Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR o With Sunday Morning Baitien. WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY...February 22, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor T .60¢ ter month 5 : month i ofcach montn, 5 4 Tt s madl oFTutbhons ose e per oo (L o nada. mo.. 81, mo.. 2 Al fiehts of publicatin of tchés herein are also seserved. George Washington. ‘Observance of the anniversary of the birth of George Washington comes as an annual ceremony of increasing rather than diminishing significance. The perspective of one hundred and ninety-eight years focuses rather than disperses the thought of the people of America upon the character and the services of the man who is regarded by posterity as the Father of the Nation. Despite the efforts of sensational biog- raphers to belittle him, to magnify his trifiing faults into serious moral de- linquencies, the American people see him, not as superman, but as an in- spired patriot and statesman, a man capable of leadership, blessed with the gift of commanding and holding the confidence of others and of winning loyal, unquestioning devotion. Washington the man commands the highest respect. Washington the sol- dier commands the most ardent ad- miration. Washington the statesman commands the everlasting gratitude of the people of the United States. It is in all three roles that he stands now in the light of the years, as the one man of his generation who could ac- complish the task that was set for him, the task of creating and maintaining a nation. However intimate the study of Wash- ington, however minute the scrutiny ef his conduct and character and per- formances, the conclusion is inescapable that he alone of his cotemporaries could have met the various responsibilities that had to be falthfully and capably discharged to the end of the successful ‘emergence of the colonies into enduring national existence. ‘Washington was not especially a giant among his fellows of Revolutionary period. There were men as com- manding in moral and soldierly and political stature. But he combined in his person the essential qualities re- quired for the leadership in field and forum. He stood out from the ranks of the patriots of his day by reason of this union in one personality of the ele- ments of leadership in war and in peace. Study of Washington’s writings, which are exceptionally voluminous and which constitute a veritable literature in themselves, shows both a conscious- ness of his own merits and an humble spirit. He could not have been the suc- cessful leader that he was if he had doubted or belittled his own qualifica- tions. The master of men must be con- scious of his own qualities. George ‘Warhington was no hypocrite, nor was he a poseur. Yet he was always “ur:; of his obligation to the higher powers. He was a truly religious man, seeking guidance and sustenance from spiritual | sources. It is to such a man that the Nation looks back today, to a man like these of today in many respects, a nan who if living in these times would unques- tionably be a leader and an inspiration, successtul in business, successful in political activity and, in case of vital need, successful as a soldier. As the Yyears pass, as the second century since his birth draws to a close, the national | Tespect for him increases, the sense of | obligation to him for his great services 8rows, and the observance of his natal | day gains an impressive sincerity. H —_———— | Spring poetry is already regarded as seasonable, in spite of the fact that the customary March blizzard is still to be | heéard from. Tips on the weather are always interesting, but either in prose ©Or verse can never be commended as strictly reliable. - i Job Hunters and Local Charities. Washington is suffering just at | e remain unsupplied. ton will do its best to provide for any newcomers who cannot find work here, but it cannot entertaln and support | them long, for it has its own charities and relief works to maintain and at present has inadequate means for their maintenance., Nor can the Community Chest ask the people of the Capital g for additional contributions to meet 102 40¢ | this extraordinary demand while the [ ordinary necessities of the agencies . The Muddle Over Retirement. In view of the complications over re- tirement legislation the question of pro- cedure now resolves itself wholly to one of expediency President Hoover, in a frank discus- sion of the subject, says that he favors the new Lehlbach bill, which not only liberalizes the law, but puts into ef- fect new principles of computing and administering retirement. In addition, he states that “the plan in the Dale bill presents the same difficulties to me that it presented to my predecessor.” As these difficulties obviously led to the pocket veto which killed retirement lib- eralization at the last session of Con- gress, Mr. Hoover's statement can easily be interpreted as a warning that, facing identical difficulties faced by his pred- ecessor, the only course left open to {him if the Dale bill is sent to him for |bis signature would be the course chosen by Mr. Coolidge. 