Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1930, Page 8

(THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. AWEDNESDAY...January 8, 1930 ' WHEODORE W. NOYES....Editor Evening Star N e P 11 3 i wev o 5%:- Tio &a Ghicase : Lake Michi A Re o g 1n #: te by Carriet Within the jvening Star. ... 48c ening and ave)" ind Bunday’ Siar Cvhen 8 i Tue Sunday Star oftrs may be sent in b Ty Be ‘sent in by mal National 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, iy and Sunday.....1 10. -+ 88¢ I 1mo. ily only .. . inday’ only : 1 mo.. ¢0¢ City. vLer month 60¢ per month Sper ooy ¥ eaelm e, S Teitphore All Other States and Canada. ily and Surds yr.. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 Fu only ° 13w junday only g 48.00. 1 mo.. 8¢ ‘1yrl $5.00: 1mo. 80c Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled %o the 1 il - pateh ted 1) rec d b this paper and also the 'ocal new: published hereta. i special dispatche: All rie ublicatinn of Berein Iso reserved. Godspeed to the Delegates. In his message to the country in the form of a talk to the newspaper men at the executive offices following breakfast with the American Naval Conference delegates yesterday morning, President Hoover has for the whole Nation bid ‘Godspeed to the representatives of the United States who are about to leave for London. He bespeaks for the con- Zference the patience and encouragement of the people of America. He asks that they refrain from criticism during the course of the momentous deliberations at the British capital, where will soon gather representatives of the powers seeking a practical and an enduring agreement for the lessening of the chances of war and for the lightening of the burdens of peace-time armament. “The difficulties of finding a basis that will be acceptable to five different nations sre great,” says the President, “but they are not insuperable.” He in- dicates that the conference may be pro- tracted, that to complete it within three or four months will be in itself a great | accomplishment. This 18 why he asks Jor patience, for tolerant waiting on the part of the people. These great inter- national meetings are not affairs that can be hurried. The issues are too great, too important, too complex for hasty consideration and conclusion. The peace of the world is involved, not for 8 year or a decade, but perhaps for an indefinite stretch of time. Surely such a work is worth being done well, even though it takes months to reach Tesults. Criticism, skepticism, ill-informed challenging of motives and of aims on the part of other powers and of stupid- ity and blindness and weakness on the part of the United States will be heard as the weeks pass and the London Con- ference proceeds. Some of this eriti- cism will be mischievous, inspired by a wish for the fallure of the conference. Some of it will be short-minded, prompted by fears and lack of confi- dence in the sagacity and the loyalty of the American delegates. But such ex- pressions should not and probably will not affect the public mind ‘and judg- ment in this country. The President has selected an able delegation to represent -the United States at this momentous meeting. Headed by the Secretary of State, it in- cludes th> Secretary of the Navy, the Ambassadors to Great Britain, to Bel- gium and to Mexico, and two members of the Senate. Both in point of posi- tion and of personal character and ca- pacity, this is an exceptionally strong representation. It will command the yespect of the conference and it should and doubtless will command the confi- dence of the American people. —————————— Announcement by Dr. Schacht of the Reichsbank that he is too busy to at- tend The Hague parley and will send a substitute opens up the opportunity for an enterprising understudy to score an international hit. —————— There will be many banquets for the delegates to London, but none quite so influential as the simple White House ‘breakfast they enjoyed just before their departure. st Vocational Schools. : The Central Labor Union has per- formed a service of merit in directing public attention to the inadequacy of the public school system’s equipment and courses in vocational educatioM. The union’s indictment of vocational education in the public schools, in which it is charged that the schools themselves are a “disgrace to the Na- tional Capital” and that this city is dar behind others in formulating & pro- gram for trade education, has aiready ‘borne fruit in the appointment by the Board of Education of a special ad- wisory committee. This representative group, under the leadership of John B. Colpoys, has undertaken a preliminary study of conditions here that will no doubt lead to the desired improvement. The ‘task of this committee, however, 45 neither simple nor easy. Lack of 4nterest in the vocational schools, lack of familiarity with their problem and Jack of appropriations are chiefly to be blamed for the state of affairs so severely criticized by the Central Labor TUnion. Interest can no doubt be re- wived and appropriations secured, but there first must be formulated a definite program for trade education as well as @ decision as to the exact function that these schools are to perform. In the latter problem there lies & nut that will not be easy to crack. There 4s a divergence of opinion concerning the fundamental purpose of the trade schools. The labor union wants it clear- 1y understood that they should not be yegarded in any sense as & dumping ground for those pupils who are in- * capable of meeting required scholastic standards; who, having failed to master the intricacies of reading and writing and arithmetic, are given an opportu- nity to prepare themselves for earning @ living by learning plastering or car- pentering. The union point of view is 'to create and maintain a proper balance between vocational snd technical aca- demic and non-technical