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’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1930, group of bullding corporations, which|She was mever self-exalted by her suc- THIS T A-8 "THE EVENING STAR | Kellogg Treaty Not a e Vith Sundsy Morning Edition. ha to with the erection but remained her prag, ve agreed to proceed e cess, throughout Renunciation of War JERS Sendep 16 of bulldings within Manhattan in which | stage sctivity true to her standard of ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WABHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........May 16, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor da. mo.. $1.00 | | ”rfiu 18 nfl.’m em:y s Daver and dos She o Tients o Bunfication, nlfl ih oo Morrow’s Declaration. pal Republican competitor for the nom- ination, Mr. PFrelinghuysen, had defl- nitely identified himself with the wet cause. Representative Fort, another aspirant for the momination, is s dry and will so define his position upon his entrance into the primary race. to Mr. Morrow's in- He f the eighteenth replacement by an “will restore to the to determine their toward the liquor trafic and vest the Federal Government power to possible protection and assist- those States that desire com- ition against invasion from that do not.” declaration of principle Mr. not eondemn prohibition disavows the prop- prohibition of intoxi- under any ecircumstances t is an infringement ht of the individual to lead in his own way.” He holds vernments have the right to ‘man against his own propensi- injury to the community is sufficient to warrant the interference with individual lberty. In this declaration Mr, Morrow brings B panaces, he says, for a deplorable 15,08 i | EES'E £ § 13 4 ) i ] Manhattan’s Shrinkege. Somewhat counteracting the so-called eity drift of population that has been markedly in evidence for several decades 1s a steadily continuing loss of population in New York, or rather, to be specific, the Borough -of - Manhattan.. - Despite the growth of the metropolitan popula- tion, that of the Greater New York area, which was officially estimated at 6,017,- 702 as of the first of July, 1928, and un- officially at 6,064,484 a year later, Man. hattan has been rather steadily losing in the count. Its peak was in 1910, when 1t held 2,330,524, and on the first of July, last, according to the city bureau of wvital statistics, it contained only 1,689,- 419 persons, s loss in nineteen years of , 641,105, or at the rate of 33,743 an- nually, Lately, however, the rate of de- ecrease has increased, the borough di- minishing by about 60,000 a year, and the immediate rate of diminution threatens the loss of more than 100,- 000 during the coming year. ‘This steady drift away from Manhat- tan to other boroughs of the greater city and to suburbs outside of the metro- politan jurisdiction, and even to New Jersey and Connecticut, is attributed to several factors, chlef of which is the high cost of living in Manhattan for the | “white collar man,” must maintain a high standard of living and whose income does not meet the re- quirements of the heart of the metrop- olis, particularly in the matter of rents. There are other elements, such as the desire for cleaner surrourdings, for quiet, for opportunities for satisfactory the worker who | | by members of the class whom 1t is | for parking do not always apply to | congested city centers as well as to | suburbln areas. apartments may be had at the average rate of $21 & room. This is much lower than the prevalling rate for apartments nlmll for the class of dwellers whom 1s sought to retain in the borough. Each of the twenty-five companies un- aruh- to erect at least one such build- ing & year, of from six to eleven stories in height. Large financial interests have undertaken to furnish the funds to these companies for this purpose. It is not assured, of course, that the offering of these cheaper, high-grade lp-mnenu will stem the movement out of Manhattan. The other elements than rent rates will continue to operate to draw the dwellers out into the compara- tive country, away from the din and congestion of Manhattan, It remains to be seen, indeed, whether the newly pro- vided accommodations will be accepted sought to save to the big borough. Lon- don tried an experiment in apartment construction about twenty years ago, erecting large structures on the sites of former slums, hoping that the former slum dwellers would occupy them. 