Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1930, Page 8

EVENING ST AR Ienmu-. sworn to take his life. A rather nice point of morals, if not of law, Now Capone is for the present “lost.” 1930/ It is believed that he started for Chi- THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company | .. ness ..M i Micl 4 Kegenl St Eneiand. Rate by Carrier Within x Swar, g, an0. Sinday Siar the Ci 45¢ ver month £ R. Wi §0¢ per month The Even) "Hunday Star e Evening xna Sunday when 5 fundass) 65¢ ver montn dus St SeBer copy jon made at the end of each month Orders may be sent in by mail or leledhone NAtional 5600 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Duliy and Sunday . $10.0 only © 6.0 iviloa L ¥1. $12.00. § o 1 3r. "48.00° | mo Bunday oniy AVl $500: ) mio. Member of the Associated Press. The Assuciaied o the uge 1ui Ie; paiches crecited Dublishea Percin Soecial dispaiches herein ate also ivs == s Doo-dads in School Buildings. A paraphrase of Representative Sim- mons’ sentiments on school architecture in Washington might be expressed in the dictum, “Millions for school build- ings, but not one cent for doo-dads.” But until the District appropriation bill contairs the limiting ciause, “Pro- vided, that no part of the appropriation for school buildings shall be expended on doo-dads,” this community sincerely hopes that Municipal Architect Harris will continue to cater to good taste and good sense by including them in his plans. The whole controversy over doo-dads on school building correct definition of a doo-dad. What is & doo-dad? While the dictionaries define doo. doob, doodia, doodle. doodle- bug, doodle-sack, doog and dook, they have overlooked dco-dad. One must therefore depend upon Mr. Simmons’ conception of a doo-dad in order to defend it. From the testimony on the District appropriation bill, one is led to believe that a doo-dad on a school building can be any one of the follow- “Big stone pillars,” as typified in the new Paul Junior High; marble, or what appears to be marble. in the en- | trance of the same school; tiles in cor- | ridors instead of glazed brick; bronze griliwork covering the radiators in the auditorium “and all that sort of stuff.” Mr. Harris explained that- at least some of the doo-dad embellishments of the Paul Junior High were installed “because I thought we ought to build buildings that probably will last 75 or 80 years. They are going to be here that long, so why not put good material in them? It is not an ultimate saving when you put in & cheap school and you have to rebuild it in a few years. I claim T am saving money ultimately to the City of Washington by doing that.” But granting that a doo-dad is gometimes nothing more nor less than & doo-dad, it must be admitted by even the most conscientious of guardians of the public funds that life would not be worth living if it were not for the doo- dads. And applied to school architec- ture, the more doo-dads the better. The lack of doo-dads in school buildings in ‘Washington appears starkly on every hand. There are big, solemn, sinister buildings, with their bleak, blank walls that could pass anywhere for a first- rate jail. “Abandon all hope for beauty—ye who enter here” might be doorways and correctly express the philosophy of school architects of days gone by who were rigidly denied the right to a doo-dad. Fortunately for Washington, there has been a renaissance in school build- ing architecture that has been so uni- versally praised that the dissent regis- tered by Mr. Simmons comes as a dis- tinet surprise. His idea seems to be that the acme of perfection has been reached in the structure known as the Mac- farland Junior High, which is suffi- clently boxlike to claim immunity from | the charge of wearing doo-dads, but contrast with the | ‘which suffers sadly in contri | siderable time without a funeral. eriticized Paul Junior High—provided one holds to the theory that a school building, cleverly disguised, can and should be made to look like something else than a school building. oo - A new method of denaturing alcohol s described by the prohibition bureau as nauseating but not fatal. It may yet be possible to devise some offense to digestion that will deter a genuine dipsomaniac. 8o far none has been discovered. Hope rests on the fact that this is the era of scientific wonder- working. e Some politicians after attaining a8 coveted position pause to enjoy a little restful lelsure. Joseph Grundy of Penn- sylvania is not that kind. ——oe—s A Marked Man. Yesterday two mnotorious Chicago gangsters, against whom many crimes have been charged, though not suffi- ciently proved to effect conviction, were released from prison in Philadelphia, where they had been incarcerated for ten months. They had been convicted { of carrying concealed weapons and were sentenced to a year, getting two months off for good behavior. Capone, the leader of the Chicago gang, is a marked man, marked doubly, by scar and by repute. He is “wanted” by rivals and enemies in Chicago, and if caught un- awares or unguarded will undoubtedly be slain. He is also wanted for later trial by the United States Court at Chicago for the giving of a false affi- davit in Florida relative to his inability to go to Chicago for a hearing. Capone’s release, with his henchman and guard who shared his imprison- ment, had been scheduled so publicly that a great crowd of people gathered &t the prison to see him leave. By the subterfuge of removal to a branch of the institution he was virtually smug- gled out of custody unknown to the throng. Great pains were taken to effect this virtually secret release. It seemed rather anomalous thmt the prison authorities should gogto such lengths for the sake of the safely of & man who is known to be responsible for the killing of many people, But the Jpiea is made by them that they would have been probably conniving and as- ting at murder if they sct the gang- r on the sweet to face a mob in were probably some § s simmers down to the | | i Librar cago, which 1s his home. There has been talk of a flight there by plane. That is now thought to have been camouflage. The Chicago police arc prepared to arrest Capone if he turns up in public, as one of the suspects and undesirables now being rounded up in the housecleaning process. Of course he has a perfect alibi for ten months, | as concerns his own participation in criminal activity. But nobody knows what wires he has pulled or instruc- {tions he has sent from prison to his | gangsters. The chances are that Capone will not long enjoy