4 | A tew hours previous to Mr. Hoover's | statement, however, Mr. Lehlbach had i stances had dictated. The Dale bill has i passed the Senate and is out of the way. | The House committee members, because of the opposition to and the uncertain- ty surrounding the merits of the new to stick to the Dale bill and report it out. If the House passes the Dale measure, as it is expected to do with- out a dissenting voice, and the measure becomes law, the small amount of relief which it carries to Government em- ployes will be effected; time still will jremain for Mr. Lehlbach and others ]in charge of retirement legislation to wipe the slate clean and begin work on & new retirement bill. If this second measure is passed, it will, of course, su- persede the Dale bill. If it fails, the employes will at least have gained the stopgap relief to which every one agrees they are entitled. On the other hand, passage of the ;Dale bill would automatically tend to lessen the motivating force behind re- tirement liberalization. With one meas- ure out of the way, indorsed by Gov- emnment employe organizations and carrying some emergency rellef, it is doubtful if much pressure will remain to force consideration and passage of another bill within the immediate fu- ture—although the new bill carries with | it drastic and beneficlal reforms in the principles of Government retirement. In the lght of these difficulties, it would seem that the sensible thing to do is for Mr. Lehlbach or others to seek from President Hoover a definite com- mitment concerning his attitude toward the Dale bill if it is passed. If this | measure contains features which, in the | President’s mind, justify his veto, the bill ought to be dropped like a hot cake and the new Lehlbach measure substituted without more ado. If the President conceives of the | Dale bill merely as a bird in the hand; [if he is willing to regard it as an emergency measure that will bring | needed relief pending the consideration |and passage of the more far-reaching | Lehlbach meastire, | tions argue for concentration on the | Dale bill now, with the Lehlbach meas- | ure left for later and more mature con- | ! sideration. But the President’s attitude should be known before a decision is made. e In looking over the list of associates | ey By of George Washington it becomes un- | mistakably evident that the gallant old | soldier and intrepid statesman enjoyed the benefit of one of the most talented and sincere patriotic press bureaus ever | organized. o — A Monster Confesses. « Rarely in modern times has such & monster of fniquity appeared as the man Baker, just arrested in Detroit and held for many murders, all of which are con- fessed. That he is 2 maniac is clearly evident. If the crimes which he n only acknowledges but enumerates boast. decided to take the course that circum- | Lehlbach bill, have apparently decided | legislative condi- | to be choked with a cyanjde-wetted pis- tol barrel. No perversion appears to. have accompanied this horrible distor~ tion of mind. It was just a lust to kill, with poison as the preferred method and with a gun available to use in case of emergency. Nothing in particular is to be gained from a protracted study of this phe- nomenon. The man is of a type already | established and classified. He is simply unusual in his frankness and pride of performance, The psychologists will be deeply interested. Society shudders at such a hideous aberration of nature. ; ———— The Quantico Air Tragedy. A double tragedy of the air near Quantico Thursday may never be ex- plained. Two young Marine aviators engaged in practice flying in forma- tion, suddenly, and apparently without any mechanical cause, dived into the Potomac to thelr death. They were at a height of about a thousand feet when the leading pilot made a steep dive, | followed by the other plane, and they falled to come up from it in time. The men were trapped in their cockpits and | could not extricate themselves and were | drowned. A theory is entertained that in making this maneuver the leading pilot misjudged the distance to the wa- | ter and found that he did not have| space enough to flatten out his course, the following pllot pursuing the same course and meeting the same fate. Nobody can tell just what caused this deplorable mishap. These two young men were skilled aviators, the | planes were good machines, there was | no evidence of any breakage or faulty material or engine. Seemingly it was .uxst & case of miscalculation. A de- scending plane must be handled with the greatest skill to avoid a crash. A thousand feet is a short space for any sort of maneuver. Perhaps this acci- dent will serve its purpose in teaching | service fiyers an important lesson. Otherwise it is just another instance of wastage through human failure, ———— Photographers who tried to get pic- tures of Mrs. Mabsl Willebrandt when she paid her fine of ten dollars for speeding are deeply disappointed.’ There de are innumerable pictures of Mrs. Wil- lebrandt which no longer appeal as extraordinary. They depict her as laying down the law instead of pay- ing up a penalty. e A gas merger is a preliminary step to a reduction of rates to the con- sumer. The consumer has had his disappointments in the past, but he always finds something cheerful to hope for, -——— It may gratify Mr. Hughes to reflect that the arrival at a Supreme Court Chief Justiceship, while it has its ex- citements, is not so fatiguing in a physical way as a campaign for the presidency. ! ———— Numerous able thinkers believe that ‘War can be abolished completely, with the result that the problem of sub- marine atrocities will be disposed of, once and for all. : Submarine construction will go on with the understanding that the boat wil be law-sbiding and mindful of the fact that it s bound over to keep the peace. e What Calvin Coolidge writes is al- | ways interestifig, but political observers | insist that it is not satiefying as a disclosure of all he is thinking about. —————t————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Bells, Sleigh bells hangin’ in the shed— Touched 'em just by chance. Recollection soon was led On a merry dance; Out into a starry night 'Neath the skies aglow, Where the road was long and white, Sparkling in the snow. Melodies from every heart In the happy throng! Not.a motor horn to start Discord in the song! * Every human care had fled, When you caught her glance— Sleigh bells hangin’ in the shed— Touched 'em just by chance. Patience Required. “That man who called is accused of being a lobbyist.” “We must be patient with him,” said Senator Sorghum. “When you meet a man who is a student of affairs and a 800d persuader, there is never any BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Now