Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1930, Page 38

THE EVENING STAR ___With Sunday Morning Bditien. _ WASHINGTON, D. C associations, will be promptly met with the utmost force of the law. Chicago's rackets have cost the people of that city immense sums in advanced rates for all sorts of services and com- BUNDAY.........March 16, 1030 it v & “THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star N per Company 11¢p, o1 "atd Feonivivants, are B B o ST day Ster Thnen S Butdare . o 650 per month lay Star e 5S¢ per ot 4 Rate by Mafl—Payable in Advance. and rights of are Motorist Safety-Responsibility. ‘The McLeod bill, which is designed to Protect innocent victims from motorist recklessness and insolvency and which in some unaccountable manner has in- curred the disapproval of the Commis- sloners, was enthusiastically indorsed Priday at a hearing before a subcom- mittee of the House District committee, and chief among its supporters was Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, who, as the director of public buildings and public parks, has almost as large a portion of the city under his jurisdic- tion as have the Commissioners. Col. Grant was a “surprise” witness. He ‘was at the hearing on another bill, but, as he explained to the committee, he ‘was 80 impressed with the merits of the Moleod measure that he wished to add his indorsement. _ It was apparent from the hearing yes- Qerday that the Commissioners were badly advised in disapproving a measure huuu::i! 2 o Teserv ‘The opponents of the bill, of which there are few, twelve States having adopted it completely or in part in a more than a year, have put forth objections to it; one of these is that it is too severe a penalty to take driving permit until & judgment against him ess, while the other door after the first, the words of chairman of for Ontario, an identical be quoted. on i f 1 g age caused ey said to be i %% 1 H t 4 5 i i i E £ H s § g s §EE H & E il il iy g I s§§ -3 T 82 g H ] g i I I | § é [ £ g body of careful motorists sins of the small minority of reck- EEEES tion. The the McLeod bill does not first victim of a otorist is based on the fact the measure only begins to operate after a driver has shown an inclina- tion to recklessness or has had his first t. In some cases the proposed law will probably not compensate the first vic- tim, but such cases arise only if an unusual triple coincidence ap- plies to the driver at the time. He must be reckless, never having shown it before; he must be with- out assets, and his first accident must be a major one. It is obvious that these three circumstances are rarely likely %0 be combined. ‘The McLeod bill is far and away the best measure ever put forward to take care of a crying public need without inflioting penalties on those who do not deserve them. Certainly there can be 1o unfairness in a law frankly aimed at the reckless and insolvent motorist. To drive a car is a privilege and not a right, and in the acute traffic problim ©f today the privilege must be zealously guarded. H g ————— Communist demonstrations in the U. 8. A. are peculiarly interesting in showing how few Communists there Teally are, No Racketeering Here! ‘That what has come to be known in Ohicago as racketeering is being in- troduced in Washington is suggested by the experience of a local motor-car @lass dealer, who was “taken for a ride” the other day and savagely beaten, after threats had been made against him if he did not close his business. Then later & policeman de- tailed to guard the establishment was :::u warned to stay away from the This is perhaps only an individual . operation, an amateur imitation of the " highly efficient racketeer of the Mid- ‘Western metropolis. Or it may be have suffered themselves severely in pocket, but their customers and patrons have paid the bills in the largest meas- ure. By dint of sheer outlawry, at the point of the pistol, contributions have been forced not alone from the tills of the business men, but from the pockets of the public. Demoralization quickly followed the initial success of these racketeers in Chicago. The fear of death was upon their victims. The threats of violence were not idle ones. Bombs and guns were used ruthlessly and many lives were lost. As a rule the men and women in trade who were marked down for the squeeze dreaded reprisals in case they complained to the police. They paid in silence. Some of those who complained and asked for protec- tion were taken for the fatal ride, or their homes or business places were bombed. And even when cases were . ' made against the blackmailers and ex- tortioners and they were taken to court convictions were rare and punishments were even more rare. It is vitally important, in view of the | sorry record made in Chicago, that this evil be met here with the utmost vigilance and sternness. Business men who are threatened should not yield, but should at once call for protection and the police should ruthlessly pursue the crooks. The highest possible pen- alty must be given to any one who is convicted of extortion under threats. By that means racketeering will be dis- couraged and perhaps prevented in this city. R ] Ex-Presidents. With the passing of Willlam Howara Taft there remains only one living former President, Calvin Coolidge. On several occasions in our national history this has been the case, with a single survivor of the presidency remaining, with none living on three occasions, for brief periods. George Washington survived for two and three-quarter years after his re- tirement, and then for a year and & quarter John Adams served with no predecessor living. Adams himself lived throughout the two terms of Jefferson, the two of Madison, the two of Monroe and one year of the single term of his son, John Quincy Adams. His was the longest survival in American history, he living for twenty-five years after leaving the White House. During Madison’s serv- ice he had the company in life