Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1929, Page 8

3 THE EVENING .STAR Wit Sunday Morning Eaiion. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..........July 20, 18920 THEODORE W. NOYEE....Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company A E usiness R 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. onleteo Oee Lake Michisan. Rilatie Chicago Office: 2 European_ Office: 1 'ne&cnt‘lt,. London. 5 llEllQ by e Eventn; The hzv.n‘m' n When 4 Sundays) - The Evening and S (when S Sundass). The Sundav St o at'ihe’end Carrier Within the City. St 45c per month 60¢ per month r ..65¢ per month per ccpy and lection each ironi Orders may or telephone NAtional 370 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily only Sunday only All Other States Daily and Daily only Sunday on! Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press i3 exclusively er.tiled to the use for republication of all news afa- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the iocal rews published herein. All rights of publication of pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. s M. Briand's Preiniership. No Frenchman could be called to the helm at Paris so sure of American sym- pathy and regard as Aristide Briand, whom President Doumergue has in- duced to form a government in succes- sion to Premier Poincare. An old hand at the tortuous French parliamentary game, M. Briand is now building his twelfth cabinet. Such a record does not denote as much antiquity as it would seem, for cabinets on the Qual @'Orsay are often as fleeting as the sun’s rays. M. Briand, like other French statesmen, has on occasion reigned for only a week, so capricious is a majority in the Chamber, whose continuous favor alone is the guarantee of a cabinet's | to public attention a rather neglected problem in law enforcement. Probably the whole prison question will be taken up by the President’s Crime Commis- sion in due time and some system worked out in accord with the present needs. ‘The prisons of the District of Co- { lumbia come in for occasional criticism, ) but on the whole the machinery works so smoothly that the system, varied to zuit local conditions, might well serve as a model for other communities. Overcrowded, inadequately guarded in- stitutions which fail to take sufficiently into account the human element with which they are dealing are bound to bs sources of trouble. Prisons which may have been ideal twenty years ago are now antiquated. The ratio of crim- inals to the population has increased. There ntay also have been some change 80c | in the character of criminals. All these things must be taken into consideration. Efficiency of Distribution, Speaking in the National Radio Forum on Saturday night Secretary Lamomt and Frederick M. Feiker, an expert con- sultant and adviser in the Department of Commerce, told the Nation something of Uncle Sam's plan to launch a far- reaching inquiry into the distribution ot merchandise, using the next decennial census as its fact-finding agency. Both of them emphasized the importance of what is to be & brand-new undertaking, the gathering of facts and figures that tell the story of what happens to mer- chandise after it leaves the producer and before it reaches the consumer. No attempt has ever been made to compe such data. The result is that while the United States has reached the highest peaks of efficiency in production through the use of power and macnnery, the adoption of labor-saving devices arfd metnods and the lowering of costs, the producers are still struggling in a jungle of darkness in their attempts to find out why they have to spend so much THE EVENING road with no intersecting highways and with a small volume of travel it is just as safe to drive at fifty miles an hour as it is to drive at fifteen miles an hour through a crowded district, But on a heavily traveléd road, with inter- sections and small towns, fifty miles an hour or even twenty-five miles an hour could well be construed as reckless driv- ing. In determining & driver'sguilt of reckless operation of his car, all of these circumstances should be considered. There is no yardstick by which a speed violation, solely as a matter of speed, and with no other factors entering into it, can be measured. to the United States to create his world’s record of two bundred and thirty-one miles an hour on the beach at Daylona, Fla., he lamented the fact that there were few stock cars in Amer- ica capable of reaching & hundred-mile- an-hour road speed, and told his inter~ viewers that there were at least ten makes of cars capable of this speed manufactured in England and on the European Continent. While his feat in winning back the world’s championship crown for England may not have had any direct bearing on the report of the Royal Commission, it is probable that the interest aroused in the hearts of Britishers by his exploit may have turned their thoughts to the advisability of overhauling Great Britain's speed regulations, At any event, the owners of the ten makes of automobiles cited by Maj. Segrave as capable of the hundred-mile-an-hour speed may soon have a chance to open up the throttles When Maj. H. O. D. Segrave came | 200! STAR. WASHINGTO THI ‘There will come a season in the life of the most inveterate reader when books grow tiresome. ‘The extent of this perlod will vary from a few days or weeks to several months, or even years, depending partly on health, business and indi- vidual temperament, as well as many other factors, One may feel assured that if the reading disposition is there, the off- k period will not be a permanent, but only a temporary affair. Someilmes it seems as i{ the thing is fixed. The former reader, who never falled to get delight in picking up a book, now finds that the best of them bore him. Often there is no accounting for the vagary. Perhaps the heat of Summer may bave something to do with it, much jn the same way that the rabid radio “fsen” finds himself disinclined to turn on the set on a hot night. ‘There is a disposition on the part of some readers to feel that “light read- there 'were some connection between the he.ll:d physical body and the interior min “Light Summer reading” was long held to he a kind of iced words, easily taken during hot weather by the weak- ened patient, During recent Yyears, much of this idea has gone the way of many of the elder thoughts about men and books, ‘With the coming of biography into its own, much of the hokum about “light Summer reading” has gone, probably never to return. There are no seasonal effects in books: what changes is the mind of the reader. Ak without interference from minions of the law. - "o War used to be described as ruth- lessly cruel. 