academic |work and, by regarding the vocational Bchools as 8 distinct unit of the public #chool system, to foster a morale and spirit that will make the pupils proud of their organization. The other view 4n Washington has been that the voca- tional or trade scheols are of chief benefit in placing those students who show no aptitude for mental work. Be- ) tween this view and that held by the runion there should be a feasible com- promise, enabling the vocational edu- cation schools to attain a distinct status that will make them of real vaiue to youth, as well as to the employers, in ‘Washington. Success of vocational training in other cities has depended upon the co-opera- tion of employers. Students have been given exceptional opportunity to divide their time between work and school, learning theory in the class room and putting it into practice on the job. The Board of Education’s newly appointed advisory committee is to seek this co- operation from employers and from the labor unions. A systematic schedule of employment, the committee hopes, will be arranged for vocational students, thus permitting practical instruction along with technical training. and pav- ing the way for employment after grad- uation. Vocational training is a relatively new fleld for public education in Wash- ington. Failure of the schools here to develop as rapidly as could be hoped is probably due to the fact that the trade schools have been regarded 'more or less as red-headed orphans who would sink or swim by themselves. But they need help, probably more help thgn any other unit of the system. —— e An Armory for the Guard. A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives for the crea- tion of a commission of three members to take over and remodel the Washing- ton Auditorium for use as a National Guard armory and for patriotic as- semblages and meetings. The sum of $1,000,000 is authorized for appropria- tion to meet the cost of purchase and alterations. This may be a solution to the prob- lem of providing proper quarters for the District National Guard. Again, it may be better to wait for the erection of a building specifically designed for that purpose. First thought on the subject is perhaps that the Auditorium, now in existence, will, with scme changes, provide as well for the Guard as a new structure definitely planned a5 an armory. Second thought is that the Guard has had a long experience with remodeled and transformed pri- vately owned buildings, without finding any of them suitable. It is not essential that the National Guard armory, if a new structure is created for that use, should be of a monumental character in design or in location. It does not have to be one of the “show bulldings” of the Capital, as the armories in smaller and less pro- fusely adorned cities than Washington usually are. Time was when the Guard headquarters figured prominently in plans drawn for the utilisation of the Mall-Avenue triangle for public bulld- ing constructions. But the Government is proceeding with the allocation of sites in that ares for its own depart- mental structures, and there is appar- ently no space in reserve for this use. The chief desideratum for the Guard is that its home should be well located for convenience and should be eapacious | enough to accommodate all the present units of the organization and all con- ceivable future units in the course of normal growth and development. It should be so arranged as to permit the assembling of the ehtire force under cne roof, on a single expanse of floor. There should be spaces for the head- quarters of each unit and for the gen- eral headquarters. = The armory should be a complete and self-contained home for Washington's citizen soldiery, and at the same time afford an indoor area suitable for great gatherings of a pub- le character. It may be that upon careful consid- eration the building now standing will be found to offer all these features and that its acquisition and transformation will best meet the requirements. But if not, if there remains after the fullest inquiry any doubt on this score, the pending bill should be amended to pro- vide for the purchase of a site and the preparation of plans for & newly bullt armory, to be erected with the Jeast possible delay. ———— When Representative La Guardia says there is more hard drinking per capita | in Idaho than there is in New York State, he is evidently desirous of con- vincing Senator Borah that his friends and neighbors are entitled to solicitous attention as well as the reckless deni- 2ens of a metropolis ————t It is 50 easy to make an infernal ma- chine that some system of moral edu- cation must be relied on to counteract the reckless activities of the moron who too easily picks up a little mechanical knowledge. —————— Warriors and Their Wardrobes. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, | chief of staff of the Army, confirms, and confirms authoritatively, the im- pression of the average citizen, not to mention the average soldler, that it would be a good thing to revive the blue dress uniform prevailing until this Nation entered the World War. He believes, furthermore, that the time will come when the Army wiil have to be supplied with this really essential change of clothing for ceremonial pur- poses, and has just pointed out to & House subcommittee handling War Department appropriations that the lack thereof puts the American Army at s distinct disadvantage when brought into contrast with either foreign troops or our own Navy and Marine Corps. In expression of this conviction Gen. Summerall has been preceded by other distinguished officers, such as Gen. Allen, chief of Infantry; Gen. Cheatham, quartermaster general, and others. Bec- retary of War Dwight F. Davis in Degembsr, 1928, gave soldiers permis- sion to have made and to wear un- officially and for social occasions their former blue garb, if they