Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR [ s e e A Nationally Controlled Britain its nw& hall-matk. She was Mt. Vernon a Disaster ANSWERS TO QMNS WASHINGTON, D. C. .March 21, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Rditor The Evening g- % "60c per montn ’"l ooy’ "’!' rlfl Py f R Errh 4 Rate by Mall—Pagable In Ad .’.ll"hfll l: Vltrlnh..nnm ooy e {3 el me- doe e 3400 1 mo. AR Other States a i i D S E}fi WL e il ted Press. red- Deper aiso i ‘berein. - AIl ¢ights o spatches Derein are also reserved: reserve Free Water for Uncle Sam. ‘The statement having been made in hearings on the District appropriation bill that water rates in Washington ‘were 67 per cent below the average rates in 27 American cities, Representative Simmons, addressing Col. Ladue, said: ‘Why, Colonel, you surprise me, be- eause I like to believe what the Wash- ington newspapers state, and I have seen them maintain in elaborate and numerous editorials that Washiugton was already paying far in excess of what it ought fo pay for water and what other cities paid, and that once again the good old United States should come in here and relieve them of the ‘water rates. I am afraid they did not eonsult you on this, ©Of course, the issue over the water taxes has never been whether or not the “good old United States should come in here and relleve them of the water rates.” The question has been ‘whether money for capital expenditures on plant enlargement should be raised by main assessments plus funds taken the instigator of the hunger strike. She|ready drawn & considerable fund for possessed in high degree the Napoleonic quality expenses—when the insurance was ad- te devotion | justed. in her followers. £ Parnell, Mrs. Pankhurst was not a great speaker, but, as he could, she knew how to stir the heart with words. It is acknowledged on all in the British Isles that if women today enjoy the fullest franchise, as they do, they owe that advantage to nothing so much as to Emmeline Pankhurst's unfiinching {and uncompromising determination. ‘Women in the United States won the ballot before their British sisters did. Suffrage’s earller triumph here, its his- torians are bound to narrate, was the result, in no inconsiderable degree, of the never-say-die spirit so magnificently personified by Emmeline Pankhurst. On the Last Lap. The tariff bill, the bome of conten- tion in the Senate for more than six months, may come to & final vote in | that body by tomorrow night. So often has the day for voting been advanced, however, that it is still necessary to qualify. a statement that a vote is to be taken on the measure for which American agriculture and industry have been compelled to wait for a year, since Congress was called into special ses- ston last April to consider it and farm aid legislation. It does appear, how- ever, that the end of debate is in sight. In recent wecks the Senate has re- sembled the King of France who led his army up the hill and then down again, except that the Senate, having descended the tariff hill, has been on the upgrade so far as dutles are con- cerned. Probably never in the history of tariff making have there been & many reversals of votes in the Senate on important items. The Senate has made itself ridiculous more than once during the consideration of this bill, but never more so than in the manner in which it has voted first on one side of a protective duty on sugar, lumber and other important items, and then on the other. There is a desire, how- ever, to have the Senate end its worry- from the general revenues of the Dis- trict, to which the United States pro- poses to contribute about 21.51 per cent 4n 1931, or whether these funds should | be raised by increasing the cost of ‘water. ‘The engineers who mapped out the five-year program of necessary expendi- tures on the water distribution plant favored the former procedure. They #aid: “These expenditures are believed %o represent a capital investment and henee should be charged to the general sevenues of the District. * * * To in- erease the rates to take care of these eapital expenditures would not be in line with ordinary commercial prac- tice. But the Commissioners, with their eyes on the diminishing size of the As for the table and the average rates in other cities, The Star queried by telegram seven of the cities mentioned, selecting them at random. The inquiry ‘was not conclusive—merely indicative. were' asked to name the entered into their rate stated that their rates raise revenue sufficient bonds or pay interest and provide for maintenance and operation. other city replying, Springfield, explained that its rates have in effect since 1886, when thei purchased the plant from private there is no relation be- tween bonded indebtedness, interest, maintenance, cost of expansion fixed water tay. Results from this inquiry are elabo- rated elsewhere in today's Star. It is mentioned here merely to point out that giving water rates in other s not complete unless it attempts of the factors that go into . Washington’s rate would be still—Capt. Hugh Oram suggests it would be 76 per cent higher—if now retiring bonds and interest on its equity in the lant amounting to about $23.