Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .September 4, 1020 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 1141 e, "And Penmasivants Ave cnns ‘gg”flh‘%emc S B, ce: 3 Suropean Office; 14 Regent St., London, the City. Rate by Carrier Wltlfln e it The Evening Star. The Evening and & (when 4 Sundass) The Evening and Sunday Star (when § Su ‘The Sunday 8t Collection ma Orders may be sent NAtional 5000. he end of each month. in by mail or telephone ble in Advance. nd Vi ia. Bail thfe 3 Siinday only e All Other States and yr.. $12 Daily only . ¥ Sunday only . Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the vee Tor republication of all rews dis- o tohes credited (o it or not therwise cred- lied In 2his BADET, A0, e of publication cf erein. Shecial dispatches herein are also reserved. c.‘: $1.00 00: mo.. 1 . 15 mo. 30 Un-Americanized Americans. In President Hoover the children of America possess an old and tried friend. Of his many and widespread activities, those in behalf of child welfare have been notable. It is only natural that once his attention was called to the plight of that isolated group of moun- taineers in the vicinity of his Summer camp, his interest would be aroused and that he would take those steps neces- +sary to alleviate conditions that are almost unbelievable. This first step lies in the provision of a school, not so much with the view of inculcating in the minds of children the principles of the three R's as to establish a base of oper- ations, adequately financed, from which trained workers may undertake the re- generation of a community that has fallen so far behind & world that lies just over the ridge. To do this work does mot require & great deal of money, which is not as flecessary as tact and skill and sym- pathy in going about the difficult task of shaping old lives into new channels. 1t is not a task that can be accom- plished overnight, nor ended with the butlding of a school house and the en- gagement of teachers. A new spark must be kindled in the minds of those who live in the mountain hollows near Rapidan, and once kindled, it must be fanned gently and kept burning. The series of articles which have been appearing in The Star describing these mountain folk have necessarily confined themselves to a discussion of some of the rudimentary aspects of a condition that creates an extraordinary amount of popular interest because of the relatively close proximity of the Jocale. The picture of a group of chil- dren within a dozen miles of the Pres- ident's camp, and within one hundred miles of the American Capital, who have never heard the Lord’s Prayer nor seen the American. flag, strikes the imagina- tion because of the colorful contrast that it suggests. But the picture presents & more fundamental problem than that which lies in teaching these children the Lord’s Prayer or coaching them to sing “America.” How many other com- munities, scattered in the rural sections of this broad land, occupy a status that puts them on a par with the cabin dwellers in the Shenandoah National Park srea? Statistics tell a part of the story. They show, for instance, that the averasge school term in the city is nine months, while it is only seven in the rural district. They show that there 18 4.4 per cent illiteracy in-the city, but 7.7 per cent in the country. Twelve per cent of the city children suffer eye defects, but twenty-three per cent of the rural children are so afflicted. Seventy-one per cent of the .children from fifteen to eighteen years old are in high school, while but twenty-five per cent of the rural children of comparable age progress that far in their educa- tion. In these days of million-dollar schools and compulsory education laws, we of the cities associate illiteracy with freshly arrived immigrants from abroad and Americanization work with teach- ing these immigrants and their chil- dren something of their adopted coun- try. Conditions in the nearby Shenan- doah National Park area emphasize the proportions of the problem that lies in ‘making available to the descendants of generations of one hundred per cent Americans the same opportunities for education and better living that are thrust upon the newly arrived alien from abroad. ——e—. As peace developments arise, Geneva appears to stand a chance of asserting * _itself as the capital of the world. . ————————— No Favoritism at the Jail. In every penal institution special privilegess and favors are granted to prisoners from time to time in recogni- tion of their merits and good behavior. This practice is generally approved. ‘There is, however, no approval for the extension of such favors as motor rides about the city to Hagy F. Sinclair, now serving a term of imprisonment in the District Jail for “irregularities” in con- ‘nection with the oil leases. The Board of Public Welfare of the District has propetly ordered discontinuance of this undeserved, unauthorized favor to &he oil magnate. It is rather surprising to find that this special dispensation of easy as- signment and motor rides was granted to Sinclair. In view of all the circum- stances there should have beén scrupu- Jous care to avoid any appearance of favoritism or leniency. His conviction and sentence stand as the sole punish- ment in a series of law-defying actions on the part of several American citizens ‘who, ‘the public firmly believes, con- wealth