Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR WABHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....September 16, 1920 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Star Ne zmh.’ .-muz)- Company 11th 8t. and nmy‘uuufl:n. Il New York Office: 110 East + irGrean Office. 14, Regent St Londoms Rate by Carrier Within the City. Ecening Star. ... 4¢ per mont Evening and Bunday Star 4 Sundays) . on m: ders may be sent in by mall or telephone or NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. d Virginia. .1 y7.,$1000: 1 mo.. 1yr, 36.00; 1 m 1 rl $400; 1 moi 40c All Other States and Canada. l‘ . mo., §! Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ugubnnnon of all news ols- e Sl s 3 it published h!u’l;p,'Al’rl"l hts of D.Ilbllclllar:’:g special dispatches nTn are also reserved. Needed Zoning Changes. A property owner has built two semi- detached houses in an area that was afterward zoned as “A restricted,” which permits only the erection of de- tached homes. There are open sleep- ing porches on these semi-detached houses and the owner desires to in- close them with glass. The glass in- closures will improve, rather than de- tract from, the dppearance of the semi- detached houses and will make them more comfortable. But under the ex- isting zoning regulations no such addi- tions can be made. The Zoning Com- mission is powerless to grant this rea- sonable request unless it rezones the area to “A semi-restricted,” which under the circumstances would not be advisable. ‘That is only one example of why the goning advisory committee is recom- mending the creation of & Board of Zoning Appeals. The contention is that legislation setting up this new agency would also amend the zoning regula- tions to make them more elastic, per- mitting changes when common sense and reasonable necessity support them. The members of the Zoning Commission will probably be found in agreement with their advisers, in so far as the unwieldiness of the zoning regulations upset or seriously structure. That is improbable, but pos- sible. It is well to take every precau- tion sgainst possibilities. But the crowded docket swaiting Zoning Commission meetings, pressure from the outside for changes considered necessary and extremely important from the petitioners’ point of view and the commission’s recently announced policy of resisting this pressure through the expedient of holding only three hearings a year, combine to center at- tention upon an agency of our municl= pal government that is, through no fault of its own, failing to perform the service that it should be able to render the community. ‘The commission itself receives ne ap- propriations. It even borrows its postage stamps. Its stenographic ‘work 18 performed by & clerk borrowed from Commissioner Dougherty’s office, Its elerk is borrowed from the bullding in- spector’s office. Its engineer and statis- tician is borrowed from the. bulding inspector’s office. Its efficient executive officer, Maj. Davison, is senior Assistant Engineer Commissioner, with many other duties to perform. He devotes only part of his time to zoning work. The commission itself is composed of Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d; David Lynn, archi- tect of the Capitol, and the District Commissioners. The time they give to zoning is part time. Other duties re- quire the major part of their attention. ‘Yet the decisions of this body should be arrived at only after personal and thorough inspection of the areas in question and lengthy hearings on the petitions that come before it. These decisions are vitally important, not only to property owners and bullders, but to the community as a whole. The peti- tloning citizen has a right to be heard and quickly. If there is merit in his petition, it should be granted without delay. ¢ ‘The soning regulations should be amended in accordance with recom- mendations emanating from the Zoning Commission, based on its own mature study of the defects that may exist in the zoning code. The personnel of the commission should be enlarged and a committee thereof function in & mauner that will be of help and service to peti- tioners, either by acting on certain types of petitions or referring them fcr ac- tion to the full commission. Washing- ton has outgrown its part-time Zoning Commission. B Fame does not always bring prosperity to & community. Gastonia, N. C, has been put on the map. But how! ———————— A Great Conciliator. To few Americans—to practically none except those who followed war-time events in the Near East—does the name of Gen, Sir Gilbert Clayton, who has just passed away in Bagdad, mean anything. Yet he was one of Britain's Teal empire builders and carved his name ingdelibly in the hisiory which was made in