Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR e With Sunday Morning Editien. . WASHINGTON, D. C. .¥RIDAY..........July 18, 1930 2 mm‘ W. NOYES. ...Editor ; Evening Star N Com, oy o OB S mr?v'e:nosgu- lII‘RnTnI‘HI- London, te by Carrier Within the City. ;45 per month 60c per month T 65 per month Sc rer copy mon:th. eohone 8 5 Collection ma : at the end of each gfl(rl Ay be sent in by mail or tel Ationsl 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgini ails and Sunday.. iy only ~.. unday only "Il All Other States and Canada. {ly and Sunday..1yr.$12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 ily only . i vrl B0 1mo. i%c inday only $5.00: 1 mo, 50¢ Member of the Associated Pfl:{ The Associated Press is exclusively %o the use for republication of all news @ls- atches credifed to it or not otherwise ¢1ed- v n this paper and also the local rews .- Bublished herein. All rights of publication of Special dispatches herein are also reserved. — The Real Estate Investigation. Now that the ball has started rolling, the duty of the Blaine subcommittee, investigating certain types of real estate transactions in Washington, is clearly outlined. That duty is to see the thing through to the end and to allow noth- | ing to interfere with the presentation | of all sides of the cases that have been and will be presented for exam- | ination. Any antipathy on the part of reputable real estate firms in Washing- ton to these investigations is not found- ed on the fear of exposing dirt that will smear their own reputations, but upon the fear that ex parte statements and one-sided stories may invite conclusions that are not deserved. The only way to prevent these conclusions is by pa- tient search for all the facts. These facts should come to light, and it is to be presumed that reputable members of the real estate business in Washing- ton will co-operate fully in bringing them out. It is common practice to condemn such inquiries as that inaugurated by Senator Blaine on the ground that in- nocent persons will suffer; that good names will be dragged in and be smirched, and that tongues will start wagging to no good end. On the contrary, if there is any dirt in the corners in the real estate busi- ness in Washington, the business as a whole will benefit by having it exposed and cleaned up. No real estate firm should fear the accusations or state- ments of witnesses, if that firm has held itself rigidly to the code of good busi- mness and fair dealing; and reputations built up through the years need have no fear of being dragged down and out within the space of the relatively few hours of a congressional investigation. Senator Blaine's subcommittee will be performing a valuable service to the people of Washington, provided it ex- ercises as much care to protect good led names as it shows vigilance in exposing tendency toward individual curtatlment behind this country. They do not even shady tactics. It will do grave harm if It allows its work to be interrupted be- fore it is completed or adjourns its sit- tings before every man who wishes to speak has been given that opportunity. ———ate. One Hunlred Years Old. Uruguay, smallest of the independent nations of South America, is celebrat- ing its 100th anniversary today and is receiving the deserved congratulations due the people of a country who suc- cessfully have survived the stresses and strains of infancy and have entered the period where age and experience in government are used to advantage in self-improvement and national advance- ment. Uncle Sam is delighted to voice his own felicitations to a young and coming brother. Uruguay dates its real birth from the 18th of July, 1830, when it proclaimed fts declaration of independence and | adopted its constitution. Before that time, in company with the other re- publics of the South, it had engaged in struggles for freedom and independence that culminated in the establishment of self-government, and for many years thereafter internal strife and possibly the jealousy of neighbors retarded its full | measure of progress. In the last few generations it has rid itself of the grow- ing pains of youth, subordinated the lawless elemeni and now enters upon a new century that holds rich promise for steady growth and development. ot The President has a camp and now one is prepared for cabinet members and their wives. The sort of camp many would like to see arranged for the Senate and House can easily be | imagined. There would be not only plenty of kitchen police, but the motto of the Boy Scouts. “A good deed once & day,” would be in full force. o The Norrises of Nebraska. Benator George W. Norris of Nebraska, outstanding independent and progressive | of the Senate, finds that his race to| be renominated for the Senate as a | Republican has been complicated. An- other George W. Norris has filed as a candidate also for the Republican senatorial nomination. How the voters | are to distinguish between the two is what is troubling the friends of Senator Norris. Should the vote between the two Norrises be so divided as to permit another candidate to slip through to vietory, they feel that an injustice will have been done to Senator Norris. toriety, lies in the fact he bears the same name as the Senator. ‘The suggestion is now advanced that unless the Brokenbow Norris retires from the Republican senatorial pri- mary race or is disqualified by the State authorities—it has been charged Senator Norris will himself withdraw and run as an independent. Under the State law a candidate who has been defeated In a party primary is not eligible to run in the general election &s an independent candidate. In Ne- braska, where the voters wear the party label lightly, Mr. Norris may find it as convenient to run as an independent as on the Republican ticket. He is widely popular in the State and in ad- votes, he has received Democratic sup- port in the past. Mr. Norris is to have a Democratic opponent, according to reports, in for- mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock. Mr. Hitchcock may prove a formidable op- ponent. He was elected Senator in the past. He is widely known in the State, and there is the possibility that many of the regular Republicans in the State might prefer to vote for Hitchcock rather' than Senator Norris, on the ground that Norris is anti-administra tion and voted for the Democratic na- tional ticket in 1928 and announced himself in opposition to the election of President Hoover. With Senator Norris nominated as a Republican and | in a race confined to himself and Hitch- | cock, the veteran Senator might