Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1929, Page 8

4 8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . September 25, 1920 THEODORE W. NOYEE....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company iness Office Rate by Carrier Within the City. t ... . 45¢ per month v Star 5 60c per month W 65c per month The Sunday Star . Sc per copy Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mall or telephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday....1 yr. $10.00; 1 mo., 8 Daily only i1 yr.. 36.00: 1 mo. Sunday only . i All Other States and C: Dally and Sunday, $12.00 Dally only . Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all rews dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ed in this paper and also the local rews published herein. All rights of publication of Special dispatches herein are also reserved. nada. 1 mo., $1.00 00; 1 mo., i8¢ $5.00: 1 mo.. 80c Mr. Hoover Wades In. Contrary to general expectation, cnly recently bulwarked by statements from the responsible Republican leaders in the Senate, President Hoover has waded into the tariff fray. In a ringing White House pronouncement he advocates re- tention of the flexible provision which has been part and parcel of the. tarift structure since enactment of the Ford- ney-McCumber law. In the interests alike of industry, agriculture and the whole American economic system, the President re- afirms his advocacy of the flexible plan. Experience, he asserts, justifies its maintenance. He instances the raise in various dairy products, which have taken place under it, as an example of the fuller “protection” it affords the farmer. Mr. Hoover's blast, as his periodical outglvings on controversial occasions usually do, reverberates with convineing arguments, tersely set forth. He ex-| plains, so that all who run may read, exactly what the flexible provision is. He riddles the theory that it connotes any executive autocracy, or overrides prerogatives of Congress. He points out how presidential power to alter rates is wholly dependent on previous action recommended by the bipartisan United States Tariff Commission. The White House pronunciamento is eloquent on another score—one on which there is likely to be based a belief that Mr. Hoover will not withhold approval of the tariff bill now in the making. “No tariff bill ever enacted has been or ever will be perfect,” the President asserts. “It will contain injustices. It is beyond human mind to deal with all of the facts surrounding several thou- sand commodities under the necessary conditions of legislation and not to make some mistakes and create some injustices. It could not be otherwise.” 3t is an open secret that the Hawley- Smoot proposals, notably in the indus- trial schedules, variously outrun Mr. Hoover's views of what is necessary for “protective” purposes, He called for “limited changes” in rates on manu- factures. He particularly urged Con- gress to remember that American trade extends beyond the twelve-mile limit and plainly hinted that excessive tariffs on foreign imports can become a game at which others can play to American disadvantage. The proposed new tariff act bristles with things that the Presi- dent must look upon as imperfections. Yet he now concedes the inevitability of such flaws in any tariff measure. His statement is bound to encourage the prospect that, unable to obtain the exact kind of bill he prefers, Mr. Hoover will take what he can get. As a political stroke, the President’s intervention in the tariff controversy ranks with his eleventh hour and tri- umphant role in the farm debenture fight last Spring. Then, as now, the ad- ministration program was faced by a menacing Republican-Progressive-Dem- ocratic coalition. It had already gone on record in favor of debenture. Then the Hoover guns were trained on the unholy alliance and it was dispersed. The President now brings up heavy artillery against the opponents of the flexible tariff, which is regarded in many quarters as the crux of the whole situation in the Senate. Now and then men say Herbert Hoo- ver is “no politician.” as he has, they lament, is of the “Boy Scout,” ie., amateur, brand. But the ‘White House barrage on behalf of the flexible tariff discloses the President in action far removed from political in- eptitude. In one breath he shows the ‘Western Republican Progressive bloc what the provision has done for its pet interest, agriculture. In the next he reminds his Democratic senatorial foes that none other than “important Democratic leaders” in the 1928 cam- paign “even advocated the increase of powers to the Tariff Commission, so as practically to extinguish congressional action.” “I do not support such a plan,” says Mr. Hoover in a quiet thrust, likely to make a dent even in the most Har- risonian of Democratic hides. The President has nailed his tariff colors to the mast. and the Senate. B Reference t» “Lenin and Trotsky” were once usual. The power of leadership is again asserted. Without Lenin, Trotsky 1s nothing. s Another Tax Reduction. Further reduction of the Federal tax rates may be recommended to Congress when the special session rolls around in December. This was revealed yes- terday at the Treasury Department, where comment was made on the large increases in tax receipts over last year. Collections of ficome and corporation taxes for thes calendar year already exceed by $271,000,000 collections made Curing last year, and the fiscal year collections to September 21 show a gain of $101,000,000. President Hoover must, however, take inio consideration -the commitments which have been made by Congress looking to large Federal expendituresx. The Government has embarked on a number of new projects, including farm relief and a cruiser building program. ‘The deficit of the postal service is large, estimeted aronnd $100,000.000. e B P the oc | lcan prosperity has been denied in every Such “politics” | It is a fight to the | finish now between the White House | Treasury Department, however, are de- cidedly encouraging, and it is by no means unlikely that a tax cut will be possible, it is said, even when the new Government expenditures have been taken into consideration. The increases in tax returns are due to one thing, the large amount of business which the country, taken as & whole, is doing. A failure to maintain this business neces- sarily would mean a later dropping off of receipts from taxes. But the pros- pects are for continued business on a large scale and, perhaps, for still great- er business activity. With the congressional elections in the offing, it is extremely likely that the political croakers will scon be at work. A denial that the country is prosperous may be expected from