Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1930, Page 8

. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. .. ...April 9, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company g, Blisiness Office: ghicago Office: Lak ake Michigan n uropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London. . Ensland. L Rate by Carrier Within the City. Tho Evenine Star.......s. 45 Fer month neri 4 undass) 606 per month Thonen 3 Bubdave) - 5¢ per month The Surday Star ... 5S¢ per copy Collection made at th ach morth. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephons NAtional 6000, Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vllrlfllnh. fly and 8 : 1 mo.. 88¢ ally only us 1mo.. 80¢ inday only 1 mo.. 40c Al Other States and Canada. FH? Snd Sunday. 1 or: 81300 § mo: *ile inda only " (13T 3500 1mos s0c Member of the Associated Press. is exclusively entitled t all news df b ted in this paper and aiso the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatchés herein are also reserved. i Mrs. McCormick Wins. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick has! won the Republican senatorial nom- ination in Illinois over Senator Charles 8. Deneen. Her victory marks another big step of women toward important public office, in this country. She is the first woman ever to have won a senatorial nomination of a major party in a primary election. That she has won it in Illinois, the third most pop- ulous State in the Union, makes the victory all the more significant. She still has to face the general election in November. But the chances are with her in a State which for years has been overwhelmingly Republican. Fourteen years ago’ Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana made history when she won a seat in the House of Repre- sentatives, the first woman ever to sit in the National Legislature. That was in 1916. Two years later, Miss Rankin sought to do what Mrs. McCormick has done. She tried for the Republican nomination for the Senate in Montana. But she lost. Since Miss Rankin was elected to the House, there have been other women chosen to represent con- gressional districts in many States. To- day Massachusetts, California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Illi- nois and Arkansas each has a woman member of the House. Mrs. McCormick is one of Illinois’ two Representatives at large, elected in a State-wide contest in 1928. Her present victory in the senatorial primary is likely to lead other women to seek that honor. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, another “Ruth” and also the daughter of a distinguished political leader, now » member of the House from Florida, already has been suggested as a possible candldate for the Senate when the time rolls around. The daughter of the “Commoner,” who three times was nominated by his party for the presi- dency, is making her mark in the House. Mrs. McCormick’s victory over Senator Teneen may be attributed to many fac- tors. In the first place she is an able and brilliant woman, the daughter of Senator Mark Hanna, President maker in the old days. Through her own cam- paigning, both as a candidate for the House and more lately for the sen- -atorial nomination, she won many ad- herents. She has the instinct for or- ganization, and she built up a real following in the “downstate” counties. Added to this strength, which was her own, is the fact that Senator Deneen's enemies, generally represented by the old City Hall organization which put “Big Bill” Thompson in office as mayor of Chicago, lined up with Mrs. McCor- mick solidly. And Mrs. McCormick seized upon the World Court issue. American adherence to the court has not been popular in Iilinois,'and Sen- ator Deneen cast his vote for such ad- herence back in 1926 when the matter was before the Senate. Mrs. McCormick's fight and primary victory yesterday have much of the dra- matic. She is a woman, but she ran not as a representative of the women. She is the widow of Senator Medill Mc- Cormick of 1llinois. Six years ago Sen- ator Deneen defeated Senator McCor- mick for the Republican nomination. Mrs. McCormick's triumph over the veteran Republican leader yesterday is turning the tables with a vengeance. Now that the primary is over, Mrs, McCormick will soon begin her cam- paign for election to the Senate next November. She will be opposed by former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, a Democrat who has espoused the “wet” cause. Mrs. McCormick ran as a “dry” for the senatorial nomination, having the indorsement of the Anti-Saloon League. Illinois is regarded as a wet State, because of the victory of the wet cause in the latest referendum there on the subject of prohibition. But the ‘wetness of Illinois did not bring vie- tory to the late George Brennan, Dem- ocratic leader, when he was the Demo- cratic nominee for the Senate in 1926 against Frank L. Smith, who was in- dorsed by the Anti-Saloon League. Senator Lewis, it is true, is expected to make a much stronger race of it than did Brennan. But Mrs. McCormick’s chances of being elected appear bright at this time. —————— Planting Japanese cherry trees has become a favorite outdoor sport, even when the April climate is forbidding. The profuse blossoming in Potomac Park is assurance that the Japanese cherry tree is no mere fair-weather friend. ——————— Communism has become something of a convenience in standing ready to take the blame for every little thing that goes wrong in a civic way. o Confusion in London. * _That element which has mainly led o diminished popular interest in the ZTondon Naval Conference—confusion— continues to the bitter end. Hardly any one but a State Department career man can follow the circuitous and Kkaleidoscopic twistings of proceedings ffom day to day. The five-power pact died, was buried and has been resur- gected half a dozen times within the past fortnight. Today's news has it revived once more, but no one can' tell what the incalculable morrow may bring forth. The quintuple treaty is as loath to say farewell as Adelina Patti {0, her most, reluctant days. {Confusion seems to prevail m:flh ET8 . ~ 3 respect to the three-power arrangement, upon which America, Great Britain and Japan have agreed “in principle.” In diplomacy an agreement “in principle” is not quite a bird in hand. Apparent- 1y, owing to important questions raised by Japan, particularly in regard to sub- marine tonnage, the tripartite pact is still & bird in