and influence is to make a mock- ery of punishments. There should be no favored class im any jail or any prison save those who earn favors by evidences of reformation and by good behavior, It is not only bad judgment on the part of prison officials thus to is a violation of trust. With the cancellation of the special favor of motor rides about the city should go other changes in the regimer’ of Sinclair at the District Jail. He should be treated precisely as any other prisoner, with no more favor and no less than he may earn by his good be- havior. It behooves the Board of Public Welfare to follow its orders of yester- day with a complete inquiry into the state of this notorious prisoner and incidentally into the reasons motivating the extension of special privileges to him. ———t— Mr. MacDonald at Geneva. of Mr. MacDonald's address before the League Assémbly at Geneva yesterday, but the prospect of an Anglo-American naval entente was its principal note. The whole American people greets with satisfaction the premier’s statement that on all but three of the twenty points at issue between London and Washington agreement has a ready been attained. ‘The out- standing points include the ticklish question of cruiser ratios. But even this, Mr. MacDonald declares, will be ironed out, he is confident, either while he is still at Geneva or certainly efore the September assembly adjourns. That is good news and big news. “Conversations have not been ended,” the prime minister explains, “but agree- ment has gone very far. I do not yet know what form it will take and I shall say nothing at the moment that would in any way hamper President Hoover in his work.” There is no secret as to the nature of the “work” still confront- ing Mr. Hoover. That it 1s being pursued along a path not yet cleared of thorns is manifest from an ad- monitory statement emanating from Secretary Stimson. “It will require still !a considerable period of hard effort on | detalls before an agreement on parity can be arrived at,” the Secretary of State cautiously points out. He has reference to the now celebrated “yard- stick” by which President Hoover de- sires to measure the total of cruiser tonnage to which the American and British navies may be entitled under a parity arrangement. Meantime we remain entitled to be- iieve that a final agreement is just over the horizon. Mr. MacDonald yesterday announced that his Labor government “declines absolutely to build against the United States.” He added that he was at liberty to say that “this is the last, word of any Conservative government, as well” If that assurance from the most exalted place in the British gov- ernment, uttered in a forum that. had the whole political universe for an audi- ence, does not banish the prospect of a senseless Anglo-American naval build- ing race to the limbo of the impossible, then the pledges of responsible states- men have ceased to be anything but mealy-mouthed flamboyancies. ~ The American people flatly reject any such construction of Mr. MacDonald'’s words. Before his formal address at Geneva, the British premier in a newspaper con- ference referred to “mischief-makers” in various countries, who, for purposes of their own, are distorting the nature of Anglo-American naval negotiations. In Europe some of the “mischief” has taken the~form of hinting that the United States and Great Britain have gone into a huddle for selfish naval reasons.of their own and are flagrantly disregard- ing the rights of sister sea powers, main- 1y Japan, France and Italy. Mr. Mac- Donald blew that innuendo into & cocked hat when discussing the naval situation in the Assembly. He made it crystal-clear that Anglo-American nego- tiations, far from being “a conspiracy againsg anybody,” are designed “first of all to be a helpful lead to the rest of the world.” “Mischief” in the United States, to which the British prime minister could, of course, not properly refer, takes a other direction. Its object is to ham- string President Hoover's negotiations with Britaln by suggesting that he is proceeding to obtain parity along lines which will, in fact, bring only a con- tinuance of disparity. About all that needs t6, be said on this point isMhat nobody yet knows exactly what Mr. Hoover has in mind, as far as its tech- nical details are concerned. It will be time enough to assail and reject his scheme, if it deserves rejection, when the country and Congress know what it is. ‘World peace 1‘: general was the theme | candidate for the Democratic nomina- has been enacted during the last score of years. He has remained true to the Democratic idea of the tariff, notwi standing the fact that others in his party have wavered in the'r allegiance, and Mr. Hull has been looked to by his associates for constructive criticism of Republican tariff bills. Mr. Hull did not seek appointment to the Senate to fill temporarily the va- cancy caused by the death of Senator Tyson. Indeed, he says that he made no effort to obtain the appointment, since he intended to announce his can- didacy Yor election to the long term, beginning March 4, 1931, when his present term in the House expires. Gov. Horton has appointed Willlam E. Brock, Chattanooga candy manufac- turer, to fill the seat and Mr. Brock has accepted. Gov. Horton's first choice for the appointment was Col. Luke Lea, who served in. the Senate during the Wilson