find it more difficult to win than if he ran| as an independent, with Hitchcock and | the regular Republican nominee dividing the opposition to him. Doubtless-a con- siderable number of Democrats might swing to Norris even against Hitcheock, or at least that is a reported prob- ability. ‘The Nebraska senatorial fight will be watched with keen interest throughout the country this year. No member of the Senate has been more hostile to the Hoover administration than Sen- ator Norris. Yet in 1928 Mr. Hoover carried Nebraska over Al Smith by a substantial vote, despite the effort of Senator Norris to swing the State to the Democratic candidate. ———— ir of the Stage. According to a dispatch from New York City there were on view in the whole United States on the night of that his filing was irregularly hle—l dition to Republican and independent | | burst theretofore accorded to Aretic ex- THE Nahas who caused the recent break- 'down of negotiations at London, from which #t was hoped a treaty of Anglo- Egyptian peace and amity would flow. He was believed to be calculating that | Britain’s preoccupations with revolu- tion in India were s0 absorbing that the MacDonald government would tum- ble over itself to make concessions to Egypt. That did not come to pass. Excesses in Alexandria and other Egyptian Nationalist eenters will not end with the suppression of this week’s outbreaks. Nor will the demand for complete annihilation of British influ- | ence in Egypt cease. Still less is there probability that any government in { London will be found in mood to yield | to Nationalist pressure. Th> Nile coun- | try flanks Britain's “all-red line” to {the East and her highway to South | Africa. Control of the Suez Canal and of the Sudan is at stake. The British have built and held their empire by compromise at psychological moments with disturbing elements here, there and everywhere within its far- flung ramifications. Unless conditions are to remain a perpetual thorn in the empire’s side, London statesmanship will have to find & way of reducing British authority in Egypt to a mini- with Nationalist sus- ceptibilities! —r———— If an honest-to-goodness conquering hero like Dewey should ever come home again to New York it is wondered just what sort of a demonstration she could think up, in view of the emotional out- plorers, channel swimmers and most Tecently a young man who can put a small white ball into 18 various holes in fewer strokes than any Briton. ——— Witch burning, bear baiting and formal dog fighting have ell gone out of fashion. Some day the celebration of Independence day by means of loud and exceedingly dangerous explosives will appear equally ridiculous and rep- rehensible. e Excavations north of the Dead Sea are sald to have laid bare the cities of Sodom and Gomerrah. Al Capone and Bugs Moran have quite a way to go yet. However, give them, aided by loyal citigens, a little time. ——— The editor of the journal of the Na- tional Educational Association predicts a working day of no more than four July 16 only twenty-six plays and musical comedies. Chicago for the first time in many years had only one play before the public, and New York oniy | fifteen. Ten other shows were dis- tributed about the rest of the country, including two musical tabloids, five stock productions and one minstrel show. It is true that this is the dullest time of the year in theatricals, but this is an extraordinarily dull year. A sur- vey made by the Actors’ Equity Asso- clation shows the smallest number of hours. There will be clock-watchers and whistle-listeners just the same. ———— In spite of detailed confessional di- aries, the fate of the Collier Cyclops continues comparable to that of the late lamented Dorsey Foultz. B Cisco, Tex., has a swimming pool whose dimensions are 700 by 267 feet.| Now if there were only & little fishing there! e productions ever listed by this organiza- tion, whose records run back for nearly a decade. The head of Equity, com- menting upon this showing, sald that there were two factors responsible for this situation of dramatic dullness, the of expenses following the stock market collapse and incident to “hard times,” and the absence of the usual number of tourists in New York. But New York alene is not hit by the theatrical famime. It is, as the figures of Equity show, prevalent throughout the country One reason for this depletion In the dramatic output is the competition of the motion pictures, especially since they have gone into the vocal field and have combined “production,” or vaude- ville entertainment, with the screen at- tractions. The average price of a mo- tion picture entertainment is very much less than the price of tickets for ‘m stage show. The “movies” have simply emptied the “legitimate” theaters witn their competition in rates. Then again, the radio is entertaining people at home who formerly went to the theater for their diversion after dinner. This may be a small factor, but it contributes to the depletion of theater patronage. It is beside the mark to raise the question of the o ality of stage produc- tions during the past few years. That is always a matter of taste. And much might be sald about the quality of the screen attractions that are offered, especially since the voice reproducing methods were adopted. Certainly in respect to quality there is no particular advantage on one side or the other. If the stage plays and the pictures re- flect public taste then indeed public taste is at low mark, The theater is not dead nor dying. It will always remain an institution of entertainment ane possibly instruction. It will “come bac:” with the return of better times and belier plays, and better acting. It may come back strongest in the form of straight drama or in revue, in road company or in stock company. That is a question for Uevelopment. But the theaters now “dark” will be reflluminated and perhLaps some of the picture houses of the present will be transformed into dramatic establish- ments. From this present condition of depletion will surely come revival, and the hope of the public is that it will be a revival of merit and not merely of theatrical commercial success. BT S i ‘When casting up accounts this coun- try certainly cannot consider Mrs, Helen Wills Moody and Mr. Willlam | Tilden as frozen assets. — et Britain's Egyptian Woes. Even a British Labor government finds that the burdens of empire are | onerous—and inescapable, With India ‘The Bureau of Navigation says there is no law compelling merchant ships to salute Navy ships on the high seas. Nor rum-runners, either, oo Europe, there is