Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1930, Page 8

A—S8 THE EVENING STAR{ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....July 80, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The lvenl.ll"t‘.\n Nmnr Company usiness Pen) Department and the suspension fol No permission had been granted the aviator for touching the air zone over the tiny speck in the ocean, and the British held that it was a clear viola- tion of international law. ‘There must always be a first time in .| everything and Williams in this case is 45c per month 80c per month telephone Rate by Carrier Within the City. nine 5 Cellectior, made a figr;:.rlnu pe sent in by mall or Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, E{ly and Sinday. ....1or : 1 me only I mo. inday’ only o, 400 All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday..1yr., $12.00; 1 mo., $1. ily onl 'i%e ly only .. day only 50¢ 1 mo, 1m0, lted in this paper and also the local rei published herein. All rights of sublication ct special dispatches herein are also reserved. Presidential Commissions. ‘When President Hoover announced that he proposed to appoint a commis- sion to study law enforcement and law observance and the lack of it, he started something. Other important commis- sions followed, including one to study ‘conditions in Haitl. Immediately arose an outery in the press, 'which was promptly taken up in the Senate and to & less extent in the House. Mr. Hoover, it was said, proposed to govern the country through commissions. ‘This, of course, was absurd. Mr. Hoover did not propose to do any such thing. What he proposed to do, however, was to see that the responsible agencies to .which- is delegated . the running of the Govern- ment should have as full and as correct information as possible. The President, who is the Chief Executive of the Na- tion, is one of those who require very # 2l nformation to carry on thelr jobs successfully. The Congress, which makes the laws for the country, is also entitled to the very fullest information. Through its own committees and joint commissions Congress does obtain a great deal of information. But it is obvious that with a heavy legislative program in hand, Congress must rely, too, on outside help in order to gain the fairest and most correct view of conditions with which it must deal. And the statisticlans have dug up some interesting data regarding the ap- pointment of commissions—temporary commissions .and fact-finding bodies— by other and earlier Presidents. Presi- dent Hoover himself has made public facts regarding commissions appointed by his predecessors, not as an excuse for his own appointments, but merely to show that it is a practice which has been, followed by former Presidents with advantage to the country. .Going back to the days of Theodore Roosevelt, it was found that he created one hundred and seven temporary commissions, and Mr. Taft, who served only four yehrs as President, appointed sixty-three such commissions. Who have pointed the finger of derision at Mr. Hoover and his commissions so strongly as the Demo- crats? Yet President Woodrow Wilson, @uring his two terms as President, ex- clusive of the war-time commissions, appointed a total of one hundred and sixty temporary and fact-finding com- missions. President Harding had a record of forty-four commissions appointed dur- ing his short, service in the White House, and his successor, Calvin Coolidge, ap- pointed a total of one hundred and | eightzen. Mr. Hoover so far has '”'i pointed eighteen commissions and fact- | finding bodies. But the President has | made it quite clear that he does not in- tend to stop with eighteen. He believes unfortunately the goat. It is obvious that on a daring seventeen-hundred- mile dash over the open ocean he was using the- island merely for a naviga- tion point and that, even if he had de- sired, no extra time could be spent in either stopping or cruising in the vicin- ity. ‘Technically, of course, he was guilty, but it would seem that in a purely technical violation of this sort, which did not involve an unauthorized landing in Bermuda, the penalty originally administered was out of pro- portion to the offense. Willlams' repre- sentative, it appears, asked the British consul at New York regarding the flight and was told that there would be no objection. The consul, it now develops, was unauthorized to give permission, which can be given only by the gover- nor of the area whiclt is to be visited. The circumstance, however, justified, indeed demanded, & modification of the penalty. ‘The Department of Com- merce, after all, has accomplished the purpose of broadcasting the word that unauthorized flights over foreign lands will henceforth be re- garded with the utmost seriousness. —_— et Purse-Strings. ‘Who holds a Nation's purse-strings comes near to wielding its destinles. Since the autocratic prerogatives of monarchs began falling into disrepute or decay—the barons of Runnymede had a good deal to do with that—popularly elected Legislatures like Parliaments and Congresses have held the purse-strings in their hands. The system of making the chosen spokesmen of the people both the raisers and the spenders of national funds has come to be of the very essence of democratic government. Now But here, alas, one reaches the de- nouement! The police asked Frank for his permit to conduct a swimming pool, the permit costing Health Department, sicked on, so to speak, by some disgruntled neighbor, asked Frank what he meant by allowing water to drain from the pool across a vacant lot, thereby furnishing a place where mosquitoes “might” breed. So, instead of continuing, the entrancing tale of how Frank got his start in life must leave him here, with a dried-up swimming pool on his hands and the children‘of the community, with their tongues still hanging out, looking for a place to swim. Of course, if Frank had exercised that perspicacity sometimes identified with the success of capitalists in gen- eral, the policeman who went to seek his permit might have received & suffi- cient number of dimes to persuade him that no permit was