of Adams and Jefferson, and Monroe had Adams, Jefferson and Madison as co- temporaries. John Quincy Adams had for one year four former Presidents in survivai, Monroe having joined the group. Madison survived for seven years of Andrew Jackson’s eight in office, Monroe for two and Adams throughout. The younger Adams al- most equaled his father's period of survival, dying twenty-three years after leaving the White House. John Tyler lived long enough after quitting the presidency to witness the full administrations of Taylor, Pillmore, Pierce and Buchanan, and one year of Lincoln’s term, a period altogether of sixteen years. Buchanan's term com- passed the surviving spans of the lives of Tyler, Van Buren and Fillmore and two years of Pierce. This was the maximum in the record of such surviv- als. Pive ex-Presidents were living during the four years and a few weeks of Lincoln's service, Tyler and Van Buren for one year each, and Fillmore, Plerce and Buchanan throughout the period. Fillmore and Plerce lived Grant’s eight-year service compassed the passing of Fillmore, Plerce and Johnson, and for about a year and three-quarters of his service there were no former Presidents alive. himself lived through the administra- tions of Garfield and Arthur and for three years of Cleveland's first term. During Cleveland's second term only Benjamin Harrison survived, and he also lived through the first four years of McKinley’s broken service. Cleve- land survived through six and three- quarter years of Roosevelt's service, there being no ex-Presidents living from June 24, 1908, to March 4, 1909, when “T. R.” himself joined the ranks of the former Presidents, surviving throughout Taft's term and for six and three-fourths of Wilson’s eight years. Taft and Wil- son lved throughout the period of Harding’s administration. Wilson died February 3, 1924, leaving Taft the sole survivor of the presidency during the remainder of Coolidge’s administra- tion. Now Calvin Coolidge & himself the solitary survivor of the presidency. —_———— Aviation is still in its infancy, which ‘may account for the fact that no satis- factory system of liability insurance has yet been worked out for airplanes. ————— Another definition of a statesman might be, “A man who manages to keep his politics separate from his bank ac- count.” ————ee— Beyond Neptune. Four billion miles away in the depths of space the telescope has revealed a new planet—the ninth of the sun's family. Astronomically it is an insignificant object, probably only a few score times larger than the earth itself and so far away from the sun that by no stretch of the imagination can it be pictured otherwise than as a cold and lfeless mass. But the discovery, forecast in mathematical calculation for years, is received by the earth, of which the brain of man is the consciousness and the voice, with a distinct sense of kin- ship. It is like adding to the fireside circle one who has been wandering, homeless and lost, in the great desola- tion of infinity. The human unit belongs to various wholes and is bound up intimately with merely a case of robbery with fancy|all of them—the family, the neighbor- accompaniments. Possibly the perpe- | hood, the city, the state, the nation, trator has been reading up on modern the race, the earth, the solar system. modes of making money with a gun as| Ever wider and wider extend the cir- the chief item of capital. cles created by the disturbance in the ‘Whatever the circumstances or the | placidity of cosmos from the intrusion inspiration of this crime, however, it|of the individual consciousness. The should be punished severely if the per- | farther from the activating principle petrator is caught. Washington wants| the fainter they grow and the less no racketeering. It hopes that any at- [pbvious their connection with tempt to blackmail merchants or indi- viduals, to force price increases under the solar system the nucleus whence they arise. Beyond itself very faint the cloak of the compulsory joining of indeed bedomes the sensitivity of kin- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON “BEAUTY FOR ASHES” BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. LL. D., Bishop of Washington. 1 ship—the distances are so enormous! and the conditions so dificult to in- corporate in an anthropomorphic frame- work. For the newly discovered planet is s blood blister of the earth, born of the same mother in the same anclent gravi- tational rending of the flesh and blood of the sun by the close approach of an- other star. And we ourselves are but bits of the substance of the earth, our ideas and our behavior probably re- ducible to terms of her physical and chemical properties. This makes clearer the general interest in the dis- covery of another planet. It is inti- mately a part of our larger selves. The event is like the finding of a long-lost relative amidst a vast multitude of strangers. We have encountered the familiar in the discomforting strange- ness of space and time. The planet beyond Neptune is only approximately four billion miles away, bound to the sun by the unbreakable chains of gravitation. It is a new next- door neighbor. The next nearest ob- Ject in space—the star Alpha Centauri —is more than three hundred billion miles distant. It is the center of an- other gravitational system to which we have no kinship. It is a thing side our consciousness of reality. none of the flesh, bone and sinew of sun. It hardly can be encompassed in the individual's concept of Self. It be- longs to another configuration for which there is no duality in the mind. The discovery of another planet ex- tends the boundaries of our little, wave- washed rock of the Real—of Ourselves— in the unreality of the infinite. It is probably of more philosophical ~than practical significance—although in the latter category it will clear up puzzling variations from the mathematically exact behavior to be expected of the units of the solar system. These