Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1929, Page 8

THE. EVENING' STAR With Sunday Moraing Edition. 'WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.......August 20, 1929 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company iness Office: o8 3 +_ 11th St. and Pennsylvanis Ave. New York Office: 110 East ¢3nd Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Buildl E Mice: 14 Regent St., London, European Ofice; 14 Rege Rate by Carrier Within the City. Fi ing Star. 45c per month ening anc hen 4 Sunda: 60c per month Evening and & undays) 65 per month t Sc per copy at'the end of each month. nt in by mail or telephone Th THe tenen S Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Bally tafySundard Jrn tied Sunday only ..l 1 mo., mo., 1 mo.: 40c All Other States and Canada. 1 yr., $12.00; 1 mo., $1.00 1 $8.00; 1 m Sunday on! Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Assoclated Press is exclusi to the use for republication of all n patones credited to it or not otherwise cre ted in this paper and slso the local Le published herein. All rights of publication cf special dispatches herein are also reserved. = = itled df Where to Cut the Budget. To comply with the mandate of the Budget Bureau the Commissioners must eliminate $2,000,000 from their esti~ mated list of proposed expenditures for 1931. A simple solution of this prob- lem of where to cut is to strike out the three millions, or a part of it, pro- posed by the Commissioners in their estimates for the purchase of the re- maining sites for the Municipal Center. ‘This will leave the estimates prepares by the departmental heads, drawn to meet the important maintenance and improvement needs of the municipal- ity, untouched. It will leave, in addi- ton, a surplus that Congress can appro- priate for the Municipal Center if it so chooses. The list of estimates sent to the Budget Bureau this year is based on a revenue availability for 1931 of approxi- mately $46,000,000, plus an accumulated surplus that the Commissioners intend- ed'to use for acquiring the remaining ground needed for the Municipal Center. Congress has adopted a program that calls for construction of the Municipal Center over a period of years and has already appropriated $3,000,000 out of District surplus to buy part of the land. At the end of the current fiscal year there will be an additional surplus avalilable for expenditure, and this the Commissioners recommended for use in completing the site acquisition. If the Budget Bureau does not want to approve this expenditure, the Com- missioners can remove it from their the ether tween Graf’s next powers of to be sald Zeppelin's ply reassuring hope that cific crossing will be made as somely and as faultlessly as the firs! two legs of the globe-girdling flight were traversed. The Zeppelin is rounding the earth on a mission of peace. The purpose of her builders and her com- mander and crew is to establish the safety and the practical usefulness of civilian travel by airship over long dis- tances. That the cause of commercial aviation has been immensely enhanced by the astounding cruise of the Graf Zeppelin is beyond all question. Equally 3¢ | beyond question, it seems reasonable to assume, is the belief that great dirigi- bles of her type have not begun to ex- haust the illimitable possibilities that would appear to be dormant in her mo- tors, in her gas and in the brilliant ca- pacity of her navigators, An Overwhelming Sentiment. Striking evidence that Washington traffic officials are with one exception alone in their contention that the rotary left-hand turn used in this city is either practical or safe is contained in answers to questionnaires sent mem- bers of the Hoover Conference on Street and Highway Safety by The Star in cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada to the Mexican bor- der. Forty-two members in eighteen cities and thirteen States have to date written The Star in reply to two simple queries: “Do you consider it of impor- tance that there be uniformity in traf- fic rules, and if s0, why?” and “Has your community adopted the Hoover code provision governing the left turn, i. e, to make the left turn from the left traffic lane, and if not, why?” Only one answer, and that from Cleveland, 'Is in agreement with the system used here and this member points out that the same turn is used throughout the Ohio city in direct contradiction to the two different turns now in effect in ‘Washington. ‘The Star undertook this poll because it believes in uniformity. It believes, as do many of the Hoover committee men, that the automobile has