Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1929, Page 8

WASHINGTON, D. C. I URSDAY. .. . .October 17, 1020 nuonou W. NOYES. .. .Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper CO.'II’ iness Offies: 11h 8. and Pennsyivania Ave. New e: 110 East 43nd 4 Shicane Offee: Lake v:lcmnn Bullding. by Clrrkf W“hln the City. per menth 60c per month 68¢ per month bc er copy 4 umi. I-bunglrhrArnehurn-l 5 The Assoc! a8 fe exglsi it to the use :’:.f‘m.fiu"e.u;.f‘ii"'u? Tows dis (‘.ll d ". or nfll t:ghlr‘ o ARed RerEitr A Hemia of pbi dispateh speeia ches herein are also reserve Debenture nnd Tariff. The Democratic-Republican-Progres- Bive coalition of the Senate is now ready, it is reported, to vote into the tariff Bill the Nerris modified debenture plan for farm relief. A similar coalition in the Senate wrote the debenture plan into the farm relief bill when that measure was before the Senate last Spring, although it was strongly op- posed by President Hoover as unsound. In the end, the Senate coalition had to yield to the House and the President in this matter. Otherwise, there would have been mo farm legisiation. It was evident then that the coalition Senators did mot wish to take the responsibility for preventing all farm legislation. But 4t was also evident that they intended | to have another try at the debenture plan when the tariff bill came up. That ‘was their ‘threat, and now it appears they are about to carry it into effect. ‘The President and the House may be expected to stand firmly against the de- ‘benture plan, if it is adopted in the Senate again, as it is now predicted by its supporters that it will be adopted. The coalition seems determined on load- ing the bill down with features that the administration strongly opposes. ‘The removal.of the so-called flexible provision of the tariff law is one of these moves. The Senate coalition is riding for a fall or else there is to be 1o tariff bill, if the House and the Pres- tdent stand firm in these matters. The House is jealous of its peculiar jurisdic- tion over revenue measures, granted it under the Constitul Furthermore, 1t decisively defeated Benate in the struggle over the debenture plan when the farm bill was up. It is not likely to be inclined to give way now, espe- clally on a tariff bill. If the House wins again in this fight, the Senate will find tself & little further down the scale in the matter of prestige. Admittedly it is not in the interest of legislation and of carrying out the plat- form pledges of the administration to Rave one of the FHouses of Congress con- trolled by anti-administration groups, composed of Democrats and Republi- can instrgents. But the situation has arisep. It is one that the Hoover ad- ministration must face, as other ad- ministrations have faced similar coali- tions. The leaders of the Democrats and the Republican insurgents con- tinue to insist that they have not adopted rbrtructive tacties in connec- tion with :he tariff bill and that no Alibuster is on. ‘The claim has been made that the proponents of the Senate tariff bill have used as much time in the debate of that measure as have its opponents. This is fiatly denied by Chairman Smoot of the finance committee, who has adopted the simple expedient of having & can- ‘vass made of the Congressional Record to determine the real state of affairs. Senator Smoot has found that the op- ponents of the bill in the Senate have used approximately 120 hours of the total debate, while the supporters of the measure have talked for only 28 hours. This is pretty fair indication of how the delay is being brought about. 1t the opponents of the tariff bill are ready to vote as they say they are, why do they not vote? But whenever a .proposition is made for limitation of debate or for fixing a date for the dis- position of the tariff bill, objection is | ‘made by opponents of the bill. ———t e As improvements go on in Washing- ton, D. C., theater sites which have be- come historic will disappear. Govern- mental formalities are more important than “art impulses”—and yet, rule, not quite so interesting. - A Literary Shrine. When Clement Moore sat down in his peaceful room at 420 West Twenty-third gtreet & good many years ago and penned the poem entitled “The Night Before Christmas” he little thought of the turmoifl that would rage about that quiet dwelling in the month of Oetober in the year 1920. “When all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse,” he wrote. ‘That was doubtless quite true then of Number 420. It stood on what was at trouble began kept a at 420—maintains the water going out with & pitcher from to time. ‘The siege of 420 Twenty-third street perhaps pass into Manhattan his- tory. That there has been some sad blunderine in tite legal proceedings look- ing to the securing of a clear title to the property and in the clearance of all claims is evident from the situation, In which a stubborn lessee sits in de- flance of courts and writs. Eventually, of course, Mrs. Hart must go and the house must fall. That may happen to- day or tomorrow or next week. But it must happen. Meanwhile metropol- ftan sympathy is with the woman, and | incidentally there will be a revival of | Clement Moore's poem, which may be parodied to suit the occasion that arises in connection with the passing of its birthplace. — vt The Farm Board “0. K.'d.” S0 the Federal Farm Board at length has the august approval of the United States Senate, and can now pursue the' more or less even tenor of its way. Final ! aétion ensued yesterday, when the advice-and-consent-giving branch of the Government bestowed its accolade upon the eight men appointed by Pres- ident Hoover to administer the 1929 agricultural relief law. It can hardly be sald that this gesture of senatorial clemency was made un- grudgingly. Chairman Legge's nomina- tion was confirmed by a vote of 67 to| 13; former Gov. McKelvie of Nebraska, | wheat's spokesman, by 50 to 27; and Mr., Willilams