Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1930, Page 8

A8 {THE EVENING STAR . With Sundsy Mornin WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY........April 15, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star N AT My - miag 8 mnaiand. Carrier Within the City. o . .45¢ rer month ng per Comrany R & ch morth. 25 madl e fiions Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fl7 and Sunday A All Other States and Canada. Enfil ;&d’ Sundn.,}#.:}z.ga }mg.. u.'.a oy oy A e 1006 1m0 B¢ e Aot o = 18 ociat Press 18 exq to tho At o1 repusication ol ALl Bews G 5 Daner ang alss the Toeal Tews cal Tews ed herein. All rights of Qispatchés Dereis ere’ G180 saserved Mr. Hoover and World Court. President Hoover has lost no time in disabusing the minds of the anti-World Court element as to his attitude on the subject that causes them insomnia. Following the recent Illinois Republican primary, In which American entry into the international tribunal was some- what of an issue, there was promptly injected into political gossip the sugges- tion that the administration, having seen the handwriting on the McCor- mick-Deneen wall, would abandon its project to lead the United States into “the League Court.” Mr. Hoover took occasion, while ad- dressing the Daughters of the American Revolution last night, to blow up that theory. The President is still pro- court. He recognizes that there is “contention” over the “special stipula- tions” under which we should join. But he is convinced that the objections are removable and that “the United States will some time become a member of the court.” ‘The non-entanglement group in and out of the Senate doubtless will take heart of grace from the circumstance that the D. A. R. speech conspicuously 1ails to reveal any definite intention on Mr. Hoover's part of asking the Senate to ratify the resolution of court adher- ence. The White House has never gone beyond the intimation that in due course ratification wculd be sought. But delay, it is now plain, denotes no fading faith in the court. The President holds, as strongly as ever, that a tribunal for settlement of “incidental controversies of justiciable character” is a logical step along the road to international peace. He de- picts it as a natural supplement to the Kellogg pact and to the three-power treaty for limitation of naval arma- ments. Mr. Hoover subtly challenges the sagacity of our irreconcilable patriots by pointing out that “adher- ence to the World Court has been aarnectly recommended by every one of our Presidenis and every one of our Becretaries of State since its inception.” He insists that no one has a right to impugn “the patriotism of these ten men” or question “the ripe wisdom Which is theirs from having borne the actual burden of responsibility for our foreign relations.” ‘The majority of the Republican wvoters of Illinols indicated a week ago today that they believe American lib- erty would be put in jeopardy if Uncle Sam goes to The Hague. President Hoover takes firm issue with that anx- fety. He is persuaded that “safeguarded membership” in the World Court in- volves “no entaglement or limitation of the independence of the United States.” On that line the administration takes its stand. To what extent it is ready to “go down the line,” as the politicians say, and battle for the right as it sees the right, Mr. Hoover does not disclose. ‘What he does avow is that his World Court colors have not been hauled down, and that now—when the nations are bending every effort to annihilate the war psychology—is not the time to lower them. ———————— Japan's Gratitude Girls. Though the sashes and badges of the D. A. R. rather dominate the Capital perspective this week, Washington is gratified to welcome another group of fair visitors, the “gratitude girls” of Japan. Four of them, charming speci- mens of young Nipponese womanhood, are in Washington in the course of an all-American tour. They come to voice the thanks of their country for the aid which the people and Government of the United States rendered to Japan in the supreme tragedy of the 1923 earth- quake. ‘The work of the United States Navy, the American Red Cross and of our then Ambassador to Japan, Cyrus E. Woods, when death and devastation stalked through Tokio and Yokohama, has be- come one of the epics of modern Japa- nese history. These lovely maidens of the Island Empire are ideal spokes- women of their nation's sentiment. ‘Their messages of thankfulness are no idle greetings, for they speak the lan- guage of that deep appreciation which s the strongest and sincerest tie that can bind one people to another. ‘The “gratitude girls” of Japan, thrice ‘welcome on our soil, are forging a new link in the chain of American friend- ehip for the land of the cherry blossoms. Russia is sald to be expecting another Damned” now by turning over this valuable and unspoiled resource to pri- vate interests, thus losing it for all time to the people who should own it. The American Institute of Architects |looked and the American Soclety of Landscape Architects, both organizations vitally interested in the development of the American Capital, are convinced that the Cramton bill should be passed and are emphatically opposed to the doubt- fully practical scheme of park and power development. In regard to the latter, the American Soclety of Land- scape Architects declares that “If a power project is carried out and dams are erected it will so detract from the present and potential scenic splendor of this site as to render impossible a park development subsequent to the installa- tion of a power plant, in any way com- parable to that possible at the present time ” ‘This statement seems to knock into a cocked hat-the favorite contention of the power interests, to the effect that a beautiful park development is possi- ble along wtih power development. That narrows down the controversy to whether the river is to be developed for park purposes now, or power purposes