Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASEINGTON, D. C TUESDAY......August 12, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business ¢ 3 St. and Pennsylvenia Ave 110 Bast . higan Building. 8t.. London. Carrier Within the City. 45¢ rer month 60c per month per month i r copy « end of sach month. by mail or elephone Star = and Suinday Star (when 4 Sundays) ... The Evening and Sunday Siar (when $ fundars) ... lect: at i Qiders may it tn Ational 3000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vicginia. aily and Suncay. .. 1 yr. $10.00: 1 mo.. 88 | ily only . ... 1 ¥ 5 r. $6.00: 1 mo.. S0c unday enly ... 1¥r. $4.000 1 mo.. 40c Al Other States and Canada. M' | sc | day on.s Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled | o the use for republicacion of all news cis- Patches credited fo it or not otherwise cred- fee in’ ihis paper and aiso ‘he iocal Puklished herein. All rights of punlicat special dispatcaes herein are als t Selling Water at Cost. With nearby Maryland shutting down | its own inadequate water system and tapping the District mains for its en- tire supply, interest turns to the future policy to be pursued by the Washing- ton Suburban Sanitary Commission | when the emergency passes—that is, | when it rains again. Will the commis- sion proceed to cut off District water and rely again upon its own supply | from the Burnt Mills reservoir? Wil | it go forward and construet larger dams for impounding water, or will it carry out a plan, discussed some years ago, of creating a new source of supply from the Patuxent? Whatever the Marylanders do is, of course, their business. With plenty of ‘water available from the District’s sup- ply system, it may be decided, never- theless, to enlarge the Maryland sys- tem and to rely upon District water only in times of emergency or as a supplementary supply. But an adequate system, capable of supplying pure water for hundreds of thousands of consumers, is an expensive undertaking and it is not to be built overnight.” The subur- ban sanitary water system, comstructed for a population that has long sinece grown beyond the contemplated demand, Is plainly inadequate. Even if the water is pure, as shown by repeated tests, it is not good drinking water because of the disagreeable taste. It is possible that Maryland, with a completed plant at its own front door, constructed over many years at a cost of some $35,000,000 and supplying fine water in practically unlimited quantity, will find it the bet- ter policy to rely altogether on District water and to scrap its own source of supply. Arlington County has already taken that step. If the adjacent suburban sanitary district, in Maryland, joins Arlington County, and becomes & regular con- sumer of District water, however, the present policy pursued by the Federal Government and the municipality in financing the District water system should be revised on the grounds of equity to the District consumers. Maryland—the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission—is now receiving ‘water at the District line at a cost of $65 a million galions, plus the cost to the District of pumping. When pump- ing s necessary, the rate to Mary- land is $75 s million gallons, flll.' Arlington Ccunty pays s flat rate of | $35 a million gallons, doing its own pumping. In other words, water is| delivered to Maryland and to Arlington County at cost. The househclder in} the District, however, whose water Laxes and real estate taxes have gone Into construction of the plant, pays for ‘water at the rate of $9357 a million gallens. This price is based not only | on the cost of water delivered in the | home, but upon the cost of plant im- | provements and extensions. The wate! system makes mo profit on the water it sells to Maryland and Virginia. It does exact a profit from the District consumer, whose contributions in the years past have financed construction | of plant. Arlington uses a relatively small quantity of District water. The annual amount is less than the District’s nor- mz] consumption on a cold day. Mary- land now is limited by law to three million gallons a day. But in future the consumption outside of the District will increase. The cost of the individ- ual consumer in Maryland and Ar- lington, now relatively high, should tend to decrease as they pay for their dis- | tribution plants. According to present | policy, however, the cost to the District consumer has been mounting steadily as the local distribution plant is en- larged and improved. The District consumer should pay for water at cost. Capital expenditures on plant enlargement and extensions should be financed from the general revenues. The larger the number of consumers, the cheaper should be the cost of water. e Ancient cliff dwellings were con- struced on the up-and-up plan, but th-:: was not nearly the fad for pent- house apartments that there is today. | »—ee Khyber Pass. When British “Tomi find them- selves besiegzd in Peshawar, on the far northwestern frontier of Hindustan and | Ehyber Pass, famed in Kipling song and etory, is gravely menacad, it can no longer be doubted by Englishmen or the | fifty-two-foot stranded cetacean has | been puzzling Ocean City, Md. world at large that India is at last become a seecthing caldron. All the conquerors of that sprawling Asian %d; | In vastly augmented form and fury. | in New York City has addressed a let- | concluded, but the show has been some- |15 well for the majority to be warned peror-Iling’s troops should in due course drive off, if not destroy, the Afridi as. saflants and restore the status quo around Khyber, The significance of this armed out- break in the remote Northwest, thou- sends of miles from the seat of the Gandhi crusade, oustrips any imme- diate military importance it has, seri- ous ss that is. The fighting around Peshawar means that to “civil dis- obedience” in India has now been added the new and sanguinary element of tribal warfare. The “furzy-wuzzies” of the Barrack Room Ballads have caused the British more or less perpetual trou- ble. But their ebullitions have gen- lv been excesses of a sort easily suppressed, because sporadic and no part of any consistent or organized defiance of imperial authority. With Moslems and Hindus in new and fanatical strife in the Sind dis- trict, with Gandhi's Nationalist zealots in avowed revolt, and now with the fighting tribes of the strategic hill country in actual battle array, “Mother India” faces grim times. Before she is pacified the gory story of the Mutiny may have its modern prototype, only ————— Profiteering on the Drought. Concern for the immediate effects of the drought upon the welfare of the growers of food produce