Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESD AY SEPTEMBER 16, 1930. ! ASR'M : : i THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUFSDAY....September 16, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. , .. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company demonstration of American yachi supremacy, would like to see Enterprise put to every possibie test, from a drift- ing zephyr to as near a half gale as eraft of her design can stand. Thus far there seems to be little doubt of her superiority. 8he has performed pre- cisely as the ideal yacht is supposed to behave. Her sails have drawn without only when the evidence would in & case of trial warrant a verdict of gullty, all indictments would, theoretically, be tantamount to econviction. Of course, a case that appeals to the members of a grand jury as self-convicting might not !so appeal to. the petit jurors, Then again, an indictment may be found by lme vote of twelve of the twenty-three a wrinkle and her nose has never buried ' grand jurors, while for eenviction by a Busi 10y, 8. "8R4 Fepmirivania Ave oo TOTib East 4304 ', Lake Michican But n Ofce: 14 R L. 1o n 3 o) cal urop! 4 Regent i gland. under the stiffest strain, On the otber { petit jury all.twelve must vote in agree- hand, Shamrock's nose has been fre- | ment—a bare majority in the one ease, querly under and her sails have been Rate by Carrier Within the City. venine Ster. ..., . 45 perisonth ing and Bunday ‘Star s Bundass) . 60c per month ing and Sunday Biar S Mundass) .. .....68¢per month The Sunday St ¢ per copy Chilection made at the snd of each mont ers may be sent in by mail or .elepncne Ational 3000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily and Sunday . £10.09: 1 mo.. 88¢ ilr only 5 $6.00: 1 mo.. $3c Sunday only . 3400 1mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. iy onl unday only .......1yr. $5.00; 1 mo. S50¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Prees is exclysively entitled 1o the use for republication of all news als- Piltehes crediied to it er not otherwise ered- ted in this piper and aiso the locul 1ews published hertin. Al rights of publication of #pecial cispatches herein are also rescrved e Massachusetts Votes Toda The wet and dry iesue, which seems to pe cropping up more and more to embarrass the Republicans this year, is the main issue in the Republican sena- torial primary in Massachusetts today. The G. O. P. in the Bay State is to determine whether it prefers for ite senatorial ecandidate this Fall William M. Butler, who has declared for the eighteenth amendment and for strict enforcement of the dry laws, or Eben 8. Draper, running on A wet platform. Although no exact measure is available to determine how many wet Republicans and how many dry are in Massachu- sotts today, it has become a kind of tradition that the Republican party there is 65 per cent dry and 35 per cent wet. No one knows exactly just what the wet sentiment amounts to. Mr Draper is undertaking to measure it. There are other factors in the Repub- lisan senatorial primary. Mr. Butler has been a party leader for years. Dra- per belongs to the vounger element and will receive the support of many of the younger voters, regardless of the liquor question. Mr. Butler, when he was Re- publican national chairman in 1924, angered the followers of the late Sen- ator Lodge because, it i generally re- ported, Senator Lodge was given the cold shoulder at the Cleveland conven- tion in that year at the suggestion of Mr. Butler. Draper was in the World War and served overseas. His appeal is to many of the veterans. Butler is running on a platform of | better business for Massachusetts. He has proposed an amendment to the Constitution which would limit workers to an eight-hour day. Draper, his op- ponent, would tinker with the Constitu- tion also by repealing the eighteenth amendment. He laughs at the Butler proposal regarding an eight-hour day, insisting that it could never be written into the Constitution. Butler ridicules the suggestion that the eighteenth amendment can be repealed as pro- posed by Draper. But, notwithstanding these other issues, the liquor question is paramount in the senatorial eampaign on the Republican side. ‘The Democrats in Massachusetts have little troubie over the wet and dry issue. It is true that there are dry Ly Fiz00 Lo, $1.00 130 R0 Tmen it | I either too flat to effect good footing or have been too free for the best pulling. 1In respect to seamanship, the naviga- tor of Entsrprise has so far proved him: ™. |self the master. Perhaps this has bo-n due to famillar'iy with the cc though Capt. Heard on Shamrock i:d ! before the races began learncd ali that " necessary about the tides that wa: esscntial to the best management of hi: craft. In both starts Vanderbil. has outjockeyed his competitor. Yesterday he got an advantage at the beginning that he used with telling effect in the tacking race to the first mark. He handled Enterprise as perfectly as a highly skilled motor'st handles his car. And there seers, too, to be smarter work on the rart of the erew of Enter- prise in the making of the tacks. There is talk aboul changes in the ballast of Shamrock V. Yesterday's work of the challenger was disappoint- ing to her owner and to her master. And this disappointment is shared by the admirers of Sir Thomas Lipton in America, who have hoped that his fifth challenger would be the very best of the series, and that even though the -cup might econtinue to rest in America, this regatta would be a sharp fight for seven races. i | l | r——— Parmit Revocation. One of the reasons for Washington's low standing in auto fatalities com- pared with other cities of