now. The Cramton bill provides for park development now, with the power question held in abeyance. It is to be hoped that the Senate will act soon and favorably on this measure. - No Man's Land. ‘While crime, unhappily, i8 not con- fined to areas that are improperly policed, the brutal murder of Mary Baker has served once again to center public attention upon the condition that leaves the road between Arlington National Cemetery and the experiment farm as a no man’s land, falling be- yond the jurisdiction of the police agencies in Washington and Arlington County. This Military road, together with the road that runs from Highway Bridge along the south wall of the cemetery, is Federal property. The only Federal police are the Capital park police, and they do not cover the territory. The military authorities at Fort Myer do not feel that they can be held responsible for enforcing laws against civilians except in cases where civilians may disobey military regula- tions. Then they are merely put off the military reservation. This no man's land should be po- liced. Mr. Moore of Virginia has a bill before the House now to place its jurisdiction under the park police. The on the other side of the river which will take place with the development of the Memorial Bridge approaches and the development of the proposed municipal airport will eventually settle the matter of jurisdiction. But in ad- vance of that time, it should be settled now and the roads patrolled. Proper and adequate policing might not have prevented the Baker murder. But such steps are reasonable precau- tions ageinst violations of law that are taken everywhere else around the Capital. There should be no such un- protected stretches of road anywhere near a great tity. —o—t—————— A Plea for a Special Small Job. There is one bit of highway repairing in Washington’s parks which would seem almost essential at this time of year. It would take but a few hours and would bring comfort to many thousands. The stretch which needs attention is but a few rods in length and leads from the ecircular plaza around the Lincoln Memorial downhill to Riverside Drive. ‘Work on the new Arlington Memorial Bridge has necessitated the closing of a stretch of the latter road. The only river route from the Lincoln Memorial and points westward to the polo fleld, Tidal Basin and Hains Point is by traversing this short declivity. Every car must ascend or descend this, which is today both a mass and a mess of gouged-out holes. Its use once was optional and one day will be again. It never was a good plece of road, but traversing it today makes riding in the best and in the poorest car about the same. It is realized that this constant traffic might make repairs inconvenient, war. Looking for trouble has been one af the chief Soviet occupations. “The Potomac Be Dammed!” It has remained for the American yet it would be a short and easy job for a crew dispatched thither to utilize artificial light for the mendlpz of these pits. Probably either the entire re- placement of this stretch or its aban- donment is some day contemplated; in the meantime the expenditure by the proper authorities of a few dollars would be g real boon to the myriads of visitors to & park where every other road surface is &imost unsurpassed. —t——————— Police records show that Commission- er Crosby will at once have an excep- tlonal amount of new business coming under his branch of the District 62 Co- lumbia government. —————————— Yesterday’s Base Ball “Ifs.” Base ball has been said to be mostly a contest of “ifs.” Take yesterday's combat at the Washington ball yard, which opened the season of 1930. It was, in the first place, a singular con- test in that it was the only scheduled championship game played in the coun- try, in either league, being & special advanced date for the sake of a presi- dential opening tass of the ball. Now “if” that game s to be taken as a precursor of the performances of the ‘Washington club the season of 1930 will be just another washout as regards champlonship performance. But “if” the game is a sample of the kind of base ball that is going to be played this year the season of 1930 will be hectic and interesting and altogether attractive for the local fans. “If” certain individual performances on the Washington side are samples of the kind of base ball that will be played in the name of the Capital this year there will be some loud booing throughiout the season and there will be some chronic grievances sgainst particular individuals. Again, “if” the “breaks” of the game such as those that gave yesterday's match to the visitors are fairly evenly divided ‘Washington patrons of the sport will not have any particular cause for complaint. & It was a good game as a spectacle, even though it resulted in & loss for ‘Washington. It was full of sparkling plays and it had some dumb spots. There was some clean hitting and some lucky hitting and some snappy felding and some silly fielding. There base running and there was ticularly absurd exhibition of 0 run bases. But the most important was good one par- how not extensive rearrangement of the roads’ i 2 . THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 15 1930. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN, the last moment when a well that for about two seconds like a game winner was snagged a fleet outfielder for the final play that spelled defeat for Washington. An initial victory does not mean a championship. Nor does an initial de- feat mean a second division team for the season. There is no cause for par- ticular distress on the part of the local base ball public in the fact that the Nationals were beaten by the lowly Bostons, tail-enders last year, chronic trallers in the race. Because tail-end teams have been known to reverse their records and from one season to another develop championship form. The humble Bostons of last year may be the pace-makers for 1930, and so may the Nationals, despite yesterday's defeat, ————— Fire Station Changes. Announcement is made that the two establishments of fire apparatus now located within the Mall-Avenue triangle area soon to be taken for Government all is that it was & “fghting with both sides atoe for s vic- public buildings nearby. ‘The situation proposed for this com- bined engine and truck house ‘is not likely to lessen the value of the fire force in speedy response and effective work in the event of a blaze menacing the Gov- ernment buildings. The matter of dis- tance is not as important now as in former times. The motorised equipment can be sent a mile almost as quickly a8 the horse-drawn engines and trucks could cover three or four blocks. It is all a matter of clear streets, and a blockade can occur in the course of a short run as well as in a longer route. A survey of the conditions immedi- ately adjacent to the Government build- ings now standing and rising and soon to be erected demonstrates the virtual impoesibility of placing a fire apparatus station right at hand, as at present. The entire space within the triangle is to be taken. The taking of the space on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue for the municipal center will greatly re- duce the area available for business uses along the central axis of the downtown section. A utility such as a fire engine house must therefore be placed some- what on the side lines, though still with- in the area of immediate response. ‘The lengthening of the fire apparatus run by several blocks incident to the removal to the proposed site suggests the advisability of effecting a clearance of the streets of the business area of the incumbrance of continuously parked motor cars. Eventually Washington must clear its business streets of all-day pagk- ing. Perhaps the best time to do this will be when the fire engines are changed from their present situation to & more distant location. When the Illinois campaign gets under way Mrs. McCormick will be ex- pected to touch on international rela- tions while Mr. Lewis may be permitted to limit himself to the great domestic topic known as the eighteenth amend- ment. Mr. Lewis may need to show some expertness, but Mrs. McCormick's task will require more erudition. Investigations are still demanded, but statesmen, as a rule, find Summer re- sort advertisements morc attractive than documentary and oratorical formalities. A peaceful session is expected by the D. A. R. this year. Its members in addition to being good patriots have become excellent parliamentarians. Hait! continues to be an example of the enormous amount of politics a small area can produce when it concentrates on that particular line of development. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Beware the Lobbyist! I turn my face into the air And look nor right nor left, For fear of reputation fair T'll find myself bereft. He sometimes tries to speak to me. I shun him and insist That he begone! For he might be A wicked lobbyist. His manners always are polite. His language is correct. His clothing is exactly right. He is quite circumspect. But with a disapproval grim I cross him from my list. He is—or 80 I've heard of him— A wicked lobbyist! A prize-ring slugger I have met. I've talked with horse-race boys. Some night clubs have my paces set, And cards are ‘mongst my joys. Unto the underworld I move ‘That favors gun or fist. A man of manners good might prove A wicked lobbyist! , Realms of the Incomprehensible. “You should avoid trying to tell the people things they don’t understand.” “How can I?” rejoined Senator Sorghum. “Some of the things I don't understand myself.”, Jud Tunkins says with a few more doctors in Congress maybe we can hope for fewer laws and more prescriptions. Lingering Reminders. A worthy citizen I met ‘Who paused a moment to complain: “The war is not all finished yet. A few war taxes still remain.” Fair Success. “What success did the police have with their investigation?” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. m’l;omhunmuuhnonm “Do you know what I have decided to do?” asked one. The other showed polite interest. “I am going to plant zinnias and petunias exclusively.” ‘The other'’s face immediately flamed into interest. “That’s funny,” he sald. “I was thinking the same thing last night. I said to my wife, ‘Here the gladiolus bulbs have run out, and many of our other plants take too much care, and I haven't the time to give to them. We'll just plant zinnias and petunias this year and let them take care of them- selves” So we decided to go back to the old reliables.” “‘You seldom read anything about the different bulbs running out,” rejoined the other, “but they do, just the same. Here I had the finest gladioll one could have two years ago, and now they aren’t worth anything.” “The trouble is,” went on the first, “one loses a bit of his pristine interest in gardening after he has been at it for half a dozen years or more. We were not farmers, to begin with, and we have something else to do.” “Yes, and plants take more time and real work than many of us have to give em. What the home gardener ought to stick to is the easily planted thing that will more or less take care of it- self. Me for zinnias and petunias this year."” * ok ok % We wondered how many other home gardeners are going back to the “old reliables” this season. Not just & few packets of seed, but zinnias and Jetun!u everywhere, mak- color and enjoyment the Summer through. ‘This plan has been advocated in this column for several years. The urge is strong, of course, to try the fancier things, but after one has been pawing around in the ground for several sea- sons he begins to suspect that the aver- age home worker with flowers has & tendency to branch out too widely. The fun of trying new things is some- thing, it must be admitted, and every gardener worth his salt will try them, of course, despite the best theoretical admonitions of writers on gardening subjects. Just as every man thinks he has an “ear for