is attended and heightened by concern for the consumers, who will probably be mulet- ed in higher prices later on the score of the visitation of nature. Already rates for some food materials are ad- vancing in the market. Wholesalers and retailers are pointing to the drought as the cause for this advance in rates. As the process continues they will iterate the plea of the drought as the reason for adding dollars to the larger-quantity quotations and pennies to the smaller amounts, It is doubtful whether there will be any appreciable shortage in all the lines of food materials for which higher prices will quite assuredly be charged. A rough estimate just made puts the crop damage at seven per cent of the national total. This loss is mainly in the grains. Table supplies probably show a very much less diminution. It would be safe to estimate that perhaps not more than two per cent of shortage in ordinary produce could be attributed to the drought. But the two per cent of provision deficiency will become a five or a.ten per cent increase in rates by the time the consumer is reached, or even higher. ‘This phenomenon of an increasing ratio of increase in prices from the pro- ducer to the consumer is & familiar one in recent decades. It results from the multiplication of agencies of distribu- tion. It is unnatural thus to thicken the “spread” of extra cost outward from the source of production. But it is the process nevertheless and no remedy short of price-fixing by Government, which is a measure to be resorted to in only the gravest emergencies, will pre- vent it. Already there has been considerable buying of food materials in anticipa- tion of shortages and price increases. Canned goods have “moved” with un- usual rapidity during the last fortnight as the seriousness of the drought situa- tion has been realized and forehanded domestic providers have stocked their cupboards and storerooms. These are the buyers with larger means, who could afford in later times the most easily to pay the higher prices. But the more that is bought now as provision against a later shortage or price advance will lessen the demand then, and it may be that this will be a corrective factor to prevent profiteering. New York's Stage Cesspool. The rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ter to his parishioners, with the ap- proval of Cardinal Hayes, declaring that certain stage shows now being presented in that city are an outrage of public decency and asking for development of a public opinion determined not to patronize such performances. Two lays are named specifically in this connection, one a so-called revue and the other a production from the classic Greek drama. The former of these shows was recently “raided” by the police and the producer and scme of the performers were taken into court on charges of debasing public morals. The case against them has not been what purged of its ocbjectionable features and is playing to even larger houses than before. It is noted further that as a result of the criticism directed against the Greek comedy the advance sale, which has averaged about $1,000 a day throughout the Summer, has| increased to $2,500. These figures indicate the difficulty of correcting the abuse of the stage by public denouncement. Only & smail percentage of theater-goers are turned | against the productions by such meas- ures. New York’s theaters cater chiefly to the out-of-town public, the peopls who flock there on business or fur pleasure and who go to see the most, notorious, the most Mbidinous and the | mest. indecent shows as part of tie reasons of existence in the metropolis. | Nevertheless the denunciation of | such productions in the name of public | decency is wholesome even though it | may result in immediate profit to tne | promoters. It serves at least to hold | up the standard of taste and toleration. | A small minority of the pecple can | support an unclean stage show, but it | and admonished agalnst participation in this viclous partnership. SRS, | What to do with the carcass of a “What a whale of a difference” a few days make in such a case! The interesting occurrence of Wednesday becomes the realm in centuries past, save onmly those who came by sea, have entered through Khyber Pass. That gateway possessed, in most instances, has meant India possessed. With Peshawar, the key to Khyber, surrounded by ten thousand Afridis, the 2ggressive warriors of the fierce Pathan tribe, Britain has concrite cause to view developments with anx'ety. All communication between Peshawir and the rest of India, except by radio, is cut offt. The government at Simla must now depend entirely on the Royal Air Force and wireless for news of the piv- otal city'’s defense. British force is available in India on a large scale. The Afridis can beleaguer Peshawar for a . period and inflict both loss of life and calamity of the succeeding Sunday. rem — Mr. Healy and Mr. and Mrs. Ewalé. | As a study in naivete the records of the inquiry now being conducted in New York into the Ewald judgeship case are fascinating. It will be recalled that Mr. Ewald wanted to be a judge i and Mr. Healy, district leader, wanted |to buy a suburban home, and Mrs. | Ewald loaned Mr. Healy, through Mr. ‘Tommaney, & subordinate official and a close friend of Mr. Healy, $10,000 which she had accumulated for the purpose of buying s home of her own before her husband's aspirations came to practical focus. Mr, Tommaney gave Mrs. Ewald a note for $10,000, physical suffering within the envelopzd payable in three years, without interest, ares. But with modern equipment, espegially bombing aircraft, the Em- < snd turned the m-n-7 over to Mr. Healy, who, It now develops, turned | oftice, ! about as cross onc day as another.” it over to his Wife, who banked it tn | two different accounts, and some time Jater these funds were used in the buy- ng of the desired suburban home. Meanwhile, Mr. Ewald got his judge- ship. District Attorpey Crain has been conducting an inquiry into this obvious- ly innocent transaction to satisfy that curiosity that is sometimes observed in prosecuting officiais. The ‘other day he had Mr. Healy before him and he learned that Mr. Ewald was only a casual acquaintance, though a member of the same political club. Mr. Healy's was at first a bit vague about how Mr. Ewald’s desire to be a judge came to his attention. Finally, the best he could do was as follow 1f I remember rightly, he came to the club one night and said that the suben Society was sponsoring him a vacancy which was coming to r society because of its German- an affiliations, and he asked could 1 be of any service—the exact words 1 can't recall—would I assist him. I