administration, but who failed of re-election. Col. Lea, who now publishes a chain of newspapers in the State, declined the appointment. Democratic politics in Tennessee has in recent years been somewhat at sixes | and sevens, with faction cutting fac- tion. It is possible that next year's senatorial contest may develop another row. But the universal regard in which Mr. Hull is held in his State may discourage others from seeking the Democratic nomination for the Senate. Mr. Hull assuredly would make a diffi- cult candidate for the Republicans to defeat next year. Speedboat Racing. With the President’s Cup regatta less than two weeks off, peculiar local in- terest attaches to Gar Wood's feat in again winning the Harnesworth Trophy on the Detroit River a few days ago. Speeding around a thirty-mile course at better than seventy-five miles an hour in a powerful craft is enough to thrill any boating enthusiast. This was what the world's outstanding racing pilot did at Detroit. Washingtonians, however, are soon to see almost a'replica of the famous Harnesworth competition when the cup sponsored by Calvin Coolidge, when he was President of the United -States, is sought by daring drivers just off Hains Pont. Neither Gar Wood nor his brother George will drive his own ‘eraft in the President’s race. Miss America VIII, with which Gar Wood beat off the chal- lenge of Betty Carstairs, the English girl who brought her sleek craft to America for the classic, is being groomed for the Winter season in Florida, while Miss America VII has been shipped to Italy, where it will soon be placed in competition. George ‘Wood, however, will drive a new seventy- mile-an-hour boat that is owned by a ‘Washingtonian. It is difficult to ‘understand why, with such a major sporting event at hand for the delectation of residents of the National Capital, the committee of the President’s Cup regatta is unable promptly to raise the necessary ten thousand dollars for the staging of the race. Two hundred and fifty thousand people, viewed the running of the Harnworth Trophy in Detroit. than one hundred thousand persons have been thrilled with the two Presi- dent'’s Cup regattas in Washington. ‘With such interest as this in speedboat racing it seems inconceivable that ‘Washingtonians will fail to support an event of national importance. The re- gatta will be & success from a racing standpoint. It should be made success- ful from = financial standpoint by those who intend to view it. —- ‘The tariff will studied by the Senate. As Hermann the magician sald, “The more you see, the more you don't find out something.” —— Etrikers leave questions to be settled without always contributing data im- portant to the settlement. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. In the Market. ‘There's & thrill At which we scoff; Good until We turn it off. Here's a bear Pending such knowledge, Uncle Sam is content to rest serene and assured on the pledge given by the President in his letter to the head of the American Legion. “Complete defense of the United ‘States in any contingency” was 1aid down in that communication as the irreducible minimum of naval limitation. 1f and when it is demonstrated that there is any compromise with that sound principle, there will be occasion and justification for alarm and protest. But not until then. ————————— Bobby Jones has enjoyed a celebrity well deserved without asking any espe- cial picturesque favors from the camera man. Cordell Hull. ‘Cordell Hull, Representative in Con- gress from the fourth district of Ten- nessee, announces that he will be a candidate for the Senate in the elec- tion next year. Had the late Senator Tyson lived and sought re-election to the Senate, Mr. Hull might have been content to carry on in the House, where he has been an outstanding figure on the Democratic side of the chamber. And next a bull ‘To prepare Financial pull. Here's & bull And next a bear; Market's full Of many a scare! As they show A mind perplexed, Bulls lie low And Bears come next. Influence. “Didn't I tell you to stand by the farmers?” asked the boss. “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. -But you didn’t have enough influence to compel the farmers to stand by me.” Jud Tunkins say every time he hears something he doesn’t quite understand he labels it “Bolshevik.” Call From Canada. I heard the call of “wet.” 1 heard the call of “dry’ Both sounded with regret For tourists passing by. Appfause. “I told the listeners-in that you * | would not applaud your radio program.” “You have to applaud by mail,” said the chill personality. “There is an in- fluence to be considered in the relation of art and the postage stamp.” sald much that was wise and did much that was foolish.” i Low Down From High Up. The aviation kids expose All sorts of serious matters THE EVENING STAR, More =+ ‘THIS WASHINGTON, D. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, “I haven't the capacity for loving n the Srand aaner s e euld, T instincts demanded the state of mind and soul which does not exist, but which it is con- venient for human beings under civili- zation to pretend does exist. “When one contrasts the ordinary love life o.rv:‘ve:‘y tclly with the n':rnlnt. Toman hing depicted in some of our best novels or seen in frenzied fashion ‘on the screen, he may have a 1?Enn.mtnummumm- at all. 5 “The younger he is the surer he is to believe this, yet when he he probably will have a better—at least 2 more sat —viewpoint, one which will enable him to that there is -neck man and & was thrust. wui’;l: of bells and loud as pulled around the streets of the village, to the mingled and amusement of the remainder e e e e I ——————— T AND THAT Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘The announcement by Rej e by Representative tion in Tennessee next year will give other aspirants for that office some- 3:1:\:‘ to think about. Judge Hull, as he gtor the bench before he entered the House more than a score of years ago, is an outstanding figure in his State. Although the Democratic party of Tennessee has been torn with ac- that he will be a candid the hinterland | for the Democratic senatorial mn::f 3 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ° BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. ‘This is a t, devoted the ha of inquiries. You have your disposal an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. name and in The Evening Star Information Bureau, “r;edeflcc J. Haskin, director, Washing- , D. C. Q. Are Davy Lee's parents actors?— tional strife, Judge Hull has not been|S. L. considered an adherent of any faction, but rather he has stood aloof from these factional troubles. Judge Hull's an- nouncement came directly on the heels of the acceptance of the aj tment | to the Senate by Willlam E. Brock of becomes older ceedin about nine-tenths buncombe in the the- | fright atrical version, “I say ‘theatrical version’ because I believe the drama to be largely - sible for this attitude of mind which wants to transform life into something else than it really is. “Is tun:l]li;’d.&u g mth-t ve]mun thick layers mn I do not think so. Life is, to some extent at least, what one makes it, and how we see it in our own minds is more or less the way it is. * ok k% “I would mot go to the extent of saying that love in the’ grand manner does not exist. History is filled with cases to the point. The common-sense modern, however, may be forgiven for suspecting that the affair is depicted in a few of its moments only. Every love affair, no matter how mundane, has a few moments of grandeur. “I cannot offhand think of but one marriage which seemed totally divested of romance. Perhaps I am mistaken even there. It happened in my student days in college. The small town in which the institution was located was divided by the very fact of its existence there into two factions—the college. minded and the town-minded. “Those connected with the institution stood for learning, culture. The towns- people, as such, were regarded as low- brows, and in turn they liked to look upon the collegians as highbrows. The lower in the Social scale the towns- people came, the more hatred they had for the boys attending the college. “Sometimes this dislike grew into nasty words and blows meant to hurt. ‘There was no love lost between the fac- tions. On the outskirts of the town lived the poorest, most illiterate people. ‘The men there insisted on having their hair cut in an individual manner, which was 50 boorish in effect that the col boys called it the ‘rough-neck haircut and refused to permit a barber to cut their hair in such fashion. “Perhaml description of these two types of cut may not be too great & digression. The college cut was achieved by means of feathering, as it was called, with a pair of fine clippers, which were brought well up on the head around the ears and at the back of the neck. “Thus there was no well defined line where the hair ceased. The back of the nec‘:’k mrnldu'uly merged into the hair, an e latter gracefully dec! lhe_;;:k of lilhe neck. 4 g “The rough-neck haircut was entirel. different. The hair was not graduated, but permitted to grow down thick to & definite line, where it was cut off sharp. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Herbert Hoover has been President of the United States six months today, and review of his first half-year in the White House is the order of the hour. Even hard-boiled Democratic partisans are willing to admit that Hoover is off to a flying stirt. His course since March 4 has not been exclusively a path of roses, but it has not been strewn with more snags than befall the President. The Californian’s normal . , is & one. Hoover won his one big battle with Capitol Hill—over farm relief— and lost only a single and nh&l;nel.yl The rejection of a minor B Pue handeq Rim: - Barving the Aght H on Irvine L. Lenroot’s nomination as a Federal judge, Hoover appointments had salubrious sledding. * ok k% ‘With the country at isn't the shadow of a doul President’s prestige is at high-water mark. He has lived up to the public's expectation that he would prove & constructive Chief Executive. in his most strenuous. stride never set such a pace of incessant accomplish- ment, or ploneering toward accomplish- ment, as Ht.oi'n" is um It's an open secre! circle mevnmdlmhehmmeflw slow down—to ber that he has at least three and one-half of rul- ership ahead of him. But Mr. Hoover remains so well, enjoys his job so much, and considers that there is still su¢h a mountain of duty in front of that the attempt to curb his working tempo_has been preity well abandoned. The President says his “stagger sys tem” of taking a vacation—four and one-half days in the White House and two and ene-half days st his Virginia o