variations have led to the assumption of such a mass beyond Neptune as a logical explana- tion. The discovery is another instance of the ability of mathematical analysis— reason unaided by sensory observations —to keep a straight course in the Un- known. The mathematical astronomer sails with no stars to guide him across the dark and mystical depths beyond anthropocentricity. ———t— Dinosaur tracks have been dis- covered in New Jersey. They are sup- posed to be over eighty-five million years old. They are in a clay deposit, which brings a variation into the idea of “footprints on the sands of time,” giving clay a little the better of the argument so far as permanency is con- cerned. ———— out- t has the Old-time stagecoach robberies were | in, picturesque. The motor bus robbery now accomplishes the same purpose, with less delay and inconvenience. It is unfortunate that modern improve- ments must serve the underworld as well as the upper classes. ——————— Investigations of graft have been going on through aM wime. It is an evidence of the instinctive merality of human nature that each new discovery of financial irregularity creates as much surprise as if it revealed an absolute novelty. ————— e It is believed that the leather tarift cannot be so adjusted as to make shoes cheap to the consumer. The barefoot dancer may yet set the pace for the ordinary promenader. ——————— a collection of intricate special agree- ments to one precise general under- standing. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Hardships of a Career. Said old Bill Jones to Esra Bings, “My {friend, you just watch me! I'm going to do a lot of things You'll he surprised to see. I'm going to lead a movement great And lift my voice on high, And rank with those who legislate In Congress, by and by!” And old Bill Jones he went ahead And did exactly as he said. He sits in Congress, day by day, And stays awake at night To study out what he must say To set the Nation right. All Summer long he’s up in arms For every kind of strife, While Eara Bings enjoys the charms Of simple placid life. And all that keeps old Bill afloat 1s Esra’s influential vote. His Vacation, “You are convinced that you need a vacation?” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I've got to get away to some where I can forget political cares do some real work.” Jud Tunkins says knows by heart all the vehicles and the liquor sesses a wonderful legal mind. Puzzle of the Ages. The tariff question seems to be The one interrogation Which causes men to disagree In every age and nation. To free the problem from all doubt ‘Would need a necromancer, For every time you work it out You get a different answer. A Comparison. “You say the nobleman your daugh- ter married reminds you of Summer fiction.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Cumrox. teresting plece of work.” Utdlity. “Radio will displace the telegraph.” “Not entirely,” sald Oactus Joe. “Radio may suffice for conversation, but when the posse catches & hoss thief there's nothin’ so handy as a telegraph pole.” ‘The Oyster. The oyster in his silent shell Resides alone in dumb content, And finds it comforting to dwell Where no one bothers him for rent. “I likes & man to look me in de eye when he talks,” said Uncle Eben. “But de meanes’ man I know is de one dat looks you in de eye so as to hypnotize yoh attention away fm‘de reach he's makin’ foh his razor.” %' ° Diplomacy invariably has to deal with His the type of political mind that prefers “It's a case of a fine title for a mighty unin- Text, Isaiah, 1zi3: “To give unto them beauty for ashes.” The world search is for beauty— beauty in architecture, beauty in art, besuty in music, beauty in the physical form and face. Real beauty is not arti- ficial or superficial. The old adage that “beauty is skin deep” is largely true. ‘There are faces that are homely, forms that are unshapen, that we frequently meet, that disclose all the essential ele- ments of beauty. The training of the mind and the acquisition of knowledge create beauty of thought and expression. Physical exercise and proper training produce beauty of age and form. Long hours spent in running the scales effects dexterity of fingers and issues in | blessin, beauty of expression through the “con- cord of sweet sound.” Any reasonable discipline that develops in us latent qualities or unrecognized gifts con- tributes to refinement of mind and soul and makes us more aj ing and win- some to the world through which we move. These are some of the elements that make for beauty of life. Over against these there are things that de- tract from that which we covet; ex- cesses of indulgence, habits of indo- lence, the worthless and futile things that all too frequently engage our in- terest and our e. We are attempt- ing today to restore beauty through ar- tificial means. Men and women grow tired through overind: gm:e in so- cial practices that bring their spirits to low ebb. Their zest for life is lost to them. Even their enthusiasm for work and play ceases to make its appeal. In such a situation they betake themselves to “cures,” thinking the while that rest and retirement and ated diet and a reasonable amount of medication can restore spent forces. It is tragic to note the increasing numbers of men and women who resort to these means in the hope of restoring the joy and beauty of life. ‘They would substitute “beauty for ashes.” They would recover lost enthusiasms, they would rediscover Seven weeks of & Naval Conference run by the statesmen and not by the sailors—without results—caused the American sea dogs at London to laugh discreetly up their sleeves. states- man who evoked most of their mirth is none other than Charles Gates Dawes, United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’ and one of the diplomatic members of the American delegation a; the conference. The sailors grin fol two reasons when they think of Dawes and naval limitation. In the first place, they recall