'l'hey' were, however, taken by an altogether different class of dwellers, and the slum folk went into other deeps of London. It is not altogether & financial factor | that is causing the loss of population to Manhattan. i The Road of Infinite Promise. ‘With the delegates of the American Association of Advertising Agencies in convention as his audience in this city last night, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, Under- secretary of the Treasury, delivered an address that 1d be read throughout the country by business men and citi- zens generally for its wholesome en- couragement and its clear view of fun- damental economic conditions in Amer- ica. The association before whom Mr. Tepresents American business in its important function of announcement and proclamation. The advertising agencies of America are the media through which business reaches the people, by way of the pages of the newspaper and periodical press. To them Mr. Mills spoke in terms of defi- nite encouragement, despite the depres- sion in business that has been felt for the past six months. Tt is most important that in studying the economic present the past should be taken into account. Mr, Mills finds in the past nothing to raise doubt as| trial. to the revival of prosperity. He finds, indeed, from a study of Treasury finance “the’ factor of growing purchasing power,” which is the measure of the people’s ability to progress in their so- clal evolution through betterment of their condition. He says: Hm. then, we have a rapid increase o! 120 ,000,000 and expanded plant; a tru'er efficiency in production and distribution, and, as a result, sn ever-widening market for all manner of goods and services. Here is actors are still present and there is no reason why they should not contribute to our pul;'mul in '.he mmre as they hlve‘ln past. of & vash RerTiory. Tich 1 ReReFel rescurees and ted with an energetic and intelligent people, constituting a tre- mendous economic unit, free from trade restrictions, and with & market in which mass luction and a demand for com- modites sustained by & means to satis- fy it have gone hand in hand. ‘The country has been in the doldrums for a few months, for no real reason except & shaking of confidence in cer- tain standards of value which had been unwholesomely infiated. The real buy- ing power of the people was as great as ever, but they felt otherwise. When millions of people feel poor they act in accordance. This feeling of poverty is passing as nature continues to pro- duce her bounty, as productivity in all lines 18 maintained, and it is well that those who are in liaison between busi- ness and the advertising media of the country, the newspapers and the peri- odicals, should hear words of sound optimism. Last night's speaker aptly closed his remarks with this passage: It is not ina at this time to remind you m in the United States have traveled along the economic highway in the last few years; that certain definite factors contributed to our progress; that they are still avail- pourflm“nd that while "l.he rond““ m-n u% run 8 valley, it_sf stretches out be!:r“: us, hold!.nyl infinite promhe. Chief Justice Wheat. ‘While there is disappointment on the part of the community and the court itself that Justice Wendell P. Stafford, the senior member of that bench, was not chosen for the vacant role of chief Jjustice of the District Supreme Court, the President’s selection of Associate - | Justice Alfred A. Wheat is gratifying. Justice Wheat has now been a member of the court for about a year, having taken his place on the bench early last June. Prior to his appointment he had served as assistant to the solicitor gen- eral of the United States, so that he was familiar with local judicial pro- cedure through his Federal legal service. He has been a Washingtonlan by adop- tion for a long period and, though he is appointed as from New York, the District recognizes him as one of its residents. In the year of his service on the bench he has demonstrated ability, fairness and an exceptional capacity for judicial administration. Parking and planning represent the order of the time. Crowded curbs leave the motorist still regretful that plans —— v l’eter Pan to Return. An announcement just made in New ‘York will give great pleasure to a mul- titude of American playgoers. Maude As transportation faeili- u-hnvolmpmmmarmhumed‘ momentum. But the movement outward, into o'.hcr ‘boroughs, other towns and even other States, of the workers in the cnmuun:i.ll and financial districts has magnified the | strictly urban transportation problem' ‘The average dally distance traveled by men and women who perform tasks| does not matter much, at present, for! in the “city proper,” in downtown Manhattan, has increased, and the vol- Now an effort is being made to lure these outmoving Manhattanites, prevent others from transferring suburbs, or into other boroughs. Adams, who