chose to do so, and already certain of both the enlisted and the commissioned personnel have availed themselves thereof. A badly or an inappropriately dressed soldier, points out the chief of staff, is apt to behave less correctly than if he were well dressed. A suitable change of clothing, he believes, adds to morale and to its concomitant, discipline. So 1 ; Verification. THE EVENING STAR, policy the ‘rule of good, well cut and varied clothing for good men. Whether Gen. Summerall end other proponents of the resumption of the blue will be able to gain their point, in view of the current policy oOf cutting down Army costs, remains to be seen. The Bureau of the Budget more than two years ago put a temporary quietus on the idea because the re-equipment of the Army would cost more than was felt was warranted at that time. How- ever, some day some official or group of officials will put it over, and the sooner the better for all concerned. This is not the first time that this and other newspapers have advocated the desired resumption. As 1ong ago as Pebruary, 1928, following publicity on this matter, a naval officer wrote in to The Star as follows: “On dress occasions we of the Navy hate to see the Army so completely outclassed when they arrive in the same kind of uniform they wear on the drill field. However, if such a uniform is to be made ‘regu- Jation’ for all officers instead of just ‘White House aides, Uncle Sam should supply the funds..” Perhaps he is right, though that is not the main question. The blue dress uniform of our en- listed man is about the plainest possible garb that could b devised and still be styled “dress.” With the exception of a bit of striping here and of piping there, it 4s almost the equivalent of the ‘fatigue and fighting garb of a few decades since. It would b: deemed entirely too plain by the average for- eign government. Its contrasting color, however, renders it as highly desirable as it is thereby different. For the Army alone of our three armed branches to be deprived thereof is an inexplicable inconsistency and a slur on good men. A Voice From the Wilderness. ‘The starling problem presents itself as one upon which all possible light should be shed. For that reason The Star presents herewith the text of & communication received by the Wash- ington Board of Trade from a sympa- thetic gentleman in Hillburn, Rock- land County, New York. Attaching a elipping to his letter, the clipping being from the New York Sun, which devoted some space to a discussion of the Capi- tal's plight, the correspondent writes: Dear Sirs: Try a few Roman candles. About an hour after dark. It worked 100% for us. Now that, it would seem, is no mean suggestion. It has a positive ring to it that builds confidence. “It worked 100% for us” says the writer. And if it worked 100 per cent for Hillburn, might it not work at least 95 per cent for ‘Washington? Of course Hillburn's prob- lem is not to be compared to Washing- ton's—that is, lonsely compared. Hill- burn's problem is & mere drop in the bucket, as it were, compared to our own. Here in Washington we have one of the finest, one of the most intricate, one of the most -engrossing starling problems of any city in the country and we are proud of it. - But what is good:for Hillburn should be good enough for us. Why restrict Roman candles to the Fourth of July? ‘There is certainly a striking symbolism in shooting off fireworks. It connotes independence. And what is more to be desired, now, than independence from the starlings? Put away your saws, Mr. lLanham, out the Roman candle brigade! them hold their fire until they see the whites of the starlings’ eyes, then let every man light his fuse and remember the Alamo! ————— Movie press agents who utilize wed- dings for purposes of publicity are nat- | urally depressed when they see the| columns of news space accorded a Bel- gian princess and an Italian prince in the course of straightforward legiti- mate reporting. ———— New York theatrical producers sell the house out for weeks in advance to ticket agents. Art has found a way to make the operators in Wall Street look like novices in airanging for sure money. B — SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Dear Teacher. Friend ‘Experience, we hear, Is a teacher kind and dear. Over lessons we must fret ‘Which "we' épeédily forget. ‘When the New Year comes to hand, With -its: Resolutions grand, - - The intention is sincere To obey our teacher dear. Priend Experience has her say, As each year goes on her wi Nineteen-thirty takes her turn— And we have a lot to learn. “Do you take care to verify all you say?” “Invariably,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “Even if something I announce isn’t yet true, I put it in the form of a prediction and try to make it come true later on.” Jud Tunkins says some of his political friends who shout about farm relief are going to need relief more than the farmer. The Airship Landing. The skies, which seemed to set a task, I venture boldly to explore. And presently I only ask To get back where I was before. *Tis thus with many an enterprise ‘Which bids us undertake to soar; We only seek, if we are wise, To get back where we were before. Object of Suspicion. “How is your motor car running?” “PFine!” answered Mr. Chuggins. “It is so speedy that I feel compelled to take & long trip rnd get into territory where the bicycle cops don't know me.” “Fer one ready to believe all he hears,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “deafness would be a blessing. The Proud Motorist. A man may confidently claim The privilege to brag, ‘Who says, “I've won the hardest game— T've got my license tag!” THIS AND THA BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Sflence had become & real religion with her.” of a character in one So Zola of his novels. Perhaps that is the best explanation. ‘flir all, of men and women