think, if I remember right, I said, “If I can be of any service to you it would be a pleasure to heip you.” Something like that: “If I can be of any service to you I would like to help you. & would like to help you,” or *call on me again.” He never called again. Asked where it was in the club house that this conversation took place, Mr. Healy said that it was in the regular which is open. “You were at a desk?” asked the district attorney. Mr. Healy replied: A regular desk, with a secretary next to me, and I think my stenographer was there, if I remember, and the peo- ple waiting on seats to see me. He sat down alongside of you? asked ul;‘edgnstrm attorney. Mr. Healy re- Ples, right in front of the desk, like this gentleman (pointing to the ste- nographer) is to you. There is the picture—Mr. Healy sit- ting at his place of business at a desk with a secretary and stenographer and petitioners for his assistance form- ing in line and presenting their pleas in turn. Mr. Ewald was one of these and he went and took his place in line and in his turn was received, and he stated desire, and “he never called again.” But he got the job, though meanwhile it was necessary for Mr. Tommaney to float a loan from Mrs. Ewald, whom Mr. Healy did not know, and who paid half of the money by a check signed with her maiden name. Mr. Healy made no request for Mr. Ewald's appointment, he says; men- tioned the matter to nobody in au- thority. Yet, so striking are coinci- dences at times, the aspirant whose wife made the loan to help Mr. Healy buy his house was the one who got the judgeship about a fortnight later. Is it not refreshing in these days of | & wickedness to see such trustfulness and such happy coincidence of wish and achievement? —ree— ‘The new Westchester County, N. Y., Jail is to be wired for the eventual| installation of individual radio and television sets for each cell. The con- tract has just been let, so there is still plenty of time for piping in Florida or lavender water and arranging for those electric pull-out cigarette lighters. e e An exhibition illustrative of adver- tising throughout the ages has been installed in a London gallery of art. Little did Lydia Pinkham and Dr. Mun- yon ever dream that they would one day achieve this distinction. —— e One of the great comforts of being | jobless in & hot spell is that one has plenty of time to read about the in- terior furnishings of the yachts of | royalty, - nobility and captains of in- | dustry. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Perpetuity. Earth our joys will never banish, Leaving us to utter gloom; Though the Springtime blossoms vanish, There are other flowers to bloom. When this day, with task unfinished, Into darkness chill has gone, Let your faith be undiminished— There are other days to dawn. Should this life be insufficient For ambition’s reckless sum, Trust once more to the Omnisclent— There are other men to come. A Mistake, “Geniuses are seldom understood.” “yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But that fact has led many a misguided person to pose as a genius when he is merely & social misfit.”” Even-Tempered. answered Mrs. Corntossel. He's jes’ A Hard Fate. Still at the world’s unequal way Must Justice look askance— The umpire geis the smallest pay, And takes the biggest chance. A Shy Billionaire. “You never make any benevolent donations?” said the Teproving friend. “No,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I have been scolded and criticized enough.” A Choce. “Do you always tell the exact truth about a fishing trip?” “I used to,” said the man with an elastic conscienc “but I've quit boring my friends. I have concluded that it is better to be catertaining than vera- | clous.” From Season to Season. Once more we hear the story old, ‘With sorrow so replete: ‘When not complaining of the cold, We're scolding at the he: “One trouble in dis life,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat dere’s too many natural- born overseers an' not enough natural- born work hands.” Why Is It? Prom the Altoona Mirror. One of the peculiarities of our busi- ness situation is that business gets slack just when money gets tight. —e—ee— “Jam” Is Better Word. Prom the Detroit Free Press. M. Briand’s United States of Europe doesn't appear to “jell” very well? Per- haps it's the hot weather that's the trouble, May Be Some Sense in It. Prom the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Reforestation on the grand scale may now be urged for the additional reason that it is necessary provide suffi- clent perches for the M" STAR, WASHINGTON THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The old doorman leaned down in the majesty of his glittering uniform. “I always shake hands with Littla Princess,” he said, solemnly, his huge white mustache twitching. The Little Princess smiled her moth- er's smile. Her hair was flaxen, as & Princess’ hair ought to be. Her eyes were pale gray, tinged with blue. What gave them utter distinction were the thick and long black eye- lashes. The upward, sideways glance from those glotious eyes was enough to bring ?n_\; man, doorman or otherwise, to her eet. Straightway, those eyes looked at vou always, but it was when they looked with an upward tilt, from the side. that they achieved a result which ordinary eyes might fail of in a lifetime of gleaming. R ‘The Little Prjncess tripped down the steps in her light blue dress. Her darker blue beret set off shining eyes and glistening hair. Her tanned skin contrasted with both dress, eyes, hair, beret. Her solemnity, at being downtown was impressive. One might not have thought that only so little ago as an hour she had been turning somersaults in the back yard. At that time an elevated tilt had displayed to the world that her back Was quite as tanned as her arms, and that she was dressed appropriately for hot weather. Now she was all seriousness, walking down the steps to the Coffee Shoppe. * kK ok “He gave me these pictures,” she sald, displaying in her small hand a couple of post cards bearing the photo- graph, in many celors, of the hotel over which the regal man presided. “And what will you have, Princess, for your lunch?” The Princess, in the sheer luxury of being able to read, glanced languidly over the program—er, bill of fare. “Let me see,” she said. There were, in fact, two bills, and she held one in either hand. There was so much on either one that it was enough to nonplus a person many times 7 years of age. Seven is a magic age, is it not? he little lambs play, they know no better; they are only one times one,” ran the old poem. At 7 one can read fluently—at least one can nowadays—one can turn hand- springs in the