Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1930, Page 8

A-S8 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, THE EVENING STAR |the gallery fully to meet its and the The governor-general or the governor, With Sunday Morning Edition. ' WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.........June 24, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: e La 0 ke Michigan uropean Office: 14 Regent St.. Londol England. ier Within the City. 5 2 <. : :45¢ per mont] Sinday ‘Btar ays) . 60c per month d_ Sunday Siar ) ......... 65¢ per month Ver copy wch month Dt in by mail or telepho: (when 4 The Erening an (when 5 r ] e at the end of on m, Orders mav be se NAtional <000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 5 26.00° 1 mo.. 5 junday only 131 0c 151l §4.00; 1 mo.: 40c | All Other States and Canada ally and Sunday. 1 ily only .. Bunday only 1¥rl $5.00: 1mo.. Member of the Associated Press. inted Press is exclusively entiticd 50c publication of wil news dis- | 10 it Or not otherwise ered- this peper ana ed herein Federal Taxes and Gratuities. While the people of the District do | not conceive of the Federal contribu- tion to the expenses of its Capital City | as a ‘“gratuity” or “bounty” some | members of the House have taken this | point of view and have expressed some alarm lest they play false with their constituents back home in allowing the amount of the “gratuity” to be in- creased A table presented elsewhere in to- | day's Star sheds interesting light on this question of gratuities, and the ad- ditional load placed upon the shoulders of the National taxpayers by increasing the lump sum—a sum that may be con- | strued as made up by Federal taxes. The table shows that the District, with its seventeen millions contributed | to the Federal Government through its | Federal taxes. pays more to the Federal | Government than any one of twenty- | five States, and pays more than ten of the States combined. Yet the lump- sum contribution becomes relatively small in proportion to the amount paid in Pederal taxes by the District when the gratuities received by the States are taken into consideration. The ten States, for instance, con- tribute in Federal taxes something more than $16,000,000, receiving from the Federal Government bounties that amount to more than $14,000,000. They therefore receive about 84 per cent of what they give. The District’s $17,- 000,000 (in round numbers) contrib- uted in Federal taxes may be compared to the $0.000,000 received through the lump sum. The District thus re- | celves about 53 per cent of what it gives. More interesting still is the fact | that five States receive more from the | Federal Government in various forms | of bounties than they contribute to the Federal Government in Federal taxes. The per capita contribution in Fed- eral taxes of the ten States mentioned in the table amounts to an average of $461, to be compared to the $30.97 per capita contribution in the District of Columbia. The average per capita | for the United States as a whole is| $2441. For the table used the popu- lation figures were based on census esti- mates higher than the 1930 enumera- tion, which makes the District's per capita contribution, as stated in the table. even lower than the final figures would show it in reality to be. The deadlock between the House and the Senate over the District bill rests primarily on the amount of Federal money to be appropriated to Capital expenses. This Federal money might be construed as being paid entirely by the people of the District. Their combined Federal and municipal taxes—without taking into account their gasoline and water taxes—exceed by about $8.000,- 000 the total cost of maintaining and improving the Federal Capital under the House bill for 1931. The $9,000,000 lump-sum contribu- tion is in no sense a “gratuity”’—some- thing received for nothing given, It Tepresents a part of the Federal tax receipts made up of Federal taxes con- tributed by all taxpaying Americans, to the total of which the taxpaying residents of the District contribute a proportionately large and altogether adequate amount, In appropriating a lump sum from the Treasury for Capital development the Representatives of 25 of the States are contributing Telatively more of Dis- trict money than of money paid by their constituents. The District con- tributes on both sides of the partner- | ship—all of the Municipal taxes and | more than 25 States in National taxes. | ——— Sovietists are eager for publicity and | little inconsiderate in forgetting | otsky as their original press agent. Beneficial Bequests for Art. For those who appreciate and applaud the part which art is playing in these | times in this country there is food for | thought in the latest annual report of | the director of the Corcoran Gallery This document, just issued and covering the year ending May 31, in what seems an entirely justifiabl: way points out | the free s'rvice which the institution and its valued art school have long rendered to the community and, through the many thousands of visitors to the National Capital, to the country, and calls attention to the fact that it is not out of place for the trustees of the institution to hope and feel that both gallery and school are reslly entitled to more substantial financlal support from the public The gallery has endeavored through- out the Afty-six vears of ils existence the report deciares, to serve the public in the fullest possible way with such yesources as were at its command. Dur- ing this time it has n ver solicited funds and has reccived its support solely through its original endowment. its modest door receipis and subsequent voluntary gifts by its frienas. Its art school charges but nom:nal tuition. no way have th'se resources been able to match the growth of the Capital or the widespread awakening of interest in art The board of trustecs, It is stated, en- tertains the hope that not only Wash- ingtonians, but others interested in the promotion of art and 'm giving assist- ance to well established and worthy public institutions, may, eitbe; througn g}"nr bequest, make suth coxhuticns - ~e 4 $10.00. 