1t is now also referred to by students of political philosophy as unutterably. Bad habits are subject of consideration in connection with all sorts of addictions, War is a habit of centuries, which the world is now ex- and lose so much in getting their com- | pected to conquer. tenure. A Briand premiership is of immeas- urable value to France, to Europe and to the world at this critical juncture of international affairs. As the firmest supporter of M. Poincare in the hectic Mellon-Berenger ratification fight just ended, the new minister-President on the Seine comes into office at the pre- cize moment when France must take the next step looking to European sta- bilization — approval of the Young Teparations plan by Germany and her creditors. Interlocked with the Young plan is | the buming issus of evacuation of the | Rhineland by allied soldiery, M. Bri- | end heartily favors both the ratification of the reparations agreement and the withdrawal of troops from German ter- ritory. He faces hostile groups in the French Chamber on both questions, ‘Whether he or they triumph when the hour of decision is at hand will deter- mine how long the twelfth Briand premiership is to endure. Of special interest to the United States at this time is M. Briand's en- thusizastic support of the movement for further reduction of naval armament.. The banks of the Potomac still echo modities to the people who buy and use them, Increasing complaints have been made in tne last 1ew vears regarding the cost of distribution, and it has become Tecog- nized as the next great problem that must be solved in America’s march to- ward that goal of industrial perfection that lies ahead. The great difficulty iz on the subject. Secretary Lamont mens tioned the fact that, statistically, we Jose s1ght of every commodity once it 1S pro- duced. In only s few instances has it been possible to follow through the va- Tious stages of marketing and distribu- tion. But in those few cases enough has been discovered to bring increased ef- fictency and lower costs. Some of the elementary aspects of the problem might be visualized by con- sidering the altogether theoretical case ©of & mouse-trap manufacturer who for years nas been spending large sums to market his wares, that he has been trying to sell mou traps 1n a section of the country wneis there are no mice. As A result of .his terprise to the mouse-infested districts with the memories of Briand's golden eloquence at the Washington Confer- ence in the Winter of 1921-22. Though he spoke in his native French and most of his auditors in Memorial Continental Hall could not follow him, they caught the fervor of his appeal and the genu- ine sincerity of his argument as they fell under the spell of his compelling personality. Briand identified himself cordially with Secretary Hughes' pro- gram for mnaval curtailment, though later France and Italy found themselves ‘unable to accept limitation of auxiliary craft. The man now premier of France led brilliantly the fight in the Washing- ton Conference' which balked any at- tempts to affect land armaments. Much water has flowed beneath the bridges of both the Semne and the Po- tomac in the intervening seven years. Locarno and the Kellogg pact have come into existence. . At the Hague conference on August 6 there is every likelihood ‘that the Young plan, under M. Briand’s leadership, will emerge rati- fied. . The League of Nations, in which the premier is a full-fledged believer, is proving a sound European bulwark. As for Franco-American relations, in thé progressive solidification of which M. Briand is bound to be a whole-hearted factor, these relations start out under his premiership by an interesting co- incidence—regularized on practically a brand-new basis, As President Hoover has just pointed out, the Mellon-Berenger settlement “in effect wipes out the entire American indebtedness of France, which arose dur- ing the war period, and simply provides for the payment of advances to France after the Armistice.” Thus the slate is cleaned, at the hour of M. Briand’s re- accession to power, of the question which has agitated and aggrsyvated the Franco-American situation for years. 1t is a happy augury. Traffic regulations until settled, once for all, are sure to leave many a motor- ist so confused he does not know which ‘way to turn. o ana saves the money formerly wasted on useless actvivy. The problem of distribution s of course far more complex and jnvolved. It contains elements that are sltogether unknown. And the Government's in- tended co-operation in the next census is by no means held out as & promise of solution. The Government merely plans to use the census and the fact-finding | facilities at its disposal to gather hither- to unknown statistics. It intends to find out the number of men engaged in wholesaling and retailing, the amount of capital invested in each of these businesses, the volume of sales of dif- ferent classes of commodities in differ- ent parts of the country. Using these facts, industry may tear down the old distribution machinery and rebuild it anew. Theorles and rules-of-thumb may be exposed as meaningless in the light of real facts. And there are predictions that the revolution that will follow in the fleld of distribution will be more far-reaching than that which has and is occuring in the field of production. The Government’s task has been out- lined by & committee of business men, which has told Uncle Sam what is wanted and asked him to get it. Thisis an important function of Government, the value of which has received more than one able demonstration at the hands of the Department of Commerce. e The possibilities of invention are ap- parently unlimited. It is certain, how- ever, that no one will succeed in pro- ducing a thermometer. that will give service satisfactory to the public throughout the entire year. An Interesting Recommendation. From all