Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1930, Page 6

3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1930. “—*_—'h——'——————“————-z_————*“—hfi___——___-“—__*.: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ° BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. , THE EVENING STAR With Sunda Edition. . WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY....January 25, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor A R S The Evening Star Ntw_per Company LS e A B rants, £ se. Nesso %%e“ chisan Biugiss. PHETRG R s Repent St. London, By B q‘ S P Rate m&- 8u Sladasohy city. ver month X . .60c per month the end of rach month. it in by mall or telerhone Member of ‘he Associated The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the vise for Tepublication of ws dis- o hews published ‘Deretn. = All rishts of A Evecial dispatchés herein sre wloy sesicreat Back to the Free List. The tariff duties proposed to be | levied on hides, leather, boots and shoes were whipsawed out of the tariff bill by & conflict of interests in the Senate yesterday. The duty on hides was duty on leather, boots and shoes, which has been referred to many times as “compensatory” duty, placed in the bill 8s an offset to the increased prices| which the manufacturers might have to pay for their raw material in the event of the duty on hides being ac- cepted, met the opposition of Senators who hail from the agricultural States. They were unable to see how the farm- ers would be benefited by an increase in the prices they obtained for hides if at the same time they had to pay , an increased price for shoes and leather goods. ‘The effort of Western Senators was o increase the duty on hides, but this was defeated by a combination of Re- publican Senators from the East and Democrats from the East and South. After the Oddie amendment, proposing the duties on the hides, had been re- Jected by such a combination, Senator Borah of Idaho and other Senators from the West retaliated by voting for an amendment to cut out all duties on hides, leather, boots and shoes and to restore the language of the present law, which places hides and boots and shoes on the free list. And joining with these Senators from the West were the Democrats of the South. The debate in the Senate indicated that both the livestock producers and the manufacturers of shoes and leather ‘were meeting competition from abroad. Hides from Argentina and shoes from Czechoslovakia and other countries are coming in increasing quantities into this country to disturb the producers here. Unfortunately for the producers, however, it was found impossible to and shoes. The shoe manufacturers have asked no duty in the past on their products, so'long as they were able to purchase their raw materials in an un- protected market. Foreign competition, however, has increased as foreign pro- ducers have been able to obtain ma- chinery similar to that developed and ‘used in this country. of protection is to be maintained—and there ‘are few who would now fnsist upon & policy of free trade or even for a tariff for revenue only—the manufac- turers of this country must be given protection, too. It is particularly un- fortunate that it was impossible in the Senate to agree upon a proposal that ‘would be fair both to the farmers and to the manufacturers in the case of hides and boots and shoes. On the other hand, the American consumer, who 1is interested merely in pur- chasing boots and shoes and leather g0ods at the lowest possible figure, may be somewhat better off than if an agreement had been reached. The farmers and the men and women who make boots and shoes and leather hap- pen to be consumers of these articles, too. In the House dutles were levied on hides, leather, boots and shoes. The matter must still be thrashed out in conference between the two houses, and it may be possible yet to adjust the dif- ferences on a fair basis. ——— Every city is demanding extensive air fields. The fact that the sky is its chief reliance does not prevent aviation from affording new promise to the Tealtor. ® Down With Slenderness! Of all the sweet battles won by the Federal Trade Commission in that agency's crusades to protect the public none is more impressive than the fact that “Respondent, a corporation, en- gaged in the manufacture of cigarettes and other tobacco products, entered into the following stipulation of facts and agreement to cease and desist for- ever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.” Among the alleged practices from which the respondent agrees to cease and desist forever are the publication of testimonials and indorsements “pur- porting to be that of certain actresses in a musical show who were credited with the statement to the effect that through the use of the respondent’s cigarettes ‘that’s how we stay slender,’ ‘when, as a matter of fact, the commis- slon declares, “the said actresses were not cigarette smokers and did not stay slender through the smoking of re-| spondent’s products.” In another case the erring corporation gave publicity to & radio testimonial setting forth asa fact that a well known musical comedy star ‘who, while engaged in making a talk- « ing picture, “smoked that brand of cigarettes manufactured by respondent, and which because of the special treat- ment employed in the manufacture of sald cigarettes, had been freed from all irritants with the result that the smok- ing of sald cigarettes kept the alleged author in good shape and feeling peppy and his voice as clear as a bell in every scene, when in truth and in fact the he did not prepare, see prior to its use or sign” Other unfair methods of competition charged against the respondent were to the effect that the cofporation caused various forms of “advertising matter to contain such statements as ‘Every wom- an who fears overweight finds keen in- terest in new-day and cemmon-sense ways to keep a slender, fashionable figure,’ and ‘No longer need you face the rigid requirements of harsh dieting methods. Overweight is banished, ete.,’ when in truth and in fact health and vigor to men, slender figures to women and reduction of flesh in all cases will not necessarily result from the smoking of respondent’s brand of cigarettes.” It is not set down here as a fact, but one believes that it was this last | dictum from' the Federal Trade Com- mission that led the respondent to give up and cease and desist forever. Imag- ine the consternation that must have reigned in the office of “said respondent” when the wires carried the news that the