1 mo.. 8¢ | | with no other business to interfere with ! | the report, of which the first part was public's requirements and best fulfill the function for which it was established. The future growth and the expansion both of gallery and school are dependent wholly upon increasing this endowment. It must be the thought of many thou- sands of persons—Ilast year nearly 160,- 000 entered the gallery's portals—that this hope may be realized, and realized in the near future. Many a successful man wishes at the end of his days to do something worth while for art Ai worthy and & comp:tent channel offers | itself. B S P Treaty Hurdles Opposition. The London naval limitation treaty is finally before the Senate for consid- | eration and action. By an overwhelm- | |ing vote the Senate foreign relations committee yesterday ordered the treaty | favorably reported, and Senator Borah, | chairman, later laid the pact befcre the | Senate. It is now on the executive cnl-i endar and can be called up at any time, | although the plan is not to get the treaty up for consideration until the | President cails a special session of the Senate following the adjournment of Congress. The treaty, however, has successfully hurdled the opposition in the foreign relations committee. It can | no longer be delayed in committee, where it has rested for the last seven weeks because of the tactics of Senator | Hiram Johnson of California and other opponents of the agreement. The vote in the committee stood 16 to 4 in favor of the treaty. Senator Johnson was joined by Senators Moses of New Hampshire and Robinson of In- diana, Republicans, and Shipstead of Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. The fight over the treaty is not yet ended by any means, with the rule of unlimited de- bate in the Senate in full force, But once the treaty is before the Senlle.‘l its continuous consideration, the op- position must be prepared to talk or vote. The indications at present are that the opponents will not be able to keep the debate running for a long period. provided the supporters of the treaty insist upon proceeding with its consideration. ‘The opposition, however, continues to demand delay. It is likely to seek in every way to have the final vote on ratification of the treaty postponed until next November or December. It is counting on the desire of many of the Senators, even those favorabi: to the treaty, to get away Ircm Wash- ington, and it is couating en the warm weather to aid them. The opponenis of the treaty in the Senate are re- sourceful, They may propose many amendments and reservations. It is considered likely that there will be a de- mand for the publication of some of the confidential memoranda from the files of the State Department, bear- ing on the treaty negotiation. These are some of the moves in the game which may be used to string out the debate on ihe treaty in the hope that| a weary Senate finally will ~gree to an adjournment until next ial. If the opposition is determined, how- ever, so are the proponents of the treaty. They do not believe that once the Senate has assembled in special | session individual Senators will care to be in the spotlight as deserting thcir posts in Washington for the sake of cooling breezes or even to go home to rebuild their political fences. They be- lieve that the sentiment of the coun- try is overwhelmingly in favor of rati- fication of the naval ‘reaty snd they propose to put it through. A failure to ratify the naval agreemen: would, they insist, be a dangeious Llow at the foreign relations of this country. Furthermore, the supporters of the treaty insist that it marks a real step forward in the cause of limitation and reduction of armaments and in the cause of world peace. Obviously, the opposition to the Lon- don treaty is taking satisfaction be- cause of the delay in the completion of the legislative work now before Con- gress. The longer the close of the present session of Congress is put off, the later in the Summer will b~ the opening of the treaty session of the Senate. The suspicion has existed for some time that some of the delay over legislation in the present. session is related to the opposition to th: naval treaty. y et The favorite phrase of Uncle Joe Cannon was “in the final analysis.” As history repeats ltself, it becomes evident that the human brain is still incapable of effecting &n analysis that may be ! considered final. dents. Police records do not find them quoting Nietzsche in reference to the “will to power B A Federated India. Long expected and eagerly awaited | recommendations by the Simon Tri- partisan Commission for the Future Government of India were made known in London last night. They complete | jssued a fortnight ago for the purpose | of preparing public opinicn on th: | subject. It may be said at once that the rec- | ommendations fall far short of the in- | dependence aspirations of the Swara- Jists, or Gandhi group, though that was 0 be expected in light of the misgiv- ings previously expressed by Sir John | | Simon and his colleagues as to the pres- | ent capacity of the Indian people for | | self-government. What is now advised | is @ progressive expansion of local self- I rule, leading eventually to full “domin- | ion status” Some day, the Simon rec- | ommendations contemplate, India should | | be ready for that complete political autonomy “within the framework u(‘ the empire,” which Canada, *Ireland, | Australia, New Zealand and South Africa enjoy. “While we are prepared to recom- mend a considerable advance toward | self-government,” the report says in a significant passage, “and while we be- | ! lieve responsibility can only be taught fects of their own actions, to secure that that experience is not bought too dearly.” Then Sir John Simon and his conferees set forth that the strong hand of the Emperor-King land his military might must not be prematurely withdrawn from India: “There must be there a power which can step in and save the situation be- | fore it s too late. There must be pro- vided, as far ax may be, safeguards to as the case may be, must be armed with full and ample powers. We de- sire to give the fullest scope for self- government, but if there is a breakdown then an alternative authority must co- operate unhampered.” Union of the princely states with the provinces of India—a sort of United States of India—is the basic proposal of the Simon report. The whole project is to be discussed in all its wide rami- fications at a London round table in October. The Nationalist India ele- ments have already served notice that they will boycott that conference. How effective it can be under such circum- _tances is problematical. Stripped of unessential details, the Simon report makes it clear as a pike- staff that Britain does not intend pre- maturely to relax her iron grip on In- ‘The report is certain to command popular support in the British Isles. It is