grass, one can skate like a flash, swim, dive, eat lollypops and ice cream cones, smile and be loved by every one. ‘Who would want to be anything but 7 years old, in view of all that? * Kk ok % ‘The Princess decided in favor of a chicken sandwich, but, hearing others order cinnamon toast, thought she might like & bit of that, too. A glass of milk she frowned upon. Milk is a commodity held in esteem by educators, therefore disliked by chil- ren. 1t is really too bad, but such is life. ‘The Princess thought that a glass of lemon ice, at the conclusion of the meal, might not be & bad way of end- ing up. A glass of iced water would do. Iced tea was on the forbidden list, and, be- sides, she didn't care for it much. The tastes of Princesses are not to be disputed, argued about, queried into. ‘What they want is what they want. The Duke of Deubil, an old worthy of Southern France, put the thing succinct- |1y on his coat of arms: “I am the Duke of Deubil, I do what I will.” * % % % “Do you remember the time,” said the Little Princess, “when you made the | lollypops grow in the back yard?” | "A double glance from "those great |eyes left mo doubt that the memory | was a pleasant one. | "'Presto! just like that, the vari-colored | 1ollypops had sprouted in the grass, first a peppermint, then a lime, then a straw- berry, then a raspberry, then a vanilla. The Princess, covering her eyes with her hands, had waited for the candy- on-a-stick to come up through the soil. She had faith; similarly strange oc- currences had happened on schedule time before;, the substance of things hoped for had a strange way of mate- rializing for her. May it always be so! “Has & peppermint one grown up t “You are looking—if you look, noth- | ing will grow.” The small | | | ve | | fingers tightened their one * | The word was given. | “om” And there was a lemon one, leading |all the rest—a gorgeous lemon one, | standing bravely atop its strong stick. And behind, in & solemn row, marched Raspberry, Chocolate, Lime, Peppermint, Vanilla and all the other Popular Flavors. Nor were these obscure bourgeois lol- Iypops, selling for a cent each in some corner store, frequented by dirty-faced children with sticky fingers. These “pops” came from a glittering lace, where neat maids in starched uniforms stood behind shining counters. The lollypop family lived in the center case. ‘There were millions upon mil- lions of them, lying in huge trays, wait- ing the divine favor of the children. Today 90,000 were to go forth to be kissed by as many thowand small mouths. Tomorrew 150,000, due to some obscure economic change, would sal away to homes everywhere. The Princess, neither knowing nor caring for economics, accepted the lol- Iypops thrown into her lap as gifts which were her divine right. O “I hope a lemon one will come up.” She accepted with the royal grace which made the traditions of Kings, and crowned the ordinary actions of every- day mortals, who by no means had wonderful eyes, with something or other lovely to behold. Now the Princess was eating her chicken sandwich in the same way. She ins) it gravely, ate all the insides out, started on the crust from left to right, went through with that. The lemon ice melted away. The feast was at an end. The rite of the fingerbowl finished, the Princess grave- ly donned her beret, walked majes- tically up the steps. ‘The lordly doorman bowed low again. Princess,” he said. “Say!” said the Princess. “Have {vll I left mine down there.” The doorman produced a great pack. to her. “Thank you,” she said. “I must shake hands with the Little got any more of those cards? He detached at least 50, and gave them And rewarded him with a glance. ‘Highlights on the Wide World Execerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands Stranger, Man Without Heart. L TIEMPO, Boyota.—Every time foreigners come to visit Bogota our self-esteem suffers a fresh wound. We love the city, and finil it beautiful, charming and varied in life and interest because it is ours. But the stranger is a man without a heart. H2 arrives with his kodak, sketchbook, and diary, and pro- ceeds to take pictures and notes of everything we consider romantic, pleas- ant and picturesque—except that he considers these same things proof of our backwardness and general lack of civili- zation. He is alert to all the inconven- jences and deficiencies of our life, and jots down memoranda of all these de- tails in his little book. If such a one does happen to appreci- ate the natural beautits of our country, this is the only feature that he does have enthusiasm for. In all other sur- roundings he finds us lamentably lack- ing! No later than yesterday we re- marked in these same columns the im- mense transformation that has taken place in our mode of life in the last half-century. But this is an advance that is noticeable, apparently, only to ourselves, for the tourist from America or Prance still finds in us the rusticity of eighteenth century Spain! What & terrible dissillusion for a proud Bogotan! We are still an un- couth people, and neither our auto- motors, our tea houses, our radios, our sports, nor any other of the modernities we have acquired suffice to purge us of our Iberian traits and color. While our beloved country has been exerting every effort to become up-to-date, and wag- ing a continuous war on everything that is rude and primitive, travelers 1 the seas still find us simple and unenlightened. Well, we still retain two heritages worth all the false culture of the rest of the world—the beautiful eyes of our women and our affection for all that is Latin. With these priceless possessions we can easily sweeten our lives. * x %% Bulgarian National Soul Still Lives. Bulgarian British Revlew, Sofia.—The Christian population of Bulgaria first fell under the barbarous mareh of the muliudinous Turkish tribes in 1393. For a period of five centurles, Bulgaria was subject to Turkish rule. Difcult times of slavery, subjection, misrule and spiritual darkness fell over the nation. However, the national soul did not die, and natfonal consclousness continues to be awakened in spite of the destruction of the national church, the strongest support of that consciousness in_the people. Together with the political slav- ery under ‘Turkish rule, the people had also to live through a long period of spiritual subjection under the Greeks. This attempt of the Constantinople patriarchate to take hold of the national Bulgarian spirit has been more onerous than the political slavery under the Turks. The most interesting period in Bulgarian history begins with the po- litical liberation of the people from the | Turkish yoke in 1854. The separation of the national church from Greek pa- triarchate dates from 1870. Since then, Buigaria has awakened to a new de- velopment in nationai life and art. ® ok % % Cantonese Board Bars Showing of “Ben-Hur.” North China Standard, Pieping.