- . This equity has already been through general taxes, main assessments and water rents computed on a basis that is made to yleld a fili HiH: seven cities in the table have lower rates than Washington's proposed new rate. Yesterday's Star disclosed that plans for the new House Office Building sug- gest tapping the District's water system to use 1,300,000 gallons of water a day to ventilate and cool the building. In addition to the fact that this use of water would overtax mains and reduce the water supply to private consumers in the area affected, the water would be pald for wholly by real estate owners and taxpayers in the District. “Good old United States” would cool the feverish brows and calm the heated minds of members of its House of Rep- ing of the tariff rates and send the bill to conference. For months the hope has existed that out of conference will emerge a bill that will be satisfactory, as tarifl bills go. There has been an impatience to see the bill in the conference stage, in the hope that in conference it would be possible to eliminate objectionable features from it. Undeniably there will be a struggle over the conference report on the bill. The old Senate coalition is likely to be disappointed in regard to some of the amendments it wrote into the bill. But in the end the conference report will be adopted and sent to the President for his approval. The fact of the matter is that too many of the Senators have now a real inter- est in this measure to permit it to fail. The manufacturing and agricultural in- terests have been aroused from one end of the country to the other. They have demanded protection and they mean to have it. That may explain in large part the recent shift in votes in the Senate. Some of the items of increase in the duties now made in the Senate are not calculated to popularize the bill, and the Democrats will endeavor to moke the most of that fact. However, the increases have been made only through the aid of Democratic votes, which may soften the blow to the Republicans. The Republicans do not appear to be abashed. Indeed, already they are claiming that once the tariff bill has become a law it will give an impetus to business generally, with a consequent improvement in employment. In many quarters there is a feeling that business is bound to be on the upgrade in this country within a few months anyway. It this turns out to be the fact, the Republicans naturally will claim that their tariff bill is responsible for the better conditions. Under such circum- stances, the Democrats will have to seek another issue for the congressional cam- paign this Fall. On the other hand, it business conditions do not improve and employment lags, the Republicans will be denounced from one end of the land to the other because of the tariff bill It may be that the changes in the tariff will have no bearing really on the situation in the country. But that will not prevent a torrent of talk, on one side or the other. Whatever the outcome, let us have a tariff bill and end the suspense. e Affairs of eminent oil men are fur- ther complicated by the intrusion of the tariff as a perplexing minor detail, ot A Fire Seller. The United States attormey for the southern district of New York has an- nounced the disclosure of what he styles the “latest in organized crime.” He has effected the arrest and secured the confession of a professional arsonist, who for a regular contingent fee of $3,000 has been in the practice of ef- fecting the destruction of shops and other business establishments for the sake of the collection of insurance. He s, in short, an expert incendiary, who bas developed a very special method of firing a building without leaving a trace. Himself once engaged in mercantile yesentatives at the expense of the un-|business, he knows the temptations to Tepresented taxpayers of this com-|which a certain type of dealer is sub- munity. The end, desirable as it may [jected when trade is dull. His practice be, does not justify the means. has been to seek out such a dealer, mor known to be somewhat in siraits, and Like Trotsky, Capone is hard to find, | “sell” him the proposition of & fire. ut is believed to be still busy. His usual method was to occupy the —_— et upper portion of the premises himself A Crusader for Women. in the guise of a “chemical company,” In London there was recently erected |and for some time prior to the fire to ® bronze statue of Mrs. Emmeline Pank- | import alcohol in tins, transfetring the burst, invincible pioneer of “votes for | liquid to wooden barrels. When the time women.” How much water has streamed | arrived for the blaze the barrels were beneath the bridges of the Thames since ! distributed throughout the building and the days of the baiting and battling ['measured trains of punk such as chil- “suffragettes” was attested by the pres- | dren use for firecracker lighting on the ence, at the unvelling of the statue, of | Fourth of July were laid in grooved Mr. Stanley Baldwin, former prime |boards with matches and cotton wool in minister of Great Britain. glowing tribute to the glorious cilmina~ | ignited and the plugs of the barrels tion, under Mrs. Pankhurst's captaincy, | were removed and the premises vacated. of women's “hundred years' fight for |In about four hours the matches were Yberty.” 'The British press did not fail | reached by the glowing punk ends and to point out the quiet irony exemplified | were lighted, the cotton flared and the by the Conservative leader's participa- | alcohol, which meanwhile had flowed tion in the ceremony staged to honor |over the floors, was fired, sometimes the woman of whom it might have been | with .explosive effect. When the job sald twenty years sgo that her hand|was well done there was no possibility ‘WaS against every man, and every man’s | of salvage. It was up to the merchant to leave his goods in the shop to be de- stroyed, or to remove them surrepti- ‘qualities of the born and intrepid leader. tiously in advance of the fire. The hand was against her. ] Emmeline Pankhurst had all the He paid a|train. At the right time the punk was arson in which the merchants were con- victed and confessed their guilt. A long hunt for the professional incendiary followed, with successful termination in Virginia, where the fire-planter was found. He, too, has ackmowledged his part and disclosed his methods. Now other cases are coming to light. But in the prosecution of the charges the au- thorities are faced with a singular situ- ation. Arson