Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 8

3 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Mgrllllt uI“"l. WASHINGTON, D, C. FRIDAY.. August 23, 1020 THEODORE W. NOYES. ., . Editor | The Evening Star Newspaper Company . Business 2 11th St! and Pennsylvant Office: 110 Ei R e, ‘Lendon, Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star... +..45¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Star 8) .60c per month r ny: y Star c per copy Colle tion made at'fhe énd of each month. Orders mav be sent in by mail or ielephove NAtlonal 5000, Rate bv Mall—Payable in Maryland and Virgis Dally and Sunday....1 yr. $10. Advance. inia. Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press ix axclusively entitled 0.t use for republication of all news dis- patches credited 1o it or not otherwise cred- ed i this paper and also the iocal news ®©iblished hereln. Al rishis of publication cf Bpecial dispaiches herein are also reserved. The Regatta Fund. For the third time the President’s &up regatta, probably the outstanding $pcedboat competition in the United States, is to be held in Washington next month. A sum of about $7,000 is necessary to defray the expenses of the race and the promoters, who take no profit to themselves, are depending upon the people of Washington to raise the fund. So far the returns have been disappointing. The threat of a deficit has been raised, and if there is a deficit the President's Cup regatta may be lost to Washiuglon nest year. Many other cities would welcome an opportunity ralse the pusrantee fund and sumething wore in nddition, Fears of a deficit, however, are offset | hington's fine reputation of al-' rising to the occasion and doing | what it is supposed to do. In this case | the relatively small task of raising | about $7.000 is one which, it seems, | should be seized by the trade and busi- ness organizations ‘and assumed as their own. The speed races have 4 di- rect and beneficial effect in advertising Washington. They tend to attract to Washington the thousands of speed- boat er.thusiasts throughout the country, but, what is more, they present fn an unusually favorable light Washington's facilities for taking care of nationally important sporting events. The trade and business organizations should divide the necessary quota among themselves and raise the money without a great deal of effort. They | .are already working, but it is believed that they could do more than the re- sults so far indicate. One naturally would expect to find them hustling to make the most of a fine opportunity that presents itself to the city. The President’s Cup regatta is pe- culiarly a Washington affair. The beautiful solid gold trophy offered the winner is the only cup sponsored by a President of the United States in a| sporting competition, and the deed of | gift states that the race must be held every year on the Potomac at Wash- * ington, unless the American Power Boat Association designates some other site. The association has no intention of | choosing another city unless it is forced 1o that move by lack of interest here. The Government departments co- operate in the race to the extent of their ability. The Commerce Depart- | ment closes navigation on the George- town channel during the races; the| Coast and Geodetlc Survey marks the course and the Lighthouse Service places the marking buoys. The Coast Guard | furnishes vessels to patrol the course and the Navy Yard unloads and puts in the water the speedboats sent here for the race. Those who enter the race are put to an expense that runs as hieh as $1,000 per boat. Washing- tens expense s comparatively small. 1If each person who witnessed the race in 1927 subscribed ten cents the amount | needed would be met and there would be a generous surplus. The plan adopt- ed, however, has been to give to every subscriber of $5 or more a reserved seat | on the sea wall near the start and finish lines, or a seat on one of the patrol boats—the reservations depend- ing upon the amount of the subscrip- tion. SR There is no better; breakfast than bacon and eggs. The host who assures his guest of bacon at its daintiest, ac- companied by an irreproachable egg, bastows grateful cheer and invites friendly conference. Some of the gath- erings to discuss movements for world peace might try bacon and eggs. et The Investing Public. The stock market has been blamed for many things, from wrecking commercial ; credits to accounting for the unprece- dented prosperity of the Nation in the last eight years. The question of the value of the vari- ous charges and claims can be passed over for other discussion, but the pre- liminary report of the Treasury De- partment on internal revenue receipts for the last fiscal year, made public this week, casts official lllumination on the question of public participation in stock market operations and the relations of these operations to the national in- [ necessary the previous year. On the other hend, | is something like this: . When going a comparatively negligible part of the | south on Wisconsin avesue and desirous incredse in earnings of individuals can | of, going east on M street turn left on be traced. to greater earnings from in- | the green light a la Hoowver code. When vestments in these corporations. A |going east on M street{and desirous of large portion of the general income— | golng north on avenue pull perhaps the largest in the financial his- | up to the right at the dntersection on tory of the country—comes from the | the green light, await Ib)chun to red Increase in the value of the securitiss, |a la rotary. ‘There can be-only one answer: There| There is a sign visible to southbound is an expansion of capital investment in | traffic on Wisconsin avenue, appended American business on foot; there is a | to one of the traffic signali lights, which temporarily smaller comparative return, | commands that a-left turn be made on however slight the shrinkage may be, | the green light. The sign does not state due to this expansion; and there is an ! that this applies only to those wishing overwhelm'ng public confidence in the [ lo g0 east on M street. 