Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR wmeWith Sunfiay Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........August 15, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star New;‘pam Company usiness Cffice: 11th St and Penusviva v New Yor] ice. 110 East 42nd \ Fhicteo Office’ Luke Michizan Bulldiie. ropean Office; 14 Regent St.. London, Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. tar Sc rer month 60c per month 65¢ per month ¢ pei tar 35 per copy made at- the end of s, ch month ders may be sent in by mail or .elephone NAtional 3000 nia_Ave Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dalls and Sunday iy, om 00: 1 mo.. 80 inday only . $4.00: 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. Dailv and Sunday..] yr.$12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 aily on'y ... ..'1yr. §8.00: 1mo. 7S¢ unday omys \..L0.1yr. $5.00: 1mo. S50c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled #o the 1ide fo: Tepubiichtion of all news ¢ Patches credi ed {0 it or not gtherwie fed”In' (Ri< aper and aiso “he soca Published L 0. All righ:s of pubiication ot #pecial dispatches herein qre also reserved. War Declared on Drought. Always at his best when functioning #s commander in chief of an army en- listed for the duration of & war to re- lieve human distress, President Hoover yesterday set promptly and effectively in motion Netion-wide machinery for combating the evils of the drought. In co-operation with the Governors of thirteen States, ten of whom were pres- ent at the White House conference in person, Mr. Hoover laid the ground- evident that some day something will have to be done about Statuary Hall. | Either the late-comers, the belated i States not yet inspired to send mute representatives to the old Hall of Con- gress, must be denied space in the gal- lery, or else an annax must be provided. It is hardly posstble that Congress would ever consent to the removal of the present statues and the place- ment of their companion figures in the Rotunda, with its greater space. There is no particular congruity in the placement of these State statues in the old House of Representatives. They d> not belong there by virtue of any association. If all the personages = p- resented were former members of ~ - gress, this emplacement might have a logical significance. But many of them never came to Congress. Perhaps their fame is greater because of that fact. Be that as it may, this is not a congression=] group that now looks down upon the American public as it {assembles in the historic hall, looks | down from varying heights and with differing degrees of likeness to human beings. There would h no great public grief if the statue; in the hall were kept in their boxes until Congress provided an- other place for them, a more appro- priate setting. more adequate and a less intrusive housing for this strangely assorted gathering of Americana in bronze and stone. ———,——— ‘Hidden Trusts.” The term “hidden trust.” used to connote the existence of a lien against real estate, knowledge of which is with- held from the purchaser at the time of sale of the real estate, is apt to lead to work for a far-reaching relief organiza- | tion. It will embrace Federal, State | and county committees. Its immediate | objective is the prevention of live smck} losses, assistance to needy farm families | and protection of the public health | These remediel measures are to be | accomplished, a presidential stateme: explains, by (a) placing of loans pri vately or where necessary with assist ance of State or National agencies, (b) Red Cross aid, (c) employment and (d) reduced railway rates for food, feed and live stock to the distressed dis- tricts. Federal help in the carrying out of relief activities will be supervised by a national committee, to be appointed by Mr. Hoover, composed of representa- tives of the Department of Agricuiture, Federal Farm Board, Pederal Farm Loan Board, American Red Cross, American Railway Association and the Public Health Service. The Red Cross has made a preliminary allocation of $5.000,000 “pending determination of Our great na- almoner agency will or- ganize its own committees in each drought county, the head of which will serve also on the county drought com- mittee. Appropriate’ and effective agencies are thus pledged to fight on co-or- dinated lines against what Secretary Hyde last night, over the radio, de- scribed as the worst ‘“scourge of drought” in the history of the coun- try. With tens of thousands of rural folks having lost their savings, mil- lions altogether are undergoing -acute suffering. Not even the comprehensive | scheme of amelioration now formulated can assuage all the htman agony or repair fully the vast physical damage which have come in the wake of the Summer’s rainless season. But enor-| mous help is assured everywhere, and the gravity of the drought will be sub- stantially mitigated. President Hoover, indulges in no useless sentimental twaddle in discussing the situation. He comes to grips with it in concrete fashion. His genius for organization is apparent in every joint and beam of the relief structure which is to be set | up. Therein lies real hope of genuine results. always practical, Even the faintest glimmer of a silver lining to a cloud these days is a com- fort. Owing to the prolonged drought, in certaif sections beef on the hoof is but six cents a pound instead of the sixteen of a year ago. Farmers could neither feed nor sell their stock. But those who enjoy six-cent beef this year, Along with many others concerned in the industry, will be a long time paying for their meals. The six ccnts is only | in the nature of a deposit. —————————— Pianists, it is claimed, can acquire a good technique in a minimum of time ! by the use of the slow-motion picture. ‘They ought to watch “our Willie,” some- time at his daily practice | — et The Hall of Doubtful Fame. An illustration just printed in The Star shows Statuary Hall in the Capitol rigged with scaffelding for decorators who are about to give the chamber its occasional cleaning and painting. All the effigies famous Americans, “favorite sons” of the States, are cased in boxes to proteét them from disfigure- ment or damage. This picture prompts the thought that as a matter of ast with very few exceptions the statues might well be left permanently in their wooder shrouds and kept forever from the public view. But there is an- other consideration than that of art affecting this extraordinary group of bronze and marble figures which complicates the matter. They constitute an historic gallery and they