Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. ) WASHINGTON, D. C. Yet this, the noblest of all the Capital's viaducts, so imposing as to be given America's most boastful and flattering title, must carry on Wwith ~shoddy, FRIDAY.........April 25, 1930|Weather-beaten, pitiful presentments of THEODORE W. NOYES. ., .Editor The Evening Star N'o'?”- Company Busine o ook e T r?‘hfi' s e S et o the City. .45¢ per month e0c per montn .65¢ per month 8¢ e copy 'h month. S Tetshone ik B %& the Associated Press. ated Press i3 exclusively entitled or republication of all news dis- fted to it or not otherwise cred- nd siso 10 this paper the iocal mewy ' % of publication ?:kit:?’m.::" Fes Bereit ave alao reserved. Widows as Candidates. The candidacy of Mrs. Robert Quincy Lee for the seat in the House just made wacant by the death of her husband, the late Representative Lee, in the seven- teenth congressional district of Texas, arouses interest in Washington for a number of reasons. She is opposing former Representative Thomas L. Blan- ton, who tossed his hat in the ring several days ago. Mr. Blanton during his stay in the House was the center of numerous fracases, many of them verbal and some of them fistic. He did not hesitate to attack organized labor on occasion. And as for the District Gov- ernment, it was almost constantly ex- periencing the criticism of Mr. Blanton. Mrs. Lee's candidacy is another link in the chain which has brought the ‘widows of former members of the House into Congress. Of the eight woman members of the House today, three are serving in places made vacant by the deaths of their husbands, and one is holding a seat formerly occupled by her husband. Mrs. Kahn of California, Mrs. Rogers of Massachusetts, and Mrs. I Oldfield of Oklahoma were all nomi- nated after their husbands had dled. Mrs. Langley of Kentucky was sent to the House by her husband’s constituents after he had run afoul of the prohibi- tion laws. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, now a Republican nominee for the tor. The three remaining woman mem- bers of the House, the ladies from Flor- ids, New York and New Jersey, never had husbands who served in the House. Mrs, Norton of New Jersey has a hus- bend, a manufacturer, who hes been content to allow his wife to look after the political end for the family while he attended to business. Mrs. Owen and Mrs, Pratt are widows. There is good reason to believe that widows of members of Congress are well qualified to step into their husbands' places in the National Legislature. ‘Those now in the House have been re- Senate, is the widow of a former Sena- | who have come to the House have made excellent records. If the reports of Mrs. Lee be true, she, too, is qualified to take her husband’s seat in the House. Undoubtedly sympathy plays a part in.the election of widows to Congress when they are candidates for election immediately following - the deaths of member husbands. It should nqt. the human equation sympathy be reckoned with. These woman jbers of Congress, however, Who Mr. Blanton retired from the House %0 seek nomination and election to the Senate in 1928. Senator Connally of Texas was the winner in that contest. ‘The late Representative Lee was nomi- nated for the House in place of Mr. Blanton and elected. In the past Mr. Blanton apparently has held the dis- trict in the hollow of his hand. "The question now is whether, having once the noblest of animals. These lions may be what Mr. Sim- mons of the House committee on ap- propriations would call “doo-dads.” But they are there, and if doo-dads at all they ought to be decent doo-dads or else removed entirely. If the District is to have ornamented public structures they should not be cheap imitations. ———— Labor's Future in Britain. Now that the Macdonald goverp- ment has achieved semi-success at the London Naval Conference, Labor’s polit- ical future will become a matter of in- creasing interest in Great Britain. While Mr. Macdonald was engaged in the delicate and protracted negotia- tions which have eventuated in the five-power treaty, his foes in Parliament declared a truce. Mr. Baldwin for the Conservatives and Mr. Lloyd George for the Liberals pledged that there would be no attack on the government. They . | believed that the floor space provided relinquished the right to represent the district in the House in his effort to reach the Senate, he may have lost his grip. In the meantime, it may not be amiss to recall to Mr. Blanton that “a HUttle widow is a dangerous thing.” —————t e 4 e No prisoner, whatever his offense, s bad enough to deserve the fate that overtook some of the unfortunates in the Ohio Penitentiary. B Disintegrating Doo-dads. A short time ago it was proposed that the viaduct across Rock Creek at Con- necticut avenue should be named the ‘Taft Memorial Bridge in honor of the lately deceased former President and Chief Justice. This name, it was urged, would be much more dignified and suit: able than “Million Dollar Bridge,” the title by which the structure has been popularly known since its construction. ‘Thus far nothing has come of that sug- gestion. But meanwhile those who use the bridge deily are more and more disposed to resent the “million-dollar” title in view of the shabby appearance of the bridge’s most distinguishing fea- tures. ‘Whatever the bridge may have cost in the beginning, it certainly now looks much cheaper. The four lions that surmount the corner posts are in a sorry state of disintegration. There are two schools of thought on the subject of their composition. One is that they are ©of very poor concrete or cement and the other that they are of even poorer natural stone. If they were stuffed lions, with natural pelts, they would be worse than moth-eaten, for the disintegration goes beyond the cuticle into the struc- ture. It is safe to predict that within a dozen years, lacking repairs such as those that are being made to one of the buffaloes on the Q Street Bridge, they will be completely tailless, possibly headiess. ‘To keep the bridge up to its million- dollar reputation these effigies of the king of beasts should be of bronze, or 8t least of some hard weather-resisting stone. Other