no doubt, is away EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A dry season takes the measure of the gardener. The way a piace looks during such a drought as the present speaks louder than words of the care given it. It is during dry weather that the small garden comes into its own, for then it can be given the attention which is impossible on a large estate. Water, the salvation of and flowers, may be put on ificially if a yard is small, but it becomes another matter entirely on the extensive place. Lawns on many larger places are literafly burning up on account of the lack of water. As week after week goes by without even a drop, owners of such gardens must be content to watch their work turn to failure. Here the small place owner has the advantage. the care which the season demands, without undue sacrifice of time or money. He finds possible. in short, what the other finds impossible. * o % * Another advantage of the smaller place is that it often suffices for the amateur. Perhaps that is not putting it strongly enough. The big place more than suffices—it is so large that the home owner, who is not =a trained agriculturist, simply will not work at it. For the best in gardening, one must de it himself. To turn the work over to some one else is to lose its finest charms. In the matter of the extent of giounds one cares to take care of every one must be & law to himself. ‘What szems tiresome to one will not prove so to another. The man who willingly mows the lawn of the little Jot may find a larger one too much for his patience. Not always is it a shrinking from physical labor. there is no more positive the depth to which the iblical injunction (that man must eat his bread by the sweat of his brow), has sunk into the human con- sciousness, than the readiness of prac- uc-llly every one to brand the next as lasy. Parents call their children lazy if they do not hop and jump at their beck and call. Associates call fellow work- ers lazy whose philosophy of life and living differs from their own. On every hand most human beings are prone to hurl the charge of laziness at the heads, often unoffending, of those whose natures are different from that to which they have been accus- tomed. Perhaps the old sense of inferiority which society through the ages has im- posed on the majority of men makes most people delight in calling others lazy. They thus find & certain and easy superiotity at no more trouble than the mere uttering of a name. * %k x % ‘The wise amateur gardener will find out early just about how much land he wishes to take care of, and will there- after not exceed his limitation. He will impose this limitation upon him- self, not only to make sure that his garden gets the care it should have, but even more to make certair that he does not bite off more than he can The anxious gardener—and most amateurs are that—often has grandiose ideas of what he would like to have. He dreams in terms of 'lc;e‘: Wt;g he gets in possession of cove l-nfl?’howent, he learns that an acre is quite » tract of land, Two acres is @ veritable farm. Standing at the front of his domain, looking back to the far stretches, he have litter in their public parks over there. o “Liquor Syndicate Believed Broken,” runs a headline. Curious how these, like certain other lower forms of life, can mend themselves. s T SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Simple Life. If men were born to take their ease And skies were ever blue; If money only grew on trees And bills were never due; If hopes could ripen unrestrained, With food and lodging free; If wealth were easily attained— How simple life would be. But nature says that men must toil To win her favors fair, To wrest her bounty from the soil Or gain surcease of care. "Tis for the simple life we yearn, Midst daily ills that vex; But Fate, mysterious and stern, Says life must be complex. Always Practieal. “Have you never given any thought to what posterity will say about you?" “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I long ago arrived at the conclusion that posterity cannot make you s much trouble &s cne of your next door neighbors.” Not Sure. “Is your daughter learning to play the plano?” “I can't say for sure,” answered Mr. Cumrox, whether she'’s learning to play or I'm getting used to it.” An Impossible Ideal. When'er I buy a suit of clothes The mirror makes me very sad. I cannot, howsoe'er 1 pose, Look like the picture in the ad. An Impression. “Do you think that wealth is es- sential to happiness?” “From some of the letters I receive,” said Mr. Dustin Stax, I am inclined to think & number of people consider some of my wealth essential to their happiness.” Affronted Authority. ‘S0 your wife does not Approve of base ball?" “No,” answered Mr. Meekton. “Henri- etta cAn't stand it to see any mere man bossing people around the way the ing sees that the one-man superintendence of all that nd is & task far beyond and mental capabllities. thi to do. Me finds He ings that his land, with its far-reaching ex- He is in a position to give | nse of lawn to be cut, stretches out :hu imagination even farther than it does in reality. Its contemplation tires him more than the actual work would do. Just how one arrives at the per- fect state of knowledge of how much Above all, no one else can speak for one, although many will attempt to do so. (RS | in watering but in the cuitivation of the | ground. It is perhaps true that hand culti- vation of small areas does not have the | same sanction nowadays that it once | had. Mulching, as the process is called, | is done with almost religious fervor by many gardeners. Thye {h&)l’y of the dust mulch is that it forms an impervious covering around the plant through which the water | beneath has difficulty in evaporating. Surely such a covering, tight or other- wise, is more than necessary during such a season as the present, when water seldom falls, and, when it does, scarcely molstens the crust which has formed during the past weeks, The advantage of a small place is that it may be handled, in respect to the major operations of watering, mulching and fertilizing, precisely the same in a drought as at any other time. | We say it may be, not that it is. | Bomehow the specter of dry weather | tends to frighten away many enthusi- astic gardeners. They succumb to the inertia induced by heat and let their gardens go to pot. *x = One of the pleasures of gardening during a drought it to watch the re- sponse of the grass to the application of water. During an ordinary. season, with a normal rainfall, one takes the grass for granted. ‘There is