music,” whatever that means, and does not hesitate to discuss the latest symphony, although he may not know one note from another, so the average amateur gardener will discuss long and heatedly the merits of the various varietles of gladioll, for in- stance. Every one who has investigated the gladiolus knows that this is a fascinat- ing and beautiful flower. He will have to find out from his own experience, however, that this king of Summer flowering bulbs has its theoretical thorns as well as the roses have their real ones. Never, except in this column and in a recent issue of the Flower Grower, has he ever seen printed tl simple truth that gladiolus bulbs will “run out.” The general line of bally- hoo is that an individual corm, once purchased, will go on dividing and mul- tiplying and producing as big flowers in after years as it did at first. Well, it won't, and that's that. We had the grandest bed of gladioli you ever saw several years ago. The bulbs therein cost the round sum of $15, and the flowers were worth every cent of it. Some of the individual spikes stood s high as 6 feet. ‘The very next season the specimens grew only to 3 feet, and mostly the flowers were a vast disappointment in the matter of size and color. Now, we are aware that many factors enter into the production of good gladiolus grow- ing, but the plain faot remains that the average home gardener must renew his bulbs every year or suffer disappoint- ment in the ensuing crop. The next time a friend begins to MMW about how he bought a dollar's we of bulbs 10 years ago and the flowers today are even bigger and prettier than ever, to him politely, grin u%‘yrour sleevi set him down for the that he L COMMERCIO, Lima.—The abo- rignes in Northern Peru and Southern Colombia have no use for the medicines, clinics and scientific treatments of- fered them from time to time by mis- slonaries and doctors that visit them in their native wilds. They simply refuse to have anything to do with these for- eign “deviltries,” as they have quite a catalog of devils of their own whose methods are very efficacious in sickness. Their favorite cure for sick le is an exorcism. If that doesn't restore them to health, as a last resort they take a bath—but that is considered an extreme remedy and is only adminis- tered after serious consultation of the “doctors,” who are often mere boys. The “doctor” generally has half s dozen assistants. They all wear wreathes of leaves, distinctive of the profession. Prof. Nordensklod reports the treatment of a sick girl. A goodly number of men, women and children assisted the *doctor,” who was a boy of about 14. The boys gathered Jeaves and flowers to decorate the in- valid's room and erected a platform, on which the "docw:"'hdl;cedxlr;h!ur;feu‘l ‘while singing at the top of voice. e women mr;:lh‘l‘:odd dtmnna l?ite rm; made of corn, which a cons| to the fesivity of the occasion. After uite a few muciamdthe crn&nx c:tl:d wers were de] upon the - o na fiocwr" pronounced & bl falque and the sort of this nond ile the On top of ucflpt '.h% X & n{l-n keeping up his singing and dancing a night. “cure” has had to date little ef- re Il but the medical are always tient was then fect upon the patient, expert and his assistants well satisfled with the treatment. :‘[';r{he tient dies after such orgies it is simply the inexorable law of Destiny. Followers Are Really Tame. - Sydney Bulletin—Following on & 5- w-nyd:ldying administered to the Peru soccor_side at Lima by Paraguay, the home barrackers stormed the Foot Bail Federation’s bufldl;: and m':% t& ate‘t.}c z ughy mat - on fire. After a O cal attention.” should evoke the jealousy of Melbourne foot ball supporters, none of whom has t quite so far as arson and lynching, fi spite of yan;s l;( p‘ers:sunt effort.. “Very fair. Several went immediately | light to the scene of the homicide, but they all escaped with their lives.” “He who se¢ks only his own ad- vantage,” said H! Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “must not be surprised if he finds hirhself without much capable “Seems to me,” sald Uncle Eben, “like dem hosses might git up a ‘Be Kind to Humans week’ foh de benefit of folks bullding purposes will be accommodated in a single structure on K street, in a 1 central situation. This is a departure from the earlier plan to place these companies, together or separately, at a th point quite near to the White House and Treasury, in order to afford the maxi- mum of protection to those and other he | becomes ve! ind | said of The point is, as we see it, that individual home owner, - ticular instances, is the Summer season only. If have plenty of flowers then, he about all the gardening he wants and is willing to let the yard more or less take care of itself for the remainder of exactly where the trusty petunia and zinnia come into their own. One of Washington's leading banks is distributing free zinnia seed Spring under its own imprint. It is not going into the seed business with untried and fancy flowers which may or may not do well, but is lflcklng to a grand old species which will bloom if anything under the sun will. ‘Thus it displays its sound judgment in beauty as well as in business. Herr Dr. J. G. Zinn, professor of medicine at Gottingen, who lived in the eighteenth century, is remembered in this flower, which came from Mexico originally. On most of the seed packets it bears the so-called popular name of “Youth and OIld Age,” but that is rather too poetical for general use. Few, if any, so name it. ~Zinnia is good enough. When it first came into ordi- nary garden culture the flower heads were rather coarse, but plant breeding over many years has refined the bloom to a point wherei is unjust to brand it as anything sav® beautiful. The dahlia-flowered types and other varieties of the large zinnias may hold up their splendid heads with any of the annuals. If they are somewhat stiff in character, they also are sure-fire, de- pendable and ever-blooming. stated here several years , there are at least 60 varieties which may be secured. 