful, shady smaller parks exert their influence every hour, and the great 82 | trees there and throughout the ity take “ly 3-" - mu't. SR “ In B::Ihhofl hcfi Ai';'s The Tariff and the Farmer. Does the protective tariff aid the|,, American farmer? Both Senator Brook- hart of Iowa, Republican, and Repre- sentative Cordell Hull of Tennessee, Democrat, issued statements yesterday Dbelittling the benefits of the protective tariff to agriculture. Judging from the number and persistence of the farmer witnesses appearing before the Senate finance committee in support of more and higher duties on farm products, the American farmers do not take a similar view of the situation. Indeed, a seri- vas move toward the removal of pro- tective duties from the products of the farm would cause an uproar of vast proportions in this country. The Senator from Iowa, however, is net proposing any such radical step. He merely wishes to have the tariff duties on farm products increased while the duties on articles which the farmer has to buy are to be reduced. His particu- lar attack is directed at the House tarift bill, which is now before the Senate finance committee for consideration. In that measure, Senator Brookhart sees an effort to give a greatly increased to many manufactured arti- cled benefiting the industrislists, but working & hardship on the farmers and other consumers. Mr. Hull insisted that “ggriculture for the 99th time is to be Joodwinked and humbugged by prolific promises of effective tariff that are & fraud and a swindle save as to cer- tain minor specialties.” Both Senator Brookhart and Representative Hull eultural tariffs are effective. A coalition between Republicans and up moisture from the earth and send it to the clouds again, All in all, as one envisions the good points of Washington from a meteoro- lflc!u.l-faululnt.m-ulnlolm- ulne sorrow for 7Tesidents of many other places, where -Nature has not been so kindly. It is hot—yes, it is hot—but it is not as hot as it might and is in many, many other por- tions of the Nation. Think of Phoenix and be still. & D Congressional Immunity, Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, has put his finger on a very real issue with his proposal to amend the Constitution so as to strip members of Oongress of immunity from prosecution for libel. Section 6 of Article I now provides that Senators and Representatives, “. . . for any speech or debate in either House shall not be questioned in any other place.” In other words, the founding fathers 1s | 1aid down the principle that whatever is #aid on the floors of Congress gannot, under the law, be made the basis of an action for slander, no matter how evil its intent or unfounded it may be in fact, Gross injustice to private citisens, Senator Bingham contends, in explain- ing his proposal, is done on many oec- casioas as a result of the system of ir- Tesponsibility under which members of Congress now operate. “If the immu- nity were taken away,” Mr. Bingham as- serts, “many attacks upon individuals, corporations, religious sects and church- es would never be heard.” Now that the Senate has voted to liberalize its Tules, 80 as to permit discussion of pres- idential nominations in open session, the Connecticut Senator thinks the time has come to curb the critical—not to say vituperative—propensities of cer- tain statesmen given habitually to ruthless muck-raking. ficers or other officials or employes of the Government. They are public serv- ants. Thelr conduct is a legitimate sub- - [ pository * for defamatory statements - | which their makers would be afraid to oin with insurgent Republicans and Democrats in & demand for lowee duties on some of the manufactured products mn those contained in the House bill. The hope for a more moderate revision -ef the tariff than the House bill pro- lies in those Republicans as well in the debenturites. Mussolini can go where he likes in into effect, one benefit would result, of paramount good to the country. It woulld make men of merit far dess timid than they are today about allowing themselves to be named for high Fed- eral office. President Hoover is known to hold strong views on this particular phase of congressioha] {mmunity. He has inti- mated on numerous occasions that the unbridled tongue on Capitol Hill sys- tematically lashes out of many able and patriotie citizens any and all ambition to serve the Republic. Disclosure of the truth, however brutal, is one thing. Character assassination is another. If the truth is spoken st the Capitol, no utterer of it may fear being “questioned in any other place.” To insure the telling of the truth, and nothing but the truth, is the aim of Senator Bing- ham's immunity amendment. Only “political gunmen,” as they have been called, would have cause to resent and regret its ensctment. —— et . The Japanese Beetle. ‘The curious traps scattered over Washington during the past menth to catch Japanese beetles have aroused much interest. ‘That is ane of their primary objects. If they succeed in arousing public inter- est and apprehension regarding this insect pest they will have accomplished the greater part of their purpose, They will not eatch all the beetles, but every individual lured by the seductive geranium scent into the glass bottles will delay that much more the climax of the infestation, It now seems probable that this ares is doomed to & bestle plague. There is g5 REBFHYLRET T the neighhorhood, including Soldiers’ Home Park, failed to’reveal another specimen, But the next year there vasion. Vet the insects conquered. ‘They had & power of survival which turned the scales in their favor, which is likely more and more to place victory in the hands of similar creatures. Horn Blowing. Maj. Pratt is about to begin war on two classes of noisy motorists, those who blow their horns raucously when summoning their “girl friends” to the street, and those who become impatient at crossings with sutomatic lights or policemen and toot loudly to get action. The superintendent of police takes these infractions of the regulations so serious- ly that a general order has been issued on the subject. 1t is unquestionably annoying for per- sons who are ill or resting to be com- pelled to listen to unnecessary blowing of horns. There is enough noise now of all kinds to make life miserable for the eity dweller without having it added to by misuse of automobile horns. Besides that, it is no way for a motorist to an- nounce his arrival for the evening ap- pointment. The “girl friend” would have ample cause, it seems, to be insulted, and refuse to keep a date if the suitor is so lazy that calling for her in the Pproper manner is too much effort. As for motorists blowing their horns &5 intersections, Maj. Pratt evidently has never been behind one of the drivers who take the red light not only as a signal to stop, but as a fine opportunity to catch a little nap, or the traffic policeman who is busily engaged in conversation and neglects to turn the semaphore. The horn in this case is necessary if any forward movement is desired. However, this practice can be abised as well as everything else and Maj. Pratt's order will probably meet with widespread approval. e e BStatesmanship may have to rescue itself from & publicity situation in which personal fame depends largely on the celebrity of friend wife in con- nection with a facial cream advertise- ment. ———— Farmers have been represented as the espeeial prey of the gold brick man. ‘They have grown suspicious, evén when expert financiers assume to offer them especial advantages. ———— A few remarks from Cole Blease re- solve themselves into the famous inter- change between the Carolina governors, “It’s a Long Time Between Drinks. ——— BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, Sometimes you will hear women say that their men-folk pay little attention bMebm.mcmmano to of a mvnlbumwnlm chorus - | with the result that today almost every man is 8 Iuhlon ldvtur ‘Women's el around to the polm re thol.r {reldom from furbelows strikes a chord in the mascu- line nature never sounded since the '3':.75" of ancient Greece went out of will reutn thlt the l'.hl!dn lady w] hgz ran a foot race and lost it, we believe, beumelmnmmmplckupn&ol apple thrown in her path, was exactly as modern miss who goes in for tennis. Bhe had a short skirt, sleeveless dress, and not much eise. It is sig- nificant that the vogue for the dress without sleeves was at its height in Ireland and Scotland several centuries ago. Thnu who recall the poetry of Osslan (who, by the way, wasn’t Ossian at all, but uurhnlnan) know that all the heroines of those ballads simple wore sleeveless dresses. “The white-armed Strina-dona” was the usual descripiive phx Recall, oo, Dlda nn Ulysses. The pictures show her wulng h.r long white arms in despair. The modern woman has taken & tip from these anclent ladies and has gone in for a more sane revelation of her charms, resulting in better community as well as personal health. * ok ok ox uestion whether the new is any addition to tly the women see with the lowest backs have the \Illlen shoulder blades. Why is this? r is the vogue for yellow any ad- dition to the beauty of the downtown landscape. Just because small Elizabeth happens to look well in daf- fodil yellow, '-hu setting a vogue for small_girls, no reason in the world why vhem sisters should appear equally cl in the same color. Nor do they. It is only the excep- tional woman who looks well in yellow; when a whole streetful of ladies ynulu mg'glig'f:‘:wthuwmmn an: D! ml-l;f h.