his fréedom. He is today a very poor insurance “risk. S, Wise Liberality. It should be a matter of satisfaction fo the public, as it is to the trustees and librarian of the Washington Public that the library has during the last few years fared much better at the hands of the appropriation committees of Congress, and as a result has been able to make boiter progress in fur- nishing popular library service to the people of Washington. The House com- mittee has this year, in the District bill | reported yesterday, again been wisely {liveral in its treatment of the library, thus enabling it to take other forward steps. The bill carries an item of §150.000 for the new Northeastern branch library, including furnishings and equip- | ment. The central library and the threc | major branch library buildings were all furnished by Andrew Carnegie or the Carnegie Corporation. As no more Car- negie money has for some years been forthcoming for library buildings, else- where or here, the only way to go for- ward with a public library bullding pro- gram is to do it by appropriations. The House appropriations committee has taken an important step in its provision for this much needed branch library, The subcommitte¢ has aiso strength- ened the library by its addition of $16, 500 to the library’s book appropriation. It was brought out in the hearings that the library, with its skillcd force of readers’ advisers, is often unable to sup~ ply the books recommended because the book fund has been inadequate; also it was shown that there was a great scar- city of books at the mew Woodridge | subbranch, and indeed at almost every library agency. The additional money granted by the committee therefore meets an acute need. The library force was also consider- ably strengthened. One feature in such provision is that of enabling the library to occupy temporary quarters in some building in the municipal center. The zentral building is so much over-crowded | that the service is badly congssted. 3pace is particularly needed for the bool acquisitions and cataloging departments and for the book bindery. It is hoped that the District Commissioners will find some suitable space for these library tion of the central library. The Public Library has till recently been greatly hampered in its develop- ment to meet the needs of book-hungry Washingtonians. It is now happily going forward more rapidly. It still has many unmet needs. For example, the central library is far too small. The library trustees and librarian have plans for enlarging the main building to twice its present size. This is a step that is | vitally necessary for lil - written in chalk on the lintels of their 1Y IO L BInEy s ovelop ment. But several more branch libra- ries are also needed. It has been pointed out that the library now serves conveniently not more than one-third of the District’s population. Neighborhood branches and subbganches are needed to give the whole pulation the book service it needs and desires. The pres- ent - liberal attitude of appropriation committees toward the Public Library argues well for more rapid development of Washington's university of the people. ———— Liberation of Al Capone will call for congratulations on his success in get- ting entirely out of gang life for a con- e No effort is made to contradict as- sertions that dry laws have been broken. The fate is one that every law suffers to a greater or less extent. r——— Investigating Law Enforcement. George W. Wickersham, chairman of | the President'’s Law Enforcement Com- mission, told the Senate judiciary com- mittee yesterday that an inquiry by the Senate into the enforcement of prohibi- tion woul * not interfere with the work which the President’s commission 1is carrying on. This may be entirely true, But it does not answer the ruestion of the propriety or even the good sense of having two inquiries into the matter ef prohibition enforcement carried on at the same time. Incidentally the Senate committee’s investigation will cost money, if it is undertaken, and another duplication of costs, with the public paying the bill, will be charged up. However, if the Senate inquiry into | prohibition enforcement will actually contribute to the better enforcement of the law, the expenditure will be a | good investment. The original proposal for a Senate inquiry into prohibition enforcement was contained in a resolution offered by Senator Wheeler of Montana, Demo- crat. Senator Wheeler insisted that there was wide corruption among en- | forcement agents and officials, and that it was time the Senate and the coun- try knew about it. Senator Wheeler and Senator Borah of Idaho had re- celved reports that Col. J. F. J. Herbert, prohibition administrator for the dis- trict covered by their States, had per- mitted violations of the liquor laws. ‘When the charges were run down, how- ever, it was found that Col. Herbert, who had commanded a regiment over- seas during the World War, had an excellent record, and the Senators had been drawn into the matter on infor- mation that, to say the least, was in- correct. However, Senator Wheeler continued to insist that the whole mat- ter of law enforcement should be ven- tiiated by the Senate, and his resolu- tion was introduced. Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the judiciary committee, has submitted a substitute resolution, which is before his commit- tee for action. The wets and anti-administration drys in Congress agree on one thing at i tma Thay apee thel e v & | committee. THE EVENING STAR not being properly enforced. The wets are hoping to break down the prohibi- tion law by proving it is not enforced and is non-enforceable, The anti-ad- ministration drys are intent on break- | ing down the Hoover administratifon or discrediting it. Other drys take the view that it is dangerous to prove to the country that prohibition is not be- ing enforced and that the law itself | leads to widespread corruption. They do not like the idea of painting that picture too vividly to the people, fearing the reaction. What is to be the fate of the Wheeler and Norris resolutions is problematical. Originally there were not enough votes in the judiclary committee to order it favorably reported. It is to be put to {the test again when the committee meets next Monday. Chairman Wicker- sham of the Law Enforcement Commis- | sion asserted yesterday that enforce- ment of the dry laws is improving. His commission has not yet made an effort to pass upon the advisability of prohibition or of the existing prohibi- tion laws. It has merely undertaken to develop what steps may be taken to bring about better and better enforce- ment of the law. A program of legis- lation looking to that purpose has al- ready been submitted by it to the Presi- dent and by the President to Con- gress. 