necessary, and the Health Department inspector might have become so affluent overnight that he would have ruled against the possi- bility of mosquitoes. But Frank and, of course, the police and the Health Department inspector all are honest men. Because they are, something should be done. Frank's en- terprise ought not be wasted, and the pool should not remain dry. .Some al- truistic plumber ought to come forward and construct & mosquito-proof drain, and as for that permit—the fee should be reduced to $1 or else laughed out of existence. Washington has plenty of mosquitoes and a lot of permits. But there are few fourteen-year-old boys who can dig a swimming pool, and they ought to be encouraged. comes no less ‘a personage than Andre Tardieu, premier of France, and says| the system is all wrong. Speaking at Nancy last Sunday, M. Tardieu declared in substance that in- stead of safeguarding taxpayers’ welfare, as it was designed to do in its original conception, the French Parliament had become an agency for increasing ex- penditure to benefit a particular, instead of the general, interest. M. Tardieu did not specifically advocate greater fiscal power for the government of the day, but he plainly indicated that a French prime minister and his cabinet are bet- ter qualified to take care of the country's till than a group of political factions who would exploit the treasury for partisan purposes of their own. We here in the United States are not unfamiliar with the conditions which inspired M. Tardleu's views on parlia- mentary profligacy.. Log-rolling and pork-barreling since tiine immemorial have been features of American na- tional finance. The establishment of —_— e Once again the royal garden party, culmination of London’s season, is del- uged by rain. Our deluded British cousins will persist in holding those things outdoors and there is & fortune awaiting the loyal subject who can design formal afternoon attire, both masculine and feminine, made entirely of rubber. —_— Stockholm authorities mow compel every householder not only to equip his dwelling with numbers, but also to ilx luminate them electrically at night. ‘Washington could take & leaf from the Swedish capital's book, as many a weary and baffied messenger and delivery boy, not to mention evening guests, could testify. A Detroit girl who leaped into the sea from the liner Minnekahda apolo- gized, after rescue, to her captain, “I often do silly things like She will not be doing them the budget system has ¥isibly failed to arrest periodical raids ‘on Uncle Sam'’s strong box. The ecchomy pleas of Presidents and Secretaries of the Treas- ury only infrequently prevail against the demands of Congress for distribu~ tion of huge slices of Federal pie among special interests. Sometimes these in- terests are farmers, sometimes veterans, sometimes hamlets, towns or cities in quest of purely local river and harbor ‘improvements. M. Tardleu said at Nancy that recent French parliamentary demands for spe- cial interests account for $160,000,000 in a total national expenditure of $3,- 000,000,000, which is about five per cent. Those are piker figures, compared to what happens at Washington in al- most any Congress. ————— in commissions to ferret out the facts and make them available to the Presi- dent and to the legislative branch of the Government. He is going on appoint- ing commissions whenever, in his opin- ion, they may be necessary. Not all the brains in the country are in the regular Government tervice. Frequently the Government can be aided materially by. calling on the brains of Americans who are just private citizens. In view of the hullabaloo over the Hoover commissions, the records of his predecessors in the appointment. of commissions rsther take the wind out of the critics’ sails. that the Senate was so impressed with the need of not going on record as fa- voring the use of temporary, non-gov- ernmental commissions that it amended the House resolution providing for the appointment of the commission to study conditions in Haitl. The Senate was willing to appropriate the money to be used by Mr. Hoover and his commission in Haiti, but it was unwilling to go on record as favoring the appointment of & commission. " A friendly card game up in Herkimer, N. Y., decides which of two men shall enter the primaries for the Republican nomination for county sheriff, with the good-will and support of the defeated player. Sometimes, Wwhen Teviewing politics of all grades in recent decades, it seems as if it might be & good thing to settle the whole business, elections and all, in the same way. o Unauthorized Flying. In the ninety-day suspension—Ilater reduced to one week—of the pilot's license of Roger Q. Williams, who recently made a non-stop flight from New York to Bermuda and back, the Commerce Department is giving official notice to flyers that foreign. govern- ments, in this case the British, will no longer regard unauthorized trips by air over their dominions with the leniency and good humor that have obtained in the past. Since ocean flying was made popular by the sterling achieve- ment of Col. Lindbergh, foreign gov- ernments have, in most cases, welcomed adventurous aviators, if they succeeded in reaching their goals, and the tend- ency has been to waive the customary Zormalities. In fact, Williams himselt 9 his - memorable flight from Old Orchard to Rome was the recipient of this courtesy from France as he was about to board the boat for home, the air ministry sending him a telegram which said that inasmuch as he had already flown over seventy-five per cent of the military fortifications of France * permission was thereby granted to fly over the other twenty-five per cent. But Williams' flight to Bermuda was ~egarded in a different light by the Rsiticly, and although -the aviapr was It will be recalled Another Precautionary “Don’t.” Experience in mundane affairs has taught a certain number of “Dont’s” that by now have become generally ac- cepted maxims. For instance, “Don't give your right name” under certain circumstances, “Don't save old letters, or, better still, don't write