has been in strict retire- | ment from the stage for twelve years, is to return to it in September in a new romantic comedy now being writ- ten for her by a “well known American playwright.” No further word comes as to the character of the medium by which this beloved star of a few years ago will make her second debut. It the point of chief interest to those who, despite the distractions of tabloid drama, of silent and talkie drama, of revues and spectacles, are still’ devoted to the play itself, is that one of the foremost of American performers, who giving to her audiences the best that was in her. When she retired, she did tion of the “revival.” It would be most unfortunate if it were otherwise. Some might hold that possibly a wiser plan would be for Miss Adams to reappear in one of her old stellar performances, just as recently Willlam Gillette came back as Sherlock Holmes, and as Mrs. Piske is now doing as Mrs. Malaprop. ‘The latter case, however, is not exactly in point, for Mrs. Fiske has never re- tired. In terms of years nearly half a gen- eration ‘has passed since Maude Adams made her bow in farewell. Actually a full generation has intervened, for pub- lic taste in the matter of entertainment has altered vastly in the past dosen years. There are many children who should have the chance to see her “Peter Pan” once again, and it is not to be doubted that she could render that role as, youthfully and convine- ingly at fifty-eight as she did at thirty- five. A Job for Mrs. York. In a generous and characteristic ges- ture, President Hoover has issued an executive order proposing that Mrs. Helen Hall York, widow of Prohi- bition Agent Lamar Watson York, be appointed a Government clerk. The President recommends that civil serv- ice rules be waived in her favor, so that she may be put in position ta support herself and three small depend- ent children. Agent York was killed in this eity in the line of duty last month. He was shot and almost instantly killed while investigating the movements of two men and an automobile which he sus- pected of transporting liquor. to some exceptionally prompt and ef- fective sleuthing by the Washington detective force, York's murderers were quickly apprehended, confessed their eflme, and are now in jail awaiting Men and women may differ on the merits of prohibition, but few of them disagree as to the dangers inseparable from the Government's efforts to en- force it. York fell in action—fell as heroically as a soldler or sailor laid low in defense of the Nation's honor. He died to uphold the majesty of the law. In arranging for adequate provision for those he left behind, President Hoo- ver recognises that valor and devotion deserve reward even if they are not exemplified amid bombs bursting in air and the rocket's red glare—though pro- hibition’s hostilities in Chicago are not always indistinguishable from war, Students of very anclent history do not agree that the conduct of Solomon was always that of & very wise man. His deeply respected proverbs prompt & suspicion that he hid what is mod- ernly known as “a ghost writer.” —————————e ‘The popular inclination i to take life very seriously. The comedians of the screen have lost their rollicking supremacy and sweet sentimentalities or solemn tragedies assume supremacy. Ancient India has an irritating way of reminding modern England that her ideas on several subjects must still be considered comparatively youthful. — et ‘The best feature of Lindbergh's ex- traordinary record lies in the fact that he has never given counsel that favored & reckless risk of life. —————— Apart from his prohibition views, Bishop Cannon is called on to explain what finance experts refer to as liquid assets. —————— A statesman who wavers between wet and dry passes out the soft drink in an argument instead of the soft answer. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Doing Our Best. ‘The fruits and flowers that return May lose their usual west. In spite of bitter frost, we learn, ‘They try to do their best. Like weary mortals, they arise Again to meet the test, And ask the world to recognize That they have done their best. So, friend and fellow, be of cheer If you should feel hard pressed, And face the future without fear, If you Rave done your best. Bees. “Are you going to participate in the spelling bee?” “No,” answered Senstor Sorghum. “! never have any luck with bees of any kind. I fing myself invariably stung.” Jud Tunkins says he has seen gals all made up, who made him think of the magazines that don’t amount to much beyond the picture cover. Time for Talk. ‘When plenteous argument arrives ‘The real strife must cease. So long as conversation thrives