Federal Trade Commission had for- mally declared that “Vigor to men, slender figures to women and reduction of flesh in all cases will not necessarily result from the smoking ‘of respondent's brand of cigarettes.” Large, salty tears must have rolled down the kind but stern faces of the cigarette barons when they read that statement. To have fought so hard for slender figures for women, to have striven so well for vigor in men, only to learn that such things do not necessarily come from “the smoking of respondent's brand of cigarettes”—aye, that was the cut that hurt! Does any one blame the said re- spondent from quitting and from ceas- ing and desisting forever? vt Bail Bond Grafting. | A Federal grand jury in New York City has just completed an investiga- tion into the evil of bail bond graft in | the magistrate’s courts in Manhattan |and the Bronx, making & presentation that lays bare conditions that the United States attorney for that juris- diction characterizes as a disgrace. Ac- cording to this report a veritable scale of fees prevalls at the station houses and the courts. - Bond runners pay, as a rule, $5 to the desk lieutenant at the station house, $1 to the turnkey, $1 to the clerk at the bridge in the magis- trate’s court and $1 or $2 to the court clerk who fills out the bail bond. All | this money, of course, goes into the cost of the bond, which the prisoner pays. On small bonds this amounts to from $6 to $10, bat it is not infrequent to extort from the prisoner as high as $100 on a $1,000 bond. In some cases the bondsmen or their representatives dre given sleeping accommodations in the station houses, for a consideration, of course. Professional bonding of persong ar- rested for misdemeanors and crimes has been developed into a large business. It is a lucrative business, too, and con- sequently there is much competition. The bondsmen or their runners infest the station houses and the courts and no time is lost in getting contact with the prisoners. Naturally, in such cir- It would be well to look into this matter here in the District to determine whether there is any unwholesome con- nection between police station.and bond agent. It has been sald in the past that professional bondsmen know of arrests even before they are made, es- pecially in case of raids, where numbers of persons are into custody simultaneously.. Indeed, it has been patrol wagons, loaded with prison- ers, reached there. This may not be true, or, if true, then it may be mno longer the case. Certainly it would do no harm to investigate the matter to see if there is any undesirable rela- tionship. On the assumption that a person is innocent until proved to be guilty, the fact of arrest does not establish guilt and should never cause the imposition of unnecessary hardship. If the of- fender is bailable under the law, he should be granted the earllest possible release upon the giving of a satisfactory bond for appearance in court. To this end expedition is desirable, but in the expediting of this service there should be no graft, which the bailee pays. e The “Panther” Hunt. This “panther” hunt is getting very exciting. At first only a few residents of the National Capital were interested in the maraudings of the beast, but now a steadily growing army is seek- ing to track it to its lair. Citizens, police, big-game hunters and Federal operatives are working hand in hand in the great adventure. Recruits are | being added daily, and it would not be at all surprising if the Boy Scouts and the National Guard joined the fray. It cannot help being exciting when such a large number of people are seeking the same end. Another thrilling phase of this great | | hunt is that probably none of the hunt- | {ers knows what they are hunting for, and neighborhood dogs, cats and even the hunters themselves are liable to suffer from the overzealousness of one of the shotgun brigade. The beast has been variously described as a large dog, coyote, panther, bobcat or mountain lion. A few days more of the hunt and it may well be a tiger, a rhinoceros nature of the disease it never will de- velop, there is reason to believe, into & great epidemic claiming hundreds of victims. Its outbreaks will remain localized around the nucleus of a sick parrot. The syndrome is quite close to that of influenza and very likely some cases have been wrongly diagnosed. But any disease of this kind is dan-" gerous. The phenomena of epidemics are still mysterious, For years there will be mild oufbreaks of a malady, claiming a few victints here and there and not considered very seriously by the general public. Suddenly the dis- ease will become extremely virulent, will sweep like a death-dealing wind over great areas of population, and will take its toll by the thousands. Then the disease will lose its extreme virulence and in a few years the status will be the same as before the epidemic. No- body knows just what transformation is wrought in the causative agencies of the malady. i Psittacosis has been known in the world for over sixty years. It has broken out here and there, taken a few victims, and then subsided, There have been long lapses between its ap- pearances and its ravages have been closely circumscribed. 'The present outbreak has been reported from places 8s widely separated as the Argentine, Germany and five or six American cities, Possibly all have arisen from one lot of birds divided into several shipments. It is possible, however, that it may be prevalent among parrots everywhere, This is no time to take chances. The only safe measure is to shut them out altogether. The value of these birds in the household is purely decorative and sentimental. They are useful in the scheme of nature only in their native forests, or in scientific labora- tories. Many will feel that all the par- Tots in captivity are not worth a single human life, and the soundest senti- mental reaction, so far as the birds themselves are concerned, would be to leave them in the trees where they are happy, instead of forcing upon them a hothouse existence. ——— A request is made by Prime Minister Macdonald that reporters will not send “wild stories.” The public does not demand sensationalism when it is studying large diplomacies. —ee—s ‘The London conference will proceed with discreet deliberation and not at. tempt to keep the radio busy at all hours with efforts to impart new and surprising information, ——— Sovietism is after ali only attempting on an exaggerated scale the very old experiment of making political promises do the work of statesmanship. —_— e ‘The public easily adjusts itself to new fashions. An old specimen of paper currency now looks oversized and queer. ———— Conditions are at least consistent when an unusudlly hard Winter is re- ported even from the Antarctic regions. —_————— Safety in aviation would be promoted if Lindbergh were able to teach others how to fly as safely as he does. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Quail. (News note—Farmers are being re- quested to feed the quail.) ‘The memory of a pleasant song, A simple homely lay, Comes where the brown birds sped along Upon a Summer day. With vigilance her own to guard. Now bitter blows the gale. The 3now is deep; the ground is hard. So let us feed the quail. A very little will enhance Hope for a needy friend, Who only asks & sporting charice ‘To struggle to the end. The huntsman she will bravely meet; Her cunning may prevail. She has no chance in ice and sleet, So let us feed the quail. Deception Difficult, “I am afraid some of you politicians used to deceive the people.” “That was years ago.” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “Radio and the tele- graph make it possible to check up on everything that is said and done. A politician often manages to get away with something, but nobody is really deceived.” Jud Tunkins says there is & limit to the intelligence of animals. No matter how much you may love pets, it's foolish to try to tame a bee. No Early Riser. The sunrise makes a glorious view; Each daybreak will renew it, I'm glad, I will confide to you, That I don't have to view it, Better as a Secret. “I have a great tip on the market,” said the speculative person. “Don’t talk about it,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “If it wins nobody will be grateful for your information, and 1t it loses you will make a lot of enemies.” “Think carefully on what you teach a child,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “lest he grow up to remember you as one who led him into saying what is not true.” . or an elephant, depending on the im- agination of those who allege that they have glimpsed it. Whatever it is, it is | not likely to hurt any of the hunters before it is dispatched. The important thing is for none of the hunters to hurt themselves before the animal is| finally tracked down. s Intimations continue to be made that the vast amounts of money handled by a few lobbyists are as imaginary as the services they pretend to render. I The- Ban on Parrots. President Hoover has seen fit to issue an executive order against further im- portation of parrots until the psittacosis outbreak throughout the world is checked. Even extreme sentimentalists on the subject of pets should not object Serious Game. It’s very clear that whist may claim Rank as a matter serious, For every one who plays the game Looks solemn and mysterious. “Puttin’ things off,” sald Uncle Eben, “somehow mostly applies to duties instid of pleasures.” N Probably Solves Problem. From the Butte Datly Post. ‘The present cold snap, we under- stand, is an enterprising business scheme hatched by Fred Huotte, the coal baron, and Henry Coulam, the w. k. California excursion booster. ————te— Presents a Knotty Point, | Prom the Akron Beacon Journal. It's hard to tell whether great men to this sensible and timely move to protect the American people against a deadly and somewhat mysterious malady which unquestionably has gained a foot- hold in the country. The President has aforesaid comedy star authorized the|acted upon sound medical advice. aforesaid testimonial and received a ‘There is no disposition among medi- | consideration for the above statement cal suthoriti#s to exaggerate the dan- attributed to him, but which statement gers of parrét fever, From the very read detective stories for relaxation or because they were licked for doing it as kids, b And Typographical Mistakes. From the Savannah Morning News. The annual Georgia newspaj tute is to conduct clinics. I posed that remedies for lo will be sought. -flc r insti- is sup- irculation THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Just as all the living world loves a lover, so0 all the reading world loves a love story. One of the best of these, and cer- tainly one of the newest, is “The Mid- night Bell,” by Patrick Hamilton, a young Londonér, who, according to no less an authority than Hugh Walpole, was “intended by the Almighty to write novels.” This story comes to America under the imprint of Little, Brown & Co., bringing with it a Dickensian flavor, so called largely because the writing world is going back to the master. The swing toward the literary style of Charles Dickens as yet is not pro- nounced, but ‘there has been enough of it recently to make it sure. Another outstanding instance is Priestley’s “The Good Companions,” issued last Autumn. So far the Dickens influence is not large and is shown rather in a decided and broad humorous twist to descrip- tions. It is as if writers were begin- ning to tire themselves of too much real'sm. naturalism, call it what one will. (Whatever it is, it may be seen to the full in Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms.”) More and more, writers are coming to see that mayb: Dickens was right, after all, when he managed to extract a bit of fun from almost everything he saw, from almost every person he de- scribed. He knew that man is a humo! ous animal and wants to be amused even in his sadness. * ok ok X An example of the Dickensian touch is found in the following description of “The Midnight Bell,” a London public house of the sort which left America with the saloon. ““Those entering the Saloon Bar of ‘The Midnight Bell' from the street,” our author says, “came through a large door .with a fancifully frosted glass pane, a handle like a dumb-bell, a brass inscription ‘Saloon Bar and, Lounge,’ and a brass agjuration to Push. Any one temperamentally so wilful, careless or incredulous as to ignore this friendly admonition was instantly snubbed, for this door actually would only succumb to Pushing. Nevertheless hundreds ot temperamental people nightly arguea with the door and got the worst of it. Given proper treatment, however, it swung back in the most accomplished way and announced you to the Saloon Bar with a welcoming creak.” That, as every one will admit, is Dickensian. One cannot imagine Sin- clair Lewis writing that paragraph any more than Theodore Dreiser. Those gentlemen take their art too seriously. Even as young men their faces have the same look which that of Dickens wore after he became a Success, Young Patrick Hamilton, with the world before him, looks upon the sordid side of his London with a humorous eve, and the reader finds that this same humor, while not obscuring the harsh- ness, makes it easier for him to bear. We wish more novelists would think about their readers. No matter how fond a seeker of vicarlous experiences & novel reader may be, ordinarily he does not care for an excess. He would like Zola's “L’'Assommoir” better if the scene in which little Lala is beaten were left out. It would be just es good a story. Mr. Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms” would be better, one is !.l:::lln!d wtzm“l;. if the lvnlst sad scenes were not quite so sad. We pre- dict that Olive Schreiner’s “Stars? of An African Farm,” in which the hero- ine similarly dies in childbirth, will live countless years after “A Farewell to Arms” is forgotten, solely because it esses & touch of sentiment which is lacking in Hemingway's admittedly best work. Kindliness, good humor—if an author .can hold these below the point of mawkishness, he has something which the novelist without them would give his literary life for. Consider Mr. Hamilton's description of one of the frequenters of “The Mid- night Bell”: “He had been to Oxford University, and was & man of letters—mostly to the papers. He wrote articles and short stories for the press, which were very occasionally accepted. He called this Turning Out Little Things from 1mm:t tou Hmlne. An enormous fi51’11'25 ually in progress was a fi;}:en in n;e d“ik.l‘a % i a. e use of capitals, as here exempli- fied, is made l: art. s * k% ok “The Midnight Bell” is the sort of thins most men would write if they could write a novel at all—and most of them rather think they can, of course. Mastmr:lelx; l"::ve an eno‘rl:nous 1J'l'hinl perpe rogress, in their own minds, at the gut, which they hope to spring upon an astonished world some day or other. Delve into the se- cret compartments of most desks, and the chances are at least 50-50 that you would bring out a manuscript, the secret treasure of some sad heart. Most men, granted that most men could write a novel, would be forced to do it in the style of Patrick Hamilton, at once the easlest, from one stand- point, and at the same time the most difficult, from another. He has two main characters, three at the most, and these he follows through from meeting to meeting, from conver- sation to conversation. His waiter Bob, and his girl of the streets, Jenny Maple, meet to part and part to meet. The reader finds himself rather surprised, when about two-thirds through, to ling of meetings, Barings aad talkings cling of ! an . \?v'eu, itetakes m“mlke 80 ub{l’e much, to make chitchat interesting. The author here does it because he pic- tures a dramatic contrast, that of true love, as exemplified in his Bob, against that of indifference, as set forth in the vulgar, pretty Jenny. For all its humor this is a sad book. "It is relieved by the genuine love which the man shows for the girl whom he could have pur- chased, but refused to. And the girl, without one sigh-of appreciation, calmly takes his money, and deceives him even more calmly, because she is by nature utterly incapable of appreciating any- thing in which aspiration has a part. This is a real love story, one which shows man as the romantic dreamer which he is. It is a good story largely for that reason. A few doubting read- ers may be inclined to laugh at it be- cause they will not have had enough experience to realize that love is state of mind and that it lasts as long as that state of mind exists, and no longer. * Kk ok X ‘The perturbation of being in love, with all that it implies, is sketched in “The Midnight Bell,” with a young but sure hand. The third main char- acter, Ella, the barmaid \(in the house where Bob is waiter), is as good a portrait, in her way, as the main two, if perhaps not just a bit better. She loves Bob, but knows that he doesn't care for her, yet continues to love him just the same. Ella’s part in the story consists of flitting in and out of the scene, with lightninglike remarks concerning the growing, blind romance of Bob for the blue-eyed Jenny. As deft a scene as recent fiction has known is that in which the love-lorn Bob goes to his room on_Christmas eve, after his precious Jenny has accepted another “loan,” without & word of thanks, and finds there a gift handkerchief left by the faithful Ella. This is the sort of thing life is made of; it helps make “The Midnight Bell” a good story, although a_slender o The author steps into his plot bu once, in an extraordinary paren- thetical sentence, on page 94, which might not meet with the approval of Senator Smoot and other legislators interested in spotless literature, but surely will win the suffrage of all but the most squeamish readers. Senate’s Reduced Sugar Tariff Meets With General Approval Few tears were-shed over the defeat of the sugar tariff measure in the Sen- ate. While some warnings are sounded against smothering an infant industry, the majority feel that the move was scund economics. “The margin by which the Harrison amendment providing against any in- crease in duties on raw sugar was car- ried in the Senate,” according to the New York Sun, “leaves the sugar raid- ers little he of anything to be gained by means of conference. Instead of the expected seven Democratic votes for in- crease from the present duties to 2.20 and 2.75 cents a pound, there were only four. Instead of the expected dozen Republican votes for the Harrison amendment, there were 18. The House bill, providing duties of 2.40 cents on Cuban sugar and 3 rents on sugar from other countries, will be unacceptable to conferees chosen by a Senate that voted 48 to 38 for the existing duties of 1.76 cents on Cuban sugar and 2.20 cents on world sugar. * * * The answer of the Senate is so firm a negative that it ought to be accepted as final by those who have made the unavailing raid against the consumers of sugar.” * ok X Recognizing in the Senate’s action “a notable victory for sound economics and for consumers’ rights,” the At- lanta Journal calls it “the most em- phatic and the most meaningful repulse that special privilege has met with in the present session of %ongr::fi;nm.g loeks upon the propose “‘more I.?I‘!’jult than that which stirred the founders of the Nation to revolt against a stupid British King."” Observing that “Senator Smoot an- nounces that he will endeavor to get a smali advance in rates for the sugar growers before the traiff bill is finally | ;- enacted into law,” the