Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1930, Page 8

A8 THE EVENI NG STAR. WASH i GTON. D. C., TUESDAY, SULY 1, 1930. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. THEODORE W. NOYES. . Business Office syivania_Ave - 110 East 42nd St Lake Michizan Bullcing. icago Office ndon, ropean Office: 14 Regent St.. England. £ Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evenine Siar . 45c per month The Evening and Sinday Siar Sundavs) nd_Sunda¥’ Siar ass) 60c per month The Surday Star Sc rer co Coliection made at the end of each mor.t Orders may be sent in by mail or iclephone NAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday.....1yr. 310.00: 1 mo.. &3¢ Dailv only 1y %6.00: 1 mo.. 50c Bunday only 1vi, 2400; 1mo.. 40c All Other States and Sunday..lyr and Canada o8 © only Bunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all s di s0c his paper and also the local 1 shed herein. "All Tights of publicatio ews publi: n of special dispatches herein are also jeserved. A National Disgrace. The municipal government of the American Capital is functioning on th the first day of the new fiscal year, without legislative author'zation for the expenditure of a single penny. From the Commissioners down to the most, meagerly paid day laborer, every employe of the city government who | came to his work this morning did so under the assumption. but under no guarantee, that his salary would be paid. ‘Technically the wheels of the District government are turning in violation of the law. Technically the District-Com- mMissioners are incurring a deficit for each additional second that they allow the municipality to function. Tech- nically they are liable to dismissal from office, fine or imprisonment. Actually they have resorted to the expedient of proclaiming the existence of a “sudden emergency” and under that, emergency they are carrying on i 65¢ per month - munity for liquor law violators. % | politics and politicians are bound i | organization now set up in the Depart- | for protection against “the loss of hu- man life or the destruction of property. Actually the municipal government is functioning merely for the purposes of maintaining day-to-day existence. Nothing is being done that can be Deglected. Meanwhile the citizens of this com- munity, who have paid their municipal taxes as other citizens, who have paid their Federal taxes as other citizens, | Wwho have fulfilled the duties of citizen- ship imposed upon them by an alien Legislature, in which they have no voice, become impotent and helpless Spectators on the sidelines. If their local government, which they chiefly support through their taxes, ceases to Operate, they can do nothing but protest. If sch¥ols needed for their children and for which they are willing to pay are not built while their money is piled up. idle, in the Federal Treas- ury, no remedy lies within their hands. If scores of men with dependent fam- ilies are thrown out of work, they may offer them charity, but while the money is available to pay them they can offer them no work. . No matter how many fine words ars uttered in explanation or defense, the results stand for themselves: the facts write their own indictment of those whese cbstinate disregard for the rudi- mentary principles of fair play and rea- #onable compromise has prevented Con- gress from fulfilling its sacred duty under the Constitution and legislating for the American Capital. On- interested in these fine words will find them in the debate in the House yesterday accompanying passage of the continuing resolution, a measure that In itself refutes the claims of proponents ©f the lump sum that their opposition to its increase {5 founded on the principle of naticnal economy. For the House is willing to approp:iz e a full $9,000,000 of Federal money in a makashift meas- ure designed to tide the District over a congressional recess by maintaining necessary functions of government. But 1t is unwilling to increase this sum to the extent of a million dollars in a bill |and printed matter, that appropriates $45,000,000; in a bill that not only maintains the Capital, but allows for its normal growth and expansion. ‘The House is unwilling to spend $10,- 000,000 of the Federal revenues in a) measure that preaches the economy of wise expenditure. of the Pederal City. It is unwilling to compromise by granting the expenditure of a million dollars more of Federal money. But it will spend $9,000.000 to' tie up and make temporarily useless more than that amount contributed by the taxpayers of this community. But it is willing to, the country's health and strength and &pend $9,000,000 to halt the wise growth | honest administration. It lies now within the power of the | House to correct this conditicn. Its spokesmen have indicated again a wili~ ingness to meet the Senate conferees. ‘The Senate confcrees have never indi- cated anything but willingness t5 meet the House. The Senate has surrendered more than half its ground. Will not the House, forgetting for & moment its own preferences, meet the Senate (He rest of the way? The House in simple just owes this much to the people of the District, as well as to the Capital of the United Stajes. 15 R b It might be better if the old Prohi- tion party had succeeded in maintain- ing its idealisms in independent mili- tance. Tts identity is lost as the caus: it advocated is absorbed into practical politic el 4 SRS The Prohibition Shift. The Department of Justice takes charge today of prohibition enforce- ment. For a decade the Treasury De- partment bas been intrustzd with this task. The prohibition spotlight shifts overnight from Secretary Mellon %o At- torney General Mitchell. The country will watch with keenest interest the ef- fect which the change in administration of the dry laws may have. It has been' claimed by advocates of the new plan'of small American flags make such a partment of the Government has b!en" agitated for many years. It is the firs step in the program of President Hoover o bring about a more serious regard for July 1, 1930 | the prohibition laws by a considerable ~"__ | portion of the people. Charges of laxity in the enforcement of the prohibition Jaws have been made many times. On the whole, however, an earnest and self-sacrificing effort has ;bccn made by the great majority of the officlals who have had the duty of de- tecting and prosecuting the violators of !the prohibitory law. Politics and poli- ticians of the less desirable type have b2en responsible in many cases for im- Such | now | to