of Oklahoma, representa- tive of cotton, by 57 to 20. The six other members of the Farm Board were “ok.'d” without record votes. Beveral significant angles, impinging upon important fundamentals in our political system, are involved, both in the manner in which the Federal Farm Board was formed and in which its members had, almost literally, to fight for their public lives. Probably never before in the whole history of presi- dential patronage was there named for | high office a set of men who were so meticulously selected and scrutinized as the eight finally appointed to carry out the farm-relief system. They were finally and formally sp- pointed by the President, but long before he acted each of them had been pro- posed, indorsed and eulogized by a host of individuals and organizations quali- fled to speak in agriculture’s name. Mr. Hoover, as all the world knows, has adopted the novel system of disclosing the character of support which aspirants to major Federal jobs command. Chap- ter-and-verse evidence on that score Is sought, and, when obtained and if a given candidate is nominated, is broad- cast to the country. The purpose is that all concerned may know that, as far as is humanly possible, the Presi- dent s moving with a maximum of judgment and caution in manning the ship of state. ‘When the Senate agricultural com- mittee was asked to confirm Chairman Legge and his colleagues, a great hue and cry was raised about the “eligibil- ity” of this or that one of them. The mountain of first-hand ~authoritative backing they had in the farming world, when Mr. Hoover drafted them, was ignored and scorned. The result was a typical Capitol Hill inquisition, which, before it burnt itself out, put men mer- cliessly on the rack. They cut the fig- ure. of citizens on trial for the high crime and misdemeanor of ccnspiring to serve their country—that, and noth- ing more. The records no doubt disclose more than one instance of an unfortunate presidential appointment denied con- firmation for valid reasons. Some cur- rent history in Washington reminds us that senatorial zeal in X-raying certain nominations to exalted Federal positions eight years ago might have saved the Republic much of its shame and pre- served from. ruin a number of reputa- tions. But there is such a thing as un- reasonably excessive meal, and many cit- izens feel that the course just run by the Farm Board nominations is an ex- ample of it. ‘The crowning pity of such a system is that it notoriously frightens Class A men out of all willingness to place their services at their Government's disposal. On occasion, that constitutes an irreparable loss to the Republic, — e e A Contribution to Aviation. Those who look askance at the records for safety in the sky and Prefer instead to let their minds dwell on crashes and crack-ups are urged to scan the career of one E. Hamilton Lee, an alr mail pilot out of the Chicago district. The other night Pilot Lee com- pleted one and a quarter million miles in the air and he is being appropriately feted by his fellow airmen. Flying for sixteen years Lee has never had s seri- ous accident and with nearly thirteen thousand hours aloft he holds the un- | disputed championship for pilots. It is & far cry from records like this to foolhardy flying that discourages public confidence in aviation. Compare an aggregate mileage of safe flying of sixty times around the world to the aviator who ignominiously erashes in an endeavor to get his overloaded plane off the ground to establish & spectacular dangerous record, May | we have more fiyers like Lee, who con- tribute to public confidence, and fewer that time, in 1844, a placid street of | Who promote public dismay It was one of a four-story houses, uptown New York, row of “elegant” known as London Terrace, set well back | from the street, guarded by “dignified iron fences, ornamented with chaste fron poreh railings and baleony embel- lishments. For many years that row has stood as a relic of the Victcrian period of New York's development. Now it has been all razed, save Number 429. ‘The entire block has gone but that single slim structure. Outside in the street are assembled the forces of de- struction, eager to complete the job of clearing the site for a huge apart- ment house that is to cost around $25,000,000. But inside of 429 sits a determined woman, who holds a sub- lease of the house that will not expire until next June, The holder of the first lease has sold out to the con- struction company, but Mrs. Hart. the ———— So well organized is the oil business that the occasional failing of a highly responsible official does not interfere with ordinary business in the slightest degree. S b Glorious Washington Weather. The National Capital has managed to survive the jeers of envious citizens of other communities who have taken fiings at her type of weather and comes again to another Autumn season. - The plain truth is that Washington enjoys a particularly fine brand of weather, deriving it mainly from the sea breezes which sweep across this entire section of the country. ‘The salt tang is lost out of it by the time this community is reached, but an intangible something is left in it, which board- | try remain firm in their delusion that the National Capital has s pecullsr brand of weather, and a most disagree- able type, at that. The unfortunate placing of the in- auguration during the year's most tem- pestuous month has had something to do with this attitude. The remainder of it is due to a carefully fostered jeal- ousy, not to be wondered at when the manifest beauties of this joeation are considered. Washington forgives all those who declare that eggs may be poached on its streets in Summer. Especially dur- ing Autumn, when her many trees be- gin to cast their glories of red and brown leaf, the National Capital finds | it easy to say to the rest of the coun- try: “Visit us, and sample our glorious ‘weather for yourself! Take a good deep whiff