a bush. American public opinion, having maintained an admirable patience dur- ing the endless weeks of the conference thus far, will be well advised to watch and wait a couple of weeks longer. ‘When President Hoover bade the Amer- ican delegation good-by on January 8 he foreshadowed the possibility of a conference which might last four months. A veteran in the tedious task of achieving international agreements, Mr. Hoover was under no illusions as to the probability of a protracted session in London. In a radio address from the confer- ence in February Senator Robinson adjured his colleagues on Capitol Hill, when in moments of unrest over the absence of speedy results in London, to indulge. in the luxury of some intro- spection. The Democratic Senate leader suggested that if it has taken the Con- gress of the United States a year to pass & tariff bill, it should not surprise the American people if it took the five great naval powers several months to write a new sea law for the world. oo Dr. Welch's Birthday. History's most momentous events are imperceptible. The current of human progress flows far beneath newspaper headlines, brass bands and cheering crowds. Gro- tesquely false values are attached to men and events. The world acclaims the picturesque and the simple. It neglects the drab and complex. It ex- alts the temporal and is blind to the eternal. It evaluates the phenomena of life as drama, not as reality. Thus the athlete, the entertainer, the martial or political hero is set upon the throne. The man who bears the brunt of the eternal struggle of the race striv- ing to adjust to its environment, which underlies all other struggles, lives un- noticed. Only the completed task rises to the surface. Usually it is a little thing. The way to glory is not to tie one's wagon to a star, unless it be a very near star. In the words of Browning: ‘This small man with a little thing to do Sees it and does it; This great man with a great thing to pursue Dies ere he knows it. Such is the lesson which comes home to us daily in the newspapers, the news pictures, in all the popular enthusiasms. A few years ago it so happened that two men died on the same night— Rudolph Valentino, the moving picture actor, and former President Eliot of Harvard University. The contrast in the popular response to the two events was so marked that it has become a classic example, cited everywhere that this strange enigma of fame and its values is discussed. One man had furnished the world with a few hours of superficial entertainment. The other had changed the face of higher educa- tion everywhere. Millions mourned the passing of the one and paid no atten- tion to the passing of the other. Here is a fruitful source of cynicism. But there are rare and moving events which seem to indicate that man may, after all, have a true sense of values which he rarely displays. Such an event took place yesterday in Washing- ton, which was the focus of a world- wide' ceremony in honor of Dr. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins University on his eightieth birthday. Dr. Welch's essential contribution was the introduction and application in the United States of scientific medicine. He brought back from Europe the methods of Koch and Pasteur. Through teach- ing, research and example he changed the whole procedure of medical prac- tice—replacing glorified wizardry with science. He focused the attention of the profession on preventive techniques. He is responsible for saving untold lives and preventing untold suffering. He put American medicine on the high road to- ward a healthier and happier world, physically and mentally. He is respon- sible for one of mankind’s great victories over its ancient enemies—pain, fear and death. Perhaps this is a little thing com- pared with knocking a home run or knocking out an opponent in the ring. Perhaps it is a little thing compared with developing an appealing mastery of the saxophone, Perhaps it is a little thing compared with winning a battle or an election. Who can find the solution of this strange enigma of human values? Perhaps the forces which Dr. Welch has done something toward overcoming are so real and overwhelming that we are afraid to look at them. They are the fundamental realities of creation— and everything else is but froth on the surface of life and time. —————— A great photographic firm is giving away cameras to children. The first camera is only a start in the cultiva- tion of a sense of pictorial beauty. It is a habit-forming influence with grati- fying reminder that there are good habits which may be more powerful than bad ones. Base Ball Optimism, That “hope springs eternal in the human breast” is never so true as when applied to the average base ball fan at this time of the year, and especially true of the Washington fan who, despite the disappointment of last year when the team flashed through its exhibition games but flopped in the regular season, sees rosy prospects ahead for the Na- tionals in the season which begins next, Monday. And brushing aside the pessi- mism of those who say “What have they got thig year that they did not have last?” the dyed-in-the-wool baseballite is probably nursing the secret hope, in view of the successes in the present exnhibition serfes of the team, that again Washington may prove the “dark horse” of the American League. ‘The Griffmen are enjoying a fine string of victories over major and minor league clubs this year. Ten wins and two losses is the score to date, as good as any big league outfit, or better. The pitchers are pitching well and the bat- ters are “socking” the ball. The team spirit is good and little sickness has been the lot of the club. To a certain extent the weather has hampered train- ing, but in some respects it is far better AR THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1930. o e e THIS THAT BY CHARLES E, TRACEWELL. cold weather, which generally prevails at the start of the season, than to come out of & warm climate into s frigid one. Certainly there is reason to believe that the Nationals will do no worse than last year and there is some basis for belief that they will do better. Hadley, for instance, has too much natural ability to flounder around as he did in 1929. He should be one of the outstanding stars in the major league firmament and this may be his year. Marberry, attaining at last his ambition to be a starting pitcher, showed in 1929 that his confidence in himself in that