the United States can be found in the report just issued by the Traffic Bureau which dis- closes that more than thirteen hun- red motorists were deprived of their ! permits for serious violations of the regulations during the past fiscal year. While thirteen hundred out of a total of more than one hundred thousand may mppear to be insignificant, it is the minority which is responsible for serious accidents, and the removal from the streets of this minority results in a general improvement in conditions. The Washington Traffic Bureau has been called “severe” and “arbitrary” in its policy in regard to suspension, res fusal and revocation of operators’ per- mits, but results speak for themselves and the criticism is not well founded. The National Capital has been one of the leaders in insisting that it is a privilege to drive and not a right and that if the privilege is abused it should be summarily taken away., A policy of lenieney is all very well under some eircumstances, but if accidents are to be reduced and the lives of valuable citizens preserved it can never be exer- cised in regard to the automobils driver who has shown himself unfit and a menace to the community. ‘The drunken driver has no place on the streets. If he drives once while under the influence of liquor he will drive again in the same condition and the second time may add a to the ever-growing roll. The thing applies to the motorist who hits and runs. He should not continue to have the privilege of operating a dan- Democrats in the State, but they are |ECrous vehicle. Both ciasses of motor- distinctly in the minority. Those who |18t should receive no tolerance from. & are loyal to prohibition have an op- | Properly functioning traffic department. portunity to register their preference | There are the major offenses, too, such for the dry laws today by voting for | A8 persistent violations which endanger former Gov. Eugene N. Foss, who is[life and property. These operators running as an adherent to prohibition. Gov. Foss has no chance at all, not- withstanding the fact that there is a big field of candidates for the Demo- cratic senatorial nomination and the candidates are making the fur fly. The Democrats will nominate for the Senate the wringing-wet former Representative O'Connell, or the equally wet Thomas J. O'Brien, or Marcus A. Coolidge, who has declarsd for 14 per cent alcoholic béverages and a modification of the dry laws. +But if the Democrats have compara- tively little trouble over the prohibition issue in Massachusetts, they have plenty of othar troubles. There are more ambitious Demoerats in the Bay State than in any other similar area of the United States. The Boston Democracy is accused by the out-State Democracy of seeking to “hog” all the big offices. The Boston Democrats say they cast most of the votes when elec- tion day rolls round and are entitled to the big offices. Within Boston itself, however, there are cliques among the Democrats. Mayor James F. Curley, one of the most ambitious of the lot on the Democratic side, is accused of seeking to bring about the defeat of a Demo- cratic gubernatorial candidate this year so that he may have the nomination for Governor himself two years hence. And so it goes. The Democrats in Massachusetts are used to warfare, how- ever, and their votés at the polls con- tinue to grow in size. Many cities and towns which were formerly Republican, Iying near Boston, have swung to the Democratic column. The Democrats are infiltrating fast in old Republican terri- tory. — Hindenburg was regarded as having “arrived” when he achisved the German presidency. Recent election returns in- dicate that he has only just started. i o S o Enterprise Wins the Second. The second race for the America’s Cup, eailed yesterday, proved Enter- prise, defender, to be the better boat in both tacking and reaching. On all three legs of the course, ten miles each in length, she gained on her rival. In the beat to windward, on the first leg. her elapsed time was six minutes and six seconds shorter than that of Sham- rock V. On the second leg. a reach with a starboard wind, she gained three minutes and four seconds. On the third leg. & port-wind reach, with the race dsfinitely won barring accidents. she geined twenty-four seconds. Thus the total margin of time for the defender wa: niné minutes and thirtr-four ssc- onds. the sum of all three logs. Now Enterprise has shown her heels to Shamrock V in a very light wind and in a slightly smarter -breeze. To- morrow the yachts sail again on a straight-away course and return, fifteen on each leg. The hope is for a gharper blow than that of yesterday. vhen the sea was barely rufed. Those who, despite the sentiment for Sir should, after they have shown that they cannot reform, be denied the use of the streets. Only in this way will improvement in ihe trafic conditions be affected. Namby-pamby treatment of a danger- ous automobile driver will never make him less dangerous. On the contrary, it is likely to have the opposite effect. He will think that he can “get away” with anything. Stern enforcement of reasonable regulations will find favor with the great body of motorists. And in its revocation program the Traffic Bureau of Washington has performed a notable service. i et The opinions of Cole Blease did not change, but those of his constituency did. PEPPIDIIEE Manhattan's Judgeship Scandal. Yesterday an extraordinary grand jury was convened in New York City, under direction of the Governor of the State, to investigate charges that appointments to the bench have been indueed by cor- rupt considerations. The specific in- stance that is to be examined is that of the appointment to a magistracy of