is not a Federal crime, yet the offense should be dealt with as such. The most cffective way to reach both the arsonist and his employers is to proceed under the mall fraud statute. It is not permissible in State courts to use the confession of an ac- complice to prove a crime, but this imay be done in the United States courts. This anomaly is an illustration of the often absurd lack of coincidence in the State and Federal statutes and practices and the difficulty of getting full justice because of conflicting jurisdictions. The irregularities in the law, the wide dif- ferences in statutory provisions and the maze of distinctions between the laws and the decisions in the different States unquestionably contribute to the prev- alence of crime in this country. It is part of a policeman’s business to be ready to go into bad company, but it. must be strictly for purposes of duty and not of pleasure. An ideal police- man, capable of setting an example to his community, must be temptation- proof. — e ‘While limitations of navy are dis- cussed governments go on bullding as many airships as they desire. Confer- ences are largely influenced by old habits of thought rather than by a study of the future. - A public debate on prohibition is to be valued as a means of displaying plat- form talents. It has its value in pro- moting acquaintance with personalities, regardless of how the argument turns | out. v So far as this country is concerned, diplomats enjoy immunity. It is rea- sonable to assume, however, that when they break laws, they are reminded that with their home government immunity ceases, ————— French statesmanship is apparently convinced that it will, in case of mne- cessity, be as easy to call another con- ference as to assemble a new cabinet. Brevity is naturally expected in an ofl trial that provides no new material for large headlines. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Thanks for Small Favors. A letter came the other day Which left our hearts extremely gay. It said a corporation great By a mistake of recent date With charges had been rather free And now owed Seven Cents to me! With words of praise we gathered ‘round— Saluting honor so profound ‘Which called on messenger and clerk To scan accounts with care, and work From desk to desk until with glee— They got my Seven Cents to mel With hearts aglow we paused to thank The postal service and the bank, And all the rest of that long line Whose service brought me what was mine, The cost wgs great—but there you see They got my Seven Cents to mel ‘Though heavy charges I must pay For service given day by day And find each protest all in vain, ‘When I complain, rates rise again. Tl still be happy and agree My Seven Cents came back to me. Moral Effect. “At least,” said Senator Sorghum, “I have the satisfaction of knowing that my big dry speech caused an interrup- tion of drinking habits in the old home town.” “How did you find that out?"” “Among the things my audience threw at me were a great many hip- pocket, flasks.” Jud Tunkins says politics is now so honest that when a politiclan shakes hands he shows both palms to prove he 1s not concealing & check book and a fountain pen. Sky Progress. The mortal adds, when loud he sings: “An angel I would be. I don't request a harp and wings— A parachute for me!” The Guiding Influence. “Do you venture to tell your wife which way to vote?” “No,” answered Mr. Meekton. “In our family Henrietta runs the political band wagon and I don’t attempt to drive from the back seat.” “Keep silent and listen,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but not so long that you will be passed by as one who has fallen asleep.” Always Busy. And every day more men appear In righteous fury, To ask that something be made clear By the Grand Jury. From coast to coast, in spots between, Such as Missouri, ‘There is no unemployment seen In the Grand Jury. “Look on de bright side,” said Uncle Eben. “Even a fortune teller don't ex- pect special pay foh bringin' de bad news.” —————ee— Is One Necessary? From the Akron Beacon Journal. Berlin police have clashed with job- less workers. What sort of a tariff bill is in a jam over there? ————r———— They Stay Missed. Prom the Detroit News. 'This much can be said for a letter seat b{‘ airmail: If it misses connec- tions, it certainly misses them. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. & small volume, first Elhlbhcd in 1912, revised last year, distinguished by large type and 50 pen and ink draw- ings by the author’s brother, Frederick Adcock. ‘The illustrations are worth an article all by themselves, which we think we will devote to them later, but our ent flrrose is to retail at second (probably third hand), for Mr. St. Jc (pronounced Sin-Jin) Adcock got it some pilace, the diverting history ot Thomas Day and his lady friends. Advocating simplicity of dress and living, Day was determined to find a wife who shared these tastes. A wife, according to his theory, should be: 1. Fond of literature ‘and moral philosophy. 2. Simple as a mountain girl in her dress, diet and manners. 