Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1930, Page 8

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The Assocjated Pro | o e A A Fepuneation ol ST e tled rllth!l credited to it or e ey G ¥r T sLo0 ZD: Report on the Alley Bill. ‘The Commissioners’ adverse report on the Capper-Bowman alley bill serves the purpose of pointing out those por- | tions of the measure that can be changed to make it acceptable not only to the Park and Planning Commission, ‘which has supported it as drawn, but to the Commissioners, whose wholehearted support is necessary if anything is to be accomplished. The Budget Bureau's action in turning thumbs down on the financial arrangement—under which a revolving fund in the nature of a loan Wwith interest from the Federal Govern- ment would be established—is unfortu- nate, but through later conferences it should be possible to iron out the dif- ferences of opinion existing on this im- portant feature of the bill so that the legislation will be generally acceptable. ‘The point to bear in mind is this: The alley problem in Washington, de- spite optimistic assertions to the con- trary made from time to time, is not going to solve itself by itself. The nat- ural processes of decay of physical properties and the inclination to let well enough alone have not improved mat- ters. The law of 1914 was possibly ill conceived, for it failed to take into con- sideration the consequences of forcibly evicting thousands of persons from their homes without due regard as to where they should go. But if, as the Commis- sioners say, it is still on the statute books, its existence is a technicality that means nothing. If it cannot be enforced, it has, to all intents and pur- poses, been nullified. It would have been dangerous and short-sighted to carry out the law of 1914 with condi- tions as they were after the war. The duty, therefore, devolves upon the Commissioners to lend themselves now to a real effort to solve this problem by the enactment of suitable new legisla- tion, co-ordinating their plans with those of the social and welfare agencies that have laid the groundwork for pro- viding suitable residences to take care of alley dwellers as they are gradually evicted. The District of Columbia is about to spend $16,000,000 on cleaning up its front yards. The Cramton bill funds will be used in park, parkway and playground development, destined to make the Capital more beautiful than ever. Accompanying this program there should be a serious effort to clean up the back yards of Washington—to elimi- nate the bad spots that are hidden in the alleys and that escape the atten- tion of those who see only the broad, clean streets, the green grass and the flowers of the parks. ‘The Commissioners would do well to follow up their adverse report on the Capper-Bowman bill by suggesting alternatives. Two New Air Records. To Italy goes the honor of smashing two major air records simultaneously. ‘When Msj. Maddalena and Lieut. Cecceoni went aloft the other day in their Savola-Marchetti plane they hoped to establish a new non-fueling record. ‘When they came down they not only had attained their goal, but had added “snother title, that for closed circuit distance flying. For sixty-seven hours the Italians cruised lazily over Monte Celio and in this period they covered five thousand two hundred and eighteen miles. The former duration record, held by Johann Ristcz and Hans Zimmer- mann, was sixty-five hours and twenty- six minutes and the former distance record, set by Dieudonne Coste and Paul Codos, was five thousand and fifteen miles. ‘These are records that really mean something. They prove the advance in the art of flying. When an airplane is capable with & crew of two of carrying enough fuel to fly more than five thousand miles without a stop and to remain in the air continuously for nearly three days it constitutes an! achievement of merit even in this era | of wonders. The congratulations of the ‘world will go out to Italy in the posses- sion of her new honors. e In his reminiscences of a bygone campaign Bishop Cannon is entitled to refer politically to Al Smith as “gone but not forgotten.” —r———————— East Indian princes are lavishly rich | without being able to do anything very) successful in the way of establishing campaign funds. e The Vollbehr Collection. The House committee on the Library has taken the unusual course of re- porting without recommendation the bill of Representative Collins of Mis- sissipp!l authorizing an appropriation of $1,500,000 to purchase the Vollbehr collection of incunabula. “In view of the fact,” says the re- port, “that this purchase by reason of its magnitude would embark us on an essentially new policy with limitless possibilities your committee feels that the full responsibility should be that of the House itself.” ‘The responsibility is one that the House should not hesitate to assume. The Library of Congress rapidly is be- coming, in response to popular need, a great national cultural institution. 1t already is a headquarters of Ameri- can scholarship. Perhaps the com- mittee feels that so large an expendi- ture on & single item would put the tional Government. It is right in stating that the possibilities are limit- But what higher function has Gov- ernment than this—to preserve and help develop the culture of its people? Treasures of art and literature prop- erly belong to the people. ‘That the Vollbehr collection is of- fered at a figure far below its real value never has been questioned. The Gu- tenberg Bible alone probably is worth very nearly $1,500.000, to say nothing of the other rare and heautiful works of the pioneer European printers, which are included. They are among the world's great cultural treasures. The United States cannot afford to be with- out them. The committee on the Library is pass- ing to the House much more of an op- portunity than a responsibility—an op- portunity to turn the national policy definitely into cultural lines. It will, at the best, only be official indorsement of development which has arisen out of a need and already has gone far. If the Library