We're certain to have peace. A Speech That Counted. “Did your wife make a speech at the woman’s club?” “Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton. “She showed her usual leadership and made the most authoritative speech of all. She fired the cgok." “The love of Power,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “leads to tragedies. Power has strewn the pages of history with the melancholy remains of jilted sweethearts, Modest Worth. The hen retired and Iaid an egg. The rooster struts, your praise to beg. But modest worth makes best display. ‘The hen retires an egg to lay. left the boards at the height of her powers, is returning. i Maude Adams was the idol of a faith- But I ain’ never yit nurdunohn.-_fir.fl;‘l “A hoss race,” sald Uncle Eben, “is de sport of kings—so I has been told. president of Manhattan ful following for 8 good many seasons. dat I'd put my money on as & trainer nmdnml&-finmn&uum w;mfin" & ‘Thanks | 4 BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. p something of a nuisance. ‘There was some sense to it, wi Egyptian king established wonmp of the so-called orb of day. ‘Then it was n that the Huh salute the first rays of the sun yruenee of the assembled le. ount to m rlu before the multitude, m& lendor; it was a visual demonstrati unquenchable power. * x % % Men of today, however, regard the sun | empty simply as an essential part of the solar system and let it go at that. ‘Whether one is awake or not at its rising, rise it will .ypel.\'s to be the same old place, day ter dly, year after year, lifetime after Thumcyofthed-wnumo!' its not unessential charms; if there ‘were any doubt about the process scien- tists might be tip-toe on the mountain tops, misty and otherwise, to observe the phenomenon. To see the sun rise is not essential, but to be up in those bracing, early and mystic hours is. Those who do n feel this way about it are entitled to their wlnlon.t&! course; some day they | gng will reform mselves and realize lt last that Benjamin Franklin was ‘The birds get ur roughly at 4 o' in Summer; now that is just & little too early for two-legged: creatures, with the exception of the: clrickens. Five o'clock is a good time to arise. It may be recommended as a safe time for ambitious persons who have any task to accomp! or who llmpl! want to enjoy me m Lo and quiet. The quieun tlme of the entire day between 5 and 7 am. The milk wagons have gone their rounds, the birds have ceased their first clamors_of jubflmon at the coming of & new day, the dogs have sought their kennels. ‘Thousands of human beings, deter- mined not to agree with Franklin, are turmn: over for new naps. ‘This is the time when the early riser may get up to a world as near own a5 he will ever find it. ‘When he walks out on his cool, dewy 1awn, intent on noting which of the iris had opened during the night, he dis- cuvsx‘;s that he is & new Adam in & new worl In this early mornipg Paradise the are no automobiles, which would hlve disturbed Qa blessings of even the len. ‘There -re 00, no radios. Even the radio maniacs who sat up until long after they should have to bed (according to the best m lul mthormu) turned off their sets long ¥ Row no sounds are to be heard ex- and does, in what | ess 9t | has to, one. To get on & chuly morning an plunge nhr‘\llppt the open air with- benefit eans recommend. stomach’s sake |y, great sun 10ok| mg, o farm. It h no feather ln one’s cap there, but lnornmt.hemylym:mmueh. Hn Who gets up early, not because he because he wants to, has & pleasurable feeling of being exceptional, d there are few human beings who do not nuey that state of mln¢ although J be few to admit Ofll our functions in l.l!t, m- ever, is to admit things gr‘ :&hn the * eai shall be invited &"mg'""" e e f.lu obll'nu&u of mem| o £ u‘ uum or the o “condifons 4s the. Gouncl lein'mdlhlllnhuiw of the of article 16 shall be lppllclbu 2 l!"n!l the state taking su rerting therefore to lrucle 16, lt s qulu elesr that the intention was, ai , to compel obedience not only on the well, sum. and lhuuld on resort to war n mm undor lrdc 18, "u a«uud have eommmed an act of war against | same p| all mlm- the League,” and to quote from said article: “It shall be the duvu!flnmuaefl in such cases to recommend to the sev- ted doses, day after day, this|eral Tepeal helps men and women suffering from the well known “inferiority complex” in varying degrees, and since almost all of mankind, according to the psycholo- gists, are so suffering, our remedy of) Leagu ;!N-Il‘ll up early has much to be said t from this aspect alone. * ok x % But the main reason for enjoying before breakfast time is that it induces in the a person the Emersonian is more miserable than to be forced to jump out of bed, dress in a hurry, eat breakfast in a hurry, run for & car in a hurry, hasten along streets in & hurry, fume because the elevator is not in 8 hurry? hn way of I.Mn‘ for the man who i not wtu.lnl assume the slave attitude in evegnphue of life is to so arrange one’s time that he has plenty of it when other men have little. This even a poor man in time, which commodity has been said by great men to be the essence of wealth. Hurry is & word which sounds suspiclously like worry. Many will find that by avoiding the former they are able to shun the latter. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When Dwight Morrow’s wet bomb- shell blows the naval treaty out of pre- ferred position on the front page—as it has done—the country has a graphic indication of what constitutes big news nowadays in these thirsty United States. Prom now till primary day in New Jer- sey next month, the prohibition con- troversy will rivet national attention to the mlunion ot nearly all other politi- cal issues. If Representative Franklin Fort or some other outspoken dry turns the Jersey Republican senatorial race into a three-cornered scrap, it'll come mighty close to being a great and sol- emn Treferendum on the punmnunt issue. Certainly nobody of Morrow's stature has so far thrown down the m. of battle in such clean-cut mmu to repeal national hlhmfln ‘The Jersey lawyer-bal er- d.lplmnlt has the llmellgh', full force. he wins the senatorial nomination, -nd then the election, nothing can pos- sibly keep him out of the Republican " g4 presidential picture in 1932. Morrow would typify the wet side of the pro- hibition argument even more vividly than Al Smith did in 1928. * k% % Nothing so much like the Spanish inquisition has ever been seen in Wash- ington as the Senate hearings on the naval treaty. The ferocity with which certaln members of the foreign rela- uom and naval affairs committees have after Secretaries Stimson and Mlmx and Admiral Pratt resembled at times the browbeating tactics of prose- cuting attorneys with prisoners the dock. More once side-line ob- servers at the hearings expected explo- sions from the cabinet members, Who were inferentially accused of selling out their country at London. Probably it is & good thing for the peace of the Nation that “Hell-and-Maria” Dawes, who was also an American delcgate at the conference, isn’t here to be put on the rack by his one-time senatorial col- leagues. It was exactly under such provocation — ruthless cross-examina- tion of Dawes in nection with war costs—that he blew up before a con- gressional committee in 1920 and told querulous and quibbling statesmen ex- actly where they headed in. PEE What's going on at the naval hear- ings is, in effect, “parliamentary gov- ernment”—1. e., the practice of requiring executive department heads publicly to answer questions on Government busi- ness. But, in countries where the sys- tem is in vogue, cabinet officers have rights which our Senate inquisitors deny them. Ministers, for instance, are en- titled to demand “notice” of any ques- tion which takes them unawares and finds them unable or unwilling to give ofthand replies. The “parliamentary” system also permits a cabinet officer to state, in reply to a given question, that an answer is refused because the in- formation could not be publicly disclosed without injury to Government interests. No such inhibitions restrained the per- tinacity of Senators on Capitol Hill this week. They did not shrink from extort- ing facts and figures about the Na whlch had he even inadvertently di- 'd them, would have cost a gob his unl form and his honor. * K ok ¥ Willlam Knowles Cooper, long-time |0 director of the District of Columbis Y. M. C. A organization, is headed for England to tell the British world a1 | The about prohibition in America. He's been invited to deliver a Fourth of July ad- dress before the International Council of Congregational Churches at Bourne- m , and has chosen “The Economic of Prohibition’ his '.he'me S e b e e e er to say - zenth’l‘inmdmmt is a noble clperl.munt or not, theugh he personally is an un- compromising dry. * Kk ok k “A cadet named Cagle,” who has just married hlmul( out of West Point and | sa: the Army, has almost mn;!e himself a polis—some -come of it is mtelllslplln: B By Neadomy” Jusls, a e tl.nl"tl! hl sailors’ opinion, the Ani "’f” conten- tion that West Point permits specializa- tion in athletics rather than concentra- tion on military science. Army and Navy relations that ground, N l"nd for the principle nvmh\' leges and universities, whereby l man may not play more than three years of var- sity Xoot ball and not until