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A, vealed him<tif 25 2 man who THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WABHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY..........June 3, 1030 . THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor R Oy o w“%“ Michisan ‘Buldiie. T 60c per month r €5¢ per month .. be rer copy month ephone day ion made af the end 83:'-.1""7»'3' sent in by m each il or tel Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. o Maryland and Virginia. y B Other States and Canada. ang sun Tyr. 30,00 4 Sund 200: 1 mo.. $1.00 s and Sunday. 13r-$12.80: 1 mo. fi, oniy ST !,’, 1388 | mo- e ) 13 2ia 00§ mo: doe niy 1o 1000 i men it :day only « $5.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. {ated Press is exclusively entf tled republication of all s and a ocal 1.¢ herein Al rights of publication of hed s special dispatches herein are aiso veserted Surrender of a Principle. The declaration of independence by the House District committee on the Ppolice and firemen's pay bill amend- ments is like a Boston tea party with the patriots remaining safe ashore and emptying their own tea cups down the sink. The motion to adjourn sine die a5 a protest against the fact that the committee's recommendations were trampled upon does not mean a great deal at this season; if it means any- thing, it is that a few pieces of District legislation may be lost that otherwise might have been favorably acted upon. But this form of protest was presum- ably the only one left to the committec. To have dumped the tea overboard and made a stalwart fight against the de- cision by the House leaders would have meant that the whole police and fire- men’s pay bill would be dumped over- board, too. The. committee graciously accepted half a loaf in behalf of the police and firemen and surrendered a principle. Aside from the merits of the amend- ments themselves, the principle at stake was this: If the members of the legis- lative committee in charge of the bill decide, after hearings, that they prefer the bill as it is written, while one mem- ber of the appropriations committee decides that the bill should be amend- ed, whose views should triumph? Mem- bers of the legislative committee con- tended that they should be given the opportunity at least of placing the matter before the House for final de- cision. But Representative Simmons of Nebraska, who contended for the amendments, threatened that if this were done he would throw the House into a debate that would consume val- uable time. The House leaders do not believe in discussing things, if the dis- cussing requires time. Such discussion throws the well oiled machinery of the ‘ House out of gear, develops a piston knock and slows up progress. Their attitude on measures affecting the po- litically impotent District is that pro- ponents and opponents of legislation may choose between the alternatives of compromising their differences bel closed doors or else losing the whole shebang. ‘The District of Columbia has suffered from this procedure more than once. If a matter is “controversial” it is stamped as something to be avoided and let alone. The democratic prin- ciple of putting the decision in the hands of the majority becomes a hollow farce and while monarchies have their good points, especially in an unwieldy House, the District of Columbia usually comes out at the little end of the horn, 1f at all. As for the amendments themselves, the police and firemen may congratu- late themselves on having won an in- erease in. pay that will immediately benefit men of good record and long service, and that ultimately will reward those who stick to their jobs and demonstrate their ability. Instead of & blanket increase in pay, the measure, as rewritten and agreed to by the House, applies only to those whose seniority now, and whose good service from now on, will make them eligible. ‘There are other features of the re- written bill that the firemen and police- men feel are unsatisfactory. But the test of these will come later and Il there are faults that demand remedy it is comforting to remember that there | is always another Congress just around | the corner, et Adverse climatic conditions have not killed the Japanese cherry trees, and may at least have discouraged the Japanese beelle. | ———— King George V. King George V is sixty-five vears old todsy, the anniversary marking roundly twenty years of reign. From no quar- ter of the non-British world will warmer congratulations and good wishes reach him than from this Englich- speaking Commecnwealth. | It will be noted with special gratifica- | tion in the United States that the King's birthday honors include the bestowal of a peerage upon Sir Esme Howard, late British Ambassador at ‘Washington. The distinction comes to | that seasoned diplomat in token cf his | many vears of forelgn service to the erown, but in especial recognition of his work in America from 1924 to 1930, He came to us in & period of grave Anglo-American strain cver cruiser and co-related controversies. The end of his ambassadorship coincided with their settlement. When George V lay in extremis a year ago, American interest in his co dition and the ccurse of his illness wi si:mecond only to that which prevailed throughout the British Empire. Time and_not in this couniry alone, George was looked upon as coloriess menarch, doomed to leave no appreciable impress upon his ers. He five when he ceme to e | throne. had been Prince of Wzles so long that the son, the Duke of York, was more or less in eclipse. The World War descend:d upon Bu- rope during the fifth year of George V's ’ THE EVENING any man or woman who ever oecuplediwuhefld, one of Britain’s great golfers, Britannia's throne. He has conquered | he was two under even fours for thirty his subjects’ affection and esteem by | holes, with the result that another tro- | mates. His g'fted end popular fatber | practicing the homely es of simple and clean living, modesty and devotion | to duty. He perfectly personifies the British conception of constitutional kingship. In an age of rising discontent with the