Memphis Com- mercial-Appeal remarks that “ttis is interesting in its revelation of the fact that the tariff autocrats are not as au- tocratic as they orce were.” The Provi- dence Journal points out that “how- ever much tariff protection they might be granted or however large a.bounty for sugar might be, the American peo- ple doubtless would have to rely chiefly upon_foreign growers for their suppl The Kansas City Star asserts that “the country cannot afford to pay heavily for develorh‘lg an industry with such scant possibilities as that of sugar pro- ductlion.” ¥ o “The original House duties,” as viewed by the Richmond News-Leader, “would have added $150.000,000 yearly to the country’s sugar bill, whereas the gain to the producers would have been only $26,000,000, and that would have gone exclusively to the 3 per cent of the farmers who grow sugar. The pres- ent tariff yields $43,000,000 to the grow- ers, but costs the farming population of the country $64,000,000—a net loss of $21,000,000 & year.” On the subject of bounty, the Detroit News comments: “It worked in the early nineties, when paying bounties to the cane-sugar peo- ple of Louisiana and to a few sugar- beet producers. With beet sugar being made on a much larger scale, the Gov- ernment overhead with a bounty plan today would be a large item. The dan- ger of frauds also would be widespread n\&lrlve." defense of sugar demands, the Butte Montana Standard says: “The Senate might have done worse. Per- haps many of its members realize that. smf there will be disappointment that some workable scheme could not have been evolved which would encourage American farmers to raise more sugar. ‘Taken by and large, there is probably no land in the world better suited to the production of beet sugar than cer- fain vast areas of the United States, including ll.rg districts of Montana. And yet the United States raises only about one-fifth of the sugar it con- sumes.” * % ok X Predicting that, if the Senate action stands, “the beet-sugar business will be destroyed,” the Detroit Free Press declares that “if the Cuban sugar in- terests run true to form, the amount of mercy they extend to a victimized people will be just about what a Chi- cago gangster extends to his prey. The American consumer will long for the day when a protective tariff which made possible & competitive industry kept the price within some sort of bounds.” The Grand Rapids Press calls the sugar duty “about the only rate in the tarift which might be described as a price-restraining, anti-monopoly duty instead of a price-boosting and mo- nopolistic one.” The Bay City Times holds that “the history of the bounty ex?erfimem.s tends to prove that it not only was an aid to the domestic sugar grower, but that it was a big factor in starting the beet-sugar industry on a sound basis in its infancy.” Louisiana is just coming back in the raising of sugar” argues the New Orleans Item. “Thé business is not very profitable here, and the business in the beet-sugar sections of the coun- :g s not very prosperous. A slight ditional increase in the sugar tariff, and the protection of the industry in the United States from both Cuban preferential oomtgletlflun and from the competition of the Philippine Islands, should result in the raising of sub- stantially larger amounts of domestic sugar. There is a difference in the Wage scale in our country and in the tropical countries of the world. The old question comes up, ‘Why raise sugar in the United States?’ There are several sound reasons for it. The first that sugar is a war necessity. America found this out during her last war when we first starved for sugar and next saw sugar go to fantastic prices.” “The conference committee.” in the Bplmon of the Chicago Daily News, Wil have to do what it can to settle the differences between the Senate's proposal to leave the present sugar dutles unchanged and the action of the Lower House in increasing the duty on Cuban sugar to 2.40 cents a pound. It may succeed or it may not. There are observers who still think no new )t,::ifln measure will be enacted this “The result is another demonstra- tion.” concludes the Louisville Courier- Journal, “that the Old Guard high- tariff Grundyites, who started out to ride roughshod over the President's Tecommendation of limited tariff re- Vvision. have been unhorsed.” The be- lief that this defeat is a setback for the high protectionists in general fs volced by the Santa Barbara Daily News, the New Bedford Evening Stand- ard and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “The next step,” states the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, “will be that of reconciling the two actions (by Senate and House). The House. on the face of existing conditions, will have to come to the Senate rate, for the lines appear fixedly drawn in the latter instance.” —r———— Not Included in List. From the Springfleld (Mo.) Leader. The Washington fire reveals that many old papers were burned and some hope the eighteenth amendment may be among the number. ———————— Apparently a Wisecrack. From the Florence, Ala., Herald. Forty volumes of missing laws have been found in Siam. It seems that the Orient has than its share of national disast THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover Many biographers of Byron see hlml so admiringly as-a poet that they ex- tenuate or dismiss as accompaniments of the poetic temperament his domestic delinquencies during the year of his married life. In doing so they have often slurred Lady Byron, representing her as the commonplace wife of & great man, incapable of understanding him. The fact is that before the year was over she understood much about him which, had she known it earlier, would have prevented her marrying him, m spite of his fame and personal charm, Ethel Colburn Mayne has written one of the fairest of the lives of Byron. She is also fair to Lady Byron and has re- cently written “The Life of Byron.” As interpreted by Miss Mayne, with thorough knowledge of the Byron documents, Annabella Milbanke, Lady Byron, was before her marriage at the age of 22 an attractive, though not beautiful, girl of unusual character, with a love for poetry and a tendency to moralize. Byron, who was just then trying to free himself from an affair with Lady Caroline Lamb, was attracted to Annabella Milbanke and perhaps hoped she might furnish a means to a more peaceful and regular life. She at first refused him, because his reputa- tion was known to her, but afterward reconsidered and tacitly invited Byron back. ~After