abolished State lines and that the motorist should handle his car in essentially the same manner in New York or in San Francisco or Augusts, as he does in New Orleans. It believes that traffic offi- cials, who impose peculiar schemes— “provincial,” many of the traffic ex- perts call them—upon a community, are lacking in vision, are complacent and are not working to the best inter- est of the city which employs them. estimates, thus paring their total re- quests to the figure set by the Budget Bureau. No great harm will be done. Copgress will probably put the item back in again. Even with the elimination of money for the purchase of sites, provided the Budget Bureau is willing to approve the items remaining, there would be left' half & million dollars with which to! begin construction of the courts build- ing, the first urit of the municipal} group, which is to house the Police €onrt, the Juvenile and Municipal Courts and the office of the recorder of deeds. Thus the Municipal Center project would in no way be seriously placed in jeopardy by the Commission- ers’. action. This is, undoubtedly, peculiar and in- wvolved budget practice. But it should have the effect of leaving unchanged the estimates prepared by the depart- mental heads. If we are to place any faith in the knowledge and discretion of the experienced heads of the munici- pal government, their items, as laid before the Budget Bureau, represent the results of long study and mature consideration of the municipality’s needs. Théy should be permitted to go before the’ committees of Congress unaltered.. They have been cut and pared to the minimum. If they do not represent the wisest use of the District’s revenues, that is a responsibility resting squarely on the shoulders of the Commissioners. If the Commissioners are willing to as- sume it and to defend their wisdom In 1920 the rotary turn now used in the Natlonal Capital, was first proposed for this city. The Star opposed it on the ground that any left turn-made from the right traffic lane is fundamen- tally wrong inasmuch as the motorist making the maneuver must cross two traffic lines, one at his rear, instead of merely the line which he is facing. The Star was pleased at that time to con- tribute its bit to the defeat of a plan that was wrong in conception and has been proved wrong in practice since its adoption here at the time the traffic lights were first installed. It has been consistent in its opposition for the nine years up to the present date when the rotary left turn, as practiced in Wash- ington, received national attention and protest. ‘Typical of the replies that have come to The Star is the following from Henry A. Reninger, president of the Natlonal Safety Council. Mr. Ren- inger hits the Washington situation squarely on the head, although perhaps unintentionally, when he describes the attitude of trafic officlals who com- placently believe that they are right and the rest of the country is wrong. He says in part: regulations, many of us are inclined to feel that the way to obtain uniformity is by hav- ing every one else adopt our par- ticular local regulations. Obviously formity is State or city willing to make concessions in favor of a standard based on the general ce and before the searching examination of the congressional committees, the Budget Bureau assuredly should give them the opportunit; e — A Zeppelin sailing across the skies should be serviceable as a reminder to nations that & war is bound to be more than an old-fashioned neighborhood quarrel. e — A Tremendous Feat. % Exactly seventy-five years ago Ad- miral Perry, in command of an Ameri- can ship of war, “invaded” the Japan of ‘the Shoguns to demand trading rights with the empire in the name of the United States and the world at large. leave an indelible impress upon the history of Japan and of civilization. Today the eyes of the whole globe are riveted on Nippon in consequence of another peaceful invasion of her ter- ritory, the safe arrival of the mighty Graf Zeppelin on the second leg of, her, round-the-world flight from Lake- hutst to Lakehurst. Not only are the world’s eyes on the Graf, but the world's hats are off to her and to her gallant commander, Hugo Eckener, who, if anybody does, deserves this day to be saluted as the admiral of the air. His achievement in pilot- ing the invincible German dirigible 6,880 miles in roundly 102 hours from Friedrichshafen to Tokio at the fabulous rate of 64 miles an hour—atross Europe and Asia—Is a tremendous feat. supremacy between the airplane and airship the dirigible gas bag for 1< 'the moment must be awarded the