3. Fearless and intrepid as the Sp: tan wives and Roman heroines. Such ideas of mountain girls and Spartan and Roman women could have been gotten only by a large reading in the_classics. The world no longer selects its “bath- ing beauties” by such standards. Per- haps Mr. Day had an eagle eye out for other charms, but in the manner of past centuries did not talk about them. * kK X “The difficulty of discovering his ijdeal wife led to his making an odd experiment,” our author tells us. “He adopted two young girls, one from the Foundling Hospital, the other from the Shrewsbury Orphanage, and in defer- ence to the proprieties formally bound them apprentice to his friend Edge- worth, and gave guarantees to the authorities that within one year he would make a decision between the two and pay a premium of 100 pounds to apprentice one to a suitable trade, and send the other to be properly educated with the ultimate object of marrying her. The girls were about 12 years old.” So you see, folks, that the present age has no monopoly on the “triangle.” Here is as pretty a situation as a novel- ist would look for, and one, it must be confessed, which it is doubtful any gentleman could get himself involved in nowadays, what with the law and one thing and another. Mr. Adcock continues: “In order that they should not be influenced with wrong ideas by the people about them he took them into France, where. as they only understood English. they could talk with nobody but himself: and there he proceeded to teach them ing and writing, and by ridicule, ex- planation. and reasoning . sought tfo ‘imbue ‘them with a deep hatred for dress, for luxury, for fine peovle. for fashion and titles. all of which inspired his own mind with such an unconquer- able horror.” " In a letter which the redoubtable Mr. Day wrote home he said that the girls never gave him a moment's trouble d think nothing so agrerable as wi m: upon me.” which. he adds. with a o in amount of good humor, is “no moderate convenience for a lazy man.” Mr. Adcock continues: “Nevertheless. in France, the girls proved verv quarrel- some; he had to nurse them through a severe attack of smallpox, and onee when thev were out boating they both Co.,, New fell into the Rhone, and he risked his life to save them. “Within_the year, he brought them back to England and had made his choice. He apprenticed one. who wasc ‘invincibly stupnid’ to a milliner; and the other, Sabrina Sidney. ha carried with him to a house he had taken near Lichfield and there ‘resumed his prep- arations for implanting in her young mind the characteristic virtues of Arria, Portia and Cornelia. Here was one of the world’s solemn prize fools, it would appear. * ok %k % One can never be too sure of who is = fool, however, and who is not. Let us hear the conclusion of the mat- ter, as Mr. Adcock relates it: “But she disappointed hi deavored in vain to steel her against shrinking from pain and the fear of ‘When he drop melting Py not rh‘ol.l at her petticoats which she be- ieved to be charged with balls could she help starting aside or suppress her screams.” She was not fond of science, and was unable to keep a secret satis- factorily; so after a year's trial Day sent her away to a boarding school, and proceeded to pay his addresses to & young lady living in the neighborhood, who first put him on a period of bation. and then, after he himself ridiculous in trying to dress and behave as she wished, rejected him.” Which, no doubt, served him exactly right. “Whereupon his thought turned again to Sabrina, who had a real affection for him; but her failure to obey him in certain small detalls of dress again dis- pleased him, and, finally deciding against her, he in the long run mar- ried a Miss Milnes. “His one object! to this lady,” Mr. Adcock tells us, “was that she pos- sessed a considerable fortune and would therefore probably refuse to live the simple life; but when he had cate- gorically put his requirements to her, and she had consented to dispense with all luxuries, to cut herself off from so- cial gaieties and reside in the country with him, restricted in every way to the bare necessities of existence, working and spending for the behoof of the poor and needy, he ventured to make her Mrs. Day and never had occasion to regret it. Sabrina eventually married a barrister, but refused to do so until she had Day's consent. * * * Day died of a fall from an unmanageable horse which he insisted could be controlled by kindness, his wife was inconsolable, and died soon after him of a broken heart.” he en- * K kX Is not this a man worthy of bein better known to the living world of 19302 Mr. Adcock’s estimate of Day is interesting: ‘S0 he must have been a man worth knowing, and, in spite of his peculiari- ties and oppressive earnestness, more likeable than most of us, when you knew him. Anyhow, he thought for himself, and had opinions of his own, and was not afraid to act upon them. And such men are so uncommonly rare that I think the county council should put a tablet on the face of his birthplace at once, for the encourage- ment of all men who are something more than cheap copies of their neigh- bort The drawing of Day's birthplace at 36 Wellclose Square shows a small two-story house, with dormer attic windows. The house seems to be no more than 18 feet wide, and the post- age stamp front yard is surrounded iron fence. The door is wood, surmounted by a semi-circular fanlight. Those who buifld small row houses in_this country might well imi- tate the Wellclose Square house, as possesses a dignity and solidity not equaled here. Thomas Day lived between the years 1748 and 1789. He wrote voluminously in favor of the American Revolution and against slavery, both of which gflndp s triumphed ultimately. Surely is life should be an encouragement to all men who are or who think they are “something more than cheap copies of their neighbors.” Ohe has but to think over the people he knows to real- ize how much of the time, effort and money of the average man or woman is given over to this deceptive endeavor, and how few of us dare to be our- selves, or even to find out what our- selves really are. The diverting peculfarities of Thomas Day should make us all more ready to be open-minded, as we call it, the next time we meet some man who shows an “oppressive earnestness” about some- thing or . Let us never forget that trivial disearnestness about noth- ing much is the earmark of mankind, that both charity and common sense— and, above all, fair play, about which we talk so much nowadays—demand that w;e s‘r’nmher the smile and try to under- stand. Discovery