that it was under his regime as director of the budget, eight years ago, that the policy of American naval retrenchment was inaugurated. Some of them say that Dawes was largely its stigator. ‘Then the sallormen smile when they hark back to Gen. Dawes' celebrated Peace Bridge speech at Ni- agara Falls, in 1927, following the Geneva conference flasco. On that occa- sion the Vice President (as he then was) lambasted sailors merci for baving hashed affairs at Geneva. He became the advance agent of the th that at the next conference, civilian, not naval, influence should predominate, and all would be as easy as pie. Now Dawes sits in, as one of the powers-that- be, at the wholly statesmanlike confer- eel]hle o‘irlved. finding hémselgm(eg g: nav 8ay) up against pre same obshc{el which proved insur- mountable in Switzerland three :g:, Incidentally, the sailors point out that the $1,000,000,000, more or less, which Uncle Sam is about to have spent on his “parity” flect must be gall and wormwood to the budget boss of 1922. * ok X ¥ During the Paris peace conference Hugh Gibson, then a junior officer of the fc service, was assigned to the commission which. was trying to carve out the future destinies of Jugoslavia. nickname around the Hotel Crillon, American headquarters, was Hugo-Slav Gibson. At a naval conference dinner 5 uh?z‘: London a mt'fi?xl; hl‘n'-h“’ gl an, apropos nothing par- dr. th‘gtd Amnul?:r"moni‘;l say, do speak Jugo ugoslavia?” G sald he wasn't aware of the ex- istence of such a language, and replied, “What makes you think that they talk Jugo in Jugoslavia?” Quoth the son of John Bull, “Well, you know, they speak Csech in Csechsolvakia, and I rawther thought they'd talk Jugo in Jugoslavia.” * ok x London’s favorite piano concert artist is the German virtuoso, Arthur Schna- bel. Schnabel says he can never give a 100 per cent account of himself at a re- cital in London, because, on account of climatic conditions, “all n?ll.uh ianos ve colds.” In Scotland, inabel claims, he can hardly make himself heard with orchestral accompaniment, because all Scotch players strum and blow their instruments- fortissimo to keep warm. * ok ok * ‘The British post office authorities, which control the telephones and tele- graphs in these islands, maintain a con- venience for the public, which is worthy of emulation in American cities. At fre- quent intervals public telephone booths are placed in the streets. A local call costs 2 pence (4 cents). * ok ow % World War episodes are revealed in England. One of the latest concerns Sir Roger Casement, Irish Sinn Fein agita. tor, who was executed for high treason in 1916, following his attempt to land in this country on a mission from Ger- BY WILLIAM HARD. LONDON, March 15.—A possible ten- tative solution of the French problem at the naval conference emerges from an unexpected quarter—in the negotia- tions at Geneva bring the League of Nations covenant into ny with pact. ‘The present League covenant author- izes war under certain circumstances, after the lapse of a certain time sub- sequent to efforts at arbitration and conciliation. In those circumstances no concerted action now l{;hreqlllnd against an aggressor power. The new b amendments to the League covenant provide that no resort to war is ever rmissible; thereupon, any power go- to war would be e; to the con- certed action of the T powers. ‘This is precisely what the French are demanding at London, with special ref- erence to the Mediterranean. French already have secured special se- curity against Germany through the Locarno pact, with Great Britain as the guarantor, and their desire at this in- stance is same security Italy in the Mediterranean region. EEER Great Britain is reluctant.to add a u&:ehl Mediterranean commitment to m:m:l Locarno-North Sea-Atlantic col nt. If, however, the new pro- posed amendments to the Leaguescove- nant are adopted, then would be committed as a_member of the League to help defend France any war anywhere. France then would et from Great Britain everything she ands at "!;mdg:‘ and m::ed. This situation produced an ear- nest controvery in London between Great Britain's greatest interna- tional minds, Philip Cecll. The latter is willing that Great Britain incur the additional burden of the concerted action of all powers wlmt all war in all circumstances. . Kerr, with the great weight of his personal authority, is reluctant to keep aspi eory | turn The | posed amendments to the Lea; D. ways that lead to satisfaction and real enjoyment. It is hard to purchase in the world's markets that which from excesses of one kind or another we have evidently lost. Many of us are like the man who sought the “pearl of great price” and sold all that he had that he might gain it, but the trouble is we have little left of worth or value with which to secure it. If we would have “beauty for ashes” we must pay the price. We must reckon with those indispensable elements that contribute to it and make it possible. The great Master declared that He came that men might have life and have it more abundantly. He persistently sought to so interpret it and its finer mean that men might covet its privileges and gs. He gave to character build- ing the supreme place. He insistently taught that there were exercises for soul culture and development that must be ized and followed if men were to at the “beauty of holiness.” He did not attempt to sul t aught from life, but rather to add to it. He did not pre- sent & scheme of life that was hard or exacting. He did clearly teach that sat- isfying living was to be found in the recognition of certain well defined prac- tices and disciplines that were deaicn_r:ud discovered no substitutes for His plan. One wonders whether this hur- ried, hectic age, with its mad quest for satisfaction in one form or another, is to attain greater beauty. One wonders whether our modern systems of educa- tion and training are to produce a finer race of men and women. Yes, one