he is & sec- ond-year man. * ok ok % Andle' W. Mellon, Secnury of the made his annual trip to New gradua- uon exercises of me couc Guard school the Connec coast—the Polnt and Anmpolh of the Coast cMn.rd service, The Coast Guard is very dear to the veteran Treasury chief’s heart. He makes occasional pilgrimages to the impressive bronsze pyramid erected in honor of departed guardsmen at Arling- ton Cemetery. Mr. Mellon is completing his tenth successive year as chancellor of Uncle Sam's exchequer—an unprec- lented record. He has now topped the previously longest consecutive l::l'urs:ctrh:: of fAl:);rL Gallatin, who etary of e Treas ht years, viz, from 1801 to mwm s * ok ox % President Hoover has received the fol- lowing telegr: from the Boelety of Friends ll Phflldelphll. the princi) Quaker “meeting” in the country: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, in session May 12 {0 16, inclusive, sends love and greetings. We heartily appre- ciate thy continued efforts to enforce o, e, Sl R given stren, to comp{ew the difficult mfl e (Copyright, 1930.) Canada to End Taxes On Gifts to Charity From the Toronto Daily Star. The decision of the Mackenzie King government to refrain from taxing that part of citizens’ income that they give to churches, educational institutions and hospitals impressed many as the most novel feature of the budget. But the principle of this change 1s already oper- ative in the Ontario succession duty law and has been generally recognized llyyy zk):le uov::::menc of the United States. 'nknown the publi organizations nnlg:u}c 1: “u"finp?i'i-:' community worl jed the Dominion .nvzmment re} y over a period of ears to take the step now determined The succession duty law of this Yrovlnce provides um no duty shall be eviable on property de: or be- queathed for nhmn, charitable or education purposes to be carried out in Ontario or on the amount of any un- g‘ld subscri) for any like purpose. e exemption of charitable, re- liglous or educational bequests ht have the effect of reducing the taxable estate to an amount on which a lower rate of duty would be applicable. Es- wates of a value below $25,000 are not wxable 'hvn they Otnier estates TEYman e: the ' um wbllc-mmhdxgrulem do no m’m lor their memny.wniut nm eommnt "h not aj relerenu m the income amendment. law is merely being changed that a citizen doel not Bl'l to pay to the state a tax upon money he has|s on | on passing i| Praise for Dr. Brady’s .ourvwcmh iven to the community already in one form or another. ‘When a man dies the amount of pr?e rt) dlv]ll.hll among H{ mzth. lessened h;.h"v- upon his nm unity is logical that during his )fletlmn‘:lg:lls lar nn- lhmlld nduec hll unble in- :’l‘ndm rennh.r 'ukl trlbutlnm to fl-'ugf l!l\l!mudu of cmlnl. n:‘{vmnu saving 1n tncome tax m be large, least the state 'fi be lndlul.lnl‘ ‘unmistakable way of ‘income ‘tax collectiny thar o0 b it be- mfi'gwnm 408 lly to be used to protect the covenants of o 1t is clear, therefore, that when tnese articles are read in connection with the “exceptions” to the Kellogg peace pact, not unly doel the said pact exelpt such above, but the entioned Unlud shneu, although not a member the League of Nations, is arbitrarily !uhjected to its jurlsdlct.lnn 1 would esteem it a favor if you would publish this for the pi of ac- quainting those who are interested in the facts, which, after all, is what the public is entitled to have. H. RALPH BURTON, General Counsel, National Patriotic e. —won—s. Makings of a Fish Pond At Seventh and F Sts. |§} To the Editor of The Star: ‘Washington is posgessed of a bright lot of street and roadway fixers, and they are now trying Yo make water run uphill sewer {rap and sidewalk nnd roadway at the northeast corner of Seventh and P streets northwest is a “fine specimen” of surface work. At the entrance to the sewer the gutter is several inches htcher than the adjo'n- ing roadway, and as a' consequence sev- eral inches of water forms nearby, being unable to get into the sewer every time it rains, and pedestrians crossing the street at this point get their feet gnod and wet trying to cross the street and every auto that plunges through pemol of water splashes it trians, on the sidewalk. If the Fish Commission would furnish | & few fish for this pool, the presidential E‘“’ may find & g place nearer jome than the Rapidan, and save on thelr gasoline bills. H. T. McCONVEY. ) Clean-Up Rules and Fruit Skin Tossers To the Bditor of The 8 Dr. Reichelderfer's suggestion that Clean-Up week be observed not merely as an isolated period but rather as a start ard effective cleaning up for u:c entire ynr is an excellent one. this connection attention is in- vim to the