turn their activities from the Tr- ury to the Department of Justice in! their efforts to continue to influence | prohibition enforcement. | The transfer of prohibition enforce- ment to the Department of Justice is but another step in the old, old game of dealing with the liquor trafic. The gountry has striven for years to deal: effectively with this traffic, beginning long before the eighteenth amendment was written into the Constitution and the Volstead act placed on the statute books. President Hoover and his Com- mission of Law Observance and Enforce- ment have recommended the transfer | as an essential step toward better en- forcement of the liquor laws. Whether the new broom will prove effective de- pends in large measure upon the new ! ment of Justice. The human cqua- | tion cannot be overfooked in govern-| mental function:. The country will| follow the activities of the new set-up with interest and with a great deal of | curiosity. r—— Harvey W. Wiley. Harvey W. Wiley earned his place in | the sun of American public service by | & thirty-year fight for pure foods, a fight which was marked by victory. To him the people of this country owe a heavy debt of gratitude, and now in the hour of his death to him should go the ®raise and the thanks of the country for his contribution to the public health. To the country at large Dr. Wiley was. during the period of his activity, a somewhat remote figure, a man working in the Government ranks upon a thesis of a technical nature. To many, per- haps, he appeared to be a “crani theorist. But he was far from that. He was a distinctly practical man, endowed with a scientific qualification as in- vestigator and inspired with the cour- age and the persistence of a crusader. He was one of the first in America to dstect the evils of food adulteration. While an instiuctor in chemistry at Purdue University he, after a visit to Europe, secured the use of an instru- ment of precision that opened up a wide fleld of investigation and detection of food adulterations. This led to his entry into Government service, and he de- voted himself thereafter to inquiry, to demonstration and to the securing of legislation for the protection of the public from fraud and injury. ‘The story of Dr. Wiley's carcer in the ‘Government service is a romance of ad- | venture and struggle and eventual suc- cess. He was bitterly reviled and im- placably resisted. He was at times in danger of defeat, and a less courageous man would have yielded, content with having demonstrated scientifically. But Harvey Wiley was a fighter and surren- der was impossible for him. Today the high' standard of food qualities in! America is due to his devotion to thlsi cause, Personally, Harvey W. Wiley was a perennial source of joy 1o his great mul- titude of friends. His ready wit made him an always welcome member of any circle. His highly individual views of | life, frankly and often whimsically ex- | pressed, won for him eager audiences. He did not grow old in the sense of losing his social appreciations. He | loved the activities of his fellow men. It was characteristic of him that he continued as long as his strength per- mitted to attend the base ball games played in Washington. He could play as heartily as he had always worked. Dr. Wiley's contributions to American literature were numerous and valuable. He left an immense quantity of written | of exceptional quality. This and the official record of his work as proponent and adminis- trator of the food laws, stand as his monument. Some other token of the appreciation of his fellow citizens may | later take form, to keep before America the services of this great contributor to ) — Bolivia announces a successful revo- lution. When the revolutionists estab- | lish a responsible government they will, of course, be on the lookout for an- other revolution. ———— The Barrage Descends. The preparatory bomberdment of the | Capital by small boys with bootlegged | firecrackers is already under way and by Friday another mythical “Safe and sane Fourth” will have arrived and the barrage-of illegal fireworks will descend in carnest The Police Department within 3 few hours will issue its general order for the defense of Washington, in which it will be recalled that all fireworks except harmless sparklers, etc., | are unlawful and the pairolmen on the | beat will be asked to enforce the law. | If precedent is followed the patrolmen | will sally forth, the bombardment will | continue, and that will be that. | Efforts to make Washington safe and | sane, in so far as dangerous fireworks | are concerned, are somehow symbolic | of other futile efforts in this democracy to attain the ideal by mere passage of | & law. It is illegal to sell certain fire- works in Washington, but just across| the borders of the District, along all| the main highways that lead into Mary- land or Virginia, astute merchants have capitalized the prohibition against fire- works by making them enticing beyond | words. Huge cannon crackers, draped | in the red and the white and the blue; bombs in beautiful tissue; roman can- dles of exhorbitant dimensions and sky- rockets planted upright against a field that by placing the duty of detection 0(‘[rlnd appeal to the masculine instinct dry-law violation in the hands of the to make a noise that their purchase department which must prosecute these cannot be resisted. They are brought violations greater efficiency will be oh-‘ into Washinglon by the thousands and tained. The Department of Justice Te-| parents who otherwise might fear to alizes that it hds « heavy task on its | trust them to tiny hands, turn the boys hands. It has had full notice of the loose with them under the possible im- in the baby's hands of the cannon | cracker that did not go off. The law against use of certain fire- works was founded on good. common sense. It was not designed to re- press the desires of small boys nor to substitute a Sabbath calm for the old turmoil that marked the “grand and glorious Fourth.” It was intended to cut the alarming list of casualties that invariably followed the celebration of the Declaration of Independence. For a time the law worked. The day was spent with innocuous sparklers and in the evening the children were conduct- | ed sedately to the Monument Grounds there to watch fireworks set off by ex pert hands. But the inevitable reaction has set in, are all the more popular merely because they are forbidden. Judging frora the noise. neighbors vie with each otl °r to see whose boy shall have the biggest | and best firecracker. The law merely acts to remove the chaperonage of parents who formerly took part in the fun. The best that one may hope is that there will be as many children left whole and sound on Saturday as there were on Thursday evening, and that parent who connive at breaking the law do so with a full realization of the responsibility that may be theirs, - - A British publication has conducted a new kind of contest, which awards to G. Bernard Shaw credit for having the best brain in the empire. There are now contests for all kinds of contend- ers. Few beauty prize winners would succeed in a brain contest. And no one would expect G. Bernard to have a chance for a beauty prize. ——e—— Speed and sport are naturally asso- ciated. Some of the big races are those in which ships have engaged in hope of landing cargoes in time to beat the new tariff. —————— Suggestions of “drafting wealth and industry” in the event of another war lend new favor to the siatesmanlike protests that there is not going to be another war. .- e Apple growers are confronted by a tariff schedule which threatens the old superstition that American apple peel- ings are readily utilized in the manu- facture of European champagne. e Limitations on speechmaking are not always important. As a rule, every- body knows what kind of & speech an eminent publicist is going to make be- fore he starts. ———— Soda fountains have become so in- fluential in the national food service that a slight tax on carbonated water might assist in solving some of the revenue problems. —_— B A new form of farm relief is de- manded. Farmers demand protection from aviators whose reckless flying risks demolition of the barn, P, Chicago grows in census prominence. Genuine city builders are not to be dis- couraged by the notoriety of under- world promoters. = Sy RS The Prince of Wales is in no haste to marry. Political news is sufficiently significant in his career without com- plicating it with society news Evidence is always abundant when an atrocious crime has been committed. Actual proof is always scarce. — » . e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Tiluminations, A lightning bug came wandering by And saw a rocket in the sky. He murmured, “Would it not be great If T could thus illuminate!” The rocket, with its splendid glow, Gleamed once and made no further show. | | longer The lghtning bug with modest ray In frequent joy brought its display, And so, my friend, do not repine In envy of the rocket fine. A lightning bug, with constant grace, Sets a more comfortable pace. Use Admitted. “You are a Dry?” “I am,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Do you use liquor’ “Freely. Not as a beverage, but as a political argument.” Jud Tunkins says a three-ring circus ought to come around at least three times a Summer, so you ¢an see the whole show. : War Mechanism. “We don't want any further war.” Yet the inventor so perverse, Asserting this, makes ready for A fray that goes from bad to worse. Specialization, “Was that so-called companionate marriage a success?" “I never regarded it quite as a mar- riage,” answered Miss Cayenne; “merely as & specialized flirtation.” “Seek not unearned glory,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “lest you meet incidentally with blame you do not de- serve.” According to the Room Clerk. “What are the wild waves saying?" “They're surely saying plenty. When Ten you once were paying, Fhey're signaling for Twenty.” “When you finds A man readin’ his Bible dese days,” said Uncle Eben, “you can't be sure whether he's lookin' foh religious comfort or an argument.” —_— e But She May Send 1t Back. From the Loulsvilie Times. 1f you happen to be one of those who foolishly believe that women are not better shoppers than men, consider the | cases of Mrs. McCormick and Mr. Grundy. e But He Couldn’t Get Theirs! From the Butte Daily Post Senator Glass of Virginia demands the removal of dial phones from the Capitol. Political opponents, must have been getting his number. R Advantage for the Dumb. Vrom the Buffalo Evening News. The dumb have one great advan- ‘They can't realize how dumb they are. fact that the country will expect more| pression that while the law restraine rigid enforcement and a greater degree|the grown-ups, no one can object to of enforcement than has been found'letting the youngster enjoy the thrill poesible in the pest. The franefer of that comes once in a lifstim=—the thrill Y-8 v Nt de- thet Immediately follows the o o Refrigerator Service. Fiom the Yonkers Herald. What does it mean when the ther- mometer is around 90 .gi the daily mavicet Jetter sads, “Buitar is firmer’? and forbidden firecrackers | Are red-headed women on the in-| | crease? It has seemed to some obser: | there are noticeably more rv women and girls to be seen on streets of Washington now than in the past. Just what this phenomenon connotes must be left to the anthropologists and others who profess to study such mat- ters. The questiont occurring to the aver- age man or woman who takes an Inter- | est in human nature is simply Why do red-haired women still wear | green and tan? | Bath roor changed colo | the red-heads. | They still are wearing the same old ugly tints the red-haired women of ves- | tervear wore, when they. might better | be “dipping into Dame Fashicn’s won- { derful box of colors, shades, ‘ints. Red-haired gals are so dipping, of course, more now than ever in thoir eventful history, but they yet remain shy of reds, biues, oranges, grays and all¥he other colors or whatever you want to call 'ems which their blond and brunette sisters use so freely. There is no particular rezson why the girls blessed—or cur some think— with locks called “red uld not dress exactly the same as other women, Neither art nor facts Tradition alone is respor headed women wearing forms. on the queer and m ory that certain colors will not with their heads Why should their heads dictate a paucity of color in their clothe: No, the truth is that red-headed women are suffering from an inferiority complex, in regard to their hair, and want to cover up as much as they can. | Now red hair is deserving of nn suc self-condemnation. It is not unique, but shares the good and bad of other colored hairs. There are pretty red- heads, just as there are beautiful blonds: ugly reds, just as there are faded brunettes; there are all types and classes, varying in beauty and ugliness, 00, Once we thought we had discovered a theory in regard to red hair, which en- abled us to divide them into mean