bridges have bronze crea- tures, such as the buffaloes on the Q Street Bridge, already mentioned, and expressed, and carried out, the laudable purpose of offering no embarrassment to the Macdonald cabinet's efforts to compose, in particular, Anglo-American naval differences. The truce is now obviously at an end, its object achieved. The day of reckoning with Labor, from the stand- point of opposition conservatism and liberalism, is correspondingly at hand. Just when either Mr. Baldwin or Mr. Lloyd George will conceive the moment to be ripe for provoking & general elec- tion is as yet their own secret. Labor does not shrink from another trial of strength. On the contrary it contem- plates it with equanimity, strongly sea- THE EVENING STAR, WASHI oruumym.mhmnnfldm} the course of a single day. All of which would seem to prove the proprietor’s theory that it is expense and not fear that keeps the public on the ground In the early days of flying a short hop in most localities cost fif- teen dollars. Naturally, this price did not attract many customers to the then infant art. Some years later the price generally was a dollar a minute, but the public found even this figure too high. In the present day, hops can be bought at three or five dollars, depending on the location of the fleld and the time aloft, while a plane may be rented with- out pilot by the hour from fifteen dol- lars up to Aifty, and if the customer does not wish to fly it himself a transport pllot can be procured in some localities for as low as five dollars an hour to give instruction. ‘While these prices are not exorbitant, they are still high enough to keep many people out of the air and they must come still lower for general public pa- tronage. Especially high even in this day of flying are the rates for long trips, the cost for these in big transport planes being something more than twenty dollars an hour. The average person, aside from the time saved by flying, is likely to think twice before buying transportation for twenty dollars an hour when it can be procured on fast trains for about one-tenth of this figure. There are probably few persons who are actually afraid to fly. There are many, even those who have flown ex- tensively, who do not care for flying and will use air transportation only when the amount of time saved is com- mensurate with the possible discomfort of bumpy conditions in the upper strata. Many a person has made his soned with confidence. When intro- ducing the Labor cabinet's budget the other day, Chancellor of the Exchequer Snowden boldly envisaged a four-year tenure of office for the present govern- ment. Many Britishers think that Mr. Snowden himself is destined, sooner or later, to displace Mr. Macdonald as prime minister. There is 'no love lost between them. In the realm of foreign affairs Labor could go to the country today with no mean record to its credit. Last Fall Mr. Snowden accomplished in a few brief weeks at The Hague & greater stroke for British international prestige then any ministry at Downing street since the war. Alongside that feather in John Bull's cap now is pinned the re- sult of the London Conference, univer- sally hailed as another triumph for Pritish statesmanship. It is not fully grasped abroad that while Britannia surrenders the trident of naval suprem- acy, held by her for 400 years, she has by the same token guaranteed herself against the danger of being outbuilt by a rival immeasurably more capable than herself of financing sea power, namely, this opulent land of ours. Many a British election has been won and lost on a foreign issue. The Con- servatives went out and Labor came in, in 1924, on account of popular objec- tions to warlike British policy in the Near East. Labor itself was driven from office & few monthe later by revelations in connection with Soviet Russia. In 1920 the Baldwin government was de- feated largely because of the country’s smoldering dissatisfaction with Anglo- American relations in the wake of the Geneva Naval Conference flasco of 1927. Now that relations with the United States have been stabilized under Labor auspices, it may well be in the cards that Mr. Macdonald could esk the na- tion for & vote of confidence and be reinstated in power under majority con- ditions instead of the ignoble position Labor now occupies in the House of Commons. —— e A Larger City Post Office. ‘When the .spacious and impressive City Post Office was occupied in 1914 those who had designed the building and the proud occupants thereof fondly would be ample to take care of all the increase in the mails for the next half century. That was only sixteen years ago, but a great deal can happen in sixteen years. A World War, for in- stance, has been fought and the anni- versary of its ending celebrated eleven times. The map of the world has changed and by speaking into a micro- phone a man can inspire a million Americans to sit down immediately and write 8 letter. The reyenue from the mails through the City Post Office has in- creased by 100 per cent. The volume of mail has more than doubled and 758 more employes are necessary now than in 1915. ‘The City Post Office needs more space. Since 1916 the postmasters have been calling for it, for the demand was felt two years after the building was com- pleted. The bill introduced on Friday for extensions to the Post Office has been urged for some years. The report accompanying the bill is an argument that cannot be answered. ‘The bill would provide $4,000,000 for additions to the City Post Office, har- monizing architecturally with the pres- ent building and providing needed floor i spacé for its activities, It is interesting to note that the present building cost only $3,500,000 and that the enlarge- ment planned will therefore be more expensive than the first cost of the structure. While the public buildings legislation for other cities has provided post offices, no legislation has hereto- fore been introduced to remedy the con- ditions in the Washington Post Office. first air trip a long one, only to find that his system cannot adapt itself to this mode of travel. This is not fear. It is just plain air-sickness. . Regardless of price, however, flying