ancient pretensions and preroga- tives of royalty, George V has made monarchy in Britain a living, respected foree and strengthened its foundations. ‘The poet has said that “‘uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” That could not be writ of George V, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, De- fender of the Faith, Emperor of India. ——— Overriding the Veto. Presidents who veto messures in- tended to aid veterans of wars this country has engaged in run up against a stone wall of sentiment, plus or- ganized groups, which make the vetoes ineffective. President Hoover is the Iatest to feel the power behind these pension bills. His veto of the Span- ish-American War veterans’ bill was overridden in the Senate and the House overwhelmingly yesterday. His immediate predeccssor undertook to halt the bonus bill fcr the men who served in the World War with a veto. His veto, too, was entirely ineffective and the bonus bill was finally passed without his approval. War veterans who served the country in time of stress are entitled to gen- erous treatment by the Nation. No Nation has been more generous to its old soldiers and sailors and to men who have been disabled in war than has the United States. The veterans of the Spanish-American War should be dealt with as generously as the veterans of any of the wars. There are certain well defined rules regarding pension legislation, however, which have been lald down in the past. President Hoo- ver in his veto of the bill which has now become a law notwithstanding his opposition held to some of these rules. It was well :derstood that he would have approved a bill which did not carry the provisions to which he ob- jected in his veto message. And to many who make a study of pension legislation and * ho have an inkling of what this country will be called upon to do in the way of pensions not many years hencc, his objections have ap- peared well taken, ‘With one-third of the membership of the Senate up for re-election this year and the entire membership of the House, the plea for the passage of the bill over the President’s veto may perhaps have fallen on more fertile ground than had the measure been passed in an off year, when no election was pending. It was to be expected, too, that the Democratic opposition would make as much capital as it could out of a veto by a Repub- lican President of a veteran's pension bill. In the Senate 28 Republican Sena- tors joined their Democratic colleagues in voting to pass the bill over the veto. Not a Democrat voted to sustain the President’s veto. In the House the handful of members who stood by the President were all Republicans. Representatives of the organizations of veterans were actively engaged in working for the passage of the bill over the veto. Senators were buttonholed by leaders of these organizations yesterday and urged to vote for the bill without change. The national commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, Gov. Green of Michigan, was on the floor of | would ha phy was added to his already sagging beit. Bobby has now won every major golfing event—the only man in history to have compiled such a record—the British open, the British amateur and the American open and amateur. America and the amateur champion of England. Yes, something will have to be done about this superlative golfing machine! It is not as if Bobby were near the end of his career and would | soon fade out of the picture to give !the others in England and America a chance. He has many more champion- ships before him and appears actually to enjoy winning them. Here is an opportunity for the first tee “lawyers” to swing into action. The only trouble is that Bobby is a lawyer himself and can probably give them as good as they send, Ferhaps the U. 8. G. A, might an- nounce that now that Bobby has proved himself almost infallible he must handi- cap himself by playing, we will say, with only a driver and a putter or even & putter alone. In that event, Bobby a difficult time getting under eighty and the others, the mere | humans, would have some chance. Or, if this plan is not feasible the golf association might allow Bobby's op- ponents & couple of “woofs” a round. A “woof” is just that and can be de- livered by the opponent in a loud and penetrating voice just as Bobby is at the top of his swing or is drawing his putter back to sink a delicate one on the green. “Woofs” have been known to be remarkably effective, but Bobby has had so much experience in playing while stewards were shouting “Clear the Course!” and thousands of goggle-eyed spectators were swirling around him that a “woof” might not be of any use in his case. In any event, he is a great golfer, the greatest the world has ever known, dnd if no means can be found to pull him down to the ordinary mortal's level, then there is nothing to do but to tell him again that he stands high in the hearts of his fellowmen. ———r—e— Gangland makes the way of the transgressor hard by organizing feuds independent of the law to put rival bootleggers “on the spot.” Lawlessness must eventually defeat itself. There is no “gentlemen’s agreement” in the un- derworld. e A family destroyed by fire at Glen Echo is among the numerous reminders that human destruciion is difficult to prevent even in time of peace. War is not needful even in the cruel calcula- tions that assume a need of destroying superabundant population. —————————— News travels fast, and it may be doubted whether even the facilities en- joyed by Ambassador Dawes for gath- ering close-up information will enable him to tell President Hoover anything he does not already know. ? e When the extraordinary quality of the- nickel magazine is observed, it is only reasonable to hope that the prom- is¢ of betier material in a five-cent cigar may be realized. The jitney may again be coming into its own. ———— ‘The proposed tariff is not approved by the Henry Ford interests. This fact does not prevent Detroit from gladdening the public with an announcement of less the Senate during the debate, making use of the privilege of the floor accorded to governors of States. Former