and kind persons at sighr, but experience in the land of the hving has proved that fhis theory is like so many others, scarcely practical, and often mistaken. The ‘truth seems to be that neither color of hair nor any other matter has anything at all to do with decency of character or its lack. There are scoundrels of all shades of complexion, Just as there are angels. A man or woman is what he or she is, that is all Some of the meanest women have red | hair, and some of the sweetest. never can tell. and kitchens have . but not the clothes of uni- g0’ o ox o | Red-headed girls should forget about the cclor of their hair, and dress as other women do, preferably in the tints often worn so successfully by vivid | women of such extremes of coloring as sun-ianned black and blond hair, These warm tints would do much to make others stop being “red-hair con- | scious.” and would give the titian | beauty, as the phrase has it, a chance to dip into that box of colors we spoke | of a little back. Never before in the history of the world, it is safe to say, has the dye industry so spread itsclf. New and better shades come on the market every season, with the result that there is not tint in Nature's arsenal of color which mankind has not duplicated. Even ncutral shades, such s blacks and gravs, can be worn by®the red- head with much_success. = Black, in particular, is a fine “color” for her to wear. Even the pure blond shows Excerpts From Ne OLOGNE GAZETTE. — Berlin | police commissioners have | finally given recognition of the point_long contended for by the Prussian minister of the —~that automobiles standing within the radiance of illumination of street lamps and other illuminations, | such as lighting of other cars and | buildings, do not need themselves to be | protected or displayed by their own lights when such vicarious visibility is sufficient and permanent. Motorists, under such circumstances, can no be punished when they leave their cars standing without lights under such conditions. This official decision | has brought to an end a long uncer- tainty in regard to the propriety of such a concession. T interior i Barking Dog Saves Cat From Baking. Evening Times, Gla: barking by her dog made Mrs. Edwar of Heath End, Govan, rush into her kitchen The dog was barking terrifically at the oven. Mrs, Edwards at once opened the oven door. | Out jumped the cat—unharmed. Eight lives left! i * ok K % | Englishmen Protest | Influence of United States Films. | Morning _Post, London. — England pays (8,000,000 yearly for American | films to advertise American trade—and not only to advertise American tradg, but also to advertise American stand- ards and culture as expressed by a few people in Hollywood. Any intelligent American will tell you what have been the “social effects” of the movies in America. Is there any reason to believe that the same pic- tures will have any different effect here? “In the market town in Sussex, about 10 miles from where I live” writes a correspondent, “therc s a pleasant cinema theater, owned and run, I be- lieve, by ex-service men, but almost in- { variably there is an American film being rin. We are compelied to sit among the streets and cafes of Los Angeles, to watch snarling Irish-American police- men and brutal truck drivers, gunmen, crooks of all descriptions and fr lent business men. We spend hos the bed rooms, bath rooms and of Hollywood.” Too true—and warse than that are compelled to pay attention to f that are detached from their b grounds. their causes and. above all, their consequences. We have a set of values dinned into us that are wholly false. England is one of the few places in | the world where the good old order still holds sway. English homes where de- cent men ‘and women lead decent lives | still_exist. English standards of be- havior still have a place. Do we want | to change all that to the tinsel and gilt masquerade of Los Angeles or New York? Do we want our peace and order and decency dissolved. If we do, the acids of modernity, as reflected in the Hollywood pictures, are an almost in- fallible formula. s in sinks we cts | * ox Taxes Threaten Death of Coffec Industry. El Dictamen, Vera Cruz.—The taxes on the production of coffee in this state threaten to give death to the industry unless there is an immediate and rad- | ical lightening of these imposts. The present tax was fixed in 1926, when coffee was worth 60 pesos per 46-kilo sack. It is now worth only 335 for the | same weight, but the imposition re- | mains the same, and as the majority | of the producers of coffee in the state | of Vera Cruz are small planters, this| unfair discrimination nrlnn them will | simply put them out of the coffee in- dustry unless quickly remedied. Agri- :E:m should be encouraged, not penai- i fact You | fi | While one would not | the streets ary | attorney THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. off to no better advantage. Gray is good, too. Every once in a while one meets a red-haired girl who has the courage cf her own convictions, and who proceeds to demonstrate to the world just how nice she looks in gray. The hats of the male world go off to_her. It must be admitted that this type | voman suffers a severe handicap | of during the the present vogue for suntan, moder., and ter. term for the old “sunburn.” The word “sunburn” put the emphasis on a passing phase of the curiously inter- g process of pigmentaticn of the human cuticle. “Suntan"” puts it square- v where it belongs, on the result. The red-haired person, man or woman, merely becomes red. He or she never tans. If the skin pigments {at all, it does so in the disagreeable form of freckles, or spl-tches, which more often are greenish in hue. This alone proves that green is no color for red-hea Just why they ever got such a “crush” on greens and tans is a mystery. for they cculd have picked no more unfiattering tints. Our one word to red-headed girls, in regard to exposing them rays of the sun, is: Don't! ‘This fashion is not for you. You must be the heralds, rather, of a re- turn to the white skin style of several go. As surely as ashion, the eycle will Toll around om suntan to white skin. Then you will be first! Although red hair is supposed to De an extreme blondness, merely, it in fact constitutes a fourth great order of hair eolor, the other three being, of course, yellow, black and brown. All of these shade into one another, but browns and reds do the best jobs along this line. There arc many red- heads which are, in effect, browns, Such hair is