the engagement Byron showed many signs of wishing himself free, but they were married, and on the wedding journey Byron was savage and insulting. He did not speak until they reached Durham, where the bells raug in their honor, because the bride's father had once been a member of Parliament for the district. Then he remarked with a sneer, “Ringing for our happiness, I suppose?” And later, on the journey, he told the humiliated Annabella, “It must come to a se| - tion! You should have marr me when I first proposed.” Almost imme- diately Augusta Leigh, Byron's half- sister, appeared in their home, gradually, all the while fighting her growing suspicions, Lady Byron came to know what were the relations of the two. Once her knowledge was certain, she ‘could no longer remain with Byron, and after the birth of her daughter, Ada, she left him and returned to her parents, * ok x X Of Celtic simplicity and primitiveness similar to that of Synge are the tales of Liam O'Flaherty in “The Mountain Tavern.” They are concerned with birth and death and work. His characters, like those of Synge, often gain their livelihood at sea and suffer the treach- eries of the sea. The wives wait anxiously during a storm to know Whether or not they are to be widows. There are quarrels over the possession’ of small pieces of land, over women, over catches of fish, over farm animals. Some of the stories are about animals. ‘There is a small boy who frightens an enraged bull with a little white dog; two men watch at night for the birth of a calf; there is the tragedy of a pair of blackbirds when the mother and the eggs are frozen on the nest and the father goes off wailing into the wind. Altogether, these stories are equal in power and variety to those in the earlier volume of O'Flaherty, “Spring Sowing.” i bt William Dean Howells was always kindly and helpful to younger and less successful writers than himself. This is evidenced by many of his letters, pub- lished in the two volumes “Life and Letters of William Dean Howells,” edited by Mildred Howells. On cne occasion he wrote to Sarah Orne Jewett: “You have a precious gift and you must know it, and can be none the worse for your knowledge. We all have a_tender pleasure in your work, which there is no other name for but love. I think no one has shown finer art in a way than you, and something which is so much better than art besides. Your voice is like a thrush’s in the din of all the literary noises that stun us so.” Howells’ courtesy and friendly spirit were quite different from what appears to_have been the selfish rudeness of Anthony Trollope. Introduced by Henry |James, Howells once spent a night at ‘the home of Trollope, but Trollope barely spoke to him during his stay. ok ok ok X Mary Webb, who died not long ago, Jjust after her unusual novel, “Preciol Bane,” had met with so much ap- preciation, was Mrs. H. -B. L. Webb, formerly Mary Meredith. She was n_and lived most of her life in hropshire, whose atmosphere, geog- raphy and legendary history are woven into all her stories. She loved every rugged hill, desolate heath, lonely tarn, and ancient legend of her native Shropshire and makes all her readers love them in ‘“Precious Bane,” her most mature and strongest novel of the mately blended with her story that the harsh advice of Gideon Sarn seems the inevitable accompaniment of her sur- roundings—the difficult soil and the dark, sinister lake. The poetic love story of his sister Prue reflects equally the lighter side of the Shropshire land- | scape, the blossoming hedges in the Sprln&inthe waving masses of grain at the e of reaping, the full moon floating over the downs. In addition to “Precious Bane," other books by Mary Webb which have been publlshedl are “Seven for a Secret,” “Gone to Earth,” “The House in Dormer Forest,” “Armour Wherein He Trusted,” “Poems and the Spring of Joy” and “The Golden Arrow.” The novel left un- finished at her death, “Armour Where- in He Trusted,” is an experiment in the Gothic. Sir Gilbert Polrebec leaves his beloved and goes on a crusade in the cause of Chrisf. The style of this fragment is as poetic as the song in the knight's heart as he rides away, “God bless the thorn!” * ok ok % Lord Haldane, one of the most dis- tinguished of British statesmen, was not' too proud to acknowledge in his autoblography that he once failed to win or hold, the love of a woman to Wwhom he was devoted and that his own unreturned love enriched his life. He says: “But there was no moment in which I elther blamed her or pitied myself. My feeling was that somehow 1 had failed. * * * To this hour I treas- ure the memory of these five weeks, and bless her name for the return she made on them to my devotion to her. | * * * I came to realize afterward, when the pain was past, that my love for her, though it failed * * * enlarged the meaning and content of life for me.” * % ok X Some of the lectures of Count Her- mann Keyserling have been published In two volumes, “Creative Understand- ing” and “The Recovery of Truth.” The essays of both volumes are re- statements of the now familiar philo- sophical ideas of the founder of the Darmstadt School of Wisdom: the Oriental ideal of quietism, the impend- ing fate of our Western clyilization, | the Logos as the principle of initiative, the sypreme influence of the superior minority. The last chapter of “The Recovery of Truth,” entitled “My Own Belief,” 1s interesting as are ail per- sonal expressions of conviction from one who has thought. Of his philo- sophic mission Count Keyserling says: “For all my philsophy springs from & source which my consciousness does not as yet fathom. Still, I am steadily progressing. I krow it. And this is | the proof for me that I am steering the right course.” W Alfred Neumann, author of “The | Devil” a historical romance of Louis XI of France and his famous barber- confident nicknamed “the Devil” has written another historical romance, re- cently translated, “The Rebels,” & story %f r!;-:lv in tlt_xlo 1830s, f.h& time of ‘the A uman relationships of a &emn;l kind share the author’s at- ntion with the political events of the Carbonari movement. There are more characters than in “The Devil”; per- haps this is why none of them makes as vivid an impression as Louis XI, soil. In this her background is so inti- | © +| which all local motorists are asking. This is a special department, devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the services of an extensive organization in Wash- ington, to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it geprives you of benefits to which you are en-) titled. our obligation is only 2 cents | in coin or stamps, inclosed with your | inquiry, for direct reply. Address The ing S Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. ). Please give a biography of Cagle, P E foot mfi‘ star, telling where he Jl’-yed foot ball—C. D. M. A. Christian K. Cagle was born May 1, 1905; attended and finished Merry- College, Lafayette, both in Louisiana (1922 to 1926), and entered West Point in July, 1926. 