80c | There can be no break while industry future of American Industry and com- merce which is reflected in this in- creased vaiue. Nearly eight full years of unquestioned prosperity has failed to swing the pendulum of the general viewpoint back to the darker side of the arc and pessimistic predictions of a general “break,” heard in a small way since the political campaign opened a year @go, continue to be discredited. continues to produce, commerce to dis- tribute and the public to buy. ‘The market has been blamed for many things, but the public 15 in the ‘There is no sign at all visible to traffic on M street proceeding in an easterly direction. But the average motorist, having seen the Wisconsin avenue sign, 1S of the natural belief that it applies to both directions. It would seem to be a poor rule that does not work both ways, but appar- ently the rules on left-hand turns in the National Capital are exempt from logic. Unquestionably there is an ex- planation for the traffic office to depart so far from precedent and conviction as to use the Hoover turn in preferenc to its own pet, the rotary turn, in market now and hagbeen. -That is per- | one direction at this intersection. The haps the reason that one of the fea-|explanation is simple. The Hoover turn tures of speculation which is most con- | avolds congestion and speeds up traffic. Here is what we splemnly promise| the world: ‘Wh we get old, we won't “remi- nisce,” talk over old times, induige in public recollections. ‘We won't paw over young girls. We won't eat lunch with them in public places. We won'l make & peint of sitting with them in public vehicles. Asids from these lapses, we think that old men conduct themselves pretty well, perhaps better than their feminine counterparts. In perpetually talking over old times, however, and in the other points men- tioned, elderly men tend to make con- siderable nuisances out of themselves. , __Wé have discovered this, not only by pergonal obs:rvation, but also through conversation with young girls, who, in the business world, are forced to put up with a great deal—including old men. Our personal creed is that there is a time for romance, and a time for put- ting it out of one's life. Nothing Is :agre unseemly, to use the good old | lical word, than the incessant paw- ; jover young girls indulged in, per- haps with the best intentions in the world, by some elderly men. ‘The fact that they are “old enough to be your father” makes little dif- ference, my dear; on the threshold of THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. with the ideals of the past. One tries to break the intangible, but all too evident, chain which binds one to past ages, only to find it flurig out as an octopus would its unuclu.k ‘The victim squirms, tries to slink back, bit, gives it up, He listens as politely as he may, breaking in with a “Oh, yes!™ every now and then, but all the time his mind is a perfect welter of words, one tumbling in on the other. And as listens, fairly gasping, comes to him there a .vision of himselt a few years later, when he, too, shall be interested mfiy in what has gone before, not 4n° what is or what will be. He sees himself catching a remark as a starting place for/a trip into the past, and then pursuing an idea down misty paths of memory. ' And he sees that in that now, in that future, he has forgot- ten his dislike of old times and willingly bores others with what delights him. Time seems to do that to a man! * X % x Ask any business girl if she likes to have an elderly worker hold her hand or rumple her bobbed hair, and, if she is honest and not afraid, she will tell you “No!" It seemy that many of the Grand- ffl"{‘!r lVIlllHlRIks of the business world particularly e to squeeze the gals’ hands. This, they imagine, is a per- i by one-fourth. |lican tariff bill when it comes up for con- ! forelgn valuation basis of the House| “| will be ‘cut down to increases in dutfes demned, the speculation in the necessi- ties of life on the futures market, is dying off. Last year the tax on such operations fell off nearly 25 per cent, a reliable indication that trading in wheat, cotton, corn, meats and such products before they are produced was reduced ~eaoee More Tariff Clouds. While the Republican members of the Senate finance, commitiee were disem- boweling the administrative features of the House tariff bill, Senator Simmons, ranking Democratic member of the com- miutee, returned to Washington and an- nounced that he proposed Lo offer four or five hundred amendments (o the Repub- sideration in the Senate itself. The Lariff, 1t appears, is to be the battle- dore and shuttlecock of the politicians for some time to come. The plans of the Democratic leaders, now develop- ing, call for & concerted effort to show to the country, especially the ultimate consumer, that the Democratic party is anxlous to cut down the cost of liv- ing by cutting the prices of many com- modities which he must use. If Senator Simmons prepared his hundreds of amendments to the (ariff bill, prac- ticaily all of them lowering tariff duties or placing commodities on the free list, and insists upon a record vote in the Senate on each amendment, following “reasonable debate,” the bill is not likely to get through the Senate and | the conference committee before snow flies. And so, American business will be called upon to wait a little longer | for a mew tariff law. The general impression prevails that President Hoover has been particularly interested in some of the administrative features of the new tariff bill. It is said that he has had a desire to take the tariff, as far as possible, out of the field of politics and place 1t in the field of economics. Some of the pro- visions of the bill as it passed the House | were designed to carry out the ideas of the administration. But the Republican members of the finance committee have run roughshed over these proposals, cutting them from the bill or amending | them. The House had planned to make the United States. Tariff Commission as far as possible a non-partisan body rather than a partisan commission. But | that has been cast into the discard | by the Republican members of the Scnate committee. The House lodged greater power In the hands of the Secre- tary of the Treasury with regard to; valuations. But the Senate committee- men have changed all that and put it | back in the hands of the Court of Customs Appeals. | In these amcndments to the admin- | istrative features of the bill, reducing the power of the Executive in tariff matters, the Republican members of the finance committee are likely to have | the support of the Democrats when