op- ponents of the administration. That is politics, or one brand of politics. Amer- campaign of recent years. The fact, however, that tax receipts have been tremendous, even though the tax rates have been constantly lowercd, gives |the lie to such assertions. These figures are more convincing than all the arguments advanced in support of a pessimistic view of the situation. ‘The policy of gradual reduction of the Federal taxes has been productive of excellent results. With the lessen- ing of the tax rates, more and more American capital has found its way into productive enterprises. There has been a greater inclination to place money in productive business rather than to keep 1t invested in tax-exempt securities. President Hoover may be expected to give the matter of tax reduction most careful consideration. It is not to be entered into lightly, desirable as it may be from the standpoint of the tax- payer and also from that of the nolder of political office who must go to the people for re-election in 1930. —————————— Impounding Automobiles. The wide range of the suggestions and proposals that immediately gush forth whenever the subject of traffic is mentioned has long since become ac- cepted as an inevitable phenomenon, like mosquitoes at the beach when a land breeze blows. But it is surprising that the old proposal to impound over- time parked cars is resurrected now and advanced again as a serious suggestion of how to enforce the parking regula- tions, If there are to be stockades for erring automobiles, there should cer- tainly be stocks for the owners. One reads the hearirigs on the traffic problem with the confident expecta- tion that the next proposal will be to arrest the drivers and put them in irons, or possibly to erect a pillory in Lafayette Square for drivers who in- sist on parking overtime. A certain striking symbolism would be carried out at any rate. The plan to impound overtime parked cars is intriguing. One who has wit- nessed the activities of a lone policeman placing his visiting cards in automobiles that have parked overtime in one short block may obtain a very graphic mental picture of the conditions that would ensue if the police began hauling these cars away instead of putting tickets on the steering wheels. Most of the cars are locked. That would mean a towing truck with a crane to hoist the front| wheels off the ground, and during the process the truck would act as an effi- cient blockade to traffic passing up and down the street. But if only one truck were necessary, and only one car in town was parking overtime, this incon- venience could be pardoned as a nat- ural accompaniment of the enforcement of law. As there were 9,359 cases of overtime parking moted by the Traffic Bureau in the last fiscal year, and 1,610 cases since July 1, the impounding plan would require a fleet of trucks, an army of police and traffic on the streets would be thrown into confusion worse con- founded. One small detail, so far over- looked, would be the construction of a | suitable garage, stockade or pound to take care of the seized cars. ‘Washington is glad that Senator Kean has interested himself in the traffic situ- ation here and that constructive study is being made of our intricate parking prob- lems. One does not envy those who must take responsibility for the solution. Whatever it is, it will be opposed. It will doubtless be arrived at by taking into consideration the few remaining rights of the automobile owner in the use of the streets that he helps to pay for and balancing these against the ad- mittedly unsatisfactory conditions that now exist. One of the most unsatis- factory of these is the constant con- flict between the busy and otherwise law-abiding citizen and the police, the former insistent on taking a chance with “getting away” with something. the latter determined to make a show of enforcing a regulation that is dis- regarded on every hand. As in many other cases, the present parking regulations, theoretically sound, are unenforceable in practice. It is ridiculous to think seriously of adding to the confusion now existing by adopt- ing such an unworkable expedient as impounding cars. —_—————————— The man who ‘has gone naked into the Canadian wilds in order to test human abllity to endure cold still needs a good mother to remind him to put on Russia over the Chinese Eastern Rail- ‘way occurred and the Nanking govern- ment found itself again in difficulties with ambitious military leaders. For some weeks past the “left wing” of the Kuomingtang, which is the sole political party and virtually the ruling body in China through its central executive cominittee, has been active in opposition to the conservative policies of Chiang Kai-Shek. Now comes the revolt of the fourth division, comprising Cantonese troops and headed by Gen. Chang Fah Kwel. Orders were sent to Chang Fah Kwel tc move his command from Ichang into Shantung province. Chang re- fused to obey and headed his forces in- stead toward Kwangsi to join other dis- affected National government troop units. All this turmoil bespeaks the insta- bility of the Nationalist government in China. Chiang Kai-Shek has managed to hold his organization intact against heavy odds, but at best it subsists on the slender basis of the reluctant ac- quiescence of half & dozen military leaders. The lack of coherence has been fllustrated by the ill-advised move in Manchuria against Russia, precipi- tating a war-making condition when the National government could not hope for a united front against a foreign enemy. American friends of China hope that there will be no renewal of civil war in that country, that the Nationalist government will be permitted to progress along the lines of its con- structive program of reorganization and development. In carrying out the prin- ciples laid down by the late Sun Yat Sen domestic peace is essential. Such peace, however, has not been enjoyed save for short periods between rebellious outbreaks. The task of Chiang Kai- Shek is one of extreme difficulty and he has in this new emergency the sym- pathy of all who hope to see China established on a firm basis of conserva- | tive government. —— et As one of the richest men in the | world, the former Kaiser might be per- suaded to lead a useful life by investing along with the men who are trying to make well paid industry a means of | promoting peace and prosperity. e The prominence of William B. Shearer shows the tremendous influencs which the high power salesman has acquired, even in the most important af- fairs. ————————— Still intensely interested in aviation, Lindbergh leaves it to be conjectured whether he is out on Government busi- ness or on a honeymoon. e Witchery of the Dawes melody might exert important influence if it could be accompanied by timely poetic equipment with diplomatic words. o The word “obey” was omitted from the ceremony when John Coolidge was married. The bride sees to it that the veto power is still respected. ——— Arrangements for further tax reduc- tion emphasize the gratifying assurance that the war and what goes with it are about over. —_— rae———. An ideal success for prohibition would be attained by the complete disappear- ance of the police charge, “driving when drunk.” e Among the figures in finance now to | be considered is the small messenger boy with a bundle of priceless bonds. B There is no use of investigating Cole Blease as a personal wet, though a po- litical dry. He has already confessed. o Even more than censorship some of the wild night clubs need fire protec- tion. ——r——————— Graf Zeppelin stowaway went to jail |in Berlin. An airship is no place for a practical joker. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Zoning Test. Now what is your social position— At table how will you be placed?— ‘What regulates now the condition To thrift or to heritage traced? Who cares for ancestral persuasion ‘Where names are by legend enthroned— When the realtor rules the occasion, The question is, “How are you zoned?" Will you “residential” be rated And join in the Sunday parade? ‘Will your home as commercial be slated And leave a figure in trade? On the map it's a game they are playing | With the house and the lands you ' have owned, And at gatherings now they are saying, “Who are they? And just how are they zoned?” Master and Boss. “Every man ought to be his own master.” “He ought,” said Senator Sorghum. “But in politics he can't always be his own boss.” Jud Tunkins says he can remember away back when a good, strong patriotic an overcoat and not forget his rubbers. o v 5 China’s Internal Troubles. Another outbreak of civil war is | reported from China, with lndlcatlons' that the report is well founded. That is not always the case with dispatches from that country, for there is much | ground for doubting many of the news ! bulletins, based as they often are on rumor and speculation. In this present case detalls of fighting between Nation- alist troops and a revolting division near Ichang are sufficiently explicit to in- dicate that a collision has actually oc- curred, with serious losses to the former. For several months President Chiang Kai-Shek has been menaced with suc- cessive rebellious movements on the part of “war lords.” In May, Feng, the so-called Christian general, started a campaign, but after a fewmoves withdrew his forces, which are traditionally loyal to him, and then made preparations to leave the country. In this plan he was joined by Yen, one of the most influen- tial of the subordinate military chief- tains., Chiang Kai-Shek, who has never lacked in pluck, made the bold move f going from Nanking to Peiping, where he with difficulty persuaded Yen, whom he met at the old capital, not to join Feng and then placated Feng with an assignment tg “famine relief” duty’ This effected ¥ truce. Meanwhile ghe threst of war with speech attracted more attention than a funny story. From Straw to Felt. My hats I change with sudden care— 1 keep one always in the air— To meet the climate’s needs, I see, A juggler I must learn to bet Independent of the Moon. “Is that person a moonshiner?” “No. He doesn't care anything about the moon. He has things fixed so that he can work in broad daylight.” “A mew idea in government,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is in- variably an idea centuries old which has been resuscitated.” Airishness. My-fear of flying now is past, once I rather dreaded. Have I “air-minded” grown at last, Or am I just light-headed? “I has been told,” said Uncle Eben, “dat fine feathers don’t make fine birds. I knows by 'sperience dat a chicken is no use foh a Sunday dinner il it has been picked.” - oo Martyrs to Duty. Prom the San Bernardino Sun. ‘This is the when millions of self-sacrifi cans begin to think about ticket for the Sood of the | girth _control. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Now that Autumn seems here, we arise to question the advisabllity of the theoretical ’w-dex(ree temperature agreed upon as proper for living rooms. Just who first set up this temperature, or when, we have not been able to dis- cover; but it is almost certain that the gentleman was mistaken, We have made many tests in this matter and have found out that nine out of ten persons, left to themselves, 2::::: a temperature of 72 to 74 de- Two to four degrees may not seem very much, but they spell the difference between discomfort and comfort, pre- fi:d!l:’m to be warm and actually be- ‘This is a matter, like many others, in ‘which mankind takes its opinions ready made. Somebody stated in a learned article, Heaven knows how many years ago, that 70 degrees was perfect for in- doors temperature in Winter. The first person who read the article got a great deal of satisfaction in telling his friends that he had read, in an ar- ticle by the eminent So-and-So, that “70 degrees was perfect” for the inside of a house during Winter. The next writer who aspired to in- struct the public quoted the eminent Dr. So-and-So to support his own find- ings. Thousands of readers told their friends, and their friends went on tell- ing their friends, until today there is but one opinion about the matter. Perhaps we should say two opinions— everybody else’s and our own. We hope it does not seem presumptuous, this splitting the world into two parts, with the mass on one side and our frail, in- dividual opinion on the other. Half of life, however, consists in per- sonal opinions. Almost everybody has them, but not all have either the means of expressing them or the desire. Au- thorities of various kinds work to sup- press opinfon through sheer force of | merit, so that in the end only an oc- casional person speaks up against what many believe to be wrong. * ok X % In the matter of proper indoor tem- perature, many factors have to be taken into consideration, among them being the all-important personal equation. Just a5 no one can see for another, or taste for another, so no one can creep into another’s skin and feel for him. The question of room temperature thus gets back, in the last analysis, to a question of taste, and taste is some- thing about which no two persons agree. Often enough they choose to disagree even when they are in accord! ‘The theoretical 70-degree temperature was set up in a day and generation when woolen underclothing covered the limbs, chests and backs of most of the populace. Any one as little as 30 years old can remember the vy under- wear” which