'He expects to finish his | course at West Point this June. He played foot ball at all three schools. Q. Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?—L. A. A. There are certain definite earth- juake zones on the earth. Japan lles in one of these zones. Lines of struc- tural weakness, high mountains, in- equalities between land surface and ad- Jjacent sea bottom, as well as the pres- ence of fault scraps, furnish the neces- sary conditions, e Q. In using the Doyle scale are logs measured with the bark?—H. W. A. The Forest Service says that the method of measuring logs by the yle scale is from the inside of the bark to the outside of the bark. Q. What letters are used as serial letters on the various money now in cir- culation as currency?—D. E. H. | A. The Bureau of Epgraving and Printing says that all of the letters of the alphabet except “o” and “i" are used as serial letters on the wvakious bills now in circulation. Q. When was technological education first emphasized?—N. O. A. The beginning of technological education may be traced back to an- clent times, as is evidenced by the con- struction of the pyramids of pt, the aqueducts, military roads and fortifica- tions of the ancient Romans. Durin, the Middle Ages there was a general lack of interest in learning of all kinds. It was principally conducted by monks and similar religious organiza- tions, whose interest was more in the arts than in the sciences. Technologi- cal schools were founded in the eight- eenth century. In the United States he work of Dr. Jacob Bigelow did much jto further interest in technologi- cal studies. He published his ) ments in Technology” in 1829, Q. How long has Willlam Howard ZIét bveven on the Supreme Court bench? A. He was appointed Chief Justice of ;;‘;l United States Supreme Court Q. Who was Cincinnatus?—F. B. R. A. Cincinnatus was a Roman legen- dary hero, born about 519 B.C. He distinguished himself as an opponent of the plebelans in the struggle with the patricians, 462-5¢. He was named dictator in 458. He gained a victory over Aequinas, who had surrounded the Roman army, but he gave up the dicta- torship after only 16 days. He was again appointed to the office in .C. to oppose the traitor Spurius M lius, who was defeated and slain. Q. Is the old Nelson home of York- town, Va. where Thomas Nel or William Nelson lived, or did they both live there?—M. E. J. 'L UNIVERSAL, Mexico City.—The Board of Public Education has Jjust devised a radical improve- ment in caring for scholars in the public schools between the ages of 17 and 20, who are still attend- ing elementary or secondary schools. Hereafter all these older scholars will be placed in_a school (or schools) of their own. Included in this grouping will be those who for reasons began their education at much later ages than the majority of children, or those who either from failure to apply themselves or from individualities of mental reac- tion, were unable to keep up with their asses. ‘This will make it easier to instruct normal and studious children and will at the same time remove the backward puplls from em! ing surroundings occasioned by their greater age and stature, with an accompanying knowl- edge of the subjects treated generally in inverse ratio to their size. * K ok ok Sorrow Enough ‘Without Hanging Crepe. Le Matin, Paris.—The huv{ pe. mourning veil, worn in France for - erations, is in danger. It is no los proper to wear the insignia of f, any more than it is pl‘o‘per to advertise our religion or our politics. Emotions belong in the heart, not in our external garments. There is sorrow enough in the world without reminding péople of it by the somber v'eat:ne:\u of death. g * “Tree of Death” Adds to Great Toll. Le Soir, Brussels.—Another accident occurred at Florenville recently at th: dangerous turn in the Plerrard district on the road to Orval. A limousine ~coming from -Villers-de- vant-Orval, and containing M. Bastin, a shopkeeper at Mcent-St. Martin, France, and four members of his family, left the road at the fatal turn and crashed into a tree close to the avement, which has already accounted ?nr a score or more in dead and injured motorists. Four of the five occupants of M. Bastin's car were seriously in- jured, one or two perhaps mortally. Only one emerged from the wreck un- hurt. The auto was completely de- molished. As for the tree, it is as robust as ever. Why is it that this tree, aptly apostrophized as the “tree of death,” has not long since been felled by the official forester? That is the question * ok ok ok Short_Circuit Nearly Starts Panic. La Presena, Buenos Aires.—Recent- ly a short circuit in the electrical system of the subway Anglo-Argen- tina tied up all the lines of the com- pany and also put out of service all the electrical installations at the stati Peru and Pledras, The tie-up innumerable persons who were ing the trains at the stations in the Plaza del Mayo, as well as at the other two stations mentioned. Most of these, however, abandoned the waiting rooms with precipitation when abnormal phe- nomena_in the lighting and ignition system began to manifest themselves. The greater number not only lost their serenity but departed through the doors so hastily that several were knocked down and trampled. The trouble was finally found to be in the cables carrying the current for the motive power coming in contact with an auxiliary cable carrying 1,000 volts. * Kok ok English Potato Market Is Staggering. Daily Mall, London—The explana- tion of the big potato slump in England is, in brief, one of overproduction and reduced demand, with ever-present, menace of forelgn competition. tl which we produce rather more than are needed for home consumption. This Oliver Necker, and his wife Anne, However, the intrigues and emotional reactions of the princess, Madda, Checca. Guerra, and the duke are sufficiently interesting. season farmers through the country, driven desperate by the ruinous pros- 55“ of corn growing, have planted 000 acres! mm in excess of last year's agea, . Last year over 100,000 S T | electric light pole in his of airpla come to shopkeepers. old nag ba so entirely out of keeping with his tas But what is a traffic hold- pared with the joy of seel o ally alive in a Lon till the musical early milkman's horse is by the wakeful city dweller! torture of any kind shoul uupon any alleged toes are the one agricultural crop of | y;j ture is not only inhuman, bu violation of tmy national law, Wi is sven that severe punishment statute, e A. The Nelson house at Yorktown was bullt by Willlam Nelson when Thomas Nelson was a small child. It was intended for the future residence of Thomas. William and Thomas both lived there. Q. How did Clemenceau come hy the sobriquet, “The Tiger”?