won- ders whether for the disappointments, disillusionment and despair we experi- ence we have sufficient genius, perse- verance and determination to recover that which deeply satisfles and gives a touch of beauty to life. Let us not be- leve that these things are easily ac- quired or that they may be bought in the world’s market. They call for ap- plication and reasonable study of that Eefl’:cl model of living of which Jesus the supreme exemplar. LONDON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. many. It has just been brought to light that Shaw wrote a mech to be delivered by Sir Roger at latter’s trial. It was a burning re- cital of Ireland’s ancient wrongs, which Shaw claimed would have rung around the worl ally around the Irish- American world—and generated a tor- rent of sympathy which would have saved Casement’s life. The prisoner at the bar refused to avail himself of G. B. 8's assistance. R Prime Minister Macdonald, who says he is “still a journalist,” spoke recently at the unvelling of a tablet bearing the names of chairmen of lobby correspond- ents in the House of Commons in the facing men in of a politician’s reputation rests,” said the ier. “The lobb‘umrmpondent is delight of my irt. You give us a lot of infor- mation which would otherwise never come our way. I am not at all sure that I did not make a great mistake in not iring to remain one of you instead of my energies in another direc L Londoners have just said good-by to one of their famous modern landmarks otel Cecil, in the Strand. The big caravansary ' overlooking Thames :?nhnkm“ antu was in the befily ‘:t its ory 25 or 30 years ago, when it was American headquarters in this town. No Yankee notable or tourist who could afford it ever dreamed of staying any- where except at the Cecil. the American jockey, who was the sen- sation of British race courses at the turn of the century, and who introduced the much-discussed forward seat European tracks, lived like a rajah in a suite at the Cecll, which nearly took in & whole floor. One of Sloan’s w on a still remembered occasion, while en- tertad a_ convivial all-night party after one of his sensational mumpm at Ascot, was to remove all the boots and shoes standing outside of guests’ doors, and replace mixed pairs. The Cecil now to be turned into a vast office build- ing for the Shell Oil Corporation. Hotel Cecil once was a political epithet—the Liberals’ nickname for the Salisbury cabinet because of the penchant of its head, the Marquis of Salisbury, to fll mth kinsmen-members of ‘&e Cecil L Let no man think that the cross-word fl:xnle in Great Britain either has fallen to innocuous desuetude or is regarded an undignified pastime. Not only did the sober and sedate London Times this Winter succumb to the craze (still at high tide in these sea-girt isles) and an- nounce that it would henceforward pub- lish a cross-word puzzle every day, but it has now decided to print a periodical puzzle in Latin. In extenuation of the crime, the Thunderer says, in an edi- torial: “One of the most remarkable re- sults of our experiment is the over- whelming evidence it nas brought us that the best brains in the country— ministers of the crown, provosts of col- leges, king's counsel and the rest—all engaged in the most arduous labor, find these little intellectual games the very thing to fill up odd moments, intervals, for instance, between one en ent and another, pauses which offer too little time and tion.” Ever and anon hitherto unknown |tal rd Fetpecianiily have " dherts ve the English. (Copyright, 1930.) highest shunned More Frequent Conferences Would Lessen Strain of Maritime Powers all the burden and claims that might involve Great Britain in addi- tional munull complications and con- troversies with the United States. Great Britain says Mr. Kerr, I Or WAar-] in circumstances, while still uncommitted to such points and is still likely to insist on her right to trade with an aggressor power, A 1“1:"" between Great Britain and erica thereupon is sure to result, he reasons. If now an additional bur- den ill .;ulltnl;cdk l:’y. Great Britain in agreeing ade an af W er in all conceivable clflmmfi"m. then a fl'."rm between Britain and Ametica made additionally surer on an increased number of occasions. * ok ok ok Mr. Kerr assumes that the new pro- gue cov- European peace, int of view, if He maintains, now committed, to blockade an ag- wer in enant might f« from the mmpum:’ Europe alone existed. on the other hand, that they might in. clude the chances of the conflict and war between Europe and America, Thus every strengthening of European peace by European pomhlawlnm?hnunh&ug world war, with Europ - can combatants. mm‘n X Al.:ngl‘e Contradicions fh.the prene, dplomatic conference on n:v-l!m‘::rnm.' s} One sure lesson, 1s the abeolite nsed of pnore SmarY: conferences of the naval powers. 1f, for instance, the proposed amendments to the League covenant can moderate the French tonnage demands, this can- not appear until the Assem] meets this Fall, and un r;u iy ts are adopted b) w"‘n?;: are mermbers ot the Ceaguer " Wworld naval situat'on now is not lflxfimmfi.