Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1930, Page 6

THE EVE! With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......March 8, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business e e- 110 East 42nd St hicago Office. Lake Michigan Butlding uropean Office; 14 Regent St. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenine ar 5 45¢ per month ng and Sindey Star "hen 4 Sunda 60 per month ‘The Evening and (when 5 Sunda: ‘The Sunday Star Collection made at the Orders mav be sen NAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | Maryland and Virginia. Drity and Sunday. .. 1 yr. $10.00: 1 mo. 88 | Dails only 1yr’ $6.00° i mo. 50c | Sunday only 1vi. 3400, 1 mo. 40c | th) Sunday Star BN e 85¢ 1er month 5c per copy | end of each month | it in by mail or lfl?!h:‘l() All Other States Daiiy snd Sunday v only Bldas i Member of the Associated Press. 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The vice president of Georgetown University and director general of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in 1922 will deliver the address. The pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church will offer the con- cluding prayer. Thus will be assemb’ed the united forces of organized religion at the Capital. That the assemblage will be similarly representative of all the churches and congregations of worship in Washington is to be expected. The fecling on this subject of the Russian persecutions on the part of the people who however they may worship, what- ever their forms or rituals, is very strong. Regardless of the political aspects of the Russian experimen: in Communistic government, the oppres- sion and persecution of the Christian and the Jewish peoples in that land has aroused the indignation and sympathy ©of Americans. ‘There is no purpose of calling for Intervention in Russia. This Govern- ment, refusing to recognize the Soviet organization at Moscow as a member of the family of nations, cannot and even if the case were otherwise could mnot protest formally against the treat- ment of the churches and the church members of Russia. But the voice of the people of this land, and other lands where the same feeling prevails, can and should be raised in condemnation of the measures of repression adopted by the Russian commisars of govern- ment. Atheism and Communism are hand in hand in Russia. It is the purpose of the latter to stamp out all religious forms and organizations and to coerce the people into abstention from public worship. It is the aim of the Soviets to make Russia a Godless land. This is impossible. No mandate of the state, no tyranny of rule can kill the spirit of worship, the belief of a people in a higher power than man. There may be in Russia a period of stagnation in re- ligious works and observances, due to fear of punishment and reprisal, but the fundamental faith of the people in God will endure and will eventually re- vive in outward manifestation. ‘The hideous tragedy in Russia is tak- ing various forms, slaughter, confisca- tion, assaults- upon the family, the home, the most sacred institutions. The attack upon the church is simply one of the manifestations of a madness that has seized the people of that unhappy land. Tomorrow’s meecting here will give voice to Washington's call for the restoration of sanity. . ‘There is no I'mit to the powers of a cheery nature and every week om so develops something new to attract the distinguished talenis of Senator Grundy for laughing things off. ———————— Grundy's Extra Room. Benator Grundy of Pennsylvania, high priest of protection, is criticized now because he has in his employ men who aided him in his efforts to have tariff duties raised when he was merely an outsider, the president of the Penn- sylvania Manufacturers’ Association, His critics apparently think that when Mr. Grundy entered the Senate he di- vested himself of the interests which have occdpied his time and aroused his enthusiasm for years. To entertain any such belief would be as silly as to con- sider that Senator Norris of Nebraska, for example, had divested himself of the economic theories which he pos- sessed before he entered the Senate. A senatorial toga may cover, but it does not change the leopard's spots. The story runs that Senator Grundy | has been assigned an extra room in; the Senate Office Building, beyond the two which were handed over to him when he came as a “freshman” to the Senate a few weeks ago. The expla- nation given by Senator Moses, chair- man of the rules committee, which has control of the room space, was that Mr. Grundy had the work of two Pennsyl- vania Senators to do, with Senator Reed attending the Naval Conference in Lon- don, and that, obviously, the space as- signed to Mr. Grundy was lnndcquau,l no employe in his offices is an em: ploye of this league, directly or indirect- 1y, but all are merely his own employes, whatever they may have been in the past. Surely the great State of Pennsyl- vania and its Senator who is now doing the work of two is entitled to more than A& mere two-room suite in the Senate Office Buiiding. Consider for a mo- ment the spacious quarters allotted to Senator Borah of Idaho, who has three or four rooms in the office building and. in sddition, the rooms of the foreign relations committee in the Capitol it- self. Yet Senator Borah hails from one of those “backward States” of which Mr. Grundy spoke when he him- self was a witness before the Senate lobby committee not so long ago. The Senators from Montana and from Arkan- sas all have greater office space than the junior Senator from Pennsylvania. This, ol course, is entirely wrong if space in the office building is to be allotted according to the population represented by the individual Senators. The Senator from Pennsylvania has more constituents than all of these others combined. The attack now made upon Mr. Grundy, while it has fallen somewhat flat, is of a plece with the efforts of the group which is opposing high pro- tective duties in the tariff bill, both | Democrats and Republicans. The lobby committee has been an effective instru- ment in its hands. The Democrats have laid the groundwerk for making the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill unpopular in the country. And the Republican old guard has given assistance when it was needed The Republican party stood pledged to a limited revision of the tariff if the speeches of its candidate for President in 1928 meant anything. But the limits have been cast aside. ——————————— Smoky Uncle Sam. There