the bill comes into the Senate. The Democrats are of a single mind when it comes to clipping the wings of a| Republican President. And it appears| that some of the high tariff Republicans | are of the same mind. The Senate committee has substi-| tuted the American valuation for the bill. This amendment has been spon- sored by Joseph R. Grundy of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Assocla- tion, and was adopted in the Senate committee largely through the efforts of Senator David A. Reed of the Key- stone State. ‘What will be the ultimate make-up of the tariff bill, it is impossible to say. If Senator Borah has his way, it of the farm schedule and related com- modit] ~. Such a result appears un- likely ot present. But, on the other hand, the opposition to the increases proposed in the rates on many of the industrial commodities may become so strong that there may be & hopeless deadlock and no legislation. Possibly such an outcome would not. grievously hurt the feelings of President Hoover, who msked for a limited revision of the tariff, covering farm products and those industries which have been hard hit in recent years by foreign competi- tlon. The demand for ‘“gravy” "by many of the industries and their sup- porters in Congress has been too strong, come. The report shows that the stamp taxes on new capital stock and bond issues have increased nearly 12 per eent in the last year, while the stamp tax on capl- tal stock transfers have advanced more than 50 per cent to a level never before reached. The increases in the former receipts are due entirely to the absorp- tion by the public of new enterprises and of the latter partly to greater buy- ing and selling activity and partly to higher values, which is just a left- handed way of saying the same thing. That is the set-of ‘figures to indicate the general activity of the stock mar- ket and it brings up the question’ of whether or not a real benefit arises therefrom. Moral benefits, of course, cannot be deduced from & table of fig- ures issued by the Treasury Depart- ment, but inancial benefits at least can be guessed at. All taxes on incomes in the United States in the last fiscal year jncreased by ‘slightly less- than 57,000.000, while income taxes pald by izdividusls increased nearly $213,000,000: Nest, brt not all, of the decrease in from however, to permit such limits. —— o = ‘There might be a certain amount of relief to the minds of various tariff students if the Senate finance commit- tee would take a few days off and go fishing. ——————r————————— "The Supreme Anomaly. ‘There is probably 10 -place in the National Capital where the lack of uniformity is so apparent as at the intersection of Wisconsin avenue and M street. ‘Washington is becoming known as bad, of left turns, At variobis inter- sections and at various times the Hoover munieipal code -is enjoyed, -while at others the rotary turn is used. But the supreme anomaly occurs at the 'busy intersection in Georgetown where both turns are called for by the | traffic authorities and at the same time? This statement seems fitting for the least is perplexing—but so is the matter | Your pocket grows heavy. the home of all breeds, both ‘good-anf| f “Believe it or -not” cartoon, and @bt = G ol e Why does not the same consideration apply to other busy intersections in Washington? It is quite obvious that when the traffic office orders two different turns at the same intersection at one and the same time matters have reached a point where the Commissioners should step in and end the left-turn comedy — or tragedy, if you will—that is making a laughing stock of the\Natlon's Capital. - ped e, N A slight mishap delayed the Graf Zeppelin. Such incidents as over- strained struts end wires are normal |, experiences in the new form of world transportation to be met with fortitud: and studied with intelligence & they urise, ~oes Eminent Soviet agitators assume that it will be easier to convert a Chines: to Communism after war has reduced him to a state where he has no property of his own, and will naturally be desirous of a general redistribution. R - It has taken his public a long time to zet acquainted with Calvin Coolidge and discover under an austere manner a vein of polite sarcasm that is sometimes positively playful, - o Even the reparations discussion can- not achleve an executive session whose very assumption of sscrecy does not whet the public appetite for full de- tails, R ‘There is no doubt that a ten-cent piece for car fare saves the trouble of making change. The same argument, however, would answer for a nickel, R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JDHNSON. A Dime for a Ride. A dime for a ride on the street car! ‘What cheer! No more with small change we would have to draw near, As the motorman’s magic exerted the pow'r To empty & purse in a coppery shower. When the patient conductor exclaims, “All aboard For & dime!” small change we hoard? When you've shopped all day long with a heart full of glee, ‘Where what once was a dollar is “98 c.” You wish you could bring Your “cash,” Chinese fashion, arranged on a string. A handful you grasp. On the platform you jump . And welcome the fare box that serves as a dump. Change of Viewpoint. “I gather from your remarks that you no longer fear the trusts.” “I go farther than that,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I admire and posi- tively respect them. Jud Tunkins says one of the great- est works of fiction he ever ran across was & nurseryman's catalogue. Relief at Last. ‘The farmer wants relief, we know, From life’s incessant grind. He finds a motion picture show lu:('l thus relieves his mind. Wasted Charms. “Why don't you go in for aviation?” “I don't see the sense,” replied Miss Cayenne, “of spending as much time as I do in & beauty parior and then soaring into_solitude in an unbecoming aviator costume.” “A ‘war,” sald HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may fillustrate how an ambitious man may .desire something without knowing how to manage it if he gets 1t.” Mysterious Literature. I'm thankful, as the taste I heed— Now frequent through the land— That there are numerous things I read I scarcely understand. “Tell de truth,” said Uncle Eben, “'ceptin’ of course when it's agin de advice of yoh lawyer.” RS RN (R The Chauffeur. 