of Distant Planet Triumph of Mathematies Discovery of a mew planet beyond Neptune is called a triumph of mathe- matics, That the credit goes to an in- vestigator who once was an American farm boy is viewed by the Nation as a matter of pride and proof of the democ- racy of science. As it is rarely that a new major planet is found, the astro- nomical development is a subject of much serious comment, spiced here and there with a touch of humor. “We had esteemed our solar system fairly complete,” says the Atlanta Jour- nal, “and had organized our little neigh- borhood amenities to encompass only a Ellmhc lanets. But a newcomer wel e. hat may be done to make the world of transneptunian space feel at home will be done, though we may wish, just now, to know a little more about this celestial stowaway. * * We have now Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as the eight major planets, surrounded by minor planets and nu- merous satellites. There, emblazoning the heavens, are the gods of war, speed, ocean, good cheer and, indeed, the god of everyt] . Venus is the only lady in the skies. Plainly this is under and disrespectful. Pallas and Artemis de- serve a place. Let the new planet by all means be feminine, if only because it is, as yet, so mysterious.” * ok ok K “Had Italy been credited with the discovery,” suggests the St. Paul Pioneer Pres he problem would have been simplified, for with the celestial me- morials to Mars and Venus could have been ‘pllbed another to take Mussolini out of the class of those who have been created a little lower than the angels.” That paper, however, noting that this is an American discovery, remarks that “there may be plenty of luminaries who could fittingly stand sponsor to a planet that is endowed with less light than is Neptune; there are also plenty of ea: ly wonders clamoring for their names. hief interest of this incident to the man on the street will lie in the fact that the area of the solar system has been approximately doubled,” avers the Manchester Union, commenting further as to the effect of the discovery: “The influence upon our human con- ceptions is bound to be incalculable. No idea in all human history had so great an effect upon the life of man as the | POt new world view that was born when Galileo detected that the sun and not'| the earth is the center of the planetar: system to which we belong. fim, whg previously regarded himself as the chief object of creation, became the citizen of one of the smallest planets in the solar system, with the probability that this system, whose expanse is yet unknown, and whose vast magnitude is further re- vealed by this most recent discovery, is only one of a multitude of similar sys- tems. This world view led to a reaj praisal of almost all human estimate: * K % % “Nobody will venture now,” in the opinion of t&e trl:ew York Sun, .';'f m'lnu A guess as e size of the solar sys= tem. The hunt for other planets will be pressed with vigor. Vet distance is & relative matter, and remote as the new iplanet is it is still a neighbor of the the distance from in about six than four the nearest the trie Z::rg to come to us from T Recalling that the discovery of planet Neptune “was a spectacular umph for pure mathematics,” the Kan- sas Oity Star states that “now, after the lapse of nearly 100 years, mathe- matics has scored another victory, and a planet beyond Neptune has been dis- covered. It is to the credit of American astronomy, which has come brilliantly to the front in the last generation, that Americans are responsible for this great achievement,” concludes that paper. * ok % K With a_tribute to a “Ka farm boy,” the Detroit News states: “Not long ago Clyde Tombaugh was a boy on & Kansas farm and interested in the stars, * * * He became a student of astronomy and in the Lowell Observa- tory, at Flagstaff, Ariz., participated in the searches of the heavens. * * * Hitherto, without exception, we think, the great astronomic discoveries have been reserved to the hoary men of sci- ence, whose peering into and picturiza- tion of the heavens took many, many years. Yet to Clyde falls the honor of perceiving first a new speck of light, a strange spot on a photographic plate, which turns out to be not only a new star, but a new planet. It seems to be the lost planet, the one prior calculation had assumed to exist, yet could not find. As large as the earth, or larger, it whirls around beyond the most re- mote member of the selar system, Nep- tune; or, as they say, 45 times farther from the sun than the earth. Clyde’s case amounts to no less than an ex- ceedingly interesting modern miracle. The chances are simply limitless for the boys who become interested deeply enough, earnestly enough and persist- ently enough in any serious subject.” Describing the planet as a playe the “outfield on the celestial team, Chicago Daily News advises that “in the circumstances it would be fitting to call the starry outfielder Babe Ruth,” while the Providence Journal asks: “Why not & name which brings nobler associations than that of any Greek gods, the name of the Titan Prometheus, Who scaled the walls of heaven to bring light to mortals, who stands as the eternal embodiment of human discovery and progress?” in * ok ok % “what & mere speck in the universe is the earth! How futile the fights of men for possession of an insi ant ion of it!” exclaims the Cleveland Plain Dealer, while the St. Louis Globe- Democrat_voices as queries from the public: “How many moons has it? Does it have anything resembling Saturn’s rings? Will any new substances be found there not known to earthly chem- istry and physics?” “We are not likely for some time,” advises the Charleston Evening Post, “to get word to the new member of the family that we are glad to welcome it to the old homestead—where it has been all along, perhaps even before we ever | the f‘ntm “’i’h c}_g nlmy not, of course, be the ast. s no_telling how other planets there may be in the ,::nl:g astronomical arrangement as ourselves, but this one brings the family up to proportions which should suffice for a time. It will take a long while to find out the disposition of the newly dis- ' covered member of the system will be interesting, if hot Very" s tant, to learn something about this ig fellow who has been rollicking out there on the frontiers of the estate without his presence 50 much as suspected by those of us who have been ot up to the home fire.” To the Editor of The Star: % 38 i b Q. Where did Rider Haggard get the background for his African stoties?