Northern Africa and in Asia Minor between 1914 and 1919. Everybody in this country who reads the public prints has heard of Col. T. E. Lawrence, “Lawrence of Arabis,” the ‘most colorful and romantic figure of the World War. Yet it was Gilbert Clayton who made possible the amazing Law- rence exploits. Clayion at the time was chief of the British Arab Bureau in Cairo, and Lawrence's superior ‘officer. ‘He possessed the imagination and the understanding of Arab aspirations, which the “brass hats” of the British general staff notoriously lacked. In the death of Gen. Clayton, the British government has lost its master Oriental mediator. The extent of the . Joss can easlly be measwed in presence of the current Arab revolt against the British mandate in Palestine. Clayton was a sincere and sympathetic friend of the Eastern peoples. After the British had demoralized the situation in Egypt in 1919, it was Gen. Clayton who was the prineipal influence in smoothing the way to & modus vivendl. Pending nego- tiations for & more complete liberation of Egypt from the suserain yoke of Great Britain are the direct result of Clayton's initial steps ten years ago. Later he became assistant high com- missioner, then acting commissioner, in | Palestine, and his regime was notable for the promotion of good feeling be- tween the Arabs and the Jews. Subse- quently Clayton was sent into Arabia on two occasions for protracted negotia- tions with Ibn Ssoud, the King of Arabla, who had driven Lawrence's friend, King Hussein, out of Mecca and the country. Gen. Clayton did not suc- ceed in getting & treaty or in bringing Ibn Saoud under British “influence,” but he did establish friendly relations which have meant much in maintaining the peace of the Near East. Finally Clayton was dispatched to Bagdad as high commissioner to sit on the 1id of the boiling pot of unrest at that point of peril to the British Em- pire’s peace. There, in harness, he has breathed his last, at the very hour when his great heart and experienced judg- ment were counted upon to prevent & repercussion of the Palestine troubles in the land of the ancient Hebrew exile, where tens of thousands of Jews still dwell. Many a more-famous statesman could be spared at this time than Clay- ton, the conciliator. If it can be sald of any man, his epitaph might well read, “Here lies an Indispensable.” Walker and La Guardia. New York tomorrow formally nomi- nates it party candidates for mayor. As a matter of fact, the nominations already are assured. Mayor “Jimmie” Walker is the selection of the Demo- crats and Representative La Guardia, Republican and fusion candidate, is ex- pected to win handily from the dry candidate for the Republican nomina- tion, Willlam M. Bennett. Despite the fact that the nomina- tions of the two major political parties are merely a matter of ratification at the polls, New York has half a dozen other candidates for the office. Thomas is the Soclalist candidate, Enright the “square deal” candidate, Johnson the candidate of the Farmer-Labor party, Tracey the Commonwealth-Land can- didate, and Winestone the Communist candidate. When election day rolls round these candidates of minor groups will beyond any question be in the “also ran” class. Four years ago & real battle was waged for the mayoralty nomination of the Democratic party in New York. Former M John F. Hylan was seek- ing tg Fucceed himself. He had the of William Randolph Hearst and a strong following among the office holders. Mayor Walker was the Tam- many candidate, and was supported by the then governor of the State, Alfred E. Smith. It was a fine, mud-slinging campalgn for the nomination, and end- ed in the triumph of “Jimmie” Walker and the disappointment of Hylan. Later ‘Walker won in & walk from the Repub- lican nominee, Waterman, a quiet and unassuming business man. ‘The nomination of Walker tomorrow is considered by the politicians and political observers in the greater city merely as & preliminary step to his re- election in November. He has the back- ing of Tammany and of the Demoeratic organizations in the counties other than Manhattan which go to make up the metropolis. Hylan, who threatened to run again, as either a fusion candidate or an independent, has subsided and turned his back on La Guardia, paying a tribute to the new leader of Tam- many, John P, Curry. This was a real blow to the La Guardia candidacy, which has not been in a position to stand many blows. Then the dry Re- publicans under the leadership of Ben- nett are out to get the scalp of the wet Mr. La Guardia, which makes his path all the more difficult. One thing is certain, however. La Guardia will carry the fighting to Mayor Walker in the coming campaign. He is aggressive and he proposes to make all he can out of the Tammany issue and alleged corruption and inisman- agement of the government. But though Tammahy may be a good issue for the Republicans outside of New York City, it has not been so effective in the lair of the Tiger. The Demo- cratic organization apparently is in fought in the air and not on the sea. e A climatic calendar may yet be con- sidered which will schedule September 25 & Summer month. Tariff Pessimists. With the tariff bill under discussion in the Senate, the country is being Efi' 5B 4 Begpeisd i i ] ] : 5 § § : £ g g i 1 ! 