'From the Worcester Evening Gazette. An automobile for every 4.87 persons may be all right if the driver is one of the four persons and not the 87 per cent. Valuable Record. Prom the Sioux Oity Tribune. ‘When a housewife washes dishes three times 'a day for 40 years, she has a right to claim an endurance record that really amounts to something. o But, She’s Spoken. Prom the Topeka Daily Capital. Now that we have heard a speech by a paj next from-the back seat driver. And Carrots. From the Dayton Daily News. mmro(mwtmm “Prison Persecution, middle age, pausing one minute to look | :}}};’;’“‘d"fi‘ e m‘;hlmufl"’m their back to our youth, another to look for- | ward into the vast unknown, we pledge | (iU 1% Permitted, according to what the public that we won't do it. And | 78 B3 10 M5, Decause miost Somen zfiu*‘wg: ;t;m‘fl:’;gy checks up On US| wilingly hurt others' feelings. Men, s LSRN as lever‘y one knows, rather specialize The terrible temptation 1o spesk |1 he misde of out of To whethee ou about old times scems to be the all-be- | or young, have some consideration for setling one of age. Not that there is | their fellow humans. anything so very terrible about it, after | * Hence, when & blithesome stenog- -{lh at the worst it is only boresome 0| rapher finds a gay old blade wants to others. pet her to the extent of shaking hands Yet boredom is one of the very real|\iith her every morning, she :Amngly faults of life and living, end nothing | complies because she doesn't want to worse can appen to one, in the | hury the old f s ordinary course Of life, than being faced | & say aoge no ooy 8 feellngs. | Many it. | he could know thut she washes her | hunds the monent he is gone, oar o N ‘There i3 no reul reason why a happily married wan should not eat lunch with Schopenhauer based an entire philos- ophy upon boredom as the basis of the of life: he outllued the varlous buredoms, and gave their Temiedies. We do not recall whether he men- if he did not he lost & wonderful op- portunity, for his magic pen could have i locks better if he doesn't make & done it ample justice. | custom of it. The past is the be-all and end-all of | Cusiom is a tyrant, certainly; the such talkers. ‘The present interests “looks” of things perhaps ought not to them only as & means to get back to count, but they do, and one can never the past, the future is to be glanced at| pe sure whether this Victorian atti- in order to make a springboard for a | (ude is not better, after all, than the leap into the past. ¥ { more tolerant ways of regarding platonic And what wonders they dig out of the | friendships which came in with bobbed glowing past! The beautiful young | hair and short skirts. women they knew, the great deeds done, What an older man should realize, and go in rainbow hues, decked out|girls would rather be eating with young with words as glittering as electric | men, and you can't blame them for lights along & pleasure street. | that! Youth calls to youth, These words are as numerous as the | Some may say that this Is & Vic- grains of sand on a seashore. Once torian viewpoint, sand we admit it a listener is buttonholed, he finds him- gladly. We believe that the charm of self deluged with words, laved in words, | women is such that it is impossible submerged in words—words endlessly for any man. young or old, to be with dripping from out the overflowing mouth | them without aspiring to be romantic. of age. | The ancient church fathers were not * %R such fools as they sometimes are tioned the garrulity of elderlv wen, but|scme beautdful creziure of the business | world, but if he is past a certaln age, the achievements wrought—these come | it seems to & younger one, is that the ! President Supported In New Prison Policy From the Columbus Ohlo State Journal. President Hoover wants more pris- oners in Federal courts released on pro- bation by the court before imprison- ment is started. He wants an increase in the number of paroles from the Federal prison. He is convinced many necar idlevess in prison could be sent home on parole without damage to the social order. Many who are familiar with prisons feel he is quite right on both proposi tions, but t will not prevent oppo: tion being shown to the changes he seeks to have made. Not all the people believe in probation and parole. There is something in these customs that causes hysteria in the minds of some ex- cellent citizens, Of course, the Presi- dent does not consider hasty and in- discriminate action. He would have the facts studied, the case investigated, the quality of the individual known in advance of trial. With good investiga- tion the court could select wisely and depend on many probationers observ- ing the law, particularly with compe- t;nc fleld officers to keep in touch with them. ‘The entire problem in parole of pris- oners is one of right selection, and, wita the best system possible, there will be some mistakes made. Doubtless there are scores of individuals at Atlanta and Leavenworth who might be re- leased on parole with complete social safety, but the release should be made after careful investigation. Indis- criminate parole favors are not pro- ductive of good results. ‘The President is talking rational and practical prison work when he discuss- es probation and its development, and parole for the prisoners after invesii- gation. 1f the prison officials have trained men put in-control, prison pop- ulation can be reduced safely. Seminoles Have Proved Right to Independence From the Grand Rapids Press. Secretary Wilbur of the Interior De- partinent has instructed the ludian Bu- reau Lo let e Florida tribe of Seminoles | alone. ior wudependence by keeplug away froin Indian Bureau investigators, reformers and agents for & hundred years, and as | may remain free. The Seminole achievement deserves some such recognition, for it is & Te- markable one. Any Indian who has | succeeded for a lifetime in eluding the swarms of Indian Bureau patronage builders is an able and self-reltant per- son. Whenever an agent of the bureau [ has found a loose Indian anywhere on | the continent, that agent has whooped with joy and proceeded to improve him by making him a Federal ward, using | him as an excuse for appropriations to create jobs for persons who would have no claim on Federal funds except for that Indian’s alleged benighted state. ‘The Semipoles have kept free of this vast paternalism only by a remarkable | fugitive skill. They have refused to be found. ‘The Seminoles must be about the only Indians left who can be encouraged to genuine citizenship from a state of ex- isting independence. The rest are “Tliey have proved their capacity | & reward for their stubboruness they | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our Informa- tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information, The bugeau cannot give advice on_ jegal, Tetreats @ | Prisoners now spending thelr time in|medical and finarcial matters. It coes not attempt to settle domestic trou- bles, nor undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose 2 cents in- coin or stamps for return postage. The :eply 1s sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, ;redel;lc J. Haskin, director, Washing- n, Q. How many medals have been granted by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission?—F. M. W. A. The first lot of Carnegie medals awarded was granted on May 23, 1905, at a meeting of the commission held in Pittsburgh. A total of 2,326 has been granted to date, Q. Can an ice boat sail as fast as the wind?—J. B. A. The Bureau of Standards says that it the ice boat were running directly skate on the ice were zero, then it 1s obvious that the boat would attain the velocity of the wind. If the helm is running directly with the wind, but at an angle to it, say of 30 degrees, the sails can be so trimpmed as fo give a component of velocity at right angles 1o the original course. This component 'L! combined in a vector diagrain with the vector representing the crig- inal velocity on the new course greater than that ‘on its original coursc. In other words, the speed of the ice boat on & sultably chosen course, at an an- gle o the wind, will be greater than the speed of the ice boat when runuing directly before the wind, if the iriction of the skate is ignored. The under- | standing of the bureau is that, with a i well designed ice boat, speeds consider- ably greater than the speed of the wind can be altained in this way, Q. Is the Philadelphla Orchestra to | broadcust? -N. A. A. The Phlladelphia Orchestra, led by | Mr. Leopold Stokowski, will broadcast Q. Do the members of the House of David base ball team have long hair, which they wear braided when pia; ing?—G. M. A. Benton Harbor's House of Ds id {team as pictured in a recent newspa- per has an average length of hdir of 2!; feet. Doubtless the hair is braided when playing to get it out of the way. Q. What fruit did Joliet mean when small fruits which are not known 1 EuArOD';’l?”—-A. T. E. . The Bureau of Plant Industry says thei there were two fruits in America which at the time of Joliet's explora- tions would have beén new to him. Those two. fruits were pawpaws and persimmons. As the persimmon is & fruit of the South and as Jollet did nct explore that region, it is fair to assume that he found the pawpaw fruit. The Indians called this fruit asimen. The French pronunciation of this word before the wind and the friction of tho ! changed so that the boat is no longer | he spoke of “assons,” saying “They are | parts of the United States. It is. pose sible to live there quite echeaply. Is- land meats and sea foods are plentiful, gs are vegetables and frulls of many In Q. When did Elliot Woods, the su- pegullang architect of the Capitol, die? A, He died May 22, 1923. | Q. How many people are afflicted | with stuttering?—R. D. A. . The Public Health Service says { that at least 1,000,000 in the United States have some form of speech defect. Of these, about 500,000 are school chil- dren who stammer or stutter. The | majority of specch defects are func- tional, and can be corrected. " always followed | . the letter y “u”?—W. R. E. | “A. In the English language “q” is ways followed by “u.” There are a num- ber of foreign words to which this rule | does not apply. ! Q. What is the range of the bugle {and trumpet’—K. S A. Botnh instruments are limited to about an octav ! Q. Do many people die of snake bites in India?—F. V. A. It is estimated that about 20,000 die of snake bites in a year. Few of the | natives wear shoes and Hindus will not kill snakes, so the mortality rate is | high. . Q Is salt water bluer than fresh water?—C. S. G. A. Asa rule it is. Pure ocean water has a clear blue color because salt water docs not absorb the blue rays of sunlight &5 it does the red rays. Q. What are the conditions under which money is given from the Julius Rosenwald Fund for educational insti- tutions for Negroes?—S. G. A. A condition is that the Negrocs raise a like sum or a greater one. | Q How long has plalinum been known?—M. M. S. A, Platinum was firit made known in Burope by Alenio dé Ulloa it 1736. It was hisl descilbed by Walson bu 1700, Q. What 15 meant when it is said that & thing is “&s queer as Johu o'Groat’s house”?—W. L. M. i A. John 0o'Groat’s house was lo- | cated on a spot on Duncansby Head, | the northeast extremity of the main- Jand of Scotland, marking one of the | limits of that country. It is also the terminus _of automcbile and cycling i record rides from Land’s End, Cornwall, | which is the southwest extremity of England, a distance of 994 miles. Ac- cording to tradition, in order to settle a family dispute as to precedence, an eight-sided house with a door and win- | dow in each side, which contained an | eight-sided table, gave each of the eight brothers of the Groat family the power | to enter his own house and eat at his {own table in company with his | brothers. | '@ Is there as much nutriment fn & | pound of eggs as there is in a pound | of beef?—C. W. F. | A, The Department of Agriculture Just why must an older man have | such perpetual recourse to the past? Is it cause romance and adventure and advancement, and even the hope of | hought to have been. thoughy Lo Jare Iccn. handicapped by the paupered, public- would be something like the name of says that there are 770 calories per Our :personal animosity goes out to the elderly wight who insists on seek- ing a seat beside young feminine ac- these things, have gone out of his life, | quaintances in public vehicles. It would that he must ceaselessly talk about |be more seemly in him to take a seat them? | by himself and devote his passing mo- One edges away, only to be pursued ' ments to a perusal of his newspaper. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ‘There is more than meets the eye in | four corners of the land detailed rc- ports of the specchmaking, e - the Navy Department announcement | i,un “sessions have concerned ithis week that six more cruisers built | {pemselves with international aspects more than 20 years ago and now out of | of American problems—limitation of commission are to be sold and “stricken in‘r;;m;r;gxe."dc:l:‘u ;r;:l“ro:&aralgxhng | Laf s. ; from the Navy reglster. Similar dis-|y, g s one of the headliners there. posal of three cruisers in this category, | At Virginia, domestic problems, with the Salem, Albany and New Orleans, was prohibition and tariff vyigg for the announced a month ago. Secretary ward state of mind, by gencrations of hamstrung ambition, by the habit of expecting everything from a political agency and nothing from individual en- terprise and hard work. hey have been neither fish nor fowl, true aliens nor true citizens. When Florida takes over the Everglades for building lots we suspect that the Seminoles will get along somehow and will not have to be moved to a reservation. They have had ;il!:‘::’d"lnule of not being institution- gt |Much of Canada Revenue Comes FromLiquorTrade ‘From the St. Paul Ploneer Press. | Canada’s annual check-up discloses i that one-eighth of its total revenue the fruit which you spell “assons.” Q. Has Helen Wills wop both Eng- lish and French championships?— . W, A. She has won the American, Eng- lish, French and Olympic champion- ships, and has defeated every woman player of prominence except Suzanne Lenglen. Q. How do living costs in Hawali compare with prices here?—M. W. N. A, Generally speaking it costs little more to live in Hawail than in other i pound in eggs. Beef contains about 1.000 calories per pound, depending upon the age and quantity of fat. Since eggs are measured 10 to 13 per pound, it \A‘ou]]d anpd('a;olhlb it would take be- tween 15 an eggs to equal a d | of beef in caloric food value. o Q. When one wishes to furnish a | reference should he ask for permission | to use the name of the one referred 10?—C. W. A. One always asks for permission to use the name of the individual who is given as reference. Philip Snowden’ . Attracts American Attention { for the operation of the Dominion and ' s Personality What becomes of the | spotlight, have held sway.~ Gov. Ritchie Adams with the approval of the Presi- dent is putting into effect a well caleu- lated plan to weed out all of the Navy's 22 antiquated cruisers above the age of 20 years. The purpose of | this move is to forestall pacifist out-| of Maryland and Prohibition Commis-' provinclal governments in 1918 was de- sloner Doran crossed swords at Char- | rived from trade in alcoholic beverages. lottesville, Mencken and Dreiser were | Sales through . provincial liquor co; pilloried and strange to relate a men-|missions exceeded $10 for every mai tion of Bishop Cannon provoked hissing, | woman and child in the Dominion. according to press accounts. Disturbed by the announcement, the * % k% Toronto Mail and Empire hastens to * California wins over its most bitter|Place the blame on thirsty Amer.cans, Philip Snowden's vigorous attitude at ! punctilious continental, apparently, they are devastating.” * x % % “Obviously the chancellor hasn't the skill in soft sayings that France has - | shown throughout diplomatic history,” | remarks the New Orleans Time-Pica- ‘Ths Hague conference on German rep- ‘ arations has brought into public view al personality which takes a unique place | in the diplcmatic world. Americans sce | in this British chancellor of the c: cries when new cruisers are built or | rival, Fiorida, in the first distribution of when the next naval limitation confer- | largess by the Federal Farm Board. The ence meets. The Hoover administration | Far Western Taisin growers receive a does not intend to have any “naval | combination board and bank loan of yardstick” measure 22 old and useless | $9,000,000, while the Southern State rachute jumper oves the radio, let's ave -omethi{u S cruisers with a total no; 1 tonnage | of 175,000 tons when taking stock of America’s naval resources. As many of them as possible will be eliminated in the immediate future. The six slated | for the scrap heap, in this week’s an- nouncement, are the York, Birmingham, | St. Louis, Chattanooga, Des Moines and Charleston. * koK x No country in the world has as much antiquated cruiser tonnage still carried on the active list as the United States. Great Britain has not a single cruiser, above 20 years of age, on its active list, Japan has nine, France six and Italy one. In a disarmament conference de- signed to limit cruiser tonnage the 175,- 000 tons of “dead” cruisers on the United States roster would be a decided dis- advantage. And in dealing with Con- gress “small navy” groups, despite the obsolescence of the old ships, have per- sisted In counting their tonnage in dis- cussing the crulser strength of the Na- tion. In offering its old ships for sale the Navy Deparument is taking a leal from the book of the British admiralty which disposes of war craft of what- ever type just as soon as their naval usefulness is ended. * ok ok X Plans to name a successor to Mrs. Al- vin T. Hert as vice chairman of the Republican national committe, at the meeting of the committee on Sep- tember 9 are reported to have hit some snags and the selection of the new lady title holder may be deferred for some months. If true, this may mean that the boom for Mrs. Worthing- ton Scranton of Scranton, Pa., initiated by Mrs. Hert, for the vice chairman- ship will be extingujshed. Curlously enough, no other names of aspirants for this post have fou~d their way into 'wint, though ‘tis said there is no dearth of candidates, ana r.vuiries are sharp and wire pulling prodigious. In tHe last analysis . the new national chairman, presumably Claudius Huston of Ten- nessee will do-his own picking of the feminine colleague who must be a de- voted, wealthy, amiable and tactful of- ficial hostess. * Kk Two Federal ‘“farms” for narcotic convicts, already authorized by Con- gress, designed to care for 1,000 pris- oners each, is a major item in the Fed- eral penitentiary housing problem, which the ident’s recent announcements on this subject have omitted to men- tion. When established, the farms will lift quite a load off the overburdened backs of the Atlanta and Leavenworth institutions. A commission, of which Dr. Walter L. Treadway, chief of the narcotic_division of the United States Public