children flinched from. “Oh, maw, it ain't cold enough to put 'em on yet!” Such was the univers sal wail of childhood, with its naive common sense. No boy or girl wanted to wear the hot, prickling underwear which custom demanded for Winter clothing. Here again opinion was simply an acceptance of old dicta. No one seemed to stop to realize that while underwear had not changed, home heating meth- ods had changed very much. ‘The old to the furnace, in one of its various types, with the result that houses were | Office buildings and | hotter all over. places of amusement were better heated. * ox ok % Today few persons realize that the underwear habits of the Nation have WASHINGTON BY FREDERIC Senator Robert Beecher Howell, Re- publican Progressive, of Nebraska, comes naturally by his anxiety to see Washington more firmly seated on the water wagon. Howell's whole career, so to speak, has been soaked in water. He came to the Senate in 1923 fresh from the general managership of the Omaha Water Board, on which he served with distinction for many years and to the substantial benefit of the citizens of the Nebtraska metropolis. Senator Howell is also the creator of the famous Omaha | looked the matter up, declares he can | municipal ice plant, which helps the city keep cool in Summertime at much cheaper rates than were available be- fore. Howell took to water naturally in Omaha because he got his education in the United States Navy, having been graduated at Annapolis in the class of 1885. Perhaps the enginecr-statesman's zeal for prohibition in Washington is partially generated by the memories of conditions in his home city in Omaha two or three years ago, when one of the great service men’s organizations met there under somewhat convivial circumstances. * K K K Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the distin- guished New York divine, who spoke in Washington this week on the crisis in Palestine, revealed a piece of history hitherto not_generally own. He as- serted that the Balfour declaration es- tablishing the Jewish National Home- Jand might properly be called the Bal- four-Wilson declaration. President Wwil- son, Dr. Wise saidm was fully as re- sponsible for the manifesto ‘whereby Great Britain assumed responsibility for the Zionist ideal as the British for- elgn secretary, whose name the declara- tion bears. Had the United States been at war with Turkey, as the British were, Dr. Wise suggests that the dec- laration would actually have borne the double name. Wise is one of America’s master orators. He has the leonine as- pect of Bryan and the silver tongue of Borah. He coined, in his Washing- ton address, a_new name for the late President of the United States “Cal- vin the Frugal” * kK K rt Miller, ! th’tl.rbieu\ genius, who divides his time between London and New York, lis- closed to this observer that diplomacy has a new branch. Hitherto it's con- fined itself to statecraft, and to mili- tary, naval and commercial affairs. During his latest sojourn in Europe Mr. Miller ran across an “artistic attache.’ He carried the credentials of Ar_gemmn and his job appeared to be to “observe and report”—as Mr. Shearer would say 2 'the trend” of the fine arts in the Old World. Mr. Miller, the son of the Jate Henry Miller, is the fortunate owner of the North American rights in “Journey's End,” the bonanza play of the decade. Altogether four companies are now producing it in the United States and Canada. The New York and Chicago runs, Miller thinks, will go on until the actors drop in their tracks. “Journey's End” is now appearing in Paris and Berlin. The soul-stirring drama of life in the British trenches before St. Quentin is netting the young English_insurance clerk who wrote i a Lfdy $8,000 l*we'ek ‘ln*roylmea, Henry J. Allen, Republican, has been trying for a good unsuccessfully, to practice Senator of Kansas, many years, a brand-new method. Allen had darted in from the naval subcommittee propa- ganda hearing to take debate in the Senate. the noon Senator the presiding officer's eye and get the floor. But gl! failed to be recognized. The result was that he missed his lunch. b g te my wife,” said Allen next day, “that I at last had done what she' been wanting nle t‘n (10 l‘or & long time.” It was just after Anybody who wants to know how the iix radio companies can afford to maintain their vast organizations, with high-powered stations and high- de programs, need only to consult flnes just issued by the Bureau of the Census. It's ial tl.!ln&:hll does it. months of 1920 there was an increase of 943 per cent in broa drum stove had given way | the young American He recently discovered in a tariff hour. For two mortal hours Allen vainly attempted to catch changed. Children commonly go all Winter without stockings, and very few of them wear heavy underwear. As for their elders, especially their mothers and sisters, they wear little clothing at any season, little more in Winter than in Summer. Men mostly wear Summer underwear the year around, unless they haj to be engaged in outdoor work, mm up for the inner deficlency by outer coats, either the so-called overcoat or the ubiquitous topcoat. Perhaps the ma- Jjority of men wear low shoes the year around. ‘The result of this quiet revolution in dress is that the old time-honosed 70 degrees actually is not quite warm enough for the average person. Women want to sit around in sleeveless dresses. Men want to sit around the house in shirt sleeves. do s0, something more than 70 degrees is necessary,’ we believe, if comfort is to be secured at the same time. No doubt 70 degrees is sufficient if one is engaged in manual labor of some sort. Women admit that even less a temperature is enough, so long as they are doing house: work. But when evening comes and the body is thankful for the extra 4 de- grees of which we stand forth as the champion. When one is reading, or listening to the radio, or sewing, or talking, 70 degrees is not enough. P How_ about these homes where they keep the room temperature at 60 de- grees? Well, every one who has ever visited such a home knows what 60 degrees means. It means that the visitors | are half frozen before the visit is over. It means that sald visitors shrink from calling again, even if their hosts are the nicest people in the world. It means that the old home, with its nice warm radiators, seems the happi- est, pleasantest placa in the world. Warmth! Surely there is nothing which makes a home a home more than plenty of good heat circulating through- out the varjous rooms. After all, dry- ness and warmth are the two essen- tials of a house. Shelter is the old rimitive, fundamental reason for be- g of a house. Our modern refinements cannot take away one jot from the