careless and thoughtless practice of individuals who eat bananas and other fruit in the street and throw the slip] peelings wherever they are—that is, from automobiles, on the pavement or in the roadway, and par- ticularly around loading Pll"orml‘ ‘This is not only insanitary and* un- sightly but highly dangerous, both to pednmms and animals. believed llue special regulations to ln'ure Kkee] should be 'nfmeus ized for violation ther the streets cleaner and Jm fines legal- EVELYN M. FORD. Let University Co-eds Smoke if They Desire! To the Editor of The Star: Why 8o much “trembling” at Amer- ican University about co-eds smoking? ‘Why not let the co-eds freely smoke, if they wish, instead of making university conditions 8o that they will have to un:.ke malw ‘Those "l.:u "rm to smoke ' anyway, regard| of uni- versity authorities. Columbia, New York lnmty lnd H\In'lf:'l ?lmm‘d and Bryn Ma ve Al this problem, lnd doubtless of their student bodies is as ‘oodal::gnlly as it ever was. Wouldn't & “habpy” view of the matter recognize the present situation, if well advanced, and not try ta counter changing social conditions? VERNER M. HOLSTON. Prof. Hart on Limits Of “Free Morality” To the Editor of The Star: As an auditor of Prof. Hornell Hart's lecture before the lnurnmon-! Con- on Mental Hygiene, I feel Srchb!nhop Curleyn rood m\h has been imposed upon. Prof sert that “the old concepts of morality must go.” not his t.h h roper. Rather, he emphasized the | Rrmitations of the “free morality” 1den | and urged unly wider education and dis- cussion of vital problems of human re- lationship. J. H. MASON. R “Health and Hygiene” | coun Editor of The Star: “;h:m quite sure that I speak for a A illiam Br y e, “Heaith and Hys His opmlom are the result of nql!l.iul tuhn;deraundut.x;nl' of uu as body, tending to- '""‘ ey he"preservation of health and tion of mass of super- the end.\cn = stitions and false lar mind ih the matter cloud the POl ciene, - We miss him on en. he doesn’t appear. We Lo jufllmnni. it dependent - and good nature. m-inng humor hoodinab o nd | Jenuary 1, Hart did not as-| the BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. A. 8. A. It has been suggested. About five years ago there was an active debate on the subject that cabinet members could mwmmofflnflwu(con- snd be empowered to and data on the depart- mfl under their superintendence. law was mfll Ml] 20 ll by President to_become effective llfll On the latter date the first homestead entry was made at Brown! ebr., d office Th‘w- Was oflmu Jln\ury 20, uu. lnfl final certificate issued on dsy. The entry was ptmmd Beptember 1, 1m Q. Where is 111 mmucxtnnln lmuuplr-d Francis Scott Key to “The Star Banner’?—I. M. A. A. This flag is in the National Mu- uumlnwnhmwn D. C. It was pre- ? Armistead, the commander of the fort during me bom- bardment, and was bequeathed to his daughter, Georgianna, and presented by 'tll‘:;wfl:‘ t m”vkewfl' o fl?n by 34 A about Tomvilation: design. of ‘s Uaited States lon flag during '.he Wll' of 1812-1¢ has 15 stars and 18 stri) Q. Why did Ptuldant Wilson finally break off diplomatic relations with Ger- many?—V. G. M. A. In his statement to Congress on February 1917, President Wilson stated that he had broken off diplomatic relations with in view of the el of e Slomic whris inaugura january 31, 1017. He stated t.hl declaration deliberately opj solemn assur- ance llven In e nou ot May 4, xlls. the German government. The sub- msrlne warfare condueud by Germany caused the loss of a number of United States vessels and of American citizens. Q Is alternating or continuous eur- rent used in electrocutions?>—L. C. D. A. Both alternating nnd eonunumu jost the sight of one eye in the hlttll of Chl?.flll-'fllhfl! during t, | World War. the ‘The is that of Old Wurld Itfllde. and that of Pest, in contrast this, has the bustle of the New World. Buda- 4 mhwwdemdouotm::mmu- I\l!wl 'flfiulc L Phymrhn ‘woman or to & M.B. A. Titles are not used in making out checks. o m-m%mm as d.o:nmaolblocdh' mmnouw? A In New York Ofty, where there is an association for this Some of the t their veins are too small, they have not the a h of men, and are not as accessible. In England women are ac- cepted. i are the ‘“abecedarian B. B. A. They are such as the 00f | 119th, in which the verses of successive mwmm are in siphabetical mmnn!nmymmmc Q. How many different tribes of In- dians were thm oflxlnllly in the United States?