Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1930, Page 6

A 6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY. ... July 12, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business O 4 S esnis Ats. ' Pennsylvanta_ At 110 East 42pd St Michigan Bullcine ‘cent St.. London. Enland. Rate by Carrier Within the City. a 45¢ ver month Eurovean Office - Sunday Star day Star 60c per month ] 5000 Rate hy Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. i 135010001 1 Mo 8o 1575 2400: 1 mo All Other States and Canada. day 1 soc | { hour and crowned him the world’s un- | that had persistently eluded his gr due to the skill of building and ptioting of the Wood brothers, Gar and George, of Detroit. Sir Henry was anxious for the boat championship <o that he could match it with his land mark of more than 231 miles an hour. Of course, no craft could attain this speed, but the Britisher was shooting at the record | of Gar Wood of more than 93 miles an hour.” So in a whirl of spray he sent Miss England II roaring over the course. On | the third or fourth trip disaster befell him. His boat at nearly 100 miles an hour struck a water-logged branch, catapulting him and his crew overboard. Brought out of the water with fatal| injuries he lay writhing on the dock | and the only words he spoke were. “Did I break the record?” The other day he International Motor Yachting Union | onfirmed his speed of 98.7 miles an| | limited speed record holder for the water. And thus died a true sportsman, an| amateur in every sense of the \'&'rvrd.I | country i The President’s Ansver. Pres Hoover has d-'iined the re- | quest of the Senate for the confidential | correspondence leading up to the ne- gotiation of the London naval treaty. | His message to the Senate was digni fied and at the same time set forth the | reason why the Chief Executive does not | choose to send to the Senate this con- | espondence. The President 1ce to the Senate and to the American people his that there are no secret agreements | relating to the naval treaty, that every | sgreement has been made public and | that the treaty means exactly what it says it means. Opponents of the treaty have sought % make it appear that the President’s declination to accede to the request of the Senate is an attack upon the Senate, an insult. It is nothing of the kind. Other Presidents of the United States calied upon by the Senate for informa- tion have replied in the past that they declined to transmit to the Senate in-| formation desired because to do so would be “incompatible with the public in- terest.” This is st what Mr. Hoover has done. The President, not the Sen- ate. is charged with the duty of ne- gotiating treaties. It is quite true that the Senate is entitled to the fullest in- formation regarding the negotiations of treaties, information which would in any way throw light on the actual intent of the treaties. Such information the Senate already has. The attempt to make it appear that the President is seeking to cover up or conceal some- thing and that secret agreements have | been entered into in connection with the | treaty is scarcely worthy of the Sen-| ators who are putting forth these sug- gestions in the face of what they know to be the fact According to press reports, two Sena- tors have decided to vote against the treaty because of the refusal of the President to send the confidential cor- respondence to the Senate. The treaty is no different from what it was yes- terday, or before the President sent his message to the Senate, It is good, or it is bad. There is nothing in the treaty beyond what the treaty says for itself. Decision of Senators to vote against the | pact because of the stand taken by the President will scarcely commend itself to the country. Senator Norris of Nebraska has of- fered a reservation to the treaty, which, in effect, says that since the President has declined to send the confidential correspondence to the Senate the Sen- ate shall ratify the treaty only with the understanding that no secret un- agreement has been entered into. This is the Nebraska Senator's quaint way of challenging the good faith of the President and of Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, and Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, both of whom were members of the American delegation at London and both of whom have assured the Senate that there is nothing beyond the treaty itself and that there ‘are no secret understand- ings. Since there are no secret understand- ings in regard to the treaty and what shall be done under its terms, it seems to be immaterial whether the Norris resolution be adopted or not, except that it undertakes to reflect upon the integrity of the President and the sena- torial members of the delegation which negotiated the treaty. . on The Safety-Responsibility Bill. It is a great misfortune that in the rush of other business the Senate failed to take up the McLeod-Capper measure for safety responsibility on the part of motor car drivers. Passed by the House and favorably reported by the Senate District Committee, this important bill was not acted upon by the Senate itself. There is consolation in the fact, how- does not die and now place on the . means that it will y be passed in December, when the Senate reconvenes in regular session, as there is no opposition to it. It is almost identical with laws now in effect ve States and the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the National Capital will be benefited by its early passage. in message e The “great game of politics” is still energetically followed. The great game of golt continues to get the big head- iines. R — Trotsky, as a specialist in world politics, has managed to establish his Jatest book as a best seller. e Ambition Satisfied. It falls to the lot of but few men to attain their lifelong and steadfast am- bition before death oyertakes them, and 1f ambition satisfied can be said to be & consoling factor when the end comes, then Maj. Sir Henry Segrave died Bappy, for he had obtained what he most coveted, the twin world's record for Bpeed on both land and water. Early in his career, which was so unfortunately and with such tragic suddenness ended in the waters of Lake Windermere, in Bngland, Sir Henry determined to be- come the speed champion of the world who raced solely for the pride of | and for the satisfaction of | achieving what he set out to do. Both | of his records may at some future time | be broken, but Maj. Sir Henry Se- | erave will noi soon be