is a bit of irony in the issu- ance of a warrant against the United States Capitol, alleging violation of the smoke laws, that will not be lost upon the legislafors. Criticism has been lev- eled against the District authorities from the House and Senate chambers for permitting the smoke nuisance to continue, and the criticism is justfied as far as existence of the smoke nui- sance is concerned. But the chief of- fender is the United States Govern- ment itself. The Capitol is one of the lesser trespassers. When the case fis heard in court an opportunity will be presented once more to “show up” the doubtful efficacy of a mere law in abol- ishing an evi] that has grown apace. Representative W. R. Coyle of Penn- sylvania directed some well chosen words the other day against Govern- ment officials responsible for dictating the use of soft coal in Government es- tablishments, and, coming from Penn- sylyania, Mr, Coyle undoubtedly knows his coal. But in a reply to the criti- cism, in which he was named, O. P. Hood, chief engineer of the Bureau of Mines, points out that while there are laws against the emission of undue quantities of smoke, “in the installa- tion of fuel-burning equipment, smoks lessness has not been made a primary requirement nor is it required today. Emphasis has been placed, instead, on | low cost of installation, on utilizing cramped and undesirable quarters, and on limited chimney heights so they look well, whether they draw well or not.” Very little managerial ability {5 ap- plied in the way fuel is burned tn homes and plants, Mr. Hood declares, and as the desideratum is to shovel coal into the furnace with the jeast effort, minimizing the really fine art of proper stoking, we have a poorly paid firing service with poor firing as the natural result. Mr. Hood points {out that restrictive laws alone do not accomplish a great deal. The evil should be tackled at its source. Its; source, of course, is the fire box. Proper emphasis shouid be laid upon the skill- ful operation of furnaces and the in- stallation of new smokeless equipment. In new plants smokeless coal of less than 20 per cent should be required, and when old plants are replaced there should be some method of requiring the new material to meet a fixed standard, “All this,” says Mr. Hood, “is obviously a job for an engineer skilled in the art of combustion and the art of getting disagreeable things done by reluctant people.” The latter art, it may be said, is a rare gift as well as an art and there are few who possess it. The Lincoln Memorial receives a con- tinuous bath of soot from the heating plant of the Public Health Service and the Naval Hospital. The Freer Gallery of Art is situated in the midst of a smoke-producing neighborhood, and “every fine building erected in the Dis- trict is soon begrimed. With fine public buildings going up and the ones to be erected faced with this condition, it is imperative that a change is necessary, if they are to escape defacement,” acr cording to the Pine Arts Commission. The problem has been talked about now long enough. Action should be taken before the Government completes its task of raising more acres of white stone in the air to the defaced by black soot. Selection of a special committee or commission of engineers, giving real thought to the problem, is obviously the first step. The method of enforc- ing the present inadequate smoke law is absurd and productive of no lasting results. B ] Sugar legislation has caused a num- ber of hesitant statesmen to “reach for a sweet.” et On the Upgrade. Employment gains are reported by President Hoover and his cabinet officers closely concerned with labor and busi- ness. The statements issued by the President and Secretaries Lamont and Davis, asserting that conditions are improving, give real information and real hope for the future. Depression and unemployment have been discussed But the Senate lobby committee, Which | o, yidely recently, with the political ends brought to the attention of the Senate and the country the employment of Charles L. Eyanson of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association by Senator Bingham of that State while the tariff bill was being considered by the finance committee, of which Mr. Bingham was a member, has sought to make another cause celebre against a high-protection- ist Senator. Mr. Grundy was to be the victim. To date, however, the at- to be gained s0 much in the ascendency, that a discussion of the situation by high officers of the Government, in & position to know what they are talking about, is both illuminating and reas- suring. Within sixty days, according to these officials, the abnormal unemployment problem, attributed in part to the stock market crash of last Fall, will have largely vanished. Purthermore, with tack on Mr. Grundy has fallen some- what flat. It is quite true that Mr. Grundy admits that of s of the American Tariff League visit his of- fices, and even linger there. But he —not more than one-half or one-third. wars in W the figures at hand they estimate that the unemployment in this country as a whole is far less than it was duriug the depressions in 1907-8 and in 1920-22 Commerce and Labor Departments and from governors and other State officiale located in every State in the Union upon which to base their estimates. President Hoover soon after the dis- astrous upheaval in the stock market, which sent prices tumbling down the { ladder and threw a scare into the peo- ple generally, initiated a series of con- ferences with leaders in all lines of busines: activity and with leaders of labor and of agriculture. Out of those conferences came assurances that wages | would not be ecut. the report now made by the President | and his assistants, wages have not been | cut. This in itself is a real victory un- | Furthermore, plans have been made and | spread consiruction which will employ | millions of workers. | Unemployment reaches it- peak in the Winter months under normal condi- | tions. The peak was reached this Win- | ter, due in large part to the factors which usually bring unemployment at this period. Werkers from the farms, men who have been engaged in trans- tion there still worse than it would or- dinarily be. With the coming of Spring these employes go again to the occu. pations which have offered them work in the past. Spring is at hand, and the prospects for employment are bright- ening. Money is available for big undertakings. Bonds are being issued for public improvements in many locali- ties. The crisis is past and this