indications, England is about to see the light in the important matter of automobile speed. For many years archaic regulations, which, while not invariably enforced, have held forth on the statute books. Twenty miles an hour has been the maximum allowed in some localities and this limit has been reduced to ten miles per hour in many urban sections. But now Prison Outbreaks. Two of New York State's great prisons have been the scenes of serious revolts of the inmates within the past ‘week. Apparently the outbreaks caused little surprise among State officials and others familiar with the situation. They were certain to come, sooner or later, unless conditions were changed radically, but the necessary reforms were beyond the power of those who recognized the need for them. Both Clinton and Aubuin prisons were crowded ‘beyorid their comfortable capacity. Compensation for labor of the inmates had been reduced. More- over, the life terms which the State has been imposing on fourth offenders had provided in each instifution & growing group with everything to gain and nothing to lose by rebellion, These provided a nucleus which was like a charge of dynamite, ready to explode as soon as somebody carelessly lit the fuse. £ New York's program of rigid law en- forcement and severe punishments ap- parently is bringing good results, as is evidenced by the State's low crime figures per thousand population, com- pared to similar densely populated com- fairs have taken a mnew turn. The Royal Commission dealing with traffic control has strongly recommended the abolishment of all speed limits and the substitution of a “dangerous driv- ing” regulation. Maintaining that mod- ern traffic theory puts the speed of automobiles up to the individual driver's judgment, taking into consideration conditions of the road, weather, travel and the car, the experts would, ever, impose heavy penalties on those who recklessly disregard the mandates For a first offense of dap- of safety. the relatively vast ignorance that exists He finally discovers valuable 1ntormation he restricts ms en- |- et s Calvin Coolidge was once quoied as saying he regarded going fishing as a pastime for small boys. Nevertheless, he likes fishing. Tt is not at all sur- prising to find a man glad, now and then, to enjoy himself as completely as a small boy Jet ont of school. o One of the differences hetween the political systems of the U. S. A. and several European countries s the grace with which an entire cabinet in the latter will retire without waiting for a series of preliminary resignation rumors. e e A census will cost a great deal. Commercial experts are pretty well agreed that first costs are of Jittle con~ sequence when an enterprise offers posi- uve prospects of public advantege. - fn taking up the question of na strength, it occurs fo the practical mind that the way to proceed with business is to atart with a piain, old-fashioned inventory. . —one Apparently the days of ihe “penny-a- Jiner” are A work of pflpul."l appeal will discard linear measurement | and command a dollar or two a word. vt Border Canadian towns are complain- ing of a new kind of motor jam caused | by week end tourists who refuse to obey. the Volstead trafic signals. = st SHOOTING STARS. ¢ BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Journeyings. } We » i(mmqy‘i_nl through the weari- | some heat To & Jand that is fair as a dream, Where the fluttering snowflakes will fall at our feet ‘While the icicles glisten and gleam; To the land where the shadows bring silence and sleep By the river all frozen and still; So a song we will sing and our courage we'll keep And we’ll journey along with & wilk, And when we have come to the wonder- ful place, ‘We will Jook through the window and see ‘The pictures of silver the frost loves to trace ‘With a touch so fantastic and free. The ferns flaunting fine and the flowers %0 fair ‘Will bid us unregretfully sigh— And we'll thankfully take up the journey from there To return to the Summertime sky. Much in Evidence. ‘The Dove of Peace illustrious, ‘With purpose so gracious, Is proving most industrious And also some loquacious. Empty Demonstration. 1 know a man who perseveres In thoughtlessness and fun, Believing when he gives three cheers His civic duty's done. He feels that public gratitude To him should never fade Because in & hilarious mood He marched in a parade. *Tis thus he works great problems ouit, And does them in & wink. 'Tis easier far to walk or shout /mnwntdnwnlndthlnk. Inartistic. ‘The song of twilight is quite sweet, But the mosquito has - A manner that is far from neat Of breaking in with jazs. ¥ ——— o —— Queer in Winter Thought. From the Buffalo Evening News. Happy thought. If you get frecklés merge Tesemble a enou; they and coat 571;' tan, gerous driving the report would levy a maximum fine of two hundred and fitty dolla for the second offense, five hundred dollars, with imprisonment as an alternative in either case. Many citles and States in this coun- try have already led the way in carry- ing out this modern traffic theory. Los Angeles, for instance, has no speed| limit. Motorists are permitted to drive #s fast as conditions allow, but are sternly dealt with if apprehended for reckless driving. Speed Nmits in the various States in the United States have been successively jumped to new high marks within the past few years, Where thirty miles an hour was the maximum Make It in Two “Yumps”? From the Springfield, Mass., Unlon. this material pedestrians, i Without Any Urging, Too. From. the Loulsville Times. d A straw hat isn’t like an airplane. It will hop off in the strongest Needed But Unwanted. This change comes about because good books require the mind to remain slightly on the stretch. In other words, reading is not such easy, effortless work as it has sometimes been pictured. The exercise of the mind which is required even in the reading of the better class of fiction it no slight mat- ter. The unfortunate part of it all is that the mind is fickle. Desiring relief from one occupation, it tends to turn to_snother. ? It is this turning period which may be called the off-book time. Then even the rabid reader is filled with a disin- clination to pick up a book. This is the physicel aspect of the matter. One is content. to see the good books reposing