Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. And just as an fllustration it smacks of comedy to post a speed timing on automatic lights, on a thoroughfare such as Connecticut avenue if motorists are THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'mlhuuhh.mml Ap- parently there must be, otherwise the shrewd managers of the New York Club ‘would not consent to so disproportionate MONDAY........March 24, 1930| not permitted to use the car tracks.|a figure in compensation for this now 'THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company iness Off 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New ¥ : 110 East 42nd 8t R Regent Bi. Londo England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Frepine Star < : .45¢ per month ening and Sunday ‘Sias g jundays) 60c per month 5 Aundays) () The Sun-ay s liec' lon made at the end of ders - tiona Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. y ani Sunday.....17r. iy ool ay only All Oth i h’mb& Of‘ the Associated Press. Associater is exclusi to e e ror e ublication of Al mews dln: 1te e "“fllgdu it or not others ered. s paper and also the few publisher nerein. Al rights : Soecial ‘dispatchés hereih are. a0 Tesserod. — The Critical Stage at London. The London Naval Conference has had its ups and downs, and now it ap- pears to have reached the critical stage. This does not mean that success will not finally attend its efforts It means, however, that the time has comt when the delegations and the nations back of them must be ready to accept compro- mises, against which in some instances they have stood out for weeks. It seems incredible that the five maritime powers now meeting in London should be unable to agree on this matter of naval limitation. All of them profess the profoundest interest in world peace. They are agreed that a race in naval building can only be a heavy burden on their peoples, who must pay the bills. ‘They admit that a break-up of the ‘present conference without accomplish- ment would result in ill feeling that in time might breed war. If ever there were impelling reasons for an adjust- ment of differences, they exist in Lon- don today. The conferees are waiting for word from Tokio regarding the compromise agreed upon tentatively by the delega- tions of the United States, Japan and Britain regarding the 10,000-ton cruiser tonnage to be allotted to the three. ‘This compromise will be successful, it 18 believed. If it is, immediately there will arise new hope in London. It will mark the ending of one of the main difficulties which has threatened the conference. It will place three of the five powers in accord and may have its effect upon the other two, France and Italy, which have been at odds over the demands of the latter for naval parity with France. In some quarters there is today a 5¢ per month Der cory each month. 78y be sent in by mail or telephon true in Italy and in France. and the British prime minister, Ramsay Macdonald, was not enough, it is said. It is true, however, that both France and Italy were urged to confer prior to the conference; that they were kept fully informed regarding the progress of the conversations between the United States and Britain. It is too late for such criticism. The conference is on. must negotiate a naval limitation treaty or throw up its hands and quit. it does the latter, it will plunge the world again into suspicion and distrust. ‘True, the failure of the conference some shortsighted people in and perhaps others in the meeting with America at conference table in London. The conference has had to fight against the work of these people, who believe in building bigger and bigger navies as the means of keeping the peace, since long before the conferees assembled. ‘These people are demanding today that the conferees pack up and come home, lest their long stay in London cause greater friction. How utterly ridicu- lous! The failure of the conference would do more to create friction than any other possible occurrence. Secretary Adams of the Navy Department, a member of the American delegation now in London, said in an address over the radio not long ago that the conferees ‘would “sit till they settle,” It is a proper spirit, and one that should have the backing of patriotic Americans. ————————— Advantage is expected from the man- mer in which the London meeting has been clearly defining points of differ- ence which will have to be considered by another conference. ———— Driving on the Car Tracks. ‘The people’s counsel of the Public Utilities Commission and the traffic director appear to be slightly at odds regarding the rather important ques- tion of whether motorists should be permitted to drive on car tracks to the left of safety zones. Mr. Keech avers that it is all wrong and cites the rule which says that motorists must keep as near the right-hand curb as prac- ticable and that disobeying a “drive to the right” sign is a violation of the yegulations. Mr. Harland answers that It is naturally impossible to keep close to the curb in congested traffic, that Jome of the safety zones do not have *drive to the right” signs and that utilizing the car tracks in many cases opens up an extra lane of travel and materially speeds up traffic. While The Star must agree with Mr. Keech on one phase of the controversy, that official signs must be obeyed, it must side with Mr. Harland enthusiasti- cally in his contentions and suggest to him that a little paint judiclously usd on the “drive to the right” signs could render them null, vold and harmless, and if the trafic director were s0 minded, the “artists” of the Police Department could use the blank spaces thus created for pictures of the Capi- tol or the Public Library, or some structure of national or civic interest. To the majority of motorists of With left-turners and right-turners piled up at every intersection, the left- turners being unable, under the Wash- ington system, to move until the change of signal and the right-turners being unable to move because the left-turners cannot, the tracks frequently offer the only hope of “straight through” traffic. Of course, the utilization, as is now permitted, of the extra lane of travel must not be construed by motorists as a license to disobey the regulation which provides for driving as close %o the right-hand curb as practicable. When