8o far, one of ghe bills has passed the House and is now awaiting consideration in' the Senate judiciary It is the bill which calls for the transfer of prohibition enforce- {ment from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice, a measure that has been generally approved. Per- haps the Senate committee could aid tas much toward better enforcement of the law if it would tackle this bill and others on the program and put them through as it could by holding an in- vestigation of prohibition enforcement officials. It is quite_true that the tariff bill has interfered seriously with the con- sideration of all other business in the Senate. But if the judiciary committee has the time to consider resolutions for | investigations, it might also find the | time to consider the transfer bill. - After the income tax collector comes the census enumerator. Constant scru- tiny of his personal affairs is likely to render the American citizen somewhat self-conscious, but the Nation is bene- fited by the knowledge by every citi- zen that his affairs are a part of the Government's business, e Predictions that battles hereafter will be fought in the air do not in any de- gree lessen the alert attention of ni tions to the amounts of tonnage that are to be in evidence on the water. e The Brooklyn man who turned bull- fighter has had his bad luck, but prob- ably fared better in the Spanish arena than he would have if he had crossed he bridge and tried the Wall Street | version of the game, T . et TR Filipinos started a riot because | waiters complained of insufficient pay activities in the municipal center group, | for serving beer thus temporarily relieving the conges- | ‘Their political ques- tions are at least relieved of the com- plications of prohibition. e ‘Trotsky has reduced the Communist demonstration to its ultimate minimum by giving a one-man parade through Europe. PSSR Action in the Doheny case is ex- pected to be rapid enough to leave no complaint as to “the law’s delay.” o ‘The views of Henry Ford on prohi- bition are clear. The only proper place for alcohol is in a motor radiator. AR A SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The New World. Another planet has been found Up yonder in the sky, Beyond the reach it travels round Of any mortal eye: S0 I shall seek the telescope, ‘That distant sphere to see, Although it brings me little hope— It is no use to me! ‘This little earth on which men excel Brings daily something new, With buildings high where persons dwell, Who bring strange sights to view. And curious mechanisms race ‘Through scenes of grief or glee. Oh, placid planet out in space, “What good are you to me?” Perhaps a tariff or a thirst ‘Will keep you wondering, But right here we can learn the worst About that sort of thing. h, planet, still without a name While fancy wanders free, I ask, while joining the acclaim, “What good are you to me?” . Political Prudence. “What is your opinion of prohibi- tion?" “I haven't made up my mind,” said Senator Sorghum. “As in the case of every political question, it is safest to wait and see which side will control the most votes.” 4 Jud Tunkins says April Fool is the next holiday. It's in honor of a lot of us, though nobody admits it. Always on the Run. | Oh, politics is all a guess, Whose splendors may prove stunning! You get. elected—just the same ‘You have to keep on running! Far Ahead of Her Time. “Eve must have been a very unen- lightened type of femininity,” said the student. “And yet,” replied Miss Cayenne, “her ideas of costume appear to have re- sembled rather closely some of the re- cent fashions.” “Fear not to keep silence,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. ven ‘when you have found truth, how many men do you know who are worthy to hear it?” State of Uncertainty. I motor in a reckless way And carefully contrive ‘To read the paper every day To see if I'm alive! “I'se gettin’ wishful foh a eircus,” said Uncle Eben. “It's a heap of gor- geous unselfishress. You don’ worry 'bout whether dem Ring] 5 saiin’ reodi 19 Jun fo)k afen . - | Washington,” says the ad. have to | WASHINGTON. D. C., TUE THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The Pennsylvania Railroad has un-|woman and child in the District of| | dertaken an advertising campaign which | Columbia. Will be of particular interest to all of | And that is that every one of us, in s who live In the National Capital, be- | view of the great influx of visitors which use the advertisements are headed | will shortly be upon us, should take A New City rising on the Potomac— | particular pains to be courteous, espe-, | Washington, the most beautiful Capital | cially in the matter of speaking to | the world has known." | each and every stranger who accosts us. Those advertisements, appearing in| There are far too many persons here | | recent issues of Collier's, the Literary who seem to be shocked, gricved. hurt | Digest and other periodicals of nation- | o just plain “miffed” if a stranger |al circulation, show photographs wof | Speaks to them: Oniy the other day we | Secretary Melion beside the mode! of | Were standing at a corner waiting for, | the ‘new Government buildings, the |& bus when a second man turned to & | White House, Union Station at night | third and made som= comment upon an and the Arlington Memorial Bridge, | 8utomobile accident which had just { with the Lincoln Memorial in the back- | taken place under the eves of the trio. g nad Diamped 1585, the spare tire of whe “ 75,000, s been ap-| n o e tire of an- s ‘&T:rggg e paet | other and had backed away and had the. development of | BOne on down the street. After it had | Rnd today | gone perhaps 100 vards the bumped Y| spare tire had blown out with a mighty | propriated by | three years for !a new city is rising on the Potomac, | i Bhra) ‘hite | bang. {a clty of incomparable vistas, of white | ™2, socond man had made some % | towers and marble columns reflected in | . SACOPE AR FEC TAEE 408 e“’“"nm‘ [ still, clear water, of proud mew build- | (IROTGT GURTEEL HROR mreeu?pm | '}25;{:’“‘“‘ majestic avenues and | injrd and which ordinary courtesy de- own city—the greatest ‘show place’ in | imidity. or indifference, or something America. In these stately buildings| o other, paid no attention to the| you can sce your