is the appointed time to cut back the rosebushes. Not the climbers, of course; to touch them would be to trim off the new growth of last year, upon which this season’s flowers will bloom. Pruning should be done at this time, or in March, upon such typical bush roses as Radiance and Red Radiance and all their kind. Observation by even an amateur rosarian, in whose exalted ranks the writer counts himself, shows beyond doubt the great necessity for annua) pruning. It is 20t s0 much that smaller flowers are secured when one does not cut bac! the roses as that the bushes themselves '.::" on a scraggly and unsymmetrical ape. Every rosebush we have ever seen needs every bit of beauty it possésses, b;zm:u the bush is not much to brag about. The roseflower is what makes the | rosebush, but that is no reason why a grower should not attempt to de- velop as shapely bushes as possible, s0 that they may fit into the general gar- dlehl} picture with as little shock as pos- sible. * % ok % The habit of most rose growth is to develop a certain amount of stem be- fore side shoots are sent out. If a bush is permitted to remain untrimmed for | several years, say five or six, the entire structure tends to lengthen out. There will be longer shoots, and more of them, but the old parent branches, getting larger each year, also will grow longer. Then the bush becomes “leggy,” as the growers say—that is, the place where the branching begins becomes higher and higher from the ground each year—until after five or six years have passed the bush is “up in the air,” in a physical sense. t the best, few rosebushes are pret- | ty, s bushes. They need all the sym- metry a grower can induce them to take on, and this at the best is not very much. Such husky bushes as Radlance. planted comparatively close together, will give an appearance of compact- ness and neatness, largely because the leaves of bushes to the rear help hide the defects of those closer to the spec- tator. By cutting back the main branches and denuding what is left of a great many of the side shoots, the former are Induced to keep their first laterals as low to the ground as 3 Just what to cut and what not to cut is often a puzzle, even to the ex- perienced rosarian. Pruning is an art Wwhich one learns only by experience Perhaps the best way is not to become too afraid of it. but to whack loose at a bush, il;“h" than give the matter up*in After all. Nature is generous to her children. The very fact that an intrud- er in the shape of a human being dares to lop off some of her precious limbs makes her all'the more determined to 8row them back on again. It is this stimulating effect which is what pruning is done for, after all, how- ever much one may accent the neces- sity for trimness of outline.in a shrub. Yet this secondary effect desired must never be forgotten. The best way to prune for future effect is to stand off and take a good look at the bush be- iore one E Try to see the foliage and hlooms upon it, always remembering that some of those shoots will go straight un into the air, and that these will always grow the fastest, and become the largest around. Getting as good a picture of the fu- ture bush, based on memories of last year, as one’s imagination can con- struct in thin air, out of some facts and large dreams, step forward deter- minedly, and put the snippers to work. Above all, never fear to cut them back too low. We recall a bush which was 8 or 7 feet high, which was cut back K | ground. Would Ilt ever grow? It scarce- ly seemed R:ubl started in S bang, as the sayi and by Midsum- mer that particular bush was even hus- | kier than its mates, with larger flowers and & more symmetrical shape as to general outlines, * X% x More people will experiment with Talisman this year than ever. This is the two-toned ¥ose so popular with the florist trade. When properly grown, with its red and yellow combination at its best, it is a beautiful thing. One may have a suspicion that Talls- man is a difficult rose for the garden. | Perhaps it is like the Souvenir de Claud- ius Pernet, wonderful when well grown, but difficult to achieve in the average back yard garden. ‘The home grower may well be a bit backward about experimenting with the fashionable .oses which become fads. There is enough garden heartache in growing roses at the best, without delib- erately undertaking the touchy and difi- cuit ones. Yet experimenting with flow- ers is a part of flower growing, and the amateur gardener is missing a great deal | if he fails to try at least one new thing each year. This is the time of the year, too, for looking over the seed catalogues, and for deciding what to order out of them— and for ordering, above all. Every one who likes flowers ought to recall that every other flower lover in the United States is doing the same thing at this time, and that soon a tremendous crush of orders will be overflowing the seed houses. Early orders are what are wanted by the seedmen. Those who intend to plant anything from grass seed to gladiolus bulbs, from zinnias to tuberoses, ought to make-up their minds as quickly as possible and get their orders in. That is all along the line. * % % ‘The weather is opening up, there is little doubt about that. There is a feel- ing in the air. No doubt there will be much cold. weather before Spring comes; snows, slcets, winds and that sort of thing. But the crocuses | crocl, just as you prefer) are up, and they are not often fooled completely. Therefore it is time to prune buck the bush roses, in order to let them know what they must do. If this is put off until Spring is really here, the h}uhes will not have time to make their plans! Every householder ought to have plenty of grass seed on hand soon, in order that he may take advantage of | the first real touch of the new season. | There is nothing like having the | seed In the house: it is too easy to put | off getting it. If it