year is expected to set a record in new con- struction. ——————————— ‘Wardens who have tried to be kind are becoming more and more inclined to the belief that a prison is not a favorable spot for the cultivation of paternalistic ideals, excepting as they relate to the old theory that bad boys require sharp discipline. ———— Newspaper men frequently arrange elaborate dinner entertainments for the P ‘dent. The custom is valuable as | an assurance that things which set into print may sometimes seem a trifle in- considerate. They involve no personal feeling. ————r———— Men in Congress are often compelled to work so hard, even through the night, that they feel like making sure that no one else has an easy job. Some of them would even require a judge to punch the time clock. ——ee. Russians who threaten to organize Communistic demonstrations are still a long way from putting as much taste and discipline into them as go into a Moscow theater spectacle. o o There should be no further Wall Street surprises if the wise men who write about the stock market can sue- ceed in getting the respectful attention of the reckless ones who play it. Everybody of promise appears to be taking an early interest in the next presidential election, with the possible exception of Al Smith, e Every man has his limitation. Lind- bergh is the master of anything that fifes in the air. But a polo pony was too much for him. ) SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Name. “Now, what is fame?” Unto the oracel I cried. “Is it a name Fraught with magnificence and pride?” “'Tis but a name; a word we hear That may call forth Affection’s tear ‘When Greatness finds that silent spot Where enmities are all forgot. It is not where the trumpet brays To measure songs of flattering phrase But in the silence where some heart Is beating, from the world apart, Yet rhythmic to.the world that knew ‘The value of a leader true Whose Love for us was boldly shown— We come too late to tell our own For him who, like the rain or sun, Asked naught for all that he had done. “And yet, to toil all free from pride He linked his name.” Straightway the oracle replied, “And that is fame.” Seeking Positions Instead of Work. “Have you seen evidences of unem- ployment?” “No more than usual,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “I don't recall a time didn’t seem to think I ought to get him & Government job." Jud Tunkins says it's a great honor for George Washington to have his pie- ture on a dollar bill; only nobody can hold on to one long enough to notice that it's there, All Kinds of Communists. Some Communists have views profound ‘To make this world more sunny, And others just keep standing ‘round And hollering for money. When Courage Failed. “You used to say you weren't afraid of any man on earth.” “I take it back,” replied Cactus Joe. “1 went up in an airplane and the pilot had me scared half senseless.” “Power,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may prove disappointing because it is so much easier to compel flattery than it is to deserve praise.” Service Charges. A great invention makes a hit. In admiration we are lost, Yet when they come to market it, We stand and shudder at the cost. “At his worst,” said Uncle Eben, “1 likes a mule better dan an automobile foh de reason dat I'd rather be kicked dan shot at.” A Message for Mars. From the New York Sun. be established the fi “Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.” oo Parking, Causé of Wars. From the New Castle News. 1t is estimated that 92 per cent of istory have grown out And, according to | der the conditions that have prevailed. | |are being carried through for wide- | portation, in the building trades and in other occupations which are seasonal to a very great degree, crowd into the | cities, rendering the employment situa- | when every man in my home town |™ If communication with Mans should rst message from this planet, what with Haiti, Santo Domingo, Russia, etc., might well be, all of The Funny Man comes down in our bus every morning. He imagines he is one of the most comical wags alive, but his fellow pas- sengers believe his confidence is mis- { placed. { When it comes to persistence, how- ever, he wins all the way down, and no ldoubt all the way back, only most of us are fortunate enough to catch an- other bus home. The line ought to charge him an extra fare, his voice takes up so much room. His persistency is shown not only by {his humorou. habits but more by the | incessancy of his tongue, which outdoes any bell-clapper ever hung between | here and Moscow. He talks from the moment he gets on until the second he steps off in a hearty voice which penetrates the crev- ices in the ventilators where even air cannot pass. His \'gice passes all barriers. It is I not so loud, nor so robust, nor so far- flung: it is just one of those voices which no one can escape, dodge or get away (ron;; o es. It penetral it There is no subject in earth or Heaven upon which he cannot ring humorous changes. The quality of his mind is to see fun in everything, and to attempt to make others see the same good humor. No one could object to this, of course, if his fun was really funny. Mostly it leaves the auditor astounded that any human being could think him- self clever who was so far from it. This man no doubt was the same every school teacher knows—the young- ster who “thinks he's funny.” who in- cessaniy is making loud remarks for his mates to hear, especially the girls. Grown to so-called man's estate, he still seeks the plaudits of the women. Usyally he contrives to find a seat next to one of the feminine wage earners of the community., and, there placed, he proceeds to unlimber his battery of att.mpted felicities. If the bus gets into an accident, he smiles delightedly, throws his hands above his head, and cries in_mock heroies: “Oh, I'm so afraid, I'm so afraid! I believe I am going to fain! Most of our trips offer no such op portunities, however. They are ver: dull, with red lights and green lights. and the red ones showing up just when the green onés ought to shine. * ok ko * This sad state of affairs pushes the Punny Man to extremes. He must say something killing, some- thing to keep up his reputation. That is the way it seems to sufferers, any- way. A lady is discoursing on a pot lilies which she holds in both han with some difficulty. “This,” she says, pointing with a finger wagged loose from the side of the pot, “is the Regal lily, and this"— here she wags finger on the other side—"is the so-called Easter