will continue to grow in popularity and this fact alone may result in prices be- ing substantially reduced. At the two flelds just across Highway Bridge on Easter Sunday new records were estab- lished for passenger-carrying, nearly fourteen hundred people being given short hops over the city, and the price at these two fields was more than the dollar charged by the enterprising New Jersey airport proprietor. If Washing- ton can muster more than a thousand people in a single day it is not sur- prising that a lower rate with more population to draw from should attract five thousand. It would seem quite apparent, however, that the case of price versus fear has been proved and that as rates come down people will g0 up. ——————— The world breathed easier on learning that the giant ship Bremen escaped without harm from a collision. There should be no room in maritime annals for two disasters ‘like that which years ago overtook the Titanic. ——————————— The Graf Zeppelin has postponed the fiight to South America. The diri- gible is slow in starting and hard to land, but while actually on the way makes such wonderful time as to be worth the trouble. —— et A Chicago banker has declared he would rather pay more for the same work to & man who plays golf. This advances golf a step still higher in rating as a duty even more than as a pleasure. ——————— A homicide mystery sometimes de-] velops shocking detalls that sadden even the veteran policeman, who is sup- posed to know all about the worst in human nature. B For once Mussolini was reduced to second place in popular attention. The father of the bride can never hope to compare in importance with the bride herself. ————————— Notice of neec. for economy is oc- casionally necessary to prevent the crowd from becoming too dense around the pie counter. . SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Petition to the Queen. Queen of the May, we wait for you, Your loving subjects ever true. And still your path we seek to strew With violets each day To show the homage that is due, Queen of the May. A scepter over us you hold— A sunbeam bright as burnished gold. And yet your mood, alas, is cold And far away! You are not gentle as of old, Queen of the May. And still we hope that we shall find Your wish all generous and kind; Unto no haughty chill inclined, We humbly stay, And plead to your majestic mind, Queen of the May. ‘Wastefulness. . “What is the most conspicuous wasf of money that has recently come under your notice?” “The expense” answered Senator Sorghum, “that some rich but credulous concerns go to in hiring people who claim to be influential lobbyists.” Jud Tunkins says imported goods appear to have all the luck. We saved the Japanese cherry flowers, but our et Chinese police forbid checker play- ing in Peiping. Checkers is a very innocent and harmless game, involving no great expense. No doubt cynical minded Orientals will assume that those rich enough to own mah-jong sets will not be interfered with. Price or Fear? Is it fear or expense that keeps the general public from using airplanes more extensively? This question had long been pondered by the proprietor of & New Jersey airport and recently he determined to find the answer. Ac- cordingly, he announced that all planes from his field on a certain day would take up passengers for one dollar and then he sat back to await results. And they were not long in coming. At nine o'clock in the morning when the first plane was wheeled out of its hangar a thousand persons were already in line and at the end of the day with twelve planes and pilots in operation without intermission more than five thousand men, womerr‘and children had been own apple blossoms are having a hard struggle. Arguments. ‘Some arguments I must deplore. ' Their meaning still I guess. And as I hear them more and more, I understand them less. Princes No Longer Prized, “Do titles of royalty appeal to your fancy?” “Not greatly,” answered Miss Cayenne, “My girlish imagination would not harbor a thought of adoring anybody of lower rank than that of dictator.” “If all men dwelt in perfect agree- ment,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “there would be no need of ex- changing thoughts and we would be left in dull silence.” Loss of Human Interchange. 1 do not like my dial phone. I'm sure that I was happler when A girl, with temper of her own, ‘Would give me back-talk now and then. “A policeman is 8 powerful an’ im- portant gemman,” said Uncle Eben, “but I's always most flatterefl when he 7 %he tigers on the 16th Street Bridge. taken aloft, thus creating a new record ain’ takin' no metice of me)) 3 D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1930. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A garden of “dont's” sometimes re- sults in more satisfaction and beauty than one built on the finest determina- tions and affirmations in the world. It is probably of more importance to remember not to do certain things in the garden than to plant wisely and well according to all the books in existence. Gardening is a practical thing, after all, an occupation in which the best re- sults are secured by men well ac- quainted with manual labor, who are not afraid of their plants, as so many amateurs are, and who possess & nice feel for growing things. Such people “have a way with plants,” just as some of them have a way with dogs. In most such cases it will be found that the things they do not do are quite as important as what they do. * K k% Negations have a place in the garden, no matter how much they are frowned on in the art of salesmanship, No doubt it is wrong for one who is trying to sell something to make the following suggestion: “You don’t want anything today, do you?” An amateur can see the error in that sentence; the prospect immediately an- tlh'etrl, “No, I don't,” and that ends at. In the garden, however, the psychol- ogy is good when an experienced worker says to an inexperienced one: “Don’t plant gladioli in rose beds.” Such plantings look feasible, but they are not. Gladioli grow straight up, bearing their fiowers on a perpendicular flower splke—one might think tha such habit of growth would nicely in widely planted rose