3 £ E ; ; 2 E i £ L 4 B § i H {stf % g 1 i Y il i i i | f i EE. | - il i 4 g | | H § i E s E ] . E I i g it LA i gk | 1 gas I E?. I ever, is politically convenient, indeed is necessary. < Competitive tarifites must neverthe- less play the old role of denunciation of | thal protection and Republican tariff mak- ing whenever & bill is before the Sen- ate. They must view with alarm the pernicious practices of the schedule makers inspired by Republican ras- cality. - They must warn the country of the woes that are certain to follow en- sctnent of a Republican tariff bill. And it must be said for the latter-day tariff gloomsters that they are turn- ing in a good plece of work. True, they have a large reference library of earnest opposition to draw upon in their 1929 adaptations of the old theme. All the anclent adjectives are at their command for a little conning of the yel- lowing pages of the recorded debates. All the fire and steam of outrage and fear are available through just a little piping from the reservoirs of past decades, But does the country take heed of these warnings, of these dire prophecies of evil? It does not. It goes placidly on, listening to the radio perhaps by which the debates are broadcast, with only the feeling of impatience for the stemming of the tide of oratory and its replacement by the jazz of a tea time orchestra. A few “special inter- ests” may heed the ebb and flow of the tide of debate, but only with impatience for the reaching of the stage of voting on amendments and on the schedule items. Perhaps & protracted tariff debate has its value, but it is hard to dis- cern. It may he doubted whether a single vote is changed by all the well- ing forth of words through the weary weeks. But to pass a tariff bill through the Senate without unstinted oratory, to treat it as a business budget and get it through to the point of adoption in the least possible time would be an unforgivable heresy. Hence the furious flow of speech, the priceless perrogative of legisiators, especially of the opposi- tion, ————————————— Oil was set on fire by lightning and & million dollars damage was done by a flaming barge that drifted against a Staten Island refinery. A million dol- lars is not much in oil arithmetic. Yet 1t might not be a bad idea to give Harry Sinclair & leave of absence from jall and let him see whether he cannot manage the business with a little more regard for small economies. P It is universally demanded that threats of Asiatic war be eliminated. They are claiming so much attention that they are even interfering with golf. It is to sport that men turn for satis~ faction of the competitive instinct. Russians and Chiness might help the world if they could forget firearms and take up driver and mid-irons. — —r———————— “The “numbers” game now under in- vestigation is an evidence of the per- sistence which enables old Satan to provide new disguises. It closely re- sembles the old “policy game” in which the numbers “4-11-44" considered each Winter under the des- ignation “Christmas row.” ——————————— “Safety first,” an alluring phrase, has 1o real meaning for members of the hu- man race, who for the most part are naturally fearless. Afrplane accidents offer no discouragement to those who are inclined to fly. ————— e ‘The ousting of Vare has been a tracted process enabling him to tinue long in & game in which he dently finds great interest. pro- eon- evi- A currency bill is smaller in super- ficial area. Nobody will care about the quantity of paper, so long as quality of purchasing power is maintained. —— et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ‘Wanted—A New Record. ‘Thought we'd play till Labor day, ‘With Summer in iis prime— Sounded out the anclent lay— “The Good Ol4 Summertime!” Barth goes circling round the sun And each month appears, Bringing sentiment or fun— Music of the spheres! 