is on hand, one may go forth early and put seed into | bare spots, thus getting a genuine start on the season. The great advantage of the early start lies in the fact that if the first seed planted does not do very well, there is still time to plant more—and even to plant a third time, if the sec- cnd fails. There is many a slip between grass | seed and grass its:lf. The feet of care- less children, the paws of vigorous dogs, frost and rain may root up, or wash out, or kill the slender new grass| plants, Right now is a gapd time to consider Whether the garden needs replanning. It is not possible to be interested in gardening and not read about gardens, and it is scarcely possible to read about :‘;nch & subject without getting new leas. Planning the garden anew, as the result of such reading, is one of the | most interesting things a gardencr can | do, especially an amateur, because the | chances are very decided that there Will be much to be done. Ford as Educator Is Urged ' To Maintain Broad Curricula Despite the many controversies that have arisen over endowments that dominate educational institutions, Henry Ford's $100,000,000 project meets witn comment surprisingly unreserved. Of course the statement that every one should learn a trade brings forth the warning that overemphasis of the material side of a nation’s culture would mean a stumbling block to real spiritual progress, “Beginning so important a philan- thropy,” says the Cleveland News, “Mr. | Ford is fortified by the precise knowl- edge of what industry and young crafts- men need. His schools will help to bring them together. They will be practical and thorough.” With approval of an effort “to eliminate the number of misfits in American life” as “a great | ambition and a great undertaking,” the Asheville Times voices the prophecy that the enterprise “may go far in teaching society how to master - its machinery of ‘life instead of being mastered by it.” * ok % % “Ford's 1dea that the college of today gives one little that he can sell,” accord- ing to the Springfield, Mo., Leader, *! contrary to the belief of 40 years ago, when it was an accepted theory that one stood a much better chance to make money if he had a degree than if he did not. But now, even the presi- dents of some of the large universities have declared this is a mistake.” Mr. Ford's emphasis upon “making youth Nt for a useful life in the industrial a and his feeling that “his wealth can and should help in making these educational opportunities more, abun- are declared by the Minnea “wise altruism” and n admirable example.” The Indianapolls Star asserts: “The Chattanooga News feels that “the mental training and the culture which child, in after life, to advance. If he merely has a ‘trade,’ he lacks the essen- tials to advancement. He needs both. Thus, there should be no decline in the teaching of the ‘three R's’ But also there should be real industrial training, 50 that the boys can learn to grasp the | essentials of life.” o ox % | _ “Few educators are likely to find fault with his plans,” in the judgment of the New Orleans Tribune. * “Whatever the merits of classicism as an educational | ideal, the tendency is toward education | that will train boys are girls to earn a | livelihood. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of schools in the United States already are devoted to that end. But they are not enough.” The Ann Arbor Daily News, though suggesting the extreme of standardization, agrees that “the Ford schools will be novel and will be con- ducted to a large extent upon an indus- trial efficiency basis.” “Education” requires,” as the Asbury Park Press, “that those who would successfully sponsor it must recognizz the strength and weaknesses of those who came before, and build intelligently upon ‘the foundation which they have laid. If Mr. Ford would place his magnificent gift to the best advantage, he must consider this tradi- ton in its deepest meaning. * + * lqullll)’ important to the contribution which he so generously contemplates, the wisdom and skill with which it is applied will form a vital part in the automotive king's efforts.” The Savan- nah Morning News advises that “it is well for givers of great gifts to consider their effect upon the public, as Mr- Ford has tried to do, for the publie, viewed by will in December to within an inch of the |of 1 W. ley,” in which farming aj A co-operation which will be appreciated | hie Sassoon | of Engl! come from literary education enable the | The realism of hard work, fight " ipires Ane’ st novd PFreeman, “Joseph and His ‘The idealism of Mr. exhilarating _recreation, vincing. . One can entirely sympathize with rd Mulliver when, released from the domination of his mother, he also rebels against the domination of | the established grocery iness in Bury, inherjted from his father, lnd‘ buys and réstores a_ picturesque, tum-, bledown cottage in the Valley of Lind- mer, in Suffolk. It is quite possible for him to manage his select grocery business, with the efficient organiza- tion built up by his father, and to spend week ends, and even frequent extra holidays, at the cottage. But the idyllic rural life which he so rapturously encounters at soon makes the blendin Lindmer | ® cnm-M of tea a B coffee and the luper\'l.l‘ll of :‘kr"‘ Uruguay has an equable climate. chases and accounts seem utterly bore- some. From the start Everard evinces an unusual flair for country life and all its processes and associations. The “cool, moist earth—nice, rich black stuff”—in his garden ylelds readily to his spade, while the robins about and pick up the worms which are| turnnf up. ttuces and cabbages and | salad herbs soon spring from the | ground and furnish his week end table, while apples, pears and plums from his old orchard are deliclous to munch during inspections of his property and are utilized by his model housekeeper for conserves. Esthetic pleasure is provided by a parterre