beds, adding color when the bushes are not in bloom. Experience teaches that bulbs planted near roses will not do a third as well as sister bulbs placed in beds of their own, and that the rosebushes them- selves will be harmed by the proximity of the gladioli By forced feeding of both roses and gladioli some approach may be made to success. One often reads articles in garden magazines, advising homeowners to try out this plan, but most of them are written by theorists, who have not personally tried out their own ideas. ‘They have been misled by the sky- scraper habits of the gladiolus into thinking that it would fit in very well in rose beds. And so it would—if it would do well. But the chances are that it will not thrive with the atten- tion given such plots by the average amateur. Such merry garden writers are misled, too, we believe, by the success which may be attained by planting the tullp and narcissus beneath evergreens or shrubs, notably the lilac. But the tullp, for instance, already has its flower in perfect formation be- fore the bulb is put into the ground. It lml not require much fertility to do well. ‘The gladiolus demands rather a‘good degree of fertility, which it cannot secure in a rose bed. * ok ok K “Don't water the grass” is another garden “don't” which may be made with confidence. All too many lawns are made tender and in need of constant reseeding by the pernicious habit of “sprinkling” the grass several times a week. Now, grass is well able to take care of itself in most seasons, except in terribly long hot spells in Midsummer. Then the judicious use of the hose s a life-saver for grass. At all other times a careful avoid- ance of its use will do more for the lawn than any amount of pawing over 1t whatsoever. * k% “Don’t fail to fertilize the roses.” It is amazing what a difference this little “don’t” would make in a thousand rose beds if enterprising amateurs would take it to heart. ‘They have read that advice, time and time again, but they don’'t know what fertilizer to use, and it costs money to buy it, and it is a great deal of bother, after all. ‘The result of their negligence in re- gard to this double-negative “don't” is that they get half as many blossoms as they would otherwise get, and those that bloom are not half as large or half as pretty as they might have been. Fertilize your rose beds, if you pre- fer the affirmative way of putting it, or “don’t fail to fertilize them,” either way. The result is'the same in either case. * ok ok ok “Don’t leave seedlings too close to- gether.” Nothing worrles the voung gardener quite as much as the disagreeable ne- cessity of thinning out newly grown plants from seed. ‘They look so husky, a shame to disturb them. But disturbed they must be, if one is to get satisfaction out of them in the future. Amateur gardeners must learn this lesson, that all plants will grow, and that in the Spring one must able to will be in the middle ‘The same applies to the planting of shrubs, such as lilacs and altheas, and individual specimens of the sturdy privet. Give them plenty of room in which to exp‘n;i or you.wfll be sorry. * * green, it seems see them as they t | of August. “Don't expect plants that demand sun to do well in the shade.” Sun-loving plants—and most of them fall into that classification—will grow and bloom in the shade,,in many in- stance$, but the chances are 10 to 1 that they will grow only half as high, produce smaller and less colorful flow- ers, and will be greatly subject to plant lice_and other insect pests. “Don’t let aphids (plant lice) eat up your leaves.” ‘These little green creatures, interest- ing though they are as biological speci- mens, are unwanted in garden, which they infest from now on. They are so milky-green that the newcomer to the garden is likely to overlook them, especially on the under- sides of leaves. Even if he sprays them with nicotine solution, as he should, he will find him- self combating applied intelligence, for the plant lice simply run around to the undersides of the leaves and there sit safe beneath Nature's green umbrellas. ‘The only solution is to spray the un- dersides of the leaves, too. * K Kk “Don't let grass grow into flower beds.” It is surprising how many untidy, uneven grass lines one sees in a day. course grass alipping by hand is boresome, but it is necessary, especially in the small garden, where everything is directly under the eye. Keeping the grass well mowed and all edges trimmed, especially around flower ds, will do more than any one pro- cedure to make the home and its grounds attractive in warm weather. ‘There are many other similar “don’ts which one can think up for himsel taking care to put them in the neta‘ tive or “don't” form, as this ra “pep” them up for garden use. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Hoover’s current experiences with Supreme Court appointments must fill him with a realization of what Woodrow Wilson went through 14 years 8go. Few confirmation contests in American history have rivaled in in- tensity the fight which the Senate waged against the nomination of Jus- tice Brandels in 1916. President Wil- son appointed him in January, but it was the succeeding June—five months later—before he was permitted to as- sume office. Among the leaders in the struggle to have Brandeis rejected were ‘William Howard Taft and Elihu Root. The times are changing, and we with them, Brandeis was fought because he was “a reactionary radical.” Parker of North Carolina is now opposed be- cause he is “a reactionary. conservative.” President Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor has just cleared up a widespread misapprehension about Brandels and Parker. The North Caro- linian’s supporters have been claiming that his “yellow dog” decision, which has invited the enmity of organized labor, was in line with a Supreme Court decision in which Brandeis, the bench’s concurred. Green de- far from concurring, Holmes and Brandels, the dissenting twain, formed, as they so often do, the opposing minority. e One of Washington's witty Demo- cratic women, who confesses she burns no incense at the Hoover throne, thinks the London naval treaty should be called “Reductio