country’s laws en-| speaker. ‘The effect was simply that he acted, your country's money printed,|jjtentionally ignored the fact that a your country’s gues entertained. | remark had been addressed to him. Along these new boulevards walk the | g ) men who are, today, creating your | H country’s history. Now, we know those people who are | “Warm. mild weather is sweeping up | going to be lured by the Pennsy's adver- | across Virginia. In a few weeks the | tisement. They are the “great common famous Japanese Cherry Blossoms will | peepul” of this count They come frame the Potomac Basin in a blaze of | from small towns, cities, States, where color. Now is the time for you and |everybody speaks to everybody else. your family to visit Washington. Never | Mostly every one knows every one eles, before has there been so much to see.” | That is a distinct advantage, of course, * % ok | but there is more to it thon that. The Well, we feel as pleased as the small | Atmosphere of the States is cord: boy who hears his father praise him|When some one says “HI. there!” t out of school. Here we have been |Person greeted is supposed to say, and n he does say, “Hi!" in repiy. 1f he doesn’t readings ads about tooth paste, and | 3 3 e ; ads about radios, and ads about auto- | N® 15 put down as “stuck up,’ and tha mobiles, and about aimost everything |18 the biggest crime of all “out where a person buys, but we never before |thg West begins had found the beauty of our own city |, They are good people, too. Let no smiling at us on & page all by jtselt born-and-bred Washingtonian turn up amid the thousands of words which | Di® nose at them. Some of them may o xactly to please you, but he warm, home-loving hearts which It gave us a pleasant shock, and we | 1® \ believe it will similarly affect all good | fiye, Made this Nation bl Washingtonians who tend to forget| " wiyen they put the family in the just how fine a city we have here on : flivver and head for the National Capi the banks of the Potomac, and Who|ia] or when they step into one of the | get so used to seeing great men that e ilroad we no longer turn around to look A1 |jmes and Z‘z‘a::m;ogfv;thr:gfgn,wn. C., them, even the greatest. they come with a large supply of the .. The greatest ‘show place’ in Amer-|mjlk of human nature sizzling in their | ica,” eh? Well, that is putting it on |yeins rather thick, but, come to think of it,, They want to like everything they| perhaps we are! It is true encugh'|gee, and they expect to like everybody | that along our stately boulevards walk | they meet, and they will do both if they | | the men who, today, are creating our | are given half a chance. There is just country’s_history. | one thing which will make them “re- | We perhaps had forgotten about his- | gusted,” as Amos 'n’ Andy put it, and tory, in the simple duty of living our|that is failure to be greeted cordially | own lives, humble or famous, as they | by the strangers of whom they may ask | { may be. We, too, had believed str questions. { ly in that “warm, mild weather” which Pa—— is swecping up across Virginia, but | There are thousands of kindly people | somehow a cold blast or two from the State of Maryland and points north|in Washington always ready and willing | to help the sighteseers, but if a visitor | and west had made us forget about it. The advertisement is entirely correct, | i unlucky he will run across one of however. We know it, and are glad it | those persons who seem to be afraid to is. Very soon, now, those famous|be spoken to and who will not reply to cherry trees will be framing the Tidal |® chance comment chat comes his way. Basin, as we better know it here, in |, The trouble with the average human a biaze of color, indeed. | being is that he is so taken up with| & % his own affairs that he forgets that » : | any one else has any affairs at all. And The natural interest of the railroads in such & mood it is all too easy to in “playing up” Washington is equaled | answer a chance question abruptly or to by the legitimate desire of the people | give incomplete directions for finding a ot Washington, both in their official, | public building or park. commercial and social capacities, to| Let us never forget, we who live here, present their city in its best light. that the people of ihe Nation have been The writer here, having no particular | told that this is they city. It is. When official, commercial or social status, has | they come here to see us. they come on nothing to suggest along those lnes, | the quest of wonders. They are looking feeling quite certain that they will be | for magnificent distances. They expect taken care of. But in his position as| to see the Washington Monument a observer and commentator upon life as mile high. Let all of us try our best to it is lived he feels himself qualified to | help them, then, to see it at least as make one large suggestion to every man, 'tall as it is. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Olher'La;)ds L_UNIVERSAL, Mexico City— There is a big strike of the | bakers in progress at Guadala- | jara, in the state of Jalisco. The union’s demands have not yet and Calle Conde de Aranda. Mention of | the names of these thoroughfares calls | to memory the heroes for whom they | were dedicated—Antonio Perez, the historical patriot of the Province of Aragon, and the Count of Aranda, the champion _and re-establisher of the faith in Spain. Have we any better names to substitute for these? been met and as a result hardly any | bakeshops are working, though some ex- | pect to open operations shortly with | non-union bakers. The police have | gulrlnmd protection to these free * ¥ kX akers, but whether they will be able | gpger Regarding to insure this immunity is a matter of | §moking fs Now Reversed. doubt, as the strikers have already de- . Stroyed some bakeries, and, whether | Le Matin, Paris—In the olden days {hey ‘want o of not. the authorities | When & lady entered the compartment eyt honcede a certain strength and | Of ® railway train gentiemen who had Importance £o the bakeshop employes as | &lready lit the tips of their cigarettes art of the Industrial Federation of Ja- | WOuld inquire very politely whether [iace. " The atrike has been declared il- there was any possibility of their smok- legal by the uthorities, but it persists | 18 being an annovance to Her--rather in spite of this and other measures di- | f Superfluous anxicty on the part of the CE A nquirers, since the locomotive never LR, showed any solicitousness on this score, as to asking the lady whether it could smoke, or put a spark in her eye either! Today this has all been changed. Ladies often ask on the trains today whether the gentlemen will object to their smoking! Under such conditions, we are little astonished when we learn that three woman candidates have been admitted to the smoking congress at Frankfort-on-the Main. This is a meet- ing that has been convened for the pur- pose of seeing who can make a lighted cigar last the longest. ‘The blithe and merry-making woman has, perhaps, the absolute right to de- cide whether she shall smoke a ciga- rette, but the woman draws on a cigar, or even on a cheroot—that spectacle is not very pretty, and I shall lament the circumstance most obstreperously, if Heaven ever sends me & companion’ of the gentler sex, who smokes big cigars in public, or even little ones! * ¥ X X Experts Foretell Prosperous Year for Palestine. The Arab Falastin, Jaffa.