sponsored by respected representa- tives of all three political parties. It is the mature result of three years' de- liberation. John Bull's cards are now on the Indian table. Short of the over- throw of his military rule in the Eastern empire, the independence cause faces a dismal outlook. e Dining Car Bibs. ‘Those travelers by rail who have averted starvation by patronage of the have suffered severely from depredations of vagrant food, Jjostled off forks and out of spoons by the jouncing of the trfins. They have endured in silence while their clothing has been soiled, their dignity offended, their composure disturbed—that is, mostly in silence. Of what avail is pro- test? To what end can the voice be raised> Who can be blamed? The waiters and the stewards are not at fault. The engineer may be a “rough rider,” but he is far away at the front of the train. The rcadbed minders may be accountable, but they are scattered all up and down the route. Nor is there much protection from the napkins supplied by the corpora- tions that run the dining cars. The squares of linen are too small to serve as shields against bombardment. Be- sides, there is a prejudice nowadays against wearing a napkin as a bib. Yet even fashion must yield to neces- sity, and now a demand has been voiced 1 by some of the more portly passengers | for larger napkins. And the American Railway Association, in session at At. lantic City, is considering a resolu- tion, brought in by a special committee on supplies, favoring the adoption of napkins twenty by twenty inches in size, in order to meet this demand. ‘The napkin of four hundred square inches, it is computed, will adequately protect even the stoutest eater from the ravages of the oscillating dining car table. And with such a covering available probably those who prefer neatness to “niceness” will use it bib- fashion, despite the mandate of fashion and form. It is not in any sense deroga- tory to a man's sense of fitness that he adopt this means of keeping his food in its proper role, as aliment and not as pigment. | equal to reading it. e = ‘There might be less objection to hxu‘ if the labor involved in filling out the declaration were not beyond the capac- | ity of the average mind. Economic need is easily recognized. The expert ac- counting involved becomes complex. ———t————— ‘Traps are again being set for the Japanese beetle. Their name is prob-| ably misleading. There is no evidence to show that Japan holds them in es- teem as entomological pets. e — Germany does not want jazz. Many persons do not want Wagner. In a con- | test between the ridiculous and the sub- lime a compromise may yet be effected. —..—— “Safety-first” was a good motto when | it started. Aviators and speedy motor-| ists are doing their best to render it unpopular. — o e — SHOOTING STARS. | | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Reason Enough. That Lindbergh family contrives Most every little while To bring new interest to our lives In fascinating style. ‘They're like the rest of us, we know, With sentiment so true. The reason why we like 'em so Is— just because we do! | Some people fortunate will claim Affection everywhere, While others toll with noble afm And no one seems to care. Great records many men will show, But this we say of few, “The reason why we ke 'em so Is—just because we do!” Domination From the Skies. | “You don’t seem to have your old hold on the popular imagination.” “What chance have I got?" asked Senator Sorghum. “I know my political economy very well. But I must confess to being too mature to learn to run an airplane.” | Jud Tunkins said he thought he could charm his wife by learning to play the ukulele, He now learns that his prac- ticing is what made her so tired that she eloped with the hired man. The Silences. Some day I'll travel far away | Where silent snows are vast and deep— Where auto horns will never bray | Nor gunmen hurry forth to slay And I can get some real sleep. Taking the “Frisk” Out of *'Frisco.” | “Sen Francisco doesn't like to be re- ferred o as * "Frisco,” said Cactus Joe. You can't blame the old town for that.” answered Mesa Bill. “Anybody wishing to take a chance on being prop erly “frisked’ for his valuables needn't come any farther West than Chicago. “Seek not to manage the affairs of others,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “unless you are willing to meet through the neglect of your In | by making men responsible for the ef- | we desire | Popular Aversion, | Oh, let me stoutly through days that broil, ‘Then into slumber sink. Let me work at the desk, or in the soll, But do not Make Me Think. 1 D. C, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The reading of adults should be free from the trammeis of courses, lists, clubs or whatnot. Every one arrived at years of discre- tion should read to please himseld. Once he does so0 he will come into the true delights of good books. We would not be understood to say that & school boy or girl does not know the pleasures of bookdom. Such cannot know it, however, with the fullness of the adult reader, who has left his teachers behind him and has become his own pedagogue. e ‘The habits formed in school days are so mighty that all too many men and women look for authority in their read- ing. There is no greater authority than one’s own tastes and desires, provided his tastes are based on common sense and his desires squared with decency and good humor. Half of the remarkable success of | the “book clubs” may be attributed to | the desire, often unconscious, to be told what to read. The world likes orders. We do not strike out for ourselves, like the sons and daughters of pioneers, but clamor for some one wiser than us to tell us just what to read. Would it not be a joke if no one knew any more about books than we do? ok ok % Lack of confidence in one’s own judg- ment is a rather peculiar product of | universal education. Can it be that as children we have become too impressed with the wise ap- pearance of the sage in spectacles? Gray beards oft deceive. Silent lips have fooled many & wight into thinking their possessor & mine of wisdom. Authority revels in silence and spec- one trusts, before everything else, his own judgment. He is not afraid of lack of sanction. He is his own sanction, and is sure enough of himself to feel that his choice is as good as any. A bit of conceit here will do a great deal of good. This Art Shires, recently come to the Washington ball club, has the right ea. “Now Washington can win the pen- nant,” he is supposed to have sald. ok ox o When one begins to read as he | pleases, whether at the age of 18, 28, | 40, 50, 60, or whatever year of discri tion, he must be phlegmatic. He must be ready to be assailed, to meet the thrusts of friends and foes, who feel that he is altogether too chesty in the matter. ““What do you know about books, any- way?"” they will ask, or at least inquire by glances. The truth is that bookdom is no un- charted sea. Any one with an ordi- nary grade school education has enough “learning” to read as he pleases. book is no thing of mystery. Rather it is & plain portion of human thought, caught up between covers. As long as minds react to minds, books will be tools, simple or complex, for human intellects. 