nothing | spectacular about the way it comes along. The proverbial April showers, followed by seasonable storms, keep the lawns green without human thought. During a real dry spell, however, even | the best grass plots will burn up unless they get their daily stint of water from the old hose. Those who, returning from vacation, find their yards in poor shape need not be discouraged. A libs eral appiication of water will soon put | the grass back in its old form. Perhaps not quite. But wonders can be accom- plished. In performing this major operation baked and parched lawn it is best to take the nozzle off the hose and permit the water to run as it will. By this method the dying grass can be sopped. One may have read that it is not well to sprinkle grass while the sun in shining. That is the theory, and, as a theory, it is well enough. But when & lawn n°eds water, it needs water. Its application during the sunny hours is better than waiting. It should be kept in mind, however, that what such grass needs is plenty of water, so that three or more hours of | continuous watering is necessary. This process kept up over a stretch |of several dayé will work veritable miracles with the worst-appearing lawn. It is perhaps too hot to plant grass | seed in case bare spots tend to appear. This may be left until the last of the Summer—the last two weeks of August and the first two in September. What is more necessary now i water. It is particularly required for sod. Placing sod and forgetting it is not fair to the sod, which must amalgamate with the old earth. Newly-sodded areas should be kept continuously moist for several weeks after placing and should receive extra attention during the hot weather, especlally during such a dry spell as the present. *WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM ‘WILE, One of President Hoover's current woes, apart from the naval treaty snarl in the Senate, is the appointment of & major general com rine Corps. The Leathernecks are very close to the President's heart nowa- days, since Maj. Long's splendid de- tachment of 200 Marines built and be-. came the custodians of the Rapidan camp. Four officers of high rank are in the mwnl’eto succeed the late Maj. Gen. ville, In alphabetical orde: they are| Brig. Gens. Smedley D. Butle Logan Feland, commandant of the De- partment of the Pacific at San Fran- cisco; Bén Mebard Fuller, acting major general commandant of ‘the corps, at Washington, and James H. Russell, United States high commissioner in Haitl, A tremendous behind-the-scenes competition is on at the White House and the Navy Department, with friends and supporters of each of the four brigadiers pulling wires and wiring for pulls in all directions. An appointment will probably, be withheld, as is usual, until 30 days after the death of the late commandant. This may postpone & final stlection until the end of July. for Butler. The State Department is said to be boosting Russell. ook minimum demanded by the President before he starts West on his littie va- cation at the end of August. What Mr. Hoover has particularly in mind is his determination to reconstitute the United eral Power Commission before he goes on his holiday. It’s an open secret that the White House is having Its own troubles on this score. The task the Chief Execulive weathered in naming the Federal Farm Board last year was child’s play compared to the difficul- ties he's exgcnencln( in finding the right sort of men for the tariff and wer bodies. Any number of eligibles ave sald “No, thank you,” to the Press ident’s importunities. yme present alibis in the form of their inability to leave their private business. Many— very many—{frankly acknowledge their refusal to subject personal reputations established during the lifetime of work and succeas to the fire of “political gun- men” who specailize at Washington 1 pillorying nominees u: P:Gertl office. * Just before Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, and Mrs. Wil- bur left Washington the other day for their Far Western Summer camp in i lerra Nevadas, the tallest timber in Hoover cabinet brdered & new bed. 6 be 7 feet Jong And will be in- dant of the Ma- commandant of the Quantico base; | Devil-dog enlisted men are pIUgging | A clean desktop is the irreducible | States Tariffl Commission and the Feds | | Bill 8chilling is a-showin’ us the way out, or else there isn't none. Now let us drop our prejudicial notions in the sea, And show these Farm Board bozos just how brilliant we can be. If Hoover really wants to help the farmer win the day, Let's give the old bBy half a meeting him half way. ok oAk ‘The new state of the “Vatican City” at Rome has just completed its first of- ficial census. ' The state has a popula- tion of only 826 couls. It includes one American citizen—or one who hitherto has carried & United States passport. He happens to be the Vatican astrono- mer. Inasmuch as he now lives within another sovereign jurisdiction, the quess tion arises whether he will continue to se¢ only the stars, or the stars—and stripes. ey * ok ok o Now that it can be told, there was grave danger a few days ago that none other than Cupid would play havoc with the administration’s naval treaty quorum in the Senate. A thitk-and- thin supporter of the pact, Senator ‘Thomas. Republican, of Idaho, told “Jim"” Watson he would see things through only up to the eleventh hour necessary to entrain for Idaho to see his daughter married. The wedding, Senator Thomas said, had already been postponed twice to suit his congressional convenience at Washington, but the young folks would brook no further de- lay. Even the unofficial offer of a cere- mony at_ the Capital, under exalted auspices, falled to dissuade the Senator from his plans to go West and give his daughter away. Happily, the quorum situation took a turn for the better and Thomas' presence in the chamber is 10 longer so indispensable. * ok ok X National Commander Bodenhamer of | the American Legion explained on the | radio the other night “how come” that veterans’ pension legislation has such easy salling In Congress. “BY way of parenthesis.” he said. discussing recent events on Capitol Hill, “mav I say that there are 63 members of the House of Representatives and 15 members of the Senate who are members of the Ameri- can Legion. These, together with hun- dreds upon hundreds of other national legislators, have been most militant in their support of Legion and veteran Jegislation.” * k% % Hey. Herbert Moover (Stanford '95), what's the big idea? The President’s alma mater, in its 1930-31 catalogue of “Officers of Instruction and Adminis :l:n has a footnote on Page 1, read- chance by The dry season will demand a great | deal more than the usual care not only { JULY 18, 1930. 