of our fresh air, as you come forth into our great Union Station | Plaza. See if you do not agree with us who live here that in her climate, as in her citizens, resident and adopted, Washington Is fortunate.” ————— The President’s Cup Regatta. With the presentation by President Hoover recently of the President’s Cup to Richard F. Hoyt of New York, Wash- ingtonians are reminded that this city was the scene last month of one of the major water sporting events of the world. The huge gold bowl, emblematic of exceptional speed on the water, will remain in Mr. Hoyt's possession for one year. It will again be placed in eom- petition next September if the residents of this city lend the same support that they did to this year's regatta. It is an unfortunate fact that only the persistence and enthusiasm of a comparatively few persons -has made possible the staging of a stirring water spectacle. These enthusiasts have labored . untiringly to bring to the Nation's Capital a strictly amateur con- test that has thrilled and entertained thousands. Every person in the ecity should be heartily back of the Chesa- peake Power Boat Association in its efforts to promote Washington as a water sport center. The Navy, the Coast Guard and even the President of the United States lend their assistance and the regatta of a month ago should be the last in which the question of raising a small fund should be a menace to future meets in this city. B No amount of persuasion will avail to make Lindbergh give his personal safety its due estimation as a national asset. The motto “Safety First” means noth- ing to your true aviator. -—— The purchaser is denounced as equally | se reprehensible with the bootleg vendor. The difficulty of arranging social dis- tinctions is descending far, even into the underworld. ———————— Confidence in peace may be restored by a genial fishing trip. The fish, though occasionally sacrificed, prospers as a rule by being a non-combatant, ———————— Underworld mysteries have become so commonplace that a plain report of a board of directors’ meeting becomes in- teresting by contrast. —.——— His departure . for home registers Ramsay Macdonald among the rare and admirable birds who have lit and flew. .- Crime studies occasionally attain s point where what was intended as a “tip” proves only an annoyance. ——o—— A little fishing trip in America is re- garded by Maedonald admirers as hav- ing history-making possibilities. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Now and Then. Now and Then the May days come— Now and Then the Autumn shines To make up the annual sum Of the pleasure that refines. Now a smile and then a tear As we meet our fellow men. Here a Hope and there a Fear— Life is always “Now and Then.” Physical Terror. “In this free and enlightened land you should fear no man.” “You are wrong,” answered Senator Sorghum. “At this moment I think of nothing except a date I have with my dentist.” Quotability. “Didn’t I tell you not to quote me?” said the irate statesman. “Yes,” answered the reporter. “And that's where you lost out. You sald nothing whatever worth repeating.” Approximate Understanding. When statesmen grave, With joy once more, Traverse the wave From shore to shore, Our thoughts pursue A buoyant flight; ‘We vow “We Do Not Wish to Fight!” “Our ancestors,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “tell us only what we already know and leave us with a sus- picion that we are being imposed upon with stale goods.” Giving the Show. “What ho!™ the politician cried. “Are you a voter in your pride? ‘That little vote, I'd have you know, 1Is just Applause for my Big Show!” “A gamblin' man,” said Uncle Eben, is liable to find he has risked more value on a night's sleep dan he has on de money. — Hoover Works Fast. From the New York Evening Post. Americans who have been apprehen- sive of the results of the visit of Mr. Macdonald must be reassured by the promptness with which Mr. Hoover took him into camp. 2 B Modern Novels and Halloween. From the Montana Record-Herald, Reading the average 1nodern novel with a sensational jacket is a lot like answering the door bell around Hal- loween, o invigorates and intensifies life. Maybe sublessee, does not recognize that sale, and is sitting tight. Court orders hai2 ‘been issued against her. Summons In that is one reason why lawyers from other cities become statesmen when they reach Washington. What Price Lobbying? Prom the Port Wayne News-Sentinel. ia Jobbyiats making so much more than Congressmen. wonder eviction have been served. Stnl she| The slurs against Washington's | SNARY, C0AN CORETCISMIC, of sits tight, refuses to budge, defies the | Weather began with the founding of the | obpjes. ""‘“"" builders and the law, and waits for a physical entrance and foreible ejec- , which nobody seems willing to city, or even before, as competing cities tried—unsuccessfully—a bit of propa- ganda. water supply has been' Such things die hard. Even today of her staffi—she has scores of people throughout the coun- mwmmmwm e o Farmers, Awake! | #rem the Sants Ress Press-Demecrat. It's about time for the farmers to THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Now that the great sneezing season is about to open, it is really too bad | fe that so many people do not know how to_control their sneezps and women sneeze openly in_public vehicles because they want to. It must be that they sneeze because they think they cannot help it. Now, there is an almost sure way to keep from sneezing, but it would seem to be unknown to thousands of persons, 1else we would not witness the spectacle of a normal person deliberately sneez- ing in some one else’s face. Almost every sneeze can be nipped in the bud, as it were, by placing the index finger on the upper lip and press- lni_;lrmly Just below the nose. procedure will prevent 9 out of 10 sneezes. A particularly determined sneeze will get by, but the majority of them will fail of utterance. Just how