hon- . ors, even though the accomplishment of Col. Lindbergh remains, in its way, It was an event destined-to]- experien the prevailing practice. Lack of uni- formity results in confusion, whic! would be ridiculous traffic tie-ups because of some driver unwittingly doing the wrong or un- expected, thing. | | - : Other members in the Hoover confer- ence reply in almost the same strain. They point out that while the rotary turn has been tried in many com- munities it has been found wanting. They agree that there can be no correct left turn—no left turn that does not disrupt the driving practices of hun- dreds and thousands of motorists—if it does not start from the left traffic lane, from which point only one line of vehicles must be crossed to complete the maneuver. , ‘The Star does mot intend to-give up the fight for uniformity—uniformity in all fundamental traffic regulations and uniformity in driving practices. The Star beliéves that 1t is'not only fighting the battle of- the great bulk of Wash- ingtonians, but is expressing the best traffic thought of all sections the United States. There will be no com- promise and no cessation until' Wash- ington falls in step,-on this importan matter, with the yest of the cauntry, It Horace Greeley were alive would contemplate vast say “Go West and grow country,” even to those who ambitions to become film stars. however, evoked great enthu- siasm in the galleries if not on the floor of the convention among the delegates. idge had made it clear that he did not wish ward as a candidate for renominat Mr. Hoover felt that the waters of political pond were open .to delegates than any ofher candidate for the presidential nomination, It -was a foregone conclusion he would be nominated, barring a. stampede of the convention to Mr. Coolidge—a stam- pede which never materialized. Fishing for fish may be good train- ing for fishing for delegates to national conventions—or for anything else, Fishing, as Mr. Hoover aptly sald in his Madison speech, calls for silence. It is the silent sport. And politics is frequently particularly active when it is most silent, too. Fishing is not only ad good training for any man, whether he be in politics or not, teaching him aEg Iy E g infinite patience and when to strike, but | tains it also gives opportunity for much re- flection and thought. Apparently it has become the sport of Presidents. Per- haps the fish enjoy it, too. Study of waterways has become & matter of serlous sclence. The time passed long ago when “rivers and har- bors” were mentioned in some of the corridors with a slight twinkle of the eye. l ‘The endurance test of real signifi- cance has been met by the dirigible, which at the outset of its career was not popularly trusted. i Russia and China have both had a large share of historic trouble and each, apparently, is still looking for a new kind. i A crime wave i3 to some extent an impression due to morbid popular en- thusiasm 1in studying psychopathic | - It would be inconsiderate of & mem- ber of Congress to intrude on a presi- dential vacation by bringing up the question of a possible tariff on fish, f ‘Traffic conditions are offering a meas- ure of discouragement to the benign enthusiast who invented the slogan, “Safety first!” Even international affairs compel a certaln amount of deference to com- munications from those ancient friends, “Vox Populi” and “Tax Payer.” i f lemoirs of Mrs. Willebrandt indicate that even politicians do not hesitate to leave the hardest part of house cleantng | iI! work to an energetic woman. f gB2 Esaed g Boys thus teach themselves the ele- ments of barter, which perhaps has gone out of general use, in a day and age when.rlrlm are more or less the Hesgting, s tive method of agg! a8 lve mef trade, one for which many people would be the better if they had some of it in their make-up. There is no ir reason why a person should not drive a fair bargain, but it is a fact that many persons permit themselves to be over- reached in such matters, largely be- cause they are inexperienced in such work, and &l:de themselves on not questioning price of anything. ‘The boy who becomes an expert trader of even such small things as box tops will stand a better chance, everything else being equal, of getting his money’s worth in atter iife. collector who treasures an of colored designs from many nations. Queer collections are nothing new in muum-n“-m Perhaps they still lected, for boys live in & world of their own, each g:mflnn engaging in the same sports, alive by a sort of verbal passing on_from one year to another. We have no doubt. that if a man could suddenly