lily." The lady, knows her lilies. But the Funny Man is not interested in lilles. He wants to be funny. He smiles broadly at his girl friend. “There are two kinds of lilie: he says in his best jocular manner; “water lilies and spitoonias.” “Ha, ha. ha!” chortles his girl {riend, while the rest of the bus longs to kill the pair of them. * ! of d: | * % ok This sample will be enou; imilar he | boy | one immediately sees, | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “wise-cracker.” We don't know; we hope not. | The why of the man is interesting.! It would be pleasant to explain it on | the basis of an inferiority complex, a | term which is more or less familiar to | the average reader. This good phrase, coined by psychi- | at.ists several years ago, met such a ,}m!u!n[ need that it was seized upon | immediately by the writing and reading ! ‘frlbemlty. mostly without a precise | knowledge on either side of its exact| meaning. The causes and reasons for being of | | this “complex” in the human mind are | | so _diversified that only an expert has| a right to talk about them, and more often than not he fails because he is ! unable to put the thing in terms under- | standable to any one except himself. |, The Funny Man tries to be “funny” because he realizes his lack of real wit, and through some curious quirk is not lling to be grave and reserved. He is furiously stubborn in his | i wil deter- imlnat]on to browbeat the world into accepting him at his own valuation as a Punny Man. Wit, however, is not won by per- sistence. Perhaps before we go any further it would be well to consider the | terms wit, humor, satire. sarcasm, in- | vective, irony, cynicism, the sardonic. ! | The province of humor is human na- | ture, that of wit words and ideas. Observation is the method of the first,! sympathetic persons the proper audi-; | ence; surprise is the means of the. | second, the intelligent the audience. Satire appeals to the self-satisfiéd, sar-| | casm strikes the victim and bystander, | . irony an inner circle. cynicism the re- | spectable, and the sardonic the self. * x % ‘The drolleries of the Funny Man are an attempt to set himself up as a wit by means of play on words and ideas. His attack is a surprise one on what happens or what is said, and is almed at an appeal to the intelligent. He has! | no idea of humor, which deals with the peals to the sympathetic in man. It will be realized that the public utilities Funny Man is a complete fail- ure in his chosen line, since his plays on words are elephantine and his twists of ideas often vulgar and far-fetched. He seems to lack ordinary common sense in his complete falure to grasp the age-old proposition that there is & | time and place for everything. If one! would violate this old restriction, he should be sure that what he says is | really “funny” in the everyday accept- ance of the word. One thing can be said for the Funny | Man—he is not malicious in his sallies. If he would exercise a bit of judgment nd permit a few minutes to go by without its word, he would be an addi- |tion *o the bus, an adornment of the trip downtown. ‘The trouble with the Funny Man is| that his brain doesn't keep up with his | tongue. No man's mind can, if he talks incessantly—for words are things lin themselves, and rolled together hodgepodge have an unfortunate habit | of meaning something or other all by themselves. entirely apart from the in- | tention of the ruling intelligence. Thus swift speakers, unless possessed | of unusually penetrating intelligence, | more often than not fail of lucidity, achleving only platitudes or worse, be- cauce they do not command words but | are commanded by them. | The Funny Man is like an army with- | out a commander—he means well, but his forces have got out of hand and ' s'mply overflow the surrounding terrain. ‘The best thing to do, if one sees him I first, is to wait for the next bus. | Perhaps every bus has a s While Americans believe that the return of Andre Tardieu to the post of premier of France is favorable to con- tinuance of negotiations at the London Naval Conference along the lines pre- viously established, there are uncer- tainties as to France's present attitude. There is also criticism of a political system which permits domestic issues to interfere with an international con- ference. “In France,” suggests the Spokane Spokesman-Review. “they change min- isterial governments as American house- holds change their maids. A maid hops out one day and maybe her successor hops in that afternoon. given a chance to show her skill. spirit of fair play prompts the house- hold to at least one meal of her concoction before she is given the ‘grand bounce.’ In France these pro- prieties are not always observed in min- isterial affairs. The Chamber of Depu- ties the other day gave Premier Tar- dieu ‘the air.’ It seems that advertise- ments inserted in the daily papers brought as applicant for the job Camill Chautemps. He appeared at the ap- pointed hour, eager for service. But the ‘once over’ was enough for the Chamber of Deputies. Some one summarily moved a vote of lack of confidence. It carried ‘toot sweet,’ as our boys sald overseas.” “Tardieu made an excellent impres- sion by the decisiveness and force with which he conducted affairs during his comparatively short regime as premier, and the fact that he will be at the head of the government again |s hailed on all sides with expressions ol satisfaction,” says the KRoanoke Times, while the Kansas City Times comments: can be little doubt that the French have ratified at M. Tardieu’s cenduct of the naval negotiations. Deeply hu- ated by the place assigned France in the 5—5—3 ratio (below Japan and approximately one-third of the Anglo- American tonnage figures), they regard re-establish their prestige. Moreover, the fear of Germany and the desperate quest for ‘security’ constitute a con- tinuing elemel * ¢ ¢ The government is to have a broader parliamentary backing. May that not mean that M. Briand is to have a freer hand? The gquestion can only be answered by the French dele- gation at London, but upon that answer m depend whether the conference wlfi produce & five or a three power ‘The conference will be able to resume with the situation substantially as it was when Tardieu left the British capi- tal to return to Paris and to_temporary loss of power,” states the Providence Journal, while the Oakland Tribune voiees the opinion as to the outcome of the change: “The sentiment in France to support a resolute attitude toward arms reduction. As it