century-old ne- cessity for warmth and dryness. A house basically is good when it keeps its inmates dry in wet weather and warm in cold. One does not need to study a ther- mometer to know when he is chilly. Every one knows the disquieting chilli- ness which creeps over a house in the Fall just before the furnace is started. Fireplaces and auxiliary heaters hflr. but they do not transform a chilly live. Nine out of ten persons will feel chilly when the house temperature gets down to 70 degrees. They will say, if their attention is called to this, that it is the “dampness” of the air which makes them cold, that they would feel warm if the air were dryer. Yet when they put the furnace on they immediately begin to talk against the very dryness of the air, which they formerly praised, and place containers filled with water behind radiators in | order to make the air moist again. The truth is, we believe. that the { modern human ' frame is not comfort- lable in air at a temperature lower than 74 degrees, nor higher than 76 | degrees, so sensitive is the skin to such | changes. OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. 135.133,000 in 1928. These figures in- clude only the Columbia and National | Broadcasting networks, and cover | charges for use of facilities only, talent | excluded. S | The Republicans claim they are tak- | ing comparatively little notice of the | Democrats'_ attacks on the Hawley- Smoot tariff bill because the enemy has | not_contrived to say anything new. A G. O. P. colleague, who contends he's | prove that Senator Pat Harrison of | Mississippi, razzer-in-chief of Messrs. | Smoot et al. has omitted only a solitary | epithet from the names he called the | Republicans in 1922. During _the | Fordney-McCumber fight Pat dubbed i the Republicans “buccaneers.” They've i missed that this Mm: 1 Mrs. Coolidge's ode to her first-born, Calvin, jr., just published, is being ac- claimed all over Washington as an ex- quisite bit of verse. There was the deepest devotion between the lad and his mother, although Calvin, jr., was in type and temperament almost the | double of his father, while John, who has just married, resembles his mother. Only her close friends ever knew how the death of “little Cal” grieved Mrs Coolidge, though she resolutely refused to wear her heart upon her sleeve. * kK% B. W. Fleisher, editor and publisher of the Japan Advertiser, at Tokio, is a visitor to Washington. For more than 20 years this vigorous Philadelphian has been one of the outposts of American commerce and culture in the Far East and long has ranked as Japan's most distinguished unofficial foreign resident. The Advertiser is American in make-up. language and point of view. Published seven days a week, it is typographically as perfect as any daily paper in the United States. It maintains its own American _and European cable-news services. Its staff consists almost en- tirely of young graduates of American schools of journalism. The Advertiser's premises were destroyed by the Japanese eartmumke of 1923, but it rose from the ruins bigger and better than ever. (Copyright, 1 e Protest Against High Scale of Dental Fees To the Editor of The Star: Apropos of the recent articles appear- ing in your valued paper concerning the inauguration of a diagnostic and clini- cal center for medical and surgical treat- ment of those who have but modest in- comes, it seems to the writer that an i:vestigation into the almost prohibitive cost of having ordinary dental work done might also be profitably made for the benefit of those of us who are not millionaires. As an instance of what to me seems a veritable “hold-up” along this line is the case of a friend of mine who just a few minutes ago had four minor porcelain fillings completed, and I was astonished to learn that the den- tist had charged him the fabulous sum of $40. The client had kept accurate t | account of the time expended by this learned D. 8. and high financier, which amounted to exactly two hours and seven minutes. I have no doubt that this same finan- cier would growl like a lion and roar like thunder_ should the plumber who in- stalled his wash basin have charged more than ‘he prevailing scale, or had the auto mechanic who labor and material, disparity is justified by the our profesisonal friend had from four to six class-rooms to prepare for his commer- cialism, while the plumber was peace- fully urvlnfsl his apprenticeship in a frozen trench and the auto mechanic was serenely slumbering on red-hot con- crete under an automobile full of grease and muck. My socialistic tendencies, if I have any, surge in me at such exorbitant charges, for although I heartly agree that our professional men, and also our laboring class, should all be properly ed, I believe and hope that a continuation of such practices will quickly lead to stringent de to. prevent the lie. CHAS. R. STONE. family is just “settin’ around,” every- | kn house into a pleasant place to | his | peceml leader Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘The wise politician, in the “off year,” prepares for the next nmrn .~ Pre- paredness is the successful eus:-'l mid- dle name. The present year is one of the “offest” of off years. There are few elections to be held this Fall which will cause a ripple of excitement, and few that will be considered “straws” to show which way the wind is blowing for the congressional elections next year and the national election in 1932, It is true that a gubernatorial race in Virginia is creating not & little excitement. New York City and Philadelpnia have mu- nicipal elections, but the Democratic organization is so strong in the one, and the Republican organization in the other, that little knowledge of what the people are thinking in a political way is to gained from the results there. Next week, however, there is to be an election in the congressional district em- h{‘uml Atlanta, which has caused a stir, * ok ok X Hooper Alexander, a leader of the anti-Smith Democrats or Hoovercrats or what will you in the last national campaign, is running as an independ- ent candidate to represent this Georgia district in the House. He is widely own, & man of considerable ability and has a following in the district. He declined to go into the Democratic pri- mary for the nomination—the election is to fill a vacancy in the House caused by the death of the late Representative Leslie J. Steele—because of the restric- tions laid down by the Democratic com- mittee for voting in the primary, aimed at Democrats who parted company with the national ticket a year ago. The regular Democrats have nomi- nated Robert Ramsbeck, who was a law partner of Steele. Ramsbeck is not nearly so widely known or so prominent as