'Midmmmer Charities To Benefit ,_Animnls To the Editor of The Star: Midsummer is upon us and most of us have either had or expect to have vacation. Again this year 1 would sug- gest that we try to spare a little from our vacation fund for our child and ani- mal friends who must depend upon our kindness for any relief Trom crowded, hot city quarters, toli and neglect. Outings are provided little children and boys and girls by such institutions as the Associated Charities, Central Union, Gospel and other missions of various religious faiths, Help some neg- lected little child soul to a treat of God's great outdoors and fresh fruits and vegetables. The Washingten Humane Educaticn Society would greatly appreciate funds for vacations of one or two weeks for tired horses at the society’s Be Kind to Animals Rest Farm, near Potomac, Md., and will be glad to hear by phone or letter of horses in need of such and arrange with their owners for the loan of substitute horses if owners prove worthy and depend entirely upon their horses for a living. A couple of dollars will provide green pastures, grain, wel- come shade and grateful rest for a whole week for each of these faithful, patient servants of man., The agents of the humane society are especially busy during the heated term attending to cases of suffering among the four-footed victims of man's appetites in markets large and small, and increased membership in the so- clety encourages their efforts. The work of the Animal Rescue League is doubled and tripled for at least three reasons during vacation time and funds are needed for these emer- gencies over the ordinary running ex- penses furnished by the Community Chest. (1) Many last-minute calls from those leaving town to get pets or strays they will not abandon must be answered; (2) the usual increase of calls from owners for removal of unprovided for offspring of their pets demands attention, and (3) most needful of all is as prompt as possible reseue of literally hundreds of kittens and cats and a great many dogs and pups from all sort of cobnditions of just unwanted strays to those of thoughtless and willful desertion. An_unusual number of houses and buildings are being vacated and torn down this year. May I appeal to own- ers and occupants of such to please do all in their power to humanely dispose of any cats and kittens or other animals around. In many cases numberless cals have been allowed to multiply at these places, and have been harbored for their usefulness as protectors against rats and mice. If other homes are not to be provided for them and the oc- cupants cannot personally get them to the Animal Rescue League, will they not at least notify the league well in advance of vacating, rather than abandoning them or waiting until the last minute to call in, so that they may be more easily obtained while there is still some food supply; also to prevent, if already wild, their becoming more terrified by the commotion of building razing and the danger of being buried alive by debris in their hiding places. Otherwise, when finally reported. these poor creatures, facing starvation and fright, must be fed and coaxed, prefer- ably at dusk, for days and often weeks. This requires much patience and time on the part of the ever busy league matron or members, and also funds for food. As one of the latter, and suffering with such deserted feline friends, for over a month I have been coaxing and feeding from 15 to 20 around the now entirely vacated Government dormi- tories on the Union Station Plaza, out- side my Government office hours and between trains to my suburban home. Another sympathizer has provided milk and also feeds several little squirrels which seem deserted. The league matron has rescued four and I five cats and kittens. Whether I succeed in get- ting the remaining 9 or 10 depends upon time and the razing of the build- ings. I shall do my best. But this is only one single case of scores. Will not the public co-operate as much as pos- | sible by following the above suggestions and preventing tragedies to these help- less cats? VIRGINIA W. SARGENT. Ingersoll’s Apothegm on Shakespeare Corrected To the Editor of The Star: Under the caption “American Cultw Declared Beneficiary of Folger Fund,” it is suggested, in your issue of July 5 that the following quotation from Rob- ert G. Ingersoll: “An ocean of intellect whose waves lapped every shore of thought,” be engravea upon the portals of the Shakespeare Memorial. Will you kindly allow me—a member of Col. Ingersoll's family—space to give & co rect version of Col. Ingersoll's words: “Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean, whose waves touched alk the shores of thought * * * an intellectual ocean toward which all rivers ran, and from which now the isles and continents of thought receive their dew and rain.” SUE M. FARRELL. Reduced Eonsumption Curtails Cotton Price Prom the Charlotte, N. C.. Observer. 1t is certainly a traubled condition in the world of cotton. The downward trend In prices has been going on for more than a year. Spot cotton recently was quoted in New York at 13.25 cents & pound, as compared to the 1929 high of 21.65 a year ago last March, an indi- cated decrease of 38.8 per cent. Cot- ton is now near the low levels of 1921, known as the year of industrial depres- sion, and is also nearer the low of 1926, known as the year of big production. This situation, according to the view of the Business Conditions Weekly and of the Alexander Hamilton titute, is due, not to overproduction, in 1926, but to curtailed consumption, as in 1921, One established fact is that the combined output of the United States India and Egypt. which raise 80 per cent of the world crop and which sup- ply practically all of the cotton enter- ing into_international trade, amounted to 20,815,000 bales in 1929, as against 20,668,000 bales in 1928. This slight increase was offset by a reduced cairy- over in the United States, so that the price decline during the past vear was in the face of a supply approximately the same as that of the previous ve Another outstanding fact is that cur- lll;mcnl of cotton consumption is world wide. But what of the prospect? The out- look. as the Business Conditions Weekly sees it, is that a recovery in the price of raw cotton during the coming season will depend primarily upon a rather substantial recovery in the world de- mand for cotton textiles. The world supply of raw cotton now promises to be larger than that of the past season, because of a heavy carry-over in the United States. The cotton crops of India and Egypt are not expected to snow any significant variation, while ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Stop_s minute and think about this fact. You can ask our information bu- Teau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world—American news- paper readers. It is & Part of that best Star, Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di-| rector, Washington, D. C. Q. What are the duties of a script clerk?