—The Cantonese Board fo Education has pro- hibited the showing of the American motion picture “Ben-Hur,” written by Gen. Lew Wnlln‘ce. nnh:m‘mund that it presented religious s antagonis- tic to those of the Chinese people. Rather an unreasonable objection, as three or four different religions are al- ready claiming pre-eminence in China already. * x x x Customs Agents Uncover Counterfelt Stamps. La Opinion, Manila.—The executives of the customs.office sent to the insular treasury recently, for appropriate at- tention and procedure, 230 sheets of 50 counterfeit stamps each, which arrived on & German boat. The stamps are of the 6-centimo denomination, and the total face value of them amounts to 690 pesos. The stamps were found by cus- toms officers while 'o:l?'flfl h the mfl effects er stamps, it ap- pears, were consigned to a German commereial house in this city. ! * X ¥ % | Object to Married | Women Teaching School. | Evening Post, Wellington.—“The time | has arrived when women teachers who marry should automatically cease to be | employed as teachers,” is the opinion | of the Auckland School Association. A | committee expresses its opinion in the following words: | “Where married women are employed by private individuals or are working [lor themselves, there is no necessity to restrict their work, but when they are | employed by the state it is reasonable | and right to consider their employment from a different standpoint. No one will dispute the right of a farmer's wife {to assist her husband in their joint undertaking, and it is perfectly right | that & wife’ should assist her husband in the management of his business. In these cases the individual infringes no ights. but when the state employs mar- ed women the si - ried w situation is quite dif- “No one would deny to a married woman teacher who through unfortu- nate circumstances is forced to be the bread-winner the full right of employ- ment in state schools, but every one must deprecate the employment of the married woman who has no necessity to teach. The time has undoubtedly ar- rived when women teachers marrying should be deprived of their positions. This would entail no hardships, it being reasonable to suppose that women teach- ers who are contemplating matrimony would consider well whether the step is in their own interest. “There is no doubt that women teach- ers generally are strongly against the employment of married women whose husbands cen provide for them. and it is difficult to understand why the sys- t'.;:x"m# been allowed to become so * ok k% Public Demonstration In Physical Education. Japanese Advertiser, Tokio.—Closing exercises were given a public presenta- tion recently in the physical education courses of the Tokio Y. M. C. A., under the direction of Tohru Yanagita, who recently returned from & trip through Europe and the United States, during which he studied all the different sys- tems _of calisthenics, and particularly the Danish forms of physical culture, which have been popular of late, not cnly in Denmark, but_also_throughout Europe and America. Mr. Yanagita re- ported that the Japanese system of self - defense, Jlujitsu, s conversely much studied abroad, and that two teams of six men each are shortly to give an exhibition of this form of phys- ical training in London. The teams represent the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. e John Beckett’s Crime. From the Providence Evening Bulletin. No American can appreciate the enormity of the Labor member's crime, nor his passionate determination, in | picking up, as John Beckett did, the mace of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and attempting to walk off with it, To us the fact that a thing has never been done is all the more reason for doing it. But to a true Briton, dwell- ing as he does in a land where all has been softened down from precedent to precedent—even unto the method of wrecking old houses or taking a bath— “it has never been done” is as good as an_ ultimatum. Nobody _irreverentlv walks off with the mace. It isn't done. It is this precious ultimatum—one which an Englishman will no more de- bate with you than he will debate his religion or his loyalty to the Prince of Wales—which the Labor member chal- lenged. ‘The mace is a symbol of the au- thority of the House. In that sym- bolism is epitomized the arduous and successful struggle of the commoners to gain a voice. John Beckett ap- parently figures that liberty was slip- ping and cast his doubts in dramatic form. But the thing just isn’t done. His irreverence is indicative of a new spirit which is arising there. And what switly befell him is pretty good evi- dence of how it Wit fare. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM 1L G M 11732-1932: George Washington Bicen- termial Tree Planting. Conducted by the American Tree Association. Washington, D. C. Co-operating with the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission. The best memorial to greatness, it seems to me, is that which in purpose and character and use seeks definitely to carry forward the service represent- ed by such memorial. Are we not, as matter of fact, appreciably in bond to active support of that which it*rep- resents? Or, is it really no more to us, coming after, than an_ object of plous and pessive homage? Much more than that, it seems to me. e In two years our country will cele- brate George Washington, born years ago. 1732-1932. * ok x x Astounding changes have come to the United States within this period. Great changes have come to Wuhln‘- ton also. The good work of modernly equipped scholar and student is divest- ing the great man of much of the heavy impedimenta of legend that has through the years weighted him to the measure_of “a saint, incredible and futile. Emerging from this, he is now coming to stand before his countrymen, contemporaneous and forward looking— even in this age of amazing progress. A builder from the beginning of his career. Building, first, for independ- ence. Building: next, for a permanent union of the Colonies. Using homely industrial measures of production and exchange to level the South up to the commercial Ngrth, thereby smoothing away natural jealousies to the accom- modations required for a continuance of the new Republic. A modern man, this George Washington. * Kok x It seems to me that in the coming celebration of Washington, and of our own clear debt to his foresight, no sin- gle part of it will set out the creative spirit of the