be put into any one of the schools he would find the bog telling g the same pastimes/which he told. and enjoyed many years the same jokes and eng: 2g0. Milk-bottle-top collecting was in its firm put out different grades of milk, and these, with cream, called for different printing on the card- ‘Thus 'c ‘was possible for a persistent top collector to get together a large number of different labels. The slighter the difference, of course, the more ized the item, as in all sorts of col- Milk bottle tops, being round, were excellent to stack on the top of one an- other, easy to match and handy to carry. A varlety of was that in- volved in the presentation of & closed fist and the invitation to match the It the second boy essed , when the fist was opened the two cards were from the e e reFeled 1o maten. that however, e of the other, the first boy took his prize. 3 R rette Picture cards from clgas packets formed the object of collectors in the | "}‘;’.’.’.fl‘s’:u .players formed one series, photographs of eminent players being dhmbutc‘:! among the packs of ciga- rettes. This was in the days before ciga- rette manufacturers went in for hero The photographs, as we recall, were simply as a sort of “prize. focindad Dyt.hey collected by the smoked, but were even more avidly sought by their smaller brothers. In those days the “den” type of room was the favorite among the younger generations, and most- bedrooms of small or large boys boasted an assort- ment of the favorite ball players of the day. These were tacked or pasted on the wallpaper, or stuck in the edge of the mirror on the dresser. Before the base ball era the plctures of actresses were popular. These, too, came with cigarettes. It was the day of small walsts, large hips and tights. Daredevil young men of the Victorian age imagined fi:fi! were "de?h‘g::' indeed, when ey possessel b graphs, however small, of the refgning ballet queens. Perhqaps there is little choice, after all, between the various objects of col- lection. It is the collecting which counts, the desire to outdo another in some sport or other, which is the very | q basis of life in America. Whether a boy does it with milk or match “tops” makes little difference. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. According to & issued the United States Public Health Serv- ice (Reprint No. 924) “the claim made that the laws which have been enacted to curb the use of narcetics addiction ‘The Prince of Wales is a good actor | increases | on the world stage who knows when it is his cue to quit the saddle and enjoy racing from the grandstand. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Gone to the “Underworld.” The banners of the wicked are trium- phantly unfurled, And everything you read or hear leads to the “Underworld.” . You view the Night Club from the curb, but do not go inside, For fear, when you come out, some one will take you for a ride. “Oh, whither are we drifting?” was & question long ago. Our present course seems shifting to- ward the regions down below. We marvel at iniquities placed boldly ‘We hear a ribald ditty and some ques- tionable chat, And follow the adventures of a flapper in a flat. We listen to the storles which are covered with blue mold, ‘Which were rather less offensive when they weren't quite so old. The ancient dame still fiirts, but in & more emphatic style. Financial depredations win tolerant smile. ‘We see the gigelot, with her hair and eyebrows deftly curled, o ‘Who seems to call, “Now, let us all go to the ‘Underworld’l” Versatile Opinion. “How do you manage to be re-elected 80 often?” - “I give the public what it wants, sweet and always inclined to skip what doesn't appeal to them. In ‘yessing’ the great public, you've got to show versatility.” Jud Tunkins says the man who pays £ I i In the case of narcotics, the Public Health Service gives substantial f to the contrary—addiction thereto is Nevertheless, it remains deceit, misery and of prisoners conspiracies and set fire to Govern- ment- buildings costing @ million. dollars or_more, besides the lives of several fighting prisoners. . The Federal penitentiaries are ee- rlously overcrowded, and to that con- sufficient to cause arrest, although lawful possession of narcotics may x k% ‘d 2 The first anti-narcitic 'law’ was lggpfied lnul:”. ‘The same authority as uoted, says: et in There may have been 264,000 ad- 7] EE é i = & ® é i g Tk i‘gfi 8% : by | crease in the number of this type, but to a gradual elimination of normal By “normal types” is meant the un- criminal addicts, who have not 8o far as to grow desperate or who may not yet have been unable