represent the States. They have become an insti- ‘ution, of interest to visitors and possibly stimuiative of patriotic pride. Under an act of Congress approved in July, 1864, the old hall of the House of Representatives in the Capitol was designated as a place to which each State might send two statues, represent- ing citizens of the commonwealth or characters identified with its history. To date fifty-sevn brenze and marble heroes, warriors, inventors, explorers, signers of the Declaration and states- men at large have been placed in the hall. If the full quota of fieures is provided thirty-nine more cf these effigies will be presented for cdmizsion and under the statute they cannot be denied. with these relicts of the Sia'2s. to an artistic and almost physical suffo- caticn. A bill introduced in the last Con- gress, and possibly repeat~d in the pre: ent one, provided for the preparation of plans and estimates of cost of erect- Already the hall is crowded To put thirty-nine more in thers would jam it some misunderstanding regarding the actual ability of anybody to conceal such a lien. As a matter of fact, a lien cannot be concealed, for it must be re- corded. If it is not recorded, it ceases to be a recognized lien when property changes hands. The danger of finding one's property scumbered by a lien, the existence of which is unknown, is avoided by paying a title company to search the records— a procedure almost taken for granted by any one contempia‘ing the purchase of property. The whole purpose of & search of title is to find out whether there are any “hidden trust: 50 called, of which the purchaser is un- aware. ere are such trusts, search of title expases them and the purchaser | naturally has the privilege of recogniz- | ing them and going through with the deal or of calling off the transaction. While title companies in the District do not as a rule insure the purchaser against fraud, such as forgery, in the instrument itself, as is commonly done in New York, they do guarantee the purchaser that their statement concern- ing title to real estate is true and cor- rect as far as the records go. If (heir search of title has been faulty and after the transaction the presence of a duly recorded lien is made known, the title company is responsible for the amount of indebtedness which it did not make known. ‘The cost of having a title searched in the District is a flat fee of $30 for the first $5,000 and $1 for each addi- tional $5,000 involved. For a $10,000 property the cost is $35. It is & cost which the purchaser of real estate should insist upon paying. It is a necessary form of insurance. Any one contemplating the purchase of real estate should immediately ques- | tion the motives of a salesman who ad- vises against search of the title as use- less expense. The cost is small indeed compared to the difficulties that may follow failure to take an obviously sen- sible precaution. R s The Easiest Way Out. Yesterday the New York County grand jury, after hearing all the prin- cipals who appeared before it after waiving immunity, refused to indiet those implicated in the Ewald magis- tracy case. So Mrs. Ewald's loan of $10,000 without interest to Dictrict Leader Healy, through Tommaney, on the eve of her husband's appointment to a minor judgeship, is in effect de- clared to be a purely private transac- tion, of no interest to the public and without any significance. On Monday the grand jury will make a report to |the court in general sessions, and per- haps it will offer a definition of the business enterprise of such a loan in such circumstances. As the case stands, Mr. Healy got $10,000 from & woman whom he did not know and who was under no obligation to him, and through an intermediary gave a note for three years without interest, which note has been lost. The meyor of the city has denied any knowledge of the | transaction and has said that if Mr. Ewald or his wife gave $10,000 as a consideration of getting his appoint- ment it was wasted money, which might as well have been thrown into the | sewer, because he was sure to get the appointment anyway whether Mr. Healy got his loan or not. This is not the only case of ques- | tionable municipal administration that |is now before the public in New York. Other unsavory scandals are being aired. | The mayor has broadcast a warning against crooked work in the city's gov- ernment and has set investigators to the task of finding out whether any of his subordinates have been naughty L or faithie: ‘There is a general feeling that self-investigation by the Tam- | many regime is not the surest method | of purging the Greater City of official crookedness, When the district attor- ney laid the Ewald case before the | grand jury without asking for an in- | dictment it looked as though the easiest | way was being taken. | ————r—————— tings and is bedecked with real gems, not to mention twe: © coats of wh enamel. any parking space! —— Poor Sports. Yesterday Tilden, the tennis player N. “geilery” began to boo and leer ki | Prem the beginning of the match, or The Shah of Persia is rejoicing in a new car which has massive gold fit- Careful, yc1 Tehaeran truck- men, don't try to b2at this cne into who has been in his day the idol of the public at matches in this ccuntry and | obroad, walked out of a game at Rye, H Y., when certain members of the m. THE rious consideration. It is, howeve- | started ne knockers, who kept up -i fire @ ridicule until the one-tims master of tne racquet quit the play and for- feited. With all his extraordinary skill as a plager, which for season after season kept him in the front rank of the game, Tildsn has not been & universal favorite with the public. His peculiarities of temperament, his sometimes overbear- ing attitude toward the public and his opponents, have subjected him to criti- cism and have won for him much dis- favor, even though his superiority as a wielder of the racquet has been acknowl- edged. Nevertheless, his treatment by the crowd at Rye was deplorably un- sportsmaniike, As a matter of fact, Americans who attend public exhibitions of r hletic | skill are not very good sports. They are partisan and partial, they are venge- ful and they are intensely personal in | their reactions toward the players of the games they witness, They are not even consistently loyal in their partisan- | ship, as is evidenced at base ball games, where they will jeer the unfortunate maker of an error as quickly as they will cheer ihe batter of a run-produc- tive hit. They want their home team |to win and yet at the first slip they boo the players into a state of