them”; “Don’t send the Senate all the corre- spondence on judiciary appointments,” and “Don't go around the house looking for old pistols or guns to hand over to the police with the thought that one of. them might have figured in the latest murder mystery.” The final admonition, however, is “Don’t gst your baby mixed up with somebody else's baby at the hospital.” All sorts of things might happen. One of the parents of one of the famous mixed Chicago babies is now embar- rassed by the claim made by a lady in Philadelphia that she recognizes his picture as that of her missing husband, whom she has not seen or heard from for several years. The husband says he was legally divorced from the Phila- delphia lady, but everybody knows how much trouble is caused when one party claims there was a divorce and the other is equally insistent that there was not. In this day of radio pictures and quick transmission of news the man who becomes a “story” immediately has his life history, with all its intimate details, spread before millions of avid readers within the space of a few hours and woe be unto him if he has transgressed in crossing the paths of any one of those millions! The average goldfish in a globe is cloistered in com- parison. ——— Athens University now has ten thou- sand students. There seems no reason, in view of this scholastic enrollment, why she should not soon repeat her marathon race victory of 1806. Tragedy of an Enterprise. “At the age of fourteen,” according to the biography that some day ought to be written, if there is any justice in this world, “Prank Rutkoski demonstrated that he already possessed that business acumen and the will to do that later were to make him the master of finance. There was a superfiily of young children in Washington in those days. Everybody, it seemed, had chil- dren. Onme could hardly walk down the sidewalk without knocking some - of them over. But there were few swim- ming pools, and all the streams in, the parks and the river itself were little better than open sewers. During the severe hot spell and drought of the Summer of 1930 the children had their tongues hanging out, looking for s place to awim. Young Rutkoski, seizing opportunity by the forelock with one hand and s pick and shovel with the other, went fo work in his own_back The first international congress of nudists is soon to be held in a moup- tain-encircled valley near Frankfurt, Germany, Many would like to be.on hand if only to see some naked and earnest orator beset by a busy bee. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Favorite Author. There’s an author who fills me with yearning. His fictions, so deftly devised, Far dearer than volumes of learning Or books of adventure are prized. When the city is gassy and steaming And the climate is torrid and queer, I read all his fanciful dreaming, ‘The Summer resort pamphleteer. How the sun-jeweled waves seem to glitter And the cool breezes drive them along! How the birds gayly warble, or twitter, As the trees softly join in the song! For nature has dealt with great lenience ‘With this spot where they ask you to dwell; 'Tis provided with every eonvenience, Including a modern hotel. And when of the seaside you weary, ‘Why, here is & book on the lakes, Or a nook 1 the mountains so cheery; "Twill banish all sorrow and aches.. With a fan grateful breezes compelling, As I recline in my comfortable chair, I read in my snug city dwelling The Summer resort pamphleteer. Wary. “Can'’t I persuade you to subscribe to this publication?” sald the gentlemanly agent. “No,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “I'd like to have the book, but if I took it I am | ™ afraid people would say I was trying to keep something from being published about me.” A Consistent Career. “I can remember when the wealthy Mr. Hidem didn’t have a dollar of his “Well,” answered the misanthrope, “it is said that he is still doing business entirely with other people’s dollars.” Delay. Investigations, like as not, ‘Will mystify the average man. Before they're finished you've forgot Just how the trouble first began. Enjoyment, “Does Biggins enjoy golf?" “I don’t see how he can,” answered the enthusiast. “He doesn’t lose his temper and employ disrespectful langusge when he makes a bad play.” Mutual Admiration. “There are too many mutual ad- miration societies,” remarked the cynical person. “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “and itis how seldom & man and his wmmhuhfiam one.” Comparisons. Nay, of the weather do not speak, Lést speech become too plain. Comparisons are odious— And, like as not, profane. “An argument,” sald Uncle Bben, “is very often only jes’ a 'scuse dat two men has got up foh loafin’.” Something to Think Of. will sign docu- s $100. The | 129K Blossoms may wither, on certain vari- a general thing the roses than any other flowers at this time. Particular attention should be called to bring out the worth of some plants, just as it requires a period of aepres- sion to show up the innate optimism of some human beings. Often the amateur garderer is in- clined to feel that climbers are a nuisance, especiaily in the small garden, ‘where space is at a premium. Clim| TOSes are rampant growers, sure enough; they will take an entire fence in a season or two, and bush out widely as they go along, forcing less hardy things to fade. o seasons the in lgly would tear out his e sake of these other plants which perhaps give daintier flowers, or supply some want in the garden way. * ok ok % & genuine dry spell comes however, the climbing roses assert themselves. The gardener is forced to admit that his place needs them. If he lives in those sections where sprinkling has been forbidden, he will thank climbers for keeping his place looking somewhat presentable, after all. ‘The various bush roses do not quite equal the climbers, when it comes to drought resistance, but still they may be called plant camels, owing to their ability to for many days without water, in tender varieties will not be able to stand continued dryness, but the majority of the better known roses will do very well without rain. The