was not felt Chautemps would dare alter the Tardieu policies, so it may be expected that statesman, reinstated, will continue the demands which are regarded as ob- stacles in the way to the fulfillment of the greatest hopes of the conference. After several days of political excite- ment and uncertainty, France is back where it was before Tardieu was thrown out. ‘The strength of the new cabinet is questioned by the Richmond News. with the suggestion that it may not last long enough to achieve results at the conference. That paper con- tinues: “Except for Briand, no man of outstanding eminence is on the list Tardieu presented to Mr. Doumergue The war portfolio goes to Andre Hag not, a familiar figure in cabinet shake- ups, and the marine office 1s entrusted t0 Dumesnil, from whom neither much of aggression nor much of conciliation may be expected. Raoul Peret, who becomes minister of justice, is a charm- ing gentleman of conciliatory manne: but he will have no part in the negotia- tions at London. The other members of the new ministry are average admin- istrative politiclans. The one surprise Qf the cabinet is that Mr. Briand has willing to remain the ¢ wmmmwfi:namg u Pardieu.” General Satisfaction Felt At Come-Back of Tardieu But she is| Al “There | his demands at London as tending to | C nt in all French policy.| tary system because of the delay pro- duced at the London conference, the! Houston Chronicle declares: “Surely |the American method of giving a cer- tain permanency to officials, even| though the majority shall fail them at home, is by far the most effective; is, in | fact, necessary to the sensible conduct | of governmental business. And democ- |racy does not demand of us that we | sacrifice common sense; rather it de-| | mands that we abide by it. The French | political system is responsible just now for great harm to the entire world. We can be justly thankful that we have no such system, and that we bear no such responsibility.” “At this aistance,” remarks the Mont- real Standard, “the cabinet shift in Paris looks like a put-up job. France was getting in wrong at the conference. She was making exorbitant sugges- tions. She was bringing in old rivairies with Italy to bewilder and confuse the |issue. She was basing her figures not| | on the hope of peace but on the pros- | pect of the next great war. She was! championing the rattlesnake of the seas | —the submarine. And more and more | every day she was antagonizing her big | ereditor—the United States—and helps ing the Anglo-Saxon rapprochement which is to replace the entente cordiale in British hearts. In fact, France had a very poor hand, and was playing it | very badly when this coup d'etat in; Paris came patly in to give Messrs. Tar- dleu and Briand a chance to drop their | cards, which they promptly did. Mean- | while the first flerce rapture for peace il.! expected to cool off, and when Messrs. Tardieu and Briand take the matter up | again_ the conference may not be so | ard to handle” ~ . ‘One thing that is certain about the conference,” concludes the Charleston Evening Post, “is that the American | delegates will not agree to a security | pact such as the French suggest as an inducement to get France to come into | an agreement. It is America's duty to operate with other countries to make war as little likely to happen as possible and to aid in the solution of other in- | temnlonl!dprobleml. It is just as much America's duty, however. to keep out of | any entanglements that will get it into a European war. | | } | r_se—.——— California Districts Agree on Water Rights From the San Bernandino Sun. Agreement between the Metropolitan | Water District and the interests of Im- perial Valley and other agricultural dis- tricts with rights in the Colorado River contains an equitable adjustment. ‘The Metropolitan Water District is to recelve 550,000 acre feet and the agricultural interests 3,850,000 acre feet out of the first water that comes ‘o California under the division among the lower basin States. The Metropol- itan Water District is then to receive the first 550,000 acre feet out of the next water above the 4,400,000 acre feet, ‘That there will be such a surplus is the unanimous opinion of water engineers. I be remembered that the upper basin States are allotted 7,- 500,000 acre feet and the lower basin States an equal amount. That the upper basin States, however, can ever perpetually divert from the stream for a beneficial use of 7,500,000 acre feet is extremely doubtful. A very considerable portion of this 1l return to the river as return-water and this has never been taken into account in the division of the first water. Arizona at the present time uses oniy a small portion of the water that is al- lotted to it. That it can ever use lts full quota is doubtful, because of the cost of the diversion. ‘There is ample evidence that ths present flow of the Colorado River can- not be put to a beneficial use for hail a century or more. ‘The adjustment of the differences between the Metropolitan Water Dis- ;,,l’.ltt l.;leg the Imperial Valley should ve been may ny months ago. spectacle of - Californians querreling themselves in the face of the attitude, 2 Arizona | the assassination of the With the publication of his third romance, Thornton Wilder has revealed something of his literary philosophy in a: letter to a friend. He said: “It seems to me that my books are about, What is the worst thing that the world can do to you, and what are the last : resources one has to oppose to it? In other words, When a human being is made to bear more than human being can bear, what then? ‘The Cabala’ was about three extremities,’ three ‘nervous reakdowns.' ‘The Bridge' asked the | question whether the intuition that lies | behind. love was sufficient to justify the desperation of living. ‘The Woman of Andros’ asks whether paganism had any | solution for the hopeful inquiring suf- ferer, and—by anticipation—whsther the handful of maxims about how to| live that entered the world with the i message of Christ were sufficient to guide one through the maze of experi- ence.” Thornton Wilder, then, is seek- ing to find out how human beings meet their fates and whsat help, if any, they obtain from religion and philosophy. The problem is as old as humanity. ® ok ok % “The Woman of Andros” is in par based on the “Andria,” a comedy of Terence, but is itself a tragic idyll. Chrysis, the woman of Andros, is a hetaira, an intellectual courtesan of the type of the famous Aspasia. She has come from the Island of Andros, one