forgotten in the world of sport A Failure of the Court. One of the subjects to which the committees now studying traffic condi- tions in the National Capital will prob- | ably give some attention is the failure of the court to follow the law which makes mandatory the noting on oper- ator's permits of convictions for major violat'ons. This faflure has hampered the enforcement of the traffic regula- tions and has proved to be a hardship to employers who, when engaging drivers for trucks or private cars, find themselves unable to check on the ap- plicant’s traffic record. In some cases uniforms are bought for a chauffeur with a supposedly clear record only to have it brought out later that he has been convicted previously for infrac- tions. In so far as the proper enforcement of traffic regulations is concerned, it might be possible for a motorist with an apparently spotless record to escape | with a warning on.a minor violation, but certainly if his permit were prop- erly inscribed with his convictions the arresting officer would know that he was dealing with a persistent offender and would hardly let him off with only a few words of caution. This is a matter of course that is solely under the jurisdiction of the court, the traffic office being under no requirement to make the notations on the permits, so that all that committees can do is to recommend the establish- ment of & system that will insure prop- er records being made. There would appear, however, to be no necessity for the court to wait for committee recom- mendations. It can and should act immediately on this important phase of traffic control. — Extend the Order. The Public Utilities Commission, in ordering the cars of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. to come to & full stop before cressing the P Street Bridge, has started something which might well be extended to every bridge in the metropolitan area. There are, as every one knows, many “stop” signs at places where even the traffic expert pauses to question either their necessity or use. Yet compulsory stops at bridges, both by public vehicles and by privately owned cars, would do much to insure public safety. A peculiarly dangerous bridge, where fortune has prevented any accident, however, is the ornamental structure across Rock Creek at Q street. This is a curved bridge,’ placed at right angles to the street proper, with its roadbed cut in half. The parapet, waile bulky, has been knocked out by a light pleasure vehicle. Compulsory stops at this bridge and at similar ones would cause little inper- ruption in the flow of traffic, but whuld practically end the chance of bridge accidents. It may be suggested that this exten- sion of the recent order to all bridges might end the necessity for the un- sightly wire ropes which disfigure some of the bridges. ——— 0l1d Capitol Relics. Keen interest is manifested in the possible disclosure of historic souvenirs | in the destruction of the old Capitol | building, on First street opposite the Capitol, now being removed to clear the site for the Supreme Court struc- ture. Already bones have been exca- vated and this suggests that st onme time human bodies were interred there. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 12. 1930. tim. Companions of the dead man were unable to get the license number of the car. But one of the State troopers called to the scene hunted all over the area of the accident and finally found a small fragment of glass. Close examination proved that it was a bit broken from a motor car headlight. Then the troopers began searching for a car with a broken lens. Though this would have seemed like hunting for a needle in a haystack they finally found such a car not many miles from the spot. They applied the broken fragment into the hole in the lens and it fitted perfectly. They"ar- rested the owner of the car, who acknowledged his offense. Detective work is sfmply the noticing of the unusual and the logical. Rarely has a crime been committed without some trace of identity. The so-called perfect crime is that in which the killer, if it be a murder, leaves absolutely noth- ing to reveal him. Perhaps some of the unsolved crime mysteries have been of this kind. Again there are cases in which there are so many clues, so many evidences of identity that they are utterly confusing. The local case of the murder of Mary Baker is one of these. 1f there ever was a case in which de- tective material, as it may be called, was abundantly provided it was this. Yet it was weeks before decision was reached regarcing the slayer and then by chance, and only when he had escaped. Promptness as well as precision of observation is essential in crime detec- tion. The sleuth must ‘be quickly on the scene and quickly in action. terial traces of the crime are apt to be wept away or covered up and perhaps destroyed The bit of glass found in the road in the Toms River case might { have been kicked off the pavement by a pedestrian’s foot or picked up by a tire and carried some distance away from the scene. Indeed the crime solvers, like the firefighters, must be swift in answering the call to duty. b b e An airplane crashes. Men are killed or maimed This is no longer news. “If & man should bite a dog,” says a repor- torial expert, “that would be news.” Some day a pilot will study a defective plane and smash it before it can .o him harm P Visitors desire to see Congress in ses- sion. To Congressmen themselves the gathering is an old story. They register in commor. human feeling the simvle human desirc for a Summer holiday with full pay ) Resource® of the United States to gamble on them, knowing that they can fcrget the ticker and deal in terms of permanent value. — e A gasoline war is threatened. Fill- ing stations may be compelled to de- pend more on price lists and less on futuristic art in architecture. ———— Golf has its fascinations for men in public life and during the Summer months some of them appear more interested in Bobby Jones than they are in Daniel Webster. e Prison life is unpleasant, but it has probably saved Thomas J. Mooney from contacts and experiences which would be even more disagreeable. ———— Rumanian politics suggests comic opera. It is still too dignified to l't‘sol‘li to je: ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. Everybody's World. Everybody has a hope in view ‘That leaves him discontent. Everybody has a landlord, too, Insistent on the rent. Everybody has a tax to pay, And various bills beside. Everybody wants awhile to play In