of Congress continues cn the road along which it has made such strides in the past few years it is bound to become a center of world scholarship. Failure to purchase the Vollbehr col- lection might mean a temporary set- back in this development which ill can | be afforded. Passage of the bill, on the contrary, will establish a splendid prec- edent. - e “The Embassy™ Passes. Britannia is pitching her tent on new soil in Washington this week and abandoning the premises which have been her diplomatic headquarters in this Capital for more than threescore years. The old embassy on Connecticut avenue is putting up its shutters, pre- paratory to succumbing to the wreckers, and John Bull enters into possession of new, capacious and palatial quarters on Massachusetts avenue. The establish- ment long known as “The Embass; for other countries maintained only le- gations, is no more. With its passing, great pages of Anglo-American relations fade into history. It was in 1867 that the rambling old mansion, whose mansard arhcitecture ranked as a work of art in those days, was first occupied. Sir Edward Thorn- ton was Queen Victoria’s Minister at the Yankee court. He served here for fourteen years, the longest term achieved by any British envoy to the United States, though Sir Julian (late Lord) Pauncefote was entering upon his four- teenth year when he died at Washing- ton in 1902. Following the Thornton ministership, eleven Britons have rep- resented their respective sovereigns in this country. The name of each of them in itself conjures up memories of great episodes in the annals of the two English-speaking nations. Sir Edward Thornton (1867-1881) was followed by the Hon. Lionel 8. Sackville West, whose career as British Minister was summarily terminated by President Cleveland in 1888, when the Minister was trapped into an interfer- ence in the pending American presi- dential campaign. Then came the eventful ministership-ambassadorship of Pauncefote (1889-1902), in which events like the Bering Sea controversy, the Venezuelan incident and the Hay- Pauncefote Panama Canal treaty en- livened and sometimes severely strained Anglo-American relations. 1In 1802 and 1903 Sir Michael Herbert was British Ambassador to the United States. From 1903 to 1907, Sir Mortimer Durand was here. During the ensuing six years we were favored and honored by the presence of James | Bryce, whose authorship of “The American Commonwealth” has made him aimost as much of a man of American, as of English, letters. After Bryce, the deluge of the World War,) and the ambassadorship of another Briton highly sympathetic to and with the American people, Sir Cecil Spring- Rice. Lord Grey of Fallodon, Viscount Reading, Sir Auckland Geddes and Sir Esme Howard are the names who adorned the ambassadorial roster at “The Embassy” in the span between 1918 and 1930. Sir Ronald Lindsay, like each and all of these spokesmen of Brit- ain on the Potomac, typifies the high traditions which she associates with her diplomatic representation at this metropolis of the Western World. S0 hail and farewell to the noble old pile which houses these momentous memories! Within its walls great works of peace were wrought. Queen Victoria, Kipling’s “Widow o' Windsor,” will no longer beam down from her golden! frame at the head of the grand stair- case upon the galaxies of brains and beauty so often gathered at “The Em- bassy.” She reigned from that eminence over two generations of unbroken Anglo- American friendship. As she takes a place of similar honor in the new embassy, may it be to enter upon another long era of unalloyed amity between the peoples who speak in com- mon the tongue of Milton and Lincoln! —————————— ‘Washington, D. C., is now a dengm-‘i ful city at all seasons of the year. The| redemption of the Potomac flats and the banishment of the mosquito have en- | abled the statesman to bring out his| golf kit and be patient even in contem-; plation of an extra session. oo The National Health Institute. Qreat things sometimes have suchI small beginnings that they are apt to escape public attention at their incep- tion and realization of their significance comes slowly only with the years. Dur- ing the last few days the President Fas! signed a measure that is so great in the possibilities presented that even the description of its purpose by the »uthor | falls short of conveying its full import. | Of his bill to create the National Insti-| tute of Health, Senator Ransdell faid in | the National Radio Forum last week: It seeks to prevent sickness and s fering among all human beings, regar Jess of station, rich and poor alike Le- ing subject to the same 1lness and pain. The intent of the act is to promote the health of human beings, to improve their earning capacity, to reduce their living expenses, to .ncrease tneir happi- ness and to prolong their lives. If any measure ever enacted by Con- gress and signed by the President is more inclusive of altruistic purposes, it escapes memory now. And Senator Ransdell's interesting explanation of the act promises that another step has at least been taken toward a goal com- mon to mankind since the beginning of | time—to live happily ever afterward. The National Institute of Health will be established under patronage of the Federal ‘Government and the direcnanl spend their lives seeking the cause and cure of disease. It will draw financial support from the Federal Government, but, better still, it offers an opportunity for those who seek to perpetuate their names or fortunes in some form that will live after them. The National In- stitute of Health, it is believed, will be- come the beneficiary of wealthy human- itarians whose contributions will ke utilized in the establishment of fellow- ships for students and in other forms that permit of comprehensive and un- restricted research. Senator Ransdell mentions a few sta- tistics that are enlightening in connec- tion with this great project. The Fed- eral Government, for instance, spent something like $54,000,000 in the five years prior to 1929 in the interest of animals and plants. During the same period