there is no other traffic on the street there is no excuse to use the car tracks. When they are needed to provide a clear lane of travel they are undeniably needed badly and should be made use of at these times. The days of congestion call for every available means to keep traffic moving. Much Work Is Yet to Be Done. It is not trivial or petty impatience alone that causes concern over the failure of the National Bicentennial Commission, more than five years after its creation, to have adopted any def- inite plan for the form of national par- ticipation in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of George ‘Washington’s birth, in 1932, It is true that a full year and nine months re- main before the observance is to begir, and with the recent selection of two capable associate directors who are empowered to get down to important if elementary details there is every reason to believe that wheels may soon begin to turn in earnest. But it is well to face the fact that if the observance of the bicentennial year is to attain the Nation-wide breadth and scope that have been marked down as the desirable goal, a great deal of work is to be done and there is none too much time remaining in which to do fit. The feature of State participation is fundamental, yet it is learned that, of the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia, only the District of Co- lumbia and thirteen of the States have taken the preliminary step of forming their commissions, the purpose of which is co-operation with the national body in making plans for local observances and creating the public interest neces- sary to carry them through. And while the national commission has ac- complished the desirable end of pub- lishing a definitive edition of the essen- tial writings of George Washington and expediting the completion of three na- tional memorials in 1932, it has yet to hit upon or adopt & plan of procedure that will stir the imagination or rouse the emotions of millions of American citizens throughout the land whose quickened interest in its symbolism is necessary if it is to become the epochal and significant event pictured in the minds of its sponsors. ‘The chief difficulty confronting the commission lies in the fact that the celebration of the bicentennial year is to be more spiritual than materialistic; that while this is entirely in keeping with the inspiring motives of the ob- servance it interposes a practical handi- cap that must be removed. The usual and commonly accepted method of marking a great national event in the life of the Nation is to blow horns, throw firecrackers, hold parades, pic- nics and carnivals, and indulge in a vast amount of oratory. While the gen- eral effect may be cheapening, such forms as these at least afford some- thing tangible for the inarticulate to grasp. Such a basically commercial enterprise as a world's fair has wisely been abandcned. Thousands of tour- ists will doubtless take the opportunity to visit Washington, to see their re- born Capital rising in white stone on the historic banks of the Potomac. But millions of Americans will not come. To these the National Bicentennial Commission must appeal; must strike a keynote that will bring from them a response indicative of their jealous re- gard for the heritage of America that lies in their keeping alone. —————————— Their detention of American mission- arles proves that the Chinese Commu- nists are true to the custom of their cult in simultaneously defying both politics apd religion. P Home-Run Valuations. George Herman Ruth, better known to the world as “Babe,” has signed a contract to play base ball with the New York American League team for the next two years. In consideration of his eminent abilities, not merely as a player but as a drawing card, he is to receive a salary of $80,000.a year, or $160,000 for the term of the contract. This is a higher salary than that of the President of the United States. It is the highest salary paid in base ball to a player. It is the high-water mark in base ball finance. In the course of the regular season one hundred and fifty-four games are played by each club, if the weather permits. Thus, if every game which the New York Yankees are hooked for is played Ruth will receive something over $500 per game. It is not likely, however, that he will play the whole string, even it his club participates in all of the games. Very rarely does any player go through a season without missing a game, from iligess, or injury, or banish- ment for disciplinary reasons. Ruth is particularly given to temperamental absences from the line-up and it is quite within the range of possibility that his average of compensation will not be lower than $700 for each contest actually engaged in by him during the season. Judged from the standpoint of specific performances during the past few sea- sons, Ruth's services to his club, as a factor in pennant winning, are worth about one-quarter of his contract, at the most. Thus he is being paid, it is fair to estimate, something like $60,000 a year as “an attraction,” a drawing card. If 60,000 people attend the games at the rate of a dollar aplece solely for the purpose or in the hope of seeing Ruth perform, he will have earned his extraordinary compensation. The chances are that many more than that number will do 0, so long as remains o(mh:’.‘w'y' expected by the public, “ageing”. player. It is generally felt that by the end of this present contract term, with the close of the base ball Season of 1931, Ruth's prowess as & batter will have so diminished that he will be no longer worth more than a presidential salary to any organization. Perhaps that is why he has shrewdly insisted upon a two-year contract at top figures. f ———— School Children and Safety. The Save the Children's Lives Com- mittee of the Community Councils of New York City has just submitted a report, the contents of which should be studied and analyzed by municipal offi- cers in every city in the United States. It concerns the protection of children from the traffic perils of today. The work of the committee has been solely to this end. How successful has been the drive may be gathered from the fact that while in 1924 four hundred and thirty-two children were killed in Greater New York, in 1929, six years later, with a heavy increase in the num- ber of