who won't Have they worried you? Much as Caesar was afraid of & thin man, liking those who were fat to be around him, so most human beings shy from the uncommunicative. It is natural to talk. The world is full of such a number of things that the restless mind of hu- manity causes the*wnn;e to wag. * % * How can one be still in face of an lh;gl-ne, or a good book, or a pretty child, or an ocean view, or a problem in nathematics? The world moves, things happen, works of art are created. Social forces pile up problems. Men and women everywhere consider these and a thousand other facets of life, and, as they do so, there comes an ir- resistible urge to talk about them. Talk 18 one thing worthy of humanity. Almost it ranks next to t| ht. ‘To think, with some, is to * * To talk is to be human. To talk is to be more human—let it be put that way, for no one would say that those who do not talk are not human. Humanity is large, it contains multi- tudes. It includes the talkative and the untalkative, the gossip and the tight mouthed. He who likes to talk, however, better meets the social needs. Polite soclety is, after all, only an nized opportunity of talking. ven the untalkative loosen up in soclety. They have w‘! ory o There are perhaps more untalkative men than women, nor is this due to woman's tongue. That old joke is stale. Morose men are more common than women of the same mental traits. Some States even produce a breed of taciturn men, men who seem to be afraid of talking much, just as other States give the country a race of men inclined easily to “the blues.” S) , in ancient times, was noted for the same chara tics. ‘The Spartans were especially uncom- municative _ with . “Your swords are short,” said a tor. Puu enough to reach our enemies with,” re- plied a dour warrior. * %Xk x Those who do not talk readily with strangers often do so easily enough with those they know well. Sometimes it is the other way around. Those who seem to be at home with strangers fail to make good, in & con- versational way, with the home folks. Almost _every apartment house knows one of these gln'mnl persons. He comes striding home at dewy eve fully intent on minding his own: business. It seems so difficult for him to say “How do” to those he meets that he re- frains from seeing, them. That, according to him, is the best way. No doubt he is right, for his tem- perament. - ‘What if one does say a foolish thing. now and then, or give away one cof those precious secrets which do not amount to much, after all? « Action and talk are -the two basic needs of human life. The poor dumb animals can only growl, or mew, or bark, or yowl. A human being alone possesses the power of maki sounds mean some- thing outside their natural meanings. Speech, even more than laughter, is a unique human prerogative. So much of history has depended upon it. Recall how the destinies of millions of men, whole nations, once depended upon the idle words of idle monarchs. * ok ok * Talk is serious business, even in its most frivolous . Wise men of old days realized this, bs about the necessity for watching the words which issued from the mouth, and their insist- | ence on the close relationship between a fool and much talking. One of the happy aspects of modern life is that one may talk much and harmlessly. ‘There are women, even, who talk incessantly, and yet never hurt any one. things 15 Shele e aspects.” oPae s e aspects. e play, next day talk it over with others who have seen it. How sparkle as the good points of the plot are gone over and the deft lines of the dialogue recalled! The play seems even better today than it did_that night. One’s opinion of a certain actor or actress is modified insensibly, but surely, as the opinion of another is heard. One realizes that his judgment was too hasty; yes, there was much merit in the feilow, after all; the charming actress had little else, we admit. * kX X ‘What would politics be without talk? Speeches are the very lifeblood of yo!mu. -n':; 'E‘:lomumv,hn guarantees ree speech A Descending from the lrlnd spheres of politics to everyday , human- ity has an even greater need for talk. Silence, whether one makes it a re- ligion or not, makes other le un- ‘comfortable. It is the effective punish- ment which some use toward those they love, and of all the punishments it is the worst. Talk and silence—these are the ele- ments which make up the music of everyday life. To make life a sort of music there must be many more notes than silences, of course. A silence is the accent to the music. If it is the whole tune, we nervous, and hope somebody will bea the bass drum—quick! WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Senator Caraway drawlingly denies the cynical imputation that the Senate lobby probe committee will manage to keep on delving into tariff lobbies just as long as the tariff bill is before Con- gress, thereby finding itself occupied for another two months at least. Instead, ;lhe Ar';:m churm‘ntr‘x“ ex&r;uu the ope comm! Sleposs of the loose ends of its inquiry into sugar this week, and then turn its at- tention to Muscle Shoals. He estimates | o¢ that the “debunking,” as he terms it, of this latter subject ought not to re- uire more than a week, and he pro- ?wu to perceive an end to the grilling before the :nd of January. Some of his colleagues are less san- fulnz of so early a release from their jabors. To those who are prospective recipients of invitations to appear be- fore the committee with their accoun and mege fiul‘els, 0%71 ;l;:l seems wg to e. e guess woull m to be that the committee will keep ing just as long as it is able to rate gsl-pnz headlines, and how long that will be no ene can foretell. To date the hearings have produced an abun- | dance of good copy. * * k% Representative George Holden Tink- ham. of Bostor is one man at least | who has no desire to see the Caraway committee close up