of grass, sur- rounded by clumps of lavender, roses, | marigolds, night-scented stock, mar- joram, hollyhocks and evening prim- | Toses—a bower where he takes naps in a reclining chair. Though a “gen- tleman,” he adapts himself so easily— so eagerly—to the village social life that he is soon the most popular fre- quenter of “The Olive Leaf,” where always ready to treat or be treated to the bitter, nutty beer of the host, Mr. Chinery. And at the end of | & year he is the vfllnge champion at | the annual quoit match. * kX K It is doubtful if his cottage garden, | his orchard, his social popularity would (or | have completely changed Everard Mul- | automobile the more the motor is taxed liver from a merchant of Bury into a farmer of Lindmer Vale. Other forces are necessary for that. The first step in the change is taken on the day when, “buckheading” his hedge, Everard sees Farmer Kindred plowing in| the neighboring fleld, pushes through a thin spot in the hedge, leaps the ditch and asks to try a furrow. After a crooked furrow .or two and one jump of the plow entirely out of the fur- row, Everard proves to be a natural plowman. Plowing on Farmer Kin- dred’s land becomes his chief rec- reation, for which he neglects his gar- den, and, of course, his business in Bury. Not gradually, but with extreme rapidity, he becomes ex| in all the labors of the Kinds raising, fold setting, hurdle 3 planting, draining land. Dinner with the farmer under a hedge and tea in Mrs. Kindred's kitchen becomes the usual thing. The other influence which draws Everard more and more to the | country is Ruthle Gathercole. After a | brief idyl of meetings In lanes and copses. he comes to see in her an im- portant part of “his newly realized uni- verse of, simple, primitive and earthly things, beautiful, more inspiring thanall. * * * She, too, was close to earth, herself a dear symbol of its fruitfulness and bounty, answering his simple need with her own, giving all he asked and asking nothing more in roturn than he could give, linking them both to the roots of things, so that the sap of the world flowed in them and moved them | to its own eternal ends.” He looks forward to the time when, having grown | old together on the land, he and Ruthie 1 shall be like Parmer Kindred and his | wife, Emma—he “master of his flocks and herds, tilling his acres In the val- | ley—the farmer; * * * and Ruthie be- side him, her dark-gold hair greying. | her buxom figure spreading and her | red cheeks pouched, a tall, upstanding old woman of Emma Kindred's mould— | the farmer's wife, * & x % The first prose work of Siegfried has gone through a number ish editions and been published in America. Whether genuine auto- blography or partly fiction, “Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man” contains much that is almost poetry. In writing prose, Stegtr n seems as_unable to escape from poetry as was Carl Sand- burg when he wrote his “Lincoln.” The M irs” starts with the author, at the ‘age of 9, welcoming his first pony, and ends with him in the trenches. There, in the midst of horror, he was yet able to see beauty. “Somewhere out of sight beyond the splintered tree- tops of Hidden Wood a bird began to sing. Without knowing why, I re- membered umtn was Easter Sunday.’ * K x A Canadian has his opinions about the rulers and statesmen of Europe and expresses them freely in “Caps and Crowns of Europe,” by Thomas Guerin. The author is French-Canadian but claims that he has met an unusual number of the European potentates. Reproductions of many signed photo- graphs illustrate the book. There were disappointments met by Mr. Guerin in his search for celebrities. King George and the former Kaiser proved elusive and Monsieur Briand was among those not met. But the Hapsburg Archduke Albrecht was a lunchean companion and Austen Chemberlain gave an hour and a half of his time to Mr. Guerin. The impressions of the book seem al- most entirely personal, not hampered by world judgments. * k% Lincoln, pursuing the course he be- lieved just and right, assassinated at | the moment when he thought the worst was over, byt was planning a sane and kindly reconstruction, was thwarted and persecuted by large numbers of both sincere and hypocritical men in his own | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN, The answers to questions printed here from | G. tained | Prenchman, canie y may want know and Y. wtc reply. Write plainly, in coin or stamps for ge, and address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, Q. What was the name of the violin “Birect Oie g, 0 Compeen fn “‘Street "?—M. H. It was called “My Dream Mem- . What State in this country hss 3 te similar to that of Uruguay? he mean average Summer tempera- ture is 71° P.; the average Winter, 50°. Frost is almost unknown. The annual precipitation is 35 inches. In the United States the States of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina have similar conditions. Q. _What do the letters ZRS mean? —J.F.C. A. ‘They refer to a igid Ze which is used for scouting Q. What does Agua Callente mean? —L. N, A. The name translated means hot water, ppelin Q. Can you give a formula for making turners’ polish, to be used on work still on _the lathe?—E. V. W. A. The Bureau of Standards says that turners’ polish is orange shellac dissolved in alcohol. Q When was the first levee built at New Orleans?—J. C. J. A. It was buflt in 1727 and was 5,400 feet long. Q. Does a car use more gas when four passengers are carried than when no one accompanies the driver?— M A K. . A. The heavier the load placed in an and the more fuel iswrequired to pull the load. Therefore, it would take more ,mllmlorlourmmufldeflnn or one. Q. How many hairs are there on a woman'’s head?—B. S. A. Age, color of hair, health and Idiosyncrasy - must be considered. A blonde usually from 140,000 to 150,~ 000 hairs on her head, a brunette from 100,000 to 110,000, while a red-haired m: hairs usually number under ted by Madison Squ omen juare in 1879. This location was the site of the old Harlem Rallroad Station. and bows. chhég“-t Limoges, a Frenchman?