about $4,000,000 was spent by the Federal Government for scientific research in diseases ‘that afflict human beings. Of course, the money spent out- side the Federal Government for this latter purpose far exceeds the money spent for plants and animals. Fortu- nately, the Federal Government is not the only agency interested in prolong- ing human life and the cure of disease. But the difference is marked enough to indicate the length that Uncle Sam may go in fighting human disease and still fall short of equaling the amount he sets aside every year to grow bigger and better tomatoes, wheat, horses, cows and pigs. ‘We picked up & copy of “The Pick- wick Papers” the other day, only to look at the immortal illustra- tions, but before we got through we discovered that we were reading well remembered bits here and there. ‘The world of Dickens! It is a world which may re| un- opened upon one's book shelves for 120 years, but which will come to life instantly through no more trouble than the opening of covers. “Pickwick Papers” is a little world all of its own, a world of merry, hearty | people, deep-dyed villains, “good feed | ers” all, caricatures, if you please, but | wonderful caricatures after all. | There is life behind these figures, these Pickwicks, these Wellerses, these | Snodgrasses, the life of a hearty, imag- inative man at his best period. Later in_his life Charles Dickens grew somewhat swell-headed, as we say. Only in “Pickwick,” in “David Copper- fleld” and a few others will the reader find the best Dickens that ever was. ‘The man who divorced his wife was not the man who wrote “The Pick- wick Papers.” The man who conceived Joe, the Fat Boy, was not he who put away the faithful wife of his bosom. * ok o % ‘Take this illustration by Phiz of Mr. Pickwick chasing his hat, ‘We see a bald-headed old gentleman of rotund figure pursuing his “lid” amid the acclaim of various urchins, among whom, however, is not the Fat Bo He sits asleep upon the coach A government of the people could | bo: find no higher ideal than that which Senator Ransdell has outlined as the purposes of the legislation he sponsored. — b, Frederic Farrington. Cultured Washington is bereaved by the sudden and lamented passing of Frederic Ernest Farrington, president of Chevy Chase School for Girls. For fifteen years, Dr. Farrington was a distinguished figure in the educational life of the District of Columbia, follow- ing a meritorious professional career at Texas, California, Columbia, Chicago and Yale universities. A native of Massachusetts, Dr. Farrington was a brilliant alumnus of Harvard and, like all true sons of the Crimson, remained an ardent exponent of its scholarly traditions. Aided by a gifted wife, to whom the community’s sympathy will go out in full measure, Dr. Farrington contributed in special degree to the development of the dramatic art. Annually his school was the scene of some new or some forgotten stage work by eminent play- wrights, past or cotemporary. To this “Little Theater” in Chevy Chase, Dr. Farrington was deeply devoted. ———————— ‘When a merchant lifts the figures on a price tag, he promptly refers to the tariff which has not yet gone into ef- fect. Commercial wisdom depends not only on meeting conditions, but on an- ticipating them. e Transportation by dirigible begins al- “There are very few moments in & man’s existence,” writes our author, “when he experiences so much ludi- crous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat, “A vast deal of coolness, and a peculiar degree of judgment, are requi- site in catching a hat. man must no: be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. “The best way is to keep gently up with the object of pursuit, to be wary and cautious, to watch your oppor- tunity well, get gradually before it, then make a rapid dive, seize it the crown and stick it firmly on your head, smiling pleasantly all the time, as if you thought it as good a joke as anybody else.” ‘There you have what be called the standard English Yroee tyle. Many a gay young writer of today, who pro- fesses to scorn all things Victorian, including Dickens, nevertheless writes exactly after that style. We have split the typical Dickens long paragraph into its component sentences, but aside from that the quotation’ is unaltered. The result is something which might just as well come out of the latest issue of a great modern newspaper, in one or more of the columns where writers deal familiarly with happen- ings known to all of us. One would not say that Dickens in- vented this style—Addison did, if any one did—but certainly he did a great deal to make it standard English, * K ok ok ‘The reader would not forgive us, we know, if we failed to quote the words showing just how Mr. Pickwick re- trieved his own hat. “Mr. Pickwick, we say, was completely exhausted and about to give up the ready to challenge the old theory that | the railroad asserted natural supremacy in all affairs relating to traffic. ——e———— Dressmakers are having their trou- bles. Elaborate costumes lose their charm when seashore cameramen ap- pear to care only for bathing suits. st g Even if Gandhi should succeed in es- tablishing independence of Great Brit- ain, East India would find its next problem that of establishing independ- ence of Gandhi. e Some of the gangsters appear indif- ferent to the question of States’ rights if they can introduce States' riots into civic affairs. . SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Science and Nescience. A great philosopher drew near. He told me thus and so, But when I asked him to be clear, He answered, “I don't know!"” He told me of opinions wise That thinkers deep would show; And then of others who advise The statement, “I don’t know!" We search the stars, or turn the glass To atoms here below; And finally we find alas, ‘The answer, “I don't know!” Non-Taxpayers. “Who are the people waiting to sec me?” asked Senator Sorghum. “Are they taxpayers?” “No,” answered the announcer. “They are a bunch of constituents who say you have so mismanaged their affairs that they can't even afford to pay their taxes.” Jud