ordinary dust mulch, made by stirring up the soil around a plant, will help considerably in conserving the ver. small portion of moisture which yet Temains in the ground. In an ordinary season one of the chronic complaints against this procedure is that one only gets it done in order that it may b spoiled by the rain. Such a_protest surely canno: hold good this Summer. A good mulch, once nade, will last, alas, for weeks a a ime! ‘Therefore even the laziest gardener has no excuse for not making one. Any small sharp Innmmen’zl. even a :lk:hen !olr:, w:lrld do. ome precise gardeners are not con- tent with breaking up the soil so, but over the bed afterward with their nds, crumbling small particles and lumps to dust. This is too precious Zox most. * X ok * Fertilization might well be withheld during such a Summer as the present. The availability of chemcial elements in such mixtures depends upon the moisture which is present in the sofl, either as the result of natural causes or artificlal application. Fertilizers lie as inert lumps where no water is present, and even may burn roots and foliage. That is wi all commercial fertilizer manufacturers di- rect that when their product is placed on & lawn the whole be gone over first with & rake, to shake the fertilizer off the blades. . Then the yard is to be wet down thoroughly. A heavy rain will do this -best, bt is never sure when a ‘When ut _one rain is going to be heavy, and during such a season as the present the gar- dener is pretty sure that he will have 2 eretore he deper fore 'nds upon the faith- ful garden hose, in those sections where its use is still permitted. ' Unless he can use the hose, he should not apply commercial urull.:er‘of‘lny kind. * Lawns which in the past were so handled that they were not led to a daily lupgly of hydrant water are the ones which are doing the best during the dry spell. It is possible for a gardener to train a lawn, at least in an ordinary season, so that it sends its roots down de in order to get its own drinking suppl#s. On the other hand, he may per a lawn, and force. its root growth high, by giving it water during the Summer whether it needs it or not. This is the sure way to have a tender, Winter- killing lawn, one which is not able to stand either cold or heat. Unfortunately, the gardener is not able to train most of the flowers. With the exception of a few plants which do well in the shade, and which, there- more, can get along on a small amount | b of water, the vast number of flowers from all climes demand a certain sup- ply of moisture. It would seem, therefore, that those who live in sections where such a drought as the present may result in & ban on sprin g would do well to consider the planting of their gardens from this standpoint. If lawns and backgrounds can be 50 planted as to look well in any emer- gency, drought will not work the havoc it does in those places where moisture- loving plants are grown freely. ‘The present situation is, it must be admitted, out of the ordinary, but its very existence shows that it may exist. If this condition may happen, as it has happened, it would be well for home owners to consider it is a possibility. * ok ok The standard privet hedge must be given %the first place in such planning. It will thrive and remain green as long as any plant without water. How it does it remains a mystery, a pleasant enough mystery—one which the home owner may accept thankfully, without requiring a solution. Another old standby is the snow- berry, which is planted on the north sides of houses, where few things will grow well. Its fancy friend, the rho- dodendron, wilts and takes on a poor green during such weather as now pre- valls, but the. snowberry, in both the common (vulgaris) and the coralberry forms, will stand up nobly under the heat and dryness. The hydrangeas, too, do very well, alt:hough they will look better for a watering every now and then. The hibiscus cannot be recommended as a hot-weather plant. Its foliage suffers considerably during a drought. Its habitat around marshes (hence its com- mon name of marshmallow) makes a certain amount of moisture a necessity for best growth. ‘The althea, or Rose of Sharon, isone of the best drought-resistant shrubs. Specimens which have been planted for several years and left alone are bloom- ing as well this Summer as ever before. Even when transplanted they show some blossoms. * ok ok x ‘The trees, Heaven bless them, must not be forgotten in naming a few of the resistant things which help make even a dry Summer green! Although they require more water than most plants, the trees send down their great roots to a depth far beyond that available to smaller growing things. And as a result they stand hardy and green even when the rain does not fall. Not that many of them have not suffered. In some sections, leaves are turning yellow already, and even fall- ing, as trees believe Autumn is at hand. The present dry spell is particularly difficult for those trees which in the past may have suffered from root in- Jjuries. Bare branches, especially near the top, testify to a deep hurt. Water &sbout the only thing which will save em. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Hoover has been used all his | colorful life to making up his mind about travel and to catching trains at | the eleventh hour. That may account for the mystification prevailing at the White House regarding the ‘“Chief’s” Western vacation plans. Even those immediately around him are still in the dark concerning his intentions. News- paper men thought Mr. Hoover would spill the beans 'at yesterday's semi- weekly press conference. But the Presi- dent talked only about Russian trade, the bankruptcy investigation, the vice governorship of the Philippines and his batting average in appointment of com- missions, compared to the records of his predecessors. The best guess is that the Hoover caravan for Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks will get under way about August 15 and return to ‘Washington on or about September 5. Actually everything at the moment is in abeyance. Only one thing