on_their shelves. There is a certain soothing quality in the knowledge that they are there ‘waiting for the reader. There i= a nice familiarity about their titles, authors’ names, bindings, which pleases with- out requiring exertion. Particularly becoming seem the vol- umes purchased, but not read. These are books put on ice, as i, were, against, the day when the mind, awakening out of its anti-hook slumbers, suddenly calls for food. < When the mind comes to itself, it will want something weorthy of it, and the reader, standing outside of himself. is pleased to think that his intellectual refrigerator is full of such good things. Yes, the mind will be pleased at his forethought. The mind will draw up to table, tuck its napkin under its chin, and begin to hammer on its plate with fork and knife held impolitely with blade and tines up. The undisciplined mind, at best an unruly personality, will begin to ham- | mer and beat upon its china plate, theatening to smash things to smith- nice hot plate of mental stew. P “The mind, like a tired child, fends to fall asleep alter & too heavy meal of any one anthor. tends “sets” of authors, Ten years ago WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Congress and Autumnal leaves will not. be with us long in September be- fore the “Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform” will offi- cially clear for action in Washington. This is the militant movement launched by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, who resigned as Republican national committeewom- an from New York in order to devote her public life to modification of the liquor laws. The beauteous daughter of former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and wife of the chairman of the Guaranty Trust Co. is chairman of the women's anti-Volstead crusade. Her vice chairmen are Mrs, John B. Casserly of California and Mrs. Amasa 8. Mather of Ohio. The secretary is Mrs. Courtlandt Nicoll of New York. Offices will be opened in Washington and a regular and resolute campaign of education waged on countrywide lines. Voluntary contributions are to be sent to the treasurer of Mrs. Sabin's association, Rose S. Potter. The object of the organization is “to record women who are opposed to existing conditions under national prohibition” and to pledge them “to work for some change .in the law which will bring about a sane solution of the problem.” e Modification of the Federal liquor statute is not the only important change in national laws which George W. Wickersham appears to favor. The Hoover Enforcement Commission chair- man has long been identified with the movement fomented by friends of Ja- pan in this country to repeal the so- called exclusion provision of the 1924 American immigration law, which so bitterly rankles in Nippon’s breast. M ‘Wickersham’s interest springs from ti fact that he is chairman of the com- mittee on international justice and good will of the Federal Council of Churches. The committee advocates placing Japa on the immigration quota basis, tending that ldll;:l a l;murr's,; would'xaxnm Japan’s wounded pride, while permitting & mere handful of her citizens to crash our alien gates, Seeing as how the law- enrorcement executive seems destined to remain in the news, it's worth knowing that his name is pronounced Wicker- | sham, The accent is so strongly on the “Wicker” that the “sham” is almost slurred into silence, el o ‘Willlam H. King, Democrat, of Utah, delivered in timore last night & stirring address on Theodor Herzl, the great Austrian Jew, who was the founder of Zionism. Herzl, who did not live to see the realization of his dream of & national home for the Jews in Palestine, has long been one of Sen- ator 's legendary heroes, and the Utahan frequently uttered public panegyrics of bim. Herzl by profession was & newspaper .man and represented the famous Neue Freie Presse of Vienna in_ Paris for many years. The e Sultan Abdul Hamid, with whom the Zionist leader conducted the early me- gotiations for his cause, once said that Herzl was the most Christlike man the Turkish autocrat had even known, S AND THAT BY @ARLES E. TRACEWELL, ing” §s nec.ssary for dog days, as if pin | every book store earried many complete | editions, but today some stores have cut out such sets, They say that people no_longer buy them. However that may be, the set of Dickens still holds an honored place on the shelves of thousands and thousands of homes. The very physical propor- tions of such- editions “are pleasing. They have a certain substantiality which bespeaks continuance of pleasure, Say what one will, there is a little sadness attending the reading of a good | book. At the beginning the reader says to himself, although perhaps subcon- | sciously, “When T shall have finished this, T will be through with it. Un- doubtedly I will have finished it!” The very thought casts a shadow of some slight disappointment over even the greatest, book. We would not say that every reader feels so, but undoubt- edly many do. We would not say this feeling is large enough to temper the true enjoyment of a great book, but certainly it is enough to leave the hap- ess somewhat impure. The complete set of some prolific author comes as near as possible to ending this dissatisfied state of mind. ‘As one contemplates the row of thick volumes of Dickens, or of Thackeray, or Scott, and realizes that it will take weeks—nay, months—togothrough them, he becomes reconciled 1o the limitations | of genius. Guy de Maupassant fills but 10 medium-sized volumes, which may be read in a few delightful weeks. Then Maupassant, at least the first acquain- tance with the Prench master, is gone, | that first flush of friendship is forever ended. | * ¥ ko | _The off-book time is the inevitable' | relief which the mind secks after a close round of reading, whether of one author or of several. Another way to! say it is that the brain has in it only| 30 much concentration—one amount for me, another for you. It is a well known fact in school work that frequent di- versions of attention are necessary in order to keep juvenile minds up to the {mark and childhood physiques free Irom nervous tensions. Explanation in Rating Of U. S. Employes Asked To the Editor of The Star: Your article on the ratings of - ernment, employes in your paper st me in such