Tunkins says he bought a gold brick and feels pretty smart because he never said a word about it until he had sold it again at a profit. Modernized Stanza. So runs the ancient rhyme Of Puritanic time— “The Choctaw and the Cherokee, The Chicasaw and Kaw, Likewise the Pottawotomie; Lord, teach them all the law!” | Now runs the modern stave As world affairs grow grave: “The gangster and the Communist, ‘The bootleg boss immense, And others on the low-brow list: Lord, give ’em common sense!” Another Chain Story. “Why do you object to jazz?” “Because it's all £0 much alike,” an- swered Miss Cayenne. “I don't mind the ordinary stzndardized merchandise. But 1 simply can't get used to chain store music.” “ A wise fathe: of Chinatown, ‘“remembers his youth when he sometimes disputed parental perfection.” Sacrificed Asset. Perhaps, if you destroy a foe, Your fortunes do not mend. If you an honest purpose show, He may become a friend. “Dar is two kinds of smartness,” said Uncle Eben. “One kind dodges its bills, but de reliable sort manages to pay 'em.” e New Popular Literature. From the Saginaw Dally News. Of all fiction the seaside and resort folder is now the most widely read. e Help Not Wanted. From the Louisville Times. One of the world's softest jobs would final stamp of official approval on this of the Public Health Service to provide pe that of acting as valet to Mahatma cultural development within the Na- a center of research for those who Gandak t said Hi Ho, the sage | | by | Prope: BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. chase, when the hat was blown some violence against the wheel carriage, which was drawn up in a with half-a-dozen other vehicles on spot to which his steps had been di. rected. Mr. Pickwick, perceiving his ad- vantage, darted briskly forward, secured his property, planted it on his head and paused to take breath. “He had not been stationary half a minute when he heard his own name eagerly pronounced by a voice which he at once recognized as Mr. Tupman'’s, and, looking upward, he beheld a sight which filled him with surprise and pleasure.” ‘The reader here would not forgive us, either, we feel certain, if we failed to &mu the passage which introduces Joe, e Fat Boy. The Fat Boy is not one of the great- est characters in all fiction, but he is one of the most celebrated. The Fat Boy has helped cheer the lives of countless generations of read- ers and will continue to do so for count- less generations as yet unborn. . In the face of such a certainty let us read_reverently the following, in which the Fat Boy emerges, like Venus from the sea, each time a new reader reads the Pickwick Papers: “In an open barouche, the horses of which had been taken out, the better to accommodate it to the crowded place, s stout old gentleman, in a blue coat and bright buttons, corduroy breeches and top boots; two young ladies in scarfs and feathers, a young gentleman apparently enamoured of one of the young ladies in scarfs and feathers, a lady of doubtful age, prob Tupman, as easy and unconcerned as if he had belonged to the family from the first moments of his infancy. “Fastened up behind the barouche was a hamper of spacious dimensions— one of thote hampers which alwa; |awakens in a contemplative mind asso- | ciations connected with cold fowls, |tongues, and bottles of wine—and on | the box sat a fat and red-faced boy, in state of somnolency, whom no spec- ative observer could have regarded for an instant without setting down as the official dispenser of the contents of the before-mentioned bamper, when the r time for their consumption should arrive.” 2o “The Pickwick Papers” were the Amos 'n’ Andy of their day. One will be mkinllfi] reminded of this by glancing ab the illustrations. Here we have Pickwick at the lawyer’s office, Pickwick in love, just as today the radio audience has Amos 'n’ Andy dining with Lawyer Fisher, talking to Madam Queen and Ruby Taylor. ‘The modern popular entertainers are "me Pickwick Papers” of 1930, if you will. The eternal records of Dickens’ mas- terpieces have been written. When time shall do the like for Amos 'n’ Andy, one may be reasonably certain ;.hndt “The Pickwick Papers” still will ead. It is interesting to note that among the “One Hundred Books Most Worth Reading,” as selected by the editors of the Golden Book, “Pickwick Papers” l{id ‘David Copperflield” find proud place. This is as it should be. Samuel Pick- wick is one of the immortals. The adventures, scenes and places in which he parades constitute a perennial read- er's paradise, where glorious figures of the everyday are held static forever. Highlights on the Wide World B C, Madrid.—Four victims, one at San Martin and three at Salamanca, have recently been added to the long list of those overcome by the emanations from charcoal braziers in homes too closely confined against the rigors of the Winter. This favorite adjunct of the domestic establishment in all rural Spain, serving both as a stove for cook- ing and a furnace for warmth, is par- ticularly deadly when there is no egress for the fumes. In the tragedy occurring at San Martin, Senora Cecilia Quemada, wife of a well known citizen, while sitting up with a sick chil rendered unconsclous by the exhalations from the brazier, and, seated too close to the coals, her clothes caught fire, resulting in her untimely death. In the other instance, the medical assist- ance summoned arrived in time to open all the windows, and apply other reviving measures. Though the three overcome are all in the hospital, they are said to be recovering. * ok % % Get Rivals’ Plans Over Radio. El Telegrafo, Guayaquil—One dis- advantage of radio transmission in warfare is that when war-time messages are transmitted to the military authori- ties of one country t.hef' can readily be picked up by the radiographic equip- ments of other countries. Of course, such messages may be in code, but even s0 these codes can in most cases be readily interpreted and the message translated by the foe. Signals of all sorts are translated with facility by ex- perts who have aptitude for such things. We do not know