automobiles, only three hundred It is reduction of fatalities that the adult death list mounted in the same period from six hundred and thirteen to nine hundred and ninety-two. ‘The gratifying drop in the children's casualty toll can mean only one thing: That all agencies having to do with their welfare are co-operating. More playgrounds are being built to satisfy the needs for exercise in the growing generation. Parents are heeding the warning to compel their children to play in safe places. School zones, where streets are either roped off alto- gether or policemen stationed to pro- mote caution, have been created by the traffic authorities. The American Auto- mobile Association Schoolboy Patrol is functioning to the utmost efficiency. And last, but not least, as the result of hammering it home day after day that the motorist must bear a large share of the responsibility, drivers are be- coming more careful even without the alert supervision of police. Every city can reduce its children's death list by the same measures. There can be no quibbling with the issue. Children must be protected until they attain judgment of their own to steer them clear of danger. Washington ranks well up with other cities in pre- serving the lives of the little ones. But everlasting vigilance is necessary, and if new wrinkles have been introduced in the New York campaign to produce the astonishing results, then Washing- ton along with the rest should secure full information. - Denmark will no doubt approve of a welcome ceremonial for Rear Admiral Byrd, in spite of a historically disap- pointing experience with Dr. Cook. There is no question of veracity in- volved in this case. Even if the high character of the man were not suffi- cient, radio has provided a means of keeping constantly in touch with his movements. e — Refraining from a positive choice as to a senatorial candidate, J. Hampton Moore contents himaglf with .favoring F. 8. Brown for governor. Mr. Moore knows his politics and has probably de- cided that one indorsement at a time is as ‘much as a man can handle with the thoroughness demanded in a Penn- sylvania race. —————— Diplomatic beverages cannot be regu- lated by governmental authority. The private wine card takes on almost the importance of a state document. ————————— After an exceedingly busy and event- ful career, it was E. L. Doheny’s destiny to find old age bringing him the hard- est fight of a lifetime. ————— .t Some of the Senators admit being worn out by the tariff debates, which and forty children met death. significant in consideration of this great proves them in close sympathy with | A public feeling. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. No Difference. When women first began to vote, We thought a time the world would note Of sweet and placid glee. ‘We thought that they would just crochet A ticket on election day As dainty as could be. We thought the manners of mankind ‘Would all be gentle and refined, And nothing would persuade A campaign crowdl to drink or smoke Or, maybe, tell & curious joke In language ready made. But politics still means a fight, Occasionally impolite— It sets you in a whirl. You learn, while studying its plan, Quite boisterous is your old man, And so is your old girl! Hope for the Future. “Was the conference in which you recently took part a success?” “In a measure,” answered Senator Sorghum. “All of us are still on speak- ing terms.” Jud Tunkins says it's time for genius to get busy. All the old tunes have been used up and every radio program sounds alike. Usual Criticism. The diplomatic drama frets A world that's all agog. Action too scant it always gets And too much dialogue. Apology Due. # “Guess I'll have to apologize to our koy Josh,” sald Farmer Corntossel. “Why?" “The whole family used to scold him for idlin’ away his time with a banjo. Now he’s got & job in a night club and is the only one around here that ain’t complainin’ of unemployment.” “What you tell in confidence,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “should always be too unimportant to be worth repeating.” Halted Enthusiasm. In March he showed a spirit bold And wandered 'neath the moon. He picked a flow'r—and caught a cold That shut him in till June. “Speakin’ of contagiousness, Uncle Eben, “ ! nufin’ brings said {line of Hamlet’s soliloquy: hard licks.” ready restive to return to their native C., THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Looking at the pictures in “Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of Lon- don,” by A. St. John Adcock, published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, is almost as good as walking through the great city. The 59 pen-and-ink drawings by the author’s brother, Frederick Adcock, have a charm and distinction which enable them to admirably fill the place of a ‘host who knows his London. All of us are children when it comes to lllustrations. The success of “Tar- zan” in picture form proves it. Then there have been two complete novels worked out and issued solely in this medium. A Pictures of houses have a peculiar fascination for some persons, among whom the writer here counts himself. When they are the homes of famous persons there is an added interest. The City of London was the birth- place of Chaucer, Spenser, Ben Jonson, Fletcher, _ Middleton, Sir Thomas Browne, Dr. Donne. Cowley, Herrick, Pope, Gray, Defoe, Bacon, Keats, Lamb, Blake, Byron, Hood, the Rosettis, Swin- burne, Browning and Ruskin, and scores of other literary men lived there. Many of the houses they lived in are still standing, and the author and illus- trator of the book under consideration aimed to show us the one and tell us|to * ‘We always have had a weakness for pen-and-ink drawings. They are at once so neat and businesslike, yet so replete with an atmosphere of dreams and recollections. The tower of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark Cathedral, surviving since Shakespeare's sojourn in London, rears itself as the first of these illustrations. There is the gateway to the Middle ‘Temple, showing an old gentleman with cane about to walk through, with a glimpse of street and shops. There is the Jerusalem chamber of Westminster Abbey, used by the translators of the Authorized Version. There is St. Olave's churchyard, with the same elderly gen- tleman, and Bartholomew