Boualines sucorss. Hel contin an success. He'll continue Lmlmemldmthcrmmmeeq bility. girth, I for many years varied 2 pounlds in’ weight per num. By d official Was] medicine-ball cabinet. House lot has been the scene, early in the morning, of the President’s pet out- door game, some 300 men recruited from both public and private life have been invited to join him in it. Many of them are still addicts. Others played a couple of times and decided that golf was more in their line. * x k% ‘William Knowles Cooper, former chief of the Y. M. C. A. forces in Washing- mof xt. “Even in their brutish minds there disgust at the “Marriages are sald to be made in Heaven, but that one was made in a pm.d Between it and that of a el couple there is a distance greater than between heaven and earth. “I have always noticed that the stage plays, where romantic love flourishes, present only with certain scenes. In these the lovers act as lovers should, but the strange part is that they fail to show them in the ordinary events of everyday life. “Romance in the popular fancy seems to be devold of eating and such other Wry actions as are an_inseparable of life. ‘Love and Cheese and Kisses’ went the theme of an old song, summing up love in a 3 “Unfortunately, love in a cottage or elsewhere has‘to have some more sub- stantial background than either cheese or kisses. The latter are a particularly poor substitute for food, or for a dry habitation, or for music even, or good “Thus millions of women have per- mitted romantic love to escape them in /| order to get what has been called in popular language a good provider. The good provider is not noted for kisses Which last & minute at a time. He in- dulges in no huge sighs, but goes soundly to sleep at a moment's notice. ‘'This same good provider, seen from the other side, might have been a flaming youth of his day and generation who mildly hoped to find a true love of the heroic heroine variety. “He found it no more than she did, but neither one of them laments. Each knows that heroic love is more or less of a myth, scarcely to be found in a 'D’!'ld based solidly on physical things. ‘Better than these dreams of love is the substantial honesty of affection which is human enough to appreciate a kiss as a kiss. It is affection which keeps men and women true, decent and la there bt ‘that the | Mac ve him | taved in t—is proving | frie; Rapidan uncomfortable, or snow |£ honest, and which forges bonds not end with death. “s.o -flectg:tbde? comes love, and # love in the best tion he's allowed panied by iy himself in 20 years, “Bob” is about to h'I: ':llzeu and son, motoring holiday. He "mrupe i ll:\fluen'fll Los ~ Angeles Thl:uh'::: w.ebut for years was chief corre- Spondent of the Chicago Daily News, He left the News to become Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the first mhu velt administration. Armstrong long been one powers in nationel °;° lt‘huzawmuune . He had of Warren G. Harding's pre- gn:enuon publicity in 1920, mncun';ud hand new: dent c“m-per men suggesting D. Wilbur as 1924, * ok ok No foreign statesman Washington before whoh-h::! “d divide his tim e e here his realm'’s dlplomtmm.:n&r Such will be the triple life Ramsay ‘Donald will have to lead when he be!ebe m MlA'lsmm‘n. He will cmh::hy. but either t.he- lr‘i’:; oBrf“t’;he v un Will be home sofl for il - ,The Labor prime min- m":lolu the United: States two vl 20 took seriously ill at the @ . Mr. MacDonald is cia 'ordhgut:‘ed-e: im that he con- templates im| d"?,fi © with some trepidation, }:’:n e Ttandpoint &:uumy he knows of the to weather. He's un “ of & song entitled Soldn't Ralse My Grandma to Be a (Copyright, e New Touchless Surgical Instruments Devised BY E. E. FREE, Ph. D. That the ‘wonderfully sensitive fin- gertips of a surgeon, so long a familiar property of writers of detective tales, bber | natorial campaign it would be wi Chattanooga, selected by Gov. Horton to fill temporarily the seat made vacant the death of Senator Tyson. Whether it was intended to do so or not, the announcement may have been effective, coming so promptly, in shut-| ting off announcements by other aspir- ants for the Senate job. A colleague of Judge Hull in the House, Representa- tive Joseph W. Byrns, is one of those who have been mentioned as possible candidates for the Senate. * k% x Possibly Mr. Brock may find the senatorial office so attractive that he may seek to succeed himself. He is a wealthy candy manufacturer and has taken an interest in politics in the past, though he has never before held public office. If he decides to cast his hat in the ring against Mr. Hull and any others who may seek the senatorial nomination, there is likely to be a sizable contest. Judge Hull, however, is particularly well situated, so far as this contest is concerned. He has few enemies and many friends. He has served in the House with distinction, and if the tariff is to become a real is- sue in the congressional elections next year, he will probably be a leader in the Democratic attack. His long experience | as & member of the House ways and means committee and his recognized l grasp of tariff and revenue matters gen- erally have frequently made him a spokesman for his party on these meas- ures. * % % % Judge Hull served as the chairman of the Democratic national committee from 1921 to 1924, when he laid down the lelfl!ngip of the party