whether the messages now_referred to were in code or not, but Paraguay has given out through of- ficial channels that her war department has picked up and decoded radiographic messages issued by the Bolivian gov. ernment ordering a general mobiliz: tion of the Bolivian army. They even know in Paraguay the form of offensive, the points of concentration and the routes of the advance in case of hos- tilities between the two countries. ‘The Bolivian press at La Paz and in other cities retort, however, that these statements are all Paraguayan propa- ganda to disguise or justify the mobili- zation of their own troops in the dis- puted “Chaco district.” CIE Guild Members Work to Evade Work. fraternity of “Centavo-Fishers” is a large guild in Buenos Aires. organization, but after observing their 80 certain but that they work harder tban other people. ‘There is the benefactor of the human for anything in the catalogue of dis- ease for only 20 cents. Handsome belts given away, almost, with silver buckles —10 cenis. Women selling interna- tional socialistic papers, courts of last resort in stating man's duty to man! Then the man who should be pensioned by the housewives’ union—it is hard to make out whether he is purveying pastry or flles. The perambulating clothes merchan chester, senor!” he whispers. “Special bargain. Didn't go through the cus- toms!” Also the one-armed “jewelry” merchant, with his treasure chest always trustingly open but from which thing that's gold, p attering children, who collectively. have often not the price of a single translucent sphere. Each be- seeches a balloon “for thanks,” nor do they always implore in vain! We end our survey with the blind man selling needles and the ancient crone vending cigarettes and matches. inspects, with a scrutiny most amaging in & blind man, the genuineness of such coins as fall into his tray. The r little woman with her cabinet of “cigarrillos” could no! look more for- lorn and disheartened if the ban on tobacco were to go into effect tomor- row. All these types and many others com- pete every day in Buenos Aires for the chance centavos of the passer-by. If it La Nacloin, Buenos Aires.—The con- | “Anything | but work” seems to be the motto of this | operations for some years we are not | race who charitably sells panaceas good | “Direct from Man- | The former Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands is true that some make fortunes surely they deserve to! They are good actors. * Xk x % Pipe-Smoking Club Celebrates Anniversary, Neues Wiener Tagblatt Vienna.—The Smokers’ Club, St. Ulrich, recently celebrated its fortieth anniver: . Still lives the old pipe, that faithful com- forter of men in hours of troub -, that dear, good, sociable old pipe. To be- |long to St. Ulrich's club you nust be a pipe smoker, and an old, lcug-stem- ‘l:é;ld. clay p;pe smolke‘r lti that. Meer- um and porcelain s are per- :,nullud, ot‘cm‘xrn, 8:1& :n\é’: the thpl:k. rse-proud cigar, the ar Vi ia cheroot, or the cinreflc.‘ Themu vain, unsatisfactory and unromantic | relaxations. Solid " pleasure comes in pipe smoking and for it one needs time and leisure. Meditation and rehabilita~ tion come in smoking a pipe. It is a rite, not & moment's distraction, such as is obtained from a few puffs at a little paper cigarette! Pipe smokers, formerly so numerous, have become very few. Fifty years aj there were scores of clubs fi'xe St. tfi‘-’ rich’s. Now it is almost the only sur- | vivor. One seldom sees any more the | isolated nobility of an old pipe, of | costly ebony, with a_beautiful porcelain stem, which not only through its out- ward appearance, but also and chiefly through its inner comforts, rejoices the heart of some old smoker, * K %k Realize Prison Has Been Breeder of Crime. El Dictamen, Vera Cruz.—A petition sponsored by thousands and_ addressed to the Supreme Council of Crime Pre- vention has finally brought the authori- ties to the realization that the Belen Prison has been a promoter of crime rather than a deterrent. This anti- quated and dilapidated building, in use for nearly a century, and not originally intended for the confinement of crim- inals, instead of being a place where offenders may be weaned from the error of their ways, in reality contaminates them the more. The old prison is to be torn down and a modern structure erected which will not permit the same opportunities for the infamous practices that have been a part of the daily life in the old institution. The new ar- rangements will prevent any associa- tion between hardened criminals and first offenders, in the hope that the latter, if not the former, may be dis- charged with the firm intention thence- forward to follow the paths of rectitude and morality. * ok % French Trawler Raids Irish Lobster Pots. Irish Independent, Dublin—A daring outrage took place when a big French trawler, entering Irish waters, raided the lobster beds on the South Wexford and Waterford coasts, and, under the very nose of fisherfolk, cleared hun- dreds of lobster pots. The trawler was a_first-class seagoing vessel, against which the r craft of the Irish fisher- men were helpless, and they were com- pelled to look on while the valuable fish on which they and their families de- pended for a living were cleared from the pots. A bitter feature of the raid is that the board of fisheries patrolling steamer Muirchu was anchored at Passage East, midway up Wexford Harbour, but by the time word was sent to the commander and he had proceeded o sea in search, the French trawler had made its escape. - ew - Sure Sign. From the Kalamazoo Gasette. One can be sure it is Spring when the strawberry short cake begins to taste like strawberries. v It's Worth Waiting For. From the Long Beach Press-Telegram. ‘The last thing to be settled before the dawning of the millennium will be the question of a perfect tariff bill, ac- ceptable to everybody. o Wotta Life! From the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail. | other kind seem to be that way, too. ably the aunt of the aforesaid, and Mr. | | | | measure of support, inson supported