man more usefully than the one indicated by the booklet in 11| hand. As Washington in his own day looked out across the Western wilder- ness of forest, out across the new America, it is likely that no sense of danger to the primeval growth came to warn him. But, you may be sure, had such a thought come his way, he would have been first and most active in devising means to stand between the great woods and any real menace to them. Within the short stretch of 200 years the seemingly impossible has come to pass. The wide tree areas of America are facing losses that mean ultimate destruction. A loss that must be pocketed, should it eventuate, by the population, the people generally. LI Now for the booklet itself. A little sheaf of leaves bound and set on its way for the sake of bidding every American to the George Washington bi- centennial celsbration of 1932. Not merely an invitation to come. Rather is this an urgent call to get busy at once. To begin tomorrow morning tree planting which, in a couple of years, will stand as lusty token of our faith. Stand as a thing to be Sustly proud of when the parades are marching by, and the bands are paying tribute, and eloquent speeches are being made, all in honor of.the great George Washington. Then, if in between whiles we do our part, all over the land there will be millions of tree growths, Nving testimonials of our faith in the con- structive spirit of Washington, in our honest will to carry on. A little book, compact of useful information and spe- cific instruction. An admirably organ- ijzed book, separating into two parts. One of these is given over to forest plantings. The -other deals with trees for streets, parks, highways, roadside groves, for every spot ‘where and beauty can shed their beneficence upon all live things. To fit these two pur- poses of tree planting there are lists of trees, generous lists, to meet the varjous con! ditions of climate and soil throughout the country with rowths constituted to thrive in these different regional areas. This list is finely com- plete in beth deciduous and evergreen trees, de: finitely helpful, besides, in its district classifications. A practical book- ific lessons in tree plant- harts to keep the unpracticed from going off out of the way ine suecess. There are pro- grams for the use of those who devise planting ceremonies, programs for the use of clubs, individuals, civic groups and so on. The useful booklet with an inspiriting word to readers from the President of the American Tree Association, Charles Lathrop Pack. And the book is yours for the asking. To- morrow morning. Don't forget. Let's go! planter of genu * ok X E ROADS TO ROAM. Hoffman Bl Drawings by Charles Hargens. Penn Publishing Co. Another book on_the canyon of the great West? In hot weather, too? Yes, both. A different book eon this popular: travel theme. One so out of the common run &s to make a reader forget the imme- diate discomfort of this particularly forrid season. One gathers that the original intent of this adventure was the taking of pictures, thousands them. He is that kind of man obvious- ly. The book itself is a body of run- ning notes on the various sides of this business that turn uppermost at one instant and another. The effect of & book made in this casual, unauthorlike manner is a sparklike spontaneity | which keeps the reader keyed to the pitch of not losing a bit of anything that is so manifestly on the go. Crawling up the side walls of a canyon is no pastime. Diving into the bowels of the earth is no picnic. Coming to terms with streams that deny the laws of ! fluld descent is & good deal of a job. | But the strenuous business is clear en- joyment_because, you see, it is play— not work. Besides, the man is alone. A book could be written on this situ- ation as the source of one’s keenest and deepest Joy. What ever he does, he does it because he wants to. Se he puts the whole of himself into it. A book? Oh, & book be hanged! He is not out after literature, And, from the jottings gathered up, self-remindfully, we have the story. Adventure, under which pie- ound among vari- ous Indian peoples to see what they do with the days going by, what they have brought along with them out of an im- memorial past, where they are going and what, once arrived, will be the business of the hereafter. These things interest this lone adventurer mightily. They are interesting things—just a dif- ferent pattern from our own about the old, mystery of, the human advent and exit. under the reach of this adventurer— Yosemite, the Mormon country, the rim-rock region, the vigilante trail and on, straight on to the “foot of the rain- bow.” In other mood, the man stops to deseribe, compare and moralize on the two cities of Los Angeles and Reno— but that's not so interesting. Indeed, he’s not so interesting then as when he is out in the big open, dealing with mountains and skies and canyons and big trees and such. ¥ has been very good to me,” this suddenly pious pilgrim asserts. “He has allowed me to see the Grand Canyon, Havasu, Yosemite, the Rockies, the desert in its infinite variety, Monument Valley and the Rainbow Bridge. He doesn’t owe me a thing; and even if I never flind that ‘complement of under- standing and sympathy’ of which some of you have spoken I'm still ahead of the game.” “The shadow of the bridge was flung on the cliffs beyond, a lesser rainbow of black velvet. Overhead, precisely spanning the span and following its e Teglon [ hensive study as Mr. Hoover desires to Of | thrift through such_ investment. A wide trail, and long, stretches BY FREDERI! ‘This is a special department devoted to the handling of inquiries.. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. Write your question, your name and your address clearly and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening. Star information Bu- reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. Q. What kind of guns could be used ;‘ol'D big-game hunting in Africa?— " D. M. A. The Natiopal Rifle Association of America says tRat for elephant shoot- ing a .375 Mauser rifié is generally used and that for other game the common weapon is either a model .54 Winchester or a Springfield sport rifie with a 30-06 cartridge. Q. Please describe the Confederate flag?—P. H. A. 1t was a red flag with a blue strips extending from the upper left- hand corner to the lower right-hand corner and from the upper right to the lower left corner. On the crossed bars were white stars. Q. What kind of cheese is.Roman choese?—A. G. N. A. Tt is a kind of hard Italian cheese, somewhat similar to Parmesan cheese, but made of the milk of ewes. Q. Please give a short biography of ‘Will Rogers.