organization to Clem ver, selected by John W. Davis, the Democratic candidate for President in that year, to run the na- tional campaign. Last year Judge Hull was the choice of the Tennessee Demo- crats for the presidential nomination at Houston. His nomination for the Sen- ate by his party would doubtless be | followed by his election—unless, indeed, there should be, so bitter a strife over the nomination' that it would break | down ihe party solidarity. Democrats are more numerous in Tennessee than Republicans. It is only when the Democrats divide that the Republicans have a chance of carrying the State. Last year the Democrats were split wide open because of the nomination of Al Smith for President, and the State went for Hoover. In 1920 the State was carried by Harding, as an aftermath of the World War rather than because of the gain in vepublican- ism. Four years later the State swung back to its old adherence to the Demo- cutlcvrrty and gave its electoral votes to Davis instead of Coolidge. * ok kX The Republicans so far have not de- veloped any strong senatorial candidate to place in opposition to Judge Hull or | any other Democrat who may be given the nomination of that party. Repre- sentative J. Will Taylor has been the Republican boss in the State for a num- ber of years. Possibly he might care to enter the lists. But he is practically assured of re-election to the House and he may prefer to hold on to that office rather than setk a nomination to the Senate with probable defeat in the gen- eral election. Claudius Huston, a Tennes- seean by way of Indiana, is said to_be slated for the chairmanship of the Re- publican national committee, to succeed Dr. Hubert Work. Mr. Huston, who was at one time Assistant Secretary of Commerce, may acquire the senatorial bug. He been prominent in na- tional politics, however, rather than in State. At present he and Represent- ative Taylor, who were none too friendly 8 year ago, ‘apparently have buried the The fact that Tennessee is to have the chairmanship of the Republican national committee may give some impetus to the Republican cause in the State. At any rate the leadership is likely to see that the Republican cam- paigns in Tennessee are well financed, which after all is a decided asset. There has been a general impression in Wash- ington, however, that the man who is selected to head the Republican na- tional committee in place of Dr. Work will be continued on in that office in 1932, provided President Hoover is a candidatq for re-election. If that is the case and Mr. Huston now becomes chairman, he is by no means likely to seek senatorial honors. * ok ok In 1924, when former President Cool- idge was picking out a chairman to run his campaign, he settled on William M. | Butler, who was then national 2 teeman for Massachusetts. Mr, Butler had senatorial aspirations and wished to become a candidate for the sennte,' but he gave over his personal ambitions to carry on as national chairman and elect President Coolidge. There is an- other senatorial fight coming on in the old Bay State, and while Mr. Butler has made no announcement whatever of his plans, there are those who be- lieve he would like to cast his hat in the ring next year and seek the Repub- lican nomination. He was defeated in 1926 by Senator David I. Walsh, Demo- crat. The senatorial election next year, however, does not involve Senator Walsh, who will ‘continue on in the Senate for another four years before he has to come up for re-election. The election will be for the seat now held by Senator Gillett. The Republicans of Massachusetts have been after one another hammer and tongs this Sum- mer, and there is no certainty at pres- ent. who will be candidates for the sena- torial nomination. The primary does not take phu.fo: -;:ot.ner year. An embryo boom for Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, United States Marine Corps, for Governor of Pennsylvania has appeared on the itical horizon. It had its start in- t! Legion State convention at Scranton last week. Gen. Butler insists, it is said, he is not a candidate for the office of governor. But he has added that if the peoplé of Pennsylvania really want to “get rid of gangs and attendant evil influ- ences that control Philadelphia, Pitts- and other . large cities, I burgh dea | he only too willing to help them out.” Prom this statement it 1s clear that if Gen. Butler should get into the b:hf-' e of thereform element, just as Pinchot did several years a Republican nomi- blican nomination for Repul mmh is just equiva- el Gen. Butler, is the Marin bly Worth More. the Springfield, Mo., Leader. A penny for . ‘should | ¢h A. His father and mother are non- professionals. Q. When was the Atlantic first crossed by air?—F. R. A. The United States Navy flying boat completed the first transatlantic flight May 27, 1919. The first non-stop flight was made on June 14, 1919. The first flight by airship was made by the English air force Zeppelin R-34 June 2-6, 1919. The first transpacific flight has just been completed, 10 years later, August 22-25, 1929. Q. What were the Thomson_tables which Livingstone took with him to Africa?—C. P. . C. A. The Thomson tables that Liv- ingstone carried on his trip to Africa were tables of logarithms, to be used in mathematical computations. Besides the ‘Thomson ithms he had with him his Bible and a nautical almanac. Q. Is jazz a particular type of music? man has defined it most definitely, not as a particular type of music but as a method of playing music. Q. Are the streets of any large Ital- ian cities laid out on a gular lan?