‘ the trouble comes with '.he “sun bulk" proposition in taking in the street what was designed for t.he Yfiflhl 'sun_back” There is the stockingless fad except on the point of cleanliness. It would appear mn' too clean, in regard to the S0 must be ruled out except uwn occasion. As for bobbed bair, it is here to stay. The a man may wz;&: but never applaud half-way style, which is ither Jong, but permits a gent proposition, however, there can be little question of the masculine approval of bed hair, It Was ungques bly true that too many women formerly had no idea of the best way to dress their hair. mmmm% d;thw:;n:n who once hul , unt eads now possess th neatest and most picturesque "hob" and have thus added to the sum total of beauty in the world. ' mankind, the style which demnndl what in fashioned parlance was called When the latter ltyle is becomin, very much so. * ok k% As for hats, the small one still wins the masculine heart. The large hat is much worn. but it is not in line with the main trend, and must seek help by_calling itself “feminine.” White felt hats, while much worn, never appeal to men because in 99 cases out of 100 they are plain dirty. In other words, the dear wearers do not send them to the cleaners often enough. lelec'. half a dozen white felt hats in any crowd and you will note that every one of them shows fingerprints. Hence, we say, select another shade, a Dastel color. The present vom for cotton goods, we are informed by an astute lldy.h no doubt a reflection of the diffusion of more wealth through communities, In the elder days now gone beyond recall, when families had to conserve money all :{:nl the llne. dark ng‘k&' w%r: “::‘d- they not e cleaning so nnan Today women are more able b gb- ronize the laundry and cleanin, lishments, with the result that n. is, in a sense, a display of wealth or an ap- proach to it to be able to possess many cotton frocks and these always clean. Let no one uufig at this explanation, Pride of n is closely linked Dossess in Many a “style trend” be asso- clated glearly wnh oeonnmlc means. Our gratis udvloc to women in regard to sleeveless dresses is as follows: If you have big, pudgy arms, don’t wear ‘em. And if you do wear sleeveless dresses, cut back the shoulder, or what ver the top of the arm is called, and lhow the round of the shoulder. ery beautiful curve in the feminine ln tomy, and a lady might as well make the most of it. Somet s one hears criticism of girls and women for wearing as little clothes as possible, but mostly men 15 | undergoing & very wholesome conversion in this respect and thousands of them Wworry no more about it than the women themselves. This is a_very salutary education for The old-type prudery meets its natural end before the onrush of frank honesty beneath the sun. Thus you seldom 'see any one but callow youths staring at women because the sun shines through. All such freedoms give women the greatest opportunity to dress becom- ingly which the race has ever enjoyed. The old taboos are off, also most of the clm.hu. vm.h the result that womenl f become standardized in lln;rnu;ty and therefore beauty. the women ' got up enough courage to throw away about three- fourths of their wrappings, their dress has become both sensible and charming, & condition of being which men's ap- parel cannot claim to have achieved. ‘The athletic girl is responsible !ot most of these improvements, and the hat of the male world is off to her. th has done what the doctors could not do—made sunshine, freedom and health fashionable! WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC e Bt o Wil ey DowHS Morth wel were b‘:mix.l: Vith ‘Tumor, recrimination and remorse over the De Priest-White House tea 'nrty cultured Harvard was thinks about the | Secretary Wilbur, ora; It is necessary for Lindbergh to take his publieity as it comes. When tie camera, cohorts arrive even s master of the air is helpless. ——————— Trotsky wishes to come back to the the roar of the elevated Tepresent ———— SHOOTING STARS. /', BY PHILANDER JONNSON, °' In the Attie. Into the attic I made bold to stray And find the fancies of & bygone day— same So