is settled. There'll be no speeches during the trip. On that the Ho:ve‘r j:w‘il.l firmly set. Democrats pretend to view without alarm the prospect of a Republican con- gressional campaign engineered by Rob- ert H. Lucas as G. O. P. Executive Com- mitteee chairman. The Kentuckian, who is now commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, has never had political experience ond Blue Grass confines. That puts in a class, the Democrats say, of the men who used to aspire to fight John L. Sullivan, only to be contemptuously told by the Boston bruiser, “Go get a reputation.” Lucas became collector of internal revenue at Louisville under President Harding. He was once Republican State chairman. Identified with the Sackett wing of the party, Lucas several years ago Wi orsted in a contest for the governor- ship by the faction headed by Flem D. Sampson, who is now in office at Frank- fort. The Republican Jouett Shouse is young, forceful, ive and shrewd. discoun ledged in in big league politics on a Nation-wide scale. * k.k X Marcial P, Lichauho, & brilliant young Filipino, is winding up a six-month | histo: sojourn in Washington, where he has been conducting, in his capacity of an assistant attorney general of the Philip- pine Islands, a study of the Department of Justice. domestic government at Manila is evidently thinking of organ- izing a more or less sim! depart- ment. Senor Lichauho, who has the boyish appearance of a college fresh- man, took both his A. B. and his LL. B. at Harvard and is looked upon as one of the coming figures in law and state- craft in the Philippines. * K kK ‘That recent White House edict against expenditure of Government funds for | destined diplom: ted divide m:n%m z!urnu Sl capitas: 5 amavg seversl T dred consular Vhere woutd 1t teare"oren o ol m @orth ing for upkeep to help our un Foreign men defray a lot of the little expenses which eat into their private funds. I hoped, for one thing, that the new will cover such charges as water, gas and electric light rates. Also, the As to chip in for the en- tertainment ‘of American delegations, Army and Navy officers abroad on offi- cial missions ‘and other folks from ‘back home” without any claims on No- mmmtnvumfim o ow Yor several years the collar “industry, Targely - penterd. ot offices, the butter will be | Lanham, mention! Congress’ intention was | si Troy, N. Y., has observed with dismay the insidious growth of the soft-collar cult. In Spring and Summer the latter holds almost universal sway. During the tropical heat of recent times the soft collar reigned supreme—everywhere excep; at the White House. Herbert Hoover sticks resolutely to the double turned-down) stiff collar, no nfatter what the temperature may be. Some of his pictures show him wearing it even when fishing. Not long ago a Troy collar magnate was so thrilled by his discovery of what men are wearing at the Execu- tive Mansion that he went home and sent the President a box of the Hoover favorite double turned-down brand. * K Kk ok Admiral Byrd will go to Vis on August 9 to receive the title n(l:"mhlhomls Jefferson Guest at Monticello.” It will be only the second time the honor has been bestowed, the other recipient being Thomas A. Edison. Festivities will begin at the University of Virginia at Char- lottesville, where Byrd was once a stu- dent, and wind up with a public recep- tion at Monticello in the afternoon, e * ok ok ok e very latest thifg under the pro- hibition-poll sun is the re(erengum taken by the Neptune Association, con- sist of the masters and officers of the American merchant marine. Four hun- dred out of 401 answering the query fa- vored repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. One lone mariner voted for modi- fleation. The association points out that the poll doesn't mean that our ma- rine officers are drinking men—many, 1t is emphasized, are total abstainers— but denotes that their livellhood has been threatened by prohibition (through the better patronage enjoyed by wet ships) and their safety at sea jeopar- dized by removal of medicinal liquor. (Copyright, 1930.) — ‘ New Maryland Highway Will Prove Great Benefit To the Editor of The Star: - Nearly 200 years ago, according to ry, Georze Washington, on one of his trips to Annapolis, got stuck in the mud of Prince Georges County roads. And later tradition tells that Presi- £ T e i e of of ng but that was then, and this u‘:z)m y smooth concrefe boulevards and solid gravel roads mark the march of progress through this section, and current road events still keep in line with progress, When the proposed Lanham-Severn boulevard is completed through this part of the State it will link the busy metropolis, Baltimore, with what is some day to be America’s most: éwmumtllve residential city—the National This ‘will clearly: be the shortest and T i T, et 2 e Rallroad of the dis , Seabrook, Hynesboro, Glenn- vern. - . Among its many advantages are, be- ides being the shortest and most di- rect way: It offers to both ecity and rural resi- t| dents easy access to these citles and the adjacent suburban sections. It ;onld rel!zvmy‘uud traffic and thereby promote safety. It would be a tremendous aid 'to the rescue squads, affording more comfort, haste and safety in conveying_patients to the hospitals of both cities.’ Also it would be a decided commerce and other civic and rural relations. ‘W. W. PUGH. /olumula. Md. Short and Shorter. usually short on other things. v % g:le. Springfield, Bo:ie Odenton and Sal benefit to | Car Operative Speaks Up for Traction Service To the Editor of The Star: A letter by a Mr, Stottlemeyer in a recent edition of The Star was brought to my attention. 