role was justified by turning in seventeen victories. He should win twenty or more games this season. . What the other pitchers will do is problematical, but Brown, Burke and Liska are coming fast, while Jones and Braxton still possess much of the cun- ning which made them outstanding | twirlers of other days. The outfield, even with the weak- hitting West in centerfield, is as good as the average. Goslin, despite his lack of training, is stinging the ball viclously in the exhibition series and should again bat well over the three- hundred mark. Rice has never been below this figure and should hit between three-twenty and three-thirty. If West can attain the three-hundred mark the Washington outfield will make itself’ felt both defensively and offensively. The infleld, from a defensive stand- point, is one of the best in the league, and Bluege, Cronin, Judge and Myer, especially the latter, should compile respectable batting averages. Ruel is said to be in better condition this Spring than in the last few years, and at his best “Muddy” is one of the sterling re- ceivers of the game. So, with a pitching staff that poten- tially should be one of the best, a flashy and well balanced infleld and an out- fleld that compares favorably with the majority in the big leagues, it would not seem too much to hope that the team should materiaily better its stand- ing of 1929. 1If it does, well and good. It it does not, 1931 will be another year to contemplate. e A convention of professional hu- morists is in contemplation. It may after all prove tinged with gloom for those who can penetrate the mask of gayety. Of humorists as of poets it may sometimes be said, “They learn in suffering what they teach in song.” ——— e There is something to be admired in the patient worldliness of Mr, Doheny and other oil men in enduring all kinds of attacks in print without bringing libel suits. = ) Coalition has produced a mythical animal part elephant and part donkey. In real zo0logy even the Ringling menagerie can never hope to show any- thing like it. —.e—s Even if the participatts in the Lon- don conference cannot unanimously agree, it will be recorded with cheer that occasional groups manage to get on well together from “time to time.” Politics in Chicago has become like a street car where even the most chiv- alrous gentleman resents being called upon to surrender claims to a seat, in favor of a lady. ] “Talkies” may solve their own moral problems, A film with a foreign language equipment cannot cause much demoralization where its speech is not understood. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Blossomings. Pretty little cherry tree, Blooming in the rain, A relief you seem to be For our earthly pain. And a thought from far away Serves our minds to please— You are very quaintly gay— You are Japanese. ‘We have apple blossoms fair And the budding peach Wafting fragrance through the air As afar they reach. ‘They seem very fine and fit In the April breeze, Even though we must admit ‘They're not Japanese. Into the Ring. “Are you going to throw your hat into the ring again?” “I am,” answered Senator Sorghum, “if I can find a patriotic backer to throw in a pocketbook along with it.” Jud Tunkins says there is no doubt about the world being more peaceful and refined. Where gentlemen once fought duels they now file libel suits. Transformatjon, A lobbyist of special skill ‘To office got elected. Though once deplored, henceforth he will Be very much respected. Gloom Amid Prosperity. “What are you crying about?” “Dear old Crimson Gulch is liable to be disgraced,” answered Cactus Joe. “Why, the town is going to be rich! ‘They have discovered acres of oil lands nearby.” “Yes. And that means that we are liable to get into one of those oil scan- dals any minute.” “A tax gatherer,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chintown, “is a great man who at last becomes weary of respect won by fear and wishes he might be a little beloved.” Irresistible Nurse. The trained nurse may not show great wit. She captivates completely. Her uniform will make a hit Because she wears it neatly. “Folks dat don't belleve In religion,” Sa'l Uncle Eben, “Is lable to be like lots of others dat makes muss of tryin’ to be deir own bosses. AN i Vote Will Tangle Politicians. From the Toledo Blade. 1f the straw vote should turn out to be close, the political candidates won't know whether they are dry or wet. Thought Detroit All Wet. From the Ann Arbor Dally News. In the Lif it ibition o S Yyt p S for the players to get accustomed to sbout all wet, ‘What fun one's friends get discussing one, one is so invariably wrong! ‘The average person furnishes a better topic for his friends than the so-call naval conference. As conversational material he out- shines the best that literature, art and music can do. One knows by instinct that his friends rarely talk over the new books, the latest movements in art, the up-to-the-minute symphonies. What he may be sure of is that they discuss him. Wherefore he may be a bit stuck up. He, despite his crumpled old hat, runs far ahead of great and mighty things. If he wants to be conceited, here is his chance. EE R One will get taken down a peg or two, as they say in the country districts, when one stops to think of the exact content of those diverting conversations. Almost without exception they are composed of one or more of the follow- ing themes: ‘Why doesn’t he do other than he does? ‘Why did he do as he did? ‘Why doesn’t he do something which he _hasn't done? ‘When will he do something which he should do? When will he refrain from doirfg that which he should not do? Why does he swear? Why does he wear that old green hat? ‘Why doesn’t he paint his house? ‘Why doesn’t he write that novel which he_is perfectly capable of doing? n’hen will he pull himself out of his ruf ‘Why doesn't he buy a new car? ‘Why doesn't he go out in soclety more? ‘Why does he like cats? Why doesn't he_like dogs? Why is he such a fool? ‘When will he buy a really good radio? * ok ok % ‘These are merely suggestive, not ac- tual criticisms, since the only thing that one can be sure of is that one’s foibles, weaknesses and the like will furnish about nine-tenths of the material. “Didn’t your ears burn last night?” some one will ask, about once a year. “‘We were talking about you, and saying some mighty nice -things.” Fortunately, one’s ears never burn, either from praise or criticism. Luck- ily, one’s ears are adamant, knowing