Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1929, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY...September 14, 1020 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company nnsylvanis Ave. e:°110 East 4and St icago Office: Lake Michigan Build 8. pean Office; 14 Regent St.. London, Englan the City. 45c per month 60c per month 65c per month ‘The Sunday Sta p Sc per copy Collection made at'thi ench rionth. Orders may be sent in by mall or telephone NAtional 5000. Tre Evening hd Sun vening an (when § Sundays) All Other States a; E:y and Sunday. .1 or. ily only 8 1 m dey only 1yr $5.00: 1 me ‘Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively cntitled to the use for republication of all news ois- tehes credited to it Or NOt Otherwise cred- ited in this paper and wlso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Reduction and Parity in 1936, Following definite announcement of Mr. MacDonald’s trip to the United States, the Anglo-American naval sit- uation has been clarified in all essential respects. Precise details are still lack- ing and, pending final agreement on them, cannot be supplied. But in broad outline the plan on which President Hoover and the British prime minister have reached accord: can now be sketched. Its paramount features, which are the result of mutual concessions, are as follows: 1. Reduction and parity of the Amer- ican and British fleets are to be arrived at in 1936. 2. Scrapping of existing ships will be avoided by the process of not junking them until they become obsolete tihrough the automatic process of reach- ing their age limit. 3. The old “replacement” system is to be abandoned. 4. Neither navy will undertake new building projects during the next seven years, ie., authorize or construct any ships not already provided for. 5. The United States’' 15-cruiser pro- gram, enacted by Congress last Winter, is to be carried out. 6. Great Britain is allocated a round tonnage total of 340,000 in cruisers, as against a round American total of 305,- 000. The numerical excess in Britain's favor is to be equalized by permitting the United States to have about eight- een 10,000-ton 8-inch cruisers, as against about fifteen British cruisers of that category. 7. America concedes the British fleet a certain superiority in smaller cruisers for “police” or trade-route protective purposes, but these, from the American standpoint, will yield Britain no ad- vantage in “combat strength” as against the American feet. 8. There is to be & heavy reduction in the destroyer and submarine fleets of both navies, America permitting round- 1y 200,000 tons of destroyers to pass out through obsolescence by 1936 and Brit- ain surrendering roundly 75,000 tons. Submarine flotillas would be decimated in both fleets by the same process. The net result, in 1936, would be equality of American and British destroyers and submarines in “combat strength” de- spite tonnage discrepancies. 9. America and Britain are ready to enter a five-power naval conference in December, to give effect, in a treaty, to the conclusions reached by them. There is an element of tentativeness about all these arrangements, especially as to cruisers. But even this ticklish question, it is authoritatively pointed out, has simmered down to a decision ‘whether 30,000 American tons should be devoted to three 10,000-ton cruisers or to four or five smaller ones. In what- ever way that relatively insignificant problem is solved, the greater gains of the broad scheme are amply apparent. It insures the effective parity of the two fleets. It means the saving of bil- lions of dollars to American and British taxpayers. It stabilizes their respective naval programs. It removes the basic cause of distrust. It is a titanic blow for peace. ——e——— An American statesman often finds pleasure in recalling the scenes of his childhood. Some of the European big boy friends take pleasure in playing up scenes which appear to relate to second childhood. —_—————— Russia is a trifle confused in trying to settle questions of religion and poli- ties, all at once. ———— Get Them on the Run! The enlistment of realty owners and agents of Washington in the fight against organized gambling is & move that has been heretofore proposed, and that if adopted upon first suggestion ‘would have done much to eliminate this evil from the District. Responses to the request of the District attorney that the managers and owners of properties spirit as to promise resuits at once. But 00 much must nbt be expected of this method of enforcing the law. It will' be impossible to make a 100 per cent sweep of the gambling establishments, with & full co-operation by the and rental agencies. Certain otorious establishments that have de- W for a long period without prosecution may be closed. may by the same token find and reopen for business , trusting to the indiffere ignorance of the owners and ts of premises oocupled respecting the character of their activities, The action of the District attorney is with their tenants, if they do hot take steps to rid the premises of their law- breaking occupants. There is no ques- tion as to the law in this respect. It must, of course, be proved that the oW¥ner or the agent of the property is aware of the nature of the use to which 4t 15 being put. It has been held in some oases that knowledge is din ‘s conviction of tha - It has also been held in some instances that the owner or agent of & plece of property is under obligation to ascertain In all cases the character of the busi- ness or activity conducted upon his premises; in other words, that ignorance of the use to which the property is put is no defense. This is a very broad view of the owner's liability, and it may not be maintained in any test of the law here in the District. But it is evident that in the case of official reports point- ing to specific illegal octupations pur- sued at particular premises the owner or agent has upon complaint no defense if the offending tenant is not ousted. A famous New York police chief who oceasionally crusaded against the law- breakers whom it was hard to reach by strictly legal methods used to explain his