—Agricul- tural experts foretell a’ prosperous year for Palestine. An excellent orange crop is expected, which will make up for the tecent economic disaster. Already oyer 100,000 cases have been shipped to Liverpool and Glasgow, and the present area of Palestine under orange cultiva- tion consists of nearly 90,000 dunums. (A dunum approximates three-fourths of an acre.) oranges of Palestine are rated best and sweetest in the Brit- Ish Isles, and there is a constant demand for them. Lost Toy Traced for Sick Boy. Daily Mail, London.—The last hours of Geoffrey Carrington, 15 vears old, | lying seriously ill at Oldham, Lan- cashire, were made happier by the kindly action of an official body of nearly 200 miles away, the Port of Lon- don Authority. Geoffrey received a letter from his father, at Shanghai, advising that he was sending a toy Chinese junk, but the toy did not arrive and Geoffrey's aunt ap aled to the Port of London Author- which circularized its docks warehouse keepers. The toy was traced and rushed to Olgham by airship three days before Geoffrey dled. * Kk ok Hold World Has Been De-Christianized. El Nuevo Diario, Caracas—1Is this a Chrjstian civilization or is there no more than an appearance of Christian- ity, wherein the real spirit of the times is fundamentally opposed to the code of conduct and sentiments of the soul which dominate the pages of the New ‘Testament? This question cannot be long discussed without discovering that the modern world is tortured by many | uncertainties and preoccupations that older generations.never knew. ‘here are groups that say the world has been de-Christianized and that this falling away from the precepts and ex- amples of the fathers is the cause of all the disasters that have visited our time. Others think that the time has come to replace the lofty teachings and standards of Christianity with an ethi- cal system more attainable by human- ity. They say that the cause of modern disturbances has been the impossibility of realizing the lofty heights set for the goal of the human race. The ascent of these glorious steeps has been too slow and labored, but can there be achieved by mind and matter what has never yet been reached by the soul and faith? What do we think of these con- flicting doctrines? Eastern Sour-Dough Faces Long Tramp From the Oakland Tribune. A man of the East who calls himselt a "sour-dou,h" and sets out with burro, )’“k;"];- g‘nfémfl‘l;,b. rifle and shovel to “find the est” has the wishes of his fellow: Dokt He has the right system, for all of the 1f we concentrate upon this question | scoffers, and he persists he may we shall see, however, that the nine- |stumble into an odd corner where the teenth century, in spite of its wars and | 0ld ways and the old folks continue as rumors of wars and in spite of all that | they did when the spaces were wide, was not good and just in it, was, never- | the men were men and gold was fairly theless, the most Christian of all the | sticking out of “them thar hills,” centuries. It is something that, while others re- gret the passing of the Old West, this man sets out with confidence. The burro will hurt its feet on concrete roads and take to the ditches when great busses pass too close. There will be tin cans in the wilderness retreats nnm: I:n;‘cl Pl;tles around the turns. ut let him keep looking an e fings 4t et Bist writs & Boni YoAR ————— That Explains It, Prom the Florence, Ala., Herald. * ok ok % Madrid Press Excited Over Names of Streets. El Sol, Madrid—There has lately been some excitement of the press over the question whether the names of cer- tain streets called for ancient saints and heroes should not be changed to more modern appellations. We: do not think so. Names of new streets may suitably be nared for modern or even extant heroes and patriots, thus pre- serving a sort of consecutive national history in the designations of our streets | A survey has determined that the and avenues, but, it, would be desecration | most admired .color among children is * 1d streets | red. children keep ledger ac- BOREE B, A A to change the names of such ol But few B8 xamen oL ke Arandie. e | externals within the potencies of the | its substance has multiplied till today [ARCH 18, 1930, NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M. DAUGHTERS OF | EVE. Gamaliel Bradford. Houghton Miffiin Co. The fruit of that Edenic apple tree yielded a juice of magical substance, a true elixir, a genuine ichor of the blood, in the parlance of myth. ‘. Let us, for a moment, take this inci- dent of recorded revelation out from its plain purpose of pious instruction and warning on the sin of disobedience. And, again, let us pass over the purely private domestic disturbance which the matter must have set astir in that first | family. » Instead, suppose we consider merely the effect of fact upon behavior and finally upon character. The reaction of dust of Adam’s rib, a reaction so com- pelling as to transform Eve ultimately into the great matriarch of female pro- test and revolt. A chemistry of the blood so vital withal as to set up a long line of clear descent from Eve down to the present—the daughters of rebellion. * ok ok % With the passage of time and the spread of circumstance the forms of protest have changed, to be sure. And woman's revolt covers every aspect of the common life—industry, domestic relations, religion, education, politics, the general so-ial structure. These all | now open wide upon personal freedom | and individual independence for the | female of the species. | ‘The world is aghast at the tre- mendous impact of this army of revolt. | Moreover, It is plainly terrified