—H. C. D. A. He was born at Oologah, Indian Territory, November 4, Clem Vann and Mary (Schrimpsher) Rogers; educated at the Willie- Hassell School, Neosho, Mo., and the Kemper Military Academy, Boonville, Mo.; mar- ried Betty Blake November 25, 1908. Began his stage career in vaudeville at Hammerstein’s Roof Garden, New York, 1905, Q. Where can American Legion posts buy equipment for officers?>—L. B. A. The chief of ordnance, United States War Department, says that only commissioned officers of the Regular service, Reserve officers, warrant offi- cers or National Guard officers may buy the regular equipment of the Bureau of Ordnance. The bureau allows Amer- ican Legion posts to buy equipment for ceremonial or military purposes, there must be a strict agreement with each lot purchased that the equipment is not intended for individual men, since it is reserved for the officers named above. Q. What is forage painting used in bookbinding?—A. G. A. This is a corruption of the words “fore edge,” used to describe the deli- cate painting or decbration applied to the extreme front edges of the book. ‘When the book was closed, anly blotches or masses of colors showed, but when the leaves of the book were partially spread delicate tracery, artistic de- sr(ns and sometimes elaborate pictures were revealed, Samuel Mearne, book- binder to King Charles IT of England, is credited with originating this form of decoration. Q. Why is the Chinese and Japanese dragon such an unusual-looking crea- ture?—V. S. A. Maud Rex Allen says: “As known | in_Japan, the conception is undoubt- edly derived frcm the products of the imagination of the early Chinese, who were especially fond of evolving super- natural forms by combining parts of various animals. It is essentially a ser- pent, with horns of a deer, the head of a horse, eyes like a devil, neck like o snake, belly like that of a Ted worm, scales like those of a carp, ears like a cow, paws like a tiger and claws like an eagle. It has flame-like ap- 1879; son of | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. pendages on shoulders and hips. On either foot are three, four, or five claws—the imperial dragon cf China has five. that of Japan three.” Q. Is it true that it costs more or takes more energy to bring an elevator !uo n_than it does to send it up—J. H. A. The Bureau of Standards says that /it is nct true that it costs more or | takes .more energy to bring a loaded | elevator down than it does to take it | up. The reverse is true. Elevators are | usually provided with a counterweight | equivalent to the weight of the car | pfus & third of the rated load so that | in the up direction the motor, neglect- | ing friction and windage, must lift two- thirds of the rated capacity of the car. | With full load in the down direction no | energy is used except to bring the car up to speed. When the car has attained its rated velocity the motor acts as the generator and returns energy to the system. Q. Where is women to a woman?—C. 3 A. There is one in Fredericksburg, erected by women of America to | Mary, mcther of George ‘Washington. | It was dedicated May 10, 1894. | el | @ When was the English East India | Co. formed?—L. R. A. |~ A. In 1599 the Dutch Talsed the price | of pepper from 3 shillings to 6 shillings per pound, and in Scptember of that ar the merchants of London banded | together for the purpcse of joining & | company to direct trade to the In= dics. The East India Co. was granted | a charter by Queen Elizabeth in 1600, |and was first called “Govenour and | Company of Merchants of London Trad« | in * with the East Indies.” In 1698 Wil- {liam IIT incorporated the “English | Company Trading With the East In- dies.” The two were amalgamated in 1708 under the title “The United Com- pany of Merchants of England Trading |to the East Indies,” commonly calle “Honorable East India Company.” Q. Is there such a mineral as virgin platina?—C. A. A. The Bureau of Mines says that practically all platinum recovered in the world is native platinum, which is the same as virgin platina. Q. What happened to the Mexican wWho shot President Calles?—A. A. A. Jose de Leon Toral, who shot | President Calles, was found guilty and was executed by a firing squad at Mexico City Penitentiary, Februsty 39, 9 Q. When was meat first shipped in refrigerated condition?—W. W. A. Refrigeration, in the modern sense, was invented in 1861, but it was some years before it became satisfactory for transportation purposes. Q. What is the other name for an opera hat?—C. M. A. 1t is known as a gibus hat—so called after its original maker in Paris. Q. Did the Indian chief Osceola die in Florida or in South Carolina?—M. C. K. A. Osceola and his companions were | seized by Gen. Jesup while hol a8 conference under a of truce. loss of freedom and brooding over the manner in which he had been betrayed broke Osceola’s spirit and he died a prisoner at Fort Moultrie, Fla.,, in Jan- uary, 1838. Q. What will take the printing out of flour bags?—O. S. H. A. To remove printing from sacks, boil them in a mixture consisting of & tablespoonful of kerosene and two quarts of scngsudz, This treatment will take out the colored lettering as well as bleach the bags. | it statue erected by O'B | | Vi | M Seen in Home Selection by President Hoover of a commission made up of the heads of 19 national business, professional, trade and civic bodies to promote home own- ership is viewed sympathetically by the country. There is much interest as to the method by which the financing of such operations may be facilitated. It is also believed that such results as may be obtained would relieve idleness in the building trades. “Taking & hint, apparently, from re- cent demonstrations of congressional coolness toward appropriations for his commissions,” says the Manchester Union, “the President makes it known that in this case provision has already been made to meet the expenses of the inquiry. A great deal is heard of the idea that the American home is doomed. One does not need to share the views of the pessimists to realize that it is undergoing changes and'that there is abundant reason for such a compre- have made, Especially in some of the big cities home ownership has dwimr- dled. While title to the property is by no means an absolute essential to the making of a real home, it is true enough that ownership is likely to promote that result. There is, too, the important consideration of the Idvnnl:ementl of Alto- gether there is in this matter a genu- ine opportunity for investigation that will be amply worth while from the point of view of the community as well as the individual.” ‘The soundness of such investments is pointed out by the Pittsburgh