leisure and in pride. High and low we come and go, Where banners are unfurled. In spite of all the sound and show, It's everybody's world. Front Page Stuff. ““You are appearing on the front page quite frequently.” “I regret,” sald Senator Sorghum, “that readers are not always discrim- inating. I sometimes feel called upon to explain that I am & statesman and not a racketeer.” Jud Tunkins says he can't see why a chain store keeps changin’ clerks unless it's because they're lookin’ for new cus- tomers instead of old friends. Darwinian Idealism. Of evolution, things I know ‘Which no one is refuting. Were they the bodies of prisoners In-| carcerated in the old building, which | was for a time during the Civil War | used as a place of detention? Or are they relics of an earlier period? This may perhaps be determined by accom- panying evidences of identity or time of interment. Then searches are being conducted | in the course of the razing of the buflding for underground passages, tunnels, possibly means of escape. This seems to be unlikely. If prisoners sought to leave their confinement by under- ground passages they could hardly have lined the tunnels in a way to make them stand up for nearly seventy years. The associations of this old building are such as to cause its passing to be much regretted. An effort to save it from demolition was made, but, of course, could not succeed. The site was | needed and this single structure, how- ever closely related to the early history of the Government and the Capital, could not stand in the way of 80 es- sential a development. ————————— Various States are digging up “blue jJaws” in satirical reminder that law caforcement has frequent attacks of colorblindness r——— Sherlocks in Service. ‘The “high pressure” crime detector of the Sherlock Holmes school, ex- ploited by the late Conan Doyle, is not lacking in actual service. He may not go around with a deerstalker cap, & long bowl pipe and a magnifying glass, but and with characteristic British persist- ence carried through until death claimed him a few minutes after his ambition was satisfied. Driving his speedy boat, Miss Eng- land II, Bir Henry was seeking the .Furnentd for the waler, & recosd “ he nevertheless notices odds and ends of evidence and patches his case to- gether with fragments and filaments. A Onward and upward, let us go, And keep on “evoluting.” Modified Disputation. “What has made the difference in the social spirit of Crimson Guich?” asked the commercial traveler. “We've changed our method of start- in’ arguments,” answered Cactus Joe. | “When we feel the need of a dispute we call a meeting of the Rotary Club or the Chamber of Commerce instead of getting up a poker game.” “He who tells his own belief,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “always thinks, whether it is right or wrong, that he is uttering simple truth.” Culpability in Cards, ©Oh, poker is a wicked game, And bridge is very much the sam Poker makes many & man a sinner- But ‘bridge delays the family dinner. “Solomon had & lot of wives," said Uncle Eben. “But he sensed p'litical trouble. He didn’t let any of 'em vote.” —————— Farmers May Draw Line. From the Ann Arbor Daily News. It has been decided by some authority that the farmer must learn to eat what he raises. But presumably there would be some exceptions, such as hay and straw. oo What America Lacks. From the Bay City Dalls Times Lord Derby told folks back in Eng- land that prohibition and not money was our national topic of conversation. And the curious thing about it is that we have neither. B Why Some Cars Are Old. From the San Diego Union case of this kind is just reported from Toms River, N. J. Recently a man was killed by an sutomobile, the driver of 1t has been discovered that this con- tinent has been inhabited for approxi- tely 30,000 , which explains an"ol the nm; one sees in the used~car lois. [ Ma- | cf | America are enormous. Wise men refuse | He would be a hardy prophet indeed who would predict the end of popular radio broadcasting by the year 1940. Yet the nian who 10 vears ago should have phophesied the present state of | the phonograph would have 100. vitals the | seeds of future dissolution, unless some- | thing is done about it. The chances | are, of course. that several somethings | will be done about it } Such a great means of entertainment and propagation of the spoken word will | not be permitted to vanish from the Iear(h overnight. | So one is inclined to think, in sober | moments of evaluation. But so, no| doubt, men thought many vears ago in the heyday of success of the music box The writer here is only old enough to dimly recall the once-fashionable music ibox, with the large disks cut with little holes, which tinkled out the popular tunes of the years gone by. The stylish music box was the fore- jrunner of the phonograph, and for a time gave that instrument a real run | for its money. Today one will find one of those old { boxes only in some curtained old home where things remain much as they were | many years ago. The machine which talked soon gained the ascendancy and held it for a quar- {ter of a century or more. The exact | state of the business today we leave to Ithose better informed, but if one can | judge from popular advertising, as dis- played in magazines and newspapers, most of the phonograph business is con- ‘fined to the making of records. | e o The loud speaker nuisance, now re- celving the serious attention of muniei- pal governments everywhere, is one of the greatest seeds of evil which may forecast the ultimate downfall of the radio industry as now constituted. In this matter radio is on the horns | of a dilemma. The very genius of broadcasting requires bigger and better loud speakers. The perfection of the craft and art will come only when it is utterly impossible to distinguish the human voice, as broadcast voice of the singer “in perso; Only when the Marine Band, for in- stance, is as loud and full volumed over radio as it is in the music hall will broadeasting and radio receiving sets and speakers be perfect. And when that day come, God help us all! On the other horn, the nerves of modern city and suburban residents are becoming more and more touchy as the hours go by. A New York scientist has found out that a paper bag, blown up | and suddenly “popped” upon an un- fuspecting person, raises his blood pres- | sure more than almost any other noise. Just where a neighbor's loud speaker comes in the scale of pressure-raising Instruments we do not know