Hooper Alexander. However, he has | the regular organization back of him. His only opponent in the primary was Mrs. George W. Brown. Ramsbeck won by & vote of 4 to 1 with a very light primary vote. There is another inde- pendent in the field, Col. James Hill is running on & protective tariff plat- form and as a candidate of the so-called “Independent Progressive party” He insists that the time is come to turn away in Georgia from the old one-party control. * ok % % ‘The real race, it is sald, is between Ramsbeck and Alexander, and those who are informed predict it will be close. The Republicans in the district have not put forward a candidate. Most of them, it is believed, will support Alexander. It will be recalled that At- lanta was a hot-bed of anti-Smith | Democrats last year, and that President Hoover actually received more votes in the city than did Mr, Smith. Alexander has not joined the Republican party. Indeed, he insists he is a Democrat, iand if elected to the House he doubt- Iless would join with the minority party !in that body. Nevertheless, his election might have far-reaching effect polit- other Southern States. It would be her- alded as proof that the schism in the Democratic partv which was brought | about by Al Smith’s nomination was by no means a thing of the past. * ok ok % The Virginia gubernatorial race has in it the same elements as the congres- sional election in the Georgia fifth dis- trict. However, if the anti-Smith Dem- ocrats, alded by the Republicans of should succced in electing | | | virginia, their candidate, Brown, over the regular Democrati nominee, John Garland Pollard. the re. | sult would be considered even of greater significance than if Alexander won over Ramsbeck. The gubernatorial campaign in Virginia is getting under way. Dr. Brown is making speeches throughout the State, raising as his issues the “ma- chine.” which he wants turned out, and the Smith-Raskob control of the Demo- cratic national party. He is a real cam- paigner, those say who have seen him in action. ‘The regular organization does not seem as sure of victory in Vir- ginia as it was a few weeks ago, al- though Pollard may be returned the winney in November, one canvasser of the situation reports. Brown is getting a big following among the women. The regulars’ campaign is being conducted rather quietly, in an effort, apparently. | to tron out the difficulties and heal th: sores which arose in the party last year * ok ok X Success on the part of the anti-Smith | Democrats in the Georgia congressional . election next week and in the Virginia | gubernatorial election 1in ‘November | probably would have a decided effect on the senatorial campaigns which are to be waged in the two States next year. In Georgia Senator William J. Harris comes up for re-election and in Virginia | it is the fiery Carter Glass who must stand for re-election. At present there does not appear to be much likelihood of any opposition to Senator Harris for the Democratic nomination, Democratic nomination for the Senate in Georgia is still regarded as tanta- mount to election. Should Alexander win in the fifth district, however, it might ! encourage Alexander himself or some | other anti-Smith Democrat to oppose | | ¢ sibly in the general election. on an in- dl’pl{ndl’nt ticket. There is not the slightest, doubt, it is said. that if Dr. Brown becomes Governor of Virginia, a formidable candidate will be opposed to Senator Glass in the senatorial contest next year. There are indications that Senator Glass may have a fight on his hands in any event. » Rk Before long. it is expected, an election will be held in the seventh Minnesota congressional district to pick a succes- sor to the late Representative O. J. Kvale, Farmer-Laborite. There has been talk of his scn running as a candidate to suceeed Mr. Kvale. Also it has been sug- gested that A. J. Volstead, whose name is attached to the national dry law, may seek to “come back.” Mr. Kvale defeated Volstead in the election of 1922 and was a member of the House from that time until his recent death. The Governor of Minnesota will fix a date for the primary election, and the election, under the law of the State, will follow in about & week. * k ok Another vacancy in the House which will be filled this year is due to the death of Representative Royal H. Weller, Democrat, who represented the twenty- first district—a Tammany district. This district has been strongly Democratic and the Republicans have no hope what- ever of carrying it. A fourth vacancy is found in the Illinois fifteenth district, | where the late Representative King lived. Mr. King died last February. There are no_elections to amount to anything in Illinois this year, and it has not been deemed wise to go to the 1 expense of holding an election to fiil the Vacancy and it will probably not be filled, therefcre, until the elections next year. The Tlinois primaries are held next April The fifteenth Illinois dis- trict is strongly Republican, and Mr. King's successor will surely be a Repub- lican, it is said. * %k ok X Should Senator-elect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania finally be seated in the Senate, at the session which opens in r, the Philadelphia Republican would have a handy and sizable Christmas present in the shape of his back pay. At the rate of $10,000 a year he would have coming to him some $28,000. His pay should have started running on March 4, 1927, but it was cut off by direction of the Senate until his case should be settled. If Mr. Vare eventually is denied a.seat in the Sen- ste, Uncle Sam will be the richer by Vare's back pay. * kK ok Presid.nt Hoover has come to the front in no uncertain terms for the i flexible tariff provisions in the tariff bill, which the Democrats and some of the Progressive Republican Senators have attacked. It remains to be seen what e’ fect the President’s statement wiil have on the members of his own party Certainly it probably the House in the Senate. will strengthen the will of Palmer, an Atlanta business man, who | {ically in his State and in some of the | Dr. Willlam Mosely and the | Harris in the primary next year, or pos- | ‘This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This per ts at your disposal the serv- es of an extensive organization in Wumnfi:m to serve you in any ca- pacity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of 1t deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct replfn Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic_J. Haskin, director, Wi ten, D. C. Q. What has become of “Gamby,” who was formerly at the Roxy Thea- ter?