Health Service, is chairman, and Sanford Bates, Federal superintendent of prisons, and Surg. Gen. Ireland of the Army are members, is now [ in select] the . farm sites. One is to be located in the Southeast and the other in the Southwest. The cost of the entire project, including hospitals, is estimated at $10,000,000. Representative Porter of Pennsylvania was the author of the bill authorizing this undertaking. PR Perhaps the most noteworthy as- pect of this year's sessions of the In- stitue of Politics now in progress at ‘Willia: and its_young- citrus growers receive only $300,000, as a starter. Funds of an undetermined amount have also been prom to finance the California fresh grape crop. Prohibition Commissioner Doran is en Toute to the West Coast to assure the grape industry against unwarranted in- terference from his bureau. The sun never shone quite so brightly on golden California. Incidentally, the bonds of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers’ Associa- tion jumped 25 points on the New York Curb Exchange with the announcement of the Farm Board loan to the associ- ation. * x kK ‘The Post Office Department, proudly reporting a new milestone in the rapid transit of international mails, acknowl- edges the receipt of a letter in Wash- ington within the space of seven days from its posting in Berlin, Germany, clipping three days off the previous rec- ord for elapsed time between the two capitals. The new ocean greyhound, the S. S. Bremen, and ship-to-shore airplane mail tr: er played promi- nent parts in the seven-day record. The mail moved by air from Berlin to.Co- logne, by train to the Bremen dock at Cherbburg, catapulted off the Bremen by plane 500 miles outside New York harbor and from New York City to ‘Washington by train. (Copyright, 1929.) ———— Insect Flits Through Air At 818 Miles an Hour From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ‘The rising tide of speed, nowhere noted so well as in the records of the Schnelder Cup races for seaplanes, the renewal of which will be held at Cowes, England, next month, again brings the redoubtable fly, the Cephenemyia, into the equation. This finsect can flit through space at the rate of 818 miles an hour, In 1913, the first year of. Schneider competition, a rate of 45 miles per hour was good enough to win; the man who will be champion this year is expected 'to fly from 340 to 350 miles per hour. If man is to be the fastest moving creature, he still has to go_some. The_small plane built for Lieut. Al- ford Willlams of the United States Navy was designed to make 400 miles in the hour. It has not yet been test- ed in the air and it may well reach the race scene without trials other than skimming over the water as for a take- off. One of the English entries has been timed at 330 miles and another is thought to French and Italan entries are equally promising, with the present holder of the world’s record of 318,624 miles per hour, Maj. ‘de of ly, ex- pected to eompete. All this finds man a long, long dis- tance behind the . Evén'the pre- diction of an Italian aviation authority that planes would soon be produced which can make 621 miles per hour is outdistanced by the reality of the fly. ‘The other man.made speeds are puny by com| n, even that of Maj. Se- grave of England on the Daytons san miles per. hour in an ring. Do serious opposition. The . Stil the speedy insect ter be too cocky about it. The ad- of alrcraft in & few be good for 360. Theball ears_from 3300 18 “It is a notorious fact,” says the newspaper, “that this province (On- tario) has attracted tourists from the United States in far greater numbers than any other province has done. The largeness of this influx of visitors is urged by prohibitionists, not in ex- tenuation of the province, but in its reproach. They accordingly should make allowance for the part of the de- mand at our government liquor stores for which tourists are accountable.” From this the conclusion might be drawn that the Mail and Empire would rather the Americans remained at home or would quit patronizing the liquor stores of Ontarfo. It admits, however, that a large part of the $100.- 000.000 spent by the Yankees in On- tario last year went for alcoholic be erages and that two-thirds of the to- tal price paid for this commodity is pure revenue for the government. The taxpayers of Canada apparently do not wish this scurce of ingome stopped. The total sales of lquor through government sources in 1928 amounted to $107,000,000 and of this $72,000,000 was clear profit or revenue for govern- ment s. Contrasted with this the United States Government spent more than $20.000,000 in enforcing the prohibition law. oo | icized, is recognized as an element in his popularity at home, and he is made a symbol of the extreme nationalis! nervous, Britisher has shown a tenacity and a determination which the hardest-boiled ory die-hards could not hope declares the Baltimore Ev ning Sun. Appeal belleves that “his forcef rectness can win only admiration though the Cham Gazette calls him a “One scems to observes the Boston Transcript, “the Goddess of Peace, marching with a new-found and pleased serenity over the fields of Eu- rope and suddenly stubbing her toe over a sharp rock, falling face forward to the ground with violence and then partly rising, in shocked astonishment. and trying to realize what has happsncd to her. The sharp rock over whici she has stumbled is the craggy personalily of Philip Snowden, long known as the most opinionated, though possibly the ablest, member of the Labor party of Britain; chancellor of the exchequer in the former as well as the present Labor Foot Baii as Student Aid Rated in High Position From the New Castle News. The accepted theory is that college foot ball is designed for the benefit of the student body. Defenders of the game insist thet without it college lif2 would not attract or hold undergrad- uates and college spiit would vanish. Critics of the game as it is played in the stadium and bowl era find that it serves also to annoy. college professors, whose principal objection s:ems to he that _their salaries are smaller than the coach’s, and that a star player is more famous than a star professor. Much is said on both Q‘mres. but to any one who patronizss college and uni- versity foot ball it must bz apparent that the gamo is designed chiefly for college graduates. Certainly they pre- dominate