‘ hl:_t wln:lnuoul, with nc: 2 juir yright, 1930.) Tod Sloan, of y | sent by representatives freely chosen by this | in handling many thousands of letters vel and end- W’l‘fic family MARCH 16, 1930—PART TW Capital Sidelights | [Barboo Advocated for Naturalization BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Recalling & little song that has for years been popular in certain circles and at hilarious stag parties, sung for the purpose of making fun of William Howard Taft, helpful friend of the Fili- pino people, and to reflect upor the | bio | Filipinos, whom Taft had called “our brown brothers,” the refrain of which runs thus: “He may be & brother of William H. Taft, but he ain’t no relation of mine”— Camilo Osias, Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands, in empha- sizing in the House the value of Mr. Taft’s services in “winning the Filipino people’s confidence in the aims and pur- poses of the American Government” and in helping to “lay the foundation for the stable government there,” said: “I wonder if those men who used to delight in singing that song do not now realize what pigmies they are by the side of that great and good man who could look upon his fellow man as his brother regardless of nationality or race.” * k k¥ “What is a farm?” This is one of the questions just decided by the Census Bureau for the guidance of the enumer- ators who will soon be starting out to a record of every resident. Accord- g to the decision of this Federal agency “a farm” is all the land farmed by ene person whether it is 3 acres or 3,000 acres, and whether it is divided up in a number of widely separated parcels. It make no difference how much farm land one person owns, but how much does he operate or farm. As a matter of fact the specialists in the Department of Agriculture estimate that there are some 5,000 miniature farms of less than 3 acres in this country, to which in- dividuals gave their entire time last year. In taking the approaching 1930 agri- cultural census, ll'vtr:.l of f:ls than acres will not be listed as farms unless they produced as much as $250 worth of farm products last year. Small areas of more than 3 acres will be classed as farms regardless of the value of = BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. The bamboo, probably the most use- | from the fact that while most varieties ful plant known to mankind, can be |bloom every year, some have in- successfully grown in the Southern sec- | tervals, while at least one kind blooms tions of the United States, if accorded |only once in every 32 years. to the De- To begin with, ths bamboo supplies food. The young shoots furnish a dish 1tly not unlike as] . The grains of the to all parts of the world to investigate ble. In India a dish exotic plants, and its experiment sta- |made by mixing bamboo grains with tions are continuously employed in at- | honey and cooking the mixture is con- 'flnmlfl{ to acclimatize foreign plants |sidered a delicacy. Bamboo grain sup- which it is belleved would be useful to | plements rice as an article of diet in Americans. China, and it is the observation of the This is a scientific development of | Chinese that when the rice crop is poor, the work done by early Americans, es- |or fails, the bamboo grain crop is more ially in the Southern colonies and |abundant. Occidental botanists doubt tates. With the increase wealth |.this, believing that only when the rice and the establishment of large estates, | crop fails do the Chinese take the trou- the planters became interested in nat- | ble to gather the bamboo grain. uralizing strange trees, shrubs and flow- | The uses of the wood of the bamboo ers on their own properties. Several types of trees, now found in large num- bers, growing wild in the woods, orig- inally were complete strangers to Amer- ican soil, having been brought here by the early planters. Examination of the irdens and parks of old houses from nnsylvania southward reveal probably 20 different varieties of trees growmg within a small compass. All were planted and many represent im- i e ——r e ent o ' following up this work, has looked more plants than to their ornamental value, although the latter had not been wholly neglected. As a result of the depart- ment's work many grasses, trees, vari- eties of grain and other representatives of the vegetable kingdom have been acclimatized in the United States, add- materially to the national wealth. ent experiments with the bamboo indicate that there is nothing in the American climate inhospitable to the plant. While principally a tropical and subtropical plant, it grows in the tem- perate zone. It grows on the slopes of the Himalayas, in Japan it is found at an altitude as high as 10,000 feet and in South America it thrives up to the snow line of the Andes. There are no lifferences in ucts, if the land is actually ing ‘worked. * ok ok ok ‘The uniformed employes whom Uncle su:l:x umtm‘hdmlnrdm-fl to each home ugl e land are wving the best aid to chemists in mfinprthe ‘Wear- ing ability of shoe soles, as tanned different This btm'fiu interesf infor- mation that there are two vn’;‘:‘ of tan- ning leather—vegetable tanning and chrome tanning. In recent years at- tempts have been made to combine the two methods, 50 as to unite the desirable qualities of each, and the product is known as chrome-retanned leather. To get data on the actual wearing qualities those in charge of the e: ent have had postmen wear one shoe half-soled with vegetable-tanned leather and the other half-soled with chrome-retanned leather, and the results of the experi- ment show that the chrome-retanned leather wore almost twice as long in some cases. * * k¥ One of the most interes o al documents that is being awm 1:':"23::— nection with the bicentennial is in the Library of Congress, in the manuscript division, in the handwriting of George Mason, with a memorandum relating thereto in the handwriting of Ge Washington attached. This is the orig- Resolves: acopted st & general mecting Ives, at a general me of the freeholders lnd‘:h-blunu of the county of Fairfax on Monday, July 18, 1774, at the court house in Alexan- dria. Gen. Washington was cl an and Robert Harrison clerk of this meet- ing. These resolves are one of the fundamental documents of our Govern- ment and had far-reaching import. As pointed out by Representative Moore, Washington conferred with the citizens of the county and most closely with nel r and friend George Mason G Hall previous to this free- holders’ meeting. The Fairfax Resolves drawn by Mason, who spent the afternoon and night before the meeting O |at Mount Vernon. and they expressed Washington's views. They m s WS, ‘were fro: the pen o:om nm&hb‘l’e‘n%lin who was soon to prepare the a con- stitution with a bill of rights at its front, the first