Sens- tor Rice W. Means, who at one time ¥as national commander of the veterans’ association. also returned to the floor yesterday in the interest of the bill. ‘The Spanish War Veterans are justi- fied in seeking more liberal pensions. The question at issue yesterday, how- ever, was whether the objections raised by the President were sound and whether the bill should have been amended to meet those objections. Both houses of Congress have gone on record overwhelmingly in the matter and the bill becomes a law as it was originally passed. Whether the precedent set yves- terday will rise to plague the legislators in the future is another matter. Unplug It and Be Sure. The tragedy which wiped out by fire a family in Glen Echo early Sunday morning calls attention anew ‘to a recommendation whose worth will per- sist no matter what the increasing skill of electric engineers. This is, when any piece of household electrical ap- paratus is not in use, the plug should be entirely removed from the socket. That she had experienced consider- able trouble in the past in shutting off the electric iron was the testimony of the owner thereof who loaned it to the mother of this unfortunate family. It is believed that, improperly turned off and left attached to an electric socket, it slowly overheated, fired the un- watched house and destroyed its in- Better and cleverer means of discon- nection will doubtless be devised in the future, some of them “automatic,” pro- vided anything can be said to bs really automatic. But the best, the safest, the most certain way, even though it may mean extra stoopings by a tired houscwife or servant, is to remove the plug completely from the sockst and leave it some distance away. Once that is done the apparatus becomes a harm- less combination of steel, of wire and of inculation and all hands are safe expensive motor cars. S i O ‘The homicide mystery that leaves be- hind the most clues is frequently the hardest to solve. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Self-Impeortance. I heard a philosopher gently exclaim, “Oh, why do you hurry as if in the game You fitted to rank as an influence great, When you're only a pawn in the fingers of fate! Oh, why be so worried about your affairs, At last to discover that nchody cares! “Why war with opinions of old things or new? 1f you have a friend who is honest and | true, Though the way of existence be weary and rough, To deserve such & friend will be triumph enough: And the small disappointments that come Unawares Should soon be forgotten, for nobody .cares.” Student of the Tariff. “Do you understand all about the tarig?” “There are only two points about it,” admitted Senator Sorghum, “concerning which I am not confident. One is how it will affect business and the other is how it will work out in an election.” | Jud Tunkins says professional talent is scarcer than it wasein the old vaude- ville days. The radio is making every evening sound like amateur night. Modest Worth. The race hoss is a creature fine, And who.is there to dcubt it! He wins; but never stands in line To strut or brag about it. Elephant and Donkey. “Did you go to the circus?” from any danger from that quarter, ———— It has been customary to submit a new poet laureate to organized critical A “There 1s not much poetry in but & great deal of politics in B ) fing Machine. The Gol It looks wery much as if something would have to be done about Bobby Jenes in- national and intsrnational tournsment play or elsc there interest- ing sports events will 1'sc much of the'r flavor. Bobby is simply a human golfing machine, but what chance has a field of normal golfers against a machine? Bebby likewise has a unique motto. He is the only linksman who can carry it out. His motto is, “Shoot pars at them and they will all curl up. 1 reign. It was destined to try his soul and the mettle of his sovereignship. He met the test ml[nlfleent.lyr He re- as every ineh & king #nd & king who was every ach s mAn. Today he i ¢ helcved 4 that in the fnal round with Rogér He followed this slogan all through the British amateur championship, an event—can it be possible?—that had escaped his grasp on two other occa- sions, and he followed it so successfully “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It doesn’t suit my politics. It advertises | & dozen elephants and only cne trick mule.” “A great man who chooses feeble friends,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- ‘may find himself in the situation of one who seeks to make a sapling do the work of a crowbar.” Self-Discussion. Man is an egoistic elf Whose vanity has never ceased, And he who talks about himself Talks of what he may know the least. “I reads my Bible,” sald Uncle Eben, “an’ I don't lose d= comfort it brings by lettin’ it git me into an ahgument.” — et Gandhi as Dress Reforme: From the Détroit Frec Press. don't know fi Mahatma {andhi is going to* it as & revo- lutionist. but ne ought e a big suc- cess a5 & back-to-nature dress reformer if he ‘?uld be inducéd to come to this WASHINGT( )N THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A description of two humming bird nests is contained in a letter received y this column recently. It was never seen such a nest and had never known a person who had. “You do know one person who has seen a baby humming bird,” writes this Takoma Park woman. “In fact, I per- sonally knew a pair of them, and since I have had varied acquaintanceships with members of the ruby-throat fam- ily, I thought you might be interested i to hear of them. “It has been my chance luck to have found two humming bird nests — and both were built quite low, about midway, say, between the first and second story windows of an ordinary frame house, and both were in the yard of my old home at Luray, Va “In each case I just happened to look into the tree and right at the nest. The first one, when I was about the age Jane is now, thrilled me exceed- ingly. There it was only a few feet above me on a horizontal branch of the silver poplar by the front gate. “We could not see into it and only rarely saw the birds near it. Unfor- tunately, however, we