ad absurdum,” which is defined by Mr. Webster as “the re- ducing of a suPposlflon or hypothesis to an absurdity.” * ok Kk * “California, Here I Come,” will after all continue to be a pog:ln song with Filipinos, now that ti Senate has smashed the Shortridge amendment to the impending new Western Hemisphere immigration laws. The California dele- gation in Congress moved heaven and earth to bring about the exclusion of Filipinos along with the proposed em- b on Central and South Americans. A simultaneous effort to ban Canadians and Newfoundlanders also fell by the wayside. The plaint of Senator Short- ridge and neighboring statesmen that immigration from the Philippines 1s ey aggravating unemployment con- itions on the Pacific Coast failed to outweigh the argument that as long as the islands are under the American flag the little brown brother cannot logically be barred from the United States. So ends California’s attempt to include the sl.ll'rlnol among the Orientals we ex- lude. * ok K % Appointment of an Ambassador to Mexico, to succeed Dwight W. Morrow, is imminent. The Jersey Senator-desig- nate and London Naval Conference delegate may make a flying trip to Mexico City (flying is in his family's line nowadays) to take formal leave of President Ortiz Rubio. But his politi- cal fences in New Jersey are in such sore need of immediate attention that Morrow cannot afford to_ waste much time in or on Mexico. J. Reuben Clark of Utah, former Undersecretary of State and an early associate of Mr. Morrow's_in Mexico City, is now re- garded President Hoover’s likeliest choice for the ambassadorship. Mr. Clark is a Mormon. * ok ko N. H. Aylesworth, president of the National Broadcasting Co., sprang a good one at the recent Wuhlx:ron meeting of the Society of American Newspaper Editors. “The other he said, “my wife told me that N. B. C. gromms were getting worse and worse rom week to week. I pleaded, ‘Dar- ling, if you keep on telling me that, ou’ll drive me crazy.’ Thereupon my tter half rejoined: “Oh, that won't be a drive. It'll just be a putt’.” R ‘There's nl:f to be considerable con- gressional exodus to Europe during the approaching long recess, the campaign the contrary nothwithstanding. Sen- ators Wheeler of Montana and Wagner of New York both contemplate trans- atlantic Iztm. Wheeler means to have s look at League of Nations, and ‘Wagner wants to include Russia in his itinerary. Senators Robinson of Arkan- sas and Bingham of Connecticut plan to g0 to Samoa, along with Representatives Kiess of Pmn:gzlnh and Willlams of Texas, on an ial visit authorized by the President & year ago. * ok ok X The open season for political booms now includes honorable mention of Rep- resentative Hamilton Fish, jr., Republi- can, of New York, for the Empire State governorship this year. He has just been trotted out by Joh J. Curry, an active organization leader in New York City. who seems to specialize in booms. In 1928 Curry tried to line up New York State for Charles Curtis of Kansas for President. Last year he essayed to put Herman A. Metz across as a fusion nominee for mayor of New York. “The two great issues in the 1930 State cam- paign,” says Curry in a letter to Mr. , “will be water power and grohlbfl- tion. I feel you are eminently fitted to lead us out of the wilderness on both these issues, bulwarked, as you are, by your fine records in the New York State Assembly, in the World War and in Congress.” . * ok ok X When the London naval treaty is up for action in the Senate, it now appears that it will be under fire from no fewer than three sides. Hitherto, its only known enemies were the Hale-Britten “big Navy” party and the Libbyite “little Navy” group. Now comes the Third Internationale of Moscow and as- sails the pact as the latest device of capitalism and militarism to enslave the world proletariat. Not being able to accomplish that purpose by sea, Com- munism’s political organization has dis- covered that the “imperialistic powers” have decided to do it land. They are reducing naval expenditure, therefore, in order to have more money for armies, which can be used to keep> the downtrodden people in subjection and misery! & (Copyright. 1930.) George Washington Hero Lauded for His Act To the Editor of The Star: Capitol Heights has developed a hero in the person of young Brainin, the George ‘Washington University student who res- cued Miss Dorothy Burns from being grabbed by an assailant on her father’s doorstep in this eity last Tuesday. The writer has known this slim young man since he was a boy, but did not suspect that the student, whose taste inclines to music and to science, would risk his life and tackle & brute who might have sliced him into ribbons with a razor such as characters of that stripe usually carry. Brainin's father is a native of Rus- sia, a carpenter, who has made sacrifices in order to educate his children on a slender income, but this eldest son has something in him that outweighs in importance all the school training ever given—a capacity for quick de- cision and courageous action, regard- less of consequences to his own safety, braving death to save a fellow human being from a fate worse than death. ‘The Brainins are residents of Capitol Heights, one of Washington's nearest suburbs, & community upon which it has been customary to bestow few com- pliments because of the undesirable character of some of its dwellers. But as a matter of fact, there are plenty of good people there who live and let live, attend to their own business and let others alone. No doubt numbers of young men there possess bravery and other good traits, awaiting only an_opportunity to become known. If Capitol Heights is alive to its in- terests it will stage a public celebration of the heroic deed of youn‘( Brainin and encourage others to follow his example upon occasion. LINDSAY 8. PERKINS. ——————— He May Overcome It. From the Ithacs Journal-News. tired of the sound of ys Sir Esme Howard. Proposals to Help Solve SpeedwayTraffic Problem To the Editor of The Star: Your recent editorial on the Hains Point trafic was very timely. After reading it I went down and observed the Speedway's Easter traffic snarl. ‘While there are many Httle