theory in these terms: “Get them on the run by any possible method and keep them on the run and they will eventually quit.” His practices some- times savored of persecution, which was, however, fully justified by public opinion on the score that any process was warranted against the social leeches, It is not to be suggested that the in- voking of the co-operation of realty owners and agents under the hinted in- fluence of possible prosecution on the ground of illegal occupancy and use savors of these tactics. But the co-op- eration should have the effect of getting the gambling establishments “on the run” and by keeping them on the run their pernicious activity will be lessened with a material saving to the pockets of their misguided patrons. —_——s e Zoning Appeals. The Zoning Advisory Committee, made up of representatives of the Board of Trade, the Real Estate Board, the Operative Builders' Association and the Washington Chapter, American Insti- tute of Architects, has publicly broached a subject privately discussed for some time among those interested in the workings of the Capital's zoning regulations. The commiitee proposes, in a letter to the Zoning Commission, that legislation he enacted to set up a Board of Zoning Appeals, a body that would consider the numerous and par- ticular problems of zoning, leaving the Zoning Commission, as at present con- stituted, to decide upon the broad and fundamental principles of zoning the city as a whole. Although the committee mentions the fact that such boards of appeal have been established and have been found satisfactory in other cities, it bases this proposal on the recently announced de- cision of the Zoning Commission to hold public hearings on petitions for changed zoning only three times & year. There are times, it is pointed out, when peti- tions for changes in soning are hinged upon an urge for immediate action. As the Zoning Commission has established the wise policy of holding two public hearings on every important issue in zoning that comes before it, the peti- tioner before the commission faces the prospect of a delay of at least eight months before he can expect a decision. This is too long, it is argued, and the proposal for the Board of Zoning Ap- peals is made in the belief that such a board would be able to transact soning business with dispatch. But the meat of this matter lies in whether the Board of Zoning Appeals is to be given authority which the Zoning Commission does not at present possess, or whether it is considered necessary because the Zoning Commission has not the time nor the personnel to keep up with current business, ‘Would it not be wiser to consider the practicability of amending the zoning law to give ‘the Zoning Commission more latitude than it now possesses, and to give it additional and adequate per- sonnel to keep abreast of its docket? The difficulty now, it would seem, is that the members of the Zoning Com- mission must treat their soning duties as incidental to other work, much as the members of the old Public Utilities Commission had to regard their re- sponsibilities as members of that com- mission. As a matter of fact, the Zon- ing Commission should be equipped to function at all times. Its work is im- portant enough and intricate enough to require a year-around activity. The Distriet Commissioners have enough on their hands as administrative officers without being required to become zoning experts three times a year. Col. Grant and David Lynn are in the same position. It would probably be better policy to consider the factors involved in a reorganization of the Zoning Commis- sion than to plead now for the setting up of an additional agency that might bring about a certain degree of divided responsibility. This the Zoning Advisory Committee is willing to do, as it is interested more in results than in methods of arriving at those results. ———————— ‘The Rockville Pike does not wish to be “industrialized.” And yet, in a hard ‘Winter, the faithful old trucks are vi uable in breaking up the snowdrifts. ————re Navies may be reduced. But the question remains.as to whether a com- paratively small airplane fleet cannot whip a large navy. ———— e Philadelphia Leadership, ‘The jockeying for Republican leader- ship in Philadelphia goes merrily on. It has been evident ever since the at- tack on the nomination and election to the Benate of William 8. Vare, the city boss, and more particularly since Mr. Vare's serious illness of last year. With the municipal elections at hand, Harry Mackey, the present mayor and the manager of the Vare campaign for the Senate in 1926, is backing one slate for the Republican ncminations and Mr. Vare is backing another. To make the muddle still' greater, former Mayor J. Hampton Moore, who has been the sworn foe of Vare in the past, is attack- Ing the slate backed by Mayor Mackey. Politics, indeed, makes strange bed- fellows. No one shouts louder than the poli- ticians the old royalist tribute to new leadership! “The King is. dead: long live the King!” The factions in Phila- delphia and the lesser leaders Hive been seeking the possible successor to 'Vare ever since his discomfiture in the Senate and his {Hiness. But the old boss has held his gtip. This is true largely because none of the aspirants for lead- ership has been sufficiently strong to wrest the prize from him. Some of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999, covery from the stroke which he suf- fered a year ago. When Vare and Mackey fell out, backing different slates this Summer for municipal offices, it looked as though the so-called reform groups might have an opportunity to seize control. Possi- bly, however, the reform elements have determined to awalt a better day. It will not advance their interests to rave Mackey. elevated to power as the new boss of the Republican machine of Philadelphia. They may argue that it is wiser to have Vare hold on, and when the Senate gives him the “coup de grace,” as it has been expected to do, then make a bid for control. The recent decision of the Senate not to consider the Vare case at this time, but to give the tariff bill the right of way and postpone