1t is growing late to lsugh. Affliations. N “Don’t ever bring that man’s eard into my office sgain,” exclaimed Senator Sorghum. “He seemed deferential” sald the were eagerly | g, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘There is one way of making rain which only housewives know about, and that is to wash the windows. (i No doubt the United States Weather Bureau would sneer scientifically at this solution of an age-old problem. Did not savage believe that invocations wor 1t? Did not vari- ous tribes of barbarians go through all sorts of solemn hocus-pocus in order to propitiate the gods? In the Balkan states there was an an- tradition di it would rain could be brought from the very peak of a high mountain. Owing to the wildness of the region and the height of the mountain who- ever attempted it was almost sure to meet death. Tradition had it that only a pure young man, against whom no one in’ the ‘village could bring any accusa- tion, might be utilized as the instru- clent b maks¢ to cause it by exploding large quantities of powder either on the ground or in the air. It is common Eolicf that it usually rains on the Fourth of July, but ref- erence to records shows that “it” does not always do so. * ok k% ‘The one sure way to brin every housewife will tell you, the windows. Usually rain will follow within 12 to 24 hours. ‘These domestic rain makers must do their own work, of course. . To get rain at second hand, through the medium of a maid, servant, domestic or what have you, would be to lose the charm. ‘The housewife who does her own work knows that she can make rain fall easily by washing the windows. Nor is that all. She can draw rain from any direction by washing the win- dows on a certain side of the house. The best way, if one wants rain from a given direction, is to wash the win- dows on that side of the house only. Thus the perverse imp which seems to preside over the world—at least, so it seems at times—will order the rain to beat down from that side, in order to smear up the freshly washed panes. * X K ¥ Skeptics might say, of course, that there is not an hour of the day, nor any day in the week, when somebody somewhere is' not washing windows. ‘There are regular window-washing rain, as to wash firms, with men out and busy every day swabbing down the great panes in show windows. With all these willing washers at work, how comes-it, the critic may ask, that the land is not deluged constantly with rain? ‘The question is fair. The answer will be fair likewise. In considering the perverse Imp of the Rain, as we shall call_him, we must believe that this stubborn creature pays attention only to busy, earnest housewives who take pride in_their homes. It makes no difference to the Imp of the Rain how many big business men get their show windows washed per hour, day, week, month or year. The Rain Imp is not interested in them, What do they care whether it rains or not? The window-washing company is always ready to send out ano man to wash the window again. Delighted, in fact. Such washing is charged to “overhead,” and nobody such is the mysterious ‘Your housewife, on the other hand, finds that washing the windows almost calls for one to stand on one's head. It is not an easy job, even for an athletic modern girl—“we moderns,” as they say. Street dust will smear up windows, however, so every now and then, de- pending upon the exact amount of ride a housewife has in her home, “lady of the house” must get busy on the sill. » ‘The exact amount of pride is not all, after all. No, there are certain sections of this great land of ours in which clean windows are a part of life. Other sections do not place much stress upon this feature. Dirty windows g0 with dirty terraces and grimy-pawed children. Out in the sections where real fried chicken and clean window panes go together, girls are taught to wash the. windows as s matter of course. ‘Glass panes may shine outwardly and be unclean inwardly. And vice versa. Especially vice versa. ‘The real housewife, who has a great deal more to do in life than smoke cigarettes and play bridge, cannot stand dusty windows, with their edges smeared with dirt. he washes them, but she knows that no sooner shall they be washed than it, the great impersonal “it,” will rain, * ok ok % “It” is the Rain Imp, the reckless mischievous little d¢ ‘who abides somewhere in the clouds, over which he has supreme command. : ‘There is more than good reason to believe that he has a list of earnest housewives and that he looks over this list daily to see what Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Jones has done in the window- washing line. Tmagine the Imp of the Rain calling to his secretary, “What has Mrs. Smith done about washing her windows this week?"” “Why, let me see,” muses the secre- tary, running down the list. “Smith— Smith—Smith—S8mith—there are so many Mrs. Smiths—ah, here is the Mrs. Smith——' “Well, well—"" “Mrs. Smith washed all the windows on the south side of her house just a week ago.” “That's bad, that's bad we should have looked into that before this. It is too late now. How about Mrs. Jones?"” Rellingford- “‘Mrs, Jones?” 