George F. Ewald, who was named im- mediately after his wife had, through an intermediary, made a loan of $10,000 to a Tammany district leader, taking & note from the leader’s henchman to run for three years, without interest, which note has never been produced. Of these facts, as stated, there i no question. The participants in the peculiar deal grand jury examining into matters of income tax evasion, on the ground that to do so might tend to incriminate or degrade them. They are now to be summoned before the extraordinary grand jury, and if they refuse to waive immunity, or to appear, they may be cited for contempt. It is evidently the purpose of the investigator, the attor- ney general of the State, charged by the Governor with the particular conduct of the inquiry, to reach the bottom of the matter and to go s much further in the quast regarding other grafting scandals as the mandate of the Governor per- mits, In his charge to the grand juse ves- terday Supreme Court Justice McCook, who has been specially assigned to sit in this proceeding, mar 52 of Jangueg* which warrants particii.ar sttention on the pert of all Americans, whether of New York or elsewhefe, for it bears upon the duty of the body of citizens assembled to consider alleged or flagrant offenses against the law. Judge Me- Cook said: The court charges you that you &hould never find an indiciment unless you, sitting as a trial jury, would find a conviction were the only evidence in the case such as had been presented to you ms grand jurors. If that evidence would, under those -eircumstances, be insufficient to warrant a comviction, no indiciment should be found. If, unex- plained and uncontradicted, it would warrant A conviction. then it s your duty to find an indictment. If this princip’e were in every case have refused to testify before a Federal | | unanimity in the other. The circumstances of inquiry by a | i cross-examination of witnesses. ‘The jurors are their own inquisitors, aided, |t desired, by the prosecutor of the !juriséiction. They are all laymen and ! require counsel in legal matters, ~vhich the prosecutor supplies. It som ‘mes happens that they make mistakes in their interpretation of evidence. But, as & rule, in & great majority of cases, with very rare exceptions, indictments are substantially justified, especially when the rule laid down by Judge Mec- Cook in the New York case is observed. ‘In this present inquiry into alleged Manhattan corruption in the making of Jjudicial appointments the whole coun- | b1y is interested. Not that there is any particular novelty in th* charge that graft prevails in the Tammany man- agement of the country's greatest eity, but that the eircumstances of this case are so fantastic as to arouse the mirth as well as to challenge the concern of honest citizens throughout the land, ——————— New York Avenue Extension. Announcement that definite steps are about to be taken toward the opening of New York avenue from Fiorida ave- nue to the District line gives promise of the completion of a project that has remained in an unfipished state for many years. When the work for the {abolition of grade crossings in the Dis- trict was undertaken, involving the con- Icenlratlon of the railway lines in a Union Station, one of the features was & bridge across the united lines of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroads just at the point of conjunc- tion, along the axis of New York avenue. This viaduet was built, a ‘massive strue- ture. When it was completed its north- easterly abutment stuck out like the broken branch of a tree, leading no- where. No provision was made for the continuation of the avenue, though land for that purpose was later acquired, and the bridge stood a useless thing for years, its southwesterly approach being occupied by an asphalt reduction plant maintained by the District government and its central portion a rendezvous for persons engaged In mischievous pursuits. ‘The project is to provide a direct boulevard from the Treasury to the Bladensburg road, striking that road near the overpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad line. This will add helpful- ly to the arterial communications of the Capital. The flow of traffic north- ward is heavy and is steadily increasing. The roads leading to the northern sub- urbs are congested. This addition to the direct routes into Washington from the north will relieve the congestion. — e Michigan decides that she has no further need of Mr. Cramton in Wash- ington. She may find a way to utilize his extraordinary genius for parking and forestry to embellish the shores of the Great Lakes. S ol P Motion picsures leave musicians to shift for themselves. After all, pictures have little to do with music, and artists are at perfect liberty to organizs con- certs that will have nothing to do with photography. et It begins to look as if his latest race would call upon that gallant sportsman, Sir Thomas Lipton, to remark with af- fection, “How familiar everything about the oMl place seems!” e September is the first month with the “R,” and oysters are again in sea- son; with the understanding, of course, that the oyster has the complete and unqualified support of the ice plant. ——— September is registered as an Autumn month. Again, as in many years past, the calendar proves powerless to assert authority over the thermometer. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. After the Drought. To me a farmer said, “Old Son, You've had your share of honest fun, Yowve pictured me as talking loud In dialect to cheer the crowd. I chew a straw, pulled from the roots. I wear my pants tucked in my boots. Now, in humility complete, 1 ask you, ‘How are we going to eat?'” “Old Son, you sounded mighty smart. Are you equipped to do your part | And give us corn full grained in silk | And help to bring the babies milk? | When plenty brought full rations near | The peasantry has faced a sneer. "Jun, now in comradeshlp we meet | And ask, ‘How are we going to eat?'” | Delicate Distinction. “Are you a wet or a dry?” “I am a dry,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I have no use for aicohol.” “Then you will conduct a prchibi- tion campaign?” “No. The fact that I am dry per- sonally does not prevent me from being wet politically.” Jud Tunkins says the gal that won the beauty prize is a good little spcrt | and is trying to qualify as an expert | aishwasher. Technical Advantage. Wish I was a scientist! When questions hard are on the list. Great wisdom I would advertise And get along by looking wise. [ No Improvement. “Do believe in companionate marriage? “Not exactly,” answered Miss Cayenne, “Promises of all sorts are easily broken. I don't st¢e why a companionate mar- rizge 15 to be regarded as any more reliable than the old-fashioned kind.” “A successful politician,” said i Ho, the sage 6f Chinatown, “should be a great actor, able to give a show worth the thxes he collects. Amateur Nights. My Radte?! My Radio! At you I sadly look. The amateurs put on the show And no one “gets the hook.” | par ought to be more camp meci- in's” said Unrie Ebcn. “De time fob ;Aflu Liplon, wish for 8 decisive observed and gieaw furies would indict backslidin' in between is too long." 4 " THIS AND “Good, to forgive; Best to forget.” —Browning. Often one hears some one sav, “Oh, I could never forgive him if he said| so-and-so to me!” or “I could never ve her if she did so-and-so!" BY CHARLES E. THAT TRACEWELL. the end of all things perhaps will wips from memory deeds or words which one would rather had never hap- pened or been spoken. But, after what has on likes and dislikes to do with such things? ‘They have an uncanny way of hap- | grand jury do not permit elaborate! "Z}c why not? |nemn|. whatever one may think of Some people seem to have a positive | them. There is no life, however great evil genius for holding resentment. | o humble, tn which they do not oceur. Forgetting something that one does not like is best, because it is the only W2 forgiving. The other kind is merely of| = Twas | the lips. b - 1 he forgets, | X g hat mankind refuses to learn is that One never forgives un o | the tears are no less inevitable than the Joys. “Wher: 192 had once passed, there as it passing again,” wrote Emile Zola. the eternal and endless re- with present joys and future There is a queer mental alchemy here. |'The hurt part of the remembrance is| % what one forgets, not the actual hap-| o Bt pening, cr the words which perhaps| What is forgotten when one starts to should have remained unspoken. | forget is the hurt. * ox o % |, The incldents may stay weil in mind; |in fact, cne cannot foiget them, but Unmarried girls are the most inclined | what one's own mind does with them— to say positively, “Oh. if I had a hus-| ah, that is another matter! band I could never forgive him if he| A hurt comes into the mind or into did_that!” the heart, whichever it is. The an- “Then you would not make a good | cients thought the seat of the emotions wife,” said & wise man who happened | was the heart; today peychologists are to hear. 5 ¥ more inclined to favor the intelligence Forgiveness of sins is only one phase| of the mind; a few speak of the intelli- of the divine mercy, which is &s surely gence of the entire bodily economy. divine in this world as in any other| The hurt is there, the irritation is sphere. there; it is self-made, although the The quality of mercy, as Portia called | original impulses may have come from it, 18 not strained if one is able to add | ancther. forgetfulness to the jon. | In 909 cases out of 1.000 the vietim T | thinks that ancther put the irritation there Those who keep reiling their mental| o tongues. over the old burts of afironts | ine,trith i as the rare maa, Wil and the doings and sayings which for| (it i » . one reason or other they do not like & should hasten to remember to forget. | This life we are all living now, wherever placed, is actually our lifei That is something which most human beings are eager to forget, if one may o Jjudge from their actions. ! This curious fact is true because the put * % % And no one can take it out again ¢ zept himself That is where the forge(ting comes in. | Forgiveness is only & word, witdout rgeiting. When one forgets the hurt, deep or superficial, he really forgives. Especially himself. Because the holding of resentments is the greatest crime which & human | being can commit against himself. when some one offends the| "g 0 T oiohborhoods are positively surcharged with these unspoken resent- | ments, all kept alive because their hold- . - | ers lack the ability to forget, and also Those who are unable to forget in e v T e e %0 the best sense never give others credit : for a sense of humor. They keep rub- e S | bing their tongues over their hurts,| The real relief from unpleasant sit- | thinking that the other is doing the uations, neighbors, words, acts, is|same. neither to run Away nor fo expect a| All the time the other may be laugh- miracle to happen, Eut to change one’s h:cmno: uonly at them but principally own state of mind, at himself. Of course, the necessity for that| - %o change must be seen before it can be| Yes, it is good to forgive: certainly Dat dess. etther In Seperionc oe money,| Caunly, <1 Torgive your + o o or both, before they realize that a sim-| It i much better, however, to forget, ple forgetting is the best and easiest if one can, n:? make forgiveness WAY. | amount to something actual. It is impossible to tell any one how The theory of forgiveness is one to forget. Often it is difficult enough|thing; the real forgiveness often noth- to achieve even rhanedml:uklnowu how | ing more startling than a child’s smile or when one has learn esson. after pain. Where most people fall down is in| Forgiveness is not a solemn thing for Eitent whh guve Sae 1o the HoubIE | Tor every Gay i the. week, "Alttle v | 3 Ay he w e the misunderstanding, the words, will| difficult to put into effect, yes: mostly sudenly disappear. | because human beings, like nations, are “What you do you mever can undo,”|shy of getting together and talking over sald the old song. | their troubles. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands: breast.” expecting to be, blest, Pope said long - ago. 1t is easy precious ego to hug the wound to one'’s breast and refuse to let it go, because one is invariably hoping that “some- E MATIN, Paris—As the result|med up, this compliment of the organ of the vigorous and partially suc- | players, entirely gratuitous to all that cessful demonstration waged at | could assembie within the house, gave Melun by men and women affili- | an evening of delight both to the au- ated with the French Society for | dience and to the obliging profession. the Protection of Animals, the Spanish G AR & ha bullfights which were to have been | Cadutheouc held in that commune recently. and | Sugested ok Paving. unday, have been interdicted by the| g pictamen, Vera Cruz—The latest minister of the interior. There Was 80| maierial suggested for sireet paving is {quent allusions are made by him, in !is w wholesome experience for much criticism, both in the press and by the publie, of the laxity of the au- thorities in permitting these barbarous spectacles, and the behavior of the police gendarmes was so severe and violent in driving the manifestants out of the arena when they were endeavor- ing to prevent the first bullfight, that the government has decided to put a permanent embargo on all such ex- hibitions in France. W Deadwood Dick’s Death Comes as Shock. The Irish Independent, Dublin.—The | reported death of Deadwood Dick in| America, at an advanced age, will come | as a shock to many people, especially | to those who may not have realized how comparatively recent is the period‘ of American mythology. For Deadwood Dick, though he was every inch a man, | never quite belonged to history. He | achieved that rarer renown that is only possibie amid the haze that forms| the dawn and the twilight of nations. Along with Buffalo Bill, Daniel Boone | and Wild Bill Hickok, he built up a sort of Yankee Niebelungenlied, which | will be remembered, perhaps, when such | names as Coolidge and Hoover are merely food for examination papers. Today American gun play is car- ried on by people of a very different type, and one can _imagine the opinion such a fellow as Deadwood Dick must have had of them. Bootleggers, rival| gangsters, motor bandits—how inferfor and decadent they must all have seemed | | to him, compared with the grand per- | sonalities of those earlier affrays, in| which hero, heroine and villain, even though they might disagree on some | point of behavior or property, were| at least united by a common love of horses and the open air! Whatever| you may say against those ancients,| when every man in Texas and Califor- nis went armed, Wild Westerns had a | deep respect for law and order, and| the strictest code of morals, so that| as the tide of civilization advanced, it was comparatively easy for them to give | up their escapades, and become & peace- | able, prosperous community. Alkali Tke and Jesse James, for all their outlawry, never belonged to the underworld! { We are glad that in the smaller bookshops one still may buy for A/ few coppers stories of Diamond Dick | and Pawnee Joe, and that outside the walls of the shabbier cinemas one may | still see Wild West villains, Indians and | bewhiskered sheriffs galloping across | the gaudy pow:u_* * ¥ Perambulating Street Pianos Popular. La Nacion, Buenos Aires—We doubt if any of the orchestras in this music- loving city have as great and en- thusiastic a clientele as the perambuiat- ing street pianos, conducted all through the suburban districts #nd approaching as near the central portions of the capital as they are permitted by the traffic regulations. These wagons, upon each of which is | ensconced an instrument operated either by motor or erank, each in charge of some picturesque Bohemian, carty their melodies and operas to thousands never able {o attend the stately and classic renditions offered in the concert halls and theaters. Recently, in the home of one of these itinerant virtuosos, there was held a reunion of all the street or- ganists of Buenos Aires. Such equip- ment as could be taken into the build- | ing wes removed frim the earts and| poured forth its melodies to & throng whizh crammed the premize Other organs, larg . and more SONOrous, per- formed th#ir numbsrs outside the house. Juan de Dios Filiberto, the dean of all the organ grinders in Buenos Aires, was master of ceremonies and. assisted by Quinquela and Senors Riganelli and Arato, arranged a classic and interest- ing program from the works of many | great composers. Bizet, with “Car- ", von Fiotow, ith “Martha”; Gounod, with “Faust,” and Auber, with | “Fra Diavojo,” were ail enjoyed again by the gaihering, an stegins if "T0 Rutiicana” and the and fandangos were not omitted. Sum- | success of the women’s organizations in caouthcouc, in the shape of blocks in varicus degrees of hardness dependent | | on the tonnage of the traffic passing | over