precisely, but, if one may judge from his own reactions and that of city officials, it takes a very high rank. The curious feature is how and why the true radio “nut” wants to run his set as loud as possible—and even loud- er, if possible, and, of course, it is pos- sible, so long as one does not mind his tone quality being a bit fuzzy. Just as the possession of a motor car seems to cause some sort of change in the qualities of the human mind and heart, usually not for the better,'so the ownership of a modern receiving set has an unfortunate effect on many persons. Washington has adopted regulations tending to restrict the use of radio sets at night, and Boston is looking into the matter. In the Hub the regulations up | d | BY CHARLES &. | aim for the past 10 years. | is proposed to turn a part of this mat- |is m no position to make over | it merely remains for som | institution to begin it. THIS AND THAT . TRACEWELL. for consideration would require that | after 11 o'clock at night a radio speaker | and the cold” may not be heard more than 50 feet. Such an edict would make compulsory the turning down, instead of up, of the volume control. 3 There can be no question any more that the misuse of radio receivers and speakers, in utter defiance of good taste and decency and of the Golden Rule has done a great d to leave a sour taste in the mouth (and ears) of thou- sands of persons who value and like radio as much as any one. » wiksd The radio world now prepares to stab itself in the vitals by incorporating on the latest sets a cohtrol which will rmit the purchaser to change the “tone” to suit himself. We submit that nothing could be more against the very genius of radio. The ideal of broadcasting and re- ceiving demands that the artists at the microphone send forth as perfect tone quality as their voices and instruments can produce, and that the men at the control of the panels send it forth on | the radio waves as near like itself as possible. This has been the constantly bettered But now it ter over to the listener, who may or may not be an “expert,” and to permit | him to change the depth or highness of a volce to suit himseif, If he listens to some glorious con- tralto, and happens to prefer the so- prano voice, he will turn a little knob and make her a soprano! We submit again, and will keep on submitting, that this is not only all wrong, but contains in itself th of great mischief. The average voices and instruments to suit his own ear, Every one who has played any sort ot musical instiument Knows that the | human ear is by no means a precision ' instrument. It is affected not only by heat and cold, but by mental states and physical beings, so that even an artist cannot make a sure judgment in regard to tone quality. To expect every Tom, Dick and Harry to do it, with any satis- faction to themselves or jusiice to artists, is to expect the impossible. The only thing that will result will be a vast amount of turning bass drums into snares, baritones into tenors, sopranos into contraltos and the like. In the end every one will be disgusted. o Each radio set and speaker has a “voice” or tone of its own, of which the average owner becomes tired, after & year or so of listening to it. In most cases he does not know what is the mat- ter. but calls up the store and com- plains that his set “does not sound as well as it used to.” The set sounds the same, but his ears and tastes have changed, and there is nothing that can be done about it, except to buy a new outfit. Many have done just that, but the indications are that the golden age has passed. The question of “blah” over the radio is much the same as the probiem else- Where, but made more obnoxious by its insertion constantly, so that one can- not turn it off except by turning to another station, where he finds an- other system of “blah” in operation. There may be “blahless" broadcasting e courageous The monotony of set programs, too, militates against a continual ment of radio, and this factor, to- gether with the others named, and some unnamed, tends to make the end of radio broadcasting, in the popular sense, not so visionary as it might seem. Suggested methods for overcoming unemployment, which have been placed | before the country, are being subjected to varying degrees ‘of criticism. Gov. Roosevelt's speech before the Conference | of Governors, in favor of the insurance method, and the experiment announced | by the General Electric Co. which promises relief through joint contribu- tions of employer and "employes, are debated. President Hoover's report on the results of emergency measures deal- ing with a construction program is also a subject of comment, | “Economic necessity,” as emphasized in the Roosevelt address before the Governors is considered by the Harris- | burg Telegraph, with the statement: | “Roosevelt is voicing in politics what ' the General Electric is in industry. Those slow to indorse progressive meas- ures might give thought to these two incidents. Unquestionably, they are | forerunners of issues which the country will have to face and to which there is only one answer. It is apparent that we are definitely entered upon a perfod in which humanitarian legislation and policies will become increasingly sub- | Jects for popular discussion.” | “Shorter working days d shorter weeks, damming up of work to tide over | periods of depression—such plans,” according to the Asheville Times, “may help, but Gov. Roosevelt seems to be Jjustified from all past experience in contending that they will not eliminate unemployment.” The Times is con- vinced that “unemployment insurance, including old age security, qualified as the theory is in the New York Gov- ernor’s address, must be accepted as a policy as sane and sound as can be The San Bernardino here is no disguising the fact that unemployment insurance, even though it might approach the dole system, would have very considerable support. Indigent aid for the aged has become popular through the guise of old age pensions. Many want it who are not entitled to it, because they have | other means of support.” S A “Right now, with several miHions of unemployed men,” thinks the St. Louis | Times, is easy to impress the need for insuring the jobless, but in the long run the most important of the two phases discussed by the New York Gov- ernor is that of old age security. * * * Agitation of the question is a vice to the American people. There was g time, not long ago, when such insurance was regarded as socialistic, but those who branded it that