t | to get what they craved without deceit or crime, . One of the-recently enacted laws has made it a crime for unlicensed persons to have narcotics in their pos- session. This law is being rigidly en« forced, and addicts, who formerly were unmolested, are now being sent to jail. Confirmation of the estimates based on the supplies of narcotics available and on the findings of the various sur- veys as to the number of addicts and the trend of narcotic addiction in the United States is furnished by the ex- gflmce of physicians as related to us. e have interviewed physicians from all parts of the United States and it is unusual to find one who has an addict among his patients. Few besides those who have contact with penal institu- tions and certain hospitals and sani- tariums meet any great number. Many physicians _still occasionally see a transient addict who drops in and begs for a dose, but this, too, is growing rare. Some of the physicians who have been practicing for years in small towns and rural communities speak of addicts they have cured by the aid of the Har- rison law, or who have, without outside assistance, cured themselves. Some of * k% % It is found that the proportion is about four males to one female addict. ‘There are few under 20 years or over fi years of age—comparatively few over years. ‘The number varies geographically; in California it is 39.9 per 100,000, while in i, New Hampshire and Ver- ment there were none recorded. The doso. | of 11,697, of whom only 10 F“ cent were women. More than three-quarters proved to be confirmed addicts, and of OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER. George Harrison Phelps. Horace Liveright. Publicity is now a profession, holding definite in the modern economic structure, functioning therein as an essential in the vast system of ‘ex- changes that gather under the name of business. has become, in &l:pnse, a science vestigation in fleld of facts are reliable, its scope much wider than any other single enterprise could hope, or desire, to cover. Since its object is to attract as well as to in- struct, its method is largely artful, pic- torial in essence, bent upon a prompt seizure of general attention toward this or_that in the range of merchandise. It is from the sightly point of adver- tising as a profession, from the s advantage of the practical and experi~ enced advertiser, that Mr. Phelps offers this study of buying and selling from a recent survey of that gigantic enter- prise, as it exists within the United States at the present time. N ‘The story sets out with & snapshot of the miracle that in the last quar- ter-century has worked a pretty general emancipation to every condition of life, Within this minute of time, as time runs, the has reached an enormous efficiency, each machine do- ing the work of many men. Other causes combined with this one have lifted the worker to a wage easement never before known. Money and com- parative leisure have so 1ify that today the workingman lives as, only a few centuries ago, no prince of the earth even dreamed of living. By and large, a general amelioration of the poor man’s lot has come through the e{plmlnn of industry, better wages, clearer understandings, truer co-opei tion. Oh, no, not the millennium— not yet! Even yet the poor man far outnumbers the one of easy circum- stance. Pbet and preacher, moral pre- cept and biblical admonition, are not in immediate danger of lack of sub- stance. Nevertheless, and this is the point, the laborers of the present are c]el:{ly on the upgrade of a fair pros- perity. This picture made, Mr. Phelps draws from it the fact that, by sheer weight of majorities alone, it is this eased-up laboring man that, in bulk, constitutes the biggest customer to those having things to sell. He is the great consumer. He is the meat of the merchant of every | sort of ware. Such is the basic point of study. From it various corollaries come forward for examination and trial. If this workingman of easier pocket is far and away the chief instrument in the movement of daily trade throughout the land, why not still further advance the means of such movement? This is the shopkeeper talking. He must look with contentment upon cars and radios and honographs, upon- silk for the women ‘from the skin out,” upon watercraft for the menfolks, upon excursions and outings and fast spinnings across the cont'nent itself. ‘The situation posits & few vital les. Does the machine harm the ay jobs from so ueries. worker by taking a many? The author discusses this in a most interesting manner. We might have thought out the answer for our- selves, but