3 Chiefly it was a complaint of the de- plorable condition of our local street railway systems, in which he criticizes the service, the “filthy” cars, the “flthy” uniforms of the operators, and the lack of “esthetic” taste in the management. I, a humble object of his overdrawn criticism, desire a few words in repu- diation of his various “charges.” In the first place, the word “filthy” sug- gests vermin and other crawling things. Naturally, in any large body of men fore s ond T b e, enly e} rsonal a) nce, bul why imply thgg all are “filthy”? We forgive you the word “filthy,” Mr. Stottlemeyer, as we suffer in like man- ner, literally speaking. Rags? Well, we have an old coat that is comfort- ably holey these hot days. It never occurred to us, Mr. Stottlemeyer, that | an old coat whose holes afford us a bit of cooling air in spots would embarrass you, even though it is _patched with rown thread. You surely can't expect to find “esthetic” taste in a street car conductor. So much civic pride must be a burden 3&?:: wWhere so many imperfections “There was a time when——" is the mcst overworked phrase in all the world of critics. Let me suggest a nev one: “There will be a time when—" Peo- ple will step lively when boarding or leaving cars.’ They ‘will not purposely | delay when alighting, so that the red light comes on, and they can cross the street in front of the street car; and, last but not least, they will have fares ready when boarding cars. We are not in.our wildest moments expecting all of these reforms while the present generation of back numbers continue to exist. Théy can only see the faults of others. There is hope, however, in’ the younger ones growing up. They are living in the present, and that doesn't mean horse-drawn cars, either, Quite right, Mr. Stottlemeyer, there are no good street car operators today. All the best of everything was in the past. The best athletes, the best engi- neers, the best automobiles, the best ships, the best airplanes, etc., are all In the past, and the more senile we get the more certain we are that the world use " Here’s hopin; it won't be, either. S5 By the way, if you have any legiti- mate complaint to make, why not make ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : BY FREDERIC Take advantage of this free service. If you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, write us again. If you have never used the service, begin now. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. What questions must a person be prepared to answer about his car when taking it into Canada on a vacation tour?—S. P, A. The following information is re- quired of tourists going to Canada from the United States: Name of man- ufacturer of car; manufacturer’s serial and engine number; style and value of car; license number; number of extra tires; signature and street address of owner, city or town, and State in which owner is resident. . How many children are lost and. found in New York City in a year?— W. W. L. A. The police department of the City of New York states that during the yeAr 1929 there were 5,627 lost children in the custody of that de- partment. Q. Where is France’s big air school to be located?—U. A. A. France’s air university is to be at Meudon. It is sald that every phase of aviation, from psychology to weather, is to be taught. For the first year the classes will be held in a private avia- tion school, but by October, 1931, the university will be housed in the first of its own buildings, which will com- prise eventually laboratories, a library and museum. Q. Why do forsythia and redbud Enéhas bloom so early in the Spring? A. They develop their blossom buds during the previous Summer. Q. What is the name of the town in Michigan restored by Henry Ford? What buildings besides the little school house were restored?—A. L. A. Greenfield is the historic village near Dearborn which has been recon- structed by Mr. Ford. Among the memorabilia preserved are: The town and community hall, the Edison Insti- tute group, including the original Menlo it to the street car companies? I've heard that they are e y are very fair in all As to the management of the streep railways, let me say here and now that :;tb'filé br;lel;‘sunre el;nployefl giving the a T service ea 1t takes to make a critic. o T. H. HUTCHINSON, Webster’s Oratory Not Suited for Inscription ‘To the Editor of The Star: Regarding the proposal of Mr. Mark Gibson, as evidenced in his letter printed ! in The Star of July 23, to use excerpts from speeches of Daniel Webster as in- seriptions for the new buildings of the Departments of Commerce and of Labor, the writer wishes to submit in qualifica~ tlon of the lauded attainments of Webster the following paragraph taken from a speech of his before the Senate in 1843 during a debate on the terri- tories west of the Mississippi River: ‘'What do we want of that vast and worthless area—that region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting ?ozfi and prn;le dugs! ? To what use ‘we ever hope to put those great deseris and those endless mou:{ain ranges? What could we ever do with the western coast, a coast of 3,000 miles, * rock-bound, cheerless and uninviting?” From the above it is apparent that Mr. Webster’s knowledge was rather limited. 1t is, also, evident that he be- longed to that great hody who are always ready to talk on any subject at any time and to any length. Granting that he was a spell-binding orator and that he lived in an age when men leaned more toward that class of diversion and instruction than at present, we have Park Laboratory, where the first incan- descent lamp was conceived and de- veloped; Clinton Inn; a famous stage coach stop; a typical country store; the Chapel of Martha-Mary, constructed of brick taken from the girlnood home of Mrs. Ford, and the train which brought President Hoover and Thomas A. Ed- isbn to the Golden Jubilee last year. The engine of this train is a brother the Civil War locomotive, The General, and the baggage car is a facsimile of the one from which young Edison and his chemicals were ejected after one of his experiments ended in fire. Q. Does it interfere with a boy's scholarship for him to work his way through college?—T. H. M. A. A survey recently completed by Datus C. Smith, jr., director of student employment at Princetan, shows that unger:rldultes working their way through that university win more than their proportionate share of Phi Beta Kappa memberships. While one-fifth of the members of the junior and senior classes are actively enj in re- munerative work, one-fourth ‘of these elected this year to Phi Beta Kappa were registered with .the student em- ployment section. Twenty-two per cent of the honors awarded for excellent 1. HASKIN. scholrship this year went to students who are making ail or a great part of their college expenses. Q. Is it true that the Icelanders are to neat their homes by means of hot springs?