80 one need not stick to the mixtures which most seed houses are content to sell. The sinnia will anywhere and for anybody. It will grow in the sun and it will do reasonably well in shady places, although one would not recom- mend it for the latter; for it comes from a sunny clime, and must have plenty of ultra-violet to do its best. * Ok K * : The petunia s no less a satisfactory flower for general home use than the zinnia. In addition to beln{ thoroughly reliable, a bloomer under all conditions, it has more adaptability than the zin- nia. It makes one of the best flowers for growth in porch and window boxes. There is one white variety which prac- tically amounts to & vine, and will put forth blossoms at & height of 6 or 7 feet if grown near fences or shrul where it has a chance to climb. Petunias are such shallow growers that they may be stuck in almost any place in a garden—beneath shrubs, by the sides of rosebushes, close to peonies and the like, or side by side with iris, where most annuals would be a bit too stanch to go. The petunia is not finicky about its soil or food, or even water. It does well almost any place. Its one fault is not a very bad one, after all: when rain descends the poor petunia wilted and bedraggled. A few hours of sunshine will put it on its feet again, bigger and better than ever. During the interval, however, the pe- tunia bed is & sorry-looking place. It used to be a fashion for authors to write prefaces in which they humbly stated that if but one person were benefited by what was to come they would be more than satisfied. We would say here that if at least two persons are lured to try the “petunia and zinnia garden” this year we will feel happy. This is one of the best garden “tips” the amateur can get at this season. There is plenty of time to set out either seed or plants. If one is lazy, he can 80 to market and come back with many nice plants in pots for a few dollars, all ready to be set in the ground. For the same amount of money one might plant a city block with sinnia and pe- tunia seed, And we insist that a yard or block fléwering with zinnias and pe- tunias would be worth going far to see. ‘We don't mean masses of them, all over the place. And beautiful clear up to frost, something f all annuals, but only true of these two. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands fitted up with low, broad sofas. the wise reclined in feli upon some doors. There year but one, a brass plate announcing o Divan” under now Tavistock Hotel in the piazsa of Garden. Thackeray's don 18 the poor for the matic with cigar smoke, and were not to left behind, “penny-whiff” was the Cockney's bliss, and when the brisk young fellow bought himself s 6ne and ninepenny g;t ut: cigar g best of pleasures to endure upon . Ruskin denounced it as the chletln sign of decadence in contemporary youth, Difficult To Satisfy Alsatians. Le Matin, France.—It is going to be difficult to satisfy all parties in Alsace. Some factions are for autonomy and independence, the province to be cre- ated a separate state. Others want a gradual, retarded restoration to France. Accustomed to half a century of Ger- man thought and feeling, immediate reunion with France in all matters of politics, government, ltnf\nn and cus- tom would be too difficult. Others, the Albatian Socialists, accuse the French government of being too slow in taking back daughter of France. The want a speedy and a complete reunion, they desire the extinction of everything Teutonic and the restoration of every- thing in administration and technique. But this means hardship for all who have grown up under the German re- gime. * % k X LI del Commercio, Barranquilla.— From day to day we publish accounts of felonies and robberies, with clues to the ;‘;I:rpetnm of these dark deeds and full information as to the circumstances and victims concerned, without any ac- tion beln"!n':ken, in many cases, by the police. police should be in posses- sion of as much information as we are ourselves, but we have no objection to ving them the reports of these crimes they cannot get them direct. What the citizens of Barranquilla want, if the commission of crimes cannot be stopped, is at least the clurlnr(m:%'zfdluch Tob- | infl beries, etc., as are co; Contentment in Isolation. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gasette. ‘The lighthouse e g e Ry us is 4O, K" is contentment in isolation. i e Chance for Farm, Relief. Pr;n the Cleveland News. oil well in o ) crops for miles around, meaning many damage suits. So farm- ers there may get some relief. ———— One Auto Means Hard Times. From the Teledo Blade. S ey 1 80 along one automobile. ———————— O s No Danger in Making Salt. From the Ann Arbor Daily Neéws. The “rebels” of India have started fl:‘n{o‘ salt, and it has caused anxiety in London. Personally, nmmmtu:o:;nmfiq ¥ As we| bs | vance. just a few, but great| Y | author, coupled with NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM L G M. MARTIN LUTHER: A Destiny. Lucien Febvre, Translated from the French zycomm ‘Tapley. E. P. Dutton Two weeks ago, ma! three, it was Rabelais who passed way, crossing the long bridge from his own time— ago—into the present. So close of kin are the Renaissance from which he set out and this twentieth century in their mental releases and ex- fons, in the scope and substance of ir achievements, that transit between the two is not at all like moving out from one era into a distant and alien one. Rather, like stepping t year into the current ome. It is, in iarge measure, by virtue of such essential bond that the genius of Rabelais, Cer- vantes, Shakespeare, is on its way to bloom again in original beauty—on its way to a revival of immediate contacts and renewed power. * ok kK It is from the Renaissance also that this other man, this Martin Luther, steps forward for consideration. In other mood, to be sure, than that of literary genius, driven by vastly dif- ferent urgencies. Yet he, like them, stands as a great driving force in & period of tremendous liberations, of vital emancipations in the ways of man's thinkings. ERE Blographers have come to know that their preoccupation must be that of digging in, primarily that. It is the mind of the subject that must at all hazards be reached. No longer will it serve to trail footsteps from cradle to grave, nor to sum merely material achievements no matter how spectacular these may be. First of all, in the study of a life, the psychologist must be on hand, probln&.