the thoroughfare. Sometimes a | layer of rubber, in sheets or composi- | tion, is laid beneath wooden blocks to | afford more resiliency to the pavement | and prolong both its life and that of | the vehicles, besides affording easier | riding qualities. Experiments have | been made with this material since 1870 | in all the leading cities of the world, | located in Great Britain, France, the, United States, and even in the Island | of Ceylon, Akron and Chicago, in Amer- jca, and London and Manchester, in England, are among the cities that have tried caoutchouc for pavements. It has proved satisfactory in service, but its expense has been a detriment to its extensive use. In Mexico, 8o near the sources of supply, this defect may be eliminated when cheaper combinations with other materials are developed. * % Protest Improper Numbering of Houses. El Diario, La Paz—The numbers on the houses in this city are anything but well located. Many complaints have been received in this particular by the municipal authorities from those seek- ing persons at certain addresses, or endeavoring to deliver goods or letters to specified residences. Some of the houses, and particularly the newer cot- tages on the Avenida 16 de Julio, bear no numbers at all. Houses on other streets have, variously, either numbers on the exterior inclosures or walls of the grounds, but none on the doors, or num- bers on the doors and nowhere else. Some houses, innocent of any numeri- cal identification, exist in nearly every part of the city, while in other quarters As many as five or six different num- bers are bestowed by an obliging com- mission upon a single property, the dwelling, the dog house, the Summer kitchen, the garage and the servants' lodges and gardener’s tool box all bear- ing progressive figurations. —_—————— | Victims of Alimony Fight Against Odds From the Baltimore Sun News that a national organization of the victims of alimony has been ef- fected will doubtless send a thrill along the keel of many ex-husbands, forced by court order to subsidize their wives for the mere virtue of incompatibility, but celebration of deliverance will be premature for a long time to come. Even if the membership of the Na- tional Sociolcgical League should be augmented by victims of the breach-of- promise racket, it still would be in no condition to promise victory. For one thing, the notion persists, desbite the number of husbands rotting in jail in default of alimony, that di- vorce and marriage laws Are ‘‘man- made.” With the woman vote what it is, this idea is not likely immediately to be revised. Again, judges and juries, confronted with a pretty wife ‘as a PRIntifT in a divorce action, almost are certain to see that nothing short of three-quarters of her husband’s income will compensate her for the humiliation, inconvenience and financial sacrifice of divorce. If she married the poor fel- low with alimony in the back of her head all the time, her charms probably will be sufficient to convince the court that the case is positively tragic. ‘The alimony fighters point to the getting their way. As if it were the organizing that did it! As if a man with alimony on his hands had to be told how the ladies got their way! They got it because a woman who wants her way is that finest flower of civilization, my friends, a woman, whereas a man in similar mood is a beast. The or- filnluflon opposed to alimony is not kely to chan, his state of affairs. P S dsn an Seems Just a Little Crazy, From the New Castle News. Maybe the gen'us just seems a little | erazv because of his obvious delight in work, | erly NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM L G M. TAPT AND ROOBEVELT: The Inti- mate Letters of Archie Butt, Mili- tary Aide. Two Volumes. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Letters stand, beyond dispute, as the most intimate and ccmmunicable means of literary disclosure. So posi- tively conceded is this that many a time the formal facts of knowledge | have been cast in sets of correspond- ence to secure its valuable imme- diacy of approach, its open door to readier comprehension. To make let- ters the jdeal instrument of convey | ance, however, they must ivariably | bear the stamp of informality and | g friendliness. Designed, primarily, also, for the use of those only to whom they are addressed. ‘Then, if the personal experiences back of them are substan- tial, wide of application, general in ap- peal, such letters become valuable, take on broad relaticnships, become true illuminants of many otherwise ob- scured matters of general moment and interest. It is exactly these conditions and qualities that place these volumes of intimate letters where they so clearly belong—in the hands of readers every- where for a better inlooking upon two great men who successively held the presidency of our republican govern- ment. To both of them Archie Butt held the official relation of military de To both of them he paid the of true admiration and friend- ship, even though they themselves lost their own fine mutual fealty under the strain of political exigency. It is easy to gather something of the lovable and loyal ?muty of Archie Butt from this fact of steadfastness toward both. Fre- vassing, to the situation which <wnumerable times upon his true friendship for both, though the de- mands of official service set him off, now on this side and now on that. I. one to 1ead here of this young fellow’s up- standing, unpartisan admiration for both of his chiefs and leaders. As matter of course, these letters back home to “Dear Clara” and “My Dear Sister” are made wup of the lighter side of life in the White House. That is one of their high points of interest. For, to