usually of a coarse nature, which keeps it from blowing in a wind. ‘Women with such hair are able to walk bareheaded in the severest winds with- out danger of their coiffures becoming disarranged. ‘The fiery red hair which often is de~ scribed as carroty is of extreme fire~ ness. Persons of this complexion are inclined to be excessively thin-skinned, both actually and figuratively, They should beware of carrying chips cn their shoulders, and should guard their tongues. ' As they are more liable to “fiy off the handie” than most persons, they should be all the more ou the watch to prevent themselves from say- ing mean things to those who by no means deserve such {reaument. These men and women are peculiarly prone to faultfinding, and therefore should attempt to see the goord in other people t of all, and to think of that, rather n of their lesser points. There 1s, however, no peculiar differ- ence between red-haired people and persons of the blond or dark persuasion The old theory of “Nordic blonds,” fcr instance, is now more or less exploded Similarly, all other color types contain the same virtues and the same faults t | which augment or mar the men and women with red tops. This is the basic reason, as we sce it, why red-headed women, in particular, should forget about the old ban upon bright colors and should dress with utter distegard for the color of their hair. There has been a great deal of bunk about the re- lation of hair and clothes, in a!l types. say that one should not pay some attention to the | matter, it is safe to say that aliogether too much attention has been paid to it. A blond may look good in blue or pink, and a brunette in red or orange. but each will shine i almost any color, if chosen with discrimination. The red- haired woman, in particular, should for- get her color complex. Highlights on the Wide World papers of Other Lands Soviet Government Seeks Buried Treasure, Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.—One of the newest occupations of the Rus- sian Soviet authorities is the searching for buried treasure. In a check-up the Soviet has found that at least 20,000,- 000 gold rubles are missing from the old Russian coinage. All this money, and much more of,other valuations, be- sides jewels and many other articles of value, are buried in Russia and Siberia, hidden by cither the original possessors or by looting soldiers of the various armies that ravaged the land during the war and in the revolutions and other disturbances since then. Some people with “golden noses” have more flair than others for finding these “El Doradoes,” and such are being com- missioned for the delicate task of re- storing these deposits to Soviet assets. * o ok % Rough Streets Prevent Speeding. A. B. C., Madrid.—The pavements of Madrid, as we have pointed out on infinite_occasions, while lamenting the deafn ss of those whose province it is to apply the remedy, surely leave much to be desired. Bad enough as most of 3 for carts and carriag®s, which travel at comparatively siow speed, and leave the impression with the occupants of these vehicles that they are being transported over a series of almost insurmountable obatacles, the sensations are much more horrific for the passengers in automobiles, even on the streets most recently paved, all of which give cvidence of hasty and im- perfect construction. There is a velocity Mmitation of 40 kilometers in the metropolitan area of Madrid, but such an ordinance is en= ly superfluous. because of the physi- hazard to the operators of automo- blles, if they rashly attempt to drive so asl & In recent days we have reviewed the case of Dona Eva Schuman, who took 2 taxi on June 17, 1928, and directed the driver to conduct her to the Barrio de Salamanca.- Due to congostion of traffic and state of the rohdway, the vehicle traveled at a leisurely pace un- Ul reaching the street Diego d» Leon, which, being entirely deserted, scemed to er the opportunity to ake up a little time. Prompted by the acc leaped forward, and tra lerator, the car ¢led at a fair cd, but before it had trav- three intersections, Dona Eva Schuman had her head through the rocf of the automobile, uttering cries of gricf, and justifiable protests. The brakcs were applied, the car stopped: “Then what?” Well, we ail know the sequel! Dona Eva Schuman was injured. She hae to be taken to the hospital. Upon her recovery there was a lawsuit against the chauffeur, and the inevita- ble penalty imposed upon him. His pLnishment was two months of arrest, and payment of damages to the amount of 1 pesetas—and for what? How was he culpable for the mischante? He merely drove his car over the streets of Madrid, and at a rate of speed well within the limits set by law. Is the driver of a car responsible for the con- dition of the paving? The topic is one that readily lends itself to debate. The for the defense claimed the injuries to his client wire due to reck: less driving. Then the pecuniary in- juries to the driver were due to the faulty constriction of the pavements of the City of Madrid. et Made “Home™ Prom the Muncie Star ‘rhe official score will show that Sen: tor Joe Grundy poled a long tariff wal lop and then died trying to stretch it, s iac ey Hoover Envies Grove. From the San Antonlo Evening News. R Sl - eadline. No res| dent Hoover wisheg he could do the same, Ruo. unquestionably bet- | lves to the | ' NEW BOOKS ST. AUGUSTINE. Giovanni Papini. Translated by Mary Pritchard Ag- Harcourt, Brace & Co. val of man as biological sequence probably secure enough. It is the dilemma of ir ual man, of John Smith, so speedil definitively obliterated that on ti hand brings dismay, fear, impote futility and on ‘the other urges such activities as lie at the foun of genius working out through every form of art itself. Along thi self-perpetuation, through great work of one sort and another, a few have sur- vived. a few John ‘Smiths have ex- ceeded their allotted temporal holdings. A handful of conquerors, a saint or two, a sinner here and there of superpower in evil, a rare genius in one or another of the ways of art. Only a little com- pany of survivors. A way to prolong individual life is by high quality of achievement. Another is to identify one’s self as completely as may be with acknowledged greatness. And here we are, we two, St. Augustine and Giovanni | Papini. ‘This book is a birthday celebration, the 1,500th birthday anniversary of St. Augustine, Numidian hailing from North Africa, but Roman after all in time and understanding and interpreta- tion. It