— A. Charles Haviland, a naturalized Fran " "fl and founded in Limoges, \ce, & WOr] to produce porcelain for the American market. This enterprise really laid the foundation of the commercial success of Limoges. ‘The rival firm of Theodore I-hvnlmd was founded by the brother of Charles. Q. How many calories are there in a cake of yeast?—B. C. A. There are 625 calories in a cake of yeast as purchased. Q. When did Mutt first appear in newspapers?—L. M. A id Pisher introduced Mutt to newspapers as a piker clerk touting in race results. A month later he intro- duced Mutt. to s now familiar pal, Jefr. The first appearance of Mutt was on November 10, 1907, in a San Prancisco newspaper. Q. Of the new books brought out lu;l ygr. how many were blographies? A.' The number of new editions listed in 1929 under biography is 71, Q. On which coast of the United States is there the highest tide?— W. W. K. A. The largest tide in the United States occurs on the Atlantic Coast in k and quoddy Bays, Maine, where the mean range is as much as 20 feet. On the West Coast the largest tides occur in Puget Sound, where the mean range is about 11 feet. At the head of Cook Inlet, Alas- ka, the mean range of tide is about 30 feet. Q Must a man be a citizen of the United States in order to take up homestead land?—T. C. L. A. He must have declared his inten- tion of becoming a citizen—that is, he must have taken out first’ papers. Q. Are third rails on train tracks charged heavily enough to cause death if & person touches the rall?—F. W. A. The third rails on train and sub- way tracks are so highly charged that should a person step on them death would be’ instantaneous. However, every precaution against such acci- dents is taken by rallway companies. The law states that at no time shall this rail be exposed. Q. Can an English sparrow be trained to eat out of one’s hand?—J. F. M, . The English sparrow is by nature and heredity a wild bird. It might be | possible to tame one if one started with | & very young bird. Q. At a banquet, when a man is give l_‘l:llnl toast: to another, who rises?— A. When a toast is being offered | every one but the individual giving it temaing seated. When the toast is | drunk “every one but the person so honored rises. 'Following this the per- son to whom the.toast was drunk rises Q. How many organizations in the United States contribute to the care ;ng‘ prevention of tuberculosis?— A. There are 1,454 formally organ- ized State and local tuberculosis asso- ciations in the United States. Each is interested in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The or- tions afliated with the Na- tional Tuberculosis Association spent in 1928 at least '$6,196,376.98, the major Q. Was Charles Haviland, who made portion of which was secured through the sale of Christmas seals. * Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands IARIO DEL COMERCIO, Bar- ranquilla.—The automobile in- dustry is the most important locally in the United States, and occuples third place in ex- port business. Some few years only the very wealthy there could af- ford the luxury h:‘a.u‘y coach, b;n now it is the except! poor and unso- phisticated that does not ride in them. The automobile has revolutionized the entire life of the Americans. People who formerly could not afford an equi- page with one horse think little of owning a car, so. virtually the whole Natlon is on wheels, Most automobiles are sold on term payments, which was not generally the case with horses and horse-propelled vehicles. These terms or time payments have in late years been -?plhd to mane other articles in America, In which category may be named pianos, washing machines, refrigerators, furni- ture and many other articles, mostly paid for by cash or note in foreign countries. One New York concern, which fi- nances companies engaged in the in- stallment. business, 20 years has seen its annual volume of transactions increase from $738,651 to $282,163,895, and in the first six months of 1920 the total business handled amounted to $265106,369. The purchases cov- ered by this vast amount of money include the household conveniences we have mentioned, as well as automobiles. ‘This is only one of many similar com- panies engaged in the promotion of installment purchasing. 'Their dealings are with both buyer and seller, on the basis of character and capability as regards the first, and capacity and capital as regards the second. And these, too, are all requisites which mer- chants in Colombia require of foreign manufacturers with whom they deal. * k¥ X Thought Order for Wine Was Mistake. the workers employed by the end of the year Workers are also on the con- Unuous work week in the rubber boot and shoe industry, and the total pro- duetion of rubber shoes for the current year is expected to reach 48,000,000 pairs, almost double the pre-war out- Pput of 27,750,000 pairs, This work week ig\flik"{s nved &lys. and as soon as | ended another commences, | without a holiday intervening, * Kok ¥ Silk Smuggling Problem in Buenos Aires. La Nacion, Buenos Alres.