'No, just plain Mrs. Jones.” ‘Here we are. Mrs. Jones just this morning washed all the windows, both first and second floors and the basement windows on the north side of the house.” ‘The Rain Imp chuckled so loud that Ltesounded like thunder to the mortals low. “Ho, ho, ho!” he roared, shaking his sides, “That will do. That will do, Mrs. Jones. So you washed all the windows on the north side, did you? “You poked the drying rag into 472 corners and patiently dried 168 sepa- rate panes because you have colonial windows, have you? “Well, well, well, it is too bad, much too bad, my dear Mrs. Jones, but you will have to do it all over again to- morrow, ho, ho, ho! And the wind blew and the rain descended and the Weather Bureau ex- plained it as the result of “highs” and “Jows,” but it was really Mrs. Jones who did it. . Jones? Mrs. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Ramsay MacDonald will be the first British prime minister to visit the United States while in office. Mr. Bal- four (as he then was) attended the Washington conference in 1921-22 and headed the British war mission to America in 1917, but it is a quarter of a century since he was premier. When Mr. Baldwin, later prime minister, ne- tiated the debt settlement here in 1923 was chancellor of the exchquer. M. riand became French premier in 1922 for the fourth time just after the Wash- ington conference, in which he ci- pated as foreign minister. So, g the Kings who have been in our midst | affs now and then, MacDonald will be the highest fore ever to tarry on American soil in official capacity. * ok kX Whoever is prime minister of Great Britain is, in effect, if not in name, the ruler of the realm. The crown is the symbol of authority. But the pre- miership is the authority itself. The stal who occupies it tesman has power akin to that of the President of the Unit- | SXPX ed States. He holds office as long as he can control & majority in the House of Commons, although he and his party, under the unwritten British constitu- tion, must go to the country at the latest five years after taking office, pro- vided a general election has not ensued in the meantime through an adverse “vote of ccamd‘ence" in the go&ung ‘When President Hoover goes e sta- tion to meet Premier MacDonald it will purposes, an_equal ‘What form of en- ‘White tinguished guest is not yet known. Mr. Hoover is' not & golfer and Mr. Mac- DRl b “por pilds” Gams 23 & neither nor . They do have one weakness in common: Both are pipe-smokers. * x % x itical Soniial cabinet, cal hard-hittin licity _chief, Mic! % l:‘&m Shouse has ‘Washington University has no R. O. T. C. It seems that I am thus in- eligible for the Army; I cannot swim, so that lets me out of the Navy; my name keeps me out of the Marines; but perhaps an Angel could make the grade in the air service! * k k% Mr. Justice Brandeis, who has spent the Summer at his home on Cape comprises the vanguard of the Unite States Supreme Court, which will soon be returning to the bench for its Fall term. From 1914 to 1916 Justice Brandeis was chairman of the pro- visional committee for general Zionist airs, His active interest in Palestine took the form a few years ago of & per- sonal visit tles, especially ment and i tion. ven liberally of his private fortune for the upbuilding of the Jewish homelanu. The other half of the Holmes dissenting twin has been bombarded, since recent events in Palestine, with requests for ession of opinion. But, true to his inviolable rule of not giving inter- viz“:ls Justice Brandeis remains incom- mi * % ok *x Sadso Saburi, well remembered in ‘Washington as counselor of the Jap- anese embassy before and during the Washington Armament Conference, has just received one of the highest diplo- . ‘The Nationalist govern- ment has formally declared Mr. Saburl grata, and he w)l‘llullmm im- 2. States at the right hand of Ambassador Shidehara, now foreign minister at ‘Tokio, Saburi is expected to be & 'Ea.mz- ularly effective representative of the new Ji of & deal for of Col Roosevelt's impending il BEIEER gfirg sgEEgts W i EE% L to Makers of Wine Ity. | Prom the Mabel Walker Willebrandt doubts recently turned on “The In- a‘a‘:‘u‘h;mhlbmm." One of her articles said that “politics and liquor b-pp-mmy ination of becr and pretzels.” The lady of the law has just received the following remon- strance from “the world’s largest pretzel From the United States Circuit Court at Richmond comes a construc- tion of the Volstead law which is of interest to those who to law as well as i § i i 2§ ] ] $°E8 ] i 2% F b 3gs3o8 § g i | B S % ¢ 5 o £ i E.E gi2 g ¢5 gr‘ B £ i £ i ? { | 8F A i I %ga EE g Z i § : i g H gt & : [ E i 2§ 7 E iE % E e E | g g8 i fie -3 