did see sparrows near it several times, and one morning the first interested passerby reported the nest wrecked, by the sparrows we always supposed,” as It was tom to shreds. %Xk “But my second nest, found some 10 years later, was in every way more suc- cessful. An apple tree stood close to the west side of the house, and one day I looked into it from a second- story window and straight at what fairly took my breath, for it looked like & humming bird on a nest. “I ran for binoculars to verify it, and it truly was. This time there were no interruptions. Just once I happened to look when the bird was off and was rewarded by a glimpse of white deep in the down ‘of the nest. Next time I caught the bird off there were babies there, and then came the most entranc- ing scenes of all, for we could watch the parents feed them, which they did by the regurgitation method. “Best of all, though, was when the bables grew larger and could really be seen. They always sat, tail to head, crosswise in the nest, and were per- fectly adorable. After all too short a time—and no wonder, as they more than filled the nest—they disappeared, having apparentl mpleted a successful nest- ing period Our correspondent twice held a hum- ming bird in her hand. That is a record for other bird lovers to shoot at. Perhaps no one who has watched these fairy little birds on a quiet Summer evening but has longed to hold one, if only for a few seconds. She continues “Twice, too, have I had the thrill of holding a ruby-throat in my hand. One rainy Summer day one dipped by acci- dent under the heavy canopy of honey- suckle overhanging a porch and found himself trapped beneath the ceiling. “Bewildered, it kept bumping itself as it flew up instead of down. I ran for my butterfly net. and my father succeeded in placing the hoop of the net over the bird as it hovered against the ceiling. “As T took the mnet to extricate the bird it ‘played dead, lying perfectly limp in my hand. We knew it was un- hurt, so made the most of our chance to examine it until I detected signs of its coming out of it. Then I kept quiet. hand open, and—whizz!—that's the end of that story. * ok ok % ut the other one was so entrancing as to sound faked. I looked out at a border of nasturtiums one day just in VENING TIMES, Glasgow.— There ‘is still a good deal about the films which is objection- able, but they are no longer un- speakable. * oK ok % Roads Not Yet Private Property of Motorist. Manchester Guardian.—As time goes on the censors of pedestrians grow bolder and bolder, but a special niche in the records of 1930 ought to be pre- served for the gentleman who an- nounces, in a letter to a cotemporary, that “far too much license is given to pedestrians in crossing the streets.” This is excellent, especially when the assertion is backed up by the statement that “the public are not permitted to stroll aimlessly up and down railway lines, and yet the streets of London are far_more deadly.” One might just as well say that the public “are not permitted” to stroll about the passages of the house. occu- pied by the writer of the letter. The reason why members of the public “are not permitted to stroll aimlessly up and down” railway lines is that railwi are on private property. Fortunately, or unfortunately, we have not yet arrived at a state of things in which the roads are the private property of motorists, though some of them seem to think so! * % Way We Live That Is Dangerous. Le Matin, proved thal most of the col-mporary crimes are committed while in & state of mental exasperation or stress, rather than from deliberate ii tention or deep resentment. The Pas- sion of the moment, resulting from some disappointment or annoyance, is more responsible for deeds of violence than any cherished animosity. Real urges to such crimes are often con- fessed, as "1 shot her because she in- sisted on small peas for breakfast, and 1 don't like them!" Or, I dispatched him because he put too much sugar in his coffee!” Little causes, but grave ef- fects. Women especially are the victims of & neurasthenia produced by the mo- notony and tedium of housework that is responsible for temperamental out- bursts, We are not really worse than before—it is the way we live that is dangerous. * Curbing of Saloons Threatens City Revenues. El Dicta en. Vera Cruz drastic regulations went into effect re- stricting the hours that saloons may re- main open—from 8 am. to 9 p.m.— * cent of the applications for renewals of licenses. It is curious the turn this matter has taken. Originally intended to save their money to the workingmen, those persons. by not spending their money in these establishments, have so reduced the profits of the business that it is no longer possible for more ing. This, in turn, by reducing the rev- entes of the city, makes city emploves timorous lest & deficit in the city trea: ury delay the pavment of thefr w Cily and state officials will confer as to what modifications should be made in the new restrictions. PR 1 | Churches in Moscow Are Being Torn Down, Cologn® Gaz:tt".—The ringing of the chureh 5 15 now 10:0'dacn in Mos- cow and the other citics of the So- viet Republic. The authorities are averse to public ass mblies in th: obser {of rel'gion, and the ringing of the church bells was in furiherance of such assemblies. Rel.igion hereafte !Q{ per- sisted in, i to b= mor: of a private than a public affair, for the government councils ar: resolute in their effort to abolish it. The campaign is beginning to tell upon Moscow's 40 times 40 church's, with their thousand bells Already 100 churchés have been torn down to make way for the seculariza- tion of the city, and many other hun- dreds have been In the demo- Highlights on t Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands lines | | .