3 Let no one be afraid of a book, there- fore. Books are the pleasantest things in the world. One may treat them as he pleases without retaliation. There is no need for any one to suffer from an inferiority complex in rel n to the books of the world. It always must be 1emembered that few writers compose for the benefit of any class or race, but that all writers write for uni- versal mankind, and that he who finds what he wants in a book has the silent tacles. Carlyle spoke of “the great silent men.” and every time an advertiser | wants to represent a doctor he puts his subject behind horn-rimmed glasses, * ¥ x ¥ books to read, most of us are in thrall | to the book reviewers, and the ather so- | called “experts,” who make handsome | livings by telling the rest of us what to| uy. The truly wise booklover purchases just such books as pleases him, which he reads or does not read, as he chooses, for often not reading a book is fully Of that more here- after. Only he reads to the best personal advantage who reads because he is in- | terested. He is to be pitied if he is in- terested only in one form of writing, such as the detective tale. We hold no grudge against the de- tective story. We have read hundreds ! of them, perhaps thousands of them, we don't kncw: the point is that the great world of books contains so many other charming subjects. Reading as one pleases, therefore, does not mean & restricted literary diet, but rather its opposite. If you can'enjoy both the Bible and the latest edition of the mail order catalogue, you | may know that, as & reader, you have arrived. * X ok % | To read as one pleases means that benediction of the author. Thus Caesar still looks out from his Commentaries, happy through the ages that men of disctimination have been able to recognize the good in them. A man of action, a_fighter, nevertheless he wrote with his hands what his brain old him to write; the result is a book which is ageless, despite the best ef- forts of Lalin teachers to ruin it for many readers. * ¥ % x ‘When one gets over the childish fdéa that books somehow are the personal property of teachers, he is ready to English literature” is not simply a thing divided into "periods,” but a living, growing, breath- ing organism, alive in every part, filled with yearnings, dreams and hopes. If one finds Chaucer’s tales to his liking in 1930, what difference does it make that they were written in 1200 or £0? The “Iliad” has but recently been in- cluded in the Modern Library! Select from the ages if you want to read with profit as well as pleasure, Be a man, when it comes to books. as you please, so long as you hurt no one else. Mind your own business, when it comes to reading, and let every one else mind his, if he will. That way a liberal education lies, if any. High]ights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands. TAR-BULLETIN, Honolulu—It is| interesting to notice that a com- mittee of the German Reichstag has approved a bill limiting the saloons in Germany to one for each 400 inhabitants. This does not ex- actly look like a drastic prohibition measure, vet it is a step in a new di- rection for Germany and it enjoys the opposition of anti-prohibitionists in | Germany, who see in it the first step toward prohibition. Germany may be moving toward prohibition, but it has a long way yet to go. * %k ¥ % Lions and Tigers Are Only Sprinters. A Noite, Rio de Janeiro.—Lions and | tigers can run just as fast as the swift- est horses, but only for short distances. After a kilometer or so they lose their strength or, rather, proper respiration, %0 they can continue no longer high speed. Unlike the lungs of horses or dogs, the lungs of lions and tigers can- not maintain a high degree of oxvgena- tion for long distances, but function badly after the beast has been running | a short time. * ok ok % Armory Steward Sells Arms to Communist. Cologne Gazette.—A colossal stealing of national guard (Reichswehr) arms has just been brought to the attention of the criminal police of Leipzig. A cer- | tain Pestner, in his capacity of steward of the armory in Leipzig, availed him- self of the opportunities of his position to sell an assortment of rifles to Ernes Doering of the Saxon Industrial Union. It is said that at one time both Pestne: and Doering belonged to the Com- | munist party. Two thousand marks wa S | the amount realized from the embez- | zlement of the arms, which were car- | ried away in the evening on a truck.! ‘The theft no doubt originated in the | financial stress of Pestner, who prob- | ably had lived beyond his means and | did not foresee the gravity of its rami- | fications. Both were arrested. * viet Bars le of Commodities. La Nacion, Buenos Aires—The So- | viets, as a new measure in the move- | ment for the abolition of private busi- | ness, have decreed a general prohibition, | Pestner and Doering * x ox | except for the government and its co- operatives, of selling, either wholesale | or retail, textures, clothing. shoes, rub- | ber, paper. writing materials, metal ar- ticles, builders' supplies, chemical prod- | ucts, paints, electrical apparatus, glass | proaucts, radio equipment, lumber, | S0Ap, petroleum, sugar, salt, matches. tobacco and cigarettes. Private enter- prise may still barter, however, in any commodities not included in this some- what extensive category, except drugs and liquors. | At Uryupinskaya, in Caucasia, eight wagons filled with icons, or symbols of the religious figures of the Eastern Chuich, have been burned amid the ap- plause and jubilation of the inhabitants of the town. The Soviet government is using every power at_its command in the elimination of what it considers outworn symbolisms and superstitions, | View from 20,000 Feet Ix Wonderful Experience, Daily Chronicle, Tondon—A view of the earth from & height of 20,000 feet is & wonderful experience. As one climbs steadily, the fields, roads, woods and | houses seemed to take on' the appear- ance of an intricate puzzle. The visibil- Ity is wonderful. The lsle of Wight stretches eastward, ‘The Solent appears As @ mere river, a glistening strip in the Lright sunshine. The atmosphere becomes colder am thankiul for the warm suit and gauntlets. Grease on my cheeks and nose. the only parts exposed, protects them from the cold. The ground tem- perature is over 80 degrees in the sun Even main roads fade into the gencral view. Fields are as mere chips in a mosaic flooring. France is plainly vis- ible, a dark patch by the gleaming Channel that slowly broadens into in- finity. The mouth of the Thames is now plainly seen stretching in a curly path to London. A pall of smoke conceals the city itself. The air becomes thinner and thinner, until the airplane will not | “De gentlemen of de species,” said climb any higher. The air is not suf- Uncle Eben, “does most of de braggin'. A rooster crows loud; but when a hen And dat’s It has altimeter ficiently dense to support it. |reached its ceiling. The shows 20,000 feet. fl!l“e!}hhu is dlj.etly labored, but not = wradestulle |exist on earth an |not at all cl | unusually free 1| clear. Up here one feels detached from the earth with its trams, trains and work. It is s if one had ceased to d were a heavenly body. It is surely as near a conception of death as one may experience. An almost overpowering desire is felt to continue to go up and up until one is snatched to the skies. The cold has now found its way through the gaunt- lets and grease. A sleepiness is felt and an overpowering desire to relax and | sleep forever in the arms of the gods. * % % ¥ Beggars by Day and Thieves at Night. El Dictamen, Vera Cruz.—Cordoba, in this state (Vera Cruz), has been 'in- vaded by a host of beggars and thieves. They are the former by day and the Iatter by night, even continuing their larcenies until after the first rays of dawn in the morning. Just where this caravan of malefactors came from is . The town has been om all this unwelcomed element till now, and the sudden ap- | bearance of such a dangerous horde has both the population and the police on the qui vive. Such of these mischievous visitors as have been caught in rob- beries have been It with rather leniently, but warning has been issued by the police that future punishment | will be much more se: 3 % ox Believed First ultivated in Guatemala, Diaria del Comercio, Barranquilla.— At Quirigua, in the Republic of Guate- mala, there exists a number of most in- teresting ruins, apparently the remains of temples and other public buildings. There are many individual monoliths, erected as monuments of different sorts, sculptured with human faces and fig- ures and animal designs, as well as hieroglyphics, which archeologists have not as yet been able to decipher ac- curately. One such stone bears a date in Mayan chronology which has been computed to coincide with 535 A.D. of the Gregorian calendar. The carving of this monolith, which is the largest of the surviving remnants, is still clear and perfect, despite the long procession of centuries that has passed over it. Inscriptions and representations on this and other stones tend to the belief that Indian corn was first cultivated in Guatemala. The corncakes of the Mayan Indians were probably the first attempts to cook corn, or maize, and these cakes are still today the staple of the Guatemalan and Mexican diet. * ok ox % France Awards Medals For Large Families. Le Matin, Paris.—Is France being re- juvenated? * You shall hear. In the presence of M. Ouesnel, national dep- uty to the legisiative chambers, an im- posing ceremony recently took place at Saint Aubin-de-Cretot, ‘a little village in the Department of Yvetot. Twenty medals of honor “For the French Pam- ily,” two of the medals being gold, were awarded to parents possessing a total of 137 children. The entire hamlet con- tains but 280 people, and nearly half are children less than 12 years oid. his is the sort of replenishing France needs after the disasters and de- pletion of the war, L | Goes to Any Length |'fo Win Adored. ‘The Bulletin, Sydney —Because the | girl he adored admired tall men, 8 man in Paris paid 5,000 francs to & charla tan, who undertook o increase his | stature. He was prepared. it seems, to €0 to any length to win her! | e One Way Out. From the Akron Beacon Journal. Here's a tip for the nations: A Chi- cago gangster wouldn't agree with these who wished to quit killing ana they shot him. o, | Do They Go Th From the Loulsville Times. | "When speed fiends get to Heaven they probably keep the repair depart- ment busy at the job of fixing thelr broken wings. * ere? e Very Large Class. From the Savannah Press. President, Hopver k s oo study the stock market colla This planning to of the dents s TUESDAY, Do | adequate amount and variety to demon- JUNE 24, 1930. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM IC OF THE MYSTERY Carolyn Wells. Spring- ;' The Home Correspond- ‘THE _TECHN STORY. tective story has reached the’ stage of quantity production. Unlike most con- siderable enterprises, this is an unor- | ganized industry. Its single bond is that of a common speed-drive to meet a large and demanding public. Such point of union issues in an individual rivalry of hasty production rather than in the efMciency of collective competi- tion. It is such pressure of time that in large part, no doubt, accoun‘s for the generally recognized mediocrity of the mystery tale. This, that accounts in some measure for the frequency of the loose and clumsy plot; for action that has neither clear objective nor ap- preciable coherence; for motive and crime—inseparable pair—so disparate and incommensurate; for farcical de- vices, named clues, that skip in and out of the situation in blithe disragard of fact or of average common sense; and for complete disregard of the pith of the whole matter—that devotion to the steps in cause and effect, to the logic of the case, to the inductive rea- soning which is the essence of solution for the problems of crime. Yet, in spite of such open defcts, in spite of the fact that the great mystery tale is a rare bird, indeed, its author one of not more than five, six at the most, this is by all odds the most pop- ular brand of current fiction in every day and year. The detective story is a permanency. A thing to make better than it is, since it is here to stay with- out doubt, ‘There's reason for forecasting long life to this particular brand of ficiion. Wonder, mystery, this lies deep in man. He was born out of 1t. And day by day his life long he is brushed by its invisible wings in n- numerable points of incident, coine dence, chance, mischance., Curiosit. 