anger and nerves that makes for failure, The | hero of today is the villain of tomorrew to the average base ball attendant. In the amateur sports the same spirit prevails to a great degree on the part of the “gallery.” It is the worst of bocrishness, to say the least, to ridicule | & tennis player as in the case at Rye | In the course of his match. Those who | believe he is faking injuries should |leave the field. To protest by jeering and hissing and cat-calling, as at Rye, is a breach of good manners, and good | manners should prevail among the | spectators as weil as on the part of | the pla; 4 New Jersey's 01d-Cax Campaign. | Elaborate ceremontes yesterday marked | New Jersey’s membership in the fra- ternity of States that are seeking to {rid the highways of dilapidated and | unsafe motor vehicles. On a vacant lot near the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, in Jersey City, an automobile was “burned at the stake” as the first step of the new campaign. Soaked in gasoline, this ancient and unsafe vehicle was reduced to & mass of twisted steel for the edifi- cation of a large crowd who had been asked to view the ceremony. It has long been recognized that a — e EVENINtt STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. In writing of gardens one is inclined to think of human beings and flowers as the only living things in them, whereas in truth these protected areas teem with living creatures. ‘This season's dryness has driven away several old friends, chief of these being the large black and yellow spiders which bob themselves backward and forward so ferociously when their webs are touched. We have not seen a one of these big fellows this year, and no doubt the drought is to blame, since it seems to be the fashion to blame evervthing upon it. Mostly those big spiders are bluff, one may suspect. After watching thels gyrations for several seasons we man- aged to work up almost an affection for them, for they reminded us so much of { Japanese beetle with half sense ought ourself. Poke one with a stick, he will roar, | in spider fashion, but mostly his roar is worse than his bite. His idea, it seems, is to scare one away, which, ac- complished, leaves him in peace to mind his own business. Big black and yellow spiders, we sus- pect, ask nothing more than to be let alone to finish their dinner as they please, ‘They frown furiously upon human beings who insist upon prying into their nets, as if trying to tell them how to catch and eat flies. “Here comes a busybody,” no doubt the spider says, “who thinks to instruct me in how to weave a bigger and better net_than my ancestors wove. “But I like the pattern, I understand how to weave it, and I am going right ahead and make my web according to the time-tried pattern. Watch out for me!” And he back and forward in his web, until g0 &' and leave him. There are ® lot of human beings like that. . X Aphids, or plant lice, are noticeably fower this year. These milky-green creatures need plenty of water for their existence. They come into being mostly freshed the earth and caused all #reen life to come into being. The aphids, being as much & part of that green life as leaves, twigs, and so on, multiply by the millions, destroying, in the process, many perfectly good rose leaves. Plant lice, thanks to the drought, were few in numbers in the beginning, and soon evaporated entirely. ~We believe that the word “evaporated” is correct, | in reference to the disappearance of aphids. They are so much liquid that it seems entirely plausible to say that they simply dried up. Fleas, however, stayed very much on deck—or in the grass. Fleas thrive in dry weather. Water is something they hate, although they can manage to sur-| large percentage of motor vehicle acci- dents were due not so much to the hu- man elemen’, as to the improper me- chanical condition of automobiles, par- ticularly those of great age. Bad brakes, blowouts of tires that never should be permitted on wheels, faulty steering gear and other mechanical breakdowns have too often resulted in death or injury to pedestrians or mo- torists. Tt is in line with the accepted traffic theory that the destruction of these vehicles will materially reduce the accident toll. Many States have already entered the campaign. In the District, through voluntary co-operation by the dealers with the traffic authorities, many thou- sands of dollars’ worth of automobiles have been put out of existence. It is obvious that the more States that join the movement the greater will be the benefits. Let others follow New Jer- sey’s example. —— e Berlin is manufacturing small phono- graph dises containing personal utter- ances of tourists for them to send home to friends. It will be easy to record, “Having .swell time; wish you was here,” but how will they manage about the cross-mark and the legend, “This is our room"? e —ee—e So William B. Mears of St. Paul pre- dicted this drought a year ago, did he? Let us hope he is happy about it; no one else is. R e bl SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Boy and a Girl. He learned to play at tennis. He had won full many a match; On the ball ground he was famous, He could pitch and bat and catch. He could box and throw the hammer. And at wrestling he was good; He was thoroughly athletic— But his father chopped the wood. She was well informed on ethics, She could formulate a plan Which would show us all our duty To our struggling fellow man. She could write on household topics In a manner hard to beat; She embroidered fancy pillows— But her mother cooked the meat. An Advantage. “Do you think that Government own- ership would solve all the problems of our civilization?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum, “but it would create some new ones and so relieve the monotony.” A Critical Juncture. “Bliggins is a great friend of yours.” “He has been, heretofore.” “Don't you expect him to remain s0?” “Can’t tell. I have just indorsed his note.” ! An Old Simile. This world is but & fle.ing show. The actor’s pittance is but small; The man to whont the profits flow 1s one you scarcely know at all. A Kind Deception. “She is always thinking of her hus- band’s comfort and peace of mind,"” said one woman, “Yes,” answered the other; ‘“every evening just before he comes home she puts the thermometer in the ice box for a few minutes.” Depot Literature, “There's one good thing about your railroad,” sald the tourist to the con- ductor on the Mosquito Bay line. “What's that?” was the surprised query. ““Your time tables. They don't always get the facts quite right, but they are never sensational.’ Methodieal Finance. It has been thus for ages. *Twill be thus for ages hence — A few acquire the money, Others get exverienca. | | the dey ob [ jeet of stands, ing a Hall of Fame in Washinglon to which the effigies now in Statuary Hall should be removed, With space for -t’nm ts come. It ro *?g no se- management ageinst this t:eatment. Yesterday he appeared on the court a Infine whistl betore, he had béc the anunoying . remarks from and he had protested to the| “gonny,” sald Uncle Eben, “you 1§ vive a flood, if given half a chance. Those who have engaged in the neces- sary task of ridding pet animals of fleas know that these insects have a power of survival second to no other created thing. A good average specimen of flea will be able to live in water for 18 or 24 hours. If he can escape at last, in a few minutes, after he has dried out a bit, he will be just as good a flea as ever. A curious #hing about fleas is that the larger they are, the quicker they sink, and the less:likely they are to come up again. One new to flea lore might think the fat fleas would float better than the small ones. Dry rustling grass has given hordes of fleas conditions resembling the Sahara desert. Who remembers the dissertation on the hopping prowess of the flea con- | almost-sightless creatures as do small- in the Spring, when showers have re- | | | tained in Mark Twain’s “Tom Sawyer Abroad”? There is a story for youl * oK ok % | The dry weather probably has had something to do with the (otal disap- pearance of the gnals and similar small things which were such a nuisance dur- ing_the latter part of Apeil and most | of TMay in certain sections of the city | and suburbs. Japanese beetles, which somewhat re- semble a potato bug, but are a coppery- | green in color, do not seem to be thriv- ing especially’ well as a result of the dryness. There are plenty of traps in- stalled, in some sections one in every vard, but a casual inspection does not Teveal very many bugs in them. | “Maybe the beetles are beginning to | learn to avold the elaborate traps. A | to be able to spot one of those traps & mile away. The dryness has not helped the slug family, either. These curiously limp bits of life infest certain neighborhoods, and traces of them often are to be found, in vivid silver, planted on walks in the morning. They prefer dampness, however, 8o have retired to their dens, or wherever it is they retire to, as a result of the extreme dryness which has prevailed. The ant family, whose activities we discussed here scveral days ago, rather revels in the parched state of things. They find the job of laying up stores for the Winter expedited, as human beings do, by dry, clear weather. Tortoises and moles, old-time garden residents, seem to be holding their own. We know several small tortoises which appear_once or twice a year. Some- times they fail to show up, and one thinks they wandered away, but months later they meander across the yard as if in the habit of it. Moles are doing very well, except when dug out by dogs or cafs. City and suburban properties do not suffer as much from the depredations of these town holdings. We have seen raised places in lawns many feet long, but do not recall them in any nearby lawns, * * Dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels and humming birds also live in gardens, or wander across them. To these must be added, of course, the other birds. We mention the humming bird because he is our favorite. | Dogs make rather poor garden com- panions. They often root up rose- bushes and eat them, and are forever. trampling down one’s choicest plants. | If bone meal is dug into the soil, nothing | will do Fido but that he dig a tunnel to et it. b Dogs have a bad habit of bringing large and greasy bones into a garden, end leaving them precisely in the one spot where they will look the worst when guests arrive, & Cats go better with gardens. Their small depredations are committed in the interest of hygiene, and in no sense are harmful. The cat has a real appre- | ciation for the beautiful; we have seen many a one lie by the hour contemplat- ing some peaceful garden -picture. One morning we looked out and saw | a cat, two squirrels and a rabbit in the yard. Is it necessary to say that the cat was on the ground and the squirrels up a tree But what of the rabbit? The rabbit was sitting about 25 feet behind the cat, which had its eyes upon the squirrels. The squirrels had their eyes on the cat. The rabbit had its eyes on the cat. It was a garden picture shortly ended by the futile leap of the cat, the adequate caperings of. the squir- rels in their leafy element, the complete withdrawal of the rabbit. ! WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Nobody needs to take very seriously the possibility that George W. Norris will not be perpetuated as Nebraska's Republican progressive_member of the United States Senate. In well informed quarters ‘Washington Norris is’ con- sidered as good as re-elected right now. The Democratic candidacy of former Senator Gilbert N. Hitchcock is genu- ine, but not 100 per cent red-blooded. It 'was launched, and will be main- tained, primarily as an organization formality and for the purpose of keep- ing the Democratic record straight in Nebraska. As a matter of fact, Norris ranks as virtually unbeatable. Hitch- cock is one of his warmest friends and admirers. The Omaha World-Herald, which rris’ Democratic opponent owns, ha frequently supported the pro- gressive leader's policies and violently assalled the Ben Bow grocer, George W. Norris, recently for his “trick” candi- daey. Hitchcock will make a couple of speeches on the stump in Nebraska, and possibly two or three radio talks from Omaha. But the understanding at Democratic national headquarters seems to be that Norris is not going to be headed off, for the excellent and prac- tical reason that he can't be. * ok x % While the Army is energetically en- gaged in putting naval aviation “off the beach”—i e, making the sailors confine thelr flying activity to above-water areas—the {lm’y is preparing to make & brave showing at next week's national air meet at Chicago. It Is sending to the races a squadron (No. 5) of 18 fighting planes 1fro the aircraft squadrons of the Battle Fleet at San Diego; a six-plane detachment from a Aghting squadron of the Marine Corps and the necesary transports to attend these two units. The latter will execute daily exhibition flights at Chicago. demonstrating the formation flying and tactis bat hips” of the Navy or Marine Corps efficiently to perform wartime missions. _Fighting Plane Squadron 