—D, N. A. Emile Bure, editor of L'Avenor, a Paris daily, is quoted as saying that he is probably responsible for it. Clemen- ceau had been attacked in a political article and called as “flerce as a tiger.” Bure adopted the term in amusement. but it grew into a nickname that was in general use. Q. What is the story connected with the lel‘ll “The Spanish Cavalier"?— ville High School (1922), Southwestern | ¢ g A. The song was composed by a youth of San Francisco who lmpged as a cabin boy on board the flagship of the Pacific Squadron about 1875. The vessel lay for some time at Panama, where he deserted and enlisted in the Panama army as a drummer boy. Tir- ing of this, he worked his way back to San Prancisco, where he was arrested as a deserter from the United States Navy. Through a daughter of a mem- ber of Congress, who was an old sweet- heart, he was released. In her honor he comj d_two songs, based upon music which he had heard in Panama. To his bitter disappointment, she had later refused to recognize him. He then cast aside the songs. Later he sang one, “The Spanish Cavalier,” before a San Francisco actress, who appreciated it. Shortly afterward it was produced in public. It was not published until 1880. The publisher paid $50 for the song. Q. What President vetoed the great- est number of bills during his term of office?—E. 8. M. A. President . Cleveland vetoed 496 bills during his terms as President. his first term he vetoed 301 bills, nearly twice as many as had all his ‘predecessors combined. The .ma- jority of these were private pension bills, and only two of them were passed over his veto. No President since Cleveland has vetoed any considerable number of bills. Q. Who was the first person to posc fi;r ; xémuon picture under contract?— A. It is believed that James J. Cor- bett, former heavyweight champion of the world, was the first motion gkmn'e actor under contract. In the early days of the industry it was recognized that action was the most important element needed to catch the popular interest. Q. How many musicians are there in the Ohio Penitentiary Band?—P. W. A. The warden says that there are three bands—a regular band 'of 54 pleces, a concert band of 14 pieces, and @ 10-piece jazz band. in o Q. V!V{h-t causes fading on a radio?— | “A." Weather conditions and electrical current are, two causes for fading. After patents are issued, is the published by the Patent Office?— A.'The Patent Office publishes an official gazette, in which are listed the patents as they are granted. Q. How many ships ply from Amewi- —S. H. can ports?- Board says that tacy L. ships are divi to three classes— Passenger, combination passenger and cargo, and cargo. %here are 206 pas- senger and combination ' ships, 1,304 dry cargo ships and 361 tankers (cargy) in uce at the present time. Higblights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ‘ tons of potatocs were left to rot in the clamps (piled in heaps) owing being no market for them, a f: makes it easy to realize the state of the industry, when a market must be found for a further excess of 200,000 tons produced by the increased acreage. As regards the reduced demand for Potetoes, the consumption of this chea; and most valuable food has fallen in England by something like 50 per cent. The fallacy that potatoes are fat- tening is no doubt the chief cause of this reduction. Cooked without f their consumption is highly beneficial, even for people who may be too stout. Boiled or steamed, they are even in the diet at German “slimming’ * k% % Cat Is Cause Of Serious Accident. Le Matin, Paris.—M. Vital, chauffeur for a shopktmr at Paris, while driving on the Fierville-les-Tares road with: his Wwife, encountered & cat which sat down leisurely in the midst of traffic to wash l‘s {Ifluce. ;(.bvtxm .lwln the directicn car, but was too fast for perfect control and ':wfderx wm: ‘:n effort to avoid the cat. Mme. Vital was thrown fre the car into & ditch and seriously huo:ln. M. Vital suffered a broken jaw and many contusions. It is hoped the cat appreciates all this consideration, * x k% “Joy-Ride" Pilots Tale Merchants’ Prons. Sydney Bulletin~—The advance of a; ation is gratifying enough in its 'x”-. but the frequent visits to country towns ne owners offering a “joy- ride straight" for 10 shillings and & spiral dive for 30 shillings are unwel~. Our local fi swears that the next time he h:‘:lr‘:w & certain long-standing debtor of his 80ing up” it'll mean murder. Nearly every penny the pil O e y pllot takes goes out * ok ok ok Mexicans to Study American Business Methods. El Universal, Mexico City.—There is being organized in Mexico Cit, of prominent business men who are g ing to tour the United States ness methods e principal cities of he to study American busi- and the possible advan- tages of applying t - terprises, _’i_ lying them to Mexican: en. ber of Commerce is takin terest in this project, whicl adoption of the retail she o B, ops of the capital, which North e National Mexican Cham- a vital in- innovations, e: ly in been tried out on successfully ln * K ok % Milkman’s Horse Found Relief From Din, Daily Herald, London.—The sound of & horse’s hoofs in the qulet o'clock in the morning 15 food ot the soul, after the infernal rush would like to road, but we fear t horss trafe ia hat the day of the s, ffiofld{m‘ the lally din and motor traffic.’ We, too, see more horses on the of the over, It would be really cruel to expect the ck again, amid surroundin, ing something actus don street? May it, indeed, be a long, long time “click-click” of the heard no more * ook ok Police Warned Against Torture System, North China Standard, Peiping —1 d be culprits with the vies confess their gulilf issued by Gen. Li-} in, commandant of the Peiping emer= ney police, to his subordinates. Gen, points out that the infliction of tor~ t is also & them he latest order be, out 1o violators of 'y