a manner I thought I {might throw some light on the, sub- Ject. I am employed in the Geol 1 Survey Library and have rendered 28 years of service in this position and have varfous duties which come only with experience. The library contains about 190,000 volumes, of which I have considerable handling of them, replac- ing them after readers have finished gathering statistics. This is a highly scientific library. Each book ! classification number, which places it in the subject upon which it belongs, such as geology, paleontology, or other known subjects. You can imagine my feclings, with the experience of the years, when the classification placed me in grade 2, September 2, page 65, class specifications, after assisting in grade from 1 to 4. The loan desk, at which I jointly perform all work, was placed in grade 3 and I have full charge during the absence of that clerk as well as my other duties to perform. These duties are numerous. During one rating period, when there was somewhat of a lull in my work, I made a fair rating and when the time came for shifting half of the library, which meant moving 60,000 books or more, my rating was reduced by several points. When the question was asked whether work counted or how could I raise my percentage, I have failed yet | to get an answer to the question. If there Is any way for work to gain the percentage which a clerk should have !for a ralse in grade, I would like to see it done, Poisoning by Arsenic ience No Secret 10 Sei BY F. E. FREE, PH. D. ‘The murderer's favorite poison, ar- senic, has become almost as dangerous 1o him as to his victim, so certain has modern science made the detection of this poison and the discovery of how it was used. In a case of suspected criminal poisoning now agitating Eng- land, that of the death of the Sidney family of Croydon, Sir Bernard Spils- J. ERWIN LATIMER. R - sclentific bury, cxpert of Scotland Much the same thing occurs with Yard, has been able not only to detect | adult readers, in the main. No mat- Perhaps thi= accouniz for the slight disrepute which today at- | Iate Kwa-l:i Wl | ter how ardent a booklover one may be, | the old human frame still exists. ~The hands may grow tired of holding books, | the eyes “of seeing type. Above ali stands ennui, boredom, the etergal de- | sire of the human being for change, If it were not for this desire which lords | it _over life, and ever has, happiness would be a common commodity in the human marker, The sad fact is that often those with everything the heart can desire lack one thing—change, difference. some- {thing new. Often this “something | new” takes the form of excitcment, novelty, a change from rtoutine. Thai is why the call to war atrikes a strange [ thrill in millions of hearts, despite the intellectual knowledge of "the horrors and waste of armed conflict. | " Much the same thing, on a smaller | scale, occurs to a booklover who mow | | and then runs head first into off-book | | periods. He cannot escape them, short | | of very good luck, and must make the | | best of them, secure in the belief that | his treason of the moment to his dearly | | loved volumes will enable him in the | | end to Teturn to them with greater love | | than ever. | Happlly, the off-book periods are | transient. in eflect. There comes a dav, | there comes e happy hour when the! ume, or maybe & new volume, to find | that’ all the old fondness has returned | as if in & flash. Then he sees, not in | glass darkly, bul face to face, rejolc- | ing to know thai. the solace of his| youth will be the pleasure of his last yeara—the love of good books. WILLIAM WILE Visitors to Washington nowadavs | marvel at the distinguished architecture of a couple of hotel and artment buildings on Sixteenth street, without a glimmer of a notion that a native of the Near East is their designer. His name is M. Mesrobian, an Armenian who has lived in this country only a few years. During the World War, Mr. Mesrobian was an officer in the Turkish army. One of Washington's master- builders discovered the Armenian’s talent during a trip to Europe and in- duced him to settle in the United States. In addition to his architectural accomplishments, Mr. Mesrobian is & gifted painter in water colors. He has not attempted to introduce any Oriental note into his bullding designs, but they are far removed from the skycraper motif commonest in American structures nowadays. Mark Twain once said that America’s only distinctive schools of architecture were “early Indian” and “Missourl Renaissance.” * X X ¥ One of Herbert Hoover's archfoes in the agricultural world is George N. Peek, farm implement manufacturer of Moline, I, and for years the spear- head of the McNary-Haugen drive for farm relief in Washington. The De- partment of Agriculture has just issued a “statement regarding the procedure followed in the selection of members for the Federal Farm Board.” Citing from the .account of Alexander Leege, chair- man of the board, in “Industrial Ameri- ca in the World War,” the statement says: “When Legge was asked in 1917 to recommend the right man for the hoard’s production department—known as that of finished products—Legge un- hestitatingly named his chief personal in private life, George N. Peek Deere & Co., and of a personality was the anthithesis of Legge's. ‘The ealm, cool, deliberate man recom- mended Peek, impetuous, impatient, im- pulsive, explosive, The easy-going type of executive.recommended the restless, driving type. Peek was perhaps not such an znalyst as Legge, but he was hic observe: Peek ran 'arm campaign in the Mid- dle West Jast year. * x * % Printer’s devil. advertising agent, flenplgg publisher, banker, New Jersey State Senate official, State sena- tor, governor, United States Senator, Ambassador—what has the future next in store for Walter E. Edge, just desig- nated by President Hoover to be Ameri- can envoy to France? Now and then, 2 little bird whispers, the typically self- made Jer: casts & roving eye in the direction of the White House, and thinks that destiny one day may lead him across its exalted threshold. (Copyright. 1929.) 1l Be Made To Farm Homemakers From the Detroit News. On the first day of August announce- ment will be made of the names o women who are to he ted as “Michigan Master Farm Homemakers.” A committee will make the award to those chosen from 37 candidates nom- inated by their neighbors for this honor. 