>—G. N. . Maria Gambarelli is soon to begin a tour in vaudeville. She has been de- voting her time to production during the past year. Q. What is the name of the hospital built X‘ the shape of a large S. A A. A. Cunningham Sanitarium at Cleve- land, Ohio, resembles a huge silver ball. It is five stories high and has a diam- eter of 64 feet. This hospital was built for the purpose of enabling Dr. O. J. Cunningham to treat diseases by means of compressed air. Q. What is the meaning of the Eng- lish family name, Talbot?>—W. V. A. A. Talbot is an Anglo-French name meaning pillager or bandit. It is de- rived from the old French Talebot. 7— existence?—E. E. A. Bank notes were in existence in China as early as 2697 B.C. It is stated that in the Asiatic Museum at Lenin-1 grad there is one dated 1399 B.C., bear- of a mandarin. Q. How did the 24-hour day origi- nate?—H. A. C. A. It i1s not definitely known just how the day happened to be divided into 24 hours. At the time of the Homeric poems the day was divided into three parts—the first beginning with sunrise and comprising that part during which the light increased: the second, mid- to stand still. and the third period dur- ing which the atmospheric warmth in- creased. These divisions were later subdivided either by Anaximander or Anaximines, who is said to have made the Greeks acquainted with the use of the Babylonian chronometer or sun- day was divided into 12 equal spaces. The earliest sundial of which we have knowledge was that of the Chaldean astronomer Berossus, who lived about 300 B.C. Its arc was divided into 12 equal intervals of time. At Babylon the period from sunrise to sunset and also the period of darkness were each divided into 12 hours. According ‘ to this arrangement, the day hour was in the Summer longer than the night hour and in the Winter shorter. The Greeks improved upon this system by dividing the whole period into 12 equal hours. Q. Are grade crossings being elimi- nated to any extent?>—G. C. A. In 1928, 390 railroad grade cross- ings were eliminated from the Federal- aid highway system. Of these, 107 were grade separations and 282 were exclud- ed by rejpcation of highways. Q. How much does the United States ave in making the new currency?— . D. K. A. It is estimated that approximately 1,600,000 a year will be saved by using the smaller sized currency. Five hun- |dred and fifty tons of paper worth $500,000 and 500 tons of ink valued at | $100,000 will be saved, while reduced | labor will save $1,000,000. Q. Where was | Cooper born?—B. M. A. James Fenimore Ceoper, famous lnou-list. was born September 15, 1789, | E 1. dedicated by the Burlington County His- torical Society as an historical museum Plans are now being made for a notable celebration of the 150th anniversary of Cooper’s birth, in 1939. Q. What preceden: has former Gov. Q. How lcgg émve bank notes been in | ing the name of the imperial bank, | date, number of issue and the signature . day, during which the sun was thought | dial, by means of which the natural| James Fenimore | at Burlington, N. J. Several years ago | the house in’ which he was born was | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Smith for pronouncing “radio” as if it were spelled “raddio”?—F. D. A. A prominent radio authority is quoted as saying that when radio is not referred to as “wireless” in the British Isles, it «is pronounced with s short “a” as if it were spelled “raddio.” Q. Who invented the acoustic tiles used in the walls of the trading room of the New York Cotton Exchange?—T. O. A. The late Emile Berliner was the inventor of the “acoustic cement cell.” Mr. Berliner had studied hall acoustics for years. He observed that an audi- torium that has wooden walls has su- perior acoustics, while the cause of bad acoustics frequently is the rigidity of walls. It was this theory that the in- ventor developed in the acoustic tiles. These are composed of porous cement and yet have the resonance of wood. They are the fruit of more than 20 years of research. Q. Pleass name some famous brothers and sisters—E. L. A. Among brothers and sisters who have distinguished themselves are: Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, Charies and Mary Lamb and William and Caroline Herschel. Q. What city is called “the Athens of the South”?—M. T. A. Charleston, 8. C., is called the Athens of the SBouth. Q. How long has coffee been used as & beverage?—M. Y. A. Coffee was introduced into from Arabia in the sixteenth century and the first European record is an ac- count by the German physician, Rau- wolf, published in 1573. The first cof- fee house in London was established by a Greek named Pasqua. Q. What advantages are claimed for the building material made of straw?— M. E. A. There is a new building material on the market made of compressed straw which is said to be light, durable, non-sonorous, non-heat-conducting and non-combustible. Q. Do the Great Lakes freeze over in the Wintes J. W. McD. A. The Great Lakes do not freeze en- tirely during the Winter, but the har- bors and often the connecting rivers closed by ice. The navigable season at the Soo is about seven and one-half months, and at Erie somewhat longer. Lake Superior freezes only in the shal- low water along the shores. The north- | ern reaches of Michigan are frozen, but | the solid ice stops well north of Mil- waukee. | e | Q What was Moliere’s real name? | A Jean-Baptiste Poguelin was the | real name of Moliere. | Q. When were ofl cooking stoves first used?—C. H. P. | A. Oil stoves for domestic use did not become common until about 1875. The carlier types were simply large lamps | burning kerosene. }BQA Is Mussolini a prohibitionist? — |B. A. | A. Mussolini is quoted as saying: “I | am personally dry in a country over- whelmingly wet. Our people drink too much. Our national consumption of wine approximates 100 liters (26 gal- !lons) per capita. * * * I have closed 27,000 saloons in five years: give me time and I will close them all.” | Q. Are stenographers and clerks well paid in New York City?—F. E. A. A survey by the Merchants’ Asso- ciation of New York shows that the average maximum salary of a principal stenographer and secretary is $59.05 a week. The minimum paid stenogra- phers ranges from $17.50 to $28.80 a week and the highest scale $40. It was disclosed that senior clerks receive from a minimum of $20.77 to a maxi- mum of $76.90, the average maximum being $55.92. » | Q. Are the golf links at Vichy, France, | famous?