100, is man’s next primal instinct. This, the driving force that has produced much of the world's growth as it moves forward age by age. It is this prying. ferreting human, seeking answars to his awn small puzzles, digging into the com- mon enigmas of every day, that is so concerned in his playtime and hours of epse pver the tales of mystery, the stories of crime that are multiplylng so pro- digiously under his clamor for them. * K % ¥ “The Technic of the Mystery Story, by Carolyn Wells, provides one with the chance in a thousand to secure intelli- gent outlook upon this wide literary area with which the general public is so deeply concerned. Carolyn Wells is a scientist whose fleld of Investigation is such fiction as has to do with crime nd the professional pursuit of crimi- nals. Therefore, just as geologist, as- tronomer, chemist or other whatnot of scientific research would do, this expert also assembles appropriate material in strate fairly the essence of the mystery story, its requirements, its special tech- nic, its approaches to other orders of fiction and its departures from th its spirit and its individuality, The material assembled is of wide range in time and in the developing history of romantic literature. Here is set defi- nitely the particular fiction under con- sideration, its beginnings, its ,rowm. its adaptations to changing literary conceptions and purposes. The study is objective. It deals with the storles themselves. It is concerned with the au- thors of this particular kind of fiction, with their equipment, their achieve- ments, their comparative successes and ‘The book is of historic worth, showing the rise and growth of the art in America, indicating its relations and riants in other countries, pushing the ole back in passing reference to old literatures to show its deep-seated origin in primitive man himself. It is abov all a practical book, whose special stresses are upon the present and the immediate future of this art. Its easy familiarity with the subject adds inter est and intimacy to the reader's ac- quaintance with immediate profes- sionals of this craft. The bulk of the study is engaged with analysis, dissec- tion, for the identification of parts with the whole, for the tallying of purpose with process and outcome, for the valid- ity of the partnership bet and ends, for falr accountings between the story and the pattern of life which it seeks to embody and project. A com- prehensive study, whose large outline is at every point supported by scholarship, by dramatic imagination. by literary Acumen, by artistry of high value. A study, besides, of good detail for definite instruction on the subjects of plot, structure, general effects. There fol- low careful examinations into motive ‘and its place in the detective story, an analysis of evidence as such, the im- portance of observation in the study of crime, with many examples of famous men who, by acute eyesight and mind- sight, grew uncannily expert in its pu suit. A section is devoted to the detec- tive, the general reader's chief concern many times in the whole matter. The new psychology as a crime prober is given good attention here. Indeed, no phase of the mystery story, either its past or its present, appears to be lack ing at the hands of this indefatigable student, this expert accountant, this able expositor and this most interesting writer. Many would have been lost the abundance of material. Not this writer, Instead, there steps out a com- prehensive, orderly, superbly co-ordi- nated outlook upon & big subject. And to such general excellence is added a minute siudy of complete illumination and engrossment. The book is designed primarily for students whose objective is writing—writing mystery tales. valuable for these. Equally wor also to the reader, to the one who de- lights in this sort of fiction. In the best sense, in its only real sense, 1 ing is collaboration— with the author. It is going along w the writer, foreseeing his general move: Accepting his ways and means—or jecting these—suggesting at ti or that a better move than he has made, a truer angle than he has seen. It is entering into his mood, pausing with him here in enjoyment and apprecia- | superior artistry. in sum, is eading Reading is collaborating. No other| term expresses its blend of acceptance | or rejection, of appraisal and judgment. | Reading is by no means a mere scan-| ning of words, a lax mental attitud a limp uncritical passing of the time. | That is dissipation—just another crime story in this case and then another one. An anodyne along Wwith oplum and tobacco and such like. Here, on the agntrary, is vigorous, stirring stuff. worth any one's doing. s partaking of the author and plan and accomplis r this reason the study by C s useful for the reader in his it is for the aspiring writer in another way. It seems to me that & fair study of this remarkable book s0 competently conceived and projec would thereafter influence the reading pirit of the most indolent consumer of nt fiction. ‘That it would put pur- He dies into it. | | gallant pose into the reading, energy into this most _delightful of all activities. That it would, in the course of time, bestow | upon the general reader that sense of | values. that keen appreciation of pro-| priety in every situation, that zest of | personal partaking that, taken together, develop the critical sense itself which, | after all, draws the dividing line by tween reading and pretending to read. Carolyn Wells is one of those in- spivd teachers of which the in need. Not a sentimentalist, the other hand a stern inhibitionist where the educators in the main stand, on one side or the other. In between is & small company of teachers—in- telligent, trained, human, zestful, dy- namic, practical and beautifully ‘com- municable. Behind this practical text book—for ‘that is what this is. believe it or mot!—stands its author, who is al- xu iter than even the best of his atlone, of her craations in this cas ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. The resources of our free Informa- tion Bureau are at your service. You are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address your letter to The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Is Don Aridgo stone program a real Spaniard? is Capt. Blackstone?