—1It has been well | nervous | Since the ! there has been a falling off by 60 per| than half of them to continue operat-| | time to see Baby Suede leap and catch | a ruby-throat. I tore out, and she very | obligingly gave it to me. It, too, was He | prompted by a sentence in a recent perfectly limp, but this time, of course, is at present the open champion of [article here to the effect that we had | I feared it was injured, though I could | find no mark on it. “Taking it up to the honeysuckle high porch, I ministered to it in vari- ous ways, dropping water on its beak and wishing it back to life. Presently | its feathers began to glow. It is inde- | scribable, really, but that best expresses what happens when a bird comes back to life. That is why they look so very | dead and pitiful when they are stuffed | and mounted. A photograph of a | mounted bird can never fool a bird lover, however it may profess to be from | a living model. “He began to glow and palpitate, but made no move to fly. He sat up and perched on my finger, sipping & drop of water. Then I tried something else and was enraptured to find it successful. “Reaching for a spray of honeysuckle, I held it out to him, and what did he do, still sitting on my left hand, but plunge in his long beak and suck the honey from one after another of the flowets? “Then his colors fairly struck fire. | He was as though transfigured. Then— | click! He was apparently perfectly all | right. "About a week later, when was sitling in the same place, reading, a humming bird left the honeysuckles and circled several times around my head. 1 always liked to think it was my guest paying his party call. " * “These rare glimpses were rather | cheapened by my mcquaintanceship with the ruby-throat in Louisiana. There honeysuckle ran riot over all the |line fences, and during my neighbors | absence in the Summer ccmpletely cov- | ered their woodpile, making a Fuge | banqueting table for literally dozens of | bumming birds. “I have counted (as nearly &s was possible) as many as 30 or 40 there at one time. I have heard people assert that the humming bird never alighte. They should have seen the rows of them | that festooned my clothes line as they | | rested from their gorging—and fight- ing. For again my sweet memories of |them ~were jarred by their terrible | fights. With'a long shrill shriek, two | gladiators would swoop towards each | other in the air and bump with such force together that they bounced apart, lonly to lunge together again until I cx- pected to see them gore each other through and through. “However, I never saw a fatality, for about that time another fight would start and the first couple would swoop screamingly away, leaving the jousting field to the new pair of Knights.” In the foregoing paragraphs we are presented the humming bird at work and play by a true bird lover. The writer here makes no pretense of being a bird lover. He is interested in birds, that is all. It is perhays true that one must have an intimate acquaintanceship with birds from childhood to appreciate them properly. If one simply becomes in- ferested in them in later Lfe he will lack that fineness of discriminating ob- servation which marks the foregoing de- scriptions. The birds occupy & peculiar place in the scale of life. It is not given to every one to love them, but most may be interested in them. Since we have moved to Jack Spratt Farm we have heard many new bird songs. There is one mysterious bird which we have never seen which says, as plain 8s plain can be, “Pussy, pussy, pussy, pussy!” with the high note on the last syllable. It is not a cat bird, but we call it the cat-calling bird. The cardi- nal still remains our favorite, next to the humming bird. And we confess a sneaking liking for sparrows. he Wide World | given whether they should not be pre- | served for architsctural beauty and | historical interest, but only that they are places of assembly where mutinies | inst the government may be born. * K % % Bomb Becoming Universal Weapon, Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Vienna.—The bomb, as a weapon of threat and co- ercion, is becoming universal. This in- timidation, _originating among the Nihilists in Russia, has spread through Europe, until now an unexploded bomb has been found even in the British Mu- seum. This effort at terrorism is sup- posed to have been undertaken by two Indian students, much frequenting the Museum, as an expression of their fanatical resentment at England's atti- tude in India. In Chicago, perhaps more than anywhere else, is this and terrifying weapon used to promote the ends of lawlessness and crime. The | bomber of Chicago is the nightmare of | the storekeeper and householder even | more than the ubiqu P itous revolver. Cortes Descendants Reveal Tomb of Conqueror. Imparcial Montevideo.—A dispatch | from Mexico says that a family in di- rect descent from Cortes, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, have finally dis- | closed the secret of the great warrior's | tomb. This Information of such vast importance to Mexico, and to all South | ) has besn confidentially trans- | mitt d from father to son. For over a | hundred years the descendants of the | Spanish sailor and soldier have main- | tained an impnetrable silence regard- | ing the resting place of their glorlous | ancestor, but today they have decided to | unveil the mystery, and give the secret to the world. The remains of ths Span- ish conqueror repose beneath the altar of the Virgin Mary in the Hospital de Jesus, in Mexico City. This hospital is thte most ancicnt existing in the West- e1.. Hemisphere. | * % | Rikisha Coolies e Trial for Disturbance. China Weekly Review, Shanzhai--A number of the 1,243 rikisha coolies ar- rested in Peiping in connection with the labor dispute, which led to the destruc- tion of the tramway service during Oc- tober, will be tried by court-martial, which may lad to the execution of some of the leaders. Up to the end of October, 889 of the arrested have been "!