—M. C. A. Above all, & script clerk, who is | almost always a girl, must be an expert | stenographer. She has charge of the | script during the making of the picture | and is constantly at the director's side. | She takes notes on costumes, action dialogue, the length of the running of & scene, directors that go with each) scene as made for the cutter. It is quite an important. job in the studio. | Q. Who discovered the Carlsbad Cavern?—F. J. A. It was discovered by Jim White, & New Mexico cowbodv. He was investi- gating what appeared {o be an immense cloud of smoke. It proved to be a fiight of millions of bats. The cave to which they led him is probably the most extensive in the world and is full of beautiful rock formation. . Is the Southern Cross the first lh[?llone i: fly from Europe to America? A. It is the second. The first was| the Bremen in 1928. Q. When did Petrarch live?—R. H. | A. He was born in Arezzo, July, 130; and died at Arqua, July, 1374. 'He considered the first and greatest lyric poet of Italy. Q. Can Siberian cr-mwlu be kept through the Winter?—E, W. A. This particular variety ripen easily that they do not ki cold storage, or any other process known at the present time, ‘What is the derivation of the ex- lon “robbing Peter to pay Paul”?— A. It had its origin in the rivalry between St. Peter's Cathedral, now Westminster Abbey, and 8t ul' Cathedral in London. In 1550 an ) Eflmprl:mn was made from St. Peter's make up for & deficit in the account at 8t. Paul's. The action met with op- | position, the question being asked, “Wny Tob St. Peter to pay St. Paul?” Q. What is the weight of the heaviest Jew fish causht?—8. H. H. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that the largest jew fish on record was 8 feet long, 6 feet 4 inches in girth and weighed 693 pounds. Q. Which George was said to have ruled England, but did not speak Eng- lish?—N. 8. A. This was true of George I. He was not the nearest heir to the throne, but succeeded by an act of Parliament. He was Duke of Brunswick, elector of Hanover. His son, George II, spoke only very broken Enlfl‘hh, George 111 was the first of the line to be born on English soil, 91‘ vx?h“ is the Giannini Foundation? A. In January, 1928, the Bancitaly Corporation of San Francisco gave to the regents of the University of Cali- fornia, as a tribute to Mr. A, P. Gianninl, the sum of $1,500,000 to be used in establishing the Glannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics J. HASKIN. Q. How large is Antares and how far wiy At; it?—E. P. . Antares (Alpha. Scorpil) is the Iargest star of which we have reason- ably accurate ts, its - ter being about 400,000,000 miles: in volume it is 100,000,000 times as as the sun and 125.000,000.000, times as large as the earth. The dis- tance is pmu:a 350 light years. This distance 18 20,000,000' times as great as that of the sun from the earth, or About 1,860,000,000.000,000 miles. Q. How many doctors are there in New York City?—0. C. A. There are about 8,250. Q. How many different racial groups are there among the Filipinos?—M. T. A. There are among the Filipinos 43 ethnographic groups, and the homes and customs of these groups differ, Q. Where is the largest press world?>—H, W. 8. A s A. The largest testing machine in the world is located at the Bureau of sundnlrrg: :1“ is ?p:dnled‘:y oil pres- sure, lucing & load on the spec of 10,000,000 pounds. s Q. What became of the Lou! Lottery?>—D. P. . B A. The act of Congress of 1890 pre- vented the Loulsiana Lottes operating in the United States. It therefore removed to Honduras, where it is still in existence. Q. What s the name of the land nearest to the no latitude, no longitude point?—1. F. M. A. The Gold Coast of Africa is near- | est to 0 degree latitude, 0 degree longi- tude. Accra is probably the nearest r.lace‘ being located at 5 degrees north titude and 0 degree longitude, Q. Please describe the Cherokee rose—G. W. S, A. Tt is A climbing rose (Rosa laevi- gata) ‘naturalized in the Southern United States. It has shining, usually g“ol;«:l-u leaves and fragrant white jowers. Q. What is the maximum number of patients Walter Reed Hospital has had at one time?>—M. C. 8. A. The records show that di year 1918 there were 14,435 patients treated there and the greatest number treated at one time was about 2,000 a day in 1919, —E Q. Why was Scotland Yard so named?—N. C. A. Scotland Yard in London derives its names from the palace, which from the time of Edgar to Henry II, was as- signed for the residence of Scottish Kings whenever they visited that dg. Scotland Yard in London is the head- quarters of the Metropolitan Police Force. The first police office was located in Whitehall in Scotland Yard and from there removed in the Autumn of 1890 to the new building on the Thames Em- bankment, now known as New Scotland Yard, in which all the branches of the Metropolitan Police Force, including the famous Criminal Investigation Depart- ment, are located. Q. Why is Virginia called the Old Dominion?—F. Y. A. The nickname was taken from early documents, which referred to it as the ancient colony and dominion. Q. Can windmills be used to develop electrical power?