of the Cyclades, to Brynos, another of the islands, and there, because foreigner and because of her profession, | lives the life of a shunned recluse. Her | household is composed of her young | sister, Glycerium, and an assemblage ' of poor and sick derelicts whom she has | taken under her care—for her spirit is one of Christian charity, before the time of Christ. The lives of Chrysis and Glycerium move to swift tragedy, the hostile environment of Brynos, tabl.shed society and the sanctity of the family are represented by the two leading citizens of the island, Simo and Chremes, and their wives. Pamphilus, the son of Simo, represents the dissatis- faction with iife felt by the thinker, the dreamer. He reflects upon his fa- ther's desire that he marry and settle down to realities and give up wander- ing and dreaming. ‘“‘He was 25 already, that is—no longer a young man. H would soon be a husband and father, a condition he did not invest with any glamour. He would soon be the head of this household and this farm. He would soon be old. Time would have flowed by him like a sigh, with no plan made, no rules set, no strategy devised that would have taught him to save these others and himself from the creeping gray from the too-easily accepted frus- tration.” * k% % Beauty of style and description is responsible for much of the pleasure which Thornton Wilder's writing gives. An evening scene on the harbor of Brynos, when Simo and Chremes meet nd discuss the future of their chiidren, an_example: “The earth sighed as it turned in its course; the shadow of night crept gradually along the Medi- terranean and Asia was left in dark- ness. . . . A fair tripping breeze ruf- fled the Aegean and all the islands of Greece felt a new freshness at the close of day. The happiest and one of the least famous of the islands, Brynos, welcomed the breeze. The evening was long. For a time the sound of the waves briskly slapping against the wall of the little harbor was covered by the chattering of women, by the shouts of boys and by the crying of lambs. As the first lights appeared the women re- tired; as the air was filled with the clangor of the shop fronts being put into place the boys’ voices ceased, and finally only the murmur of the men in the wineshops, playing at games with ivory counters, mingled with the sounds from the sea. . . . The wineshops stood about the roughly paved square t'the water’s edge and in one of them the five or six principal fathers of the island sat playing. By the time the moon had n, two of these, Simo and Chremes, had outstayed their com- panions. The use of epigrams gives pungency to the style of “The Woman of Andros.” Simo, warning Pamphilus against marrying Glycerium, says: “We men do not take that interest in social discrimination, my son, but women 2 o women with their few interests nd . . . andsoon . . . theyen- joy having some one to ignore or to stare down. It warms them.” Chremes says to his friend, “What becomes of home life, Simo, if women can read and write?” The author comments, “The customs of the islands encouraged fathers in the luxuries of blustering and tyranny.” * ok ko John Knox, a Catholic priest until he was 40, and after that the firebrand of the Scoich Reformation, is an inter~ esting study in contradictions. His in- consistencies, the I'arm he did, the good he did, and his genera! influence on Scotland are all discussed in Edwin Muir's blography, “John Knox: Portrait of a Calvinist.” Knox was converted to Calvinism by George Wishart, after- ward put to death, and by the seven- teenth chapter of the gospel of St. John, in which he found evidence for the doctrine of election. He immediate- t | i she 1 & |w | Arizona_ line department devoted andling of queries. This the services tion in Wash- This is & solely to the paper puts at your dis) of an extensive .organi capacity ington to serve you in that relates to information. This service is free. Faflure to make use of it deprives of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Predgicc.!. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, . Q. Please give a biography of Ted Lewis—E. L. C. min Priedman was born in His father was born gary, and came an emigrant to this_country, settling in the town | where Benjamin and his brother' were | born. He was born on June 6, about 37 years ago, christened Theodol fil‘ldulled from Ohio State University. e has one brother, Ed, and they wer known as “Ted and Ed.” It was 10 years before he got his own band, and 10 years more to reach the place which is now his. Benjamin Priedman is no other person than Ted Lewis. Q. What flower won the campaign for national flower?—A. 8. D. o A. This contest was conducted by Nature Magazine, and lasted 13 months. More than a million votes were cast, and almost half of them were for the | d rose. Columbine finished second. 8 QW When will Congress adjourn?—| A. The second session of the Seventy- | first Congress convened on December 2, | 1929. It is still in session, and no one knows just when adjournment will take place. "It will probably be some time in | during the early part or middle of next Summer. Q. Why isn't immigration stopped ment?-—C. F. B. . There are some who belleve that ‘we should prohibit immigration on ac- count of the unemployment situation in this country. On the other hand, there are those who believe that our country, founded as u place of refuge from rannical or unbearable conditions older countries, should never refuse to open its to the oppressed of other lands. The present immigration quota system is a compromise between these two schools of thought. Q ghy is Rainbow Bridge so called? ‘This natural bridge is unique, in that it is not only symmetrical under- neath the areh, but it is also curved on the surface, carrying out, roughly. the rainbow. for which it is named. This bridge is situated a little north of the in Utah, on the Piute Indian Reservation. Q. Are there any snakey which are ,;\'orfipcnonmu but which vill bite?— A. Almost all the larger s\akes will bite. Their bites, with ceru\ excep- tions, however, are not so dan)\crous as mosquito bites. Q. What country financed Columbus’ voyage of discovery?—M. F. A. It is a general that Columbus' expedition was financed by Spanish money. Although Queen Isabella offered to pawn her personal Jewels if the treasury funds proved in- Q. What is the “crea-tone”?—S. P. A. The crea-tone is a device to pro- long tones on the pianoforte. Its prin- ciple is said to be based on catching the normal vibration of the string after the IARIO DEL COMERCIO, Bar- ranquilla.