‘l'nflrt : that is, taken to the out- skirts of Peiping. d ordered to walk 20 li (15 miles) before being allowed to turn back. { * | ‘ I | Frog Jump Typifies California Glories From the Seattle Daily Times. In his_interesting a of the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain cmitled to mention the distance covered by Jim Smiley's leaping am- phiblan, 50 there is no standard by which the achlevements of 1930 can be measured. Word comes from Angels ’amp that the contest winner at the jumping frog jubllee cleared a distance of slightly more than 12 feet 10 inches, Second place went to a frog with a leap of 12 feet 5 Inches. ‘They have so many wonders in Cali- fornia that it would be reckless to say that such leaps are impossible. sull Calaveras County should not be offended il Puget Sounders express polite in- | credullty. * ° A trained athlete can do a little bet- | ter than 11 feet from a sianding start, and he can clear 26 feet with a short preliminary run, but a frog that can jump nearly 13 feet must be moved by a soul-filling urge to get somewhere in a hurry. The prodigious jumps recorded in the Yenewal of the Calaveras County classic put a severe strain upon one's natural readiness to believe. Still, one recalls the declargfion of the bucolic visitor upon viewfpg & girafle for th fira time, *“There alit no sich animil, | and forbears to dispute e report. | Galitornia 1s & wonderful State. | size and the Imposing names connected JUNE NEW BOOKS . AT RANDOM L G M. THE NEW GENERATION. Edited by V. P. Claverton and S. D. Schmal- hausen. The Macaulay Company. ‘The children are in revolt. The el- ders, therefore, in something quite close to panic. ! Yet, looking into the past as far as the reach of history runs, and farther even, the fact stands clear that chiefly by way of revolt has man reached the high place that he now holds. Turning against established things grown im- potent toward innovation of lusty mien and good promise has provided history with its commonest program of ad- vance. One wonders why this obvious and persistent method of getting ahead has not throughout the centuries bred in man a more philosophic faith in the future, a more confident and competent seizure of the present. Why do the elders rage? Look backward for a minute—away back into that distant past when woman, for the soundest of biological Teasons, was dominant in group life. Adviser, director, organizer and leader, her opinions of supreme weight, her counsel giving pattern to every mo- mentous move in the collective economy. Man, necessary to be sure, but never- theless subordinate—hunter, worker, provider, bodily safeguard. Then, as now mno doubt, abuse of power led to mischance for the accepted order. Power is a devouring possession, ulti- mately consuming alike both agent and victim. And so, through a long prac- tice of craft and art, man reached the point of revolt. The patriarch came in course of time to supersede the ancient matriarch, and for centuries thereafter man ruled the world, women and all. For the past hundred years a new re- bellion has been gaining momentum. The cadenced movement of history has again brought woman to the fore in & fresh demand for political equality, for equitable property rights, for profes- sional opportunity, for social liberations. And right here, only a step behind the modern woman crusade, come the children themselves seeking strange and terrifying terms with their elders, or, even more ominously, taking a thousand matters into their own hands—matters which only a short time ago belonged exclusively to the domain of parent- hood. functioning as either permission or refusal. the latter as a rule, What to_do? Where to turn? When allments beset the mind or body of man, he instinctively reaches for expert diagnosis and treatment. Why not do just this in respect to the new malady that appears to have seized upon the youth of the world? Human affairs seem, fortunately, to he S0 constituted that ways out of dilemma, even the deepest, open to honest ur- gency of escape. v do not we, the elders, therefore, seek truer rap) with the children than lamentation on the one hand or reprobation on the other is likely to secure? Comprehen- slon is our first need, a complete iden- tity of feeling with youth, of feeling rooted in knowledge. Here at hand is adequate means for a sincere and unprejudiced outfaring under the guidance of high authority into this troubled, and troubling. do- mair of childhood and the years im- mediately following it. “The New Generation” is a body of scientific knowledge on this most im- portant of subjects. Modern in out- look, frank in disclosure, sane and practical in suggestion, clear in plan and method. the book sourced in such high authority is. nevertheless, a gen- erally communicable one, from which parents, teachers and the general pub- le—all vitally concerned with the mat- ter in hand—can gather valuable in- formation and genuine interest. Sci- entific, but interesting, is a falr sum- mary of it, and, besides, a cordial in- vitation, “Come in and see this for yourself."h. More than 30 avenues of approach lead to the subject by way of as many authors of distinctive authority. Fol- lowing an introduction by Bertrand Russell come discussions of various trend and import from such scholars and ters as Havelock Ellis, John Langdon-Davies, Alfred Kreymborg, Margaret Mead, Scott Nearing. Sher- wood Anderson, T. Swann Harding and others. Those named, however, indi- cate the range and quality of the whole. The editors themselves, V. F. | Claverton and S. D. Schmalhausen, con- tribute substantially to the work, Every aspect of the earliest years is brought under scrutiny here by one or another of these special'sts. Pre-natal condi- tions, the first reactions to external existence, the more or less obvious sources of impulse, desire. of actions repeated till habit begins its dominion over the individual. Physical psychological interrelationships _are brought here to a simplicity of analysis and effect that set a most important matter out in perfect clarity to the average reader. interested in the sub- ject. The book, & shade formidable in with it, is, nevertheless, a handbook of useful everyday fact pertain'ng to chil- dren as individuals, and as a vital part of the oncoming collective body that tomorrow will be the inspirers and managers of th earth itzelf. “The New Generation” separates into five related parts. Part I breaks on the ear a bit forbiddingly—"Parents versus Children.” And here we learn of edu- cation as it is administered to children