5 from the Battle Fleet normally operates from U. S. S. Lexington and for sea maneuvers is attached to that big air- craft carrier. The Marine Corps planes which will maneuver at Chicago are from the East Coast expeditionary force base at Quantico. % x % Raymond Lonergan, keen political sleuth of Labor, organ of the railroad men’s organizations at Washington, has just recelved the “1932 low down” from New York. Here it is: “Frank” Roose- velt is to be nominated for President by the Democrats; Senator “Bob” Wagner will be drafted for Governor, and “Al” Smith will be given Wagner’s place in the Senate. Lonergan’s informant calls it “some combination. w i e While S:nator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas is consigning “Jim” Davis, as well as Ruth McCormick, to the great outside — if and when they are sent, “dollar-tainted,” to the Senate in No- vember—Davis' old home town constit- uents in Sharon, Pa., are preparing to give “Jim the Puddler” a rip-roarin’ welcome on August 23. It will mark the formal opening of his senatorial campaign. Vice President Curtis will take part in the speechmaking pro- gram, as will William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Nex! to Senator-expect Davis himself, ibe bhiggest man in Sharon that day will be the Secretary of Labor's 80-year- old father, who onc® was a coal miner in Wales. “Jim” used to play in the £haron of the organization have dared him to tootls his old hern, but Davis says he’ll confine hims:1f to singing lm in ‘Welsh, which shou'd be just L “Queen up-to-date T Anne’s Lace,” novel of Washingion political and so- cial life, is off tn> press ag New York today from the distinguised pen of Frances Parkinson Keyes, wife of Sen- ator Henry W. Keyes, junior Republican Senator from New Hampshire. Queen Anne's lace, as nhearly everybody knows, is a common fleld flower, and it was the makiw’ & heap o' loud talk, an' T wants to call attention to sumpin’. Ev'ry time it 18 usin’ up steam dat with evidence of lameness, and this might be doin’ actus ;m-k)' chosen by Mrs. Keyes as an ) riate title for her book because the story deals with an humble product of the New England soil who rose to a seat among the Naticn's mighty. *‘Queen evolutions necessary for com- | The present members | 2 { Anne's Lace’,” says Mrs. Keyes, “is not a story that ‘just happened. It owes its conception to the fact that from girlhood I have lived in a political at- mosphere and its birth to the fact that none of the storfes that I have read, | written about political life from the outside looking in—even when written by authors of distinction—has seemed to me to ring true. My novel is not a thinly velled autobiography. Nor is it the blography of some woman I have known well. "It js a composite picture drawn from life as I have seen it.” oL ‘Well, Tom Thumb golf isn't likely to crowd foot ball out of popular favor, anyhow. One of the big games of the impending gridiron season—Navy-Notre Dame—which is to inaugurate the mam- moth new Rockne Stadium on the Irish campus at South Bend in October, has broken all preceding Notre Dame ticket sales records. The way money is rolling in for seats is also a stimulating com- mentary on “hard times.” * oKk ok % “How They Draw Prohibition” is the title of an orange-colored 100-paged pamphlet just issued by the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment. It was _compiled and edited by Arthur Bartlett, Maurlce, author of “Caricature and_Comic Art” and “The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature.” The booklet includes drawings by many of the most famous newspaper and magazine cartoonists in the United States and contains pictures dealing, in tones of wit, wisdom and frony, with al- most_every phase of the booze contro- | versy—of " course, always with a wet tinge. “In the battle being waged o bring the Republic back to & sense of reason, tolerance, fair play and the spirit of the Golden Rule,” says Mr Maurice In his foreword, “the cartoon is on the fighting line. (Copyright, 1930.) oot Montana Ferryboat Gives Way to Bridge FProm the Great Falls Leader. The ferryboat in Montana is destined to go the way of the bull team and the old-fashioned stage coach, other relics of the State's frontier days. In the wake of modern progress come fine bridges of steel on concrete abutments |over the larger streams, connecting links in new and better highways in the system of permanent, all-weather roads | Montana is gradually extending. |~ One such span was dedicated recently | at Wolf Point, in the northeastern part | of the State, with prominent public of- ficials present and taking part in the exercises. The ceremony was impressive and there was a lively celebration to | mark the achievement. The Wolf Point Bridge crosses the Missourl about 6 miles southeast of Wolf Point. It is of three spans, two of about 30 feet in length each and the center one of 408 feet. The bridge was designed and its construction supervised by the Montana State Highway Com- mission_in_co-operation with the Fed- | eral Bureau of Public Roads, the Indian ]Dep-nmem, the Great Northern Rail- way Co. and the counties of McCone and Roosevelt, which it connects. Establishment of the new bridge is an important step in the State's develop- ment. It gives the northeastern section a north and south arterial road, a needed connection for several county seats. It will be a boon to the farmers, eat convenience to travelers and without the State and will 3ge good Toads construction in that part of Montana. ‘The Wolf Point Bridge was made pos- sible through the en and de- termination of several individuals and organizations. = Within the next few years other spans across the Missouri and other large rivers in Montana will be bullt. The ferrybont is doomed in this State. wit - Why Worry at All? From the Boston Evening Transcript. Prohibition Director Woodcock says he will get the facts of enforcement, which prompts the office cynic to re- mark that & few more facts between drinks are not werth worrying about. AU from | sion. GUST 15, 1930. How One Man Solved the! Summer Garb Problem | To the Editor of The Star: 1 I have read several articles recently on the subject of hot weather dress reform for men, and as the theme is| one on which I have often pondered I| will venture my own little opinion if The Star sees fit to print it. Most I have noticed seem couched | in a facetious vein, with no construe- tive recommendations looking to the’ relief of sweltering manhood from its| “prison cells of pride.” | ‘Talk about men wearing short pants with socks is inappropriate, for have we not already a sufficlently regaling | spectacle in the shape of womanhood gadding about the sireets to show their shanks? 