in the stands. Of cousse the great Saturday afternoon pastime & fords the undergraduates an oppor- tunity to take the girl friend some place and offers an excuse for bringing out fur coats. It you would prove to whom foot ball is the most vital, lend your ears to what happens when some college fol- lows a ;“cmmjlall:m? with :hloli‘:[ . In a majority of eases the pro- w’a‘\‘llnd recrimination ‘that follow & poor season come from the alumni. The pride of a g:dulte in his alma mater appears to be reflected almost entirely in_the scores and standing of her foot team. He, individually and col- lectively, wants a- winning eleven, and, dm ‘gn‘eaukg {gr anted that the sl Ing- e dogs. It a serious effort is' ever made to determine what is_wrong with foot ball and what its relation is to the college, much time will have to be devoted to the attitude of: the alumni. It will determined why they give dowment after a ccessful ih{ Ine;“nlk of relative values of foot | ning of relative values of faculties. r—————t— Toll Was Small. From the Lensiag State Journal. One of jurors in the Snook trial had to leave the courtroom because of iliness. - In vlew of the testimony 2t the only oné of them ministry—a Soclalist by record and con- viction, and a man who has, like Mr. Kipling’s cat, done a good deal of ‘walk- !ing by himself.’ * % X X “Mr. Snowden is respected for his in- " according fers the further appraisal 1 is not that of a small, cheap politician. He has shown a courage as great as his frail body is weak in maintaining his convictions.” Of what the Charleston Daily Mail refers to as “his insistent and rather brusque demand for revision of the Young plan,” the Buffalo Evening News remarks: “His sensational stand at ‘The Hague reparatiov.: conference cer- tainly was good politics. It put the en- tire British public behind the Labor ministry with a degree of unanimity that éven the coalition government of war times might have envied.” “Among cool heads on both sides of the English Channel as well as in the United States,” says the Atlanta Jour- nal, however, “it seems agreed that Mr. Philip Snowden, the British govern- ment’s spokesm: forgot his manners when he referred to & speech by M. Cheron of the French delegation. Unfortunate words, when the harmony of nations and the pros- perity of Europe are in the balance. Mr. Snowden himself repented of his haste and publicly apolcgized, avowing that although he has ‘an acid tongue’ he hal ‘a big heart.’ (That was not putting it very delicately, but perhaps it was the best he could do.) M. Cheron, accept- ing the amende honorable, neatly re- miarked, ‘Mr. Snowden is English and I am Norman, and the English and Nor- mans have visited each other so often that he and I could only be friends.’ If . the blustering Briton has an eye for his- tory further back than the annals of the Labor party he must have felt the barb of that shaft, for all its lightness.” “He apologized for some of his indis- cretions of speech,” recalls the Cleveland Plain Dealer, while the Worcester Ev Gazette offers the explanati “The winged words of the chancellor which stirred up all the trouble were these: ‘Your interpretation of the Bal- four note is grotesque and ridiculous. Not kind words, surely; yet words which are not considered unparliamentary where English is spoken. Indeed, they ate vather. mild when compared with some_of the utterances which are de- livered in _British Pat ‘The Memphis Commercial ai- | n at the conference, | , “and obviously, had he attempted arry on the discussion in the French manner, he would have been hopelessly at a disadvantage. It is at such times on many historical occasions that the man of rugged thought and language "has carried his point against the more | ‘diplomatic’ adversary. We have had | plain-spoken masters of argument | among our own most_successful diplo- mats from Franklin’s time through Lincoln to Cleveland and Roosevelt.” “Snowden’s abruptness in telling France where she gets off,” thinks the | Detroit Free Press, “was not only justi- ‘{fltd by the particular facts with which | he was dealing, but it aiso had the in- | teresting effect of telling her dramati- cally that the leading strings with which Austen Chamberlain had bound Great Britain to her were snapped, | which can cause no alarm among those | who are looking for greater €o-opera- ‘(lnn between Great Britain and the | United States.” * % x x Advocating the conclliatory style, the Springfield Republican suggests: “Much can still be said for the pinch of snuff |in the old-farhioned diplomacy of the | period of Talleyrand and Metternich. | Snuff has gone out of style like Tuff: | and powdered wigs in men's court ‘cos- | tumes, but the good' old snuff takers |at _the conference table were able to make many a soft answer merely by holding their tongues long enough to open their jeweled snuff boxes for the iimulation of their noses. The near- st modern equivalent to snuff taking in diplomacy is lighting a cigarette. But the cigarette isn't 50 much an art | as a habit. The trouble with Mr. Snow- | den is that he doesn't even smoke.” In suggesting & reason for his course, the St. Louls Globe-Democrat states, | “He is in touch with the toiling millions on whom public burdens fall most heavily and shares their viewpoints rather than those of big business trad- ers and international bankers.” . The Des Moines Tribune-Capital calls Snow- den “admittedly one of the strong men of England in financial matters,” and concludes: “His political _opponents grant his ability readily. His promnt battle for ‘Britain’s rights' will both advertise his quality” to the world at large and quite possibly strengthen the Labor government at home.” [R——S “Merger” Editorial Is Lauded by Clayton To the Editor of The Star: Sir Waler Scott placed Roderick Dhu in the spotlight with “One blast upon his bugle horn was worth tén thousand men.” Your “merger” editorial was worth ten thousand resolutions and speeches. ‘We all thank you. ‘W. McK. CLAYTON, e Opportunity for Chicago. Prom the New London Day. The town of Burkesville, Ill, is try- ing to sell its jail. There ought to be a very good market for a nice jail in Chicago—if only the Chicago cops could collect a few criminals to stick therein. From the Waterbury Republican. Fifteen dollars deposited 110 years ago in a New . York savings bank to $2,773.86. What & convineth p_oC saung ¢ g