i S 2 - d IS : : B B ] - | of ours, there are a few should like Energy Held Wasted In Naval Propaganda To the Editor of The Star: to be a Rip Van Winkle just awaken- less was a vif tex suffired mmt:lh‘uum:‘. and we day it is different. Mr. Shearer of “the blind faith that would lay richest Natio; attackn n_in d"h:e :ond open llied in unless our bellicose threats 1Of naval armament shall exasperate them to the point of frenzy, At present QGermany’s lack of a navy places her g:ulde our d‘z:g“ zone, and in the ming years the mass of her people, as distinguished from the military Soversment b laspes nfoences o oot Ae;xmmpm:mz l.hem.y 5 'y cutthroat competition tween nations was in vosuegfltiod-y & watchword is national as well as per- sonal co-operation, as evidenced by the League of Nations, the World Court, the disarmament conference and the Kel- logg peace pact. History reminds us that thinking and talking in war terms has been largely r nsible for actual warfare, while menzhlp begets friend- ship. Despite all our national errors of the past, to our credit be it said that we have begun to set the pace of help- fulness to needy nations, as comspic- uously jllustrated by the marvelous rec- ord of the Near East Rellef and our recent treatment of China. The pre- eminent need of the hour is tact in dealing with peoples whose outlook upon life and consequent method of reasoning, because of traditional ex- perience, are quite different from our own. Too much is said concerning “entangling alliances.” Nobody wants these; but all alliances are not en- tangling. True patriotism is not forever reiter- ating our country’s wealth and great- ness, but its opportunities for usefulness and the recognition of a place “in the sun” for every people where, like an: true organism, each may be at once a means and an end to all the rest. In this connection I may suggest that my two sons served in the war, the younger of whom made the supreme sacrifice. Personally, I am a fighter when theresis something worth while at stake, But, so long as the spiritual hosts of wickedness in places high and low furnish so much material for legitimate warfare as at present, it seems a most deplorable waste energy, not to mention money, to per- sist in punching the political ribs of other nations, now at a disadvan to us, and thus provoke a spirit of animosity and antagonism which some day, as a .United Asia and m?e, might ripen lntohfiw very war which a we are J. SEELYE. Diagnostic Clinic is Needed by U. S. Workers To the Editor of The Star: I have read with a great deal of in- terest the articles and editorials that have appeared recently in the columns of The Star relating to the establish- ment of a diagnostic clinic "in the Capital City. I have been engaged in Government welfare work for many years and have confronted re- peatedly by the very situation which the proposed diagnostic clinic aims to el 5 I am in daily touch with many em- ployes whose physical condition calls the small profif are used as a welfare fund. Upon this fund employes can draw in emergency cases involving the various charges incident to illness. The however, must be repaid, and the service provided is only of a temporary nature, in that it vides financial rellef for the time only, but does not_eliminate the high cost of a complete pl - nation, which, if made at reasonably frequent intervals, would often elimi- nate many of the calls for financial as- sistance due to iliness from unknown lishing a diagnx connection with our welfare work, but the plan didn't mat . As pointed out in the articles that have appeared on this subject, people of small salaries, and most Government employes are in this class, are too proud to become charity patients, and do not possess sufficlent means to meet the high cost of a diagnosis under the present charges for such professional e strongly n % ? the am_strongly avor o pro- posed clinic, and feel sure that the 60,000 or ;70,000 Government employes in Washihgton will welcome it as & long-felt want. The group of physi- cians who are spo this movement will justly merit the and tl of thousan this city if are su tablishing the e MRS. LURA H. Director of Welfare Service, Bureau, War Ordnance Department. A Vacationer Lauds ? | which is used in ?—8. C. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Bureau, . Haskin, director, Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. What is ‘mdbnkn‘ skin,” construction of skin is s small, section in the intestine of & steer. 1t received this name in ¢l Middle Ages, when goldsmiths discov- ered that by puiting gold between two strips of this skin they could hammer it for days, making the finest gold leaf without tearing the skin. Its great along with its lightness of tex- ture, and the fact that it permits less diffusion of gas than any other known substance, recommended it for balloon work. . Q. Is John Drinkwater's “Abraham Lincoln” to be revived?