—J. F. S. A. Don Aridgo is played by a Spaniard, Santos Ortega. Capt. Black- stone is Alfred Swenson. Q. Is the song, “Santa Lucia,” an old song?—P. G. e was sung in_the streets ‘Who Lucia,” of Naples as early as 1853. song of the composed variety, and is one of the most popular folk melodies. The composer is T. Cottran. . Do _many prisoners go insane while confined in the death house at Sing Sing?—E. M. A. According to Warden Lewis E. Lawes, confined in the Sing Sing death house during the past 10 yems have gone insane under the strain of ineir im- pending doom. . Does Buddy Rogers belong to a fraternity?—W. A. He is a member of Phi Kflpbl‘ Q. Who discovered insulin?>—B. A. A. A young Canadian surgeon, Dr. F. G. Banting urned from four years of service at the front with the idea of this new remedy. He submitted his plans to Prof. MacLeod of the Uni- versity of Toronto and under the lat- ter's direction, with the assistance of Mr. C. H. Best and others, experi- ments were begun in May, After a preliminary trial of the remedy on himself, Dr. Banting saw the first case of diabetes to be treated Wwith insulin receive his injection in the Toronto General Hospital, January 10, ‘This date marks an important very in modern medicine. What States provide bonuses for | their World War veterans?—W. A. L. A. The following States have pro- vided bonuses for their World War veterans: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigang Minnesota, Missouri, Mon- tana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin. Q. Why can't slack coal be burned in a furnace?—D. M. A. The reason slack coal cannot be used in the ordinary furnace is that the draft in domestic furnaces or stoves is usually insufficient to over- come the resistance w0 the flow of air through the fire bed. Q. Was “The Hoosier Schoolmaster” ever published serially?>—T. C. A In a copy of the first edition of this book given to Hamlin Garland, the author inscribed these lines: “This story was published in Hearth and Home in October, November and De- cember of 1871, and in book form December 15. It sold about 10,000 copies the first six months and about 10,000 in each of the two* following half years. It was pirated and sold in England in an edition of 10,000 copies, and has since been reprinted there with no profit to the author. Mme. Blanc rendered it into French for the Revue des Deux Mondes. It was published in book covers in French, German and Danish and perhaps other tongues This copy has all the original crudities, exuberances and vio- lations of artistic canons that have helped to give the book a sale of more than & hundred thousand in the United States. These facts are set down here for my good friend, Mr. Hamlin Gar- land, with the sincere regards of Ed- ward Eggleston.” Q. What are the six rules of paint- ing as laid down by Hsieh Ho in the fifth century?—M. G. A. The celebrated “Six Canons of Paintings,” which have been the basis of art criticism in the Far East through- out subsequent centuries, are, trans- lated freely: (1) Life motion engen- dered by spiritual harmony; (2) use of the brush in rendering bone struc- ture; (3) delineation of forms in con- in the Black- | Neapolitan song, “Santa | It is a folk | only 9 prisoners out of 27| 1921. | formity with the objects; (4) applica. tion of colors appropriate to the kin (5) spacing based on proper; plannin (6) copying of classic pictyres, thereby preserving tradition. Q. Has telephone service ‘ever been ed on & moving train in Canada? —8.1 A. Recently such servies: was inau- gurated on the Canadian National Rail- way between Toronto and Montreal. This permits passengers aboard the trains to speak with any selected sub- scriber in Canada, the United Sta or Europe. The system involves a col bination of carrier-current transmission and radio, making use of the telegraph wires along the railway route. Q. Please giv Maria Wingfield, colonists.—L. W Edward Maria Wingfeld was an English merchant and colonist in America. He was born at Stoneley, Huntingdonshire. He served in the | English Army, both in_Ireland and in the Low Countries. Becoming inter- ested in schemes for American coloniza- tion, he was one of those to whom thr patent of Virginia was granted, April 6. 1609 He was the only one of the patentees who sailed to America with the first colonists, and was named in the sealed instructions a member of | the council, of which he was elected the first president. He quarreled with the other members of the council, and with Capt. John Smith in particular. His Catholicism threw suspicior. upon_his loyalty and he soon_ deposed, both from the council and governorship, in September, 1607. In 1608 he returned to England. { n wccount of Edward one ‘of the early Q. Please give a definition of a lobby- ist?—F. D. A. The following are among the inning definitions submitted to the Forum in a recent contest: A lobby= ist is one who uses his personal influ- ence with members of a legisiative body in order to secure the passage of meas- ures which will be of benefit to him or| to the interests which he represents. A lobbyist is one who by persuasion, argument or artifice seeks to influence the thoughts and actions of a govern- ing body for the benefit of private or public interests. Q. What is the lowest rediscount rate er flxeg by a Federal Reserve bank? A. The New York Federal Reserve Bank's new reduction in the rediscount rate to 2! per cent is the lcwest point in the history of the system. Q. When and where will the next convention of the National Shorthand | Reporters’ Association be held”—M, Z. A. It will be held August 11-15 at Denver, Colo. | ev Q. Is the word ‘congress” always spelled with a capital letter>—N. A, A. Congress is & common noun and is spelied with & small “c,” unless it re- fers to some such specific body as the Congress of the United States, Q. Who financed the Turkestan-Si- be{h;\ Railroad? What did 1t cost? A. This railroad, 1,700 miles long, was financed by Russian capital. The cost was about $80,000,000 Q. When was William Marshall Bul- litt of Kentucky solicitor general of the United States?—C. F. I. A. Mr. Bullitt held this office from July 16, 1912, to March 11, 1913. Q. When will the Kill-van-Kull Bridge be completed? What does Kill- van-Kull mean?