is the story of this saint’s life. It is also the story, in essence, of the life of Papini. Not that it is planned to be that—not at all. Rather does the likeness lie in temperament, in the sym- athy of the author for his great sub- . in Papini's intuition toward the ce of his theme, toward the heart his man Having studied and brooded and weighed his subject, hav- ing caught certain kinships between himself and the character under his rapt consideration, Papini in this case clearly illuminates the historic holy man by the candle of his own experi- ences, of his own nature and its im- pulsions. Why not? There is no pre- sumption in this. That a clearly subtle thinker, a fine scholar, a keen psycholo- gist, a master-man with words should discover kinship between himself and a great one out of another age is merely the wise artist'’s use of material lying at hand. Clearly, Papini finds much of himself in the open human nature of the saint who, maybe, stretches far be- yond himself, very likely does do so. But in the measure to which identity is recognized, to that measure is the author winged in his: equipment for true portrayal. So by way of this un- derstanding and partaking man, the reader goes along the Papini road to Rome and St. Augustine. A sort of road to Damascus it turns out to be, since with both of these it is the new way of life opening toward them that gives point to the great story itself. There is, to be sure, the picture of the Roman period of ¢St. Augustine that is 1spread here in its own gorgeousness of barbaric implications, in its unachieved Christian way of life, in the barriers of paganism that are hard to overthrow. Here is history of true pattern. And |here is a potent and enduring central figure that is illuminated, first by a big The s |the clear genius of Papini for insight, | understanding, sharing and for putting | the whole into an easy, informal and | vet into a poetic interpretation. Biog- raphy provides the author with an in- | comparable chance to write about him- | self—that is, it gives him the chance to choose a subject that is kin to him- self. And because of such tie he is able to write under what is called a true inspiration. Every author writes about himself and about not much of any- thing else. That is natural and that is right. Right or wrong, it is what he does. So Papini has written about St. Augustine by way of himsslf to the great enriching of the reader in his understanding of that other day and that other man. Papini’s “St. Augustine” provides ma- | terfal, the sole material and the whole |story for the July issue of the Book | League Monthly. And, by the way. this | is a most Interesting venture, or adven- ture. It is worth looking into. Ga- maliel Bradford, Eugene O'Neill, Van Wyck Brooks, Edwin Arlington Robin- son, Hamilton Holt, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, its board of editors. * ok ok x | CHARLEMAGNE. First of the Mod- erns. Charles Edward Russell. Tlus- trated. Houghton, Mifflin Co. Ccherence and unity, clarity and nearness—such the impression and effeet of Charles Edward Russell's study of the great Charles; A second of pause, no more than that, serves to give some slight notion of the magnitude and quality of work required to bridge the thousand years and more lying in between the ninth century and the twentieth for so firm and vigorous a passage of Charlemagne over into the present. Of material for this enterprise there Js \nothing new, nothing of accounts: Despite the popular new-fashioned formula of advertising intent, “discovery of new and important material” attached indiscriminately to a host of studies, here is a case where no such claim is made. Manifest here, however, is a tremendous searching of the deep stores of reliable and pertinent record already at hand in respect to this great historic | figure—a maze, indeed—of matter, its | mere bulk a daunting appearance, Yet, Mr. Russell possesses the vigor of a | definite purpose, a demanding purpose. So fortified he, in a manner of speak- | ing, jumps into the sheer toil of gather- ing this material around him. He ex- amines it, throwing away with the left hand, holding fast with the right. Each | gesture the result of careful appraisal. E remains a bulk of Charlemagne matter to be projected, a living man. For that |1s the point of this exacting perform- {ance. ‘To create a man, this is the business in hand. But first there must be the setting. the place, the time. A | figure suspended. cut loose from his | locale, is Inconceivable. And so, out of | the confusion and ignorance and war- fare of the Charlemagne period, out of the still polgnant strife between pagan and Christian with its stressful se- quences of quite barbarous content, Mr. Russell sets scenc after scene, great | events of political and religious signifi- | cance—these the stage for the progress of Charlemagne into medievalism and in\l! of it on toward the present, Ac- cording to this author, Charlemagne's {soul goes marching on and, by this | token, he is the “fivst of the modern: First of the moderns.” Here is the max of the story. Here also its purpose | stands clear. all writers and stu- | dents operating at the moment Mr. | Russell is the last of them to be labori- ously engaged in setting out the lives of kings. The people are his concern. Strenuous activity and vigorous speech in behalf of the people are the open mark of this man. So, why bother with the rulers of the earth? Because here is the first of the lords of life who, away back a thousand vears ago and more, an to realize life from a new stand- point. Began to see that this was not a world of conquest and kingship and oppression. Dimly perhaps, but cer- tainly, he began to think of the people, of lifting their terrible degradation. He began to think of trade and education and laws, of well-being more widely | diffused, of expanding his own borders | not_solely for conquest, but for estab- lishing a wider domain of considered statesmanship and sounder political practices. Much of this. doubtless, was little more than fair on and good “intent. Probably were it possible for | day we should see little that savored of | our own modern latitudinous life. But the start was made there. So Mr. Rus- sell says, and to the tivory he gives definite _and concrete substance. The cause of the people against potemtate: tyranny had its appreciable beginnings away b{ck in tg' n‘;w spirit of leadership that animated the reign and expanded 50 beneficently the pericd of Charles the Great. purpose Charles Edward been humln‘ for the prote- mmi‘ case. theory, of his Political as a kingly dream is of long and honorable lineage. In its road of | bulk of piled-up chronicle and next by | n with so much of elimination there | any of us to step back literally into that | of democracy against autocracy ans! BY FREDERIC This is a special department devoted to handling of inquiries. You have at vour disposal an extensive organization n Washington to serve you in any ca- pacity that relates to information. Writc your question, your name and your a 2 cents in co D.C Q. What is the cost of ire circus troupe?