neither good nor evil. They are saved from burning by the happy fact that all such talk is behind the back, where 1t should be. If friends will criticize—and they will, of course—let them do it in secrel. Atae, of course, even the most sensitive gersm would not make the mistake of elieving that such conversations are held in a mean spirit. Nothing could be farther from the truth. ‘There is just something soothing to the average human being in talking about the faults of his friends. Once | haj there was an old French cynic who said, “No doubt there is something not displeasing in the misfortune of one's best friends.” The world has agreed to repudiate this maxim in public and belleve it in private. The glint of interest in many an eye often is the only proof that the sterling cynicism is true. Regard closely those who are commiserating, however, and you will see that there is some truth in the matter. * ok ok % Most people salve their conscience, when discussing their friends, by stout- ly maintaining that their main interest is in reforming him. How hotly the world of men loves to reform some- body or something! Reformation—of the other fellow—is at the root of all process led | volves a subtle pity for him, combined ‘human being what he ought to do, or what he should think. This curiously interesting in- with a pleasing sense of superiority, achieved through the simple process of daring to put ‘him on the defensive: ‘To show how easily it is for most human beings to fool themselves, when it comes to thinking up excuses for what fl:a want to do, one may say that at this point the average human being will be inclined to assert, “Only a person suffering from a wide inferior- ity complex would think that his friends are sitting around criticizing him. Why, they have a great many better things to do than that!” Which would be in- teresting, if true, but the lugubrious fact is that human nature is human nature the world over and that every- body talks about everybody else, and he who won't admit so simple a truth is a human ostrich sticking his head into the sand. What his reason ig for such a silly process is a theme all by itself which we shall utilize with great gusto upon the next" h‘nml)'y :cculon. The person who belleves in adding to the store of happiness in the world will be glad that he can furnish such ready material to the hands of his friends. He will be pleased that he can do it without trouble or effort to himself. He will 50 easily exercise the brains of his friends without doing any of the work himself. ‘This is his “good deed” every day, and so long as his friends do not bother him with too pointed personal mmum he is willing to stand for any- ng:. * He is glad that he is not one of these curiously colorless persons whose armor is impervious. Every one knows such a man, He never had a nickname, as & boy, because he had no distinct foible, quirk or any other matter upon which his small comrades could hang a good one. He could not be called “Skinny” because he was neither lean nor fat. For the same reason “Fatty” would not do. “Reds” was out of the question, as his hair was nondescript. No one ever called him by a diminutive first name, because his real one was so overwhelm- ingly right. ‘When he went to college he got his full and correct name into all the col- lege annuals, year after year; you see, he was so good that no one could find fault with him, not even in his per- fectly correct moods. When he got into the business world the busy men of affairs who became his comrades had to let him stand by himself, he was so regular, right, complete, self-sufficient. Yes, one may be glad that one is not like that, but is rather nearer to the ideal of the great Hans Christian Ander- sen, whose anniversary is now being celebrated. Andersen made one of his fairy characters declare, “Nothing that 1s human is foreign to me.” In a world where perfection is relative, it is per- better to share the common fal- lible characteristics than to be a man- mountain peering haughtily over the heads of one’s comrades. In the curi- ous journey of life, harassed by sin, sickness and worse, it is perhaps no little thing to be able to furnish amuse- ment without charge to others. Mankind has shown its willingness to pay enor- mous sums annually to be amused. He who furnishes engaging conversational material free has done something to- ward making this a brighter and hap- pler world. He may not be appreciated at his full worth, for mankind often does not appreciate what it does not have to pay for. But he will have an inner sense of happiness, nevertheless, a feel- ing that he has done his duty, that he has given a service where it was not asked, that he to some extent has our desires, and nothing pleases most of | joined the eternal ranks of those who us quite so well as to tell a fellow have played the fool to some purpose. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Another Hoover will soon be running for a national office, It's a she this time, and her name is Mrs. Theodore Jesse Hoover, wife of the President’s brother. The post to which she aspires is that of a vige president general of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, which will shortly open its an- nual Continental Congress in Washing- ton. Five vice presidents general are to be elected. Mrs. Hoover’s name has been presented by California, of which she is State regent. “Ted” Hoover, her husband—the President’s big brother, who is now a White House guest—came to Washington ahead of his D. A. R. wife to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mrs. Hoover has long been active in the Daughters’ work, and for several years has been a regular par- ticipant in the congresses at Washing- ton. Many of the States have candi- dates for vice president general in the fleld, but the Californians are confident of making the President’s sister-in-law one of the first ladies of the D. A. R. nd. * % % X Lest anybody run away with the idea that the United States Senate devotes| jn | itself mainly to talk, let it be known that on Monday, April 7, it passed, within a period of two or three hours, no fewer than 126 bills. They were by no means routine or innocuous meas- . ‘They ranged in variety from an act “extending protection to the Amer- ican eagle” to lation providing for the establishment of a nautical school at New Orleans. There were other bills of great popular interest. One, sponsored by Senator Robinson, Repub- lican, of Indiana, proposes the erection of a memorial tablet at the Annapolis Naval Academy in honor of the officers and men who lost their lives in Sub- marine S-4 on December 17, 1927. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, secured the passage of a bill stopping the coinage of $2.50 gold pieces. e public ordinarily hears :g:.y of '_l:el 1l ist from the spectacular gr} usually to It grinds slowly, but purposes. * k% 1t’'s Senator Norbeck, Republican, of South Dakota, who comes to the rescue of the justly celebrated American eagle and proposes that its scream shall not be prematurely stilled by letting the by become _extinct. The Norbeck bill proposes to make it unlawful to kill or capture any bald eagle, or to dis- turb or destroy any nest or egg of such & bird, under penalty of a $100 fine or 60 days’ imprisonment. The penalty would not_be incurred for the killing of an eagle when it is in the act of desf ing wild or tame lambs or fawns, or foxes on fox farms. It is the bald eagle which is the -official emblem of the United States, and the bird is so designated in the Norbeck act. I rufijmnuuve Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican, of Massachusetts, wants to put_the United States Army in ‘blue uniforms and black shoes. At any rate, she’s Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary suggesting that Uncle Sam revextm = fi. b‘“‘b!:o;’hgh the Spanish- Army used to wear - ‘American War and abandon the khaki in which it's been clad ever since then. Congressional colleagues don’t suggest that the gentlewoman from Massa- chusetts has any selfish motives in mind, but the Lowell district, which she s0 effectively represents, is full of textile m blue cloth and blacks footwear, if ‘War De- nt should hapi n‘“mi;‘g.kym: lace o1 e B “!It{:nrl will put a flea Perhaps Sister Kahn, t wom- in the ear of Sister m‘hown A mills which could turn f the House oamiitee, with a view to & change brief _introduction of “Brigadier Dawes, C. B.” onto our London Ambassador's name is the first notice most people here- abouts have had that Dawes is a “Com- panion of the Bath,” a coveted British order. The British' Who's Who points out, in its index of abbreviations, that “C. B.” also stands for “Confined to Barracks,” but Gen. Dawes has never suffered such an indignity, as far as the records show. The Ambassador's in- troduction says that the prime min- ister captured American hearts by broadcasting his extempore hes. “His utterances,” says Dawes, “had the added power arising from spontaneity. It was a great intellectual feat, made possible in part by his long years of competitive parliamentary training. * % x Paris’ great popular newspaper, Petit Parisien, has just sent to Washington as its American correspondent-in-chief M. Pierre Denoyer, a brilliant young Frenchman who spent the year 1926 in the United States studying American Journalism. He was awarded one of the Rockefeller Memorial Fellowships for the purpose, and specialized while this country in investigating how Yankee newspapers reflect social con- ditions. Later M. Denoyer’s researches were extended to Germany, Austria, Great Britain and Czechoslovakia. His last assignment, before coming to Washington, was to “cover” the Lon- don Naval Conference. * k% % James D. Preston, genial czar of the Senate press gallery, is laid up with a pestiferous attack of the grippe. One of the gallery scribes, who's a clever cartoonist on’the side, has just drawn & pictorial medical bulletin ‘of “Jim's” progress. The caption reads, “Pa- tient’s condition now normal,” and the cartoon shows him propred up in bed working out the schedule of a forth- coming golf tournament. Golf is Pres- ton’s middle name. He has become a tournament specialist and, when not shepherding the denizens of the press gallery, he’s in lively demand by clubs all over the country, (Copyright, 1930.) from the pen Charles G. Axioms Under Test. From the Loulsville Courter-Journal. The axiomatic wisdom of McGuff Reader days is questioned by modg practices. “Slow and sure” may be a good rule if it doesn't interfere with speed and efficiency. Dr. L. J. O'Rourke, director of per- sonal research for the United States Civil Service Commission, announces that a survey of speed and accuracy among clerical workers shows that the most rapid are able to perform tasks five and a half times as fast as the slowest, while the latter make seven times as many errors. There is considerable difference be- tween the admonition, “Be sure you're right, then go ahead,” and “slow and sure.” Certainty need put no pr:l:nl:em accuracy thing isn’t right, and “haste makes waste.” The Civil Service survey is to be dis- tinguished in many particulars from Innovations and enterprises which yen- ture upon untried experiments. survey was made among more or less trained experts engaged in routine work. Natural dexerity and application determine speed after technical pro- ficlency is acquired. A banker from long practice can run up a column of figures with a pencil faster than a tyro could manipulate an adding machine and more accurately; but the banker in | Would want time to think about a loan make be happy that he can | tio ers might in a sentimental way object ! E- General at “C. B tacked | fMillions of Potential Capital Values Unused To the Editor of The Star: Among Wi people are found impractical dreainers whose activities need to be curbed, and what has pre- viously been done by similar dreamers should be undone. The trouble with dreamers is that they have an absurd view of values. They fail to see the value of money and means whereby money can be acquired. In places throughout the city there are small pieces of land which do not earn money at all and could be made to do so. Many of these pieces could be leased to receive buildings, the builders aying a good land rental. Franklin ‘ark, Lafayette Park, Thomas Circle, Washington Circle, Meridian Park and other such tracts are not now used. They are idle land. They are well suited for the erection of apartment houses and 1s and groceries and filling stations. Along both borders of Rock Creek Park there are tracts cov- ered with trees, and are idle. Long- time leases, permitting erection of resi- dences and apartment houses and Ailling stations, would bring a large revenue. ‘The vacant land around the Capitol and around the Library of Congress would have large values for long-time leases, brin, good yearly revenues. Park