this sneeze check works we don't know, but suppose it is due to a nerve pressure of some description. ‘The big thing is that it works. Any one who doubts it can try it out for himsel? at the next opportune moment |—and what mumen: is more opportune than when one is sitting in a public | vehicle? Surely the number of seeming boors in the world could be reduced mlg ically by this method. The ease witl which some men and women sneeze all [over unknown people is & mysters. If a man expectorates upon another, it is a fighting matter, but any old Tom, Dick or Harry may sneeze upon a fellow human being without so much as mur- muring an apology. * ok k% ‘The world of street car and bus riders has been whipped into a cowardly sub- mission in this matter. So many people have sneezed and sprayed so many bil- lions of eold, g’in and influenza germs o over so many helpless persons that the bulk of bus and street car passengers have come to look upon the annoyance as a normal part of things without which no ride would be complete. 8o thoroughly has this idea taken hold of the general public that observa- tion not only shows that not one in a hundred passengers makes any attempt to check a sneeze. but scarcelv one in 0 nd” voices any opposition to being sneezed upon. Yet a violent paroxysm of sneezing, which brings up from hidden chest mrom moist saliva, with attendant cold germs, in most cases, would be re- garded as most noxious if it were not 50_common. If one can imagine a savage who had never heard a sneeze, he can see a human being who would be amazed and no doubt disgusted at the sight. But we who call ourselves civilized have be- has largely lost its unwholesome char- | acter—lost, that is. until one stops to think about it; then it immediately takes its proper place as a disgusting habit, whether one is able to check it or not. Sometimes there is no stonning it. Like a Summer thunderstorm which mnes up before a city is aware, a deep- sneeze will get the best of an lndeual and come ker-chooing forth before the best intentioned handkerchief can be placed before the mouth. * k k% Sne , like paring the finger nails, is lfl:\ea::g\l that ought to be done at home. Manicuring en transit has long been looked upon as a sign of a person ;'ho has not yet learned the niceties of e. Some day, we are convinced, public sneezing will occupy & similar place in the public mind. Just now the world is in the free-sneezing era. Later the race will look back upon this time with astonishment, not only that such con- ditions could have been tolerated, but more that so many persons seemed to s, It is impossible to believe that men | that come 80 accustomed to sneezing that it | renru the matter with complete indif- Publlc health, which means individual health in the last analysis, demsnds sneezes be kept at home. There is a perfectly easy and reasonably sure way, as we have pointed out, of killl & sneeze at its source. But if one will out, for decency's sake the sneezer in a public place at least should make some effort to catch the thing in his handkerchief. And, failing that, he might at least lower his head instead of spraying his neighbor. ere are four steps, as we see it, whigh might be taken to mitigate the crime of public sneezing. In the first place, one may smother his sneezes, according to the plan outlined. In the second, one may sneeze into handkerchief, if sneeze he must. Ex- toration on street cars and long been blnmd 1n thla cl!y public sneeze deserve 80 same route. If the puhlll: h told what it cannot do in bold and black enough type, it will follow orders very well. In years of riding on street cars we can recall seeing but two or three men vio- late the anti-spitting ordinances. In the third place, if one cannot get out his handkerchief quickly enough, at least he can lower his head and pre- cipitate the sneeze, germs and all, to- ward the floor or the woolly meshes of his own clothing. Somehow we have always classed germs and fleas in the same category, and every one knows how fleas love woollens. Perhaps germs, too, have a secret sympathy with wool from sheep. They feel at home there. Every sneezer ought to keep as many of his own germs as possible. Certainly no one else wants them. * k% % In the fourth place, as hinted above, \an ordinance n:'sh! be put into effect ‘making it a misdemeanor to sneeze in a public vehicle. This would not be as drastic as it sounds. The prevailing impression that a sneeze is a natural act is erroneous. Almost any one can stop a sneeze if he tries, as hitherto explained. If he cannot, he should re- main at home until his sneezing pro- clivities are over. Many people seem to regard a sneese [llmufl, 88 an “act of God.” Recall the old fashion of saying "God bless you!” when one sneezed. One may believe, however, that this was simply an an- clent form of “wise-cracking,” as it is called today. A favorite joke is to make & sneeze form a sentence, such as “How are you?” etc. Some people have very peculiar forms of sneezes, just as others cackle when they laugh or sound like | horses neighing. Another man’s sneeze, however, is not very interesting, especially when the eeger is an utter stranger and when he delivers himself of his loud ker-chew in a public place, where it is difficult to get away from him. The dally packing of street cars and busses to the limits of capacity makes a perfect cultural medium for cold germs. Imaginative riders can almost see the germs battling to 't out of the so-called “ventilators” finding themselves time lnd again by those misnamed devices. One can feel sorry for a colony of cold germs sneezed forth by a thoughtless and indifferent human being as they vainly seek an exit from a crowded bus with hermetically sealed windows. ‘The germs, flying here and there, seem to want to get away. The sad Joke is that the human elements in the street car or bus would like to do the |same thing. Some day outraged riders may rise in their might and