Mr. Vare's ousting from the Senate, if it is to come, until December, has had its ef- fect on the local political situation in Philadelphia. It has given the veteran leader a breathing spell, an opportunity to center his efforts on controlling the Philadelphia situation. Indeed, in Phil- adelphia the vote in the Senate is quoted as a Vare victory there, which it is not, being merely a postponement of the day of final reckoning. Had Mr. Vare been haled before the Senate now and the decision been adverse to him, the effect doubtless would have been unfavorable to his leadership in the City of Brotherly Love. o Where Were They ? Where were the friends of animals when a cat was permitted to remain “for days meowing for help” from a lofty ledge on the mew home of the | British embassy on Massachusetts ave- nue? ‘Why was it that workmen who built the ledge could not reach it to rescue a starving animal? These are questions which those in- terested in humane education aré asking themselves. The cat climbed to the ledge with that inquisitiveness which is inherent in it. Being unable to get back the way it went up, it looked about for hu- man friends to help it. Those friends failed. The thought of that spectacle of a slowly starving creature in a civilized community, and of its final collapse through hunger, weakness and fright, and death on the earth beneath, is not pleasing to those who believe in a better world. A cat, to many, is just a cat; to oth- ers it is something dignified with the precious gift of life the same as any living thing. The fire department has been called in similar rescue work, and well might have been called in this case. The cat paid with her life for her cu- riosity; it is to be hoped that other cats, under similar circumstances, may be saved, not only for their own sakes, but for the sake of the savers. o, The Dawes melody has captured musical tastes in Europe. It is a charm- ing composition and it is regrettable that other demands on his time must render it impossible for him to content the audiences who would like to hear him play it personally. ——————————— Baltimore is two hundred years old. Two hundred years is little in the de- velopment of & town and there should be no suspicion as to whether Balti- more is beginning to'show her age. ———e—t An occasional automobile ride for Harry Sinclair was resented. Resent- ment may, in some degree, be satisfied by the thought that he is quite as likely to have a flat tire as any one else. R Gamblers will gamble. Humanity is not so cynical as to withhold protection for the man who cannot afford to lose. P —— Clean politics is endeavoring to res- cue history from the clutches of the scandal mongers. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Aviation. Had a little meetin’ down to Pohick on the Crick. We talked about the “Progress” that will do another trick, Concernin’ aeroplanes on which the world is now intent. Of course, they stand for “Progress”— and that ends the argument. It's fine when we are risin’ high. Some time we've got to stop And some one, as the days go by, will find an awful flop. ‘We hoped to make a landing port, but dangers gather thick; And so, we're all up in the air, at Pohick on.the Crick. Natural Leadership. “How did you come to be & states- man?” It was destiny,” said Senator Sor- ghum. “When I was & boy at school I spoke pleces, and I simply never got .over the habit.” Jud'mnkln-nylhehumenfvrl beauty. But he still regards morning glories, daisies and dandelions as the misleading flappers of gardening. Late Hours. The same old pace the world will keep. ‘When all is said and done, ‘We think when we are losing sleep That we are having fun. Titles of Distinction. “Are you & realtor?” “I am more than that” said the commission chaser. “In visioning lands that' are to be I claim rank w",h the poets. I am an imaginator.” “A war,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is the result of an argu- ment that has been badly managed.” The Bone of Contention. Sameon filled his foes with dread In days so far agone. The ass and Samson both are dead, ‘The jawbone labors on. ' “A chicken,” said Uncle Eben, “gits eaten, whether at home or abroad. It's one animal dat don’t seem to have no No Room Left. Prin the Janesville Daily Gazetts. it will People who specialize in killing en- thusiasm in rs have long been known by one of those peculiarly ap- propriate phrases which help to con- stitute the genius of the English language. Such persons are termed “wet blan- kets,” because of their clinging, suffocat- ing qualities, guaranteed to take all or most of the joy out of the life of the kindest, happiest person, The kinder, happier a person is, the surer he is to suffer the devastating ef- Jects of the dyed-in-the-wool ‘“wet " the man or woman who never agrees, never praises, never 3 The “wet blanket” can function as such only by disagreeing with every- thing any one else does, says, thinks, buys or contemplates buying. The un- unn{ persistence with which he can do this furnishes one of the most interest- ing studies in the world to the curious- minded student of human nature. The “wet blanket” is one of the prize ! ;peclmemmol 'Yll.lllml.nl',y.h He xn!\lfl!l’l rom an ingrowing grouch against the rest of the world, wmh he =e-el to be fairly happy, as contrasted with his own savage mind. ‘When he compares his own moderate wealth with what he assumes to be the great hoards of his neighbors, an inner resentment seizes him, secretly gnawing at-the vitals of his brain. Since he cannot be happy himself, he is determined to let no one else be; since he cannot buy everything he wants, he would get genuine satisfaction out of stopping the buying af anything by others; since he cannot agree in his own heart with anything, he to cause a similar perturbation in the hearts of his fellowmen. * ok ok X The human “wet blanket” begins his all-embracing career by butting in on affairs which are strictly none of his business. This permits him to function almost noiselessly. If he were confined to legitimate business of his own he could cause no unhappiness, and this ‘would leave him unhappy himself, which is the last thing he wants. His hap- piness consists in causing others to ze in doubt. Perplexity is his meat. If he can stir up two doubts where only one grew before, he is mightily pleased. He specializes in ‘“advising” others what to do, how to live, what to think and when to think it. Above all, he poses as adviser extraordinary on pur- chasing anything under the sun. Just where he got this divine wisdom no one knows. Permit him to suspect for a mo- ment that you are going to purchase a house, immediately he takes you under his wing. From then on you are his special problem. The prize of following his advice is—would you guess it?