shop. He is relying on Chairman Caraway's promise to give him an opportunity to appear in per- son to present his indictment of the Methodist Board of Prohibition, and the Pederated Council of Churches, whose propaganda and lobbying activi- ties, according to Mr. Tinkham, are open and notorious end require the fullest exposure. He has scant hope that the Senate committee will acquiesce in his demand for such an investigation, but at least he will have succeeded in getting into the record detailed and documented charges of political “in- terference” by the organized churches, against which “interference” this par- ticular Mayflower descendant is con- ducting an ardent crusade. * k% x Judge Robert M. Healey, counsel-in- | chief of the Federal Trade Commission, | has safely recovered from ailments which necessitated major surgical at- tention last Autumn and incapacitated the hard-working prosecutor for sev- eral months, and hearings on the pub- lic utility investigation were resumed this week. The “power trust” is now slated to have its own day in court and to present mmg,etenu 1:1) the :;l:ldgz charges pertal g to propagant and publicity methods which have been under fire for so long. Judge McCul- loch, though he relinquished the chair- manship of the commission, pursuant to the rotation policy whereby mem- bers of the commission take turns as chairman, will continue to preside over the public utility inquiry which will soon enter upon its third year, with the biggest part of it still ahead. * * % Reposing in the desk of William | Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives, whose avocation is his- torical research, is the original letter written by Mary Todd Lincoln from Frankfort, Germany, in the Autumn of 1866, petitioning Congress for & pen- sion that she may “have less pecuniary care”” Congress granted her petition to the extent of voting her an annual allowance of $5,000. This grant was neither \hfiu first % t.hef ln:h Mm:‘;::: Congress provided for the of Presidents, and Mr. Page has been at pains to collect and collate the record of “benefits and emoluments” extended to presidential widows. The granting of the franking privilege, starting with Martha Washington, was extended intermittently to presidential widows in the earlier days and is uni- formly granted now. Four women now living enjoy the rrlvfle of free post- age reason of the fact their hus- bands once occupied the White House— Edith Bolling Wilson, Edith Carew Roosevelt, Frances Cleveland Preston and Mary Lord Harrison, who married Benjamin Harrison four years after he left the White House and who still sur- vives. The granting of pension and lump-sum bonuses has been less regu- lar, but several widows received the $5,000 annual pension prior to Mrs. Lincoln and several had received it. since her day, and Mrs. Roosevelt is enjoying such a pension at present. Neither Mrs. Wilson nor Grover Cleve- land’s widow recelves a pension. . % w " ‘When the Senate tion of book tariff bans on importat obscene literature. it will be the Senators -to get the facts straight about exclusion of the English edi of “All Quiet on the Western Front.” simple is the question and so plain the answer thereto that other nations learned it long ago and maintain as an economical, not as an extravagant, “A fight” sald Uncle Eben, “never ends an argyment. It only stahts a new disputation.” The American edition of this famous German war book deletes two or three brief passages of the original, which ap- pears in E translation published london. The ban on importations of the English edition was cited in the Senate debate as a shining example of d ridiculous bureaucratic cen- customs officials. The fact copyright laws, and not the obscenity sect of the existing tariff 1aw, bar importation of the English edi- tion. It is unlawful by the terms of the ht law to import books which a hted and published in the United States. When the adver- tised deletions in the American edition “All t on the Western Front” stimulaf an abnormal demand here for copies of the English edition, the American publisher protested to the e eonibition and 46, Drotect ioe right e ho'mo market tm {:rel‘cn compeétition. ‘The slow progress in the rebuilding of the famous fighting frigate itu- tion, occasioned by the slackening of voluntary contributions for the project, is causing considerable concern to E retary of the Navy Adams. Massach setts has had a special pride in this his toric vessel, due in part to the fact that during the long years that the ship has been moored to a dock in the Bos- ton Navy Yard it has come to seem to be a_ Bay State landmark and shrine. The Massachusetts Adams wants to see the restoration job finished during his headship of the Navy. Officials still hope that for sentiment's sake the orig- inal program of defraying all of the ex- pense by private donations may maintained, but if worst comes to worst the Navy Department may ask Con- gress for a small appropriation of public unds. * kK % ‘The current issue of the clipsheet of the Methodist Board of Prohibition and Public Morais gives space to the an- nouncement that Dr. Ernest H. Cher- rington of the W(;;'ld League Against col sponsoring & movement to have all the church bells of the Nation ring for ten minutes on January 16 in thanksgiving for ten year of prohibi- tion. (Copyrisht. 