—. P, A. Un the recommendation the Icelandic Engineering Association Reykjavik, the capital city, is to inau- gurate the system of using its natural not springs for city heating purposes. At Wash Springs, near Reykjavik, a pumping plant is being bullt and heavily inswated pipes will carry the hot water into the city. A number of public bulldings aré expected to be equipped with this new heating system by ‘Winter. of Q. Is there any difference between illusion and hallucination?—H. ». A. Alusions and hallucinations are both talse sense-perceptions, and the distinction between them is difficult to aenne. | Q. Is there any race of people all | of whom have rea hair?—W. r. A. ‘Chere 15 no race of red-haired people. Q. How many cases of typhoid fever were actually traced 10 hoid Mary?—W. B. A. Mary Mallon, a cook, who came under observation as a typnoia Carrier, caused at least 10 outbreaks of typhoid fever, and 51 cases were known to have resulted. Two of the patients died. Q. Where did the e of throwing the hammer originater—V. D, A. It is said w have been of Celtic origin. Q. ‘How old is the actor, Walter Hampaen?—J. K. L. A. Hampden was born June 30, 1879, Q. What percentage of people is left- handed?—S. D. A. The percentage of left-handedness among normal people is estimated run trom 4 to § per cent. Q. Why can Spanish moss grow on a telephone pole?—D. F. W. A. Spanish moss can thrive on tele~ phone poles because it is a true epiphyte. An epiphyte is a plant which aerives the moisture required for its develop- ment from the air. Q. How many postage stamps were issued in 1847? In 19297—M. M. S. A. Postage stamps were frst issued in 1847, the number for that year being 860,380. The amount has gradually in- creased each year, reaching for the #1“17 z'elx ended June 30, 1229, 16,917~ Q. What are the names of the male and female figures used in architecture on pillars?—A. B. A. The female figures used as sup- ports in architecture are known as caryatids. The male figures are known as atlantes. Q. Are the small air bubbles that ibady appearance, injurious 1o health? ly appearance, injurious What causes them?—H. C. A. These are air or carbon dioxide, which dissolves more readily at high pressure and comes undissolved when the pressure is released. The bubbles are quite harmiess. Q. Has Europe any trees that com- pare in size with the big trees of Cali- fornia?—K. G. A. While there is none so lafge as the California Sequoias, large specimens are found in sections of and in the forested parts of Germany and the lkans. Suggestions from the White House to the Government departments that rigid economy be maintained by watch- ing expenditures are commended by still to class him with Mr. Edward Everett, who made what he considered a great speech and later admitted that he did not come as near to the gist of the matter in two hours as Mr. Lin coln did in less than three minutes. We, as a Nation, are becoming more loath mfirermu our national life to be controlled by emotional and flowery oratory; we wish to be governed by prin- ciples derived from the demonstrated and proved facts of laboratories and commissions. <And in keeping with this method we do not wish to give pos- terity a chance to think that we have lauded the talkers and, at the same time, have ignored the men of science and action who have made the new buildings for the Departments of Com- merce and of Labor not only possible, but even necessary. HENDRICKSON. Census Worker Suggests Earlier Summer Hours To the Editor of The Star: I was much interested in a recent editorial in The Star because there has been much complaint about some Gov- ernment departments dismissing early on account of the heat and other de- partments not being so fortunate. Those of us who are employed in the temporary buildings doing temporary census. work would be happy indeed ‘were we permanent employes in a brick or stone building, for no doubt the thick-walled Government buildings are Just as cool as any place can be in hot weainer. However, don't you think it is peculiar that the Census employes have not been put on an earlier beginning hour? For instance, the best work is done earller in the day, before it gets 5o hot, and if the Census Bureau em- ployes went to work at 8 or 8:30 it would be better all around, sgzchuy in hot weather. And just think how much the “public. It is ‘accepted as a fact that there are ways in which spending may be reduced, but emphasis is placed upon the incidental suggestion of the President that public works should be maintained as a means of providing employment. “Superficially there appears to be a conflict,” says the #St. Paul Pioneer Press, ‘“between President Hoover's policy of speeding up public construc- tion to relieve unemployment and his present.announcement that rigid econ- omy will be introduced in the Federal departments to offset a possible de- crease in revenues this fiscal year. It would seem little useful from the view- point , of unemployment to increase Government expenditures in one that of construction, if the increase to be canceled out by retrenchment elsewhere. But the operations of the Government are not all of the ssme kind. In many cases it may prove pos- sible to introduce economies without a corresponding reduction in employ- ment. President Hoover has taken thought of the difficulty and is not unaware of the appearance of a con- tradiction in the two policies. He an- nounces an investigat! by heads of departments to discover methods, if any exist, whereby economies may be brought out interfering in the program of aid to_unemployment.’'lp . It is pointed out by the Charleston Evening Post‘that while the President’s advice to the Government “seems sensible and logical enough,” former President Coolidge “said the other day that now was the time for those who have money to spend it, in order that those who have none should find employment, and thus the wheels of industry would be kept going and prosperity would return to the land. ‘Which also has its points,” concludes the Evening Post, with the added com- ment: “When Calvin Coolidge recom- the traffic would be lightened at 4:30 and 8:30 to 9 o'clock. I have never been able to understand why the ma- jority of the Government departments commenced and dismissed at the same hour, in view of the fact that one of m: Woman’s Cruelty to Man in the Matter of Dress To the Editor of The Star: Reference is ma men’s hot-weather ml‘tn‘ to the views on apparel ex- pressed by Miss Ruth O'Brien, chief, 'rnz’ug Dlvl.slgtnl.