1 dare say such exposure on the part of males would be as distaste-| ful to the erstwhile modest sex as the female crural pageantry is to us. I therefore humbly suggest a mode of attire which I adopted several years ago, and do not presume to selfishly reserve for my own exciusive enjoy- ment. Though still using it when in} town, I will be frank enough to admit that I long since discarded it at home, where 1 wear the same decking minus the shirt and with trunks for trousers, all of which I am able to do because discreetly surrounded by woods, with no | Peeping Tom nigh to hinder. Conse- quently, even were others to follow my example, I would still be one jump ahead of them in the race. Starting from the ground up, wear no socks and only low ca:vas shoes or sandals. There is nothing unspeakable about the bare foot if kept dry and untainted. This solves the garter and heelless sock question at one stroke. Don long, ample trousers of dark but cool, light material, preferably silk or mohair. At waist neither belt nor suspenders, but an elastic arrangement such as found in the type of nether garment called “easyalls.,” in which the waist- band is rubberized, like the old-fash- ioned “Congress” shoe. This facilitates stooping, and will tend to make a gym- nast or acrobat out of the stiffest. Let the shirt be of some dark-colored, feather-weight silk fabric, navy blue, deep green, brown or black being good shades. Better have a detachable col- lar, so that it may be removed while at work or in_telephone .booths, elevators and other close quarters. Sleeves should be somewhat short and cuffless, the opening amply large to allow hand to p-ss freely. No vest, and if any coat be worn let it also consist of light-weight but dark-colored silk. As a matter of fact, a man will look quite neatly dressed even without a coat, provided he be clad in a silk shirt of somber hue, such as I have described. No danger of any movie or other show refusing him ad- mission if he has the entrance fee. In the way of headgear, either go bareheaded or sport a slouch hat of flimsy material, silk if you like; say King Carol style, Now we come to the crux of this proposition, namely, what will be the effect of this revolutionized garb on the fairer sex, and how will it affect our chances of winning their favors? ‘Without wishing to display undue vanity, I will simply relate my private, personal experience. To tell the un- varnished truth, after I started to ap- pear in the aforementioned raiment the fair maidens fdirly mobbed me. ‘Whether they came to feast their eyes on my silks or to gaze upon a real, untrammeled growth of whiskers in this smooth-shaven age, I leave to others to riddle out, but the fact is they came, and I never felt the slightest bit lonely any more, either in my office or walking on the sidewalks. So I believe I have offered a solu- tion of the heat problem for my suffer- ing brethren which will prove satis- factory in every regard, While scarcely flattering myself that my well meant plan will be adopted at once, I respect- fully submit it to my fellows for serious meditation ‘twixt now and the time these trying dog days roll around once more, WILFRED STEVENS. —— Tracked Cars Must Yield to Busses To the Editor of The Star: For two years, at least, we have been reading voluminous writings and print- ings about our two local car lines. One week it was in lreference to the merger of the lines. The following week it was in reference to valuation of the lines. Agaln the succeeding week it was in reference to better service. More recently the question of free fare for school children, when, by the way, half fare should have been advocated). Now we have the increase in fares, which may be plausible enough, although I notice some would like to have 5 cents’ worth of added service for that 2-cent increase. I travel in this city nearly always by street cars and do not begru the increase. Al- most invariably I buy four tokens for 30 cents, and can any one save 25 per cent any easier? In this city, as in other cities, num- bers of citizens are progressive and some are not. Therefore, let the pro- gressive ones look to the future in re- gard to our two car lines. I predict now that five years or so from now we will not see one street car in service within the city limits. It has to come and we may as well start now. The car companies should see the light them- selves now and motorize the traffic on balloon tires, beginning at once the replacement of equipment by busses on streets where repairs are most needed to_underground roadbed, and saving $125,000 per mile to use for new bus equipment. Each «year eliminate the cars on a certain route and replace by bus, It is very plain, is it not? Within five years all bus service and the ideal traffic system. In case of any big fires or other emergencies detours could be obtained, whereby it is impossible with the street car system. JOHN A. BETTER. s | President’s Surrender Of Vacation Praised To the Editor of The Star: In this drought crisis President Hoover abandons his contempla va- catlon to the Par Western Rocky Mountains and parks to remain in ‘Washington with his mind and hand in touch with the drastic drought con- ditions, especially in nearby Virginia and Maryland. None can appreciate fully this statement save those who know by experience the health-giving, physical and mental rejuvenation the contemplated Far Western Rocky Mountain and park vacation would have meant to the President. But there is another angle to the declsion of the President to remain at this time in Washington, D. to all his fellow ¢ , his self-sacrifice, humane consideration and putting into action every effort in his power to relieve the thousands of our farmers in their utter distress, owing to the unprecedented drought in 50 many States and the possible rise in plant food prices by the more or less grasping middle men retailers may put upon food. By remaining in Washing- ton, President Hoover, the engineer, onoo’l;lh:rlnAdmfle:‘ee (oo;i m%tsmbuwr }i‘n ican , wins the hearts of all the people, on this occa- W. E. RYAN. Boston and Washington | As Base Ball Losers To_the Editor of The Star: I read with some amusement a re- cent paragraph on your editorial M{! referring to Boston as a perpetual tail- ender in base ball. I happened toreread this paragraph last night in the Boston Transcript. think that when Washington teams have won as many pennants and world series as have the Boston teams, it will be time for you to crow. Have you forgotten, “First in war, first in Felc. and last in the American League™ W. D. ROGERS. | free. X |ably find that he has no cinch.” ANSWERS T3 QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This Paper puts at your disposal the services of an extensive organization in Wash- ington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. Failure to make use of it de- prives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. How many balls are used in tennis?