— icessions for rvices—cons . N. hotels, for lunch stands, for picnic| A. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856- graonds, for public meetings, for feast|1925), English novelist,” was born at days, for celebrations and all the in- |Bradenham Hall, Norfolk. At the time numerable amusements which deface | of the first annexation of ‘Transvaal our public and national parks. There | (1877) he was on the staff of the spe- would be scores upon scores of automo- | cial commissioner, Sir Theophilus Shep- biles, with new roads and paths; and | stone, and then became a master of the treasure hunters and minor as well as | High Court there. After the cession of elder undesirables would pull, cut, de- |the Transvaal to the Dutch he returned to politicians BY FREDERIC J. BASKIN. face and spoil what nature until now has left undisturbed and comparatively virgin in the atmosphere of Washington and his time. Imagine the usual mobs scattering papers and cardboard boxes and lunch remains, while the autos would poison the air to the certain de- struction and detriment of trees and flowers. Barracks and tents for camp- ers have no place here, nor dogs and any destructivse animals. Men and womeh now go to tread the holy ground of Washington; but then they would go to destroy and deface. Smoking, now forbidden, would be looked upon as a necessary amusement, with the same result of destructive fires as in our na- tlonal forests. tion would introduce new rules, “‘new improvements,” and before long there would be nothing that would impress the visitor as reminiscent of Washing- ton and remind him of his life, his per- sonality and his time. As Mount Ver- non is now administered it evokes in us plety, reverence and patriotism. Un- der Government control it would be occupied in the manner of the open space around the Washington Monu- ment, by picnickers and foot ball fans. Mount Vernon at present is a large unit in our Washingtonian memorabilia, a class of reverable objects in which Congress and Government have never It is to be hoped that every patriotic citizen, every one interested in keeping green the life and nality of Wash- ington, will use his utmost endeavors it!to have the President veto any bill tending to change the present care, mode of administration and atmosphere of Washington's home. Let it remain the national shrine it now is. Our his- torical memorabilia of whatsoever na- ture have always fared best in the hands of our historical societies, and other institutions, in which love rules and politics are excluded. The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association has stood New York City. . No Real Wealth Lost In Stock Market Drop To the Editor of The Star: I have often heard opinions ex- pressed here and there and a little everywhere about town, accordi: mchn'mdmmhhe‘!w 8- tablished fact that everybody Iost money in the stock market crash and that con- sequently the Nation has become poorer. I think the time has come when it is n and ":ho]etozs to ehxpel m the people’s imagination such a myth, To this effect, I wish to make it known that if ever since last r this country has encountered any loss, it is but the loss of its illusions. In fact, since Lavoisier, we are all fa- millar with the proposition that “Dans la nature rien ne se perd, rien ne se cree,” in nature nothing is lost nothing is created.” In other words, if any one happens to lose something it is for the greatest benefit of his neighbors, and, reciprocally, some one can enrich him- self but the expense of the com- munity. And what is true with indi- viduals is also true with nations; so that it can be safely asserted that the losses of four-fifths of France’s wealth and a million and a half of her dear children, “dead in the defense of the sacred cause of civilization,” did not occur without profit to_other nations. Similarly, rea- soning these lines, we are led to the conclusion that if, indeed, some money has been lost in Wall Street, it must be found somewhere here or in forelgn countries, otherwise it will be agreed that this loss of money is imagi- nary or illusory. But, in order to make the problem clearer, let us see what happened be- fore last October. For quite a while the stock market, as a whole, had been steadily increasing. This increase was then interpreted by distinguished economists as an irrefutable indication that the Nation was getting richer. The wealth of Lgn Nation 1:;. nreuedniln grety speech; mrosper became the “cheval de bataille’—the fighting horse—of more than one politician, and the peoplti dsumd t? beli;_v{“:e hnrdl t1n an -exaggeral rosperity. result was, the more prgspenty ‘was talked of, the higher the stock market would go. Now, did the increase in the national wealth justify the behavior of the mar- ket? This is the whole question, and it is answered in the negative. Long before October the exports had reached a ceiling, while imports were increasing. American money was invested abroad in great quantities, chiefly in_South America. Gold was exported to Europe. American tourists helped that exodus of money from the country. The market went climbing to higher