Close, Smith- field. All of these are relics of Shake- speare’s day. The left wing of the house where Alexander Pope wrote his “Essay on Man” still stands, and is shown by Mr. Adcock. It looks a bit like one end of the Adams Schodl, on R street, with two large chimneys added. Bir Isaac Newton's house, in St. Mar- tin's street, is a large three-story struc- ture, one of a row, as most of these houses are, with a flat roof, and a tre- mendous lantern suspended over the door by a -very large bracket. The door is at a somewhat lower level than the first-floor windows. James Thornhill's house, at 75 Deane street, where Hogarth was often at dinner, is one of a row, the indi- vidual houses of which are distinguished by unusually large doorways, flanked by heavy columns. The inevitable iron picket fence is before the yard, which appears all of 6 feet deep. Here we see the English love for privacy of private property. What else is private property for? And yet in the United States does not private property often mean simply a play- ground for children? Hogarth's own house, in Chiswick, nestles something about the other. * % % 's behind what appears to be a Mlac, with a tree of some sort to one side. It has more of the rural look than most of the ethers. When we come to Sir Joshua Rey- nolds’ house we have a fine, broad. three-story house with attic, such as one may find to the north and west of Dupont Circle. Here, too, is a fence, but with no gate. Sir Benjamin West's house, in New- man street, has a great door, sur- mounted by two angels, lighted by a huge globe. A yard all of 4 feet square is duly surrounded by a fence. They loved fences in London, and we love them for it. Pump Court of the Temple, the pro- genitor of all our modern apartment bufldings, shows a scraggly tree, faced by five fine arches. Who doesn't love arches?. American builders do not use them enough. Richardson, who gave the world the characters of Pamela and Clarissa, lived in a big house in North End, Fulham. It had a brick wall, surmounted by the inevitable ijron fence, and behind it grew a nice tree. There appears to be a framt porch, festooned with a vine, ;:mv;‘ln. up well against the stucco ont. Goldsmith’s house, in Canonbury, is | one of the most impressive shown. It |seems of Norman architecture, with | three main divisions, with a great wall {and gate, such as the English love. Talelre 1s a tall shrub peeping over the wall. * ok ok * ‘When Goldsmith died. in 2 Brick court, an ugly square building, much like all such places the world over, Sir Joshua Reynolds laid his brush aside, left his study, and entered it no more that day, we are told—a thing he had not been known to do even in times of great family distress. Staples Inn, svhere Dr. Johnson once lived, is shown in typical beam and stucco construction. ~ His house, in Gough Square, is solid as the man. The street runs beneath a part of the ad- jfllni}\;lg building, giving an Old World uch. The inn in which Boswell first met Johnson is given—a four-story affair, with typical first-floor windows. The top-story windows have small iron bal- conies. Johnson’s corner, in the Cheshire Cheese, shows & painting of the old gentleman, books, ornamental jugs, a typical corner near the fire, where booky people would like to linger. Blake, the strange genius only now beginning to be appreciated, lived in a typical row house in South Moulton street. No, 17 is four stories, with im- pressive door and the usual fenced-in small front L. 23 Hercules road, has a , and is distinguished by sets of three windows together on each of the three stories. Romney’s house, in Hampstead, is what we call in this country half brick, with frame second story. Constable’s house, in Charlotte street, has nothing to distinguish it, except the chimney, which has at least five small stacks. Most of the other English houses shown have a similar or larger number of divisions—we do not know whether one for each fireplace or for some other purpose. Keatg’ house, in Hampstead, is rather more ornate than the stolid British homes so far seen. It is of two stories, with semi-flat roof. The windows, of the casement type, are set in large semi- circular depressions in the wall. There is here an iron railing, rather than a fence, but its plain import is “Keep out.” it a modest sign. so common in Europe, “Hotel de I'Univers.” Shelley’s house, in Marchmont street, is distinguished by a wide iron balcony acress the two windows and part of the doorway. A bit of vine at one end lightens the effect. Hazlitt's house reminds one of homes to be seen on Massachusetts avenue. Thomas Day, a queer fellow with the courage of his convictions, lived at 36 Wellclose square, in a little two-story house, distinguished by an arched door and a fine fence. ‘Will's Coffee House, in Russell street; Lamb’s house, in Colebrooke row, with its two H}Jper windows and one lower, midway, for all the world like a face; George Fliot's home, in Wimbledon Park, with its great wall, wide gate, with two trees, and her home in Chel- sea, remarkably like the Longworth home on Massachusetts avenue—these are a few of the remaining pictures, Leigh Hunt's houses are charming, aside from their memories. Fine is brick and iron fence. One must not take the English too seriously with their “cottages”—these with them often {are finer than our ‘“houses” “homes.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS In his present predicament, Chairman Chaudius Huston y well recall the “To be or not to be; that is the question; whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of trou- bles.” To date Mr. Huston has suffered in silence the arrows of outrageous for- tune, and to be or not to be longer chairman of the Republican National committee is the question of the hour. ‘That sooner or later his resignation will be required, if 1% is not voluntarily ten- lered, is now rated a certain eventu- It is a trying situation for both Chairman Huston and for his frien and sponsor, President Hoover. The latter is faced with the alternative of either defending him or disowning him. It is a Hobson's choice. The ties of long association and close friendships are strong. Mr. Huston was Mr. Hoo- ver's lieutenant in the Department of Commerce, his powerful aide in the 1928 camnaign, particularly in the pre-con- vention stages, and the President's