—J. J. H. th the | Texas or that Teason was very desirable. “Sensational” I.I l unn applied by some observers “round-robin” | statement from more thln & thousand | some supporters of the protective calling the economists tradif traders, while others support the tests mlnn hilh duties and the on foreign trad % “In their numbfl. it is by the New York Times, “are cluded the skilled ldvluu of banks and grea manufacturing 'hhn lo- hm body ol gether, thty lpelk massed mmn un uu wm: - vigor of conviction and expression without a parallel in American nporl- em:e." ‘The Times states “it is impossi- ble to imagine President Hoover dis- missing light-] this solemn re- monstrance.” however, ts tha protest should have been made many months ago to have had helpful lflm ron the course of legislation”, “it is now lnrg 1or (:onl'ren to ‘confess voluntarily that has been making prodigious mr." * ok ko Declaring that “the tariff has degen- erated from a well intentioned fiscal policy of & great party into the personal and private grab game of a compara- tively few millionaire lndum-lu." the Portland (Oreg.) Journal declares: “No- Drotesiing ehperis. They are shudents T experts. ey are studen They are without bias or prejudice. They have no interest in \the matter save interest in the public ‘welfare.” “The 8 sets the situation in its true light,” says the Roanoke World- News. “It does not go into extraneous n {issues, nor does it deal with vidual schedules. It does show that the bill benefits the few at the expense ormm;mznm Itl.xnfl peoss o small fi:.r hich wm BeEoiectad in into th Trea Q‘ * etic response corded under other conditions from ele- ments that are not brought to a change of view because of the manifesto, but have reached the conclusion that & previous muddle has been made of '.he m ject for a limited revision.” ‘who question the cor- Mfl‘lfill of the economists’ position is the Fort Wi News-Sentinel, which contends: economists take the traditional Democratic viewpoint that American worker gains more as & consumer under & low tariff than he|geen can gain as a producer under a protec- tive tariff. Upon that theory the Amer- ican people have long since turned their backs, and as a rule and guide of polit- ical faith it has been, in part at leut. repudiated by the Democratic “As far blck as the days of Blaine and continually since,” accord- to the Spokane Spokesman-Review. e mnd in th- eollele !l;rule:m of this urlfl lar revenuu only A poll eol.hn faculties lt lny time would have recorded a verdict inst the doctrine of high prmeuvl urm " That concludes that the prmac “is more tacular than convincing.” The Rul Hetald describes the protesting persons 8s “free traders, revenue-tariff advo- cates, low-tariff special pleaders and theorists of various kinds, mostly re- State Journal feels that there Il “a free-trade smack to the subject mat- ter of the petition. R A Way to Trouble. Prom the mun-uoul News. an argument is lono';fisulomcm for mem| n mwmgummmc«m. paper | 5F nd | be K Fconomists’ Tarlff Attack Is Called Sensational Move | they were intended to do. ‘The bill is an attempt primarily to raise | prices, in order that the prod luetion of food may be more profitable.” ‘Waterloo Tribune holds that the Hll “is dealt & blow” by the economists, and ‘ that “as iculture it won't worry if the Mll should be defeated or vetoed. “Menace to our export trade, on which perity of the American lnlly depends,” is emphnlud by Atlanta Journal in ‘mr hand, by increast Government makes more difficult.” and the port u( the experts concludes: ese d argu hlmel‘:':d lwtl of polmc!-‘l:ln T e ers for any speci interest, bu o? large-minded thinkers trained in mcwmmmmcuul of sciences that | quickly or satisfactorily,” says the Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal, while the St. Post-Dispatch maintains that “they. know that such a bill will not help the farmer, that it will increase the of living, that it will decrease our , that it will imperil our foreign ts, that it will paralyze in- it it will depress wages, that vite unemployment, and resentments of a sort experts’ argument is e Detroit News, the 2 B38, lu o Hhatr ‘crificism than might Do e g A to_ignore Huh ‘reaction lol!wad I.h' ,publication of th eaine n e ‘scon- s Wm. P. Eno Corrects Report of Speech To the Editor of The Star: In the 11 issue of The Wash- Star leelrcd an_article ‘Changes entitled 'num-, Control into speech. He said he believed Washing- ton had the worst trafic-control system in the world. In order to thten it out he advocated termination of ference by the Utilities ol = B not say simply tht “\l'-l.lltl. o lers, ion to blic Utilities Com- misslon, in which 1 strongly velieve, respect In every other your article Was an excellent one. WM. P. ENO. Material Is Available Here for Poet Laureate To the Editor of The Star: i The reston Tor absemnmin zhumn that o legiiation. " That problem lem 1s the habilitation of agricul dispute that the