—T. H. A. Willlam Harris, jr., has stated that he will revive Drinkwater’s play, “Abraham Lincoln,” this Fall, with Frank McGlynn in his original title role. Late October is now given as the New York premiere for the revival. Q. How long does the average person keep a savings account?—E. M. J. A. According to the Association of ‘Mutusl Savings Banks, the average life of a savings bank accqunt is not more than seven years. Q. What is the record for endurance kite flying?—L. E. W. * A. Eugene Lecky, 15 years old, of Brooklyn, has succeeded in fying a kite for 48 consecutive hours. The previous record for endurance kite flying was 40 hours and 25 minutes. Q. In what country are monkeys used to try_out parachutes?—A. K. A.” In Japan monkeys are used to try out new types of parachutes. The ani- Y | mals are trained to pull the rip-cord that opens the parachute and then tossed from an airplane in full flight. Q. Are boys harder to rear than girls?—D. A. That “boys are harder to rear than 1s” was recently given support by statistics issued from the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. These data reveal that although more are born in the United States than boys of | girls the latter have 30 per cent more chance of living. During the first year 130 boy babies die for every 100 girls tage | who fail to survive. Q. _How large is the hangar built on Col. E. H. R. Green's estate?—C. R. L. A. This $30,000 dirigible hangar, which is Col. Green's latest contribution to science, is 140 feet long and 72 feet high. While it is built on his estate, it has been placed at the disposal of research men of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for conducting fog-fighting experiments. It houses the Mayflower, a blimp presented to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Q. What does the abbreviation “On.” stand for which is earved among the in Memo- Q. Who originated the nequm axiom, “If & dog bites & man, it is not n!;n.hn & man bites a dog, it is news”? A/ It 15 'accredited to Charles A. Dans. Q. How do fish get into isolated lakes, when not stocked by man?—J. A. D. ‘There are several explanations of the presence of fish in isolated lakes means of underground means of overflowing waters. Q. xlhl! 'l_l’ H;ldglnh Valentino's last photoplay?—J. J. 8. A.p'rhs uZt in which he appeared was “The Son of the Shelk.” Q. Has Illinois produced any famous poets?—K. Y. A. Three Illinois poets who are repre- sented in “The Winged Horse Anthol- ogy,” recently published by Joseph Aus- lander and Ernest Hill, are Ed- he | gar Lee Masters, Vachel Lindsay and™ Carl Sandburg. Q. How many times has the body of Abrzham Lincoln been buried?>—A. H. T. A. Interpreting “burial” as meaning “permanently placing in a mausoleum, crypt or sarcophagus, or even depositing in water, as from a ship,” the custodian of the Lincoln tomb says that the body of President Lincoln was buried three times. It now lies in the Lincoln tomb in Springfield, IiL Q. Is the corner of Broadway and Forty-second street the most congested ' crossing in New York?—L. H. G. . Both Broadway and Forty-second street and Fifth avenue and Forty-sec- ond street have been designated as the world’s busiest cornexs. City engineers, # however, declare Madison avenue and Forty-second street to be the most con- gested crossing, nob only in New York but in the world. The congestion is o great that the city plans to build an underpass so pedestrians may make the crossing in safety and without a serious loss of time. Q. Who organized the first Summer camp for boys?—L. D. N. A. The organized Summer camp had its beginning about 50 years ago. In 1880 Ernest Balch established a camp for boys on Lake Asquam, in New Hampshiire. Shortly afterward other camps were established, and the move= ment began to grow rapidly. The health, educational and recreational values of Summer camps for boys had become s0 “| well organized by 1900 that a similar movement for camps for girls was launched at that time. Q. Who was the first person td swim the Straits of Gibraltar?>—C. M. A. Miss Mercedes Gleitz, 20-year-old, typist of London, made the first res corded swim of the Straits of Gibraltar on April 5, 1928, covering the distance of 27 miles in 12 hours, 50 minutes, ‘With an escort of several sailing boats, she started at 8:50 am. from Palomas Island, off Tarifa, Spain, and finished at 9:40 p.m., when she reached Punta Leona, near Ceuta, in Spanish Morocco, Q. Where is the longest passen cable road in the world?