are idle land and well suited for various kinds of building by individuals or companies taking long-time leases and paying their rentals annually or semi-annually into the District or Na- nal Treasury. Some of these dl‘!lm-‘ to the leasing of such grounds on which there are fine trees requiring removal to make room for buildings. For ex- ample, the large old trees on the Capi- tol Grounds. Manifestly, objection by such dreamers should be ignored. That brings me to say that in parts of Rock Creek Park which are too hilly to re- ceive buildings the larger trees might be removed for lumber or for fuel, and money thus received added to the pub- lic revenues. Those. trees now stand there doing nothing. In speaking of hilly parts of land, not be overlooked. We had examples of leveling grading m have already | by grading. Out on Sixteenth street near Kennedy street is an old reservoir, formerly used as a part of the Washington water sys- tem. There it is now. doing nothing, and well suited to large buildings and filling stations. But a sentimentalist has suggested that that reservoir be transformed into a large sunken garden. But in addition to the large aggre- gate of rentals, the buildings put on these lands will be taxable. The value of those privately owned buildings will be very large. Recently The Evening Star mentioned that in Chicago an un- occupled tract of land surrounded by occupied lands is to receive a grou of buildings costing about $10,000,000.| ‘That will be a fine item for taxation by the City of Chicago. On the unused publicly owned lands here in Washing- ton buildings of a.llll.lly latge values may be erected. en we shall have rentals, plus taxes, making aggregates approaching the financial Government needs. Money is of very large importance. ‘Washington is the Capital of the Na- tion, and it is difficult for the property owners in Washington and for the rest of the Nation to raise the revenues needed for the city and nearby matters which need to be managed by or for the city. Wl s kw ke On awakening there is before me this fantastic dream. And I recall that| many good people recognize that the natural beauty given by the Creator has very large value; that in and around Washington there has already been shameful destruction of natural beauty which cannot be restored. ” Agl And now there is a proposal for fuf-| ther destruction, based on commereial | consideration. There is before Con- gress and the people the question of appraising the part of the Potomac| River above Washington. Shall the commercial contentiop prevail against the contention that value throug! preservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of the-Great Falls region will far exceed returns ‘from commer- | cializing? Some of our people are aspiring to| | making our city the most beautiful Capital in the world. Attaining that {result will be dependent largely upgl wise treatment of natural conditions| and on restraining those whose vision is limited to direct commereial procedure. CYRUS KEHR. European Countries i Wage War-in Ether| Prom the Minneapolis Jouyhal. ‘We shall better appreciate the ad- ! vantages of having a continent for the nation, rather than having a dozen na- | tions sharing the space, when we read of the struggles Europe s having to bring illegal broadcasters to book and to prevent encroachments and con- flict between stations that are making use of the common ether. America has had trouble enough to keep the radio channels clear and the wave lengths adjusted. What would we have done without the work of the Federai Radio Commission? It became evident in Europe some time ago that the broadcasters of the various nations would have to be more considerate of rights in the air. An inter-European radio conference was held and wave lengths were allotted. But international agreements are not like national authority. One of the European broadcasters broke the agree- ment. The northeastern half of the Scandinavian Peninsula began to find the broadcasting beset with so much interference that radio reception be- came a torment. : ‘The Swedish radio authorities did a little etherial detective work and found that a powerful station in the capital of another European country, though that nation had signed the radio agreement, was using wave lengths to which it had no right. Representa- tions were made to the offending coun- try, and vague promises were given. But the annoyance continued. ‘The Stockholm fovemmenc is now installing at Eskilstuna, in Central Sweden, a broadcasting station power- ful enml'!h to_blast the offending for- eign station off the radio map and put the Swedish programs through without interference. She is well within her rights, but how is this use of force in the ether to work out? If the offending country is truculent enough, will it not attempt, on its part, to put up a still stronger station— a regular “Big Bertha”—that will blast out; the Swedish programs again? While attempt is being made to stop com- tive naval armament, is Europe to ave & radio armament competition? So we see another reason to say, e fortune for the United States!” How could we get along without it? - Waste of Gas and Oil ging Nearly all of the Mail and Potomac |S. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN., ‘Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States. They will work directly for you if you will call for the fruits of their labors through our Washington bureau. State your inquiry briefly, write clearly, and, inclosing 2-cent stamp for a personal Jetter in reply, address Evening Star Information Bureau, Ferderic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. g‘ thPlt is Arthur Lake's real name? A. His real name is Silverlake. Flor- ence Lake is his sister. He appeared in vaudeville and musical comedy before going into the pictures. Q. What is the memorial to John Burroughs in the garden of Henry Ford?—S. L. A. The memorial to the late nat- uralist at Fair Lane, the Ford country home, near Dearborn, is in the form of a rockery. Rocks from Mr. Burroughs' boyhood home were brought for this purpose, and there is a statue of him in the garden. Q. What will remove lodine stains?— ‘They may be removed by warm concentrated solution of sodium thio- sulphate (photographers’ hypo) or by ammonia. Q. How tall is an adult lla?