—N. 8, A. Ringling-Barnum now _feeds be- tween 1,600 and 1700 people at e meal at'a cost of 331, cents per me Q. What is the air Washington, D. C. to Pittsburgh, as compared to the railroads?—A. G. A. The mileage on_the Baitimore & Ohio is 302, on the Penns; The mileage of the mail planes from Hoover Fleld to the landing field at | McKeesport is 188. Q. What two fears do all children have from the time of birth?>—P. J. A. Children are born afraid of only two things—Iloud sounds and falling. Q. Please tell how the New York change Clearing House operat J. M A. To follow an actual tr: tion through the clearing house vould con- sume too much space. ever, at the close of a day’ each Stock Excha feeding an en- al mileage from X business which are tain_sceurities |is the du veconcile all de parties and to ences by either paying o balunces due, so that as may be required in the | possible. | [P Q. Can 6ne grow pines by pl cones?—M. F. A. It might be possible to start a pine in this way, but not practical Usually a cone after being buried b comes damp and closes in such a_way that the seeds cannot sprout. Cones stould be dried in the sun, the see shaken out and planted. Q. Was the term “philately” coined by stamp collectors?—T. L. B. A. A French stamp collector named Herpin ‘s credited with making this word in 1865, It was coined from Greek words and mea; “the love of study of al! that concerns prepayment’ —that is, the love of stamps. Q What paper was the first to sold on the streets in this country H 8. A. The New York Sun. ) Q. Who started minstrel shows?— R.C.C be 9 A, Minstrel is a_name introduced into England by the Normans, and which comprehended singers and pe formers of instrumental music, to gether with jugglers, dancers and other persons. Tha Negro minstrels are a species of musical entertainment of a quaint and simple kind, which | originated among the Negroes of the South, United States, and was first made popular at public entertainments by E P. Christy, the originator of the troupes of imitation Negro musicians. Q. What is a fogey?—L. P. A. ‘This is ) ticulsr form of bonus or increase in Army pay based on length of service. The Fogey act gives a 10 per cent in- crease in pay every five years to officers and enlisted men, until a 40 per cent increase has been reached. Q@ How long have the English been tea drinkers?—R. C. A. Tea was not brought to England To Iceland’s Political stability in Iceland is the outstanding point of interest for Ameri- cans as they observe the current cele- bration of the 1,000th anniversary of tha Althing, the unique legislative "ody of that Northern land which has sur- vived the changes of throughout the world. The traditiona culture of Iceland is lauded, while it is suggested that one reason for the ef- f-ctiveness of parliamentary govern- ment there is that the government is near the.people. “For ct“’muprles before the so-called “Mother of Parliaments’ was created In England,” says the Chicago Daily News, “the Althing in Iceland had been mak- ing the laws for that far-Northern country.” Observing that its area is less than that of the average Ameri- can State, the News emphasizes its ro- mantic history and the development of a rich culture, stating as to this phase of its national life: “Particularly in re- cent years the world has been more interested in Iceland through the study of its literature. The early Icelandic | poets resembled in many ways the later troubadours and achieved much skill in their art. The real strength of the old literature, however, is in the saga which, in its best form, described un- der fixed rules the life of some hero intended for oral recitation. | In those productions the deeds of the heroes were sung. Among them are to be found the famous tales of Eric the Red, his sottlement of Greenland end | the discoverv of Vinland, which Eric's | heroic son Leif visited more than 900 years ago.” i | WA Striking scenic marvels of that land are lauded by the Manchester Union, while it also attests that “respect is be- gotten for a people that, through a thousand years, has retained unbroken the traditions and the practice of de- mocracy ’ Suggestions that, “by the average American, Iceland is thought of as all that its name signifi th | Union continues: “It is usually for- gotten that this Arctic island is washed | by the Gulf Stream, which saves it from the extreme of Arctic temper: tures, and that for a thousand years it has been the home of a hardy, cour- the spirit of the old Vikings still lives. For centuries this people, because of | | their isolation, remained strangers to | the progress of other lands. But dur~ | ing the past 40 years a great change | has come. A thriving foreign trade has | | been developed that has brought to the | islanders the advantages enjoyed by | r peoples. As a result, new homes ¢ been constructed and new methods | ot hav: faint beginnings. too, it is of royal source and encouragement. | { And with this splendid material to | work upon what a surpassing story of the growth of democracy, from its frail seeding in the heart of a king on to its growth as a passion of the people! A ruqfefl, vigorous record of fact whose | quality is such as to turn the whole into | adventure, drama, spectacle, political | vision, inspiration. And withal, reading here, you will come upon a full man, his blood of the right color and of tu- multuous leap, his heart open, his mind free. A man who was the blend of good and evil—whatever that may mean— that stamps him of the tribe of today. And he behaved much like toda; Ye! he wrought mightily to push the world ahead. We get all of this in a story whose facts are of the substantial sort, and in a story whose words go marching with the facts. One hardly reads here. He goes along. He refuses to leave. He stays by and, coming out from a truly personal adventure, he is possessed of a new concept of history in general, and of the history of