engineer- ing features that need very badly to be adjusted, I think that if two simple things were done the traffic from Hains Point would -un 50 per cent more smoothly. First, when traffic starts to running heavy, stop all westbound traffic from passing the Speedway's exit. . Divert this westbound Virginia traffic around that drive by the old bathing beach, a wide, well paved, splendid drive only about 10 steps longer than the drive By doing this when traffic is run- ning heavy and becoming congested, the westbound Virginia traffic would not_have to stop for the Speedway's traffic and the Speedway's traffic com- ing from under the railroad would not have to stop for the westbound Vir- ginia trafic. The Virginia westbound trafic would not have to stop or be held up anywhere between Water street and Alexandria. Of course the drive up on the approach to the bridge would be quite mean, but even so traffic could keep moving. As only the eastbound trafic from Virginia would be ing the exit from the Speedway, traffic could pull over and give more room for the auto- mobiles coming out from underneath the railroad into Fourteenth street. The other suggestion is that the left turn from Fourteenth stieet into the first park drive east of the Outlet Bridge should not be allowed. Those desiring to make that turn when traffic is running heavy should be directed to go on out to Water street, pull over to the right, out of the way of the other cars, and wait {gr their right of way to be cleared for em. As it is at present there are two or three long lanes of eastbound traffic and two long lanes of westbound Vir- ginia traffic, both moving and impa- tient, so the driver trying to make a left turn at that point, of course, can't break through that westbound traffic, but he stands there with hand out waiting, which holds up the east- bound lane of traffic all the way back. After this automobile turns to the left and the eastbound and westbound traf- fic has begun to move again, then an- other driver signals for a left turn, and so he holds up the long lane of eastbound traffic again. By that time Water street traffic stops all of them. So, you see, the eastbound traffic is being held up almost continuously at those two places, although Fourteenth street is open and traffic going east can run on unimpeded after it passes Water street. ‘That left turn just east of the Outlet Bridge should be stopped when traffic is running heavy. To humor the individual in traffic is seldom to the individual's own good. ‘Whatever moves the ss of traffic speeds on the individual driver. These two simple changes will cause the Speedway and Virginia traffic move much more smoothly. ‘The prime cause for the congestion on the Speedway and also on Four- teenth street is the lack of an. easy approach to the Highway Bridge. It was bullt for wagons and buggies and has not been adjusted to automobiles running at 30 miles an hour. Since the Speedway is our Riverside drive, where we love to strut our stuff when our cousins come to town, I think it was very appropriate in you to call attention to its proneness to be congested at the time when we would wish it were at its best. ZACK SPRATT. Discipline Would Have Averted Prison Horror Editor of The Star: T have read your editorial with re- t to the fire at the penitentiary at lumbus. I have a few ‘essions on my mind: If there had been proper dis- cipline at that prison such a fire could not have happened in broad daylight. If there had been management and discipline the convicts would have been let out of their cells in case of fire. It's mighty hard to get away from the above facts. The warden is responsible for the discipline at a prison. He is re- sponsible for the proper management. The governor of a State appoints the warden and in turn he has responsi- bility. He will defend the warden to the limit, as_his responsibility for his ap- pointment is at stake. I served five ye in the Moundsville Penitentiary. At that time every week we had fire drills, and every convict had a post in case of fire and several times fire broke out in the shops and in less than no time it was out. The officials at Columbus cannot 'fi: away from the responsibility for loss of life, and the public should hold them fast in this responsibility. ‘They will twist and turn and figure and deny and be let off, but it will not affect the king man or woman. E. E. DUDDING. Farmers Are Advised To Help Effect Relief From the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm Board continues valiantly in his cam- paign to_help the farmers help them- selves. He is insistent in his plea to farmers to reduce their wheat acreage in order that they may feel the full benefits of the protective tariff. If the domestic market is glutted, it is obvious that the effect of the barrier against imports will not be perceptible. Mr. Legge makes the exceedingly clear argument that if the farmer sees the probability of receiving more for four bushels of wheat than he is now getting for five there is no pu in raising the extra bushel. The results from over- production obviously will be lower prices and a further exhaustion of the soil and expenditure of labor to no avail. The idea behind the creation of the Federal Farm Board was to encourage the agricultural industry in the working out of its own salvation. The danger of coddling through granting subsidies to certain industries is easily recognized. If the farmers will co-operate it seems that the Farm Board plan should prove eventually successful. Washington’s Work for Washington People To the Editor of The Star: ‘We read with regret of the established “bread line” in Washington and al note regretfully that two District Gov- ernment buildings are to to outside contractors regardless of the fact that the District Commissioners “have the power to reject any or all bids.” We should think this power should be ex- ercised at this time inasmuch as it would help to relieve the situation of unemployment. ‘There are, in Washington, contractors d to none as far as e: ice, secon xperien ability and financial responsibility are concerned. To fifove this fact look over the various buildings that have been completed in the past years. y do not the Commissioners set the example? Give Washi 's work to Washington people. H. BETLIPS, Agrees in Regard to “Adequate Lighting” To the Editor of The Star: I read a letter in The Star a few days ago on “Adequate Lighting,” writ- ten by a Mr. Jol v. rssell, with which'I was greatly impressed. I think the same about the lighting system as Binte o some way 1 bk lng L0 Agres just 5 with all he has said M‘t v MARTHA A to | Sudbury, Mass., where Mr. Ford is i you h our Washington Informa- tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative in- formation, we invite to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Even| Star Information _Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps Q. How many cameramen are there in Hollywood?