mob some one who:sneezes in deflance of all laws of common decency and public health. In the meantime about all that can be done about it is to talk about it, as we are doing here, in the hope that fiu old maxim may prove true—"Big trees from little acorns grow.” BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. _ The Bishop of Manchesicr (England) “views with slarm” the possibility of & reopening of & war not at all covered by the Kellogg treaty outlawing wars. He begs women to “avold musln, tagonism of men.” He declared in ll'l nddress to women at a service in Man- chester Cathedral that ‘“there is no need for sex antagonisms” and he urged the women to do all they could to prevent it. Not & word to the men to do all they could to keep peace in the family. It is always Eve who flirts with the Devil and first eats his apple. And it ‘was to & woman that Paris gave his sour apple of discord. Some 75 years ago an American wife appealed to a court to urge her husband to modify his frequent beatings of her. to be beaten occasionally, he was really too rough on her. The judge took the case under advisement. ‘Throughout the centuries the status of women has been subordinated to the will and pleasure of their lords and masters. Two incidents recorded in yes- terday's news dispatches indicate what & tremendous change has come about in that status. One told the tragedy of a brilliant business woman, found murdered, and 1t was cited that she was head of ad- vertising for a firm of manufacturers and drawing a salary of $100,000 a year. Few men earn salaries of half that sum -—and she a mere woman! Another story described the landing from an ocean steamer of a little woman of some 60 years of age, lean- ing upon the arm of her distinguished escort, Gen. Dawes, former Vice Presi- dent of the United States and now Ambassador to Great Britain. At the dock was a great throng of Americans, not in honor of the famous diplomat, statesman and general, but to show high respect to this modest, retiring little old woman. It would have been suggestive to the ‘:ood Bishop of Manchester if he could ave seen this “danger of a sex war" thus indicated by the tribute of the people to Mme. Curie for her wonder- ful achievements in developing radium and making it serve mankind. t was no voeiferous greeting—that would have been quite inappropriate. The hundreds who were there solely to show honor to Mme. Curie stood silently and respectfully, even when eight little girls presented her with a beautiful bouquet. Some time this month she will come to Washington as guest of President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover in the White House, where she will be given a gram of the preclous radium she discovered. In the mnmlme. she will participate in the ning and dedicating of a hall of tce uh 6. Lawrence University, New York, where & statue of herself has recently been erected. She will attend other out- standing ceremonies in honor of sci- ence and invention. Everywhere she will be on the same footing as the most distinguished male scientists. Should not the Bishop. of Manchester be warned of the outbreak of this terrible sex war? * k% It was not always thus. Within the memory of men still living, women were counted not only as “a little low- er than the angels” but even along with slaves, and the idea of undertaking to teach them science or literature or anything else that required brains was fantastic and mischievous. It was in the centennial year that women were first admitted into the University of Pennsylvania, and that was about the height of the controversy about ad- mitting women into any w!h:e pxcem the ("t especially established to feminine taste, with courses of mullc in phceko( science, and Prench instead of Greek. Dr. Carroll Cutler, president of Adel- Wert College, compiled at that time a consensus of opinions of college presi- dents about women’s schooling, and among the reasons for opposing their ?oml.nl to men's colleges were fol- (l.) Women are mentally inferior to While she conceded that all wives had | Needl: men and therefore their presen . college will inevitably lower flu mnd- ard of scholarship. (b.) The physical eonstitution of wom- en makes it impossible for them to en- dure the strain of severe mental effort. (e.) The presence of women in college will result in vitiating the manners, it not the morals, of both the men and women; the men will become effeminate and weak; the women coarse and masculine. (1.) Whatever the real mental capac- ity or physical ability of women, so fixed is the world's conviction of their inferfority that colleges admitting them will inevitably forfeit the world’s con- fidence and respect. There were many other wise convic- tions of the hgrokuors of those days (1878), but thé above shows the trend. ess’ to say that within a decade or two every one of the objections was confessed to have been groundless and absurd. ok % % ‘The struggle of women for admission into the learned professions, such as medicine and law, has been equally strenuous. first recognition of women as rhyslchm came in 1871, end, strangely enough, the chief oppo- sition was based upon practice in ob- e Tar2 d n a_medical r_was_ read before the Illinois Medp.lc‘l’f Soclety by & young woman who had recently re- ceived a diploma in medicine from the Paris Ecole de Medicine, and she was admitted to membership on motion of its president, who married her a few months later. Yet seven years later, 1879, the Boston Medical and Surgical Jo\lmll published this: “We regret to be obliged to announce that, at a meeting of the councilors, held October it was voted to admit women to the Massachusetts Medical Soclety.” L It was at about the same period—the later seventies—when a few colleges admitted women into their law schools, and a few States admitted them to practice in the courts. Among the in- stitutions still refusing woman law stu- dents in those days were Yal arvard and