at the tender years of these demanding ones, t their audacity, and, even more, at the measure of triumph following upon their quite generally competent zeal. * ok % ok And the elders follow these gallant female marauders in life with lament- ings and ominous forecastings. Grown near of sight themselves, they deny vision to youth. Grown dull of hearing, they translate the clarion call of heart- ening adventure into an urgent S O S of impending peril. Impotent, they fall back upon the “good old days” when all the paths, though narrow, were ever | cross-country ski Stop a minute and thihk about this fact: You can ask our Information Bureau any question of fact and got the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea, introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in_the world—American news- paper readers. It is a part of that best urpose of a newspaper—service, There s no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Get the habit of asking questions. Address your letter to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Is Aguascalientes, Mexico, and Agua Caliente, the place where horse races are run, the same place?—A. R. A. They are not the same. Aguas- calientes is the name of a state in the central part of Mexico, and its capital has the same name. Agua Caliente, the site of the race course, is in Lower | California, Mexico. Q. Who gained permanen sion of the Swedish Ski Club trophy?—W. E. P. 2 A. On February 22, 1929, Lars Olson gained permanent ion of it when he scored his third successive victory in the 11-mile Metropolitan race. Olson com- pleted the distance in 1 hour, 1 minute ang 57 seconds—20 seconds faster than the time of Algot Larson, his team- mate. . At what college were the scenes in “The Sophomore” taken?—J. M. A. It was filmed with the co-opera- tion of the University of Southern Cali- fornia. No scenes were actually made t _posses- challenge jon the campus, but various sequences were filmed at several fraternity houses, and the University of Southern Cali- fornia Band, its glee club, various mem- !bers of the student body, its foot ball team and the cheering section all worked in the picture. The foot ball scenes were filmed at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and practically all of the members of the University of Southern California's great foot ball team ap- peared in the picture. Q. Are both the United States Sena- tors from New Mexico Republicans?— . B. H. A. Senator Cutting of New Mexico is a Republican, but his colleague, Senator straight and plain and safe. Bewil- dered and failing to understand, these timid elders misinterpret the present and condemn it utterly. They accept rumor and half truth as the pure gold of complete veracity, of buttressed authenticity. So engaged, they forget the days when they, too, were the despair of parents who honcstly be- lieved that the feet of their offspring had taken hold on the ways that lead down to perdition. So in every age misunderstandings and misjudgments, half truths and whole condemnations have worked disastrously in the world. Not disastrously to the condemned ones alone nor even very seriously among these. Every untrue, ill-proportioned projection of any considerable character stands as a distinct loss to the sum of truth about that most vital and influ- cntial of all subjects—the human being. * ok ok % “Daughters of Eve,” seven of them, march into the open here under the aegis of Gamaliel Bradford. Famous women all. To the most they are count- ed infamous. French women, save one, “Catherine the Great.” She, too, French in intellectual kinship and spiritual af- finity. Belonging to the highest period of French intellectuality and brilliance of artistic achievement, these women partook in full of the highly refined so- cial life of the days in which they lived. Ninon de Lenclos, Mme. de Maintenon, George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt the most | familiar of these. Now what can be the business of Gamaliel Bradford with these particu- lar daughters of Eve? Mr. Bradford is not a moralist, bent on reform by way of awful examples. He is an artist in- stead, dealing in human stuff for the purposes of imaginative recreations here and there among outstanding signifi- cant members of the human tribe, Mov- ing about within his fleld, he very likely Bratton, is a Democrat. Q. Is the Brevoort the oldest hotel in New York City?>—M. L. A. Newspaper suthorities rank the Brevoort as the second oldest hotel in New York, the oldest being the Cosmo- politan, once known as the Girard House. Q. How much concrete will a cubic foot of cement make?—J. D. K. ¢ A. It depends upon the mixture. A cubic foot of cement with 2 cubic feet of sand and ¢ cubic feet of pebbles or stones forms 4}, cubic feet of concrete. Q. What is the difference in the sin- gular between the words “specie” and “species’?—L, A. A. Specie refers to gold, silver or other metal money g the official stamp of the country issuing it. Spe- cles is a classificatory term subordinate to a genus distinguishing & 'particular group of animals or plants. Q. Where did Theodore Roosevelt die?2—T. C. A He died in his sleep at Oyster Bay January 6, 1919. The ailment was diagnosed as heart trouble. Q. What causes the green appearance of bath room fixtures?—M. McA. A. The green corrosion on nickel fix- tures in bath rooms is a form of oxida- fon. It would indicate that the nickel "ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. /has been' worn off. jeaving spoR to the elements. It sh cleaned with an abrasive from time, or the parts sheuld be Q. At”what price of silver bullion value of a silver dollar as its face value?—J. A. H. A. At $1.29 an ounce the bullion valtie and face value of a silver dollar would be practically the same. Q. I would like some information concerning_ homesteading in South America—E. A. McC. A, The Pan-American Union says homesteading is unknown in BSouth America, but land may he purchased reasonably through various colonization companies. the ‘same Q. When does ott, Ariz, have its annual celebrationk—S D. 4 ‘A. There are two anhnal celebrations in Prescott. The Smoki snake dance will be celebrated June8, 1930, and Prescott frontier days July'l, 2, 3 and 4. Q. When did the marytfacture of railway locomotives begin in ¢he United States?