we didn't. Without ques- tion the machine does release varlm. Yet, every new industry, every advance in those already established, n&:rm up fresh pursuits which are calculated in large measure to absarb the surplus left over from machine efficiency. Taxis and bus lines, filling stations, cleaning and repair shops, wayside emergency stations, the ubiquitous garage for rent, the frequent roadway eating place— these point upon but a few of the in- dustries that have sprung up around the motor car alone. And so one might in keen interest follow out other ave- nues of employment that have risen round the usurpation that the machine is now and then assumed to have made. The lesson of adaptability is having a fine run here. A prime lesson it is too. Progress is on its way and can no more be. stopped than the legendary jugger- naut itself. Man must fit himself to the new order. And that he can do this, that he is doing so splendidly, constitutes the accolade of his true hogd,b oll chh true knighthood. ut let us get back to Mr. Phel and his questions. If the work!nnn:: is so large a factor in the industrial interests of production and distribu- tlon—trade—why not make him an even stronger one by the simple ex- pedient of adding to the larger wage, the shorter day and the five-day week, securing more leisure in which to en- Joy life and spend money? Well, why not? Along the same line, why hold over the worker the terror of retire- ment while he is at the height of him- self? Why? And so beside the workingman in his estab- lished role as the tradesman’s “biggest customer.” Rather materialistic in outlook? Somewhat, but remember the author is examining the matter from a single point of view. Besides, I am re- porting him a bit sketchily. At the proper time views are given that in- clude the whole wage earner, not the mere spender of money. Speaking of trade, Mr. Phelps moves | 50 _the over to the tradesman himself, in a straight discussion of his part in the business of selling the world’s goods to the world’s customers., What is his at- about th u'g‘lndtwrnwmhd round: e pof of inquiry. it about the them, modern merger, the old “trust” over which the politician used to froth at its essential iniquity? The merger is here, by invi- tation. What has become of its hoofs and horns and other insignia of sheer 2 Read this spirited and timely book. It will not take you long. You don't have to read novels all ’, not ving read, you will begin to around in a new vision upon cer- tain vital matters. You will find your- self in & mood of wakened concern queries run | imj ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is & special department, devoted to the handling of inquiries. You have at your an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. Write your question, your name and your address’clearly and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- Q. What was the fastest type plane used during the war? What I:Dt.'he offi- cial speed record for airplanes A.: About the ing the World War was the Spad, which had a Hispano-Suiza motor, The His- pano-Suize motor is made in Prance. ‘The most powerful motors used during the war were of about 400 horsepower, and they had 12 cylinders. The official 8] record is 318 miles per hour peed pecial | which was made by an Italian, Ber- nardi, in a Macchi (M-52) Fiat 51 engine. Q. What became of the Thomas A. Lincoln log cabin which was on exhibi- gonzflwthe Chicago World's Fair?— A. The Chicago Chamber of Com- merce says that the Lincoln log cabin still stands on the Wooded Island in Jackson Park, Chicago. Q. Is there any simple remedy for g-csn or abrasions between the toes?— A. They should be carefully cleansed with soap and water, dried with ab- sorbent cotton and covered with zinc ointment. Absorbent cotton should be used to keep the raw surfaces apart. Q. Why is the shore line of Lake Erie constantly changing?—S. G. A. Lake Erie is exceedingly shallow, and the low, clayey or sandy shores arc liable to erosion by waves, created by severe storms, which may wash from one place and deposit in another the sand with which the water is occasion- ally filled. The shoaling renders con- tinuous dredging necessary at every harbor on the lake west of Erie, Pa, There is al annual fluctuation in the lake level, and heavy storms, ap- when the lake is-at its heigkt, have a very drastic effect. Q. What is permaloy, which is used on ocean cables?—J. E. A. Permaloy is the material used in wrapping ocean cables, which gives them speed. The material was devel- oped by the Western Electric Co. Its ingredients are nickel and iron. Its use has been entirely successful. Q. How long has the ukulele been used in Hawaii?