—M. M. il | A. According to Travel, the longest passenger cable-railroad in the world is now in operation in the scenic town of Oberstdorf, in the German Tyrolian Alps. This cable-railroad stretches ¢ more than seven miles from the station in the valley to the heights above the town. The cable is stretched from eight reinforced concrete piers, each more than 90 feet in height. The great- est span is something more than 3,000 feet in length. Qc.i Why are bandboxes so called?— 8. G. A. The first bandboxes were made of hand-painted wallpaper, and were used to hold the white linen bands warn un- der stocks. suQ. Whnfifln&:&lve of Robert Louis venson itten & book recently? —S. 8. C. e A. Graham Greene, 23-year-old cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson, has written a novel, entitled “The Man Within,” acclaimed already in England and to be published soon in this country. e ¢ Chorus of Approving Comment On Hoover’s First Six Months the conclusion of the tariff fight to learn whether he is to lead that dom= inant faction to victory.” “It is rather remarkable, really an | unusual thing.” remarks the Utica ‘St Observer-Dispatch (independent), “for Chronicle (Republican), that “one need only scan the record his administration to date to see that the confidence xI.n '.ludPrenaent as lx-l prodigious worker and & genius organization rests upon a secure basis,” adds: “President Hoover, never gar- rulous, has the Coolidgean gift for pre- serving his own counsel when he wishes. But from what has been begun and the e fed 1 Tocing, that 1ts country feel h admiration for its new President be warranted by the course of events.” “Only time will tell, but the accom- ents of the first half year point a great constructive administration,” says the Kansas City Star (independ- ent), with the further comment: “The analysis of President Hoover's methods as disclosed in the first six months of his administration, re- veals & Chief Executive of high pur- poses, of unusual ability and of less Washington Weather | To the Editor of The Star: After a delightful vacation of weeks in this wonderful Capital through four your ELEL %:?E. ] g EiE kel Es E g the g i g;sfizgga L : E a8 & HH 5%5%5 ] ks I gi REE, §§§§§§ i a President to get along even the first six months with as little criticism as has attended the Hoover administration. ) * ¢ * Political opponents and calam= ity howlers may yet have a chance. Perhaps Mr. Hoover may make a slip. It seems scarcely likely that he can keep up the pace of big accomplish- ments. Give him time and plenty of rope. He may yet do something over which to hold a war dance.” “So long as Mr. Hoover retains pub- Hc favor,” thinks the Indianapolis Star (independent Republican), “the attitude of the politicians is largely immaterial, as they must govern themselves in ace cordance with the general sentiment. So far there has been no diminution of the President’s popularity. His ‘rec~ ord,’ therefore, is eminently satisfactory from a political point of view.” ‘The Chattanooga News (independent Democratic) believes that “he has grown in the public estimation and enjoys the confidence of the country,” and points out that “the first six months have been marked by international as well as national reforms.” Reviewing the various items in his record, the San Antonio Express (ine dependent Democratic) quoted a statew ment that he is “a practical idealist,” with the comment that “two predecese sors, Roosevelt and Wilson, also were conspicuous as practical idealists” and that “in many respects Mr. Hoover has shown himself—even thus early—more practical than either.” E ‘The Sioux City Journal (Republi independent) says of his qualities: “He is & man of decisive action, yet he will take all the time necessary in reacl decision. Perhaps he has wel learned the proverb to make haste slowly in some things. Asumem on—there will be three and one-] years more of Hooverism in the White » House and maybe another term after this one—this highly istraiive worke and Jor genera nationsl ive wor] for nat| ldv;aument." e seemed to know instinctive mtmbexorehlmnndhowm:?— tack the job,” declares the Los Angeles Evening Express (Republican), add that the six months “has been a per % no Plrend tt be lent can Judged by the first six months,” con- cludes the Lexington Leader (independ- ent Republican). “Mr. Hoover has three years and six months before him. - y“::rg‘“:t:“ the c'l:u of his first three , &t any rate, can any final judg- ment be passed. Ho e t'x"egg.u 'hel v ’ in p, and in hrrg'm,u'g: what he confl Prehistoric Banters. SHIl | rom the St. Paul Datly News. §EREEEE HH i : ‘That biblical quotation about all ing vanity suggests that even days there must have been The Bus Remedy. From the Butte Daily Post. One way to settle this war over a rail= road between Russia and China Mhnmd“fimhfl