>—F. P. A. It might be said to have had its beginning with the founding ¢$ the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in Phila- delphia, in 1832. Mathias Baldwin\was the founder. Q. Please give some data regarding the George Washington Masonic Memo- |rial—F. A. R. A. The George Washington Memorial being erected on Shooter's Hill, above King street, Alexandria, Va., covers a site of 36 acres. There are 10 stories in the memorial to the top of the tower, and the total cost is estimated to be about $4,000,000. It is expected to be finished by 1932. The first floor con- tains an assembly room 65 by 65 by 20 feet high. In the rear is an amphi- theater, seating 1,000 persons. The area of the first floor is 14,000 square feet. The building is of granite from New Hampshire. The George Washington Memorial Hall, on the second floor, is 100 by 66 feet and is 41 feet high. On this floor also is a replica of the lodge room in Alexandria where George Washington presided as master. Q. When did the various American col%ni%sl begin to issue paper money?— A. Massachusetts began to issue pa: per money in 1690; South Carolina, 1702; Connecticut, 1709; New York, 1709; New Jersey, 1709; Rhode Island, 1710; New Hampshire, 1709-10; North Carolina, 1712-13; Pennsylvania, 1723; Maryland, 1733; Delaware, 1739; Vir- ginia, 1755, and Georgia, 1755. Q. Will it be possible to visit Ober- ammergau this Summer without ar- ranging in advance?—A. L. t:lo nights A. It is necessary to spend in the village in order to see the “Pas- As accommodations are lim- out weeks in advance. Q. Are the Winters on the Indian Ocean coast of Africa as cold as corre- sponding Winters 'in our country?— A. The coldest day on the Indian Ocean coast line is more like our Spring, with the temperature rarely falling be- low 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Q. May a bonc be purchased direct from the Treasury?—R. B. A. It can be only when the stibscrip- tion books are open. The newspapers always publish a notice at such . After the books at the close, bonds can be bought through local bankers and at the market price. Three points of view are shown in comments on the Senate action in favor of a sugar tariff rate which represents an increase. As on previous occasions, came upon these women of distinct achievement—the great actress, a nov- elist of recognized power, a politician of no mean rank, a seemly woman of clear intellectuality taking part in the highly developed social life of Paris, another who for 30 years ruled Russia with a kingly hand—Bernhardt, George Sand, Mme. de Maintenon, Ninon de Lenclos, Catherine. Smothered in legend he must have found these women. Myths and make-ups running exclusively to the tune of their depravity. Yet high achievement such as these represent im- plies work, rigorous effort, persistence, self-denial, mentality, resistance to lan- guors and inertia. And so, in every case, no doubt, it became the author’s first purpose to restore something like pro- portion to a clearly distorted set of views and summaries. Understand, nothing like restitution in the man's mind. Nothing so futile, so out of line with the general scheme of this austere historian. Rather to restore to them the measure of balance without which the least of men, or women, can exist at all. Gathering up the entire sum of fact to be secured about each of these subjects, Mr. Bradford sets out upon’ the quest of a living personality, of a genuine character. OIld his- tories, forgotten documents, cotempora- neous event and atmosphere, the mod- ern seizure of psychological truth and implication, birth and upbringing, with their sequence of personal impulse and derived habit—these provide the mi terial. And within these does the au- thor exercise an imaginative artistry of sight and insignt, exacting as science itself, to the end that one after another these women become animate, under- standable. acceptable and deeply inter- esting. The legends dismissed, or tem- pered, there remains enough of .authen- tic fact and sane interpretation to re- establish one and another of these fa- mous characters as either a part of her day or as a bellevable product of her birth and training, or lack of training. There is no lesson contained in this study—save the supreme lesson of ac- cepting nothing less than demonstrated truth and authenticated fact about any subject whatever that is under investi- gation. It is in this respect alone that the book contributes to the present urg- ing, by implication alone, a better knowledge of this worrying present be- fore collapsing in despair over its ma- lign “’ch ances. Mr. dford had a treendous handi- cap in this instance, with misunder- standing bound to wait upon him. Yet, great biographer that he is, he has not so far achieved a more distinct and merited trlumph, both as historian and artist, than that declared by “Daughters of Eve.” L DANCE, LITTLE GENTLEMAN! bert, Frankau. Harper & Bros. ‘This is the first time—isn't it?—that the “lounge lizard" has had & book of his very own—a story all about himself. Well, he deserves it—deserves it and gets its royally—at the hands of Gilbert Frankau. - Hilarious satire, at moments boisterous burlesque, over the adven- tures of this modern soclal contraptior the gigolo. Here is an invention calcu- Iated to make any reader forget all the pesky ‘things that ought to be forgotten in the troubling world. Yet now and then the laughter peters out, or dwin- dles to a grin, before the obtruding fact that this little dancing gentleman is, after all, one of the natural products of a soclety, redundantly female—and ?numnz. Comedy, turniug deftly into arce and back again, has full sway here in a book of innocent seeming that is made for laughter and good fun and a touch of sympathy. ——— They'd Get Lost There. Prom the New London Day. Archeologists went all the way to Palestine and after years of work du two ancient Philistine temples. 