—At the moment of going to press with today's edition we received informa- tion by telephone that Senora Josefina Gonzalez, whose home is sit- uated in the Calla Pacifico, near Calle Libano, attempted to end her life with a powerful dose of poison. Without a minute we seized an auto- mobile and transported ourselves to the address given, but-upon arriving at the home of the presumed suicide we found it hermetically closed, and apparently uninhabited. The neigh- bors informed us that of a truth the Senora Gonzalez had been taken away from there in extreme agony, but that they did not know anything more about the matter. We immediately gave ourselves to the task then of finding out the hospitals of the city, but at none of these es- tabl'shments were we able to find out anything about the dying woman, for :ll:e had not as yet arrived at any of em. ‘This was a result strange enough, to say the least, and makes a mystery of the presumed suicide of Senora Josefina Gonszalez. Without any more time to use in investigating the affair ly joined in the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants and spent some fime In the Prench galleys. Under Edward VI was set at liberty and immediately n his controversial ac- tivities, quarreling not only with Cath- olics, but also with dignitaries of the new Church of England. With the accession of Queen Mary, he took efuge in France and from there urged Queen. He was rmblbly responsible in this way for at least some of the persecution of English Protestants, He lived and preached at Frankfort and Geneva. With the death of Mary and the accession of Elizabeth, Knox returned to Scotland and_soon began' his dealings with Mary, Queen of Scots, nfluln with her, denouncing her and all her ways, yet probably fascinated by her. He continued to preach from the pulpit outside his house even when to0 weak to enter it without assistance. In summing up his influence, Mr. Muir says that he robbed Scotland “of all the benefits of the b:nd "){h wilt , ., , because it could not. It went on, as If independent of him, when his body was powerless and he was lying on his deathbed; it lived in his last gesture, the hand stubbornly up: raised as he gave I:E the spirit. It ha goaded the Scotti nobles to revolt and Mary to shame and destruction; it had not given its possessor a respite for 13 years. It was cruel and terrible, but it is perhaps the most heroic and astonishing spectacle in all Scottish history.” * % % Modern Greece, in part inseparable from ancient Greece because of the Tulns of antiquity present everywhere, has interests of its own. Travelers there today are often willing to turn from the classic friezes and columns of the Acropolis and the stately maidens of the Erechthelon to sit for a time among the little tables in front of one of the leading restaurants of Athens and watch the surging modern life of the city. Harry Pranck, veteran trav- eler, finds pleasure in both ancient and modern Greece and tells of it in “I He found the Athe- Discover Greece.” nl;m of Athens selves” and the pulation too large for Wm&.;'n His visits to the wild mountains of Thessaly, with their hanging monasteries, and to the se- cluded monastery of Mount Athos ylelded unusual impressions of the ec- centricity of both nature and man. * o ok K The theme of rebellion interests Ma- Farnham. Her $10,000 prize called “Rebellion.” The re- that of a daughter against her father's tyranny and against all the small-town traditions so_carefully cherished by the older generation, but 80 detested by her. . Farnham' Iater novel, “Marsh Fire,” is no less story of rebellion, This time it is the of a wife against a husband. Phe scene is n s small e “looking disappointingly like our-| 1]y, for today’s paper, we prom'se our read- ers that tomorrow they will have a full and detailed account of this unfortu- nate event. * ok ko Stamp Has Political Significance. El Mercurio, Santiago—A curious philatelic anomaly is a recent postage stamp issued by the Bolivian govern- ment which bears a map of Paraguay. A portion of the territory of the latter country is heavily shaded, the whole purpose of the issue being, apparently, to indicate in a quiet, unobtrusive way that a certain extensive portion of the ponm:lmgflun ‘al considerations 3 cal, geo- graphical and anthropological, really appertains to Bolivia and should be ceded to her. * X ¥k ¥ Believe Dead Ancestors Proteet Living. North China Herald, Shanghal.—The Chinese all believe that dead ancesters are in a position to protect the living, and therefore have to be kept in good humor at all cost. Therefore Chinese funerals are very elaborate, with many rites of great antiquity, some of them owing their origin to superstition, and old wives' gossip, on from gen- eration to generation until the in- spiring idea is entirel nese are never too sure which of two cults, Buddhism or Taolsm, is the proper one to espouse, 50, to be on the safe side, Chinese obsequies are a mixture of both, Many of the rites were un- doubtedly formulated by Duke Chow of the Crow era, great master of all ceremonies, while others are in- vented by the Buddhist and Taolist priests in order to eke out a living. It is a glaring instance of exploiting the ignorance of the general masves. Chinese funerals are expensive, and it is considered a great misfortune to be burled by charity. A man’s family, if able to pay, will never permit casket or the clothes in which the body is dressed to f out of the house before everything paid for by the deceased’s own children, or, absence, by other members of . Hundreds, even thousands, of dol- lars’ worth of are burned at the funeral. It is much like the various sorts of paper money, and is supposed to pay ‘all the expenses of the deceased on his way to the Western Heaven, the land of Buddha. After death, one or two days are permitted friends to view the body, which lies in state in the family hall, after which it is put in a wooden casket, large enough to contain three bodies insf of one. The casket costs from $40 to 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with | d | R. Dobson. until all of our people have employ-| accepted fact | Highlights on the & thelr | or” must be killed, itead | about it, for th ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, | hammer has set it in motion and pro- longing the tone electrically while the key is depressed. It is-the invention of Simon Cooper, Brooklyn scientist -and and ted re- engineer, ‘was demonstrat cently at the Wanamaker Auditorium. Q. Who_compiled the “Dictionary of American Blwnphg'? How many vol- umes is it in?