>—A. G. I A. While it is now in wide use in Hawali, it was not introduced into the islands until about 1877 by the Portu- guese. Q. Who was the sculptor of the bust of Gen. Washington which stands on a pedestal at Mount Vernon, said to be his exact height?>—H. B. A. A. The assistant superintendent of Mount -Vernon says. that-the bust re- ferred to is one made of clay by Jean Antoine Houdon, a Frencl , at Mount Vernon in October, 1785. A mold of the bust was taken back to Paris by Houdon and from that mold several replicas were made. This bust was ex- ecuted in connection with the fulfill- ment of & contract made with Houdon by the State of Virginia for & likeness of Gen. Washington to be placed at Richmond. Q. What university has in its posses- sion a copy of Dr. Einstein's manu- script, “A New Field Theory”?—H. V. A. Wesleyan University now owns Dr. Albert Einstein's eight-page manu- script, “A New Field Theory,” into which he put the results of six years’ concentrated work after expounding y. ‘The original version of that famous doctrine the German savant o to Zionist University, in Jeru- salem, Q. Was Mary Anderson the first M:lreuh - v%be referred to as “Our Mary”? A. A recent mews item stated that Mary Taylor, who in 1851 and 1852 was the idol of New York theatergoers, was presented with a silver service, inscribed “To Our Mary,” the mayor and common council of New York City. The occasion of the preséntation was her retirement from the stage. Q. What is meant by & “Derbyshire neck”?—A. H. A. This expression refers to goiter. Q. Who now owns the Chant de Cygne which was made by Stradiva- rius?—W. S. T. A. Dr. Thaddeus Rich, noted concert master and conductor, now owns the Chant de Cygne, which was made in 1737 by Antonius Stradivarius, and has been called the most famous stringed instrument. Dr. Rich acquired this and a number of other treasures col- lected by the late Rodman Wanamaker. Q. Can Indians sell the land that has come to them from the Govern- ment?—R. E. H. A. The Indians have a right to buy and sell the land from and to each other. They arespermitted to lease the land to the whites, but it cannot be sold to white people. Q. Why is it sometimes said that the Declaration of Independence was not signed on the Fourth of July?—E. A. M. A. On July 4, 1776, the Declaraticn of Independence was reported to the Continental Congress by the chairman, but it was not signed by all the dele- gates until August 2, some of them having to wait for instructions from their respective colonies. Q. In the sentence “I object to my daughter marrying him,” should “daugh- ter” have an apostrophe and “s” added? —T. N. A. It should. A noun or pronoun modifying a verbal noun or gerund must be in the possessive case. Q. How many miles did George ‘Washington travel on his trip through the Southern States while President, and how long did it take him?>—A. N. G. A. The total distance, as recorded by President Washington, was 1,887 miles. He left Philadelphia March 21, 1791, and returned July 6. The same horses were used throughout the trip. Q. What kind of photographic paper is used in seismograph records?—A. M. A. The paper known to the Weather Bureau for recording purposes is bro- mide paper, similar to that used in photographic laboratory, and is devel- by the ordinary developing agents, such as hydroquinon and metol, and fixed with the usual fixing salts. Q. When will the Pendleton round-up be held?>—E. A. A. The twentieth annual Pendleton round-up will be held September 18 to 21, inclusive. Atlas of American Dialects Stirs Comment in Lighter Vein Announcement by the American Council of Learned Socleties of a forth- coming atlas of American dialects has stirred less pointed comment than the suggestion that some of the choicest colloguialisms which it will contain, notably those of our “foist” city, are now eligible to admission into the ex- clusive society of pure English. Skepticism and even condemnation are mingled with conservative approval in the public discussion of the purpose of the American Council of Learned Societles to prepare a dialect atlas. This project is accompanied by the sug- gestion that these dialects may become authorized as parts of the correct speech of the people, but it is on this point that doubts arise. “Shades of Chimmie Fadden!” ex- claims the Muncie Star. “He used to be a linguistic jest. Now he's on the road to becoming & stark reality. Back T Pemonaion of the. Bowery, sni quis persona wery, and q the rage. He talked out of the side of his mouth, he wore