Post-G: zette, with the conclusion that perity in general would be promoted if money that has been going into unwise speculation could be diverted to build- ing,” and that paper remarks as to the nature of the national effort, “Every ¢ity has its organizations devoted to the object of better housing, but there is something new and vitally important in | the move to co-ordinate these activities | in & country-wide program to encoura individual building and home owning. DR “The proposed conference,” in_ the opinion of the Louisville Courier-Jour- nal, “naturally will become the agency of publicity for needed reforms in the business of building and owning homes, When second mortgage interest runs as high as 20 or 25 per cent and when money is hard to obtain for first mort- gages or rates are high, remedies are demanded. The conference likely will discuss the problems of labor, the con- tracting trades, financing companies and all agencies affected. This may | lead to_joint action and reform. * * * Overbuilding of & certain type of home during the war had much to do with the present stagnation, but other and | perhaps more important reasons for the | falling off in home buying are likely to be brought out and some of the ob- | stacles attacked as a result of the Presi- | dent’s action.’ | Less favorable is the attitude of the Newark Evening News, which holds that | “when all is and done, no Govern- ment aid will be so effective as the| ability of the citizens to deal with their | own problems. If we have lost the old American knack for individual resource and voluntary co-operation,” continues | trail and no roads at all. Her fat and | expensive tires have kicked up the dust | in twenty-two of the States of the| Union and three of old Mexico. She| has made four trips from coast to coast | and has crossed the Continental Divide | a score of times. Not once has she failed me by r1eason of mechanical breakdown. Faithful, loyal, sturdy, de- pendable, uncomplaining—would 'that every human I have encountered had possessed similar virtues!” That looks to me lke & real dedication, validly | curvature exactly, were the three stars in the ‘tail’ of Ursa Major! God in His s no use even trying to Since it savors so keenly of the man himself and forecasts, besides, the en- Jjoyable flair of the account, let’s read: “Dedicated, with very genuine affec- tion, to ‘Betsy,’ a roadster, who has been my companion on some 40,000 miles of wandering over highway, th, din founded. A good deal of general specu- lation rises around the average dedica- tion. Read them off and on for a sea- son. Then draw your own composite notion as a picture of the scene, and scenes, from which these perfunctory tributes have been given. However, that is something else. Here at hand is an ally- engrossing account of petsonal ISocial. and- Economic Values -Owning Efforts that paper, “we will not get far. The present-day habit of running to Wash- ington for everything isn't healthy. and is more or less futile.” The News blames “post-war inflation” for some present conditions, and advises that “Mr. Hoover's commission has just one problem—to deflate the inflation where it can be done with the least damage.” “Certain urban developments of these later days,” states the San Francisco Chronicle, “have complicated the prob= lem. But the heart of man turns in- stinctively to the thought of sovereignty in the little kingdom under his own roof. No one thinks of John Howard Payne's ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ as held by sufferance. The charm that hallowed it was not altogether from the skies. At any rate, its firm foundation rested on the fact that those who lived in that home owned it. Incidentally, this White House conference is a reminder that Uncle Sam owns his own home, Own yours!” e One difficulty foreseen by the New Orleans Tribune is that “Mr. Hoover sets himself the task of dealing with the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Federation of Labor and the American General Contractors.” The Tribune contends that “no two of these organizations have found team work easy.” The Charleston Dally Mail assumes that “chief emphasis will be placed upon the financing problem™ and points to the necessity for overe coming “the present unsctisfactory state of affairs.” “If the Hoover inquiry about its efforts constructively,” thinks the Fort ‘Worth Record-Telegram, *“very much good is due to come from it. If it oper< ates academically and misapplies an obsolete definition of ‘home,’ it will come to an impasse. It requires but a few minutes’ reflection to realize that the old designation of the family gathering place and the new model only resemble other in the sentiment of Howard Payne's song. The econ arround the new model—not the In reaching this conclusion the Worth paper mentions the fact “the entire effort of the world of tainment is . revolving around proposition of taking people from homes.” ‘The value of the work as a meal overcoming business depression is| ognized by the Lexington Leader, the Wheeling Intelligencer points | “Much of the unemployment has among building-trade workers ani producers of building supplies. | home building therefore will subj tially relieve unemployment in tv the most important lines. More construction and ownership will make for greater general conserv. and national stability.” oo Just and Sensible. § From the Fort Worth Record-Telesrank The Supreme Court of Nebraskai has decreed that the candidacy of a gfocer named George W. Norris may notsap- pear on the primary ballot against of Senator George W. Norris, inct ‘The fact that there is unres liberty of action in all such relating to the exercise of the frai should not permit acts which pably are intended as injury to a mate candidate with no chance of sultant good to the perpetrator. is well acquainted with such tactics. Only a few years ago a éandidate most obviously incompetent to hold the office sought made a surprisingly close race for it because of no other virtue than a name well known in the State’s politi- cal history. A part of the race for office should be a sure intent. It should be pre- sumed that a certaln amount of ability lies with the candidates and’ their of- ferings to the voters should be by good faith. Otherwise it would be possible for the opposition to do in- calculable damage (o a legitimate can- didacy for no greater reason than the well known carelessness of voters. Campaigns for office are no fitting opportunities for practical jokers. ‘es for de- unusu adventure.in a region where only ad- ‘venture i tolerated. v ‘ Neither are they proper plac llhe‘rln-te attempts Ea g:nh?uh the veters injury of some oae- - -