the rank and file of Americans, “The White House” is the center of all creation. And so it is in reality. s “House” without question. One o which, some time in his life, he must | make pilgrimage. And that is as it should be. And he is doing it, too, be- yond question. You should see him. Now any one can find out from the papers what the official head of the Nation and his official family are do- ing. Everybody can read there about domestic and foreign concerns—tariffs At home and treatics abroad, about the whole complicated political to-do. But it is almost impossible to find out about the real family in the White House, To get a look-in upon the man and his wife, the father and his children, the breakfasts and the dinners, the company that comes and what is done | with it, save for Archie Butt telling it to “Dear Clara.” Never in the world | could we have seen President Taft | waltzing, all by himself, with “incredi- ble lightness” and “Uncle Joe” Cai non ecapering to a phonograph in interlude to their ponderous political consultation—except for Archie Butt _enjoying it tremendously. Yet, along the way of this letter writing and quite splendiferous-looking young man there are many wayside recordings of litical significance. “Trouble with Oyster Bay” beccmes gradually something of a litany of lam- entation on the part of the equable and peace-loving Tal The twin refrain of sadness this one is that he, Taft, could not be the new Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. But, of ‘course, one can't that and Presi- dent, too—certainly not. “Politicians Plague Taft Continually” is the por- tentous and disapproving heading of one letter to “Dear Clara.” And we agree in an equal dicapproval. Many a political secret comes out in confiden- tial moments with Archie. Taft tells him what made Roosevell mad, and then furious and then aggressively hos- tile. Then follow the ins and outs, ti ups and downs of the cleavage of th: two old friends, Taft and Roosévelt, up to the open declaration of war and the candidacy of Roosevelt for the presideney. And the election of Wood- row Wilson,. Roosevelt's plain achieve~ ment. Oh, there’s a lot of palitics in these letters to “Clara”! Inside politics, I mean. Don't miss it. This is history from the inside, where, as matter of ancient fact and record, all history is made. It is doubtful if A real and true calls | | understanding of the tortuous political game that elected Wilson can be prop- evaluated without this simple, | seemiagly inconsequential series of let- ters back home by Archie Butt. In this respect, this political inside re- spect, the book is a revelation. Dis- jointed, as letters would be, yet gath- ered and correlated, “Taft and Roose- velt” is an invaluable political docu- ment, an essential chapter in the his- tory of our Government. Of inestimable value these let! Political from many a point of intimate knowledge, social from many a point of domestic_association, friendly and loyal in the highest degree, Archie Butt's letters are due to take a deservedly high place in the world of American history and letters. And now let us walk down to that simply beautiful memorial in Potomae Park, just south of the White House— only a fountain for the birds of the neighborhood. A memorial to Archie Butt, gallant gentleman, chivalrous hero, great man! AT QUEEN ANNE'S LACE. Prances Par- kinson Keyes. Horace Liveright. An author, setting his story inst the backdrop of Wunmston social and offieial life, pockets advantage, even before taking pen in hand, for the ardors of invention and composition. If, in addition, the writer has partaken of that life, share and share alike, has contributed to it besides—why. then, the winnings are assured, the venture i8 a success. For, say what the world-weary may about certain savors of provincialism still lingering round- about, here is the administrative and executive center of a very great coun- try. A beautiful city, also, promising more of artistic distinction and charm, more of intellectual lure. However, this is something else. For here is romance with Washington as a back- ground. Its author, one of the w wise, wife of a Senator of the United States. “Queen Anne's Lace” begins at the end. Begins with a finely impressive picture of an inaugural ceremony at the Capitol. A dramatic and brilliant projection, “which for actuality could be checked point by point with the event as it takes place in fact. That finished, the story goes back to the happenings and events which, in the run of time, brought the national spectacle into effect at this particu- lar _year and hour. Taken as a whole, however, and in despite of its broadly realistic intent, “Queen Anne's Lace” is of the fairy tale variety. Older, far older, than the realism of the modern novel is the fairy story. A necessity of man's ex- istence in the long and grilling job of being a human in the midst of terri- fyingly unhuman surroundings, these myths and make-believes. And so for his own easement man began to in- vent out of the “whole cloth” of his dawning mind. Of all the wonders so made the story of Cinderella has been the best-beloved, the most enduring. To uplift the lowly, to succor distress, to reward the worthy—this, the es- senre of “Cinderella” A motive that passed from primitive man into the classic age and then advanced to be the central theme of Christianity itself. One is pretty sure of the outcome when he writes this story. And here it is again. It's Cinderella, a country maid of New England. Later the romance =hifts ‘a bit in spirit. For the heroine hecomes Egeria, mind and inspiration oi the “prince,” mcving forward under s ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | BY FREDERIC Take advantage of this free service. If you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, write us again. If you have never used the service, begin now. It is maintained for | try. J. HASKIN. Q. Is the use of chewing tobacco in- creasing”—PF. D. E A. It is not. It has ceased to be an important factor in the tobacco indus- smoking, too, is declining in your benefit, Be sure to send your | popularity. ) name and address with your question. and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps Q. Why is New Orleans called the “Crescent City"?