5 The decision fs based upon more than juestions her come; her mB:;‘lDfll of i w“u“ community ivities and creation and regulation of family relationships. . It is a searching examination and approval entitles the successful candi- d%lu to from in named a ‘‘mas- SR Y X plex civilization. - - b ¢ | that many of our young a arsenic in the body of Miss Vera Sid- ney, buried nearly five months ago, butto estimate the fatal dose, to de- cide in what manner it was given and to determine how long before death the poison was first swallowed. ‘This last estimate was made from the amounts of arsenic found in the. toe nails, finger nalls 2nd hair. Slow poisoning by ar- senic is indicated, Dr. plained at a recent coroner’s inquiry, by the entrv of the poison into hair and nails, These grow in length with th senic in them. Accordingly, if the vat_culs off successive lengths of measured outward from the scalp. or if he takes similar sample slices of finger naile or toe nails, the presence or ah- sence of arsenic in successive sections compared with the known rates of growth of nails or hairs shows about how long before death the poison began to be swallowed. = - Ship Stops to Rescue Cat From Sea Death From the Seattle Daily Times. His name is Olaf and in appearance he is as common as his name—just a striped tabby cat, such as you might meet anywhere: no bigger in, size, no { ereens unless we bring it instantly a | booklover listlessly picks up an old vol- | more gallant of spirit, not to be singled out in & crowd of cats as one possessed of any special qualities. Yet. when he arrived in New York re- cently on_the trial trip of the new steamer Sud Americano flashlights boomed and eager young gentlemen of the press crowded around him, and through his solemn eyes he viewed all manner of fuss in his honor. For it seems that Olaf, in an unguarded | moment, had fallen overboard at sea. | Into the briny he had tumbled, taking | with him the sum of his nine lives and pitching the ship behind him into ut- termost consternation. From full speed zhead she had been brought to a stop, while the stern captain ordered a life- boat launched and rugged sailors fought for a chance to man its sweeps. There was much cruising about and scrutiny of the water through binoculars, until at last 8 small furry head was descried and Olaf was pulled aboard the rescue boat, a muchly bedraggled young cat, but still fit for service. Some may wonder at so much atien- tion being given a cat, but they never have been where rough chaps are band- ed together away from the softer in- fluences of life. Soldiers, sailors and workmen on civilization’s frontiers know how indispensable such small companions may become. They awaken instincts and arouse traits of characrer that make life more endurable for every one. Their very need of protection makes them helpful to happiness. Most of us would like to sail with the captain that put back for Olaf. He'd be a good leader to have along in almost any sort of an emergency. ——————— Mme. Schumann-Heink Discourages Ambitious From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Young American singers are given small encouragement by Mme. Schu- mann-Heink, who is on her way to rope with three proteges because ‘there is no opportunity for American singers in this country. Mme. Schu- mann-Heink is franker than many of her contemporaries who try to inject false hopes into the hearts of gifted young American artists. She knows that a European name and a European reputation are passkeys to success in she knows that one of the severest handicaps to which a young artist can be subjected is to be adver- tised as an “American artist.” Onl an outstanding talent, perhaps like that of Marion Talley, can weather the disadvantage. But if that much is true, it should be Tememberad that it is not the whole truth. of conspicuous success, ‘80 do many European artists. It is not enough to tack a European course of study or a European name on fo an artist too frail to support thel Young artists some- times forget that the names of the| really lustrous figures in the world of music can be counted on the fingers of the hands. And it should also be re- membered that one reason why so many of these names have a European cast is because Europe has a way of turning out the best artists. Other things being equal, it is quite possible that the artist with the Euro- pean name will triumph over the artist with the American background, even though the talents of both may be approximately equal. But the vast majority of our native short of the apex of sweeps the world to attention. We prob- ably have more good artists than any other country in the world; but we have fewer great oncs, proportionately, than most of the older nations. It may be rtists set their mark t00 high and become embittered at their failure to reach it, when they might more profitably be content with such talents as they have and use them to win such success as they are entitled to win. —o——— Mistaken Identity. Lea In view of the speed German liner Bremen we gather tha the greyhound of the Atlantic is now: & dachshund. -Racing, Sport of Deuces. Hamilton Spectator. T 15 Tecognized that it s .the two. dollar bettors who finance horse race meetings. In the sport of kings has become the sport of deuces. When a Fellow Needs a Friend. { From the i small boy's idea of hard luck is vmhm-mmummm Spilsbury ex- by | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. If you are one of the thousands who have patronized the buresu, write us iagain. If you have never used the service, begin now. It is maintained for your benefit, Be sure to send your name and address with your question, and inclose 2 cents .in ‘coin or stamps for return postage. Address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Fred- eric J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Has Jessica Dragonette ever been a grand opera star? What is her real name?—G. B. P. A. Jessica Dragonette is the real name of the radio artist. She has never jbeen a grand opera star. New York from Georgian Court, N. J., and was selected as the only solo voice in Max Reinhardt's production, ““The | Miracle.” | Q. How much time has Lindbergh spent in flying?