did Gov. Roosevelt, of New York. Pl’lsldlnl Lowell's citations were models Of Secretary comparative [ drat Here was the opera queen, there the | DX soubrette In photograph—whom we so soon forget. Here was the gentlest poet of his time Lingering lighthearted, unexcelled n Thyme. Here was the emsayist whose clever phrase Half solved the problems strange, which still amage. Greeting they gave me from their qust- covered shelves, Recalled to life, a5 wonder-working elves. As in the attic silently I stand, . Remembrance makes it an enchanted land. Vacation? (Note the Question Mark.) “I suppose you are glad to take a vacation.” “This is no vacation,” can only get the folks into it that really belongs there.” “The true philosopher,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “remains hope- ful of more knowledge and content with rto Ricans wing lnu against the u::u«a States, Whicn is likely to be brought to the new gov- ernor’s attention early in his career. It ancient fortress and na- ican Federal Court. of Appeals at Boston decision, and a few the Supreme Court sus- Frank Michigan has now offered_bills for purchase or condemnation o! Geronimo and Baker's eventual evlcuon and for repeal of the law by d N-vy vere author- i i i A f 2 - i : WILLIAM WILE “Your Family Tree,” of which David Starr Jordan and Sarah Louise Kimball are joint authors, is just off the press, with diverting disclosures about the an- cestry of famous Americans. Calvin Coolidge is descended from Char) magne, “that earlier exponent of a pro- tective tariff,” as somebody points out. Chief Justice Taft and J. P, Morgan share, with Thomas Jefferson, descent from David I, King | Way of Scotland. family name, is tish an, Wilbur's middle the Scot field and Grant, a3 well as Benedict, Ar- traced ‘Willlam the Con- queror. President Buchanan had a link ed the len‘loficu honor of coming down from a Dawes who arrived on the Mayflower, * E ok X Anybody who wants a compendium of bum]n national and international is- Mnd into 60 or 70 should ordn the last issue of the igressional for the special numn, No. 63, Vol. 71, dated June 19. It coni along with the final conversation both House and Senate, & ticle on the tariff by Dr. Alfred P. nis, vice chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, inserted by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts; the full text f the recent German reparations agree- ment; & summary of the testimony and facts in the celebrated Mooney case, and a synopsis of the arguments ad- duoea by the Western oil States against the Hoover conservation policy. For good measure there are an anti-prohi- bition tabulation of the cost of enforce- ment in life and treasure, and a slam at | . the Jadwin plan for Mississippi flood control in the shape of a resolution pro- &f for Inveltlnthn of control ‘mllneen. ‘Two Memn lt-méenh Anwto ree'g? free scholarships at Georgetown oo versity, in Washington, in recognition of the part played in the Mexican-Vat- ican_peace negotiations by the Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J., vice presi- dent of the university and regent of its Bchool of Foreign Commerce. Act- ing under instructions from Rome, Pather Walsh was the trusted counselor of Archbishop Ruiz y Flores in t.ho discussions Eores & e Mertes Gil, hlvln|‘ [ont to Mexico Olt & month ago for that purpose. Wi wears proudly, in addition to his clerical and academic robes, some uflpn won in the service of Herbert ver during famine relief in nuum (copmrhb 1029 Creation of Aviation Holds Different View On All-Night Parking To the Editor of The Star: 1In reply to a letter recently published in The Star will say that there are many cities where automobiles are parked in the streets at night. Also, if t | one- will figure out the number of au- biles tomol belonging in the Dll'.rlct one can readily see lt would be le to house all of method of munblrln‘ the tags is first then 9999 for each letter in the alphabet excepting and I have no- ticed that the numbers are well up toward the 99099 mark with the letter V, which roughly would give 220,000 automobiles in the District of Colum: bia. Count the m{u public and pri- vate, and mumply he number by 10 and I am sure there would not be enough -r:g:s o hnuuo all the auto- mobiles Why I.ncalunt howling about g ars in the streets? We are not all ni‘ t owls; tourists are usually tired and are not out late at night; most of us reme at & reasonable hour and do not the cars which are resting pemtully tlnnl the curb, making no noise at all. people who own & car not being lbln