—U. E. | A. The golf links at ¥ichy are fre- | quented -by. notable golfers from all over the world. ‘It is stated that Chick Evans at one time characterized these | links as the best in France. ‘Heart and Intellect United In Marshall’s Personality Great intellectual capacity, united with zeal to serve humanit; credited to Louis Marshall, American lawyer, social worker, Jewish leader and philan- thropist, who died recently abroad. In whatever sphere he labored, his capacity to reach the top is recognized, altg:ugh he began life with few material advan- tages. “He had long been recognized as one of the first citizens of the city and Nation—an intellectual whose mental activities deprived his heart of none lover of his kind,” says the New York Evening World. “'Professionally erudite,” continues the World, Louis Marshall “was also powerful and convincing in argument before court or jury. But he was more than a great lawyer—he was a great citizen and one whose services were at the disposal of the public with- out thought of reward in public office. Had he cared for political life, as such, he might have been one of the greatest constructive statesmen of his time.” Described as “a successful statesman without entering the field of politics,” the Williamsport Sun describes him as “a philanthropist who gave liberally of his means and more liberally of himself in expression of his love of humanity. His example and his influence led many others to generous devotion of their wealth to promote the well-being and happiness of others.” One remarkable characteristic of his career is noted by the Chattanooga News, which points out that “in every movement, having to do with the wel- fare of the Jewish people throughout the world he was in the forefront. Yet, in spite of the drain which these activities made upon his time and for- | tune, he was one of the most signally successful attorneys of the American bar.” s “On the occasion of his visit to Cleve- 1and in 1924 in behalf of the campaign to establish a Jewish Theological Semi- nary in America,” the Plain Dealer cf that city tells how “Rabbi Solomon Goldman introduced him as ‘the world's leading Jew and the leadér of American Jews'” and declares that “the tribute was well deserved.” * * * Under Govs. Hill and Hughes, the Plain Dealer remarks, “Marshall lent his unusual talents to the perfection of constitu- tional government in New York State. Under Mayor Seth Low of New York City he made a noteworthy investiga- tion of East Side conditions. He was one of the guiding influences in the | direction of Syracuse University. He was president of the largest Jewish congregation in America and supervised the collection in this country of $65.- 000,000 for Jewish war sufferers. He was the type of citizen whose death is a world loss.” “Probably none of his contempora- ries,” says the Youngstown Vindicator, Republicans, who retained the flexible rovisions in the bill as it passed that gody. In the end the Senate could only remove these provisions from the bill with the concurrence of the House. By these flexible provisions the President of the United States is authorized to raise or lower the tariff rates 50 per cent of those fixed in the law for any given commodity, provided the United States Tariff Commission has first made an inquiry and reported its’findings to the Chief Executive, Mr. Hoover con- siders these flexible provisions of the iaw a real safeguard to.the American people, both manufacturers and con- sumers. It js clear that he intends to fight for ‘whatever may be done to the rest of the tariff bill. ot the warmth of a humanitarian, a | “was called upon more often than he to argue constitutional questions in the | United States Supreme Court. Bonus laws, inhcritance-tax laws, compensa- tion laws, special franchise tax, the tax on stock transfers, alien immigration laws and many international cases— these were only a few of the subjects with which his name was identified.” Mr. Marshall was, in the opinion of the New ¥ork Tim: “a living illustra- tion of America as the land of opportu- nity,” for, while his remarkable powers would doubtless have made him a man | of note in any country, “in the United States they had a freer course than they could have found elsewhere. What he became he made himself by sheer pene- tration of mind and untiring applica- tionc His death removed one whom his fellow lawyers have long delighted to honor, and a citizen whese usefulness could be measured only in terms of an abounding and gracious personality which cannot itself be measured.” The Savannah Press feels that it will be difficult to replace “an American of such brilliance, a lawyer of such ability and a citizen of such splendid attain- ments.” “He was philanthropic and his activi- ties on lines of social welfare were far- reaching. His death will leave a gap in the intellectual life of the metropolis.” says the Buffalo Evening News, while the Asheville Times recalls that ‘“on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was presented with an address signed by more than 8,000 persoms in many lands, testitying to his character and attainments. At that time,” continues the Asheville paper, “the Jewish Tribune rightly claimed him as ‘a prince in Israel’ and the ‘acknowledged leader of American Jewry.’ His sympathies were not restricted by racial boundaries. At Paris in 1919, he was instrumental in negotiating treaties with Poland, Ru- mania and other countries in which the equal rights of racial, linguistic and religious minorities were made obliga- tions of world concern and especialiy placed under the protection of the League of Nations.” “He hated oppression as oppression, and all his tactfulness in negotiation, all his profound knowledge of interna- tional and of constitutional law, all his capacity for enthusiasm were at the service of the oppressed,” remarks the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the Cincin- nati Times-Star mentions, as perhaps his “greatest contribution,” his activity “in behalf of reforms in the law. He assisted by wise counsel and cogent argument in the modern effort to make the letter of the law conform to the spirit of justice. It is Louis Marshall the humanitarian that is remembered rather than Louis Marshall the lawyer, the lltlel‘r; ntaer:'“th;ln the mind. Hu- manity is gra when large ability is put at its service.” m i w&?goda;ts ‘::: tl:l;h Marshall's work ontinue eir good pi now that he has passed on, as mmh to his service for his race and for man- kind,” testifies the Jersey City Journal. The Springfield Republican is impressed by the fact that “the position which Mr. Marshall held among his coreligionists was strikingly attested four years ago when a straw vote was taken by a Jew= ish newspaper among its subscribers to determine a list of the 10 Jews who have ‘done the most to preserve and to further the ideals and traditions of America’ He was third in the voting, preceded only by Nathan Straus and Justice Louis D. Brandeis.¥ “Home or abroad, local or distant,” tates the Utica ispatch, nyt! that ‘ett