— nothing more nor less than the felicity of pleasing him! The penalty you pay for disregarding his advice is the risk of displeasing him. Without troubling himself to know what you want in the house line, he imme- diately selects your house for you, and woe to you if you refuse to purchase it. The Jitile fact that you do not care 0| " live 50 close to the car line has nothing to do with the case. Just look at the beautiful trees! He wouldn't mind the noise of the cars, how can you mind it? Your objection is absurd, ridiculous and only brought up to attempt to cause him discomfiture. Isn't he spending his precious thought in helping out your inferior intellectual processes? ‘To listen to him speak, any one would think the entire purchase price were coming right out of his own pocket. He earnestly inveighs against a certain | neighborhood, praises another. Five years later, when you walk both ways, you see, what you suspected then, that he didn't know what he was talking about. EE ‘The unfortunate thing about all such THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, bables (male or female) is that their tone is so positive that one succumbs to their “judgment” (save the mark) when he knowll 'fll‘lt ht:le tone of authority is lly all ve. l’eel'h’e nrdu{ variety of “wet blanket” has a sure knowledge of those kindly, optimistic persons he can influence by his praise or censure. He knows in- stinctively when a person is easily ex- alted or depressed. And not being on speaking terms with exaltation, in any ogem forms, he goes in solidly for de- pi ression. Let him once understand that you have purchased something, he immedi- ately cries, “Now, what did you do that for?” This is the one sure sign of the “wet blanket.” He is forever asking you “what you did that for.” It makes no difference what you did, whatever you did was wrong. This delightful sureness is the gift of God to the “wet blanket.” You are always so wrong, and he is always so correctly right. Afterward, when you think it over, you wonder just how it happens that you are so very wrong and he is so per- tually right. The joke of it is that R: pans out almost 100 per cent in ehn;vr—but you never quite reafize it at the time. You recall how enthusiastic you were over your new radio receiving set. Its large cost was indicative of its fine tone quality, the sturdy construction of chas- sis and dynamic speaker. You were so pleased with it that the first time you ;’ae\v your friend you told him he should ar it. ‘The frown which immediately over- spread his face told you instantly that you had made a mistake in telling him about it. The only way one can be happy with such people is to conceal things from them. One must skulk from their divine displeasure. “What did you buy that make for?” he asked, in hopeless tones. The im- ibility of answering the question loored you. What for, indeed? You simply liked it, that was all, and it cost & lot of money, and was regarded as one of the best sets on the market? Why—— A With a lordly gesture he swept all your arguments away. Yoy had made a bad mistake. He was sorry you had not come to him in the first place, he would have set you right, seen that you got your money's worth. The set you selected was probably the best of the second-class sets, yes, he was willing to admit as much, but if one wanted real tone quality he had to go elsewhere. ‘The result of this tirade was that you left feeling like a whipped dog, whereas only a few minutes before you had been gay, happy and carefree, satisfled with being the proud possessor of a radio set which pleased from the nd up. The effect of these “wet blankets” is the same as that of a disagreeable nightmare. No matter how unsound one knows their advice to be, he cannot forget it, any more than he can wipe out of his mind the effects of a terrible | f¢ am. A “wet blanket” person in reality is a kind of walki nightmare, from whom one would willingly escape if pos- sible. Sometimes it does not seem pos- sible. Sometimes entire families are ridden by these carping, disagreeable rsons, who insist on sticking their ong noses in everybody's affairs, causing unhappiness to sprlnf up where happi- ness was before, killing beautiful en- thusiasms and substituting foreboding doubt and restless perturbation. The “‘wet blanket” is a pest which as yet the psychologists have not classified. Some day he—or she—will be htly under- stood as the trouble maker he—or she— is, but until then the unfortunate vic- tims, the kindly, gentle, enthusiastic E:oplo who deserve to fall into better inds, will regard the “wet blanket” as & nuisance to wonder about. American adherence to the World Court can always be counted upon to produce spirited editorial disenssion in the papers of the Nation. The “Root formula,” which must pass the acid test of senatorial approval at some per- haps not too distant date, is the present bone of contention. “The new protocol provides a method by which an American claim of interest is to be filed and discussed prior to an advisory opinion by the court,” explains the San Prancisco Chronicle, which, continuing, says: “It also provides that in case of fallure to agree on such question the United States may witl draw ‘without any imputation of un- friendliness to eo'-lornu generally for peace and good .’ The new proto- col has now been indorsed by the 40 adhering nations. The last word will rest with the United States Senate,” concludes the Chronicle. It is this “last word” which is awaited with intense interest by the editorial writers. ‘The majority of the predictions by the papers of the country, basing their opinion on their understanding of the sentiment of the people of the United States, is that this word will be ‘“yes.” Says the St. Louis Daily Globe-Demo- crat: “The Senate cannot stultify itself in the face of the world by rejecting a protocol which gives it all that it sought in its reservations, and which is a dis- tinctive concession from all the nations to the United States.” The Buffalo Evening News estimates “the objects for which the World Court was established” as “so worthy that co-operation in its activities is & high privilege,” and this paper thinks “pressure of public opinion should make itself felt in a command- ing way when next the World Court issue comes before the Senate.” * K Ok X That “nothing will excuse delay in settling the World Court question” is the opinion of the Newark Evening News and also that of the Chattahooga News, which expresses the hope that “when Mr. Hoover submits the Root formula to the Senate, ratification will be forth- coming without delay.” The New York Evening Post thinks: “Recent events make the logic of our adherence un- escapable,” since “as a signatory of the Kellogg pact it would be highly incon- guou‘ for us not to join the foremost ternational agency for settling dis- putes by mfi::l other than war.” ‘The Phl Iphia Evening Bulletin affirms that “the Senate, which voted by 176 to 17 in January, 1926, to enter the court, can fail to acoept the settle- ment only by complete repudiation of its previous stand.” to the Root protocol itself, the Asheville Times notes that ‘‘Senato® Swanson of Virginia, author of the res- ervation which caused all the debate, is ready to accept the Root revision of it,” being “satisfied that American rights concerning advisory opinions from the court fully protected in the Root ‘The Baltimore Sun’s opinion Intelligencer “p‘lhn.nhhlrwtv “not nearly Root Formula Wins Friends For World Court Adherencg tional disputes.” The Bangor Daily Commercial quotes the jurtists who framed the formula as belleving “that | the provisions as framed meet the con- tentions of both sides and that they will survive any test that may be made of them.” Interpreting the attitude of the ad- ministration from the events that have taken place, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle says, “Happily, the new administra- tion is not only concerned in securing our adherence to the World Court, but has the courage openly to indicate its approval of the protocol before it is submitted to the Senate.” “Ten years have served to temper extremist opposition,” remarks the Louisville Courier-Journal, “but 84 of them have not been able to leave Mr. Root behind the times,” and the San Antonio Express calls attention to the fact that “the Permanent Court of International Justice is an American conception and owes its existence large- ly to Mr. Root's initiative and sugges- tions,” stating further that the court “has proved an influence for peace; its decisions generally have been im- partial and acceptable to all concerned.” Frankly opposing American adherence to the World Court, the Kansas City Star asserts, “This newspaper believes it would be a serious mistake for this Government to abandon its historic policy to embark on a new procedure that would be full of uncertainties and hazards.” The Detroit Free Press be- lieves that when the Root formula comes before the Senate “its champlions will have to defend it against the charge of lerlogs ;nh‘erent defects.” * ‘The New York Sun does not favor the court, saying: “If the United States ever goes into this judicial adjunct o'f’ the League, it will not be able to be started into the will United _States . Root'’s formuls is licans play with it th “fll";;kp“b- ey wi sorry.” The Lexington Leader thinks that if nothing better than the Root formula as a substitute for the fifth reservation be found, “America should re- main out,” and asserts that since numerous arbitration treaties are in force and The Hague is still open, noth- ing can be lost by failure to enter the World Court as it is now organized.” Considering that the joining of the court would involve “she widest pro- posed departure from our traditional policy of strong national individualism that has ever been contemplated,” the Providence Journal says that “for this reason, therefore, the Ameriean people | consie expect the Senate to be scrupulously careful in reaching its final decision a8 to whether the Root formula definite- ly and unmistakably meets the de- mands of the five reservations it at- tached to Ju resolution of adherence in 1926." ————t Knows How It Feels. From the Cleveland Ne A life guard rescu hours mutl.i gv: gained M a':‘r his profession. e e Distractions. Prom the Indianapolis News. the excitement of the world series and the foot ball season, can do Yes—Caused Prom the Toledo Blade. wfi for g (R — e The Real Interest, Prom the Dallas News, Democrats dg Strabism 't euo“'h-u _the msmfihfln;»mm doctor THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover After the death of Donn Byrne about & year ago, “Destiny Bay” was published, & book which must have been completed before his death, so high is its quality. So much cannot be said for another posthumous book, recently published, “Ireland: the Rock Whence I was Hewn.” This seems to show rather plainly the work of the notebook searcher, Nevertheless, it is interesting because, though very scrappy, it shows Donn Byrne's intense love and ideali- ration of Ireland, his poetic, unprac- tical thought and his charming, fanciful style. The foreword is by the Right Hon. T. P. O'Connor, who humorously contrasts his own practical outlook on Ireland with the romantic outiook of Donn Byrne. “Personally, I am afraid | I am a little too much of a realist and have seen too much in political contro- versy of the dark as well as the good side of Ireland for Donn Byrne's pic- tures of that country to make the same appeal to me as to those who know it less from the inside. The land bathed in poetry and universal good will was not quite the Ireland that was brought