tn afford a n'm, !wuhunewulolmuepr&:ln: unlmt. night parking would come down in my neighborhood, Sixteenth and O streets northwest, and find a gsnaa for me, as I want one very much, and as yet have been unable to find one ivt’t‘hxn any reasonable distance of where ive. Has l.ny one ever heard of a case where the Fire Department was lmmd by pa.rked utomobiles? Never; the ent does not let a little that stop them. I once heard of a case when the fire engine drew up alongside a parked car, opened the doors and led the suction hose through the car to the hydrant and went right on pumping. The car made L] mt !0:[ :flhe suction hose. e a little more energy Couniry. and {oWARd (IVIng o get peo: country, an peo- ple to obey the traffic signals as well ulhlh c laws. I am a newcomer and will say that this is a buu- tflul clty. 'lcml!!rmlly administered an d be made a model traffic eny l( om- own people would gi:t their shoul- der to the wheel and help the Traffic Bureau out. LIEUT. W. W. TOLES, o Capital Punishment Urged to Crush Crime To the Editor of The Star: I have before me two clippings, one from an American newspaper and the other from an English newspaper. The clipping from the American paper is headed, “A New Murder m Chlulv. and the introductory “Another murder—the '.hi!d in thh’t six hours and the most brutal ol three—wu done last night. from the En, Pm’rhree Capif ‘They seem e\%‘n mlud. the few they have, :}l;xd en they catch them they hang em. ‘The lol]o'[g passage from “Fardar- ougha, the Miser,” a s by the famous Irish writer, Willlam Carleton, should be maulhtmlly pondered by the polk:e power and the magistracy: “Flanagan's execution, like any other just and mc&la'lndluflm was not wi its usual good | sald upon_the great body of the peo- ‘we are not advocates law, effect s l:w'!mlfl! in this eountry hmh capital - gunuhment nm lent ractically abol R oGt Twe. 53 caplial r\lnhhmttor;'hm mdun how it works. The swift apprehension of murderers, and their ymmrt execution by duwocul‘ of law, woul murders in this country. !unh a course B ey T, Jusiice jus ust Bt shocat power of law. Without Junwe law is only a bully, and de- bulml i:' .:d ncelv&: the ?onumpc that leserve and receive. ot mean toddo away with to -pply%ordm-ry soclal relation- ships of life, and not to the legal administration of justice. Several of b]“'.l,md that He !llhlvored E and even capital punish- nu'nt. CHARLES H( Change in High School Study Hours Protested To the Editor of The Star: The recent action of the Board of Education extending the time of high ;e?:ol': ’for '.he cominy uu!mt: trony\ m. has man of the yne”nu of children ng“mng the high schools with amazement as well as_confusion. It 'ould seem that #fl qunmut?:; :nur than the qualitative system of & | education, and thus far no valid reason been for the b school 8] attendance upon these schools for more than fifteen the hours from 9 a.m. muo m, tbundl.nfl sufficient to dren all instruction &wy need and to mce:;fl ulll reasonable requirements of culum. later M\Il‘ shorten e Ea lfly in the Winter this extent will impair and well-being of the :n“ record Scholarships Suggested | fwr: To the Editor of The Star: Everybody is interested in aviation these days, and almost every one would i 5 i £ 3B § i ; y : RS Sl ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is & solely to the 1 dapnnment devoted el the services aper puts at your e services op P:n zuxumlve organization in Wash- w serve you in any capacity umz tes to information. This service is !m Pailure to make use of it deprives of benefits to which you are en- itled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Pred- sflec J. Haskin, director, Washington, Q. Is the statement that eight or nine tenths of the human body is water in reality true?—A. S. A. Although the body is largely com- posed of water, it is for the most part not water in the usual physical sense, but water bound in this physico-chemi- cal union with colloids. Q. Which six States lead in popula- tion?—A. M. A. New York, Pennsylvmh Tilinois, Ohio, Texas and Mi chu Is it true that coconuts ~are drained of their milk, which is re- placed with water, before shipment?— C. P, A. Dr. Cook, the Department of Agriculture expert on tropical plants, says that the coconut water is not re- mmd before shipment. This would be very foolhardy, since nature provides the best preservative. What you may have reference to is the fact thn when the coconut is quite youn{rln tomary for the natives to s afl one end and the water, since it is wholesome and refreshing. _After the ooeonuc nowl older the water lessens 1 loses part of its nutriment, s{nee he white meat substance is really a deposit of the eoconut lquid. Q. Are nudo d?