per- sonal and entirely individual selection to succeed Dr. Work as head of the na- tional committee. But, in the realm of politics, blunders are sometimes worse than crime, and the Senate lobby probe of Mr. Huston's affairs brings to light blunders of a high order. AR Soviet Russia repudiated the imperial Russian bonds to the loss of tens of thousands of American and European bondholders. The Soviet is charged with ever plotting world revolution. Yet the Soviet’s own banking and trading corporations continue to ask and receive millions of dollars of commercial cred- ality. its in this country and abroad, upon |t their unsupported promises to pay. The recently amalgamated New York Chase National and Equitable Trust are Ameri- can bankers for the Soviets' Amtorg Trading Corporation and Peter A. Bog- danoff, chairman of this huge Soviet commercial agency, was reported in con- ference here last week with Gov. Young of the Pederal Reserve Board anent extension of further American banking credit. The contemplated establishment of the New York branch of the Naroiny (People’s) Bank of Moscow was 2lso projected. Russian trade with the United States is now of greater volume than in the pre-war days under the Czarist regime. Further increases are claimed to hinge on further credit. W The April issue of Senator Capper's magazine reports that Mr. Zaro Agha. 156-year-old Turkish teetotaler, is com- ing to the United States to show con- firmed wets what a life of abstinence will do for one, and suggests that to carry on the argument the wets may bring over a 163-year-old Chinaman who uses liquor. The Cappei also remarks on the fact t in fi‘re- prohibition days “shipload upon ship- load of champagne and other sparkling wines reached these shores from France,” and cites the fact that last year the total had fallen to 501 gallons, and concludes that “the Atlantic Ocean has become remarkably dry.” * ok ok K Uncle Sam’s out-of-pocket cash ex- pense. for the London naval parley is reckoned roughly at $4,000 per day. This figure takes no reckoning of the cash value of the time and energies of of experts. But ever so, upon and-cents basis, if the naval building program is to be held in abeyance while it would te ive the and maintain it at the Hotel in London indefinitely, or at any rate until after 1932. But, of course, nothing of the sort is within the realm serjous contemplation, and in fact the American delegation is al- |land and their ordinary pursuits, with no relish for lu;th‘er :fll:wry palavers, ‘Wyoming is to be the scene of the liveliest kind of a scramble for the Sen- ate seat held so long and so honorably by thé late Prancis E. Warren and now temporarijy occupied by the lanky and picturesque Irishman, Patrick Suilivan, who was born on St. Patrick’s day and prefers the open range to close confine- ment at hard labor in the Senate cham- ber. Willlam C. Deming, educator, newspaper editor and until his recent resignation for seven years head of the United tes Clvil Service Commission, is the third formal entry in the Wyo- ming blican senatorial primaries. Charles E. Winter, former Represent- ative of Wyoming in the House, and Robert D. Carey, a former governor, are already in the field. The primaries are in Aygust and the nominee is rated a sure winner in November. Every cloud has a silver lining. * ok ok Ruth Hanna McCormick, according t reports drifting back to Wlshln:m: from Chicago, is putting up a mag- nificent fight in her effort to wrest the Republican senatorial nomination from Senator Deneen. She is urging the vot- ers to disregard any question of sex and says she wants the nomination on merit, or not at all. She is asking no quarter and giving none. Her battle- cry is “Keep the U. 8. out of the World Court!” The question of American ad- herence to the World Court protocol is the gnmmmt issue upon which she asks the Illinois voters to choose be- tween herself and Senator Deneen. Various and sundry Republican leaders in Illinois ve deserted Senator De- neen and rallled to Mrs. McCormick's support with bland statements that hey, too, view the World Court issue as a vital consequence and share her opposition to American adherence. At the present moment it is a nip-and- j tuck race, RN Twenty-six States have appointed committees to co-operate with the Na- tional Advisory Committee on Illiteracy, created by Secretary of Interior Wilbur, at the behest of Mr. Hoover, for “an or- j 8anized drive against illiteracy.” A cur- rently dated press memorandum an- nounces that the drive has already as- sumed proportions such as were never before reached in this field and that the committees, Federal and State, are “now concentrating ‘on teaching as many of their citizens as they can how to read and write before the census man comes.” Since the census enumerators are scheduled to start their rounds on !April 1, the time is obviously getting pretty short. (Copyright, 1930.) ——tes American Bullfighter Called Undesirable To the Editor of The Star: As a subscriber to The Evening Star of several years' standing, may I be permitted to ask how you can possibly think it of the slightest interest to an American public to call attention, pictorially and otherwise, to the indi- vidual whom you proclaim, in bold- faced type, as Sidney Franklin, “the American bullfighter”? This ‘rson, in the mind of any true Amerlcnx‘:’.‘ must surely rank with criminals of the worst sort, 50 why advertise his cowardly per- formance in the arena and perhaps actually expect the public to shed tears o!lyl:x&ynmthoil;fiu;nmhu been ps_fai A a mad- dened bull? 5 he has at’!n{ met his much deserved fate, the least said about the mlzl‘aenc the better, despicable and A i citizens. "ANNE H. CULLEN. MONDAY, MARCH 24, De Quincey’s house, in Soho, has on| g Lamb's cottage at Edmonton, with its| &, 1930. ! The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoin. Wet candidates fof Senator and Representative and for governor are cropping up in laces. Apparently opponents of prohibition have reached the conclusion that now is the ak a lance for the “liberal cause.” The drys probably wilk call it the “cause of rum,” which proves after all there's something in a name Liberality and rum have very different sounds in the sensitive ears of the voters, One of the most surprising announcements so far is that of former