way have changed their qpinion and now pray for it. The pres- ent period of unemployment has done much to change views of citizens who previously had been hostile to the theory of guaranteeing any one a job.” ‘The General Electric plan is called by the Chicago Daily News “a different solution of the problem and one which we believe accomplishes all that might | be expected of a State insurance with- out many of its disadvantages” De- scribing the corporation’s purpose, that paper states: “An insurance fund will be set up when requested by 60 per cent of the employes in any branch. The employe, when working half time or more, agrees to pay into the fund 1 per cent of his earnings over a period of three years. The company will match that contribution, dollar for dollar, and in addition guarantees interest of 5 per cent to the fund. If the empleye is laid off temporarily he will receive half of his wages, but not more than $20 a | week, for 10 weeks. Special provisions cover periods of abnormal and pro- longed unemployment. The plan pre- sumes, as it well may, that periods ot industrial depression in the United States and in the electrical industry are not likely to be prolonged. It assumes also that, in so far as its resources | permit, management is duty bound t stabilize employment conditions.” o “This plan is supposed to act both for the prevention and cure of unem- ploymeni says the Jackson Citizen- | Patriot, observing that “when business is on the increase it is stipulated that the company shall expand its working | organization attempts to mee | ment, | the record year Schemes to Aid Employment Are Discussed by the Nation postpone plant renewals and main- tenance activities as far as possible.” “The details of this arrangement," suggests the Milwaukee Journal, “are less important than the fact that another large ' American industrial t its un- employment problem. Until this prob- lem is solved, industry will not fully have met its responsibilities, * * + As one company after another makes its tests industry as a whole will learn how best to keep the greatest number of its regular employes steadily at work di ing their productive lives. The public's immediate concern should be to encour- age those industries that sincerely attempt something in this direction.” Statistics covering public construction activities for the first half of this year, as presented by Mr. Hoover in his address by radio to the Conference of Governors, are a subject of some com- Under the title, “A Partial Vic- tory for Unémployment,” the Houston Chronicle says: “Announcement that $200,000,000 more went into public con- struction activities in the United States in the first six months of 1930 than in 1929 gives evidence of & sane economic attempt to combat business depression. * * * Co-opera- tion of the States with the Nederal Government has made this possible, and that is especially encouraging, because it demonstrates that our Government officials have come to a general agree- ment as to what steps governmental agencles can wisely take in such cir- cumstances. Another announcement that should add to confidence in the future is that from the Census Bureau stating that a one-fourth count of the Nation shows but 500,000 persons un- employed. That would mean that the entire count should show sbout 2,000, 000, hardly half what many of our pessimists were estimating." “The showing has great significance,” clares the San Jose Mercury-Herald, because it is the result of a voluntary response of public authorities after the stock panic to the President's appeal to expand public construction as g means to relieve unemployment and in crease consumption. * * * g industrial remedy for depressi unemployment, was the goal t dent set out to attain. Ppublic and private Co-operation to ex- pand employment after the stock panic was an application of his theory and the substantial results gained prove it." The Fort ‘Wayne News-Sentinel is skeptical of resulis under the insurance plan and makes the comment, At best such a system presents a kind of pateh- work makeshift—a treatment of symp- toms and effects without scientific regard to underlying causes.” That paper holds that “any unemployment insurance worthy of the name and endowed = with any really salutary potentialities should include some means of protection against overproduction » find an ons and he Presi- His call for A Born Handicap. From the Kalamazoo Gazette, An astrologer declares that thy |- berghs will have a hard time ;:le'g;rdxx their son from becoming an actor. Bu{ if the young man is like his father he will never amount t i © much in the ———v—ee— " Still More Relief. From the San Bernardino Sun. The job of the next Congress will to relieve the farmers of lh‘erullel thm they got from the last one. — o, Hard on Resorts. From the Lincoln State Journal. When Chicago starts on a gang |round-up Florida and California re- sorts lose some of their best patrons P R Veracity on the Links, he Fort Worth Record-Telesram. We uld hire a caddy to do the cadd k;g" for our opponents. Then u': poor kids can the truf without lesing Ffl Jobs. Tiom enjoy- | l THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover Poet laureate of sailors and long- shoremen, champion “of the maimed, of the halt and the blind in the rain —this John Masefield has | been ever since he began, with his “Salt-Water Ballads,” his career as & writer of verse. Now, “the King has been graclously pleased to appoint John Masefield, Esq. D. Litt., ‘o be poet laureate in ordinary to his majesty But Masefield's sympathies may still be counted on for “the tramp of the road. “The slave with the sack on his shoul- ! ders pricked on with the goad. The man with too weighty a burden, oo weary a load.” He himself has tramped muddy roads, worked 1 “pub” and factory and bes In his poetry Masefield | has always been a story-teller. His best | known poetry tales are “The Everlast- | 7" “The Widow in the Bye “Dauber” and “The Daffodil | Fields” His three poems of ihe En {lish countryside, “Reynard the Fo; the story of a fox hunt: “Right Roya the story of a steeplechase, and “King Cole,” the story of a traveling_circus, have been considered to resemble the poetry of Chaucer; and now, if Chaucer may be considered to have been some- | thing of a poet laureate; because of his | royal pension. Masefield is his official as well as literary successor. Since | Chaucer, the poets laureate have in- cluded some of the most famous of English poets. Ben Jonson, because of