>—R. J. D. A. Generally three balls are used in playing tennis. of more than one ball is that two | attempts are permissible in serving the ball, and if one ball is & net ball the | third ball may be used. Q. How could widows of soldiers of the War of 1812 still be living?—J. H. A. These marriages occurred many years after the war was over. This has always been a problem with which the Government has had to deal. Old sol- diers in their last years have often taken young wives, who survive them by many years. How long have antiseptics and anesthetics been used?—F. D. V. A Antiseptics have been known to medical science since 1880 and anesthe- sia since 1846. Q. Can heat such as we have this Summer destroy the pollen so that the corn will not be fertilized?—L. E. A. The Department of Agriculture says that when hot, dry winds and severe drought occur some of the tassels in a cornfield may be damaged 0 that they do not give pollen, and the pollen in a given field 1s inf¥™d or destroyed in this way there may be no crop of corn from the pollen of this field. On the other hand, however, the tassels in a given fleld may not all be cooked; overproduction of pollen is very great: corn plants produce pollen over a considerable stretch of time and pollen from one crop of plants may be carried some distance. Ther=fore there are a good many factors to be considered in the production of a new corn crop and it is very difficult to make any sort of statement concerning the possible dan- ger to the crop from a hot, dry season without knowledge of local conditions. Q. Can a copy of a painting in which the size and drawing is slightly changed, and also the coloring, be con- .;mged an original and be signed?— A. A painting cannot be considered an original work of art when it has been sketched from another's composition, even though it may be altered in the process of drawing and the color scheme changed. Q. Have there bee: sionaries in Africa?>—W. J. A. A. There have been a great many colored missionaries to Africa. As early a5 1837 Amanda Smith, Negro woman, born a slave, went as a missionary to Africa, India, also to England and Scotland. Among the most famous of the early missionaries to Africa are John W. Roberts and Francis Burns. The African M. E. Church at the pres- ent time maintains two resident Negro bishops in Africa and has over 164 mis- slonary stations. The African M. E. This service is | The reason for the use | n any colored mis- | J. HASKIN. Church Zion maintains a resident bishop and has 52 stations. Q. Will cranbe: grow on dry land?—H. A. T. A. Cranberries grow in bogs swamps, but there is a species of high- bush_cranberry, which is edible, and which will thrive in a dryer location. Q. About what place was Tennyson's “Blow, Bugle, Blow” written?>—T. M. A. It refers to Killarney. It is said that along Long Range, connecting the lakes, a bugle call brings countless echoes. | Q. Has Canada a good apple crop this’ year?—B. R. A. A. The forecast shows that the crop is ‘estimated at 3,113,380 barrels. Las. year's crop was 3,939,915 barrels, Q. How much did the Morgan yacht cost?—J. C. A. It cost about $2,500,000. Q. What State had the first inde- terminate sentence law for people con- victed of crimes’—W. K. R. A. New York had the first. It was adopted in 1876 for the reformatory at Elmira. In 1889 the law was amended, making it applicable to the State prison. Now all but 11 States have indeterminate sentence laws, and these 11 make use of executive clem- ency which serves practically the same purpose. Q. Where is the Rialto?—L. D. A. It is the largest and finest bridge in Venice, connecting the Island of Rialto with the Isle of St. Mark across the Grand Canal. It dates from 1588. Q. What is meant by the still pack in cards?—G. M. A. The still pack is the one not in play when two packs of cards are used |in a game. Q. What is a joint tariff?—W. W. A. If a tariff ‘quotes & through rate in which two or more rallroads are in- volved, it is known as a joint tariff and is flled with the Interstate Com- merce Commission —that s, if the commodity starts with one carrier and terminates with another a joint tariff is necessary. Q. How old is Drinkwater, the Eng- lish writer’—M. B. C. lag'; John Drinkwater was born fin Q. What is the estimated weight of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh?— D. M. L. A. One Egyptologist reckons that this pyramid contains 2,300,000 stone blocks, which have an average size of 40 cubic feet. The weight of the pyra. mid is estimated at not less than 848,000 tons. Q. Is the scene of the Boston tea party marked?—W. O'L. A. Griffin’s wharf on Atlantic and | Pearl streets was the ene of the Boston tea party. The site is marked by a tablet on the wall of a buildin, on the land site. Certain maps Boston clearly indicate this site, whica is now some distance from the water, Q. What is cursive writing? When did Romans first use lt?—A{uJ. A. It is writing in which the cher- acters forming a word are joined to- gether. The earliest known examp'>s of Roman cursive writing, from whi h the chief national scripts of Eurcne have been developed, are on cert:n .,P:l:psflln wax tablets dated 55 and Belligerent Col. Mann Turns Attention to G. O. P. in Sout) As an incident of the selection of Senator Fess as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, the attack by Col. Horace Mann on the party management in the South inter- ests the country. There are differences of opinion on the subject of Col. Mann's value to the organization, but it is gen- erally agreed that there are possibilities of trouble in his resentment. “His outburst was ignored by the Ex- ecutive Committee, and it may be as- sumed that it was regarded as of minor importance,” says the Manchester Un- fon (independent Republican), though conceding that “this judgment may be & mistake.” The Union feels that “many will regret his bitter attack upon the party management for its attempt to build up organizations along tradi- tional lines in the Southern States.” “The handling of Southern Repub- lican patronage,” according to the