—L. C. A. The American Cinematographer says there are close to one thousand cameramen of varying classification in Hollywood. Q. How long have crosses been used to mark Christian graves?—H. 8. R. A. Among the very earliest Christian graves which have been discovered the cross was used as a symbol. Q. Is there a rallroad running out of Chicago which advances on the left instead for return postage. of the right, where there is a | i e nion Station says that the only railroad in Chicago that advances on the left is the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and it oper- ates in and out of its own passenger terminal at Canal and Madison streets. Q. Who discovered the new planet? | Th J. W. Z. A. The ninth planet or planet X, as it is at present known, had long been predicted mathematically by the late Dr. Percival Lowell. was first observed on January this year by Clyde Tombaugh, a pho- tographer of the Lowell Observatory, at Flagstaff, Ariz, and later identified by Drs. Slipher and Lampland as the long-sought trans-Neptunian body, com- puted to be some 4,000,000,000 miles from the earth. Q. When was the rouleite wheel introduced?—M. C. A. The exact origin of the roulette wheel seems to be obscure. The game is said to have first appeared in France, becoming very ir, at the period of the First Consulate. In England it was known as Roly Poly. As early as 1745, legislation was passed against it. Q. What is the longest tunnel in South America?—T. L. A. The Uspalatta Tunnel, not quite two miles long, between Los Andes and Mendoza, is now the longest. The Raices Tunnel now under construction will be about three miles in length. I:ay are both railroad tunnels in the les. Q. Where is Palmyra Island?—S8. A, T. A. Although far to the south of the Hawailan Islands, it belongs to that group. It is six miles long and one and one-half miles wide. 3 Q. Please tell something of the methods used at Henry Ford's school at Sudbury, Mass—H. 8. D. A. Thirty-one boys from 12 to 17 years of age live a simple community life in the old-fashioned residence at ing out new theories in education. The boys are taught how to care for them- selves, their home and their clothes. ‘They are taught not only how to earn but how to spend money. The meals are prepared and served by students and the domestic routine is man- resident master. are divided into squads of five members, each under a leader appointed by the master. The school day begins with setting-up exercises, followed by & hygiene lecture and then breakfast. Household chores follow in order, then Please boys th?r' of "Wll:.n ming} proper starts at 8:30. By sons and employment every boy becomes familiar with some trade while studying at his own speed. 2. th 'llhl mule chest?—G. H. was a chest standing on a base and having three or four drawers. Th!: i about hatrway bebween o chest ang way between a a chest of drawers. N Q. When did Tennyson laureate of lh’lglnnd?nn—yb. P.h'lzm" e A. Tennyson was appointed poet };m;e.n&?oe upon the death of Wordsworth Q. Are there flesh. Af:c‘?—". H. ”“‘n' e . ‘The safari ant belongs to the sul family Dorylinae, of which the enbul- Dorylus, with several subgenera, fre- quents nearly all parts of Africa. These ants usually make only temporary nests, but spend most of their time ‘wandering long flles. The size varies from quite Elnuu forms to over one-half inch in vermin people leave till the ants are througl e same general type of ant occurs in almost all the tropical countries, except oy A LU mal ut: impossible. P Q. Can a dust be vacuum _cleaner ;!.:h’out chemicals?—E. H. A. The Bureau of Standards says it 1s possible. The material is usually made from a heavily sized before weaving and in weaving operation a very close, tight fabric is constructed, making the interstices between the threads very small to prevent the :;:;pe beo’ du;t utoron):“ the bag. Chemicals uses shrink the fabric make the interstices smaller. = Q. When it is noon what time is it in A Itis1pm. Q. When do the Gold Star Mothers® to Fral made for a the use of in New York City Buenos Alres?—@G. D. May 7 of pligrimages for Gold Star leave each week until the latterd)a: August. Q. To how many countries is grape- (ngt exported from the United States? A. The Citrus Industry says that mfllmll was exported to 60 countries year. England, Germany and Can- ada were the best customers, but among the other buyers were Brasil, Bolivia, Ceylon, Japan, Nigeria and Liberis. Q. Can & whale dive to the bottom of TS world be Tnpossible for a whal . le for a whale to descend to the bottom of the wn, 1t num-mm%mmm dive of the whale is approximately 100 fathoms—that is, 600 feet—and at any greater depth than this the pressure of the water would be too great for the safety of the whale. something of the au- gul:ee." George A. Bir- A. George A. Birmingham is the pen name of the Rev. James Owen Hannay, a canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. He is now occupying the post of rector of an English parish at Frome. British Financial Burdens Seen as Force in Politics Problems of the Macdonald govern- ment in Great Britain are impressed upon Americans as they study the new bug prepared by Sir Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer. Heavier taxation, unemployment, war debts and a continuing deficit, have been faced by the people of that country and the courageous attitude in meeting the situation is discussed