Representative R. L. Henry of Houston, Tex., who is to run as a wet for the Democratic senatorial nomination against that veteran dry champion and author of the eighteenth amendment, Senator Morris Sheppard. Mr. Henry is no tyro at politics. He served in the House for twenty years. He quit ten or a dozen years ago and now he is going to stage a comeback, if he can, under a wet banner and against the darling of the prohibitionists. Texas has its wet spots. But it is reputed to be overwhelmingly dry. It is one of the four States of the Democratic South which went for President Hoover, who supported prohibition, against Al Smith, who declared himself against the dry Jaws. If Mr. Henry is to stand a chance in the race against Senator Sheppard, the sentiment among the voters must undergo a real change. Henry says “the digmal farce of prohibition as it now exists should be terminated.” * * * | If the drys really believed that Sena- tor Sheppard, who spo: the resolu- tion in the Senate which eventually led to the eighteenth amendment, was in danger of defeat by a wet they would send their shock troops into the Lone Star State in a hurry. F. Scott Mc- Bride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, already is urging the drys to gird up their loins for the battle which is to come in the congressional elections and to see to it that an overwhelmingly dry House be returned totw:sh:ng;mn. The news that Marcus A. Coolidge, Democrat, of Fitchburg, Mass., is about to declare himself a candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination on a wet platform, is not so surprising. An- nouncement of a Democrat for the Massachusetts senatorial nomination on a dry platform would be rather breath- taking at this juncture. In some quar- ters it is believed that Mr. Coolidge has a good chance for the Democratic nom- ination. A lot will depend, however, on what the Boston Democratic leaders have to say in the matter. When Mr, Coolidge’s name was first put forward as a possible nominee for the Senate there was much shaking of heads on the ground that he came from the same city as Senator Walsh and that geo- graphically he would not do. But this opposition ‘appears to have abated' con- siderably. Senator Walsh could claim linton, just outside of Boston, as a residence, and furthermore, he - come a kind of State institution rep- resenting the entire State rather than dny particular section. Coolidge should be a good name to offer to the voters of Massachusetts. Marcus A. is no relation, however, of Calvin. If the former President had agreed to become a candidate for the Senate on the Republican ticket, as he was urged to do, and Marcus A. Ccalidge had been the selection of the Demucrats, it would have been Coolidge versus Coolidge next. November. * % % |, Democratic cangidates for the sena- torial nomination in Massachusetts are . ipson, a Boston law: yer, is another who is out for the honor. He, too, is anxious to tear down the ex- isting prohibition law. The sentiment in the Bay State at present appears to be strongly against both the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. If, as a result of the coming cam , _the by Vol- as the State enforcement |llw is known, it means another bit of territory in which prohibition will have to rely on the Federal Government alone f6r enforcement. Sevéral of the States mow have no enforcement laws, in- cluding New York and Maryland. If many more join them, the problem of prohibition enforcement is likely to be- come more lm: more difficult, R Secretary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor has been an an- nounced candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination for upward of a week, and still there has been no indi- cation he will resign his cabinet office. As a matter of fact, it would be rather fi:pglep:lmu it heug‘ld';h He is mak- ‘ace nNow wi e prestige of being Secretary of Labor. It Emufie [ different matter if he were running as a former Secretary of Labor. Senator Grundy, his opponent; is not taking himself out of the Senate merely be- cause he is a candidate for the nomina- tion, and why should Mr. Davis? Neither one of these gentlemen has so far said much of anything about the pro- hibition question and where he stands. How long they will be able to get away With such silence no one can say. In Pennsylvania there are a lot of dry voters. But, on the other hand, there are also a lot of wets. With Vare back- ing the Davis-Brown ticket (Francis Shunk Brown is running for governor on the ticket with Davis) it does not seem possible that the ticket will end up particularly dry. If Mr. Grundy at- tempts to sidestep this question in the coming campaign, he may find himself ml:h;eppo;:no‘n uig%nltor George Whar- T in A defeated by Vare. RSP * * x * story to the effect that ite does away with the “| stead act” Now comes a Mr. Grundy is going to oblite: . self from the senatorial um;;‘:nh:’:d step back into the roll of kingmaker , Which he has occupled for many years in Pennsylvania as president ’o{nthe Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Associa- ton and raiser of campaign funds, story runs that Grundy and the Mellons | bee: Will back Gov. Fisher for the Senate. Pisher was their choice for governor four years ago and Fisher was the man Who appointed Grundy to the Senate a few months ago when Vare was finally turned down by that body. This story Is put forward today by the Post- Gazette in Pittsburgh. It places Chief Justice Robert von Moschzisker on the Pisher ticket as a candidate for gov- ernor. If there is any truth in it, one of two things apparently has happened: Either the Davis-Brown ticket, backed Vare, haz thrown a real scare into the Meilon-Grundy faction or Mr. Grundy has decided that he does not like life in the Senate, after all. The report is that Mr. Grundy is willing to step aside in favor of Gov. Pisher. It that be true, it represent an about- face that is somewhat astonishing. The time for filing or withdrawing in the Pennsylvania primaries ends a week {from today. Whatever is done will have to be done quickly. According to re- ports, a conference of the Mellon- Grundy leaders is to be held in Pitts- burgh today. * K ¥ X The Senate lobby committee, regard- ed in many quarters as a political body snatcher, has succeeded in making an embarrassing situation for the chairman of the Republican national committee, Claudius H. Huston of Tennessee, whether Mr. Huston admits he is em- barrassed or not. Since Mr., Huston's testimony before the committee regard- ing a contribution of $36,100 by the Union Carbide Co., which was ini ed in the bids of the the Muscle Shoals, and the subsequent testimony of officials of that company, not a few of the Republicans on Capitol Hill have had cald chills running up and down their spines. They fail to see how Mr. Huston longer fits into the pie- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, gton, applies strictly to information. bureau cannot give advice on_legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plain- ly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dm. l?d mflxm 2 cents l!