shoits—a very spoity boy was Chimmie—his best goil was a skoit and he certainly was & boid. All this was humor then. But it's serious business now l'zclnlne fl!.hfl‘ e suppoiter of * kK ¥ ‘The atlas, according to the Seattle Daily Times, proposes to “bound the sections of our country according to their peculiarities of speech—so sharply defined, they declare, that one may mark the boundary between the land of the ‘you-alls’ and the ‘I reckons’ with a thin line. The borderland of New England’s nasality is, they would have us belleve, as plain to the ear as its colored limits on & map are to the eye, while the Midwestern use of impressive the carefree westerly neighbor as its rolling plains do when they meet the Rockies. * ¢ ¢ But the thing that the Far Westerner may ponder over is what will happen to ‘him when this atlas is published. Will our homeland be marked down for those vocal imperfections and clashes of syntax with which fiction has us? Shall the geographers lend us their ears or proceed on hear- 8 say and fit us with syllables most of ‘Word comes that that book, “Progress and Povem.%t to o | celebrate its golden anniversary. PR in. | political . Robert Foundation is issuing the new edition of this stormy petrel of theory. world has moved on within the - | been g various currents and | of thought which have set in since its 10 nare it of five delinquents in Federal prisons & drug (Copyrigbt, 1929, by Paul V. Collins.) is an. of summed in a eworhuownom‘: becat is us have never heard outside of cowhoy ballads? In cases of the sort one may fear the worst. Maybe we ought to [ the situation by asking for an ction.” number of such dialects is le- d (Mass.) g8 Peter Lowell’s omordof the plane are doing their work, and may be expected to do it at a hastened pace, in breaking down sectional differences. ‘The influences relate not simply to speech, but to dress, behavior and even ways of thinking. The Middle West- erner with his ‘r,’ the Southerner with- out it and with his drawl, the New Yorker with his ‘o’ and the New Eng- lander with his broad ‘a'—all ultimately are due to fade from the picture of American life.” “Now come these professors and at- tempt to argue that the language of the city precincts is permissible English,” criticizes the Tulsa World. “We doubt it. There has been always, and will be for hundreds of generations hence, butchering of the English language. It has survived these assaults generally, in spite of the accentuation in the past 20 years of picturesque idiom. That this slang has been generally taken up does not place it in the category of good Eng- ilsh, of which the digtionary is the final arbiter. When the East Siders of New York produce enough scholarly men so that they may force the re- writing of the English dictionary, it will be time to consider the advisability of introducing these dialects into the lan- ‘That the plan would serve to bring all of these groups together into one uniform mode of speech, as the pro- it | motors hope,” says the Utica Observer- Dispatch, “is open to doubt. By no stretch of the imagination can we hear a New York taxicab driver speaking with the same inflection as a Virginia planter, or & New England fishing cap- tain speaking the same tongue as a ‘Western ranchman.” The Chattanooga News argues: “That the South—and the rest of the country, too, for that mat- ter—has fallen into the habit of saying 2 " instead of ‘ves’ is no argument why ‘foist’ is good. ‘Yeah' is easler to say than ‘ves’ and ‘suh’ is more easily pronounced than ‘sir.’ Where letters are slurred in order to make pronunciation easier, there is at least the excuse of laziness. But to most Americans, saying ‘foist’ and ‘wolks’ involves a degree of linguistic_acrobatics which is difficult instead of easy.” “They are going to have a 13-month calendar, anon, and the metric system,” , - remarks the Racine Journal-News. “We already have the new money. An Amer- ican language is next. Without ‘bol ‘far’ and ‘y’all’ it will be a mere lingo.” [Extending its survey to several ooun- tries, the Fort Worth Record-Telegram bases the adoption of words related to limited areas upon busin and concludes: was & ‘dollar.’ Of ,’ Or an ‘iron mAan. ‘Two bits,’ ‘jitneys,’ ‘chicken feed' and all similar matters pertaining to a trans- f trade and barter came into . : o being with the ‘patter’ not too difficult to acquire.” Superlatives Exhausted. From the m&u ?l‘"u’n Mm Four of the Nation’s circuses have been merged. There always comes a time in the show business when there aren't superlatives enough to go around. Methods Primitive. From the Montana Record-Herald.