his_wvension, 1s also looked upon as a laureate, but the title was first con- ferred upon John Dryden, by letters- patent, in 1670. Southey, Wordsworth and Tennyson enjoyed the honor. The last two laureates before Masefield were Alfred Austin and Robert Bridges, who died recentiy. | fore the mast. ook % In addition to his narrative poems, Mascfield has written n lyrics of great beauty. He believes in poetry that can be spoken and sung by the people and he inaugurated the annual “Oxford Recitations,” contests in verse- speaking, to which people come from all varts of England to recite and hear poetry. Masefield’s published volumes of lyrics include “Salt-Water Ballads,” “Ballads,” “Poems and Ballads,” “Son- nets and Poems.” Some of his best ics are “Truth,” “On Growing Old,” ‘August, 1914, and the beautiful lines to his mother, “C. L. M." He has writ- {en several novels. which have not won for him additional reputation; “Sard Harker” is probably the best. Among his plays which have been produced are “The Campden Wonder,” “Nan,” *“Pom- pey the Great,” “The Sweeps of Ninety- “Philip the King,” “The Faith- The Locked Chest,” “The Con- " “Mrs. Harrison,” “Good “Esther,” “Melloney Holt- “A King's Daughter,” “The Trial of Jesus” and “Tristan and Isolt.” His play, “The Coming of Christ,” was sung in Canterbury Cathedral before a large and reverent audlence. Masefield’s poems have heen collected in one vol- ume. A new book. “The Wanderer of Liverpool,” the true story of a great ship, told in prose and verse, is an- nounced for the early Autumn. After many ecarly years of wandering and hardship, and after terrible experiences at Gallipoli during the World War, Masefield now leads a peaceful country life at his home, Boar's Hill, 5 miles from Oxford. * o years ago Oxford secured for lh? 'E?mam XIIT Chair of Spanish Studies the Spanish scholar, Salvador de Madariaga, former member of the secretariat of the League of Nations. Senor Madariaga is the author of many magazine _articles published in this country, all showing wide knowledga of European social, economic and political problems. His book, “Spain,” has re- cently been published in London and is announced for publication in this country in the Autumn. It interprets Spain and her people as a patriotic but internationally minded Spaniard sees them. Many years were speat in collecting the material. The headings of the four parts are “Land, People and History”; “School and Larder,” “The Elements of the Reign of Alfonso XIII” and “The Reign of Alfonso XIIL" Though Alfonso XIIT occupies a most important place in headlines, it is nof because Senor Madariaga admires and approves of him. He thinks that Al- fonso made a fatal mistake when he feared democracy to such an extent that he turned to the army and the church to protect him from it; he should have trusted it. As a result democratic institutions have been un- dermined. He describes the beginning of the dictatorship caustically and says of Alfonso: “A devout Catholic, he made the sacrifices of his oath on the gos- pels; a King, he broke his royal word. For such valuable hostages given to fortune, what were his explanations? ‘Since 1 was born a King, let me gov- ern’ he said. The King wanted to govern.” T 0 A ‘That the artist, in all forms of cre- ative art, in the industrial United States of the period since the Civil War, has had a hard time to preserve his artistic soul and at the same time to make a living, is the thesis of Matthew Joseph- son's book, “Portrait of the Artist as American.” Emerson, Holmes, Thoreau, Hawthorne and the Alcotts came at the end of an era before mechanical inven- tion had revolutionized American life. It was not until after the Civil War that the agrarian regime in this country was replaced by the industrial regime, so much less favorable to art. All the original artists following the Civil War, says Mr. Josephson, were obliged to find an escape. Fmily Dickinson escaped through mysticism—and death. Henry James, Stephen Crane and Whistler went to England and remained there. Henry Adams spent much time in Eng- land and France and found mental refuge in the study of Oriental philos- ophy and medieval architecture. Laf- cadlo Hearn became, as far as possible, @ Japanese. Among those who stayed n their own country and managed to endure it were Howells and Mark Twain. Mr. Josephson works out forms of escape which made life tolerable for them. Perhaps he does not emphasize enough the fact that both of them cre- ated really original American literature and managed to make a living, too. ok ok ok H. G. Wells has perpetrater . fantastic political rul;nn'uce. cfil.-z"m}*‘fl: Autocracy of Mr. Parham.” Under the guise of Mr. ham, British university professors, with their erratic political ideas, are satirized. Mr, Parham does as many foolish things as Mr. Wells can think of, among them making an excursion into spiritualism, In the spirit world he establishes a Fascist dictator- ship in England, makes war on Russia and manages to become involved in war with the United States. The point of the book seems to is hard to be—it. find—to attack Briti: v Tusaih: sh- poliey toward | i * ok % ¥ Stephen McKenna, perhaps with an eye on the Summer vn‘::elum‘:ing public, hr‘;:p""rnf:c::'r g 'l','lrh:-bnawmey Inherit. a able but_light piece of fiction. Old John Datchley of Toaienlos Castle leaves a very odd, and of course unfair, will. He had disinherited all three of his daughters for marrying poor men. Among them the three had nine sons, and old John left his money to that one of his grandsons who should first marry, within a year, take the Datchley. name and agree to live six months of each year at Datchley Castle. Naturally there was a great family row. * X ox The seventh part of Marce 1SS du Temps Perdu,” has appeared in Eng- lish under the title “The Sweet Cheat Gone.” Another part, the last, is still due to appear. The theme of this sev- enth part, developed at great length, is the flight of the hero's mistress, Al- bertine, and her subsequent death. The reactions of the hero, or narrator, to her death occupy more than half of the volume. Just at the end he has re- covered sufficiently to re-enter Parisian :(;;e u'n:;!-‘?mx t;m ready lnrb(urther resumably con- tinue to develop his peyehologieat ego. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquiries handled by our great Information Bureau maintained ‘Washington, D. C. This valuable serv- ice is for the free use of the public. Ask any question of fact you want to know, and you will get an immediate reply. pha e stamps for ‘return postage, and address The Evening Star Informa- tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Do radio stars get much fan mail?