1930.) e Ethel Jane Rule Makes a Convert To the Editor of The i 1, in common with most of the resi- dents of Washington, was beginning to feel that the starlings were a nuisance when I had the good fortune to read-the impassioned appeal for their preserva- !sl;m by Ethel Jane Rule in Monday's ar. She says, among other things, that “we should lpauu and tr{hY: understand their usefulness,” and t we “want them killed because we do not under- stand the important lrllc: they, the starlings, ully fill in the great scheme of t! " ‘The sentence about “each feathe tom tucking his little feet under the warmth of his folded wing” brought tears of shame to my eyes because I had been harboring un- kind thoughts about these darling little creatures. ‘What Washingtonian hasn’'t been charmed by their clear, beautiful, flute- like note of “Wak-kook, wak-kook” as they flit hither and yon among the branches of the Avenue trees? What eye has not been delighted by their beauty, rare modesty and charm as they waddle to and fro along the side- walks? ‘The auto manufacturers have gone the limit on decorations for the new cars, but in case these are not sufficient for you, gentle reader, just park your new bus under one of the Avenue trees for an hour. ment will amaze you. Body by Starling! Just think of the boon these little dar- lings, the starlings, should be to the col- legiate flivver owner! Surely his decora- tive ingenuity has become exhausted by this time and these “little feathered creatures made by God” can be of great help to him. ile my heart was still soft from reading the defense of the starlings I went into our kitchen and there, right before my eyes, was the cunningest little cockroach, made by God, tucking and untucking its Ilittle feet under the warmth of its little wings and I patted it on its little head and forthwith poured uarter's worth of perfectly good [ roach powder down the sink. S. H. MUMFORD. Or Act Bigger. From the Omsha World-Herald. Japanese ;cllcemen must now be at least 5 feet 2 inches tall, but, of course, they may feel as much taller as they like. P New Biographies. Prom the Oakland Tribune. If all the biographies which were written in 1030 were placed in on> pile Ananias would. turn over in his grave. ‘The artistic embellish- | { | ‘of the State Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. The stage appears to be set in Massachusetts this year for a desperate political battle, with prohibition as the main issue. There is not the slight- est doubt that the Democrats will espouse the anti-prohibition cause. The Republicans, on the other hand, will be forced into taking the dry side. Indeed, Gov. Frank G. Allen in a recent address to the State Legislature, op- posed the re| of the Massachusetts prohibition _enforcement aet, which the wets have demanded be thro the discard. Gov. Allen, it is said, will be a candidate for renomination on the Republican ticket. Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald of Boston, Democra - dressing a mass meef in Hall held to denounce Killing by the Coast Guard of three rum runners near Newport, said he proposed to be a_ candidate for governor. If Fitzger- ald gets into the race he is practically certain of receiving the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. * ok X X ‘With Allen and Pitsgerald each other, the repeal of the Mm:-‘ hibition enforcement act is likely to be the principal issue of the campaign. In r words, prohibition. It looks as though the Republican party in Massa- chusetts would have to make up its mind to face this prohibition question squarely. Efforts are being made con- stantly by some of the Republican lead- ers to prove that prohibition has no place in politics. They take this atti- tude because many of the Republicans of the State have been opposed to the Volstead act as strongly as the wettest Democrats. Tb‘i:m to the issue and keep the wet Republicans in line with the dry Republicans. ‘Allen, however, has come out boldly his opposition to the repeal of the State prohibition law. He i5 keeping the at- titude of the Massachusetts State ad- ministration in line with the Repablican administration in Washington. Presi- dent Hogver has called attention to the need of State aid in the enforcement of prohibition. The repeal of the Massa- chusetts State dry law could scarcely be called in line with the recommendation of the blican President, with the imaginal Repul wit widest stretch of the tion, * ok X % ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. . When was burglary insurance in- d into this country?—G. E. Burglary insurance was first writ- A orange, lemon, grapefruit, kumquat, ‘lime, citron, tangerine and citrange are the best kmown members of the citrus family. Republicans in the Bay State will| oo’y have to W] publicanism or their wetness is nwplu who “formerly publican ticket in Massa- for the Democratic na- tional ticket and for the wet Democratic candidate for the Senate, David I ‘Walsh, in the 1928 election. Al Smith was the wet champion and he carried the State, as did Senator Walsh. Just how the political parties line up on the wet and dry issue has never been deter- mined accurately. It has a habit to say that 95 per cent of the Democrats of Massachusetts are wet and that 75 per cent of the Republicans are dry. No one knows exactly. If such is_the case, and the parties divide in the next election along wet and diy lines, it looks like a Democratic victory. There is the possibility, however, that other factors may hold Republican wets in line for the party ticket, just as Democratic drys may be held in line for their party ticket. Massachusetts, for 50 many years re- garded as a strong Republican State, has in recent years become a real bat- tleground. The Democrats have one United States Senator and believe they have a good chance to elect another next year. They carried the State for Smith and Walsh last year. There has been a great influx into the State of population from Europe. These foreign groups have been Democratic and wet. All of which has militated ISMM Re- publican success. If the te _goes Democratic next Fall, elects Dem- ocratic governor and a Democratic Sen- ator, it may be & long time before the Republicans gain control there again. * ok ok One of the great difficulties in Messachusetts from a ublican point of view has been the splits, with no real leads . And the wet and dry question has been one of the main causes of