the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill. His chief opponent in the contest for the senatorial nomination was Gov. John Hammill, who began his campaign by saying that the tariff bill, for which Dickinson had voted in the House, would cost the Americans something like forty billions of dollars. It is true that the governor modified this statement later, reducing the sum considerably, but he stuck to it that the tariff bill was a terrible blow to the farmers. But the farmers marched to the polls in Iowa and _supported Dickinson. No wonder the Republican leadership of the House is rather tickled over this performance. There has been a tremendous amount published in the newspapers and in the Congressional Record about the prairies of the West being aflame against this tariff bill No one will deny that Iowa is an agri- cultural State, however, and if there ation going on there it certainly did not manifest itself in the senatorial primary there on Monday. Dickinson not only won, but he won by an impressive margin. " o Perhaps the victory of Dickinson will have something to do with the final consideration of the tariff bill in Congress. Such straws, showing how the sentiment stands in important States like Iowa, for Iowa is regarded as an index of the farm sentiment, is not without considerable effect on the islative situation Dickinson in his campaign claimed that the new tariff bill would be a benefit to the farmer. Gov. Hammill claimed that it would work just the other way. It's a political axiom that it is a tough job to defeat a sitting governor of a State in a primary election. In the first place, the governor must hnvemlggd considerable support to get his i elected chief executive of his State. In the second place, through control of State patronage, a governor has an op- portunity to bulld up for himself a con- siderable political machine duri his term of office. Notwithstanding these advantages, Mr. Dickinson has able to prevail against his opponent. * Kk % x Senator Daniel F. Steck, the sitting Senator from Iowa, is the Democratic nominee. He was without opposition. Towa is 80 overwhelmingly Republican that when Republicgn leaders are twit- ted this year abotd the possibility of their losing a number of Senate seats in the November election they usually come back with the statement: “Well, we'll pick up a seat in the Towa elec~ tion.” Unless something entirely un- foreseen happens, they will. Senator Steck was elected in 1924 because Sen- ator Brookhart, his opponent, went out on a limb for the La Follette presi- dential ticket that year. The regular Republican organization moved over in a y to the support of Steck and thousands of the rank and file followed, thereby bringing about the election of Steck by a narrow margin, although that was not. determined finally until after a contest in the Senate itself. ey B - On Saturday the Democrats of North Carolina are going to decide whether Senator Simmons, veteran leader, is to be ousted from his present place of power because of his opposition to the Democratic national ticket in 1928, headed by former Gov. Al Smith of New York. That is the sole issue which has been made against him by the op- position, led by Josiah W. Bailey, who is seeking the senatorial nomination in the primary election. Many of the political observers in the Tar Heel State are predicting that Senator Simmons will be defeated. But Senator Simmons himself does not take that pessimistic view of the situation. He is convinced that the people who have stood back of him in s0o many fights in the past will continue to back at the polls this year and that he will be nominated. !th is true, w:‘.nthnl:r;hle almmolr]\‘un Deo- are counting ely on rolling up E big vote in the country districts, where the anti-Smith and dry senti- ment has been particularly strong. In some of the cities where the wet senti- ment has gained ground, *he Bailey people will receive, it is said, a large notwithstanding the fact that Bailey himself is a dry. Any one except Simmons, is the plea of the wets, however. oK K x Senator “Tom” Heflin of Alabama, another leading opponent of the Al Smith ticket in 1928 among the Demo- crats of the South, is watching with a great deal of interest the result of the primary in North Carolina on Satur- day. ‘The Democratic organization, which remained regular in 1928, is seek- ing to get rid of Mr. Heflin in the com- ing senatorial primary there. Despite every effort he has made to be per- mitted to take part in the Democratic rimary, up to date Senator Heflin has n unsuccessful. He is without the party ramparts. In all probability he will be compelled to run as an inde- pendent candidate, which may militaté considerably against his chances of suc- cess. Senator Simmons has been per- mitted to enter the Democratic primary. Any effort to exclude him from that primary might have caused a breach in the Democratic party which would have sent the State Republican again, and the party ‘ead:ss perhaps were wice enough to realize that. , Rising in the Senate yesterday, Senator Heflin made a joint defense of himself and Senator Simmons for the course they pursued in the 1928 presidential campaign. * % wok Bailey, Senator Simmons' opponent in the race for the Democratic sena- torial nomination, is sald to be one of che most brilliant lawyers in the State. At one time he was editor of the lead- ing Baptist weekly publication in North Carolina. He was appointed collector of internal revenue under the Wilson administration. Despite this dry rec- ord, Bailey was one of the managers for the Smith people in the pre-con- vention campaign in North Carolina. Simmons 1 the fight against him and his wing of the party in that cam- paign and defeated him. Bailey has sought to make the issue the bolting by Senator Simmons in 1928 of the Smith ticket. He asks the Democrats of North Carolina if Senator Bimmons is to be trusted not to bolt the Demo- cratic ticket in 1932, Senator Sim- mons’ adherents, on the other hand, insist that if Mr. Bailey’s candidate in 1928, Al Smith, is again nominated by the Democratic national convention