—H. M. A. Carl Werner says: “Owing to the Eaod Taping ot cigaretios, 1t x:nsx'fxi bo 'elx for me to reiterate that in the grades there is absolutely no lmun substance of an: g“k!nd applied to or contained in he tobacco, and that even in the cheaper grades the tobacco is treated with nothing except glycerine, which is absolutely harmless. d 8 to the paper used for Wrapj tobacco, it contains no deleterious lub- stance of any kind and is so Ihl.n nnd fragile that the ash after the paj been consumed is almost & nellmble quantity.” Q wnm are fox dog dcgs'l—d N. A. This name is &) plled by certain naturalists to the logs of South America because of '.helr foxlike ap- pearance. Amonl these are the crab- eltlncm 20N0, or Azara’s dog, and small-eared Brazilian dog. Qmmtoflmnln ‘most crimi- nmmfimpflmm\heflntume’ -A. T, A A survey of the inmates of many penitentiaries made by an official of the Juvenile Court showed that petty larceny was the outstanding first of- fense of the prisoners examined. Q. Is it true that Gary was bullt to order?—J. C. A. Gary is a town in Lake County, Ind, located on the extreme southern end’of Lake M(chlnn. 26 miles much- east of lh. heart of Chicago. I founded in April, uos. by the vmm States Steel Corporation and was ofmt.h ‘after Elbert H. Gary, an officer e was built to order. Q.Hemllnlhmwryo!thebook- plate?—L. T. A. A bookplate is a typographical or bel, used ownership of a bool considered to ha .1',’,". the tenth century, and cer- tain small clay tablets are believed to have perlumed ik the bookpm.e of today. The earliest printed bookplate we today was used about 1480. From Germany the use of the bookplate spread to France to all continental countries. ‘The bookplates first used in America .',:."::.,‘"'m,“"' Joniss.” They posscss colos 3 possess it interest as memorials of the old lnmulu but the plates engraved by the hands of our first Ameriean engra Nathaniel Hurd and Paul Mm of to that of tion. It might well be | ter it in Blbylonh and | which Boston, Amos Doolittle of Connecticut and Alexander Anderson, easily surpass them in value. The earliest date on an American bookplate by an American en- graver is 1749, on the Thomas Dering plate engraved by Hurd. Q. What was the name of Blue- beard’s wife?—G. B. A. Her name was Fatima and her sister's name was Anne. Q. What is a split infinitive?—L. H. A. A split infinitive is one the integral parts of which have been sep- arated by the introduction of an adverb: for example, “to heartily laugh. authorities regard the word “to” as ing so much a part of the infinitive that it should not be separated from the word which is introduced by it. Q. What interest do national banks pay to the United States Treasury?— 0. A. Certain national banks are used as depositories for Government bonds, and banks pay 2 per cent interest on these. In the case of currency, banks purchase Government bonds against which they issue national bank notes. These bonds are held by the Government as security against notes put in efirculation. The Government pays 32 per cent interest on these bonds. Q. How can one tell whether sugar is beet sugar or cane sugar?—C. B. A. The Department of Ammmure says that pure crystallized sugar from Lhe different. sources cannot be dis- inguished even by chemical tests. Q Can Canada ¢ Chlf?! duty on goods imported from England?—R. H. A. The Brif minlnnl are privileged to chll'lQ revenue on goods imported from England. There is, however, preference in the tariff be- tween England and the colonies. Since 1919 there has been a reduction of 1/6d. granted on dutiable , produced or manufactured in British colonles. Q. Do more infants die who are bottle-fed than breast-fed?—I. H. P. A. An anal erlh of the monthly death rates in eight cities made by the Chil- dren's Bureau showed that the deaths among infants who were artificially fed were nearly four times those that would have been expected at the rates ?;;vnflml for infants who were breast- Q. Is the lu!hur 0( “Simon Called Peter” living?—] A. Robert Kelble “died in Tahit! tn 1927, where he went to live away from modern civilization. Q. Do the States support the Federal Government?