—C. D. W. A. The “Dictionary of American Biography” is prepared under the direc- tion of the American Council of Learned Socleties. The work is under the direc- tion of a committee, consisting of J. Franklin Jameson. chairman: Dr. John H. Finley, Dr. Allen Johnson, Frederic L. Paxson, Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Carl Van Doren and Charles Warren. The editorial staff consists of Dr. Allen Johnson, Dumas Malone, Harris E Starr, Ernest E. Bates, George H. Genz- mer, ,I. W. Howard Knott and Eleanor ‘The preparation of the nuscript is made possible through the subvention of more than $500,000 by Adolph 8. Ochs in behalf of the New York Times. Four volumes have been published and 16 will follow. The 20 volumes will contain the biographies of 15,000 persons who have made impor- tant_contributions to the progress of the United States. There will be more than 20.000,000 words. Q. Which is the larger element in \Sml?eu payment—cash or checks?— A. The American Bankers' Associa- fon says that it is estimated that more than 90 per cent of all settlements of credits is accomplished by check or similar instruments. Q. Why does a ceiling show the shadow of the laths above it?—L. C. A. The lines on the ceiling are caused | by dust-laden air passing up through | the plaster and leaving a deposit over the spaces between the laths. | Q. What is the name of the new | magazine published for reformed erimi- | nals?—A. T. C. | " A. The Mouthpiece is announced as | such an organ. It is sponsored by the Marshall Stillman Movement, . which works to reclaim former convicts by giving them opportunities for honest employment. It is edited by Alpheus Geer, founder of the movement. Q. Who is calied the “Northcliffe of | Japan"?—B. M. | _A. This name has been applied to ese ‘‘magasine | Saiji Noma, the Ja) | king.” He is sald be the biggest | publisher east of Sues. Q. Do broadcasting stations pay roy- alties to the manufacturers of records for their use?—W. N. A. They do not. Th pay a royalty to the Soci Composers and Publishers. Q. Was the Relms Cathedral com- wou?ly x;deurwndc during the World ar?—L. C. nA. It 'Illnot mphu;yt 'd‘,:kfiv!ld ] ‘was severely dam: L. | to restore ft. Mw‘fieflm con’tlifl " uted to the cost of restoration. | Q@ Was there ever a cow with a window in its stomach?—D. C. N. A. The cow with the so-called “win- dow” in her stomach is dead. She longed to Pennsylvania State College, | whose veterinarian five years ago cut .an opening into the rumen, or largest stomach. When healed, a rubber stop- do, howBver, of Authors, | | adequate, she was not required to do so. Der was inserted to close the opening. Through this “window” semples of food could be taken out at any time for . chemical analysis and the processes of { digestion studied. The cow’s death was said to be natural. and not caused by | this experimental work upon her. i Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lamls.: several thcusands. The best ones are indestruct ble and will lptume the body indefinitely. Burial is seldom made for a year or more, but the coffin is sent to a “coffin house” furnished B.y vm:‘un m:ufla.l &r&m for the pose soul are then observed most_diligently during the next seven weeks. * ok k% Russia Must Expand Metal Industry. Soviet Economic Review, Leningrad.— The industrialization process mow un- der way in the Soviet Union necessi- :;u a :t: d - expansion of 'S m . steel industry in particular, which has never attained a development com- mensurate with the needs of the coun- try, is scheduled to increase its output to about. three times that of pre-war within a few years, in order to take care of the needs of construction, and of the many new machine-building industries being de- velcped in the Soviet Union. Among these new activities are those - ducng automobiles, turbines, tractors, combines, machine tools of various de- scriptions, internal equip- ment, and the like, Plans for the non- ferrous metal industry likewise call for an expansion of production within the next few years at a rate probably un- :a;;pused by any country in peace e. The five-year plan for the develo) ment of the national economy of Soviet Union, covering the period end. ing September 30, 1933, provides for total investments in new construc- tion and improvements in the entire metal industry of 3,950,000,000 rubles ($2,034,000). Th's will be about 32 per cent of total sum to be invested in state industry during the period. As a result of new construction and re- building of old ?llntl, the basic capi- tal of the metal industry is expected to increase from 2,400,000 rubles as of October 1, 1928, to 6,200,000 rubles at the end of the five-year period. Leather-shoe broduction is expected to reach 145,000,000 pairs by 1932-3. Pre-war production of leather shoes in Russia was only 5,500,000 pairs, the bulk of the demand for shoes having been satisfied by neighborhood cob- blers, Hides of dogs, swine, camels and sea animals are to be utilized extensive- ly to obviate the depletion of cattle. It is greatly desired to increase the number of dem‘ut'lc llve. stock. ‘Watch Smoke Of Burning Cows. Cork Weekly Examiner.—For some days past columns of gray smoke have been drifting in the west wind across our parish. We have all seen them and smelled them. We have been watching them with & queer feeling of sadpess, for we know what they mean. Away at H—— Farm they are burning the cows! Nearly a hundred of the best cows— Guernsey cows with the rich milk, A score of them have foot-and-mouth disease—and for the sake of all the rest of our cattle this golden herd is burning. So dies the glory of this farm, They say the old owner is nearly mad with firuf. but we cannot go to see, for police have closed every road h te. g s will be ' Buiiing. T el haaining those of the. 10se 0} o s, CEils 20 had_Been fimmn‘:e:h' S0 the: Gt A ween ey 3 disease—on 50 swift-spreading is the think. \ s e the iling and bUre, asa evi a - g of animals that they find they love if the loss will benefit their neighbors. They do discuss & bit why the animals be and are not very clear itles do not tell TRIRRE do fo event; the disase Sprend g! vent the - ing. As uup;fn of the rector has just e author what rew gossiping, curiosities, smaliness of interests One man, and maliciousn Michael, and three women, Eleanor, his wife; hi and wp. are the cl manages To Dilfug.g put it, “It is a great sorrow on us alL” ———v—s _An Old Spanish Custom.