“ B!:re-‘u of H:lx?e Eco- nomics, Department of Agriculture, as published in The Star of July 24. Although it is no function of the De- partment of Agriculture to influence styles in wearing apparel, I agree with Miss O'Brien’s ju ent ‘as to what would be comfortable for men. She has, however, apparently overlooked two img:runz details, namely: [0} suggesting for men the prin- :3:. g "medon‘:n’ol the lnu‘:. she suggest covering whatever for the lower limbs, and.ignores tic appea: is unfair, {a the first place, in that she blames mea for being “slaves of fashion.” The to blame for the uncom- ‘weather. their own beloved menfolk to . dress comfortably. They demand that col- be worn; they de; the men wear coats. suspenders they leaye men no alterna- tive but to wear tight belts, and they |from would laugh their own menfolk to scorn if they wore shorts over bare legs. ‘What, if , can The Star do ters of men to be considerate in the ther of the men they profess o T rentner of e . VICTORY. mends a policy of spending it is nof be passed over with indifference. the lean period and strain a point or two to Keep things going.” * ok ok ko “no excuse for extravagance,” and that paper adds: “It is an obligation on the Federal Government to set an example governmental units. is sistent economy in the national admin- istration, the people always have a good example to call to the attention of the more restricted administration. And economy does not necessarily mean curtailment. It simply means making every dollar count for 100 cents.” Attentlon is directed by the expenses well it may be possible to continue the re- duced tax rate for another year at least. That would help greatly to stimulate the Nation's business at a time when stimulation is in every way 7 “While the present. endeavor results ‘:l d-l.r:: ntlnn wu:u_n.h:u against ling revenue and resulting * advises the Manchester Union, “it can be remarked that the public ought to find no fault with snrnmul ficlt in the about for the present fiscal year ‘with- | P Care in Spending Approved As Hoover Favors Economy the fact that it is not yet possible to forecast ‘the extent of practical econ- omies, but nobody can doubt that the administration will devote its best ener- purpose not to interfere with the ployment program.” * ok kK “The sober fact is,” according to the Charlotte News, “that the American Government is facing a deficit, and that it may be necessary to increase the tax on incomes in order to avold it. That, at any rate, is what the economists be- hind the Alexander Hamilton Institute are foreseeing. They tell us that ‘the upward trend of expenditures and the contraction of the surplus since 1927 are the disconcerting features of the Government’s financial condition.’ " ‘While the public is directly interes| ed,” declares the New Castle News, reduction of Government costs and proves of pensions Hieves the public Tands tsed. Tor publi; leves the ‘public u for ic works will pay. dividends in increased Federal revenue from revived industry and in improved e#g)nymem and busi- ness conditions. o 't increase is of formidable size, and yet, but for firmness of President Hoover, it would have been much larger. Congress, in its recent session, was ronstantly at war with the President’s economy “When the bureaus complete their searching inquiry,” in the opinion of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, “Mr. Hoover l’)l'oblbly wu}' find bo:al aside a few paper clips, carbon paper and typewriter ribhons the field for economy is narrow indeed. Congress es how much 1oney the Gov- ernment shall spend. President Hoover has locked the llr:qe door after the on is no doul s waukee Sentinel, “that a thorough- going examination of the ‘public ex- penditures will disclose numerous spots where substantial savings can be ac- complished without impairing the public business, reducing Government efficiency or impeding the public work to provide employment Daily Journal, holding t':at “an econ- omy drive would do Was| harm,” makes the statement: “The fiscal year closed three wreks ago with a surplus of $184,000.000. Secretary Mellon has predicted a deficit. It was avoided when foreign governments paid $77,000,000 in cash on their war debts instead of government bonds and when $26,000,000 r.dditional in ts as a result of the rush into the country before ay riff went into effect.” “No corrpetent studeni of 2drainistra- tive work and organizatiun,” avers the Chicago -Dolly News, ‘ccubts that op- portunities .ior retrenchment re dis- coverable :vervwhere ir puhlic service. Bureaucracy is not distirfguished for rigorous economy and the maximum of efficiency. Since the taxpayers penalized for governmental waste they flouldull:upedauhy rrate’(!utll tf nnyuom office Who pers| n l’orgx efforts to reduce costs w:‘e‘n% that is possible.” Cuba’s Rule Against Needless Horn Tooting To the Editor of The Star: Many €Al be learned from our net‘hhoumnfi Havana, Cuba, it is & severe viclation of the traffic laws to lound“ your automobile horn aftermid- for on no t at night and they believe that if you must get about at night you shall do so without awaken- ing your neighbors. A K. BARRETT. Another Grave Question. Prom the San Bernardino Bun. economy at any time. A is an excellent to avold. Treasury n tfiu A We can't see why a country will per- it forbid things i roing e o