Georgetown Universities, the Cum- berland University Law School of Leb- anon, Tenn., and the Washington and Lee 'University of Virginia and the State University of Virginia. We have had a successful woman lawyer as As- sistant Attorney General of the United States quite recently. Even politiclans have not forgotten her efficiency. The ,magnificent work of women in all ages in lines of mercy and relief of suffering humarity, their bravery in war, their patience and efficiency in hospitals, their leadership in reforms of all kinds, are recngnlu; more readily than is their efficiency in the direct wmm;lon. with ertu't::“m brains in essions. ey are rapid). sheddirg their “inferiority cnmplgxu" l: unl deer sheds his horns or a snake his sl Even in enlightened United States it took a full century of struggle before women were given not full * ull rights,” but moderate protection agaizst the high-handedness of man. The struggle did not begin in the decade which brought admission into the col- leges. In 1776, when John Adams, the second Presjdent of the United States, was busily éngaged as a member of the Continental Congress in Philndelphlm in crystallizing American ideals, he re- celved a vigorous letter from his wife, who re"rhmtlnra "I‘n B::mn in h::lc‘: ':e urged that women be recogn! the Constitution. of the new Government. She wrote: “I long to hear that you have declar- ed an mdependnncy, and in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire that you will remember the women and be more generous and honorable to them than {uur ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of hus- bands. Remember ';u men would be tyrants if they coul How it would have rejoiced Damv Adams if she have seen a woman Way Out of Franco-U. S. ‘Debt Tangle Offered To_the Editor of 'nu r Pallure to come to terms with France upon her debt to the United States WAS I.nevlhble But this writer be- lieves we are fully as much to blame as our former ally. The general public has never been taught certain hidden financial truths that would explain the situation and, moreover, offer an imme- diate solution —as fatuous as this seems! Officialdom, for lneoneelv-bly pmy reasons, will not voice these trul huwa they must be brocdmt un- “innocent - looking grievance u.lnn Prance springs from the un- pleasant discovery that by giving that nation & moratorium we merely trans- ur hnr obligation to the shouiders of States taxpayers who would be uverbureened even wlmont French o operation in debt paying. France, the other hand, vfim n-mnuy Holds to the idea—she s too polite to ex- press —that every cent of her debt should be doubtedly did the llons share of fight- ln. m & quarrel that was ours as well | p, noth countries are right, and yet both are wrong, or rather remiss in overlooking & perfect answer to the dilemma. The real criminal in this interna- tional misunderstanding (which should be nipped in the bud ere it grow into bellicose condition) is the coupon on the war bond! Once this is admitted It becomes evident we have available a simple, absolutely just and h-rmlm way out of the infernal muddle. To see and apply the right financial medi- cine takes ordinary brains rather than any particular courage. American citizens :y over a billion dollars a year to Liberty and Victory bondholders—many of them absentee Investors. When it is considered that not a penny of this “gravy” is earned money, why does our wise Federal ad- ministration remain silent as the grave splendid plan of bond moneti- sation by whleh all future cou privi- leges would be annulled a all war bonds made a full legal tender at par? This would be sound and ethical finance, since these bonds were issued for cash (gold money) and are, there- fore, worth their face udeM-rtying de- vices. Such bond money would operate per!ecuy " [ mdlum of exchange in the moss-grown fallacies nlvnn clted to. uphold the notion that onl gold md lold certificates are Tmnk, nlbelt, che tremendous vantages of this expedient! tically to pe] ving thus mm to industry would enable the United States to grant at least a 99-year moratorilum to France and other Euroge n nations. Once again we would have the respect and even love of Germany, Engiand, Austria and Prance. But this is by no means all. Many upon the billions of new legal tender would :g- erate like the tle rain on the parched earth™ onrur our nplfll! hot hol Bond d would be obl to l‘n'm '-hel! hond money in of going to seed by accepting interest income that costs no effort of mind or body, and would even find themselves better off than before! The common of course, would profit immense- | Rrop! ple, ]noh being able to keep in their pos- mulon not sum they are gouged out of as ultimate consumers, but also numerous other levies inci- dental to the present impractical and lb!lll'fl gold nme. wi 1 to Mr uenon ‘it s bond passing on the ‘monetization Claimed that it would result in “unprec- edented inflation.” But let us be sen- sible enough to substitute for the weak, meaningless word “inflation” the cor- rect, sclentific word “e; lon,” and then you can take Mr. ston’s word for it! ”-m. answer is it bond monetiza- 408 mothing e puri " And ¥y ot? F. GIAICH. Former Traffic Officer Defends Red Signals To the Editor of The Star: ‘The recent itation to scrap signal trafic ts is really a tzrrlble pleture to conf te, notwithstanding- !he fact that the sponsor for this dras- tic move is none other than our distin- guished citizen, Mr. Eno, the recognized authority on traffic, both of national and international scope. I do not pre- tend to pit my knowledge against his known ability in this particular line, but I da maintain as an officer trained and drilled in practical traffic work, and who has functioned for more than 19 years, that to scrap the traffic lights would be, in my opinion, little short of an ir- retrievable disaster to the advancement of our traffic problems. In the first pllc!.' the lights are posi- | tive, and