constitution ever written containing a complete system of govern- ment; the whose thought and words run like a golden thread through the leral tution and the con- stitutions of all the States of the Union, and it is not to much to say ence. ‘The Fairfax Resolves became the basis of the of the conven- tion in A of which Washi was a member. They were very elab- orate, because, with an alarm- designed to rivet general attention upon all of the aspects of the great contro- versy in which America was involved. They outlined the relation of the col- onjes to the mother country and set forth from every point of view the in- jwetice of the British policy—a policy which Edmund Burke was the next year to describe in his speech on conciliation as a method of attempting to indict a whole people. Manifesting r desire to maintain loyal connection with the Government, they nevertheless de- clared: “Though we are its subjects, we will use every means which heaven has given us to prevent our becoming its slaves.” They asserted that Americans were “entitled to all the privileges, immuni- ties and advantages enjoved by the peo- ple of England. among them the right of the peovle to be governed bv no laws to which they have not given their con- themselves.” * ok ok ok ‘That Santa Claus really exists can be testified to by every member of Con- gress. because Congress has just been called upon to take oficial action help Santa Claus perform his annual task of bringing joy to children throughout the country. This matter came before Congress in Ty T, S M, e e aster of the smal of snn&mglnms. Ind., whose industry with the assistance of the entire ham- let was presented in the House by Rep- resentative Rowbottom, in whose - trict the town is located. Robert L. Ripley, author of “Be- lieve It or Not,” recently discussed the situation with Rej tative Rowbot- tom, telling him that more than 100,000 letters arrive in Santa Claus town be- tween the months of September and January to be nostmarked with the stamp of St. Nicholas and remailed, thus making it necessary for James Martin, the fourth-class postmaster, who is'lord of the village, to work day and night and to cllll in his friends and neighbors to help. Ripley recently visited Santa Claus, and found there thousands of letters sent in by children who hail St. Nich- olas as their patron saint. Holding fast to tradition and_the expectations of these youngsters, Postmaster Martin wld! the modern Marco Polo that he spen all of his spare moments answering and readdressing Christmas letters, which pour in steadily the year around from all parts of the two hemispheres. Re‘gd- mem ntative Rowbo::m'l{ :u‘ln ':umm'“‘ at the postmasf of § A Ind.. be rated high enough in the postal regulations so that his annual salary may be increased to a suitable remu- as by | Southern . through the Declaration of Independ- | ber of Ing and dangerous situation, they were | Tesi conditions as between these locations and the United States. Varieties and Uses. ‘The Department of mmnm sug- gests that the plant well be in- an ornamental grass in e Sk cases reach a height of 120 feet. It is suggested that the varieties of over the ground, is lly beautiful. The bamboo of every species requires a doer. molst, but not sodden, loamy soil. It is classed as a hungry plant by botanists, and the soil, therefore, must be rich. Indeed, the bamboo often will draw so much nutriment from the soil that other plants growing in its proximity will die out. The bamboo robs them. ¥! is t:xdmwliglda wdmmr B rom e and necessary them well watered. e Americans are such enthusiastic gar- deners that it is expected e bamboo by many. Should this acclimatization of the plant develop and the bamboo take a firm hold in the Southern States, they would ul- timately have a commercial asset of tremendous importance. The number of uses of the bamboo are almost in- credible, not only because there are many varieties, but because every va- riety lends itself at different Fifty Years Ago In The Star Several grave crimes were committed in the District of Columbia 50 years More Protective cbgse ny Lorure o G 8| alarm Laws Needed. the community. ':t.:dequ :euf‘“lgw prom!: ot n ate for the n_of mm“c-lpihl City. The Star “The 'feadiness with which both of have taken hold of the matter of increasing the District police force warrants f that a bill to that effect will be without unnecessary delay. t a lai num- police than now constitutes the force is essential to the protection of the very lives of citizens nobody questions. The Hirth murder, !ouwwby the brutal assault upon a young lady, both occurring at an xvour in ning un%l in lnc-“fiau surrounded ‘was the of n gress. “While upon the subject of providing for the protection of the District against an .gmsuvely lawless class, would it not well for Congress to consider whether or not an increase of the police force is sufficient legislation in this di- rection? Some means of ishment for Sraining Infiience upon that css would strainin uence | 838 WO have a beneficial !&n in W N The jail and workhouse, with plenty to eat and nothing to do, have no terrors for the idlers, vagabonds and petty thieves who infest Washington and they rapidly progress in crime until they be- come dangerous. “A well devised vagrant law rigidly enforced would, no doubt, relieve this community of a large of its worthless population. available means of would have to be sent they be required to form manual labor. in order to effect any good. the average vagrant woul city rather than be subjected to risonment and work. In the present smper of Congress the citizens of the to | District could procure almost any legis- lation, of a practical and reasonable character, designed to afford them pro- tection from lawlessness, and now is the time for them to u:nvu." * “It is hard to tell what the of the oldest inhabitant may ben:glneuruyl Wi bring forth from the misty intry recesses of the past” says ‘March. The Star of March 13, 1880, few days’ snows! " “but 1t is safe to say that & for Washing ton near the middle of March such as we have had yesterday and to- dl)"‘. is more g:fi, fl\xtm‘ of readers can T 5 present it looks very much as though the ill-na- tured fellows who have been tell all along that we would ha: e have been in ave ter and the apricot and eénmtne that have been burning in red and yellow flame in our parks for some time past seem to have | abundant reason to feel discouraged. ‘The appearance they present just now, half hidden as they are by heavy wreaths of snow, is at once odd and pitiful.” . * ¥ According to the rouvvtnt su-um in The Star of mrchunmlfl. 