'd m“ to New York they'd have & WeaARAd, Gil- it is declared by many that the Amer- ican consumer will suffer from the higher rate. Certain supporters of the sugar industry and of the protective principle hold that the tax is logical and represents no discrimination. Others accept the action as a significant move in the direction of a completed tariff bill. “The Senate's action” argues the Detroit News, “is a culmination of a series of votes whereby old tariffs are increased or new ones imposed on prac- tically all foods, raw and manufactured. While some will be ineffective, m““{nh of them, like the sugar tariff, will the full amount be operative to in- crease the cost of living materially. Those least able to pay will be com- pelled to pay; every one must eat. In recent years could a more unfortunate time have been chosen to undertake a program like that?” 3 “No more than the old coalition is the new one interested in protection as a national policy,” declares the Hart- ford Courant. “It is interested in it primarily as a means of sectional en- richment. The industries which it rep- resents by no means fit the description which President Hoover mlxt forward in his message to the special session, in- dustries which suffer from insurmount- able foreign competition. Not protec- tion, but swag, is the objective of the new coalition. The higher duties on sugar represent its first successful raid on the consumer, whose protests should not be long in being heard.” “A legislative body that ran through a season without vote trading would be unique,” in the opinion of the Spokane Spokesman-Review, which recs its own theory that “the United States Senate is a wayward body, not knowing today what its mind may be tomorrow.” and adds that “its vote on the sugar tariff brings quick verification.” The New York Evening Post declares that “the sugar schedule may well have the same disastrous effects for Mr. Hoover as did ‘Schedule l*(‘ '!lul'*Ml‘. Taft.” * “It is one of the horse-trading re- sults that are shown many times after long consideration has been given a subject,” says the Columbus . Ohio State Journal, with the further com- ment: will not make members of Congress more popular. Once it is effective the price of sugar will be raised to the con- sumer. About the only point of inter- est in the fight and the result is that the sugar people wanted some help, went into & hard fight and were able to get most of all they sought. The con- sumer pays the tariff. ‘The increased price of sugar will not be delayed long and will supply proof of that fact.” In defense of congressional action, the New Orleans Times-Picayune contends that “excitement over the sugar tariff fight is largely confined to the Con- gress,” and explains: “Both parties are pledged to farm relief. The Amer- ican people in very great majority ap~ prove or are willing to try the experi- ment of providing some part of that re- lief by increase of the tariff duties on farm products. The coalition majority in the Senate is itself committed to that undertaking—but ior Jeasons never very clearly explained has attempted to bar the American sugar producers from a Pg_oponmnm share of the tariff re- lel * ko ok public,” continues that paper, “it may mean higher sugar prices, but it is somewhat of a safeguard against price control.” The St. neer Press offers the comment: ‘“The stre opposition is based on the argument that so many consumers, including the major part of the farm population, must pay higher sugar prices so that 80 few sugar growers may profit. of course, same thing could be “‘“ & thass b 10 g t, » “The increase in sugar tariff | Sugar Tariff Vote Studied As Step Toward Real Action a policy of protecting producers at all, those who raise sugar are just as much entitled to it as those who grow flax or make aluminum " The New Orleans Item protests that it has “never been able to understand how a body of statesmen, generally committed to additional protection for agricultural products, could make an except on sugar.” The Boston ‘Transcript calls the sugar duties “rather of sentimental and political effect in this country, so far as the interests of the consumer are concerned, than of practical moment, for the records show that prices have borne little relation to the duties.” * ok ok K “The II‘EII’ ‘duty,” in the judgment of the Buffalo Evening News, “is the one big revenue producer in the cus- toms tariff. If the rate is high,” con- tinues that paper, “the Treasury will benefit correspondingly, as does mnot happen with duties which really can create an adequate home production. As a tax, the sugar duty has the merit that everybody pays. It exhibits quite a difference from the kind of taxation which purports only to make somebody else Ely. The country can contribute to the support of the Government through & sugar tax more easily than it could pay a higher income tax. If, incidentally, the sugar tax makes beet and cane growing a little more profita~ ble, it will help to improve agricultural conditions.” “The Senate's shifting attitude re- veals to the country how our tariffs are made,” suggests the Springfield Re- Fuhllc n, finding that the Senate “coa- ition” has become “as tawdry and futile as a shirt on a flagpole.” The Louis~ ville Courier-Journal finds confirmation of the thought that “the tariff would furnish no permanent bond for a Senate coalition.” The New Bedford Standard condemns logrolling which it sees in the action, and the Heverhill Gazette em- phasizes the need of a group ef tariff experts, “The tariff is a matter of logrolling always,” asserts the Charleston Evening Post, maintaining further: “It's all one to the high-tariff exponents. Any in- , terest can get a raise in the schedules if it will add a vote to the common mass. Senator Grundy would put no limit to a tariff on anybody's pet in- dustry as long as his was ‘protected’ sufficiently. The reversed vote on the sugar rate means only that a little moye sweetening has been added to the tariff loaf.” ——ons Snow in Alaska. Prom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The fact that it is snowing in Alaska would scarcely be regarded as startling news by the average citizen here; but to Juneau, cngiu cl:ir of that interesting territory, three days of continuous snowfall is a big surprise. The citizens | raid hardware stores to buy that Juneau | oddity, a snow shovel, and children aged |5 shiver in their first taste of zero ‘weather. 3 ‘This 13 so at variance with the popu- lar conception of Alaska that the news report sounds as if written by a Florida press agent who' got his date lines mixed.. On looking into the matter, however, we find that Juneau’s aston- ishment is quite plausible. It is the region up the coast and across the mountains from the capital that gives Alaska a bad name. In that interior blizeards rage most of the Winter and the mercury occasionally falls to 75 and 80 below zero. But Juneau, which is in the South Al: - ,” flanke é produces pleasant Sum- mers and Winters of a sort that would :‘lulk"; St. Louis rival Palm Beach. In ese 33 years the city has only 53 days of nzm wenher‘” e Juneau, after digging out from its lp;::enl pher;oum:‘r;lel a; wiall, shoul Blshel, - Afaskan climate s W I need of debunking and Juneau ought to nlx{o n; &llzrl'mtrell:lgm Pomm 1 who will Atte: at matter. weather migrants will soon bg'-;';““ sa ' Vinters.in a . R of B