the splits. It be better fifty years ago. in the long run for t.h:“{epubuun: dia’s ability to fe to take a strong position in Massa. chusetts on this question and seek to win to their standard all the drys. It has been predicted that if the Re- publicans nominate a dry for the Sen- ate in the Bay State next year he will surely be defeated by the Democratic candidate. Efforts to keep the prohi- bition question out of the coming cam- fil‘lfl are likely to be entirely futile, they are m':de,( however. The prospects of Democratic vietory in Massachusetts this year on the wet issue, however, will give the Democrats of the th some cause for col tion and perhaps concern. The South- ern Democrats have been scrambling around ever since 1928 to prove to the people of the South that they are so i dry that the Republican administra- tion is wet when compared to them. They had a demonstration in 1928 of the attitude of the people of the South on the wet and dry issue and they are not anxious for another. Some of them are wondering what the effect of re- peated Democratic wet victories in Massachusetts other m States may be on the party as a whole. They are wondering whether the next Democratic national convention is to be called upon by these triumphant wet Democrats of the North ahd East to naminate another wet. candidate for President and to declare party opposi- tion to prohibition. The Democratic party may have as much dificulty nationally. o weather the: prohibition storm as the Republican party in Massachusetts is having over the same storm on a smaller scale. e * ok ok * Out in Wisconsin the Progressives are urging “Phil” La Follette, er brother -of . Senator - Robert M. Follette, jr. to run for the guberna- torial nomination in the Republican primaries, which come next August. Phillip* L4 ‘Pollétte 1s ho stranger to politics. He campaigned for his father, the late Senator La Follette, and for his brother “Bob,” the present Senator. He is a lawyer and has held the of- fice of prosecuting attorney for Dane County, the first political office which was held by his famous father. If he gets into the gubernatorial race this year it will be a real contest. Gov. Kohler is likely to seek re-election, it is said. He is the first “stalwart” to hold the office of governor in a nume ber of vears and his victory was due in no little part to a split among the ives themselves. The gressives feel, however, that with “Phil” La Follette as their candidate they will be able to unite all factions among the Progressives again and put their man across. The La Follette name is a great power in politics in Wisconsin today. Leonator “Bob” La Follette, jr., has given a good account of himself in the Senate, and has made himself stronger and stronger among the voters of the State. If his brother becomes a can- didate for the gubernatorial nomination he may be expected to throw himselt into the campaign and stump the State from one end to the other. Phililp La Follette is a real campaigner him- self. He has much cf the magnetism and fire of his father. He has been urged for several years to get into the race for the gubernatorial nomination. He has held back partly because of his youth and partly because of the fact that the voters might feel that a United | election. States senatorship was enough for one family at one time. But the Progres- sives are discounting these arguments now. They believe that the younger Rt ey can to rsuade get {nto the Tace: Vi * ok ok ok Senator “Tom” Heflin is just back from Birmingham, where he addressed 8 crowd estimated at seven thousand. A report from one of the most ml‘u.} is and astute Democrats—who happens be one of those who followed the Demo- cratic national ticket in 1928—i8 to the effect that Heflin will surely win the senatorial election in spite of the efforts execusve tee to read live in te made of oth?—H. T. o estimated that the new land an area of almost 2112 square miles, 50 that the Netherlands Hindu Dream of Independence Held Impractical by Press toward independence from Britain refiected in the resolutions of the Hindu Nationalist % ‘Father than mn:f - government rather sym- pathy which seems to prompt the ma- jority of comment. “The whole situation is very embar- rassing for the British government,” in the opinion of the Albany News, which adds that “while England may have some selfish motives in re- the future of 1d¢ t this fi:c It %nd; pendence af . may that the Indians ecould rule ments years and years concludes that '.Epen Times agrees it dominion status for India must be an ideal of the long future,” referring to the fact that “one speaker in the recent British young- | S8an La parliamentary debate asserted that not for a hundred years would India be ready for this step.” * X % X “One is justified in asking,” remarks the Detroit News, “what ‘complete in- dependence for India’ means and what it connotes. Does it mean the abolition of British control? So it but what follows? A great, a united nation? Or civil strife? Does it mean government. by the minority who can read and write? Or does it mean par- ticipation by the uneducated majority, and if in what form? his supporters, comment on the Indian independence movement must be Hm- ited and conservative. What is around the big question.” " according to the India’s numerous ples are not ready ]ror nnunnho%d % have no common a and are divided sharply by el and cultural differences. The peninsula witnessed almost continual warfare until the midnineteenth cen- tury, when Britain subdued the Mah- rattas and the Sikhs, suppressed the Great Mutiny and = enforced ace g sf ry estal ent and im- partially administering the laws.” i In a review of the situation, the Ot- tawa (Canada) Journal says: “Trouble there may be, as the result of the truculent declarations at the Hindu Na- tionalist but it takes more than a few fanatical resolutions to make & revolution, and atories visualizing crowded troop ships hurrying across the Indian Ocean to quell m&u mutiny, or foreshadowing the immediate of British rule in Indls, with s resultant break-up of the Commonwealth of Na- tions. betray more imagination than an intelligent anticipation of events.” The Jersey City Journal suspeets that bim out of the bs den; him the right to run in the ocratic pri- mary this year. Senator Heflin has ;:vfil& On lh.l t\nn‘ he 8 I ‘em.’” However, he faces a mu’ situation. will | and it is ‘Why is the meat of some birds dove all dark in color, while well developed have more Q. Are the colors of the leaves in the Autumn more brilliant when there is an early frost>—W. P. A. The colors are more brillfaht when there is not an early frost. Tempera- ture and moisture are factors that in- Color produc- tion is not dependent upon frost. In fact, more beautiful colors are produced when temperatures do not quite reach the freezing point during this period. An early frost prevents the formation of the special layer of cells, calléd the ab- scission h{cr. at the base of the petiole of the leaf, which cuts off the leaf and at the same time heals wound. When factors are favorable ' for the early and quick development of the abscission layer, more sugars are held in to form even more Q. What are meant by conventions in card es?—S8. 8. A. ventions are methods of bid- are gen- and significance. A. The earth and other planets turn on their axes in accordance with the first law of motion—that is, has ceived an_original impulse of rotation they will ‘continue to rotate uniformly unless acted on by some external force. Q. When did Omar Khayyam write the “Rubaiyat”?—P., L. M. -~ A. Omar Khayyam was born in the latter half of the eleventh century and died within the first quarter of the twelfth century A.D. Exactly when the “Rubaiyat” was written is not known. Q !hy do both eyes act together?— A. Both eyes are, , associ- ated in their movements. move in response to a stimulus or a‘combina- tion of stimuli, emanating from differ- ent centers of the brain, but always equally distributed to the corresponding muscles in both eyes, so that the two lines of fixation meet at the succession of points on which attention is directed. A. Red is regarded as the most cheer- ful of all colors. It is said fo react the most quickly on the optic nerve. Deco- s | rations available at the Winter solstice include holly, the berries of which are red. It grew to be the custom to use holly and berries of a similar nature in preparing for the festival of Christ- mas. By virtue of the association of ideas red came to be connected with the Christmas season. Q. What animal bears the fur called broadteil?>—D. M. ¥ A. Broadtail is the skin from the ‘Winter-killed lamb of Bokhara. It is much smaller than Persian in | charged against them. and has a very silky, moire effect. “Gandhi now believes that the chances of dominion status look prefty good, Wake | nd in order to make it certain, he, as many politicians- would, is asking for more than he expects to get. Hence his advocacy of complete separation from the British Empire.” The Flint Daily Journal points out that “India’s leaders, educated abroad for the most part, are imbued with ‘Western civilized ways, which are be- yond the capacity of the ecommon reeple. India as a country has a ong way to go before it is’capable of self-government.” * k% x ‘The problem of British officials is set forth by the Cleveland Deal with the statement: “The ment, which is not ested in Indian affairs, is destined to b‘robel‘mmwm:uh bh’n pestered problem a government since the end of the World :fihfloflw “peaceful, h'::‘ Mu:dou:éd almost anything to appease the separatists before the brickbats begin i “The force of the revolution,” thinks the Providence Bulletin, “has been somewhat weakened by the splendid work Viceroy Irwin is doing. That British statesmanship is faced with a tough problem to settle is apparent. But British statesmanship has been meeting similar situations in its long history and can be depended upon, as in so many other instances, to handle this one with sound common sense.” Possibilities of & compromise between the present British government and the dominant forces in India are suggested by the Raleigh News and Observer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York Evening World. Theé essential weakness of the anti-industrial move- ment am¢ the leaders in India is em- phasized by the Baltimore Evening Sun and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Conceding that the resistance of the Indian National Council is “passive in form but revolutionary in object,” the Richmond News Leader points out that Gandhi “can exhort and unify Hindus and, spiritually, he is magnificent, but * he is not qualified to lead a political revolution.” The seriousness of the sit- uation is observed by the Savannah Fress, the Syracuse Herald and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “The only base upon which self-gov- ernment can be erected.” maintains the New York Herald Tribune, “stil] re- ignorant, poverty-stricken and politi- cally inert. The only remllninlp;uu- tion, and one as yet largely unanswered, i how strong & hold the small group of educated nationalists actually exerts over the great masses of India.” Legal Inequalities Shown in Two_Trials Prom the 8t Louis Times. One day last week two indicted men were medv in 8t. Louis for the o?fl:gses One em Was a promoter who had, by hook and “eto: 'e:lwuny e:nuel'g‘zym; tnsur- whose & ceeded to loot with an uanr"mxehf:;. actly created a large deficit, leved by numbers of persons th the case that blocks of mmb.a sre in hiding where amiliar missing amounted to a the habitua) convicted , he was sent back sasacies of i unz‘mw th Of - e - our “ériminal iaws which * -active in examining such ) / mains the vast multitude of peasantry, * ‘