in that year. they will not stand for him any more than they did in 1928. It has made a bitter fight in which many long-standing friends have parted company. X ‘The Republicans are holding & pri- mary in North Carolina for the first time, haying rolled up a big vote and carried the State in 1928 for their presidential ticket. In the past they have gone to State conventions to pick their nominees for the Senate. The candidates for the Republican sena- torjal nomination are Maj. George E. Butler, brother of former Senator Mar- ion Butler; George Pritchard, son of another former Senator, and Irvin B. Tucker, a former United States attor- ney in the State. * ok ok x ‘The factions in Republican ranks in Pennsylvania are to lock horns sgain Saturday, when a State chairman is to be selected. State Treasurer Martin, the present State chairman, has an- nounced his candidacy for re-election. He will be oppoted, unless present plans are shifted at the eleventh hour, by 8. Van Brown of Wilkiamsport, who will e the backing of Senator Grundy and Gifford Pinchot, the Republican nominee, presumably, for governor. Martin _suppo: the Brown-Davis ticket in the recent primary in Penn- sylvania. Pinchot does not want him to manage the campaign this F: Mr. Wickersham thinks that drastic Pinchot must run against the Demo= penalties are futile. Unfortunately the cratic nominee, and probably a wet Republican independent. Martin, how- in Washington. A been [ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. our bureau Any q! tion of fact you may ask will be an- swered promptly in a personal letter to you. Be careful to write clearly, give your full name and address and inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. In throwing base ball can = pitcher curve it to the right or left as he chooses?—O. H. A. It is possible to throw a hall so it will curve either to the right or the left. A curved ball is made by a cer- tain cut which the player gives to the throw. Each pitcher has an vidual way of curving his balls. % ;J)éll makes children bowlegged? A This condition is due to allowing a child to walk too sarly or to rickets, or, rarely, to muscular con! fore the child is put on his feet. ‘The ¥ ., writer’s real name is Aleksyey Maksimo- vich Pyeshkov. Q. What is a man called who studies crop production?—E. M. A. All farmers study crop produc- tion, but a man who specializes in the branch of agriculture that deals with theory and practice of crop production is called an agronpmist. Q!. !;ov is a sorority established?— A. Banta's Greek Exchange says that “there is no question more frequently asked than the one con the formation of a national sorority, There is no cut and dried method of estab- lishing any sort of a sorority or fra- ternity. A group find themselves in close unity and in thorough harmony and drift together without particular intention to unite. Later the thought of a fraternity comes into their minds as furnishing them a little stronger bond of union. The detail of such work cannot be catalogued or listed. It lepends in every way on_condition, on location and personnel. In short, it is not a machine-made thing. It does not go by rote or rule.” The Inter- Sorority Conference of 1905 defined & national sorority as one having at least five chapters, all of them at institutions of collegiate rank. Q. How did the abbreviations Mr., Mrs. and Miss originate?>—F. T. A. Mr. was ofl'finflly the abbrevia- tion of master in the sixteenth and sev- enteenth centuries in England. Mister is merely a rendering of the pronounci- ation of the abbreviation. It was used as the prefix for any one below the rank of knight. Mrs. is an abbrevia- tion for mistress, originally one who care or authority over servants. is derived from the same word. Q. How many colonies did ancient Greece have?—K. H. 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This requires that tfl rainbow, as viewed by an observer, must appear circular. Q. Who first united the Hawallan Ise lands under one rule?>—M. W. A. Kamehameha the First cone quered all of the islands and brought them together under one rule. He s g:w as the greatest of Hawailan Q. What is the origin of the expres gon ;nho‘wmg the white !elth:rv"?—- . “To show the white feather” i synonymous with “to show cowardice. The proverbial expression arose from the tance that a white feather in the tail of a gamecock is a certain’ sign that he is not thoroughbred. Q. What is the bean that is used tn chop suey?—M. T. A. It is the mung bean. This is :: Oriental bean Evn primarily in CI and Japan. bean sprouts ’rov % from one to one and one-hal u:the’ long. It is only the bean sprout thad is used, as practically all of the bean goes to sprout. For sprouting, the be should be soaked 24 hours in water an then placed in a well drained contai and kept at a medium temperature for about 10 days. The bean should be ‘moistened daily. . What s first bore the st pams Ao,y e e . The 10-cent postage stamp of the series of 1847 was the first that bord of . H. A. Mr. Erroll was born in Sydney. Cut Prices and Debated as Announcement that several publishers have decided to make material reduc- tions in the prices of books leads to much speculation as to whether there will be a largely increased number of persons buying books, and as to whether mass production will be found to be more profitable to publishers. Possible reduction of margin between cost and market prices is considered as possibly pointing to elimination of unworthy elements in the output of modern lt- e"glwple“' heap cars, cheap fur “ o " niture and of cheap goods,” suggests the Columbus Ohio State Journal, “‘be- cause they can buy more of them. The principle of mass production mi well be applied to books. More will be sold wand their content is just as valuable as though they were bound in tooled leather.” On this subject of quantity output the Chattanooga Times hopes that “the present price war will result in the idea being given a trial” and the St. Louils Globe-Democrat advises that “as de';rmlnlaral :lyow far lourm m buying is influenc in the experiment will be highly