— . B. C. o A. The adult male gorilla is from 5 to 6 feet high in its natural attitude, although after death it may be stretched beyond this. Most specimens are under 6 feet, on account of the relative short- ness and generally flexed position of the legs. Q. On what proportion of a Govern- ment post card can messages be writ- ten?—R. R. R. A. Any mailable matter may be placed on the reverse side and one- third of the address side of Govern- ment postal cards. Q. How many words are there in the Hawalian lariguage?—J. W. N. A. There are approximately 16,000 to 18,000 words in this language. Q. What is the lowest temperature ever officlally recorded in the United States?—L. H. A. The records of the Weather Bu- reau of the highest and lowest tem- peratures do not extend back much be- yond 50 years. The lowest official rec- ord in the United States is —65 de- grees, reported at Fort Keogh, Mont., January, 1888. Q. Why is Reynolds’ “Infant Samuel” 50 called? Who posed for it?—L. P. D. A. The identity of the child whe posed for the picture has not been dis- closed. No incident connects the paint- ing with the story of Samuel in the ©Old Testament. Q. What Governor of Virginia made a treaty with the Indians, giving them arrows and skins for protection?—M. B. A. In 1677-78 Lieut. Gov. Herbert Jeflries, acting as Governor of Virginia, made a treaty with the Indians of the West by which each town agreed to pay | 3 arrows for their land and 20 beaver skins annually for protection. Q. Is a seal an impression or the in- strument which makes the impression? | A. The term is applied to both. The practice of sealing is of great antiquity. Gems and cylinder seals were used in Europe in early times, and in the Orient had been in use for centuries. Q. Did Shakespeare have brothers and_sisters?-—P. K. A. William Shakespeare was _the third child in the family. Two dawgh- ters, who died in infancy, were the first and second children. The others were Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard and Edmund. Q. How many pounds of air are there in a foot ball?>—C. M. A. There are not more than 13 pounds of air in a regulation foot ball. Q. What meanings have the names of the Magi?—R. N. A. Caspar, white; Melchior, light; Balthasar, lord of the treasure house. Q. Are yellow poisonous?—M. B. A. The Department of Agriculture advises us that yellow jasmine contains certain alkaloids which would cause toxicity if taken internally, and cau- tion should consequently be used con- cerning it. The oleander, however, is deadly poisonous, and should never be kept on lawns or around houses where children may have access to it. Q. What is the term for a person who talks in his sleep?—S. H. C. A. He is a somniloquist. Q. When were potatoes and sugar bringing the highest, prices>—H. L. O. A. The Bureau of Home Economics says that the highest market price ever paid for potatoes was in June, 1920, in Chicago, when potatoes were worth ap= proximately $9.14 per 100 pounds. The highest price ever paid for sugar was at the same time, and the price was 26.7 cents per pound. Q. How large does rooster grow?—C. E. K. A. The largest caponized rooster of which we know is one of the Jersey Black Giant breed that weighed be- tween 16 and 17 pounds. QA. ;:Vhen were cosmetics first used?— jasmine and oleander a caponized L. A A. The knowledge of cosmetics dates back to remote antiquity, and their annals comprise the history of the folly, luxury and extravagance of past ages. The number of simple and com- pound substances employed as perfumes is incalculable and almost fabulous, and the books written by Egyptians, Greeks and Romans on the subject almost con- stitute a library in themselves. Q. Please describe the Johnstown flood—I. L. P. A. On May 31, 1889, after unprece- dented rains, a dam across the South Fork of the Conemaugh River, 12 miles above the City of Johnstown, Pa. (built in 1852 to provide a storage reservoir for the Pennsylvania Canal), gave way, releasing a body of water from 60 to 70 feet deep and 700 acres in area. The flood swept down the valley in a mass 20 feet or more in height at its head at a speed of 20 miles an hour, and in an hour almost entirely destroyed Johnstown and wiped out seven other towns, Between 2,000 and 3,000 lives were lost out of a population of 30,000. The property loss was estimated at $12,000,000. Q. What are meerschaum pipes made of?>—T. C. A. Meersch71m is also the name of the clay from which meerschaum pipes are made. In mineralogy meerschaum s called sepiolite. The material comes hiefly from Asia Minor. The pipes are made in Germany and in Austria, Vi enna being the center of the manu- facture. " A higher moral tone in the motion | pictures, “as forecast by the new code | adopted under the leadership of Will H. Hays is welcomed by the public.| It is declared that the code is rigid enough for experimental purposes, though some critics find loopholes which may permit producers to violate good taste, if it appears that commercial demands require it. “The producers,” says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “will discountenance use | of unwholesome plays, will place the | sympathy on the side of the law and against the criminal, refuse to ridicule | religion, uphold the sanctity of marnage and the home, and in other ways seek to inspire the audiences to emulation | of right things instead of imitation of | the base. The action follows the pre- dictjons made in advance of the ratifi- cation and will bring no surprise to the | industry or to those who follow it closely. * * * The effect should be to place before the world audience of 250,- 000,000 persons who view American films weekly, entertainment that will help and not harm. It is a demonstra- tion that the cinema interests of country realize their responsibilities and accept them.” ke “It sets & higher standard than that observed by legitimate drama, by the newspapers, by the novelists and— taking the matter by and large—by people generally,” in' the judgment of the Cincinnati Times-Star. The move should be welcomed by the public, according to the Chatfanooga News, which holds that “the surest way co make the motion picture industry a permanent success is to strive for true art.” The Albany Evening News de- | clares: “The new code was not formu- | lated because of any sudden desire in Hollywood for cleaner pictures, but | because the industry felt the influence of a large part of the public and con- formed thereto. That is an encouraging | sign in itself. The box office looks to | see on which side its bread is buttered but may only* a temporary