—S. N. A. Radio fan mail runs into the mil- lions. While the number of letters re- ceived by broadcasters does not permit of comparison. the following figures give | some idea: Graham McNamee is said to recefve from 150 to 200 letters a wee David Ross about and Ted Husing between 104 and 108 Rudy Vallee receives 2,000 weekly fan letters from listeners, Floyd Gibbons from 100 to 200 & day, while the N. B. C. reports 25.000 letters a week and Co- lumbia & million and a quarter a year. Q. What association is_asking ama- teurs to submit photographs of outdoor subjects?—W. J. A. The American Forestry Assocla- tion, Washington, D. C., is conducting such a contest. Q. What was Amelia Earhart's record for speed in her recent flight?—C. D. A. She established a speed record of 1749 miles an hour over a measured 64-mile course, flying a standard model metal Lockheed-Vega carrying a light load. With a full load of 1,103 pounds she averaged 171.44 miles an hour over the same course. Q. How large was the meteoric stone that fell in Arkansas?—J. C. A. The Paragould meteorite that fell on February 17, 1930, on a farm at Paragould, Ark., weighs 820 pounds. It has been purchased and presented to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago by Stanley Field, the presi- dent of that institution. Q. Where can miniature copies of the Pioneer Mother Statue be obtained?— B.S. 8. A. The Pioneer Mother Monument has been erected in 12 States. Miniature copies of the statue can be ordered from the D. A. R., through the business office of Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C. Q. How does Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm Board pronounce his name?—V. M, A. It is pronounced exaclly as the common noun, “leg,” is pronounced. Q. How large were the first English news sheets?—R. §. A. They were the size of a sheet of business stationery. Q. Why was * terpolated the Hood"?—G. E. A. It was interpolated to give Jessie Bartlett Davis, the famous contraltc of the Bostonians, a special solo number. Q. What language is spoken by the most people in the vicinity of Jerusa- lem?—L. M. S. A. Arabic is spoken by the greatest number of people in Palestine near Jerusalem. Q. What arrangements need be made in order to drive a car into Can- ada for a vacation trip?—G. T. h, Promise Me" in- score of “Robin L NUEVO DIARIO, Caracas.— We record some of the minor i First, sellers of books and lottery tickets con- gesting the street corners and sidewalks. ‘We recommend to those interested in city, with our suggestions for their amelioration. there are the perambulating this business that they repair to places of public resort, and, taking up their station, reach a much larger and re- sponsive clientele than is to be found among those hurrying through the streets to keep important engagements. pecking boxes, to which have been added Wwheels and motors; to attract more pas- sengers, either replace with better vehi- cles or give the present equipment a coat of paint. Dispensaries of cooling drinks, where glasses are washed indifferently or not at all between customers. No objection to the practice if all the patrons have certificates from the board of health. Children less than 6 selling news- papers. - Should be suppressed if found due to the depravity of the parents rather than a natural commercial in- stinct in the infants. * oK K x Glasgow Churches Too Poor to Pay Minister. Glasgow Herald—Two novel evolu- tions in church services are to be proved out in Glasgow. In the first instance, ing found it impossible to support a minister, due to the industrial and busi- ness depression, has offered its pulpit to men and women of known ability and service. The former Sunday services will be substituted with lectures and ad- dresses on matters social and physical, as well as spiritual. These speakers will also discuss, some of them, educa- tional topics. Sacred concerts and dramas that are inspiring and instruc- tive also will be given in the church. Channing Pollock’s well known play, “The Fool,” will be presented by the Fellowship Players. At St. Mary's Cathedral, in Great Western road, a similar experiment will be carried out. A series of week night meetings will be held in the Synod Hall of the cathedral, open to all men of any or no religious persuasion. Smok- ing will be permitted, and there will be lectures and discussions on timely reli- glous and social problems. “No one who comes,” it is stated in the Cathe- dral Magazine, “commits himself to anything .beyond intelligent listening and an atmosphere of tobacco smoke.” Wik Scholarship Winner “Gave His Best.” Irish Independent, Dublin—Frank Geoghegan, the 12-year-old winner of the £250 scholarship under the na- tional education scheme, promoted by Messrs. Willlams and Woods, Cross and Blackwell and Keiller, showed a boyish shyness and reluctance to talk about his success when an Irish Independent rep- resentative met him in his home on the N. C road, Dublin. This young pupil of the O'Connell School, who bore his splendid trophy from a field of 78 com- etitors, has received many congratu- atory messages, but behaves as if the winning of £250 scholarships is all in the day's work. Naturally, as he re- marked, he was not going to be beaten by a girl. However, his true feelings were shown in the simple comment that “while I did not expect to win, I knew I had put my best into it.” On the| subject of his career he was rather diffi- | dent. The only topic on which he was | inclined to become voluble was his tour of Messrs. Willlams & Woods' jam fac- tory. R R Warns Foreigners For Political Activities. | Mundo Al Dia, Buenos Aires- ‘The | Minister of Argentina to Colombia has recelved a communication from the government at Bogota relative to the expulsion of pernicious foreigners, which says, in part: “We have noticed frequently that in certain cas:s of social disturbance different foreign elements assume the role of protagonists in any movements which tend to interrupt the public tran- The answers to questions printed here | in| ‘Write plainly, inclose 2 cents in | 100 letters weekly abuses seen in the streets of this | Public autobusses, which look like old | the Ross Street Unitarian Church, hav- | J. HASKIN. A. Motorists' from the United States | may enter Canada without red tape or annoying regulations. Canada does not require passports and for a period ;? to 90 days no duty or bond is required. The tourist may drive his car into the Dominion under his State license for a generous period in every province. All that is required is to report to a Ca- nadian customs officer at the port of entry and obtaln a permit for admis- sion of his car. He must also report when returning to the United States. Q. What is meant by wide cards in cribbage?