{or the deep sources of feeling and desire and impulse, for in- fluential strains of blood operating in the new offshoot, for the strength and quality of inherited traits and tenden- cles, for the impact of surroundings upon the plastic stuff of childhood and youth. Without such groundwork it is not possible to project the individual life, nor to interpret its influence, nor to balance any man’s account either with his own time and place or with succeeding 3 Luclen Febvre is a psychologist of the French stamp. First a student and in- vestigator. Analytical, in the straight and fearless fashion of his people. He accepts such issues as appear by way of the mind’s logic and modes of ad- In_addition to such 1al power, M. Febvre looks at his subject in the large, uniting minor and sub- ordinate powers and qualities in their functionings to vital and considerable stages in the career of this historic figure. He makes use of much material that is new or, if not entirely new, he causes it to serve the modern sclentific approach to human behaviors and ef- fects. He projects Luther, whole, 8 complete and highly dramatic figure. He writes well, engaging the reader in Luther's own problems which, after all, are very human problems and, so, every man’s, not those of this great reformer alone. A picturesque writer as well as scholarly. * ok k% ‘The story is more or less familiar. A German peasant, brought up like the rest of that order. A forthright fellow, sometimes violent in his moods and speech. A scholar, by hook or crook. A religionist of high fervors, a dreamer of God's kingdom brought to earth for the happiness of men. A monk. A priest—but unsatisfied, restless, bewil- dered. Then, a rebel in his own out- breaking way. Then, punishment from the powers of the church against whom he has thundered so daringly. Finally, complete separation and the setting up of a new historic churchly order that has lasted from his own time, that has na-n.ered up & great army of Protest- an! The most of this we knew before. | Not in this arrangement. Not in the big historic sense made use of by this writer in summary and conclusion. We had not been led to think that, under the Church of Rome, Western civiliza- tion constituted a genuine internation- alism wherein kings and emperors, all temporal rulers, were under both the secular and spiritual control of the head of the church. The Pope headed the state. The King obeyed, or was pun- ished for insubordination. Luther changed that. Marshaling the hosts of discontent—which like the poor are al- ways with the world—he begat the idea of sects in religious practices, an idea ere | which held also the seed of modern nationalism, the separation of racial units, or local groups, inte those self- reTul-Mng bodles which grew to the full-fledged nations of our own day. Not a statesman, nor a politiclan, this Luther. Not waywise to the world. Not adroit in his worldly intercourse. Nor did he aim to be any of this. His goal was solely reform in the church and liberty fot the great body of the people. And did he succeed in any immediate sense? It has taken the most of these centuries to make even a little headway in some of the plans that were Luther’s and for which he suffered disappoint- ment and defeat. He was so often wrong, you see, according to his day. Yet, despite all this, he was “eventually to have an effect on statecraft itself (quite apart from his influence upon re- ligious ideals and practices) unforeseen and yet logical. A powerful effect cer- tainly. Was it to promote the peace of mankind and the welfare of the world?” A question of statecraft—nationalism or internationalism, that is today engross- ing a large part of the world. An in- searching study of the man, his period and his influence, that is by its partic- ular standpoint, by its comprehensive character, specially calculated to illumi- nate some of the J:n.“ questions that are at the present time engrossing pub- lic thought and interest. A highly dra- matic figure comes into the open here, by virtue of the historic sense of this ial training for the study and with imagination to deliver it, human and alive. * ok ok K THE LIFE OF PAUL OF TARSUS. Mary Larrimer. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, Eoviotabhy. ‘e suthor from such phy, aul su material has selected, arranged and co- ordinated the facts set down in such a manner as to produce a connected and interesting story of the life of the Apostle. Story gleanings from the Bible, this one, are both useful and , 80 diverse in theme from it serve to simplify it, to make it desirable, to invite to its ultimate com- plete study. The author, relying al- most entirely upon Paul's own letters, reconstructs the facts of his childhood, of the place where he lived as a lad, of the subsequent points of his activity and uence. The story of Paul's con- version is a high light in the narrative, as it is also in the account from whic! it is derived. The sturdy work of Paul — successes, his failures—becom here immediate and influ- tial Paul's Oklahoma is satd | 2 D e Tight sort of | o1 them. e | chairman . man gives aid nor comfort they | elect Republican the answer to to our Informa- C. This A Q._How big is St. Michael's Cave the Rock of Gibraltar?