that in itself is a mighty factor in trafic. They also do from 16 to 24 hours service, and for this reason, if for none other, have a decided tendency to cause the driver to form the habit of watchfulness and alertness. And while it may be true that at times the lights seem to retard rather than expedite the | movement of traffic, they are at least ! safe, and give the maximum of protec- nlt:: to both the pedestrian and autolst alike. Abolish the lights if you will and put the driver on his own initiative at the big traffic intersections, and ‘watch the state of congestion and chaos that prevails during the traffic rush. ‘Then, in the second place, we will take the traffic officer and place him on one of the big intersections and try to analyze him. I think I am fully qual- ifled to judge of his status, as well as his trials and tribulations, for not only was I a with being one of the first crossing officers in Washington to g0 out into the center of the street and direct traffic at one of the most com- plicated _Intersections in the city, namely, Fourteenth and New York ave- nue, but in addition to my long and varied experience there I have never ceased to study the traffic problems of our Capital, and the men assigned to fts solution. And the following is what I have to u; relative to the crossing of- ficer and his ability to cope with the synchronized signal lights: ‘The crossing officer can never expect to hold his own with the mechanical man. Why? Because, in the first place, he is only human and can only stand a certain amount of work on a traffic stand (which is most exacting), and in ti the second place he must go to court, to lunch, etc.; in short, there are many times when he must abandon his inter- section, and leave it to the discretion of drivers who in many instances are reck- less in the extreme, and do not hesitate to jeopardize the lives of those who are trying to drive sanely and cautiously. And, in addition to all #nd there always will be a chance for a disagreeable argument between the driver and the crossing officer as a result of a mistaken hand signal. Such clashes often occur when the autoist is stopped for & traffic violation. In conclusion let me say, “Try out, if you will, the suggestion of our highly esteemed citizen, Mr.' Eno, but do not scrap the traffic lights,” for there may be an emergency call for the same. In my opinion, the trafic lights are the greatest invention of the age to expedite and facilitate the movement of iraffic and only need to be standardized throughout the United States to make them the success they deserve to be. STANLEY. ) Mugsolini’s Precinct Solid. From the Tulsa Daily World. ‘When the United States of Europe ls formed and the campaign starts Candi- date Mussolini of Italy will go in with his home precinct solidly beh! d him. lMlnl oVL’l LM House vu, as occurred within "Yive les damesi® There have betn “great queers in (ml'.-l'hlllfldw because she un- | ctive enterprises instead | the this, there is lul ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Stop_s minute and think about this reau any of fact and get the answer in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea, introduced into the lives of the most intelligent B e "l w part of that est | any —service. There stamps 3 h-blt of um;' Address you: letter to The Evening Star In!ermlmm | Bureau, Meru J. Haskin, ‘Washington, D. Q. What is the aver average yearly earn- ing of & newspaper whose daily ecircu- lation averages uvund 10,000 and which | sells for 2 cents?—J. W. G. A. Editor and Publisher says that the average yearly earning is $60,000. How 1 is the plece of jade to |y Quled in‘v;f:ne' ug‘l of China?— 8. A. The flesh-colored jade to be carved into the seal of the blie of China is § inches thick, 7 incl long and & little more than 'S inches wide. It was ted by Gen. Chin Shujen to the Nanking government. Q. Where did the white man first cross the Mississippi to explore country to the west?—W. B. A. Cape Rook, at Ci Girardeau, Mo., marks the spot where the first croesing was made. Q. Has the mwblmlhy of St. Therese been translated?—] A. The autoblography of St. 'n:erue of Liseux, the “Little Flower of Jesus,” has been published in 36 ll\lw She is becomln one of the it po] lar saints of the Catholie Cl!llfch in and other counmn Q. When was compulsory school at- tendance first en!orced?—b. E. B. A. It was first enforced in 1852 in Massachusetts, Q. Who coined the expression “Naked as a needle”?—P. J. ‘The simile “Naked ..B: needle” as a needle, It seemingly affords an excellent oywnunlty to coin & llmm that it should be re- at some future s s ot | g : il It mentioned decision roprietors conveyed States all the land withi the City of Wasl ind as to the e s Cappropriations” as they were ::I;mted they were transferred under condition that all the llndu for the streets were given outright to the United g% a of “réservations” States, all the land within the rua-vl- tions was transferred on £25 per acre, and all the land was equally Success of Macdonald Visi.t ' olthl mmwummm ” Mwmmmmmt 28 to the results of the Hoover-Mae- donald ‘conferences, there is general agreement that these leaders of two nations have contributed to s better understanding. uation which may affect the proposed five-power conference on arms limita- tion, with naval parity in the back- ground, there is discussion of the pros- pect of co-operation from France and Italy in the direction of permanent peace. “Ajubilant note,” says the Newark Evening News, “marks the official end of Premier Macdonald's good-will visit to the Unlud States. A joint declara- tion the responsible heads of the wnrld‘l two most powerful nations that ‘war between them is unthinkable’ re- cords & new hlgh-wlur mark in An;lo~ | American relations.” The Erie Dis- tch-Herald finds evidence that “the [ lish prime minister has | meet American demands for an agree- j ment upon naval parity and to pave the way toward embodying the results of the underuumlln.