-—M. G. A. They may be. The drawbacks to windmills as electric generators are the small power for their size and the ex- treme variability of power and speed. in the College of Agriculture. Special devices are needed to compen- sate for these factors. Efforts of Chairman Legge of the Farm Board and Secretary of Agricul- ture Hyde to impress upon the wheat farmers its necessity for reduced pro- Guction not only has arp contro- versy in agricultural States, but has divided the public in other parts of the country. It is rontended by some ob- servers that lack of adequate organiza- tion among the producers is fatal to | reduced acreage. In opposition to the board it is contended that the proposed remedy for market conditions is con- trary to traditional policy. Challenge to the board from Gov. Reed of Kansas is & subject for debate. “Regardless of differences over mat- ters ‘of detal ad! Daily Capital, rm States should stay with the Farm Board. The greater Juestion, and the decisive question, is that of the development of selfemarkets ing by agriculture.” The Capital says of the proceedings of the board: “It did #0 out and purchase wheat at one time, when it was young on the job &nd more confident in its faith in the act ereating it and settipg forth its dutiés. There | was a sort of emergency, though not such an emergency as now. It was a typically American performance. Mr. Legge reminds us all the time of his fellow townsman, Charle; and his ‘hell and Maria’ complex. He is like Charley also in being more ready to take a big chance than most ecaptains of industry. Yet, after all, he draws the line, hauls in his sails and backs water When he hears from American conser- vatism in its customary language.” A warning, however, {8 sounded by the Davenport Democrat, whicth believes that “hot weather, with farm prices way down, appears to be an ill-chosen time to go out and debate with the farmer how he can work out his own salva-| tion.” The Democrat takes the afirm- | alive position that “the program doesn't | seem to have worked, the trouble belng | that too many prom'ses were made.”| The Worcester Evening Gazette finds it| is “difficult to blame the farmers for| their resentment,” and “it will not be| strange if other politicians take the tone | of the Kansas Governor. Our solution | of the farm problem is about where it| was when it started, and we shall be| lucky if we don't have to fight the whole issue over again,” concludes that paper. ¥k x “Chairman Legge is too hard-headed,” in the judgment of the New York 8Sun, “to underestimate the difficulty of con- vincing wheat growers that they must radically reduce acreage if they are to| cure the troubles that affiict them. Eco- nomics, history and statistics support| his réecommendation; human nature| contends against it.” | “The , for the good of the coun- | try as a whole” contends the Lincoln | Btate Journal, “should be given support | in its efforts. If its efforts fail, the ex- perience gained will show what cannot| be done ®long the line attempted. If it succeeds, it will have done _much for| Effort to Reduce Acrc;_}age' Creates Hot' Controversy | reverses our tradit vator to store it in while he i for the Government to price?” * x % % “The chairman of the Farm and the Secretary of Agriculture,” marks the Omaha World-Herald, “have been to Nebraska with the latest offi- clal word concerning the Hoover plan of farm rellef. Their message is brief, simple, and lucid. If the farmer is to be helped, he must help himseif. The only way he can help himself is, to a large extent, to quil farming. In the case of wheat, either one out of eve four wheat growers should go out o business, or all the wheat growers should produce per cent less than normal farming would justify. Every 40-acre field of wheat must be reduced to’ 30 acres; every 100-acre field to 75 acres, If the farmers will not do that, voluntarily, then one-quarter of all the American - wheat farmers must be squeezed out and sent to the eities to hunt for jobe.” The World-Herald is convinced that the farmers answer “No” to the board's proposed remedy, and suggests: “The “new economic acheme, diréetly contrary to what far- mers have been taught and learned for years, sééms certain to collapse of its own weight. It may be the remedy, " but-it will never be tried. The indi- vidual farmer cannot afford to make the expetiment.” “'While, from the short-range point of view,” states the Baltimore Sun,. “it Wwould probably help the wheat farmers to restrict thelr acreage, it is doubtful 1f it would help the country as a whole for the Federal Government officially to advocate restriction of production as & key to financial cess, It not only 1 national Yollw. which has been that of endeavoring to Secure a maximum use of the available resources, but it makes a major assault upon the basic assumptions underlying the general faith in our economic sys- tem. In its potentialities it is momen- tous business.” Emphasis is placed by the Kalamazoo Gazette upon the view of Chairman Legge thal “all of the various groups and associations now functioning in the Interest of American agriculture should get together and provide the unanimity of opinion that is so essential to the furtherance of a eommon purpose.” The Milwaukee Journal holds that “it does seem. that a compromise could be reached by which the farmers would agree to organize and limit thelr pro- duction, not just to meet domestic needs, but to provide only a ble surplus.” The Portland Oregon Journal states that “the gluts, the sales on con- signment, the acceptance of less than cost of production. are all due to the hurrying of farmers to compete with one another, while achemers chutkle and manipulators amass money.” “The Depactment of Agriculture,” says the Little Rock Arkansas Demo- crat, “seems unable to grasp the ele- 1 stalled in Secretary Wilbur's cabin in the “cabinet camp” on the Rapidan. Nothing he eould find in stock in Wash- ington furniture establishments was of ‘The dagger (+) marks the names of men who are married.” (Copyrirht. 1930.) ———— the yield in the United States now promises to be only slightly smaller than a year ago. The condition of the crop is apparently about as good as it agriculture. Wheat is low. ere 18 | mentary truth that prices are never general depression of prices. The trend | helped by ‘being talked down. Nor does seems downward. That is true in every the Farm Board appear to have much The interjection of George W. Norris | 4o o om0y nable turmoil, Egypt has | umpire does.” of Brokenbow, Nebr &5 & candidate {08 | nyreq "y aguin, requiring the dispateh the senatorial nomination is PAIPAbIY & | o¢ gyyyich battleships to Alexandria Joyous Comparison. political trick to embarrass Norris, who hails from McCock. Trick- ery in politics is no more admirable than trickery in any other form of human activity. It would be more char- itable to regard the entry of the other Mr. Norris as a practical joke. But trick or joke, it is not likely to make any particular difference to the chances of Senator Norris in the long run. Of course George W. Norris of Brokenbow has a right to enter the senatorial primary if he wishes, is of the requisite age—as he presumably 18 —and has filed his petition in accord- ance with the State law. No one will deny that, But this, particular Mr. Norris has, 5o far as can be learned. not yét proved himself of senatorial caliber ; nor advanced in political and Senator | and