Kan- sas City Star (independent), “has been a scandal for years. Largely it has been turned over to mere political traders and brokers. Bad in itself, the system has reflected embarrassingly in Southern representation_in Republican national conventions. President Hoover, early in his administration, anndounced reforms in this direction. The new deal rests largely with Postmaster General Brown, end it is against his careful judgment in filling vacancies in the South that the old manipulators are protesting. Ap- plied long enough, the Hoover policy will bring about Federal representation in the South creditable alike to that section and the Republican party, and through that representation a -better. showing will be made in the national conventions. The protests are not likely to have much weight.” ¥ 1o o “The embattled Rapublicans of the South,” according to the Charleston (8. C.) Evening Post (independ- ent Democratic), “are resolved that liberty shall not die. In other words, the pie counter is not to be served by Col. Mann any more than it has been thus far. Postmaster General Brown is in charge there, as Postmaster Gen- erals usually are, and business has be- gqun as it is time it should begin. * * * Col. Mann cannot look for great as- semblies of Hoovercrats taking part in this great revolution. All of that is over and done with. And the Republican party in the South per se has perma- nent headquarters and hindquarters at the pie counter. * * * It is high time to get the business in shape, and, sad as it may seem, the amateurs will have to get out of the way and the professionals will get on the job. Col. Mann can run around in circles if he wants to, but he will not confuse Mr. Brown. may come around with high-hatted and fine-phrased delegates to the conven- tion, but the best he will get for any of them will be seats in the spectators® gallery.” That the Republican leaders “are go- ing back to the orthodox ways of pl ing their fate in the hands of the tried and the true” is the conclusion of the Hartford Times (independent Demo- cratic), while the Waterloo Tribune (independent Progressive), assuming that “Brown doesn’t see where Mann has been able to make good" and that “the chances are the National Com- mittee will be with Brown,” in the course of its review of the situation, makes the statement: “The Hoover- crats, in now complaining that the Postmaster General has been ignoring them, it may be, are looking for an ex- cuse. They professed ability to build up a reliable Republican party in the South, and the first primary after the ral election that they ven't built up anything." “It s no bed of roses upon which the new chairman now rests,” avers the | Jersey Oity Journal (independent Re- publican), with the assumption that “Col. Mann is very apparently anti- Hoover, and, if hs has any appreciable strength, may prove a thorn in the aide | of the administration forces. It will | be the new chairman’s job to ‘endeavor to iron out these difficuities, and in at- | tempting to/do so, Mr. Fess will prob- * K Kk “Camp followers of and somc that ralli Guard of 1928, recoras the And he | and his threats of trouble at the 1932 convention are not wholly empty. Eut the Fess-Brown-Lucas theory, now es- tablished in the National Committee, is that the action of the next national convention will not wait upon the pleasure of these Southern malcontents, and that the policy of respectable ap- pointments will prove its worth cn election day.” The Bulletin contends that “Mann’s rebellion is born and bred in the 'old idea that the status of the Republican party in the South is that of a commissary, and the test of party leadership is the ability to distribute th;d fodder where it will do the most “The whole stock in trade of Messrs. Mann & Co.” as viewed by the New York Evening Post (independent), “is official patronage, and of this former asset they have been wholly deprived by the firm attitude of the White House. In every move in his game of practical politics, Col. Mann has been outplayed thus far by Mr. Hoover.” The Cleve- land News (independent Republican) states: “The action of the President in attempting to clean up former pat- I::;;;:ge {ca?d'illa in the so;;m has the roval of the country. His program has been ably sponsored by Mr? Brown, who is in thorough accord with him. Col. Mann's statement that he seeks to end patronage abuses is likewise com- mendable. But there is a suspicion in the minds of many that Col. Mann is more bent on intrenching himself in his own bailiwick than he is of work- ln%:u': ?lecm{]fl reforms.” claring that “the flamboyant Mr. Mann is talking through his ilt." the Raleigh News and Observer (Demo- cratic) holds that “if there were any real hope of a ‘process of purification’ in the Republican party in the South |such as Mann now calis for, it would | have been put under way after 1928." The Lynchburg News (Democratic) states as to the services of Col. Mann in the last campaign and as to his present status, “He was cast into the gmrr dlsrekdm;ss. as a tool which had een ruin for usefulnes - l‘ssco[ bflntg ‘useful.” = hebua ommenting upon Col. Mann's - erence to “carpetbagger,” in lpnkrlenr( of the Republican leaders of the Souf the Birmingham News (Democratic) asserts: “What he really does is to in- sist that the South be treated with dignity, if not with its deserts, in the distribution of Federal jobs. velt’s thought is his own, as & Repub- lican leader—only persons umpuhfe to the beiter element in States of the South should be recognized by & Re- publican adminisiration. Not always, |t is true, did Mr. Roosevelt exemplify this rule in his Southern appofntments, but he, as well as Taft, strove to do so. | It ts tragic that a Republican President | fails to understand that there is tre- | mendous weight as well as elemental justice in Col. Mann's protest. The ‘carpethagger’ should made short shrift of by Mr. Hoover.” L ————— Some Stocks No Better. | Prom the Kalamazoo Gazette. No wonder Wall Strect throws so much ticker tape at visiting heroes. The tape hasn't been very pl T ¥ pleasant reading —————— But Have You Bought Yours? From the Beloit Daily News. In 100-degree Summer chanct have been averted. v by < Switching Might Help Chicago. Prom the Ban Antonio Express. only Chicago’s cit could be switched :.2%%'?32'&37 Another Unkind Caut, From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Barber shops probably hesitate than most retall estabiishments. abowt advertising “cut rates.” Blotters Are Best. phis Evening Buletin However, £ From the Albany Bvewkas News. not to paver ool | Ra it B