‘ definitely and in de- | “most Americans will lieve that world peace and war would be settled for a long time to come.” “The promptness with which Premier Macdonald promised parity in naval af- fairs, as a matter of course, instead of something to haggle over, was a stroke of genius,” in the opinion of the Kansas City Journal-Post. “It disarmed eritics. His mission is not fully accomplished. ‘The real problem as to rights of neutrals remains for solution. But the ostensi- ble bone of contention of the Geneva mk‘y is disposed of at the outset. atever of distrust of England arose from that dispute is removed. Prem'er Macdonald has no such record of diplo- matic training as many Englishmen who have negotiated treaties with this coun- try, but he esses something grester, so far as advancing his mission is con- cerned. He has convinced Americans | that he is not trying to advance British interests at the expense of ours.” “Few Americans," believes the New Orleans Times-Picavune, “should doubt the usefulness of the British ler's visit to America. Not many of us have actually feared another armed conflict between the Unlhd States and Great Britain after the more & century mr.oken peace between the two na- peace that has 'um greater dangers than the and misunderstandings since the world War. ‘millions both countries probably have ardently desired an ad- justment of all pending differences one with the other in the furtherance of world peace.” ‘Winston Churchill, as “a strong polit- ent,” is quoted by the San m Chronicle as “reflecting the svlrlt of the prime minister's mission, when on the day of Mr. Macdonald’s arrival he said, ‘We do not want to be perpetually talking about warships and cannong and all the instrumentalities of war.’” The Chronicle concludes that “both President and prime minister seek to take warships and cannon out of public discussion.” ““The naval parity agreement,” thinks the Columbus Ohio = State. oumnl “marks the opening of a new day, with in support of fuee and against war.” izing a discordant note in France and Italy. the Louisville Courier-Journal remarks that “neither the United States fense of any to strmnhln n w Amlnc armament “To evoke such exi of good wil 11 hot1 mations cteates AR atmosphe naval armame ‘orcester Evening Hue mu the Dayton Daily News holds that the visit “has laid the 1s | the )urmuc they rechristened fact: You can ask our information bu- | States. r and being at to eltmm the land Io any wbllc use or to sell the outright to pri- vate individuals for private use if Con- gress should so determine. Q. Please give a scientific explanation roulh water—E. M. B. Viscous ids are stronger t.hln nter, though their surface tension is less, and for this reason oil is some- times thrown upon the water around & ship during s storm. The effect of !hls is to am out the surface, as though a strong elastic blanket were stretched over the water, and the waves are then kept from breaking over. A drop of kerosene pl-ud upon water has surface thm thz water, and hence is nullad t by the tension of the water into & thin ctmlllr film. Q. What is the derivation of the word "mnndeflu"? O'D. The word "meuudefln:“ is_derived fmm Maeander, the name m Tiver in wanderings. ideas, meandering has wandering. Q._ Why was the vessel uuz !heuuonAlto:: sometimes called th A. After the Confederates was ulled the Vi lfllnh wm engaged in battle with the Monitor. Q,1s the birth of triplets unususl?— 'A. One X ital has kept 8 e Bl T MR DAL children have been in five instances were there triplets. In considering the ait- | ; nor Great Britain is contemplati the .'ifx-.u- and creating a spirit ere distinct corner stone of new move that vom 'uken T national good will.” success of the BO!O based on hope Brooklyn Control of Cancer. other naf the ll!llefi dflml.l 3 M Regord- states: “The subtleties and ties of gvhl-kmll diplomatic from thuilue o! all international re! t:‘n:‘nd to the the pewlmolm'.‘l'ld v:gfl 8 el e e 2 Tran that s l:l:x".wr;?:ddby th .m‘“" an 50 ca! e ‘while ‘cannon fodder.’ peaceful means, rooted in pubue opinion and enforced by a sense of justice in the civilized world.’” septable in the realities. Expenses for New High School Pupils Listed To the Editor of The “tar: In the first week of the present school term The Star gave space to an article that presented an estimate of the ex- 'nse necessary for each guptl enteéring th school. Parents whose children reach a high school grade in & year or two should not be unduly alarmed by the Iarge figures in that article. The estimate was madé for McKinley High School, where the possi~ ble, but not compulsory, expenses are higher than in any other school. Among the “necessities” listed 15 & $2 fountain pen, but all ink work can be done at home with a 5-cent holder and a 2-cent point. Most pupils who use a fountain pen buy the $1 grade, because they expect to lose it and do not want to lose more than they have to. The article states that two lockers are used by each student. That is not the practice in all high schools and in some the “rookies” get only half & locker. In order to make up the total of $12.75 the prices li\‘e‘n for books are all for new books, whereas during the first few days of each semester the book~ room maintained in each high s¢hool and the stores of dealers are crowded with puplls buying second-hand books at an average of two-thirds of the prices of new ones. At the end of the . these books are sold for more than of what they cost. A notable omission the is that each first-year pupn must elect either general sclence orhhmrylnuflfimwnhfhreem subjects. The price for a boy's nasium outfit should be 75 cents lr. but the articles can be as cl after they have served in the gym- nl;lm lccordin: al praetice, to actu the list would be: Hrn-velr bonn met cost after a powerful influence in strong nations | Pen! arawing biving 3 313 set a sel m‘:‘wm will be still after he graduates,