—S. L. E. > A. St. Michael's Oave, about 1,100 tion. | feet above sea level at its mouth, slopes rapidly down and extends more than loes | 400 feet into the rock. I's extreme lim-~ nor any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dress and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. The reply 18 sent direct to the inquirer. Address ‘The Evening Star Information Bureau, mdegcc.l. Haskin, director, Washing- Q. Is it improper to ask a married nlua to be best man at a wedding?— A. A man usually asks his best friend to be best man, even though he is married. Should any entertaini: be dows for the bridal party, the e of the best man should be included. Q. How old are clams when brought to market?—O. 8. P. A. The Bureau of Pisheries says that the average clam seen on the market is between 4 and 7 ye-rs old. The age of & clam is determined by the heavy ridges found on the shell. These ridges are usually one-quarter of an inch 8] Q. Does Canada find it wage war on insects which ati crops?—G. H. to k its, however, have not been fully ex- plored. It consists of a series o¥ five or more chambers of considerable ex- tent connected by narrow and crooked passages. The outermost cave is 70 feet in height and 200 feet in length, with massive pillars of stalactite reach- ing from roof to floor. Q. What was meant mxm—hn A i The word ‘“usury” has come modern English to mean excesstve h‘: terest upon money loaned, illegal or oppressive. 1In the Scriptures, however, the word did not bear this sense, but meant simply interest of any kind upon money. The Jews were forbidden by the law of Moses to take interest from their brethren, but were permitted to take it from foreigners. The practice , sometimes at exor- bitant Innv;r:ctihnew ;‘xvp‘ among the Vi e ca) ity in violation of the law. i e Q. How old was Admiral Byrd wh he v;m; his first trip around u{: w:rlzr: A. When but a lad of 12 Ad- miral Byrd wished to mya:n. trip around the-world, and after great per- . M. . Bome of the chief insect enemies are grasshoppers, the wheat- stem sawfly, wireworms, the pale West- ern cutworm and his ally, the red backed cutworm; the Bertha army- worm, the early cutworm, the Colorado tato beetle, the imported cabbage itterfly and the root maggot. Q. Please tell of the Cur« gl Alxmcimu of Music in Philadelphia.— A. The Curtis Institute of Music, of which Josef Hofmann is director, was 'v:l’!lud in 1924 under an endowment of $500,000 by Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok. The endowment was later in- creased to $12,500,000. Its avowed pur- pose is “to hand down through cotem- porary masters the great traditions of the past—to teach students to build on this heritage for the future.” The fac- ulty list contains the names of meny world-famous virtuosos. Free tuition is granted to all students. Admission is limited to those whose natural musical talent gives promise of developing to a point of artistic achievement. Q. What process 15 used to split cob- blestones for masonry work?—I. C. R. Céd stone cutier. A Pitening toar and enced s cutter. A pi tool and hammer are used. Q. How long have dahlias been cul- tivated in European gardens?—P. K. A. Dahlia history commences in 1791, when Cavanilles, the director of the Botanic Garden of Madrid, Spain, de- scribed the flowering of a set of dahlia roots received in 1789 from Vicente Cervantes of Mexico. Dahlias first reached Engiand in 1798 through the agency of the Marchioness of Bute. This had little effect on the history of the g‘lant, however, as all these plants perished from a lack of proper under- standing of their needs. They were re- introduced successfully in 1804 through the interest of Lady Holland. Q. What is the National Home Stu Council?>—M. M. Y A. The National Home Study Council is the banding together of the outstand- ing correspondence schools and several resident schools under fair-play- stand- ards to protect ambitious people from deception and imposition, and con- stantly to advance the standards of home study schools. suasion he obtained permission from his mother. He atarted from Rich- Ph.xmpmu. 2 coasting vessels from one Asiatic to another, touching almost every m“u‘:f try in the civilized world. After the European journey he crossed on a liner to New York City, where, as the y e est, unescorted globe-trotter in the world, he was intetviewed by no less than 15 reporters. Q. Please give ranks of the British police force—T. F. D. A. At the head of the British police force is a commissioner or superintend- ent, with an advising committee. The ranks under the commissioner are chief of police, captains, lieutenants, ser- geants, roundsmen and patrolmen. Q. Did Great Britain use W before the United sumpgi'd'?f A. The history of postage stamps be- gan with the issues made by Great ritain in 1840, under the administra- tion of Sir Rowland Hill. The suc- cessful use of stamps in the postal service of Great Britain resulted in the adoption of stamps by Mauritius, an English colony; by Brazil, France, Switzerland, and the United States be- fore 1850. Q. Is the Gulf of St. Lawrence as large as Lake Superior?>—C. W. T. A. The Gulf of St. Lawrence is larger than Lake Superior. The area of the former is 64,000 square miles approxi- mately, and the area of Lake Superior about 31,820 square miles. Q. In the “Passion Play” at Ober- ammergau is the mother of Christ a blonde or bruette?—G. N. P. of the “Passion Play” the mother of Christ will be portraved by a blonde. Another antithesis of this year is in the role of the Christ. Alois Lang has 8 dark beard and hair, while Anton Lang, his predecessor, is fair-haired. Q. When did fireworks become vari- colored?