and higher levels, though there was no increase in the Nation’s wealth. ‘Then happened the inevitable. The investors realized the ridiculous income from their stocks, and, at last, eyes were opened to the cruel truth That the stocks had an illusory value anc that the investors and gamblers lost, but their illusion does not allow any doubt, inasmuch as the money they could pretend to have lost has left no trace either here or in the commercial balance of forel countries. Conse- quently it can assumed that the country is as prosperous as it was be- fore, under the Coolidge so-called {roc- perity. E. DE LA RU . Justice May Lurk in Chicago. From the Shreveport Journal. Those Chicago racketeers who are trying blackmail upon famous stage personages may be of the opinion that some actors ought to be made to pay for e pri d possibly they're right, at that. ot Trout Season Opens Soon. From the Loulsville Times. the season when it is almost his mind impossible for a man to mi his feet on his desk at the same tme. Could Use Filibusters for Fouls. From the South Bend Tribune. If Miami, Fla., wants a real fight, it should invite the House and Senate to hold the tariff bill conference there, Every new administra- |2 WO to England and read for the bar. Hag- gard was knighted in 1912. He died in London on May 14, 1925, Q. When was shellac first used?—V. L. A. References to lac are found in Sanskrit literature. In early times it was used as a dye. Pliny in.77 AD. wrote of lac gum, known in India and other Eastern countries. Shellac as a varnish has been known in the East from very early times. Q. From what language are the names the parts of speech taken?—O.G. D. A. They are derived from Latin: in—nomen, & name; verb—verbum, adverb—ad (to) plus verbum; adjective—ad plus jacere ¢(put or throw near); pronoun—pro (for) plus noun; c;?:)u)ncthn-—eon"b (with) plus jungare preposition—praeponere (to place before); interjection — inter (betwpoen) plus jacere, : Q. What is the population of China afldB how many provinces are there?— ‘A. China conslsts of 21 provinces, in "which the total population 12 427,000,000 & Qli What is the Green Tree Marker?— A. It is the emblem adopted by the Mutual Assurance Co. in 1784, at a time when other insurance companies refused to insure against fire losses having trees in front of them. In order to prevent cutting down their shade trees, tree lovers in Philadelphia organ- ized their own company in 1784, and thus established perhaps the earliest :;Jll;cefled action w‘w the protection preservation of shade trees. Pire marks bearing the emblem of the com- of Further medical test as to the excellens. state of mlgumer against too strenu- ous medicine ball play. This time he warns the President not to burn too much midnight ofl. Sitting up nights ::r it:ebwmm ite House will not hasten the naval d&;r As attend the selection of a new member of the Supreme Court, who measures uj t0|to Mr. Hoover's own ideas, who will prove acceptable to the geho :::n D:_afely run dthe nate, Dr. urged the Presi- dent to take it easy. Arc‘:otdlu to the Senator’s version of the conversation Mr. Hoover remarked that he would have to sit up all night soon to canvass the long list of Supreme Court candi~ e S s N t, slee) it make the decision in the mgrnul?m."m * ok ¥ % In mapping out his Pennsyl: primary campaign, Secretary of bl country, and gantlet in the cted along 1 lines. So far as he is con- cerned, it is to be no battle of dollars, His own purse is substantial, but as nothing to the millions within the reach of the opposition. He will rely almost entirely on volunteer workers. As for himself, the problems of the De- partment of Labor will keep him close- ly chained to his desk in Washington. He has no present intention of resign- ing from the cabinet, until and unless gen m-m the senatorial nomination. ve: estion of prohibition sl:c:::;y 6“.'3. ?:mq to :t“ nothing adiction of position of his chief, President Hoover. * ok % ok Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida regards all of her constituents “as just one big family,” whose welfare 18 in her safe keeping. Her mission in Congress is not to reform the universe, but to promote and conserve the inter- ests of her own bailiwick. She stresses the local and the personal keynote. Her latest move to cement the personal bond with her family is to call on the Jjuvenile members, the high school boys and girls, to select their most “repre- sentative” schoolmates to come to Washington for the Easter holidays, as the guests of Mrs. Owen, all expenses paid out of her private purse. One boy and one girl from each of the 18 coun- ties in her district, to make up a party of 36, are now being chosen, Congresswoman will personally conduct and chaperon the party on its sight- seeing tour. Here is an idea that from " Trec sced or ‘hanied ereerpls eom o nked exces f the Congressional Record. o * ok ok % At least one member of Congress still clings to a corncob pipe, and makes no concealment of it. He is Percy E. Quin of Mississippi, whose corncob has been in evidence in the lobby of the House and in the Capitol corridors for now nearly 20 years. Representa- tive Quin is also an inveterate gum chewer. Born on a farm, the son of a Baptist minister, he taught .country school while studying law, and served in the Mississippi lature before coming to Congress. He has retained to a unique degree his plain home- spun character. Under seniority rules, if and when the Democrats obtain con- tr':fllglf“ :‘he“l'lg:n.‘;lla is in line to Le chal e nt committee on military affairs. cigies * K ok ok The familiar expression “watchdog 1of the Treasury” has a very tangible origin and can be traced to the early days of the first United States mint. Then the mint had a watchdog, and he was a real one, of the canine species. His name was Nero, and he cost the Government $3. Nero's job was to guard the property, especially at night. Like Mary’s lamb, he went everywhere the watchman went, and then some. It ecoromical early test. That was the controller SRy g ipease wees pi Q. Has the Coast Guard an aviation | service?