—E. 8. A. Turin is said to be the only one | so0 constructed. Q. Are Yiddish and Hebrew the| same?—R. E. B. | A. Yiddish is spoken by a large num- ber of Jews of German or Polish an- cestry, and is quite commonly spoken, but it is not the natural language of | the Jewish people, who speak modern Hebrew. The Jews who left Germany in | the Middle Ages for the Slavic lands of | Bohemia, Poland, Galicia and Lithu- | ania spoke, besides Hebrew, the middle high rman. In course of time He- brew and Aramaic and Slavic words —W. O. A. The Etude says that Paul White- %0 ‘b sup introduced a new form of cast-iron T 134 inches wide at head, and car- ried by a thin web deeper at the middle tlunm ;gh&mfl me rails w;e-}wld Pl es. crosspi or Tock beds, and in 1820 the first matle- able iron trough made their ap) ard gauge was set at 4 feet 8, inches. These rails were fixed to spikes very much the same as loday, and the ties were laid 3 feet apart. One might say that the groundwork for railroading was laid before America ever entered the fleld. From 1825 until the present time the equipment has been changed and perfected largely by Amer- ican invention, but little change has been made in the rails. Q. How much tea was imported last year?—B. 8. A. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1929, the tea imported into the United States amounted to 93,593,264 pounds. This was an increase over the previous year of 2,487,651 pounds. Q. How much voltage or how many amperes of electricity does it take to gut a man to death by electrocution?— . W. A. The amount of electricity required to cause death may be stated both in volts and amperes. Experiments at Sing Sing have resulted in the conclu- sion that no human can withstand an alternating current of 1,500 volts and that 300 have -produced death. For continuous ‘current it may be necessary that as much as 3,000 volts are required ring about fatal results. In such cases the ammeter usually shows from 7 to 10 amperes. Q. Is a Chinese infant born in the | United States an American citizen?— E.E.D. A. Any person born within the United States is an American citizen. Many Chinese are citizens by virtue of their birth in this country. Q. What is the record dive without & diving suit?>—J. B. A. The deepest dive on record with- out a diver's suit is 58 feet, the time taken being 3 minutes and 48 seconds. Q. Was Rembrandt Peale named for the artist?>—S. S. “A. Peale’s father was an artist, and at least three of the sons bore names of famous painters. These were Rem- brandt, Raphaelle and Titlan. became customary, and a certain modi- fication of the sound of the German words also took place, and by the six- teenth century a world-defined dialect. | or language, known as Yiddish had | become common. It was not adopted as | a literary language until the nineteenth | century. | — | Q, In how many States in the United | States is marble found?—J. H. C. | A. Marble occurs in 34 States. Q. Where is banana starch made and | what is the advantage of using it?— M. E. R. A. At the present time banana starch is made commercially only in England, though there has been some talk of es- tablishing a factory in the West Indies. and recommended for invalid diet. Q. How long iron or steel rails | been used for rai A. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries wooden rails were used on the colliery roads near Newcastle-on- 1t is very nutritious and eastly digested | N. oad track?—F. F. | Q. What was the former name of Augusta, Me.>—H. D. A. In 1762 the Indian trading villass on the site of the present city was known as Cushnoc.. In 1771 it was ine corporated as Hallowell. From part o Hallowell & new town was created called Harrington at first and then Au- gusta, incorporated as a city in 1849. Q. Where is the largest rosary in th world?—A. 8. E % A. The Portuguese claim that the largest rosary is that on the monument of the Madonna of Peace in Funchal, Madeira. We know of no other rosary for which the claim is made. Q}.’ Is much upland rice raised?— A. The Department of Agriculture says that upland rice is not raised com- mercially, since it produces only about half as much per acre as does the low- land or flood land rice. Families through South Carolina, Georgia and Tyne, England. In 1735 flat iron bars were substituted. In 1789 William Jes- | fi']‘lll‘m‘ -omztl:lrnrfiu enough for eir own use. “bul not profif for market cultivation. e A bit of satire on Washington social bickerings has won for Chairman of the Federal Farm Board unique popu- lar acclaim at the outset of his official career. The Capital and the country laugh with him at this dismay of social secretaries upon learning that in the matter of seating at dinners the mem- bers of the Farm Board wouldn't mind places in the kitchen. “One gathers at least the beginning of a suspicion that Mr. Legge has & Tribune-Capital, while the Dayton Daily News believes that he “has made a polit- ical start which may lead him far,” but that “for the present it is enough to know that the chairman of the new Farm Board isn't a dud.” His reply to one inquirer that his associations had been with Al Capone in Chicago is quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with the statement: “That was as far as he got—the inquirer hung up. But it was far enough to show country that Mr. Legge has a sense of humor as well as the yardstick of a big business man for some customs. He added in reporting the incident that the members of the Farm Board would be perfectly content if given places in the kitchen—to avoid trouble they would even wait for the second table. The only question now is how far up front they will be pushed.” | “This attitude may not insert many rungs in the family's social ladder,” ac- cording to the Toledo Blade, “but it does seem like a good recommendation for one entering upon a new job with Uncle Sam.” The Albany Evening News ob- serves: “That settles another momen- tous question and it raises a national guffaw. And we reckon it sort of puts Mr. Legge up at the head of the table.” ‘The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader feels that “his attitude will be popular with the farme and the Salina Journal com- ments: “Our guess is that if the Farm Board functions as it is hoped it will, the farmer, whom Mr. Legge represents, is going to be perfectly satisfied. He isn’t going to be insulted any more than is Mr. Legge if that gentleman has to sit at the foot of the table, or in fact isn't invited at all.” “There is not a farmer in the land,” declares the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “who will not have more faith in the Farm Board after this outbreak of sarcasm from Mr. Legge, the chairman. Tradi- tionally there are more ways than one to skin a cat. There are certainly more ways than one of establishing public confidence in any branch of the public " The Rochester Times-Union service. . | thinks that Chairman Legge* has scored a e run”; that he “may not be a dirt farmer, but he has made a strong bid for a place as the farmers’ hero of the United States,” and that paper con- cludes, “It is certain that he knows how to puncture social sham.” “Revolutions in politics and govern- ment come and go, but questions of pre- cedence and fitness in social life lose News. “Has not a great philosopher sald that the cure for the ills of democ- racy is mere democracy? In that apho- rism lies the key to the solution of the . Why not ask fash- from a hat as they enter the dining room? Under that plan no one could complain of discrimination; ~chance would rule. Good nature would prevail. political talent,” remarks the Des Moines | tal the | that Legge Wins Popular Acclaim By Thrust at Social Bickering last this question may be settled once Speaiing of g of the new type of men of large business interests who have ac- cepted positions in the present adminis- tration, the Monroe (Mich.) News says: 'Not worshiping office or seeking it, bu be! dragged in by the President’ |appeal to their sense of public duty, they prebably will smile and take things 2s they find them. It is possible, how- ever, that the President himself may ke a hand and give some of them a rank at official functions more nearly in accordance with the importance of thfi;“l.l);!fltlgns." “Bully, Chairman Legge!” exclaims the Cleveland Plain Dealer, with the thought that “apparently the more the people of the United States learn of Alexander Legge the better they are going to like him.” The Plain Dealer gives assurance that “the farmets havh laughed until their sides hurt,” and it “everybody else joins them in the laugh.” The Providence Journal sees “a pleasant change when an executive head of a great Government body oniy wants to be allowed to do his work in ce.” “Sensitive man!” is the verdict of the Louisville Courier-Journal as it observes that “high society didn't know how to place him, but it knows now.” The | Topeka Daily Capital calls him “healthy- | minded American,” and the Waterbury | Republican voices satisfaction that “he ::lur‘,]&nced thus fronically at social Defends Much Abused ‘American Frying Pan From the Brookiyn Daily Easle. Capt. Kidd, Aaron Burr, J n Davis and Andrew Johnson ml found defenders in print; vigorous and resehrchful defenders. Why not the frying pan of the American kitchen? If all that native and foreign cooking experts have said about the frying pan were true, boiling oil would be too good for the offender. After all, the Ameri- can stomach is of more importance than the safety of commerce on the high seas, of more importance than the anti-dueling p da, of more im- portance than the preservation of the Union of States and the Union of Stars, of more importance than the vindica- tion of a tenure-of-office law. Without the American stomach doom could not T e ut for accused frying our ploneer ancestors had a kindly $olerance and they were not given to %fim 8o we are glad to see a letter a housewife taking up the hot tongs for the most libeled of kitchen utensils. She declares flatly: “Mest fried on a red-hot pan is both palatable and whole- some and the frying is not per se the main cause of The real culp&lfi&h!d;u She adds: = banish lard from their fil.uhem Al;fl l,\;huhlh butter, as I ve done for rs, they will find the improved hulm( ir families s expense. Beef used, ], chicken fat. For dee) fat frying oil is best. In Italy, 'henp fried food is so popular, oil alone is used, and our national allment, dys- but unknown.” Neighbors at table would be treated 10| book insist e and din- & 5 : §5> #E : : i ;