—Yes, we have our own little smuggling eccen- tricitles, too. Not liquor in our case, but silks—silks in the bolt, and silks In the garment. This enterprisé, re- cently discovered by the police and ,uvernmen!ll agents, has been a highly ucrative one, use of the heavy dutles levied upon importations of this material. The customs officials have long been suspicious of the apparent discrepancy botween the qunntfi‘y of silk available in the capital and the comparatively small lass state room on t ty of Buenos Airfes, gl just arrived in rt. This material appears to be lnundegoror the making of silk underwear, eravats anq handkerchiefs. Inasmuch as the ment. Well devised h undeclared but d been discovered t| on the steamers | Washington an | between Spain, iding places and some utiable goods have also hrough recent searches Western World, Martha d Conte Verde, plying Italy, the United States and Buenos Aires, It is believed that members of the crews of different ves- sels have been engaging in this clandes. tine commerce, which, when success- fully operated, is very remunerative. present from the effects of a miscon- | jngiy were actually committed by him, ' ception of the extent of the Govern-|inere can be no ether explanation nun|‘ ment public bullding work now Inipat of insanity. Or else, if these crimes progress in this city. Reports have | gare imaginary. or if he has identified himself with real erimes without having| | committed them, he is plainly mentally | North China Herald, Shanghai.—The | Chinese interpret everything very | literally and: logically. One Chinaman in government circles recently was pre- sented an order for the furnishing of certain wines for the American lega- The official refused to honor the theory advanced by Mr. Ford is ailuring. No doubt there is need for something more practical than anything we now have in our educational facilities. We have trade and hnical schools, both public and private, but none amon; them ,the point Mr. For whether the gift is made directly to it or indirectly, is bound to be a partner in the transaction.” »Technical education, admirable as it 1s.” thinks the “will not meet t| and will not s time. After his death, the process of elévating_him into the Nation's ideal n. Perhaps historical perspective i .l“c‘!“ n:ea"e‘d m"emm-ul-ny m:’l‘; St. Louis o , | correctly, perHaps is easier to e requiren e etk | Samioe 5 & Gead than i & Ene olve our social and eco-| A third theory is provided by Lloyd Now that the customs inspectors are on | the trail, however, it js expected that | future business wiil not be so good. | * %ok % Bulgaria Exchan, Products With l‘vlTlnrllnt Jud Tunkins says a man should put something away for a rainy day, and the first rainy day that comes along not use it all up playin’ poker. spread widely through the country that | construction projects involving the ex- penditure of many millions of dollars are under way and are being started at the Capital. bers of men out of employment have come here in the hope of getting jobs. | The bullding works that are under way are all fully manned and there is prob- ably less chance for finding emplbyme: here than in any other city of this size The sad effect of the coming of these Job seekers to Washington is that now with the exhaustion of their funds, they are becoming dependerit upon the local relief agencies for maintenance. An unsually heavy burden has fallen upon these charities and organizations, which are doing their utmost to care for these Consequently large num- | | unbalanced. menace and should not be allowed to mingle with other people. He may not be sufficiently sane to justify capital | punishment, in which case imprison- | ment for life is, of course, required. | 'There seems to be small chance thal r megalomania, The man is tco spe- cific and at theé same time too casual :narrallvc to be regarded as fictional. | There some | cyani {in New York, where Baker was himself | employed for a time. The other killings ) unfortunate ones. The shortage of the | racounted by him should be easily veri- | Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, yét we Community Chest contributions, entail- | ing a proportionate reduction of allot- | fled, if they actually occurred. In either case he ir a| Nt this is a case of criminal imagination | *,in his recital of murders to permit the ogerus Joe, “We're havin' all kinds of were such crimes, it is known in; nerson holds up the community he puts of the cases, notably that of the|uway the old gun and womks with & de poisoning of & laboratory worker | bong jssue.” Cruelty to Parents. The comic pictures still portray Dear father as a wreck. We'd laugh ourselves to death, they say, If father broke his néck. More Refined Methods. “Nobody holds up folks in Crimson Guleh now " “Not the same old way,” answered big buildings, and when any enterprisin’ “We reverence our ‘ancestors,” said are their superiors in knowledge. None s quite to is hoping to reach. “The schools are to be self-supporting, which means, of course, that the labor of those in training will be coupled with practical industrial production,” ob~ serves the Manchester Union, with a suggestion that “his adamantine atti- tude in the matter of taking counsel will be a sore grief to the multitude of those whe lament our present educa- tional deficiencies— the: y things they'd like to urge upon hin “Mr, s purpose is commendable,” agrees the Toledo Blade. ' “No doubt his schools will be of Inestimable benefit to thousands, but when he says ‘every- body should learn a trade,” he takes in 00 much territory. One life fs too short for a series of apprenticeships and the time given to learni a trade would | be wasted by many earnest young men and women vhose purpos: tion for grr; iest usefulness in science, commerce, '™ arts or professions.” The nomic problems. The need for liberal | education, we are convinced, was never more acute than it is today. Our fallacious political adventures, our short- sighted * and dangerous ~ industrial policies, our espousal of materialism and subordination of the cultural values—all these derive in large part from a lack of liberal education.” —— ter Than Panthers. Prom the Tilss Daily World, II citles are going to allow pedestrians to be chased like rabbits they should At least provide burrows, phi T Evolution of the Nook. From the Bangor Daily Commercial, Great_inventions are often the sim- plest: The architect took the door off a clothes closet and called it a break- fast nook. . prot Lewis in his book, “Myths After Lin- coln." It is that every nation requires a folkgod and folklore and that people