—C. M. | A. Lindbergh has spent approxi- | mately 3,150 hours in the air, He has| made 8400 flights and hes traveled 280,000 miles, Q. How long will it take to replace 'éhPTnllda paper money with the new?- A "No definite time has been set.| “The plan was to use the old money untii its normal retirement. because of being | unfit, for use. .The difference in the size | of the old and new bills is annoying | i as fast as new ones are ready. | Q. Have hearing devices been h\-l stalled in movie theaters so that deaf | people can hear the talkies>—R. M. M. | A. The Volta Bureau says: “A few| theaters have installed hearing devlrfl' whereby talking movies are made au- dible to heard-of-hearing patrons. The plan is too new to be called entirely suc- | cessful. At a recent demonstration in | Cleveland, Ohio, the majority of the| audience, ‘made up of hard-of-hearing | persons, heard perfectly, a smaller per- centage heard fairly well, and a still| smaller percentage was unable to under- stand intelligently.” Q. What States have old age pen- sions?—L. T. A. There are nine States which have | old age pension legislation: Montana, | Nevada, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Massa- chusetts, Colorado, Minnesota, Wyo- | ming and Utah, Q. How are members of Congress chosen for committee assignments?— M. P. A." Members of Congress are per- mitted fo express a preference for com- mittee assignments. but._the commiftee on commitiees has the final decision as to the membership of these committees. Q. Pleasze give some names appropri- {ate for Persian cais’—'E. M. G. A Omar, Darius, Cyrus. Cambyses, Xerxes, Artaxerxes, Ardashir. Shapur. Otham. i Khosru, Cadesia, Mohmud, Mirza, Timur, are names suitable for Persian cate, Q. How did Jesse Crawford become an organist?>—B. C. | A. Jesse Crawford was born in Woodland, Calif. Left an orphan at an | early age, the little Crawford boy was taken in charge by the nuns of Ou(’ Lady of Lourdes Orphanage, where he was given music lessons as well as schooling. Finally, Jesse reached the | age at which it became necessary for {him to earn' a living. His first job was | ! that of pianist in-a movie at 5 a week. | But his love was the organ, and when | {as a planict he had begun tn earn $25 {2 week, he deliberately gave up the place for & job A< organisi. for $10 Jess. | Perhaps the fact that he had nevar i = Take advantage of this free service. tou She came to| | S iched an organ had somet to |do with it. It Wl}lm Jong b:;‘:l: he |had mastered the instrument—and more: he had develo A atyle and {echnique of his own that made him fa- mous. Q. What was the usual drink of the ancient Romans?>—I. P, { A. The drink of the ancient Romans | was wine, which varied in strength from | pure grape juice to a beverage contain- ing alcohoi. | Q. Was not land aiways free until [ sgte was admitted to the Union?— A. During the existence of the Gov- | ernment under the Articles of Confeder- |aifon, Congress on September 6. 1730, | passed a resolution recommending the survey and disposal by the several States of their waste and unappropri- ated lands to aid in paying the public debt, incurred by the War of the Revo- lution. In the beginning these lands were regarded as an asset for the pay- ment of this debt. The earliest efforts were {o sell the land in large blocks and, prior to the organization of our pres- ent. Government, Congress made three such sales. On June 15, 1785, Congress under the Articles of Confederation passed a resolution forbidding settle- ment on the public domain. The act of March 3, 1807, prohibited such settle- ment under penalty of forfeiting any right or claim a settler may have and the President was authorized to use civil and military force to remove such persons from the lands. Certain excep- tions were made in favor of those who had settled there before the passage of the act, and later, for those who had settled before February 1, 1816, a priv- ilege of temporary occupancy was given. From time to time acts were passed pro- viding for the pre-emption rights with- in certain areas and subject to varying conditions, 5 Q. How many Indien tribes were there in the United States?—M. I.. V. A. About 133 have been listed. Q. If a nurse should marry s Ofvil | War veteran who is 89 vears old. will |she get a pension when he dies?—— A. She will not be able to draw a pension as his widow. Q. What is the significance of the six-pointed Hebrew star’—M. H. B. A. The six-pointed star has been sed as a symbol from early thmes. Jt is & hexagram composed of two equi- lateral triangles. As such, it was used as a symbol of Judaism and is known 2% ihe Magen Dawid, or Shield of vid, Q. Does willing letince with change its food value? .J. A. W A. The food value iz not changed hv wilting. There is an added value of the fat. Q. How much does electricity cost people who live in Ontario?—J. R. A. For the Jast 20 years Ontario, nada, has had a government-owned ctric light system. It started in a very small way, but has grown until it takes in practically all of Ontario, The average rate for domestic consumers last year was less than 2 cents a kilo- watt~ hour. Q. What is the us vhen graduated from . B. S, gravy age of children high school?— . The Bureau of Education says that the average age for graduation among high school students is 18 years. Q. How many Union velerans of the Civil War' are still Jiving?—C. L. 8. A. On June 13, there were 59,043 Union veterans on the rolls of the Pension Burean. Great business and indusirial mergers and the ever-growing modern tendency toward consolidation are receiving at- \Discussion of Mergers Reveals Doubt as to What F uture Holds Taking up the publicly expressed ai- titude of Gov. Roosevelt of New York, he Brooklyn Daily Eagle states: “A tention in the press, and there is much | re-election would place him in & likely unceriainty as to future developments. | position for the Democratic presiden- President Hoover is quoted as hopeful | tial nomination in 1932, Should he by of obtaining comprehensive information | that time have become a proponent. of on the subject, and Gov. Roosevelt of consistent and reasonable doctrine New York has been credited with the | with regard to economic and social If many American artists fail |is not belief that it might be an issue in the next presidential campaign. “The United States has been fighting mergers for 40 years,” says the Dayton Daily News. ts efforts have been about as if a paim-leaf fan were pitted against & hurricane. There seems to be no stopping them.” G “It"cannot be contended.” advises the Baltimore Sun, “that much of what is ! going on now in the matter of mergers and consolidations meets both the spirit and the letter of the Sherman and Clayton acts, as interpreted by the courts and as generally understood. Tf court decisions have left a twilight zone, it i neither so broad nor so dim as to include combinations which obviously affect competition between previously independent units. And it is interesting to note that, in relation to these par- tieular laws, few insist upon the axiom which declares ‘the way to be 1id of & bad law is by rigid enforcement.’ Anti- trust laws seem to be meeting the fate of laws which cannot be repealed and yet arouse great opposition when en forced, Tollowed possibly by far-reaching political oonua:xence:."* * “Tt is difficuli to believe,” remarks the Yakima Daily Republic, however, “that any political party would get very far with ‘an attack upon these new combi- nations and mergers, merely as combi- nations and mergers. The public, high y | and low, is too firmly committed to them to flock to the standard of a deliverer, if his only foe were the commonly ac- cepted method of doing business in our time. * * * The fact is that the tem- per of the contemporary United States ainst bigness. Indeed, our ad- miration of bigness is likely to bind us to many dangers which it brought to the fore.” “There is a growing conviction among business men,” according tqQ the Great Falls Tribune, “that competition is not an’economic_cure- as well as its virtues. Competition is often ruthless in its operation. It fre- uently works, not creatively fo serve the consumer more acceptably, but de- struptively to ruin rivals, or runs to sharp practice at the expense of the consumer. An expression of individual- ism in industry, competition develops excesses which threaien.to destroy indi- vidualism.” ss mergers are sound eco- , gnd if economy and efficiency theoretical justification,” in the juc ent of the Chicago Daily News, “the public will find ways and means of compelling them to practice economy and efficiency. Lame and ineffective regulation can he converted by suitable changes Jnto_adequate and beneficial regulation. Senator Howell fears the masses will be stifled, but. that is not a rational apprehension. Experience does not warrant it. An intelligent and pro- gressive nation will harness mompog’. corporate cunning and a derive substantial profit from the trend to concentration and combination. It not be necessary to destroy the whole modern sysiem in order to secure genuinely fair dealing for the public.” * K ok Ok “The administration,” records the gewnk Evenf ur’t"t?l “is c&nuntn‘a: g upon an ef ea s 'hltp';‘ult be the eflu’rtn'n( m- R T I corpora upon sp! al portunity of American private initia- iaa It is realized mua?w-m llm. - become. antiquat From President’s inaugural address is drawn evidence, not only that Mr. Hoover is aware of the problem, but that he has given it thoughtful consideration with _-lmu! to its social nm t the gdministration is seeking before atlf to find the answer is conc/ys acr. has | over their food, money 11, but_has its vices | conditions in this country, he would hold in his hands & formidable weapon for use in the presidential campaign. These reflections are not likely to have escaped Washington. They would prompt. it 1o pay close attention to his progress and to dispute with him the ‘Gov. Roosevelt's suggestion of danger in highly centralized industrial control also inspires comment from the Nash- | ville Banner: “While there are not lack- ing those, some of whom are eminent in the business world, who view this movement with complacency and even approval, in the judgment of the great. er element of the public men of the country of independent thought and speech, and of most of the great news- papers of the country, it constitutes a very real menace, not only to the public interest, but to Government ifself.” “It is quite possible that big business | will suddenly become too big,” thinks | the Savannah Press, with the conclu- sion that “if it continues at its present rate, it will produce a strong platform by 1932 The Tulsa World agrees that i “it is entirely possible to make of it & political issue.” “The people of the Unifted States, | whose economic as well as political views are pretty truly reflected in legis- lation,” according to the Wheeling In-~ telligencer, “still distrust the trusts as much as they ever did, and probably will continue to do so. Tt is simply unthinkable, whatever efficiency there might be gained thereby, that the American people will ever stand for | monopolistic control, direct or indirect, essential public service, or production of any necessity.” “Nobody questions the economic ad- | vantages obtainable from combined in- dustry, finance, utilities and so on” concedes the Des Moines Register, add- | ing that “it is all & problem of keeping the concentration of power from run- ning away with things,” The Little Arkansas Democraf, eomparing efforts of the financier and the “pub- lic agitator,” says: “These two bode | neither good nor evil. But between | the two, the latter is, at present, the more powerful, because the burden of proof rests upon the former. P | Procedure Is .Ad\‘ril:d For Hoover’s Callers From the Roanoke Times. A story is going the. rounds that ought to be true, whether it is or not. It s related that a certain Senator called upon the President and on en- preliminary = conversation, P\‘.:lmu: Il}t;:u six e - wi u.” ereupon reached into his inside pocket -:3:'. drawing out some pleces of paper, said: “Here are six pieces of paper, Each of tHem contains my views on one of the six topics. I place these six of paper here on your desk.” he added by way of conclusion, “I have the honor, Mr. President, to wish you good ‘Whether the story is true or not we cannot say. But no doubt Mr. Hoover, Ny and bettes than most Whihes.that any_an n that he had more callers like thig Senator. The President with a great deal of circumlocuf At's A to be true has afready Wmm‘fimt