1880, Senaf 1; T o Bt it “ ” not coin, a b v g Lt B cent and still pe: iy neration for the labor of love involved. * ko * Devoted friends of the late Repre- ihe sentative Martin B. Madden who are nding vestigation of lobbyists for Senator Jjoy the distinction el " to r'm ‘roos are much pleased by | tors, d_copy {llustrative of the e ot the Maddens. Keep Doctors and Nurses Busy. Prom the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Unemployment demonstrations are helpful go yt:‘e cause only in providing work for hospital doctors and nurses. all | As warm weather a) are planning to make their sales people| look cool and untired in the hope that| th's will put the customer in a be t 80, and hereafter no doubt lobbyists who get caught in the at of bribery will be to the economic usefulness of foreign |ysed the plants it t any | tomers ld | of the goods the stem are far too many for anything like a complete listing. Indesd. a na- tion could get along fairly well with no other kind of wood. Also, it takes the place of materials otifer than wood. For example, sections of bamboo, tween the familiar , are used in the East tn lieu of bottles. In some as water buckets. Wood Easily Adaptable. All manner of receptacles can readily be made, bamboos of different varieties and ages providing, ready to hand, the widest possible assortment of sizes. It is_interesting to recall that the first silkworm eggs to be smuggled out of China and teken to the Roman - peror Justinian were secreted in a slen- der bamboo joint. From these eg sprang the entire silk industry of I and France. Of certain varieties of bamboo pens are made for writing. The inner fibers of the bamboo stem are beaten into a paper is manufactured. Wood blocks for ggzflnl also may be made from bamboo. Indeed, some varieties are so h a siliceot walls and roofs are constructed from laths interwoven from narrow strips. An important quality of the plant is the fil':e and straightness with which ese dwellings are by no means rude huts in the wilderness of Borneo. ern eve the picture is somewhat incon= gruous, but it is not unusual to observe a b:fl“glkn‘ of structural steel and stone to manifold tages in col of growth. The scope and range of lant can be realized ural Poor Salesmanship Cause of Lost Trade BY HARDEN COLFAX. Merchants all over the country are making careful studies to learn wgy?tb'y are losing siles and why customers are abandoning their stores. They have come to the conclusion that for the loss of 30 to 50 per cent in customers the sales people of the store are responsible. A survey, just completed, cites the “I don't care” attitude of the sales people the store, the goods and the cus- tomer as the greatest individudl factor in X sales and customers. Accord=- ing to tables worked out in the sur- vey, this attitude of indifference ac- counts for a loss of 9 per cent of cus~ to other storss. Next loss attributed to it cent, is the haughtiness of sales le. This is frequently evidenced when a sale is not made. who change in the list, with a of 7 There is an inclination to sneer at a customer who x:lu]k: out wuhgcuz bu.vm&-’-:nd as a , many customers of character do not ':l{ in again. * k% % Another factor cited is the mistake of overselling. It has been found that Where salesmen are overinsistent a loss in customers ensucs. Merchandising say that it is a tralt of the nor- lesire to buy rather Many salesmen are A u] wl;ntuknnwnlll ," but it requires real skill to .uz on :.uch .ll ‘tulk without exer- ngerous “sel " There is also a o1t potting good sales talk, of fal of misre, frequent] intentional, it plain hnute.etth‘h’lch tl - dml{hn. sents. e sible for like 5 per eente:mg loss of ::lt:mg: Usually, the misrepresentation comes from lack of information concerning the merchandise. This ignorance of stock— AT b l—is also e: for the merchant. e * ok ok % One big sales executive said recen that a most effective way to hold G';Il: Interest of the customer is to give him tlggam;‘v.rhnm:boutmmmubu 3 sales added, know wwtle lbuul:“t’l;,lm'm- chandise th% are . Department s und by actual tests that sales of particular articles have in- creased from 30 to 200 per cent after thelr sales forces had been given ade- Quate information about such articles. Not all of the losses are attributable to the sales personnel, Faults charge- able to store service are blamed for a large percentage of the loss in cus- tomers. Such faults include attempted substitution of goods, delays in delivery, errors and reluctance to exchai foodx. ‘The merchants, in addition olonnz after tmun&e of their em- ployes, are wa ir own steps more closely. Many losses are due to faulty store management, and merchants have found that a high percentage of logses results from poor qullg? of There are some losses which come questionably from poor or misleat advertising copy. * ok Perhaps the most potent factor im losses, from the mnn;g{zrul standpoing, ce high prices or| prices out of line with those of come titors. Finally, the whole policy of store is reflected in each departe| ment, and unless the policy is frop- erly chosen, errors are bound to follow| all down the line. he right proce d.hln: otpswck weal con. in for much thought. roaches merchants| commonly known in this 'mosfien.‘ — frame of mind. (Copyright, 1930.)