of the United States proceeded to create both after the death of Lincoln. Ad- mitting the point of view of Mr. Lewis. why was not the Nation supplied with both folkgod and folklore after the death of Washington? Perhaps because Washington did not suffer a martyr's death. Mr. Lewls goes at great length into the various legends con: ing the instigators of the plot to kill Lincoln and those about the escape of Boath. Only a month after the burial of Booth the myth of his escape had arisen and many people still believe it. Another legend given credence even today, by persons who have not troubled to in- vestigate facts, is that every one con- nected in any way with Lincoln’s as- sassination died a violent death. To support this story, a suieide myth was invented for Secretary of War Stanton, though he died a natural death, ac- tion. order on the grounds that drinking alcoholic beverages was contrary to American law that representatives of a prohibition country would not want to break the law. He thought the order for beverages was a mistake. Had this Chinaman known better, he would have appreciated that traveling fod | Americans. and especially diplomatic | Also silkwos ones, when in Rome do as the Romans | do. They usually have no desire to make themselves conspicuous by fan- tastic adherence to the principles of the eighteenth amendment when they are in a country where intoxicants are still customarily available. They would need the refreshment for guests, for hospltality, if not for their own use. * ook To Place Workers On Continuous Work Week. | Soviet Economic Review, Leningrad.— | According to a decision of the Supreme Economic Council of the Russian Soviet Union, nearly 1,000,000 workers em- Bulgarian British Review, Sofia.-- During the first six months of 1929 Bul- garia exported to Switzerland 114,750 liters of red wines, and Switzerland im- ported into Bulgaria 9,585 watches and clocks. Other exports from Buigaria are beans, barley, maize. tobacco, egss, fowls, ider, cattle, oilcake and ols. Tm eggs and cocoons, I :l‘f:l, 2 ‘:k'ultulr,:hur the raising of silk- ¥ms, is one of the mosy important in- :‘lll,ullrln ul‘lfic nation, b t e larvae takes place in May and June, Just before the harvesting of the cereal Crops. Imports most in demand are groceries, fuel, chemical products, vine- gar, perfumery, stone, glass and earth- ;n:;::z, lrzmlc"hmu. l:‘utruwu. trinkets, , leather and rubber products medicines and textiles, i i ———— Our Gambling Problems. Prom the Charlotte (N. G.) News. This extraordinary eareer of crime 0f them would have belleved shipe ments to all the agencies, is thus being : began at the age of seventeen, eight!¥ould become un fish undér watér or severely felt, from & cause for which |years ago, the fiend declares, when he|DIrds in the sky. ‘Washington is not in fact responsible. |slew his father-in-law in Ohio, He ‘These Government works have been ir,flm to have been a precocious young- planned carefully in a schedule of ! ster. marrying very early in life. That preparation and performance that | killing, he says, got him started, gave specifically designed to prevent any ' him a taste for murder. Of course, he congestion In Washington during the | was already mentally awry, The Odys- period of execution. Two or three|szy of this fiend strings together a num- | bulldings are under way at once. Others | ber of places far apart—New York, | are being planned in detail meanwhile. | Houston, Hzmburg, in the h:lhnuc n:‘: Still others are m the frst stages of | Venezuela. He roamed the world wi designing. Perhaps by the end of this | polson in his Muf»—l’lmntl“ lmm_ P eurren the second group of cou- |any sudden seizure of the urge to A . A 3 g Gintiod, the Walléings | and: took 1% b the impulse of the mo- Saving Time in Scotland. & com leted. The work- | ment, mm‘ lethal dosps into coffee "'-""“"‘:‘;:w?m‘g‘& Caily en age” on the present cups or other : the new agonies of his vietims in idea is to stop the over Saturday avallable There seems and Sunday. s ployed in industries under its super- vision will be put on the continuous | work week during the current year. At the present time the continuous work week Is already in effect in plants em- ploying 250,000 wn‘;?n.m In th; coal industry in particular, the continuous work week will cover four-fifths of all ng to all cotemporary accounts. Mr. Lewis heard the suicide story as Iate as1928. MOUNT VERNON. “ir 1s quiet here; no echo torn m troubled days cen stir the ageing trees; ipple on the river's breast is borne To tell a tale of fading tragedies. Heie-is the peace of intimate old things That have outlived the hand that held them dear; The glamour of the vanished touch that clings To relics left for ages to revere. We need no marble shaft to pierce the sky; No cther monument than these hushed rooms To shrine a memory, or testify For simple grandeur. What encumbering tcmbs Can hold the great? They walk remembered ways, - Old paths that lead us down to other N L, Reminiscent of Joseph Conrad's “The Heart of Darkness” is “Travels in the Congo.” by Andre Gide, translated from the French hy Dorothy Bussy, and the author has dedicated it to Con- rad, When he was 20, Gide determined to land at the mouth of the Congo, journey far inland and return to the coast by the Cameroons. He accom- hed his plan and has written about Incorrigible Speeulator. To gampble, friend, is hardly nice. It makes your fortunc slip. #aid he, “I don’t want good advice, T'd rather have a tip.” | commercialized gambling e magazine by Howard McLelland§ who itemizes the Nation's gambling as WS . $500,000,000; based is made by hand, like a vase. It is the work, not of a mason, but a potter.’ 3 * % ¥ % Poem little read are contained in Chojoy. B mnnd. A Ou.t,hay “Seems to me,” said Uncle Eben, “like everybody ought to tell de truth on Washington's birthday—but once a year is a purty high average for some folks,” ‘bein; now be