—H. 8. A. It was not until the first quarter of the nineteenth century that eolors were added to the displays of ¢ ks, Wakes Wet a Aside from plainly stated opposition 1o Chairman John J. Raskob of the Democratic national committee on the part of those who disapproved of his selection for leadership in the last cam- paign. .the fight within the party has brought few suggestions as to the future. In reply to charges that his contribu- tions to the anti-prohibition organiza- tion would aid in electing some Repub- licans, it is charged that his enemies, through support of the Anti-Saloon League, have been aiding still other R Fose wh - who thought he was not the B man to be an of the Democratic national committee because of his wet views,” says the Lyn rg News (Democratic), “think so now that he has appeared before the Senate com- mittee investigating lobbying. Those who thought he should remain, either because of his wet views or because of the attempted dictation of the party by those who have been seeking his scalp, think 80 now. The argument for and against Ellkob‘!.s‘unchangld." * x The issue appears to the Kansas City Star (independent) as one which, “now that the party's committee chairman has been sevealed as a heavy contribu- tor to the wet cause, is certain to give increased trouble in dry territory.” The Star, however, adds: “In name, it would be settled through such a simple expedient as the voluntary or involun- tary removal of the national chairman. But there would remain deeper question as to how the militantly wet and militantly dry elements of a party could be reconciled. That probably will keep the organization leaders busy up tol‘ mq_mcluding the next national cam- paign. Contributions for wet propaganda purposes are held by the Charleston Daily Mail (independent Republican) as of such a nature that there is no harm . The Mail adds: “More than that, there is no harm in contributing money for the opposite purpose. The harm would be in the way the money was used, not in the fact that it was used. Propaganda, pro and con, is legitimate and an essential part of lib- erty and free speech.” The Manchester Union (independent Republican) con- cludes that “as the critics of Mr. Raskob hef.nLno signs of desire to lessen their attac him, the vrolrem are highly u orable for an early arrival of a period of harmony.” * ok ok % “It sometimes happens,” the Richmond News-Leader (: dent Democratic), “that what & man does in his private capacity limits his yaeful ness in business or destroys it™alto- gether. Doubtless that very point will be urged before the Democratic national committee. When it is, two things will happen—first, the growing wet senti- ment of the United States will make 1 | many Democratic leaders more deter- mined thu:" ever to retain Raskob as and, secondly, both those who support Raskob and those who think he shoul nor money to hel, to Congress.” o g’efl 'gg a_politician does not come out present book. Guignebert “Christianity” in true Gallic cflty in- troduces one to that side of the be zead. Party’s i:‘ight Over Raskoi) - | dependent Democratic) nd Dry Conflict ‘The Charlotte Observer (independent Democratic) anhlyzes the opposition to the national chairman: “The pressure ‘far his retirement from a position that | has embarrassed the party does not | come so much from the leaders as from the people ‘back home.’ There is one | fact, however, that may be accepted as | one of considerable unanimity, and that is that the desire on part of Democrats who have the welfare of their party at heart to see Raskob retired, while it may be somewhat more silent, is not a whit less-than the desire on part of the Republicans to get rid of Huston.” The Asheville Times (independent Demo- cratic) holds that “neither Mr. Raskob nor any other chairman of the Demo- cratic national committee should take in the campaign against prohibi- | tion. If Mr. Raskob's convictions lead him to this course, he should resign as | chairman.” The Spokane Spokesman- Review (Republican) points out that in 1928 “the Democratic National Conven- tion was overruled on prohibition by its candidate and by Chairman Raskob,” and that “the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment, of which Mr. Raskob 1s a director, has greater influ- |ence with him and with Gov. Smith | than was exerted by the national con- vention.” The Newark Evening News | (independent) believes that “leadership must be found nearer the center of the party that can draw the extremes to- gether.” . * ok ok % “There is some reason,” states the Springfleld Union (Republican), “to as- sume that Senator Simmons is speaking not merely for himself and the North Carolina Democrats but also for the anti-Smith and anti-Raskob elements throughout the South, and that his repudiation’ of Raskob for the latter's wet contributions is merely the first step in a movement of the Southern Democrats to try to take over the party management in the 1932 campaign.” Discussing both sides of the case, the Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratic) argues: “Mr. Simmons tipported a Republican because his Democratic opponent was wet. Why should not Mr. Raskob support one be- cause his opponent is dry? It is con- ceivable that Mr. Raskob sets as much store by wetness as a political philos~ ophy as Senator Simmons sets by dry- ness in like significance.” The contention that the Raskob con- tribution was not a party matter but purely Be-\;lmnal is voiced by the Ann Arbor ly News (independent) and the Hartford Times (independent Demo- cratic). The Chattanooga Times (in- char that Josephus Daniels, “as & contributor o the Anti-Saloon League, even helped to elect Herbert Hoover while at the same time he was supporting Al Smith, nom- inally at least.” The Little Rock Are Democrat (Democratic) calls m demand upon Mr. Raskob “ridicul- Omits Sunday Drivers. From the Roanoke Times. ‘The courts have upheld the new Cali- fornis law making it unlswful to use gas an&:eu m But l_ce is under- Sunday drivers. SISO ————— Old Tires Know Tacks. mA the 1:-.‘“ u::: Tribune-Capital. new ly, ' old one that knows lab:neyh.m' ridi e — Weather Story for Candidates. From the Munee stae. sero hour for candidat past, Ext’a;n of them will find ufiu"eflldn ———t e Sure of Machine Gunners. From the Muncie Star. In the event of another war Uncle These two books might al § mkw ways rely on the gangaiess \ A. For the first time in the hiswry.