in both savage and civilized life. Not $0 good—yet true, Better read this, fa- th d mother. Having read it, stop pretending and get down to the honest business of at least facing your job. ‘The story goes on then to considering the child in his instinetive opposition to civilization itself—to those natural op- positions inherent in the human to cus- toms and institutions. And what to do about it, on the basis of new investiga- tions, new psychological findings. “The Family Romance” is a fascinating study. Tradition bound, you will deny its sub- stance. So, let us say no more about it. However, within this section of the book is an ifmportant study of immedi- import, one for every parent to eize upon in understanding mood. “What Price Parenthoed?” is the title made use of by T. Swann Hardin young and on-coming scientist of W ington who, by the substance and qual- ity of his investigations and reportings, is recelving many a tribute from the brotherhood of science in the Capital and from savants of the tribe of inves- tigators everywhere. Mr. Harding be- gins his particular discussion by throw- ing away the political theory of govern- ment, by getting down to its true eco- nomic basis. It is upon this foundation that he erccts the many and diverse costs of parenthood. The healthy citi- | zen is the foundation of the Slalk’.{ Such is the text from which he draws the material contributions that parents must make to the well-being of their/| children in order that they. in the! course of time, may themselves con- tribute to the stability of the common- wealth, to its perpetuity in well-doing and well-being. These costs are heavy, diverse. They are material costs and spiritual. They are day-by-day costs. ‘They are such, too. as look toward the exigencies of any future in which the children must be provided with the many-sided powers of high citizenship. Mr. Harding sets this study — this searching, practical, informed study— against a background of history. Going back to the sapient Chinese for his pat- tern of wise parenthood, he moves for- ward In a clear seeking of the out- standing traineis of childhood among |* the older peop'es. They wise, as per- haps we are not vet altogether wise, to the fundamental fact that progeny can nevir be looked upon as the personal induigence of mating adults, but rather that children are no more, no less, in reality than contributions to the great stream of life that gatheis from period to period under the name of this civili- zation or that one. Such consideration, you see, lifts both parent and child into another realm, onto another level. 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Since halos occur in high thin clouds of small ice crystals, and since such clouds occur on the forward side ' | of a widespread storm or cyclone. it follows that rain or snow usually occurs | within a day or two after a halo is seen. Q. When did a base ball team go to Europe to play base ball>—L. T. M. A. Three times base ball teams from the United States have gone to foreign countries to piay base ball. The first trip was in 1874, when the Bostons and Athletics of Philadelphia went to Eng- land to show the Britons the difference between their game of cricket and our base ball. In 1889 A. G. Spalding sent two teams around the world. The third trip was in the Fall of 1913, Q. What makes the holes in Swiss cheese?—J. S, A. The cheeses are immersed in brine in a room with a temperature of 70 de- grees Fahrenheit, in which the typical fermentation produces gas holes or eyes. Q. Has Cornell Universiiy a memo= rial to her war dead?—A. N. A. Cornell University has recently completed a war memorial to the 264 Cornell men who lost their lives in the World War. It commemorates also the active military service of 9,000 former students. The memorial is in the form of two towers, one for men who served in the Army and one for those who were in the Navy. There is a connect- ing cloister in ‘which are carved the names of the dead. The towers are flanked by two buildings which are residential halls for men. The dedica- is & blind advertise- says that there is no light that will tion r\'ill take place in the early Fall. Nation Marvels Abllity of Senator Glass to obtain a unanimous vote of his branch of Con- gress eliminating the dial telephones wakes general, if, in some cases, slightly ironical, praise as a legislative achieve- ment. Meanwhile no unenimity is Teached concerning modern methods of telephoning. Viewing the congressional action as a “revolt,” the Rochester Times-Union remarks that “the Washington com- pany is left speechless, says a report, particularly since it is recalled that Tecently President Hoover refused to have the dial telephones installed in the White House.” The Adrian Daily Telegram states: “The performance is one to which we may point with pride. It opens the way to getting things done in Washington. If we can contrive by some method to clothe pending leg- islation with a personal touch, we m. look forward hopefully to less debate and more action.” “Not holding any brief for or against dial telephones,” says the Newark Eve- ning News, “one nevertheless envies the facility with which a Senator, and a Democrat at that, can get action to oust some especial aversion. We of | around here are to twiddle those discs | with holes in them, after a certain | time. If they prove nuisances, and no- body is saying they will, we shall twid- dle them just the same, probably, with at Solons As They Evici Dial Phones the new tariff rates which are threat- ened. He might try to lease or operate Muscle Shoals on his own hook.” The Albany Evening News offers the criti- cism: “Somehow this abrupt action of the Senate reminds of some of the earlier prejudices against automobiles and other inventions, like some of the old folks snorting at the gasoline ‘devil wagon’ when it first went by. But the dial is here to stay, although the sweet, voice with the smile has the approval o(“the Senate of the United States, 1f they prefer the wrong numbers, the ‘ringum again,’ the interminable * delays, the crossed conversations and the operators