—J. W. A. Kill-van-Kull means in DutcH Van<Kull Creek, Van-Kull being a proper name. The bridge over this creek connecting Staten Island, N with Bayonne, N. J., was begun on Sep- tember 18, 1928, and it is expected to be finished sometime in 1932, It is & fixed bri of one span, 1,640 feet long and 150 feet above Kill-van-Kull, 11, miles from its mouth where it flows into upPer New York Bay. The bridge Is being bullt by the Port of New York Authority and will cost about $16,000,000. Q. An old family record mentions Little York, Pa. Can you tell me where it i1s?—K. G. H. ‘The town of Little York has de- veloped into the present city of York. It was named for York, England, and was referred to during Revolutionary days as Little York. v Value of Speed Is Questioil;!d : As Segrave Sacrifices Life Death of the “Speed King,” Maj. Sir Henry O. Segrave, while engaged in irying out a fast motor boat on Lake Windermere, in the famous lake coun- try of England, is made the occasion by the public to deplore the ambition mere- Iy to set speed marks. Americans re- member Segrave's performance at Day- tona Beach and the fatality that ac- companied the attsmpt to cnillenge his mark. Admuration for the British marvel \of skill is mingled with doubt as to the scientific valus 9f cxhibitions in which the chances are in favor of death, As a sportsman, Americans admired him,” attests the Albany Evening N but that paper also observes that “Se- grave made & faster machine than was safe and he has given up his life fcr the desire to ai all others The News concedes that “the race owes iis progress to the spirits that dare, that must pass all othel ‘The Memphis Commercial Appeal expresses the opin- lon that “pionzers in any undertaking deserve all the glory that attaches to a adventurous spirit, but, even still to b doubted that travel- Ing on the earth at the rate of 4 miles A minute has a value ccmmensurate with the risks involved.” Segrave himself is quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gi As having Arrow at Daytona Beach in March, 1929, that “he had one chance in ten of coming rough alive,” ind it is suopasted that “taking a similar risk in a speed boat on Lake Windermere, the intrepid holder of records was killed™; that “the one chance failed him.” The Post- Gazette continues: “Knighted for his Florida feat, Sir Henry was accounted one of the best qualified men in the world at handling speeding engines on land and water. His skill was not great enough to save him. * * ¢ The prac- tical benefit of such terrific speeds is negligible, The crowds show hy their presence that they desire the races. As long as they turn ou death risks will go on. “Other drivers will take the place of those who lose the one chance until the public awakens 1o the useless- s of speed as an end In itself and Is & halt.” * ok ox % Admiration “for the spirit of this sportsman’ voiced by the Worcester Eventng Gazette, which calls him “a distinguisiicd officer o the Brit- ish- Army during the World War’ and ‘& conspicucus figure in the world of sport hat paper recalls that “King Gecrge conferred knighthood tpon him for the Daytona exploit,” but that the major had announced that he was through with that form of racing, and commends his decision as *no a credit to him than .'is success on the track.” The Gazette continues, “The racing of speed boals offers some pros- pect of stimulating improvements in engine and boat construction which can be commerially useful.” Calling him “the finest type of sports- man, cool, daring and not afraid to take risks no other man had taken,” n call Studying this book may not turn out swarms of writers on the mystery theme. Let us hope it does not. It will, in- dubitably, however, add to intellectual appreciation and activity. A genuinely lurr tece of Wotk‘of great general value, the Milwaukee Journal attests that “he drove an automobile faster than any one had ever gone, and he outdistanced all competitors on’the water,” but that paper concludes: “Our guess is that, afier all, the real work, supposing man | wants to go faster and faster, will have to be done in the experimental labora~ tory. ‘The engineer, and not the racer, will do it. But out in front of the public the speed king plays his part in keeping up that popular interest with= it seems, not much progregs Viewing the Segrave record in a more favorable light, the Houston Chronicle thinks that “others will take his place, of course “there are many dar- | ing men willing to risk death in order | to see if they can the wheels | turn_ still faster.” Chronicle pays the tribute to such pioneers: “High in the air, on the speedways of earth, in Dbe water, they work and slave indus- triously 1 the name of science. For, after all, science is interested in seeing that the airplanes of the future fly faster and farther than ever before, that the speed of the world is increased. For sometimes speed is highly important, 1t is. indeed, regrettable that men must ! perish as martyrs in the cause of sci- ence. Put we do not realize they are glad to go thus, these adventurcus ones, A Lindbergh took the long chance high above the blue Atlantic and lived. A | Segrave took many long chances bn land and sea and sky and dicd. We honor them both. Sir Henrv Segrave's passing reminds us of ‘Chinese’ Gor- don’s famous dictum: ‘England was not made by her statesmen: England was made by her adventurers.’ " %4 1t is pointed out by the New York Times that Maj. Scgrave had Iedrned so | much of value to designers of motor cars and motor boats that his death will loss. The Times remarks that will no doubt be sought to fill but it is a question whether periments with death hazards should be encouraged he New Orle: Picayune 4s to Seg was scarcely to be hoped hungry for danger could have cfuting | much “longer to escape the mdn | ards he was s0 set upon fach Lowell Evening Teader takes 4 tion: “There is no denying thed courage of the man ie doubt that § n thel minds of many of us as we redd of hig death 15 that the world is goibg to b better for it xpressing _admiration for turesome spirit. the Lynchburg thinks that “there can be no fueryday use for cars or boats which tgavel 10q miles ‘an hour.” and the New' Orleans| Tribupe states: “Maj. Segrave automobile speed records, t from automobile speeding at request. When he announced th nunciation, we heard no protes scientists or manufacture | biles. Tt has been thoroughly demon. strated that many of the 1 speed and stunt perform water and in the air are needless. craze for reckiess flying which followed upon Lindbergh's crossing of the At. lantic cost many lives. The passiop | for duplicating his performances sub. sided as the world realized that hy emulators were not adding anything scfence. art or tndustry.” | o ted