gesture.” The Burlington Gazette thinks “it is too bad the motion picture ers did not think of it sooner.” ‘The movie fan,” observes the Wor- cester Telegram, “wants to be neither degraded nor uplifted, as a rule. He wants to be entertained. If the films under the new code turn cut to be half as funny as the code itself, the public will have some very pleasant evenings.” ‘The Topeka Daily Capital advises that “the new code would create greater confidence if it were more.positive and less negative”; that “it is when the producers bring forward a constructive program of what they purpose doing, rather than set forth a decalogue of ‘shall nots,’ the public will begin to feel they are sincere. * ok ok ok “Certainly movies have spread in other countries fantastic ideas of Amer- ican life,” maintains the Buffalo Eve- ning News. “The general level has been very low. The movies and the talkies have wonderful possibilities. be hoped that under the new code they will render some service to culture.” It must Is Held to Be Crime From the Albany Evening :e&: A ‘The courts have uphel new + s ‘makin, p{“lllfll'“ll to use . Judge William. in a recent de- wastefulness of its natural resources a|sion that is crime, Every State wastes its natural re- sources. ‘.9‘! , in tifiu{:rnm. “o'n” of iting oil from wel more con- sp!cuo‘m:lll waste, but we all waste. No State can afford to throw away its re- sources and there is waste also in neg- 1ecun'£ to develop resources, in ting them to be neglect<d. In Favor of Scotch. From the Detroit News. Jiog oy ‘S Joke to 8 1 tow! seh'\l;‘:: nulllon Iflnnr of the Scotch. o Jump—Latest Version. From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. ‘The new versian of. it is & jump in permit- | tjon The Ann Arbor Daily News remarks: “The great difficulty wHl be in compre- hensively observing the code, for there must be conflict to have a story: there must be villains to oppose the heroes; there must be convincing atmosphere and characterization to create the illu- nec to real entertain- ment. * * * But if the screen reflects the spirit of the code, even in a general ‘way, there will no just cause for complaint from the public. It is the deliberate pandering to the lower in- stincts that cannot excused.” “Some danger in a rigid applica- of this or any other thlblwry code” is seen by the New Orleans Item, which adds: “Some masterpieces of literature have ridiculed man-made laws and moral codes, and we know of no reason why the movies should be de- nied the field of satire. . But there is a vast difference between intelligent sat- ire and a dangerous sentimentalization of crime.and criminals such as has been both conduct’ ‘Puglic Hopes New Film Code Will Bring Great Benefits “Immorality in the movies,” contends the Minneapolis Star, “is most offensive when it is handled in a crude and obvi= ous way with intent to ‘shock.’ Treated discreetly and with an artistic hand, it can give us greater insight into life and impress us with its truth and univer- sality. Certainly no adult theatergoer wants the cinema to turn its back on life and give us only ‘Pollyanna’ films or blink the fact that there is immo- rality and always has been in the life around us.” The Asbury Park Evening Press assumes that “Mr. Hays pers formed the necessary miracle, apd blended ideals with the precepts of | merce”; that “he has placed the m on an ethical basis, comforted those would reform the screen and prote the box office from any ill will that might incite.” “Will it be enforced?” asks the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, while the Man- chester Union points out that “the chief opportunity for dispute, one fancies, will be found in the provision for re- laxing of the rules in cases where such ‘liberalizing’ is ‘essential to the plot.’ ‘That leaves a door that might be opened pretty wide on occasion.” The Ashe- ville Times concedes thats “it would be impossible to satisfy all the critics and censors.” The New York Times states: “We may admit privately to each other that ‘crime, brutality, vice, are among the facts of life,’ but they need nbt be flaunted before the world.” “Proof that the screen may still re- main more moral than the stage” is rec- ognized by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, with the comment that the new code has “sufficient elasticity to meet the essential requirements of every situation.” The Louisville Times em- phasizes the incidental fact that “the greatest popular successes, in point of sustained attendance, almost always have been plays presenting the nobler motives of men and women.” The Hartford Times comments: “Impelled by the prospect that unless the motion plcture industry sets and keeps its house in order, governmental censorship is likely to intervene, its leaders may join deeds to their words.” ———eee Leadership. From the Buffalo Evening News. So far as the White House leader- ship is concerned, those who claim that it has been iacking in the. directing of Congress might specify what they mean by leadership. If they refer to intelligent, logical and sensible recom- mendation, nothing has been said in 10 months that even approaches the statesmanslike quality of the Presi- dent’s original message to the special session. Not one of those Senators who talk every day and many times a day has succeeded in saying a thing which, as a guide to public thought, can be compared to the President’s brief address. . For the negative minds which look upon leadership as instruction in what not to do, there is the President's outspoken attitude on export deben- tures. The coalition Senators know that every day which they have given to the tariff bill since adding the de- benture rider has been a useless waste of time, unless they intend to with- draw it. Manifestly what they have been trying to do since that action has been, not to make a law for the people of the United States, but to force a veto which, as they imagine, may af- ford an opportunity for strategy. If by leadership these Senators mean that the President should swing a patronage club over their heads in the appointment of Federal officials in their respective States, those who yearn to have their legislative judgment de- termined for them by such methods would better not pose as patterns of statesmanship. et How Fortunate! From the Rutland Herald. Many persons are able to bsat oppor- tunity at knocking. e oot Fishing Line Figures. Prom the Louisville Times. ‘This is the o 2 BB