—D. O. R. A. The Coast Guard Service does nof have what it calls an aviation unit, al. though it has in the service five hydro. planes and six pilots. Q. Why did Franee give the United States the Statue of Liberty?>—T. B. A. It was designed to commemoral the hundredth anntversary of America Independence, but it was not finished %ul.l 1885. It was dedicated Octobe Q. Where was the first railroad tun: nel in the United States?>—R. 8. A. The first was the Staple Beng tunnel and was about 4 miles east Johnstown, Pa. It was built for th Alleghany Portage Railroad and wi used from 1834 to 1857. . What is the Fellowship of _gs Ip of Prayer A. It is a movement under the aus. pices of the Commission on Evangelis: and Life Service of the Federal Counci of Churches. It works especially fos devotional observance of the pre-Easte or Lenten season. Q. Who owns the Nelson House af Yorktown, Va.?—S. P. A. The famous Nelson House wi owned and restored by Mrs. George Preston Blow. She made it one of th most beautiful places in Virginia, and} when she died left it as & public trust, open to all who care to see it. ’ 'Q. Where is the monument which bears the inscription “When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citi. le:"?;h!:. D. McC. e . appears above stage g:: amphitheater in Arlington chn% metcry, Q. What churches in Washington| are wired for the deaf?—L. V. A. There are several churches i ‘Washington that are wired for the del?. Among them are the Foundry M. E. Church, the New York Avenue Presby. terian Church, Church of the Covenant, Seventh-day _Adventists in Takoma| Park, the Unitarian Church, and the Calvary Baj Church. Q, When was the Commons founded: ——Bngmh | A. The Commons were first admitted! to share in legislation during the reign t::ll'::ard ni TR;‘e Parliament was sep- into two houses in the reign of Edward IIL e Q. How does the speed of a rifle bullet compare with that of Mrghne?——fi. e’d’ M. L X e . ‘The speed of a bullet as it leaves| a rifle is 2,700 feet per second. That is approximately five times the speed of the fastest airplane. It should be un- derstood that the velocity of a bulles , "and the | Cr decreases rapidly, while the speed of an airplane remains constant. It is for that reason that a comparison, as given :‘bolzehl.: v::l{h:or the l;peed of a bullet, muzzle of the speed of a fast plane. oy Q. Are doles distribut - hTT—UR- T-E- ited in New Zea. . Unemployment in New Zealand has ‘caused the - -y government to establis) WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Government, precisely the same rum and beer supplied the employes,| * ok k * the the ‘What is ca) the Experiences Harry P. His Government—Some edents™ are a 46-page ten by Oklahoma, “Remarkabid Sinclair with Prec: in some detail in phlet just at hand, writ. Robert L. Owel clusion that “the most scandalous thin about the ‘naval scandals’ Wi the manner- in - Sinclair .” Uncle Sam, having “invited hin to perform a great work for the Navy a means of national defense,” leased hin valid. mth lthmu wltm"etm e oil magnate’s defender, hlmxnd.n‘: when a ji his are row furnishing about a bilf lion gallons of gasoline anni the public service.” o * ok x ¥ From the New York Flower 0 comes the word that medals have b awarded to the “President Hoover rosef and the “Mrs. Herbert Hoover rose, first and second prize winners, in American Rose Society competition fo the introduction of new varieties of th flower. The President Hoover rose 4 deep pink and yellow bloom, Ir Hoover's rose is crimson. Fame at b is frequently transitory, but nowhere €] eral &s in the case of nom d plumes of prize-winning flowers. W can now recall the themum which was Haimed Jor Wilken sty for Roosevelt? race Cool. of the flow Taft, and Alf (Copsright, 1930.) The Vandals That Dig In the Spring, Tra La To the Editor of The Star: At the risk of being called H or something worse lfntend eo.tgtw X ‘out of my system if it takes all Summer That part of the District of Columb bound by Florida avenue on north, Fifteenth street on the east, th Anacostia and Potomac_Rivers on th Sol:;l{, Intéhthe Pottomac River and Roc! on the west is considered the Cif of Washington proper and within these bounds are a lot of old-fashioned folk: and some very mischievous kids. The old-fashioned people try to im. prove the looks of their surroundings} by cultivating a few plants and giving attention to the grass on the lawn. Thi ";l’g; in some neighborhoods, do other- A neighbor, at quite a lot of labor| and some expense, had got both the) front lawn and the back yard in pre- sentable shape. As stated by him, within the space of one hour's time| some children in the vicinity had un-| done the good results of several weeks' gcrk and made things look like a ey-| lone had struck the place. ch.?flx;at;n;rh?e hborle‘nght some i 's front lawn preparing dig. They had started work on what| appeared to be a trench for a sewer,| Losing his temper, he chastised one of] :1’(‘12 Llrgem.r t:%mhwmgh was wrong, he| rent, and which cost| huln a fin:hi: ’cuur& am ply stating conditions they exist with the hope that a remedy| may be found to cure this evil. The children should be allowed to play and| have their fun when things are fixed If the gu'enh would restrain| ters E‘ollwn a good time “Who's Who” Is More Choosy. From the New Castle News. re::o:!h lm:]ng th;m ]dl’w out before g school. -~ gl * ool. But of those tated i SNIo'e Wi only 8.52 per cent Wants His Half in Middle. From the San Antonio Evening News. motorist apparently is under the impression. that His ca: license 8 .}a.o.&'.‘:, to the road.