-—B. C. | A. The term is applied to cards too far apart to be likely to form sequences | Q. Please give some of the names or titles used in describing Jesus Christ.- A. There were a great many titles applied to Christ. Among the best known are Emanuel, Wonderful, Coun- sellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, | Prince of Peace (Isaeh, ix.6). At the | time of the crucifixion Pontius Pilate bestowed the title upon Jesus of King of the Jews (Luke, xxiii.38), Jesus de- scribed Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life; the Good Husbandman. the Light of the World, the Son of Man and the Son of God. Q. What is the word used to desig- nate a rhyme used to recall something, such as “Thirty days hath Septem- | ber"?>—E. E. R. | "A. It is called a mnemonic rhyme. Q. Did Indians play games that re- ‘q\nrrdc thought and calculation?— A EC. | ""A." Indian games may be divided into | two general classes, games of chance and games of dexterity. Games of pure skill and calculation, such as chess, are entirely absent. Q. Who invented bifocal lenses?— K. A. Benjamin Franklin invented bi- focals in 1784. In 1866 cement bifocals were introduced and the “invisible” bi- focal appeared in 1890. Q. Which motion picture company is the largest in the world?—R. 8. A. The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., say that |1t is impossible to answer the ques- tion, as they do not know whether the | company producing the largest number | of pictures, ,having the widest distribu- |tion of product, or the largest studio |is meant. Among the largest Ameri- | can' companies are Paramount-Publix | Corporation, Fox Fi Co | Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn- | Distributing Corporation, First National | Pictures, Inc.; United Artists' Corpora- | tion and Universal Pictures. Q. Where are Smithfield hams pro- duced, what are the hogs fed and what type is best>—J. 8. H. e are produced in A. Smithfield hams Smithfield, Va. The lean type or bacon type of hog is used for this %urpou, Some of the companies use inia and North Carolina hogs, while ship them in from the West and cure them according to the Smithfield meth- od or formula. The hogs are fed large- ly on peanuts, as the flesh is softer than when the hogs are fed on grain. . What country and what city con- sufie the most vegetables, especially | asparagus and cucumbers?—J. E. T. | A. The United States consumes more vegetables than any other country in the world. The largest consuming mar- ket for asparagus and cucumbers is New York City. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands possible to expel foreigners for such polftical activity, but this is too often a remedy applied too late, and it were far better to prohibit the admission of all whose characters or previous records indicate them individuals who are liable to disturb the common order. ‘The government is considering serious- ly restricting the entrance of any who do not profess an intention to abide by the established doctrines of our people. Too many would-be immi- grants own no allegiance to their na- tive country and have no desire to be faithful to an adopted one." | L | Gains Freedom From Prison With Pen. . Le Matin, Paris—We hear frequently of prolific writers, of no great talent, who compose their works in prison. We have in mind the instance of & very ingenious swindler, who, after his incarceration, indited an extlung ro- mance, the proceeds from which, 20,000 francs ($800), enabled him to bribe his jailer and win his freedom. Truly literature is still, at this day, a sort of open sesame, and if a man lays claim to the title of “novelist,” he has easy access even to the heart of a turnkey, no matter what his other undesirable qualifications are. Poets likewise have a vogue. There was a prisoner in jail at Nantes. He did not see anybody there except the daughter of the warden. The lovely songs he wrote, coupled with his fatal | baauty, so ravished the damsel that | she opened the door for him. But to be handsome is no longer a necessity. Writers of prose or verse, composing their charming lines in their solitary vigils, can sell their efforts to their Jailers, now so amorous of the Muses L (Irish Youths | Urged to Stay at Home. Irish Independent, Dublin.—The United States 1s no longer an Irish El Dorado. A conservative estimate puts the number of workless there at 5,000,000. ~ Since 1924 the’ average number of immigrants from the Irish Free State exceeds 500 a week. The majority of the Irish workers are un- illed, and therefore must of neces- |sity find themselves in this huge army of unemployed. The Irish boy or girl | who goes to the States will not readily admit failure, and they are reluctant |to tell their ents of true conditions, | but many letters have arrived in Ire- land of late giving harrowing details of unemployment and misery. Young |Irish girls, on ' landing, by some anomaly, find it far easier than their brothers to find work. A ot Horse Still Monarch | Down in Cornfield From the St. Paul Ploneer Press. When it comes to breaking up a | township of prairie sod, or yanking | & threshing combine over a couple counties of grain country, the iron horse personified by the dozens of varieties of farm tractors may have it all over the old gray mare. But when the corn gets to reaching up and the morning glories and ecreep- ing Jenny and what not get to en- taining similar aspirations the irom horse is scant consolation to the crop. When it comes to a cultivator the horse is the thing. His gasoline-eating cotemporaries have outworked him nsnrl{ every place else on the farm, but it will be a long time before a corn cultivator follows anything as well as it does a horse, ‘There are no speedometers on corn cutivators, but if there were the coun- try would be amazed to find how far some ol them travel in a day—and in a lifetime. If all the corn rows in the State were put on that one long row, the row would band the earth and nary a cultivator would be out of nght of the one ahead and the one behind. quillity. There is a provision in the laws hich makes it »