%hcom ?l‘ stamps for return postage. e reply is sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, &ttdgk!c‘l. Haskin, director, Washing- n, X Q. Can an ordinary visitor to. Wash- ington see President Hoover at his office or at the White House?—K. H. R. A. President Hoover has not received the public at the Executive offices since last Summer. Visitors in order to meet him must be introduced by their Sena- tor or Representative in person, hour for such presentations being usu- ally at 12:30 o'clock. Visitors are not received by the President in the White House except on formal invitation. The public is admitted to the basement cor- ridor and east room of the White House daily from 10 am. to 2 p.m., except Sundays and holidays. Cards admitting the holders to the blue room, red room and state dining room between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 12 m. may be secured through Senators and Repre- sentatives, who will request their issu- ance. The President has his office in the State, War and Navy Building while repairs are being made in the Executive offices, which were damaged by fire. Q. When was contract bridge intro- duced in the United States? What is meant by a “love” score?—N. B. A. Milton C. Work says that it was introduced here in the Summer of 1926, and gained popularity slowly at first. It is now a strong rival of auction bridge. A love score is 0-0. Love is the same as zero. Q. Does John McCormack sing in any foreign language?—W. J. H. A. John McCormack sings in both French and Italian. He studied in Italy, and made his debut in opera there. Q. In what years were visits made to Georgia by George Washington and by Lafayette?—J. M. T. A.” Washington's Southern tour made in 1791. Lafayette's visit Georgia was made in 1825. Q. Why does a scratch on a mahog- any table show yellow or orange?—E. K. A. The natural wood is light in color. When a scratch penetrates the finish the original color is revealed. was to Q. Why is the model of an elephant | o so popular?—E. H. C. A. The elephant has figured in Ori- ental mythology from a very early pe- riod. It is a symbol of temperance, eternity and sovereignty. Q. What are the floating gardens of Mexico Oity?—A. R. A. The La Viga and other canals connect the City of Mexico with Zum- pango, Xaltocan, San Cristobal, Tex- coco,-Chalco and Xochimilco lakes. On these waterways so many flowers grow that they are called floating Q. Why is Nesselrode pudding so A This geiatinous pudding, contain b gelatinous 3 - ing chestnuts, was named for a Russian statesman and epicure. An ice cream containing chestnuts and candied fruit and garnished with whipped cream is also called Nesselrode pudding. Q. Who made popular the expression “Place in the sun"?—E. H. C. A. The phrase was used by the for- | mer Emperor of Ge Willlam II, m Junemllu. “?lFrII:Qmw ureu at Ham. rg while refe ermany’s a quisition of the Chinese harbor at Kiao- chow and other valuable commercial concessions in China. The idea was expressed many years before, however. Pascal, who iived from 1623 to 1662, in his “Les Pensees” said: “That dog of mine, said those poor children; that place in the sun is mine; such is the beginning and type of usurpation throughout the earth.’ glflu describe a baron’s coronet. A. The coronet worn by a baron has six large pearis fixed to a golden circlet. | @ How much money is spent in agri- cultural experimentation?—L. K. C. A. About $20,000,000 is spent annu- ally by the State and Federal govern- ments for research activities on agri- the | cultural subjects. Contrasting with this we find that $180,000,000 is spent in re- search activities on the same subject by private corporations. The Hatch and Adams act gave $30,000 to each State annually, and the Purnell act increased this by $10,000 for each year between 1926 and 1930, and provided for an increase of $60,000 thereafter, making a total of $90,000 per State annually. Q. How many hundred-calorie por- tions are contained in a pound of sugar, sirups, jellies, etc.>—M. T. P, A. Sugar provides 18 hundred-calorie portions per pound and average candy about the same number. Thick sirups provide about 13%2 hundred-calorie por- tions, and jelly, jam, marmalade and rich preserves about 9 hundred-calorie portions per pound Q. How did Scott happen to write “Lochinvar”?—D. 8. D. A. It was a part of the metrical ro= mance, “Marmion.” For this romance in verse Scott was offered £1,000 before it was begun. Q. Is Charley Chaplin an American citizen?—S. G. A. Charles Chaplin is not a citizen of the United States. He is a British sub- Ject. born in London, April 16, 1889. Q. Where and when was the first poll tax levied>—F. L. A. The first poll tax was levied in 1377 in England. The amount was 4 pence on every head above 14 years. The poll tax continued in England for many years, and was an important form of taxation in the New England colo- nies. It originated with the idea that all able-bodies men should go out for at least a few days each year to work the . Those who could not or did not want to do so could pay a tax in lieu of work. There was also the idea that everybody should pay a little, be it only $1 a year, to support the Government under which he lived. Q. What is the meaning of the word “Mazda” in connection with an electric lightsbulb?