of an ultimatum to the Cario au- | thorities. The Egyptian government | bas been summarily notified that Great Britain will hold it to strict accounts ability for British lives, property and interests through the kingdom, Intermitiently for months rioting and violence have prevailed in Egypt. On the face of things they are the ear- marks of political strife between the | supporters of King Fuad and the par- tieans of former Premier Nahas Pasha. Lest month the King maneuvered Nah out of office. But ‘these are purely the external manifectations of Egyptian un- rest. ‘What deeply underlies it is the !anciunt grudge—the Nation-wide hos- tility to British pretensions to sover- “Oh, merry robin in the tree, 1 love to hear your song ane I'm also glad we never see Mosquitoes quite as big as you." ‘Some man,” said Uncle Eben, “ain’ satisfied to eat de bread of idieness. Dey ‘sists on ple an’ cake.” e After the End. Prom the Pasadena Star-News Speaking of language as it is some- Umes written, a Los Angeles concern, which 18 closing out its business, ad- vertises, “We're through forever In four days.” e any dimensions he could ¥, so a bed is to be made to order for him. What Dr.| Wilbur does when he travels in a Pull- | man has not been publicly discloséd. One of the Interior chief's missions in the West, besides vacationing, will be to look over the initial construction operations at Boulder Dam, which have | just set in. The project, in Wilbur's| Worals, “signalizes our national conquest of the Great American Desert.” *x x *x “Bill” Schilling, jovial, broad-shoul- dered dairyman member of the Federal Farm Board, made such an impression | on a recent missionary tour through Colorado ‘that an admirer at Grand Junction has broken into rhythmic rhapsody over him. Here are the Ofiel:ll- ing stanzas of “Sagebrush Philosophy”: “We've heard about Federal Farm A Form of Penance. | efgniy over the Land of the Pharaohs. | The throne favors conciliation and From the Pittsburgh Post-Onrette. - If the Towa mAn who returnéd a governmental affaire to a point wheré | co-operation with the long-time British | Y. M. C. A. towel after two years is he would have the slightest chance of ‘overlords. Nahas and his’extreme Na-* really répentant he might buy up the being nominated for the Benafe In Ne- tionalists cohorts would expel John Bull, souvenirs of other peopid and get them Wxaska. His only claim to fame, or no- bag and baggage, from Egypt. It was back to points of origin. Board for quite a spell, W one Teally dia exist, was rather hard to tell. | But now we've séen Bill Schilling, and héard him laugh and talk, ‘We aren't scared to bet 5 céents that l’u‘lI [i heé | half. o But, speakin’ serious, mixed in with all | % SR8 Tokee and tun, Thougi | is still going | | Michigan Steps Out. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Michigan has passed Massachusetts, the new census shows. Even Plymouth Rock can't stop a flivver. s e Harmony of Fashion. Prom the Dayton Daily News Fashion experts have decreed slender waists for men, thereby harmon‘zing with the economical situation, —_— et Likenesses “rom the Detroit News. Often we wonder whether, if the names were mixed under the photo- qraph of the prominent thug and his ounsel, the fact would be discovered »eforé five editions had gone to press. ———— was A year ago, and no great cut seems to have been made in the acreage planted. The present outlook is that the cotton yield .in the United States this year will amount to 14,400,000 bales, as compared with lust year's har- vest of 14,545,000 bales. This pro- spective small decrease in the yield will be more than offset '« 1 mrge increase in the carry-over, The prospect is thai world require® ments during the coming season will show an increase over the past season, Recovery, however, promises to be of gradual nature, especially in view of th unsettled conditions in India and China. The outlook is consequently not particu- Jarly reassuring for a conspicuous rise in the price of cotton. The market, however, is certain to show a firmer tendency when it becomes ‘apparent that the textile industry has turned the corner. And when will that be? No Slump There. Trom the Dés Moines -nmum«cinn-l Whilé many I of endeiv r to be suffering line, bank ”ggeml. in some sections. et +Camouflage. Prom the Ashland, Ky, Daily Independent. 1;): t'u“nnlt: u;:;l I‘n uxrr tin, mseis to hli ol L) hfl- agen will misunderstand his intent. country, the Agricultural Department clearer vision of that vital fact. Aereage reports.” | reduction, too much wheat, too much “The course of the administration | has been straight. Its seamanship de- serves fair judgment on & fair and | completed test,” declares the Philadel- | phia Evening Bulletin. But the St. Louls Post-Dispatch takes the position: | “The ‘one sound thing which the i ernment could do to_help the farmer will not consider. By lowsring tariffs it could increase his ability to el his surplus abroad and provide him with manufactured products at lower prices. But instead of lowering tariifs the pres- ent_administration has raised them.” “These representatives of the admin- istration,” charges the Dayton Dlll)" News, “have the nerve to pass the buck | to the farmer. We do not believe lhei farmer is gullible enough to be fooled | by it.” The Salina Jourhal comments: | “The acreage-curtajlment plan is vol- untary and hence defeats itself at the start.” If wheat production was in the control of a few hands, it could work, | but not when there are millions en- gaged in it.” The Minneapolis 8tar Asks: “How is the farmer to hold his wheat, Mfi Farm Board member? I8 he going out and build himgell an ele- cotton—that's the battle ory of victory for the farm cause. Gov. Clyde Reed of Kansas pertinently asks the Farm Board what else but wheat the farmer of the semi-arld Western plains can grow.” ‘The 8t. Paul Ploneer Press notes that “on the showing of the Federal ecrop report for July the Northwest has re- sponded to the Farm Board’s advice to plant less wheat.” San Express maintains: can sell the harvest from 10 acres for what the yield of 20 acres brought before, he is better off, even thou e extra 10 acres produce nothing.” ‘The Okla- homa City Times takes the position that “reduction, if it is to be achieved to any helpful extent, must be applied to e reglons of bl uction. The inter wheat belt of the Middle West Such an Area.” The remiarks: “The weight of evidence séems to favor the correct- ness of Chairman Legge’ : now too much wheat in ut it Mr. Legge can so farmers, he 18 indeedl a 2 in words as well as deeds.”. «