home to me—especially by the bitter com.roverli in its politics, in which un- willingly had to take part—and I could not accept as a complete picture of Ireland this land of wandering and popular bards and romantic love. How=~ ever, there it was. Mr. Donn Byrne had found his public.” Contrast with this Donn Byrne’s own idealism: “We are a poor country as to money, but we have purple heather and mountains golden with gorse, and rivers, great-bosomed and friendly, where men may dream. And the sea is kind to us. Our fields are green as the prophet's banner. We do not, thank God, as & people, hesitate when the heart calls one way and the head another. A nation that is ever prosperous, always wise, seems to me a nation forsaken by its angels. One can see its inhabitants. They are tall and thin, with bodies cold as a fish’s. They have long heads and foreheads like a woman's bare knee. They are dressea in black. Their eyes are not merry. Their dynasty of monarchs, for they will have sound, reasonable monarchs, are called Mareph the Wise, Riga the Opu- lent, Harno the Plous, Ning the Far- sighted. They are the people who al- ways do the right thing. They will go to power and glory everlasting. Where, also, they can go, each stout man knoweth.” * ok k% In these notes on Ireland Donn Byrne dwells lovingly on various parts of Ire- land, many of them known and loved by American. travelers (he hates the word “tourists” and the people repre- sented by it) there. On Lough Erdergne is St. Patrick’s Purgatory, which is still a resort of pious pilgrims. At Bally- shannon, a typical village on the west coast, “you may be fortunate enough to see the salmon, lying packed like sardines, awaiting the opportune mo- | ment to spring up the falls of Assaroe, springing 16 feet in the air against the oaming, roaring water.” In Donegal there is a tangie of small lakes and huge granite boulders, and “he who loses his way in that desert by night is the §ost luckless of beings.” The great rouna tower at Antrim is the largest ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Did you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any question of fact and get the answer in a personal letter. Here is a great edu- cational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world—American newspaper readers. It is & part of that best purpose of a newspaper—service. There is no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for re- turn postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin, director, The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Washington, D. C. Q. What material is used in the manufacture of base ball bats?—F. J. A. The standard base ball bat is made of the finest, straight-grained ash, the same material used by the Indians for their bows and, earlier, by the English for their longbows and | quarterstaves. Q. How many stations are owned by the National Broadcasiing Co.?—F. B. A. Only one station, WEAF, is owned by the National Broadcasting Co. It operates one other, WJV, All asso- ciated broadcasting studios throughout the country are connected with these key stations in chains known as the blue network, the red network, the Pa- cific Coast network, and in five smaller groups, independently owned and operated. They can take the chain pro- | grams or not, as they choose. Q. ‘Where was the mountainous and desert scenery of the movie “Redskin” taken?—M. O'L. | A. Richard Dix says that the loca- tion used in the filming of “Redskin” ‘was the mountainous and desert scenery around Chin Lee, Ariz, and parts of New Mexico. Q. What proportion of fires is ex- tinguished with chemicals»—W. R. B. A. The National Board of Fire Un- derwriters has no figures as to the per- centage of fires extinguished by chem- icals. In a number of the large cities it has been found that the fire depart- | ment _extinguishes 50 to 75 per cent of the fires to which it responds with chemical streams. . How long ago did Turkey start taking & census?—D. K. . Only two years ago Turkey de- clded to take its first census. The Turks employed drastic methods. The entire population was imprisoned on the day of the census; no one was permitted on the streets except guards and census | takers. Business and industry came to | In Constantinople it was not | until the count was complete at 10:15 | p.m. that the people were released from | their homes by the signal guns. What is the motto of Scotland? Me With Impunity. | Q. What books are being read by | Qomdr, Byrd's party In the Antarctic?— A. Twelve hundred selected books | were taken by the Byrd party and to | |date the works of Donn Byrne and | Joseph Linccln have been the most popular. Conrad, Mark Twain and Booth Tarkington are extensively read, in Ireland, and Lough Neagh, nearby, is the largest lake in the British Isles. At Larne, the harbor of Belfast, begins the chain of the nine glens of Antrim— Glenarm, Glencloy, Glenariff, Glen Bal- leymon, Glenaan, Glencorp, Glendun, Glenshesk and Glentow. e Giant Causeway, in Antrim, the home of Donn | Byrne's childhood, he calls “more curi- races are assaulted a cavalry of foam.” He is interested in the noted golf links at Portrush, not as a prac- titioner of the game, but for a Puckish reason—because “we rather like seeing Scotsmen walking in from the eigh eenth green, white-faced, broken men. He deplores the fallen state of Dublin, which all who have visited it in recent years have noted with a sadness akin to his own. “Riot and civil commotion and the act of the King's enemies and of the King’s men hgve given the ‘finest eity upon the say’ a tragic dig- nity.” The Glens of Wicklow are among the most beautiful of Ireland's scenic places, where mountain lakes and ruins of very old churches are found in the wildest glens. The mountains of Ire- land are in the north and in the south; Central Ireland is a plain. The south- ern_mountains inclose the lovely Lakes of Killarney and the Gap of Dunloe, through which brawls the River Loe. At the_entrance to the lakes are the rui of Muckross Abbey. a fine Norman ab- bey, near which Tennyson wrote part of “The Princess.” * K K ¥ In his clever preface to “The Book- plates