who sometimes seem to be asleep at the switchboard, no doubt, the telephone company won't try to force modern automatic efficiency upon }_}\;ou:\, L We wonrder what is Herbert er's reason for preferri e fashioned phone,"p S U Omaha World-H: lumblll,e State asks. ator be troubled to thumb through fat directory, only perhaps to fln‘d 1: refers him to one of the several depart- mental lists, dig out his number, put in his call, likely as not have to chase his man around through various exX- changes, when there'e a group of girls in the Capitol exchange who are mar- vels—no less—at knowing how and where a given person in public life is the alternative of writing letters, send- ing telegrams, hiring messenger boys, | or calling in persons to say what we | have to say. Introducing a resolution | wouldn't help us any, even were there | a place to introduce it.” * X X X “There is pith and sense” declares the Danbury Evening News. “in Sen- ator Glass' objection to ‘being trans- | formed Into of the employes the telephone company without ps That paper also argues: “Many people all over the United States are in fer- vent agreement with the gentleman from Virginia. They do not like to operate their own telephones and they do not like to believe that the dial telephones are resulting in an increase in what is called ‘technological unem- ployment.’ more work for the sub- scriber and no lessening of telephone rates. “If the telephone companies are really going to make the subscriber like the automatie phones they must make them handier than they are at pres- ent.” thinks the New York World, while the Lynchburg Advance con- tends: “Many children, who are now able to use the phone by calling cen- | tral. would find the new system too complicated, and there are many occa sions when It is necessary for, them to make calls. The dial arrangement no | doubt has some advantages, but we | are not yet convinced that it is superior to the present system, as some users profess to believe.”” The Utica Observ- | er-Dispatch sees “one of the first evi- dences of revolt against devices calcu- | lated to ‘conserve labor,'"” and feels that “it is to be wondered whether the idea will spread in the efforts which are being made to solve the problems of unemployinent in this and other | countries, % i “Ordinary mortals must use the dial | hones and like them,” asseris the Chattanooga News. “There is no dan- ger of this senatorial independence ex- | tending to the average person. If it | did he might refuse to consider using | ally everybody—well, let it §0. One doesn't have to “seléct.” However, let us hope for a general use of this in- valuable book of modern research and | treatment upon a subject that s, obvi- ously, the suipassing interest of the | present and the future. And, in this wide reception that the big book de- serves, let us suggest that a practical starting point is “What Price Parent hood?” “The New Generation” is sim most immediate and searching matter is “What Price Parenthood?” Possibly if one had to select from this store of specialized knowledge and illuminating | perts everywhere and in qvery line of | minds éxposition the one discussion tands closest to the largest body of readers in a clearly communicable ap- proach to a theme that concerns liter- ply another proof that pecialized | knowledge is nowadays being sha to| the uses of the people generally. Ex- that ' investigation. are. turning vital truths | America that we all re: over to the commonalty where it so ob- viously is needed for the advantage of the world "SR B | Sta | thingumbol | quaintance. | Brazilians® | up to the voyagers of the skics. to be reached at any given h to be peac] Y given hour of day | * ok ok K “If the proletariat mechanical yes-m wishes to accept centrals’ with sycophantic anisni.” concludes the Fort Worth ar-Telegram, “that is entirely some- thing else. But the senatorial service must be made of sterner stuff-well anyhow, some kind of stuff that never fails to realize that it is a Senator wanting the right of speech with some- body. "A Senator with a craving for the release of dammed-up vocalities ob- viously may not be imposed upon by a " The Boston Transcript suggests: “Even in the merits of the modern dial system there is novelty and its rejection by Congress is not the first » time ‘that our legislators have refused a good thing simply, or largely, because it is new.” “A fair trial ou tests the Roanok ght to be given,” pro- * K e Times, maintaining that “frequently that which repels at first glence becomes not only endurable but positively agreeable on closer mc- The Detroit, Free Press holds that “the most exalted precinets in_ Washington may be behind times,” and that “the country generally has accepted the automatic telephone as an improvement.” The Dallas Jour- nal offers the appraisal of the situation “There is valid argument for restora- tion of old methods that call for the employment of more workers in fields of service to the public, but it might justly be lodged against all other modern, labor-saving, time-saving machinery The desire of the telephone industry. when it began the installation of auto- matic telephones, was not so much to eliminate employes as to facilitate the ® business of communication.” ————s Reaction To Graf Same as Ours From the San Francisco Chronicle, We can appreciate how the people ir: South America felt when the Qrat Zep. pelin circled over their heads at the end of the historic flight across the South Atlantic, for it is only a few months since our own people had a similar experience. The South Americans blew siren: tooted automobile horns, rang bells and sent a mighty chorus of welcome roaring In f they reacted to the thing just the we 'did whenithe Graf came to Sam Francisco. The Graf has done a double service. It has given a tangible and dramatic demonstration of man’s progress, a sym- bol not of a merely national achieve- ment, but one in which the whole hu- man’family takes pride. And it r the“people of North and South ™ spond in the same ::yhmnthe 'd":'!:l lgspmlnnns and that eart and mind at least we speas the game language. b