this potent and per- sisting Charlemagne. Not history, but the man himself among us, by virtue of the scholarship, the industry, the dra- matic push, the tic imagination, the political vision of Charles Edward Rus- sell, sometimes called a radical, som times a socialist. Always a democrat. Here an author of serious intent and truly inspired and practically competent in the architecture of biography. | | | In effect, how- | a name given to a. par- | America Pays W Ancient Althing the centuries| 11 ageous, freedom-loving people, in’ whom | w ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. until 1657 and was introduced into_the English court by Katherine of Bra- anza, From the first it was patron- ized by royalty. When the 'custom originated, tea was drunk much weaker and in smaller cups than prevailed In the second half of the hteenth cer tea be- 1 be given require as A as much ¢ asparagus may _ be don’t take a long ld it up in the air d of it in your mouth Vhen the stalks are thin, to cut them in half w the g the tips like all fork foqd: may then be taken in the n eaten without a drooping fountain . Don't squecze the stalks, or hold the hand below the end and let the juice Tun down the arm. Q. Docs Canada permit betting on es?-—J. B anada, although barring book- has legalized the mutuel ma- of betting on system is under strict isicn and is permite ronducted and on e club inclosure to each d that are ne ingerprints t peo) r identi~ —V. T. . There are 300,000 combinations of ridge characteristics and from this may be realized the extreme unlikel hood of any {wo persons’ fingerprints being identical Definite conclusions | are usually reached within a few min- utes when working with fingerprints. Finally, where the human body may { grow or change, the ridge-lines of the | fingers never do Q. Who managed William Howard | Taft's campaign for the Republican | presidential nomination in 19082— |H. G. F. A. Arthur T. Vorys had charge of he general Taft headquarters at Co- umbus, Ohlo. Late in the campaign Frank H. Hitchcock had charge of the Eastern headquarters in Washington nd after the nomination became | chairman of the Republican National Committee. Q. What is frazil ice>—M. K. A. When water is kept in motion at & | temperature below the freezing point, | ice does not form on its surface. In= stead, ice ¢ als foym throughout the | body ‘of the water. Such ice is known | as frazil ice. : When were the first colored photographs taken?—8, D. L. | A, Color photography dates back to | 1261, when Clerk Maxwell firét exhib- | ited "a_colored photograph: before the Royal Institution of England. Maxwell | took three pictures of the same objact, | one through a fllter of green liquid, one h a red, and a third through & lter. He projected all three, | superimposed, upon a screen, and the | result was a' pieture colored approxi- | mately like the original, Q. Is it true that billiard balls are made from cotton?—J. H. A. Billiard balls have been made of linters, the short shreds of cotton cree ated in ginning processes. | arm Tribute |of industry deve! d. ‘The telephone, | the telegraph and radio have linked up | the island with the world outside. And now with the probability of the estabe lishment of airlines as the usual means |of long-distance travel, Iceland’s isola~ tion seems likely to become altogether thing of the past and this wide-awake | people will begia to be more widely known.” Impressed by the fact that the little {island welcomes on this occasion rep- resentatives of Scandinavian royalty, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat e: “Talk about political stabilit; Is there another country in the world comparable with Iceland? Certainly not in Burope or America.” As to its age, that paper "observes that “the heroic little nation isn't merely old in the sense in which some other countri can boast of their age. Some nations, as governmental entities, have died and revived. Iceland celebrates the com- pletion of 1,000 years of self-govern- | ment under its own Parliament | The fact that the ancient Althing is “still going strong” is the outstanding act also to the Dayton Daily News, which finds in the story of the island political philosopiy of interest to other ! nations, stating: “The arteries of the nations, like the arteries of their ine habitants; grow old and hard and the natlon dies. This has bcen the way, at any rate, of the past. Iceland’s Parliamen! v ahead of Methuselah, with no pr n of a funeral march, What's the secret? Iceland isn't as cheerless as its name implies; but it isv’t much of a temptation, none the less, to a marauding Caesar. This is one answ Add that it is a small, un- crowded country, where the government | hasn’t much chance to get far from the people.” e Recailing world conditigns at the time the Althing its continuous xiste the " Providence Bulletin Late: “Out of the hordes of Asia Genghis Khan was still to recruit his locustlike invad Charta was not even an ide; The origin of the Swiss Confedcration and the calling of the first English Parliament were as st Althing as dd! teenth century. Eric was to and 600 yt New World States was then but a w A tribute to t untry pos st till bristlin primitive virtues” is paid by th Bernardino Sun, while the Brook Daily Eagle decla ple life,” and add conditions of the n: family has its spinni little village has i ot lavish. Hay is 90 per otal agricultural product. 0 turnips and cabbages are raised. Se: fishing and bird hunting are prime industries. Ofl for Mghting and for export, food from the flesh and fuel frem the dried skeletons of ths myriad birds on the Westmann Island cliffs mean much. The hay feeds about 750,- 000 sheep, 20,000 cattle and 40,000 horses, small but hardy creatures, use- ful almost anywh ‘The exports total $35,000,000, in wood, oil, feathers, sul~ phur, Iceland moss, hand-knit woolen and worsted stockings and mittens, and, above all, dried and salted fish.” “While we are congratulating our- selves over the completion of 150 years or so of representative government in this country,” remarks the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “Iceland, the nearest European country to us, is observing the 1,000th anniversary of its Parlia- ment.” That paper points out that from 930 to 1262 ‘Iceland had “its golden age, when its famous sagas were produced. Its lfterature was greas when E;A;?lx_su was poor,” concludes that g wheel a looms. ——— Chance to End Crime. Prom the Sbreveport Journal. 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