and Marks of Rockwell Kent, With Preface by the Artist, Eighty Plates,” Rockwell Kent says: “Admitting all that may be said for bookplates as an ingenious way to forestall the borrow- er's carelessness or thief's intention and against bookplates as of no use what- ever toward that end, for them as a proud and pretty way of marking books and against them as so great a nui- sance that few people ever paste them in; admitting that the trouble of them nowadays outweighs their questionable usefulness, we still may venture to pro- nounce, with no uncertainty, that book- plates, labels, letterheads, seals, pen= nants and whatever may be made to bear, proclaim and blazon ta the world or one's self ‘& motto, crest or per- sonal device, may influence and deter- mine the course of civilization and the destiny of mn:n:‘ -gd‘o( men.” ‘The title, “Paul Revere’s Own Story. An Account of His Ride as Told in a Letter to a Friend, Together With a Brief Sketch of His Versatile Career,” speaks for itself. Harriet E. O'Brien is the compiler of this interesting mate- rial in a limited edition. Paul Revere's letter is a facsimile copy of one written to Dr. Jeremy Belknap and is here re- produced for the first time. The origi- nal letter is in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, found- ed by Dr. Belknap. In the volume is also included Longfellow's poem, which is compared with the letter to test the poet’s u:cumyi AW “Dream of the Red Chamber,” by Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngoh, is ‘& largely autoblographical novel, whose chief author lived in the middle of the eighteenth century. It has been trans- lated and adapted from the Chinese by Chi-Chen Wang, who bel to the Far East department of the Metropoli- tan Museum. It gives a realistic pic- ture of Chinese life in a lai family. amily, n Stern’s for her beloved grandson, Pao-Yu, to ider. He prefers and loves Black Jade, but she dies of tuberculosis, and resented to him in- ‘The Chia family in the story is very much like many an English or American family. * Kk X “A Young People.” by- Hans Kinck, is the first novel N iter at Chicago after | King swindlers, scoundrels, incendiaries.” The small community where all these peopl ey e ery country, bu n typical of Notway. ———rae————. . Long Distance Noise Makers. From the Topeka Daily Capital. ins | would continue indefinitely, do occur in this but Kipling and Dickens hardly at all. “The Hal 'd Classi “Modt quence,” “Encyclopaedia Britannica” and “World Almanac” show hard usage. 1 Comdr. Byrd himself prefers books on philosophy and detective stories. Q. How long have bouillon cubes been on the market?—W. B, QUESTIONS b 2 e Frenchman who did so much ground- work in the preservation of foods, re- certain cubes which he had perfected be tested. ‘They im- mediately found favor with tie high of- ficlals of the French government and soon became popular with all classes. Q. Is Hudson Bay navigable the year arcund?—D. C. R, A. It is navigable from the middle of June until the end of October. During the rest of the year it is' ob- structed by drift ice. Q. What was the origin of “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee¥?—D. G. A. The song was written by L. Wolfe Gilbert. He says: “It was my priv- ilege to write the words for the song ‘Waiting for the Robert E. Lee’ during the early part of 1912 and was an in- spiration after a vaudeville tour of the South through Memphis, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and levee cities. song in its entirety was written in col- laboration with the late Lewis F. Muir and was intended to depict musically the levee life of the darkies loading cotton on Mississippi steamers. The theme was taken from a life and not a mythical one.” Q. When using double glass to pre- vent frost in cold weather, what is the proper distance to have between the two glasses?>—W. A. T. A. The Bureau of Standards says that the most efficient spacing between double glass is three-fourths inch. Q. When should geraniums be trim- med in order to be blooming profusely by Decoration day?—W. R. W. A. Forcing geranium plants to bloom is not so much a matter of trimming and pruning as it is a question of crowding the roots. Geraniums bloom profusely when potbound. Therefore, we suggest that you plant the gera- niums in a sufficiently small container, 50 that they will be potbound by S8pring. Q. Does the word “dude” on dude ranEhes still mean “dressed up”?— A. The term “dude” no longer has anything to do with clothes. It simply means that the wearer is a paying guest and if he is working about the ranch is probably not paid. Q. What is the weight of the eagle on top of the Mills Building?—M. D. A. The eagle used as a weather vane on the Mills Building weighs 650 pounds and the spread of the wings from tip to tip measures 102 inches. Q. Where is the smallest Catholic Church in the United States?—H. R. A. It is said that the Monte Casino Church at Covington, Ky., is the small- est in the United States. This shrine accommodates three worshipers, Q. About how much of a student’s life is spent in school?—G. V. A. According to a statement of Dr. W. 8. Deffenbaugh of the Bureau of Edu- cation, if a child attends school 6 hours for 200 days of the year from the age of 6 to 17, inclusive, he is in school only 14,400 hours. Assuming that 9° hours are spent in sleep, he has 15 hours a day at his disposal dur- ing the 12 years in which he is awake 65.700 hours. Consequently he is in school only 21.9 per cent of the time awake from 6 to 18 years. As the actual average school attendance is onl. 152 days a year, American boys an girls are spending only 11.4 of their A. In 1814 Nicolas Appert, the noted | waking time in school. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. “Who by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” The question, | propounded 2,000 years ago, is but partly answered by modern science, for | today, by the thoughts of great re- | search, science does add to the stature | of the growing boy or girl—not a whole | cubit, it is sure, but about three-quarters of an inch in three months, which is | equivalent to 3 inches in a year. So | why not assume that a cubit—nearly 2 feet—by thoughtful care, might grow in eight years—a cubit more than normal growth? | It does not follow that what results from a limited experimental treatment |;ut mlrlcleg progressive age of science. We have long known the ef- ficacy of green vegetables in overcom- ing physical defects and curing diseases due to dietary faults. We have grown accustomed to hearing the doctors pre- scribe leafy vegetables for rickets and many other allments that poorly fed flesh is heir to. We swallow spinach with a wry face, just as we might take quinine or ipecac, but what it is in the spinach that is so highly esteemed re- mains for the scientific researcher to demonstrate. We eat on faith. We swallow what we are told “with a grain of salt”—plus pepper and vinegar, * K K X Now comes a new demonstration in England, that what is good in spinach and other leafy vegetables is bottled sunshine, and if we can eat the sun- shine without the “ipecac” or whatever is mixed in the bitters, so much the better. rmore, science is dis- covering how to make synthetic sune shine on a cloudy day, or in dark places, and it is proving that this artificial sun- light is quite as curative as the real stuff in its effect upon tuberculosis, rheumatism, skin and nervous diseases. In the advanced hospitals, in recent years, many cases of tuberculosis ha been treated by surgical * operations, actually cutting through the backs of patients and carving out diseased parts of the lungs—taking out great gashes of flesh 5 or 6 inches long and an inch or more in width and perhaps 2 or 3 inches deep, penetrating into the lung cavity. Then, after the oper- ation, the patient has been put outdoors in direct sunlight, which seemed to per- form miracles in healing the ghastly wounds. But there was necessarily more or less danger of infection from floating germs in the air, for the wounds could not be covered; they must receive the direct sunlight. This treatment has been used in Walter Reed Hospital, with amazing success, in arresting tubercu- lous oondmnm..we‘ll n‘dv:nced. A recent report from the New Health and Sunlight League of Great Britain, concerning its experiments with artifi- cial sunlight, gives great encouragement as to the possibilities of broadening the use of sunlight therapeutics without the sun. ‘The society has been testing the use of artificial sunlight on rickets, rheuma- skin and nervous diseases and “‘astonishing” mine, where the miners were suffering from occupational conditions which de- prived them of sunlight. Arrangements were made with offi- cials of the Sherwood Colliery and clinic established at the pithead. It largest fimpomon of the mvlolet rays falling upon them would be ‘The lamp was chosen, rather than the arc , becausé of the time minors, especially those suffering from rheumatic diseases, and the third sec- tion was made up of children of poor miners suffering from rickets, skin dis- eases and other child ailments. The treatment adopted consisted of two exposures weekly, for the most part, although more frequent exposures were given in special cases. The initial ex- posure was two minutes to the front of the body and two minutes to the back, and the dosage was increased gradually. At the end of three months the boys of the treatment group and those in the control group were weighed and measured. It was found that the aver- age gain in weight for the treatment group was 4 pounds 6 and & & tion ounces, and that the average in- crease in height for this group per boy vm;m?fleg inches. ] o the control grou e ave weight " Increase whs '3 ‘pounds 10 and a fraction ounces and the average height increase was 0.50 inches. It was thus shown that the average increase in height per boy in the “treatment™ group was nearly double the control group average. Similarly, it was shown that the average height increase of the treatment group was 50 per cent greater than the control group average. * x % Although the opening of the eclinia was arranged primarily for demonstra« tion, miners and their wives were ine vited to undergo treatment, and the re- sults were equally convincing, - the report said. ealthy men taking treatment for the tonic effects, men who sought treate ment while wounds received in accie dents healed and men suffering from sickness, all showed improvements, Many mothers came with babies and reported that not only did the infants benefit, but that their general condie tion improved as a result of their ex« posure to the rays while holding the children before the lamps, the commite tee reported. “Toward the end of the three months about 500 patients were recelving treats ment,” the report said. “It was especially interesting to note that successful results were obtained in the case of rheumatic conditions re< sulting from mine accidents and une< healed wounds. “Most of the children attending were suffering from rickets, general debility,’ due to malnutrition; unhygienic con- ditions, skin diseases and acute ill- nesses. A large percentage of the chil- dren benefited, and results were espe- ciall~ satisfactory in impetigo and eczema cases.” ; * ok ok % ‘The committee reported & conviction that such treatment is of real value to the mining industry, and that fur~ ther demonstrations would show it to be valuable in other industries. sgemy establishment of & number of clinics was suggested, and it was pointed out that this could be done at a4 small cost. ‘These experiments are far broader importance than merely their demon- stration of the practicability of usin a mercury lamp substitute for natura sunlight; they prove the value of the sun's rays; and whether the re come directly from the sun or from a man- made machine substitute the curative property thus discovered and demon- strated will be sure eventually to reve olutionise medical treatment of certain diseases—sunlight in place of drugs. It ferred that the value of sun- Davy t, then follow the (Copyright, 1929, by Paul V. Oelling.) —— e An Old Cellar Still. From the Springfield, Mass. Union. 4 discovered the sscret’ chamber of an dwelling in England, which is ered by some ancient A