—A. M. A. The followers of Zoroaster believed that Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord) was, to quote from their Avesta, or Bible, “the Suj e Deity, the All-Father, existent b'g'r:em thé world arose, and from whom H -seeing eye.” e good spirit, fim or Armazd, represented light and 1ife, and created all that was good and pure; All other gods were subordinate to Mazda. According to the Westing- house Lamp Co. “just as the original Ahura Mazda typified supremacy and beneficence, so the word ‘Mazda’ today is understood to mean a standard of ality and of helpfulness, and has been uently mentioned as not the name of a thing but the mark of a service.” Haiti Commission Receives Credit for For the first time in years there to be a conviction that Haiti is on threshold of & period of self-govern. ment, without the need of military The conc! P popular_preju ‘mu c - t “the job was done, is reached by the Brooklyn Eagle, with the added opinion that “part of the success of the nego- tiations has to be credited to President Hoover, whose firmness compelled the ylelding of President Borno to common sense.” The Buffalo Evening News fecls sure that “the course to lead to the establishment o ernment capable of carrying on without mlfi‘tfin assistance from th: United State * k% X Election of a President under consti- tutional provision is forecast following the recent selection of Eugene Roy, a popular business man, as provisional executive. Prospzcts for the future are weighed by the Milwaukee Journal with the statement: ‘“Not too much is to be terest- Cyanamid Co. for | ¢4 ture as the executive head of the blican .. The Teports 5 : § B5s 5§ g! things to deal with. One of long ago brought about the & Secretary of the Navy and e : : g hoped from the election of & constitu- tional President. Haiti used to elect a treasury and a su nigh bloodless, revolution had gotten gz:wbheu near the capital. But at | which Efficient Work Americans, have ‘achieved there is creditable,-and should be known to the world” The Express states as to finances: “Sidney La Rue, financial adviser to the government, pointed out that the public debt has been cut from $12 to $2.80 lpef capita since 1915, and that internal revenues have increased until they form half the national in- most en! upon s collections. ‘The duties were high and trade often was _interrupted arbitrary levies wmlcx)‘: {evoluflonm lers imposed.” “In two w Bend Tribune, “the commission learned that nothing but representative self- government would satisfy the Haitians”; that “witnesses demanded substitution of a civillan minister for the American She, & be Tollowad by Feoe eleotign of ree electiqn of a Legislature, which should choo."q a President, and ultimate American control.” cludes: "Rnax is ‘well fitted for the pro- visional presidency. The fact that he was chosen by the factions from among five candidates speaks volumes.” The Rochester Times-Union declares that “in any case, instead of dictatorship in thinly disguised form, there will be a relationship between Haiti and the United States which respects the desires of the Haitians to conduct their own affairs™ “We have had a real duty in Haiti, and the majority of the population has been lucky to have the protection of our Marines,” avers the Youngstown Vindi- cator, while the Haverhill Gazette thinks “it is possible that the power a|Tepresented by United States Marines and built bridges. But—there is always 8 ‘but’'—as a people we have given small g good le that we have forgotten that nothing is very for a pelonle that they do not do for them- selves.” It i explained by the New York Sun that “the country is now governed nom- In‘:‘ufi ;hrm:m! Owunwcu I:\lx State, whicl ) ve , Wi er to elect the President. But as the ggu'n- cil is appointéd by the President, its members holding office virtually at his pleasure, it is merely a mask for an tual dictatorship. A constitution ted in 1918,” continues the 3 “provided that the council should be supplanted by a Na Assembly, com- of Senate and Chamber of Dept es, to be ejected by popular suffrage whenéver the President deeted the time to be ripe. Borno has persistently re- fused to order an election.” That paper concludes: ~ “The United States will welcome early creation of le, democratic government in Haitl. Amer- ican receivership of Haiti’s financial af- fairs was a di able necessity—all the more distasteful because it involv military lnurve:n.k.m :ng occupation.” errors have been committed in Haitl,” according .to .the San Antonio Express. “but on the whole the record and gunboats will be nece: to place the {hn successfully in operation”; that “if t;l.s ;:lrlwer o:d necessary, l" will be used for the good purpose of restoring Haiti to Haitians.” “Thanks are due the commission,” ad- vises the Providence Journal, “for its arduous labors under striking difficul- ties. The heat has been intense and the opposition outspoken. But all's well that ends well. For the time being & peace will long brood above the turbu- lent republic is another question. If they don't, we shall be back again, ready to resume our hard and thankless task.” “‘Mismanagement of Haltian affal in the past few years” is charged by the Chattanooga News, while the Peters- Progress report by Gen. Corps that “the Haitians are unfit for vernment.” and that ‘“something like 5 ‘per cent of the population can read and write,” holds that “there is every reason to believe that within a short time Haitians themselves will be calling upon the Government at Wash- ington to send Marines to restore order and protect life.” “What Haitl resents in the American system,” asserts the Baltimore Sun, “is the fact of military occupation, the presence of a swarm of technical ex- perts Haiti to deprive its own ambitious citizens of opportunities and Sniff at them in return for the favor, and the disguising of this system under a pretense of native self-government on a -1 a constitu- the Interior. A Republican member of Congress who belongs to the class which always says “It might have been worse” is asking now what would have been had been accept- the Government and then Mr. The Ropublioans' 1o, whou' ha sdkgests ns. to whom this idea merely throw up mm and shudder. S ney General, and damaged Cl the reputation of a former Secretary of ba: @ tion and administered by a generally hated puppet President.” And Keeps Her Freedom. From the Lincoln State Journal. Princess Ileana of ? as much notice the ag if she had gone ahead and the couns- Etiquette Rule J» Paaamental. prmswonon-b. ab . daadas, Always Plenty of Weather.