—R. C. K. A. The States do not_support the Federal Government. The Federal Government levies its own taxes for its support. Q. Please give the correct uncis- tion of the names of the following au= thors: Bjorkman, Hamsun, Suydam, Cmca —E. C. A. Byork'man, _Edwin; =~ Hom'sun, Knoet, Soo'dam’, E. H.; Kro'chs, luo- Q. What does the Greek tn-cflpwm on the main !nadz of the A of ces mean in A 1t is translated: in one way hard and in another easy. For it is evldent that no one can mas- {‘nor miss it wholly. But each adds a little to our. knowledge of nature, and from all the facts assem- bled there rises a s certain grandeur. Q.. What are the bottles and lights for that are placed over the flower beds Po'.omm: Park,: Washington, Thzy m ‘bug-catchers. The De- pcmmnt of Agriculture is watching for e of the J ng' beeue, mD. in order fumigate it nlfiu appear. 3 !owlmdoulthhb from. e, to l(m in Russia?—S. H. A. The mnnh! tfinl for the train on the most direc mutehu%hmm. Q. Who is the om.sundln' ‘business man among Negroes?—] A. While this is a mtm of con- Jecture, one_of the most prominent is fihr:: i Dluld.lnl. nununz of uu egro insurance company the world. s De Priest Comments by Press Show Sectional Dlsao'reement Ne r comment on “the Prlelment e presence of '-hn wife of the colored Representative from Illinois at a White House tez refleg.l . South- vigorous sectional disagreement ern editors almost without exception condemn what they regard as an ill- considered arousing of the racial equal. ity issue. Elsewhere the tea is gener- ally regarded as an official lflllr and no cluu for the temput it has stirred up, although there is no denying that it has been made a factor in the tional political situation. “That Mrs. Hoonr m & perfect right Oo do this no one will " concedes Annisf is ton, Ala., Btlx ‘She - '.renotuwwhluflounlndlpmn respects one of the most :dnlnblu zmen who have lu-thud to that high tion—a woman o culture, a nna mind, of dom-tlc habits and of e character in- every Tespect. But r.hnt very fact makes her deflance of the larger national social sanctions the more deplorable.” Mng for the South, the Star chmu that “there is much risy on this question of social equalitv in zhe Nnrth m-z comes to the surface every time it and adds: ‘‘Booker Wl.lhlnmn, though himself entertained at the White House, decried social equality among the races, and the most reliable thinkers among the Negroes accept 31“ philosophy. Hence it is that we feel na- ‘The Chattanooga Times says - fair at which Booker T. e at was entertained by of scrutiny and discrimination uniformly adopted by his predecessors in the White House,awakens lively lnumt'.hm hout the country. * ® ¢ In the me e the South is agreed that in jumca to both races—black as well as white—each shall develop sep- arately in all social wa In support of the ent the Boston Transcript declares: “As a mat- ter of fact, the alleged ‘équality’ was purely political. * * * Since V ia papers threaten a' defection,of thou- sands of votes, we may. ned for remarking that most of the Northern Negro vote went for v.ha Democratic ticket in 1928, but that it may not do 50 again.” Action by the Texas sme S§n vnineondamntn the President in- ire statement by the Duluth Herald: Tha Texas Senators. vlflund “bot thelr heads themselves wtn{ shame’ at thls spectacle. They did noz say how sorry it made them to think that Texas went Republican'for the first time only to co-operate in making this ‘alarming social incident possible.” A * % % ¥ “There is reason to believe that the Dart, at least, in- two ulterior motives,” states the Waterbury Republican. “One of these, as was clearly apparent in the debate in the Florida House, is vurely political. = Southern Dem opportunity to d!scredu Sour.hcm Re- publicans. * The other motive is to serve wnmln: n Southern Negroes who might read into “me tlxzclde:z 1L; significance wl b gl: t will de ch to heal the - even lo mu breach mummm nature of a conference about the en ainment of the wile of Chicago's © Tecogni upon all over the South by Democrats seeking to re-establish the control broken in upon by the Hoovercrats.” ‘The Spflnlflfld Repub.uun insists that “Chicago has some rights worthy as | of respect, and among them is this one “We shall have to leave it,” hflonlw Post, “ " nlg‘the and the Bleases tonnmmunln- anulmn!neolorod wife the dm.xwmnttn offic] ‘That's the worst of it.” The Advance wuwumhfluen:xflmm Southern “social the fact —that its Representative and his wife shall be officially treated llke other Congressmen and their wives, so long as they do not outrage the usages of decent society.” “The Republican " asserts the Dayton Daily News, “hn Mupmd the political service of the Negro and then scorned his political society. re- R RR e of & race, Mr. Hoove: has played the man.” The New York