on this side of the water. There is a dif- ference of opinion as to the wisdom of placing the weight of taxation on those who have large resources. Under the new taxation, it is pointed out by the Boston Transcript, “an increase on incomes of more than $9,000 a year, upon death duties or in- heritance taxes, upon beer, and in the ‘The intention,” continues workingmen, but they, too, to pay their share of it in the taxes on beer, on tobacco and on tea. All very well for a Labor government; but as every added burden u the capital- ists—even the small of them—and consequently upon practically all em- yloyeu. renders it increasingly difficult for British industry to get out of the condition of prostration that has fallen upon it, the new burden is likely to add to unemployment, and thereby to in- crease the sufferings of the poor. Thus the new budget becomes but another step in the viclous circle of national em assment.” N R That Americans are amased by “the equanimity with which the British ac- cept a boost in the income tax that already takes several hundred dollars from an income of $5,000,” is_the comment of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, with the further suggestion as to political effect that “the chief result of the nll%i:l 1;:!'110 lf;benll h; Ys!;; Laborite anc policy robal means L;x: next electlo‘r;s in" Bri &.ln will be fought on a tariff issue.” “Such taxation, considering the diffi- cultles of British industry and the state of unemployment,” declares the Of tawa, Canada, Journal, “is all but stag- gering. It is by long odds the heaviest taxation in the world. This, however, is the British way. Britain is the one nation that is paying her debts; pay- ing without a whimper.” The Journal also refers to the fact that England is “meeting bills for unemployment and other social services that would para- lyze the ord.lnl:y .na‘ue; American newspapers disa as to whether the term "soehlmg:euhuuld be applied to the Snowden measures. “Mr. Snowden’s budget discloses two major elements,” as analyzed by the Kansas City Star. “As a l'!lunnof the rolonged economic depression,” con- ues that paper, “the government's revenues have been gradually declining. 160 | At the same time its expenditures have been growing, in part, at least, because of th'rever-lncl‘euln‘ cost of socialistic legislation. * * * His proposals involve an increase in various taxes, but in good socialistic tashion the burden seems to k‘ll:vl ul;un placed almost wholly upon e rich.” this contention appears the Against C vm!m al Courier- hly soctali theories.” That paper adds in expla- nation: “It seeks no new sources of revenue. It confines itself to traditional British procedurs and does not go astray into doctrinaire felds. Though the Tory press is clamoring that it is solely aimed at the'rich, it is the farthest thing from a capital levy, and it distributes the burden so that those most able to stand it are apportioned the D\‘edoflflufl‘t share.” * * The Chicago Daily News also states that while “Mr. Snowden’is a theo- retical Socialist, his financial views are rather conservative,” and that “he is opposed to inflation, to flat money, to conflscation of capital as & means of reform”; that “he believes in ecénomy d retrenchment.” The Daily News ts to the pou!' bility .“t&hn “the 80! may er wreck on g rocka of and explains that “the gravity of the ‘unemployment blem in Great Brit- nlnhrupom{lelnmmade‘rum the moderation of the Snowden budget.” “Where else could the burden be placed?” asks the Richmond News Leader, voicing the view, ho' “it seems the hardest in; approximately $200,000,000 & taxes of those who already e Ty gover ient, wi susf rivate charities and cultural activities.” News Leader conc'l:du that “Snow= mmem fil&l;rmce. S TRy rates are higher than have been in effect since 10'“. Americans Wwho remember the income tax of 1918 will remember rates running up to 65 per cent of the net income. . The Snow- den rates amount to 22! cents on the dollar, but according to the chancellor of the exchequer only the minority of taxpayers will feel this burden.” The situation Lynchl “Great Britain has not recovered from the war, is still struggling to pay the costs.” The Asheville Times finds in it an explanation of the cry, “Not a man nor a shilling shall we ever waste on s continental war.” The Hartford Times comments on the deficit inher- ited from the preceding administra- tion, stating that “apparently Mr. Snowden_does not intend to have the resent Labor ministry bear at once he onus of that inherited shortage.” “The budget is almost a political document,” e Flint D: Journal. “On this occasion it attracted more than ordinary attention because of the business depression and finan- t- | cial conditions in England which have in some quarters. The Labor government, under Ramsay Macdonald, stood a ver'gl(ood chance had budget dis- Highway Parking Hit As Menace to Life Prom the Schenectady Gazette. After several years of effort the State has at last secured a law to deal with persons who for one reason or another park their cars along highways. Where these are narrow—and under modern traffic conditions practically every road may today be called ‘“‘narrow”—tnrs | parking constitutes a distinct menace. The Goodrich bill, just signed by the governor, rrnhlbm parking on the paved portions of State and country roads, as well as on the improved part mere] night parking which is dangerous. Of course, we find long roads after dark many cars with lights out, and there is more than a possibility of running into them, with damage to the machines and injury to h“B\lt % the daytime th even e who leaves his car on the pnvem tion of the road is interfering wita traffic and creating a hazard. It takes up room needed moving machines and forces them into the middle of the highway or on the other side, increas- in| bility of collisions. ve in a real emergency, there is no legitimate excuse for plrkln;"lo‘n the m.fl portion of & road. it & must be l:hll:f‘d. it is not difficult to drive to de on the dirt or even to on a short distance some driveway. ————— Maybe Wearers Wade in Current. From e U RIS T ‘wi uf °'1" Wi “el bat suit” s, we are mpu‘d“ tobe ¢