interest- “The booksellers,” according to the Dayton Daily News, “note the declining influence of the book clubs. The mere fact that a book is selected by one of these organizations is no longer the only requirement for sale elsewhere This would indicate that readers prefer to select their own titles.” tanooga News belleves that “the good habit of reading books will be stimu- lated by the era of lower-priced books.” and the Philadelphia Inquirer offers the comment: “Here is an attempt to put life into a sick business. Whether it will accomplish the desired result re- mains to be seen. The theory is that it should increase the number of buyers and in this way justify the experiment There is no doubt that the price of most books has become prohibitive tc many who would like to buy their own literature, but the proposed cut is so radical that it is almost revolutionary.” *xn “Such a drastie course of action as some publishers have now embarked upon,” in the judgment of the Boston ‘Transcript, “cannot fall of some fairly definite results. For the good of the trade, we earnestly trust that no mer- ciless price war will develop, but it seems likely that even on the part of the most conservative and prudent pub- lishers the ensuing period will be marked by active and acute cost ac- counting, with books priced as near to the line of commercial safety as pos- sible. If so, increased sales should re- sult. And especially are we impressed by the advice given by one publisher who declares that fewer, rather than cheaper, new books is the remedy. The shorter a firm's list the more time and resources it will have to expend upon those of its offerings which are of the most worth in content, in popular ap. peal, or in both. By such a policy, in a period somewhat surfeited by the touting of books ous today and for- ever, has the support of the Philadel- phia organization, the Mellons and Gov. Fisher, according to report. In his formal announcement Mr. campaign. pledged himself to support publican ticket in the coming * ok k¥ The Democratic State committee of Pennsylvania has leaped on the beer cart. It has adopted a 'nnll'nd: wet plank in the y platform lopted yesterday at the biennial meeting of the committee. The plank®goes all the way, demanding the repeal of the eigh- teenth amendment, the repeal of the Volstead act and the repeal of the State prohibition enforcement act. It couldn't go much further. The Demo- crats_hope to align with their ticket wet Republicans who are opposed to ht as |y o¢ ‘The Chat- |1 the portrait of George Washington. Book Sales Publishers Act gotten tomorrow, surely there is. mucl to be gained of stable benent il declares “In _all Flint Daily Journal, “this price cu will make book hlaWr{. Just as % book clubs have revolutionized some the wflabushln. practices. It has growing increasingly evident to publishers that this step was Americans have been travel ) The traveling public has been to rope and bought the paj books which are s0 popular 3 the traveling public is to & great the reading public—or at least the part of the public which leads in ters of taste and choice. An Ameri who has purchased a good novel at x{-uflv:gn -utliun kiosk in mmor lew es always resents the to pay in America.” * ok ok % “The price of books,” avers Charleston Evening Post, “is b ridiculous, when cost and value ar{ considered, although it may be necess - sary considering the wasteful methods of publishing. The cost of production is not high, but the overhead and the promotion costs are excessive. Prine cipally, perhaps, the excess comes i the great number of books publishe which ought never to see the light, oy which the publishers squander larg( sums in a great effort to make the public read them. Possibly they suc. ceed in that endeavor once or twice but. all the-time, they are making the book-buying public skeptical and male it more and more difficult. ther fore, to put over one more. If bool are to be sold at a dollar, or in pa binding at 50 cents, large numbers m be disposed of to make a profit to thj publishers. It is not unlikely the! that the lower level of prices may maki for a closer and a better selection & material for publication.” . The Beloit Daily News feels thsl “there is no telling how much the high };ncu have turned Americans away rom books to devoting the bulk of their reading time to periodical lteray ture,” while the Milwaukee Sentine concludes that “the competition of magazines and publishers of cheap re.’ prints has driven the book publishers to this price cutting,” and the New Orleans Morning Tribune remarks' “The reading public will be grateful but will wonder why it all hasn't been done before. Probably the principlt has been the ancient and honorable one of charging all that the traffic would bear as long as the traffic would bear it. Overadvertising of worthless or near worthless literary provender, ap- parently, has brought relief from th¢ evils it created. It cost the publisher great sums, and eventually destroyed confidence. Then, with economic de. pression, sales fell off further. The, could be but one answer, reduction prices.” “Expansion of the market for books of all types” as well as fiction is sug, gested by the Springfield Republican as a possibility, while the Detroit Free Press draws the conclusion that “defly tion of prices and curtailment of number of fiction titles issued may hu those in the book business for a time, g:rflmdlfli those in the publishing en it the oul e of the process hngoun to be healthful for everybody.” Thi Santa Monica Outlook, condemning the “merely trivial and vulgar,” states thal b has struck the book pube » ‘somethin lishers in the right place. He Had Time to Learn. Prom the Cleveland News. Chicago bank guard admitted stealf $53,500 after living honestly for years. And now he isn't sure that the old way wasn't the best policy, after all. —————— \ Height of Optimism. Prom the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Seeing the father of a of children again sowing the election of Pinchot, ardent dry, as governor. the front lawn reminds o:ra that Hope 15 not dead yet.