—R. L. for return ta Address The Eve- L Lt A. The city was built around a bend linto strands, ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washingten, D. C. Q. Is miniature golf played in Lon- don?—D. S. A. It wes recently inaugurated there and is becoming very popular. Work on new courses is being done both day né night to meet the demand for the sport. Q. Where in the Bast is there a col- lege giving & course in personality?— R. E. A. The School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University, New York City, offers such a_course. It 15, designed primarily for business men and women. Q. What is the name of the radio association that is going to have a patent information bureau?—F. H. A. The Radio Manufacturers’ Associa- tion is to establish a central patent bureau at its New York headquarters. It will collect, digest and index all radio patents and publications and in- formation relative to patent litigation. A library on both foreign and domes- tic radio patents will be developed and a patent attorney will be in eharge of this new office. Q. How many brides were b home by members of the American Ex- peditionary Porces’—M. G. A. Members of the A, E. home 3.709 brides up to March 15, Hoboken, 79 Belgian. 41 Italian, 31 German, 23 Russian, with a few from Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Rumania, Serbla, Jugo- slavin and Czechoslovakia. The hus- the Army, Navy and MNerine Corps. This does not represent the entire num- ber of foreign brides, but only those who were received and cared for in the hostess’ houses under the supervision of the Red Oross, these being the only cases in which a record of nationality was kept. A number also came by commercial boats. It is understood that a total of approximately 5000 members engaged in the Rhineland occupation. Q. Where is the Roosevelt Bird Sanctuary?—L. E. R. A. It is located at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Q. How does a machine form toy marbles from clay?—C. C. M. A. The process used by the J. E. Al- bright Co. of Ravenna, Ohio, is quoted as follows: “The process we use is, briefly, to grind clay in water until it is plastic and easily worked, press it cut these strands into ifttle pellets, throw the little pellets on a simple homemade machine, which consists of A number of grooved slats laid parallel to each other, the slats being so attached to an eccentric that alternate ones move one direction in the other direction. This process makes the marbles approximately round. They then have to be screened and sorted. The only way we know of to make an absolutely round marble is to press it or pour clay slip in a mold and doing either of these things is quite slow and expensive work. In Germany children roll clay marbles by hand with the aid of two grooved boards. . F. brought | 1920, of whom a record was kept at N. J. Of these, 2,205 were French: 1,101 English, 92 Luxemburgian, | bands of these women included men of of the American Expeditionary Forces | married foreigners, not including those | when the ones adjacent to them move in the Mississippi River, and, al- though it outgrew its crescent shape. the north and south streets still curve t0 follow the bend. Q. How many automobiles are there in the Canal Zone?—C. P. T. | A. The Panama Canal Commission | says that, according to its records im {1929, there were 64 lcensed motor vehicles on the Cai Q. How can I exterminate some trou- blesome chimney swifts?—T. B. A. These birds are protected by both State and Federal law and you cannot legally take aggressive measures against them. The birds leave A chimney at some time of the and at this time | & woven wire screen can be fitted to | the top 50 as to prevent them from re- turning. Q. What is an “oratorio”?—R. H. A. An oratorio is a sacred composi- tion for solo voices, chorus or orchestra. It is usually semi-dra; and the text is usually taken from the Beriptures. It lt. sung without sction, scenery or cos- | tume. Q. How bear?—H. | | %wmuaumaunu- A. The banana tree begins to bloom one and a half to two years after being established. The fruit ripens quickly after blooming. | e Q. Are natural pear's superior to eul- tured pearls?—L. J.A. A. Pearls of culture generally posess | & finer structure than those accl- dental growth, or the naturals; but it is almost impossible to distinguish be- tween the two kinds except by cutting the pearl and examining the cross- section. Q. Isn't insanity always a ground for divorce?—G. W. A. Insanity is & ground for divorce |in 10 States—Alabama, Colorado, Con- . | necticut, Delaware, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Washington. Q. What happened to the man who plagiarized a story and sold it to Lib- | erty>—B. R. T. A. He was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, made a financial settiement with Lib- erty, and received a suspended sentence. Q. Can you tell me what the new census shows the population of Rich- | mond, Va., to be, and how mueh it has | increased in 10 years>—H. M. | A. The 1930 census gives the rult- tion of Richmond, Va., as 182,883, an | increase of 6.5 per cent over 1920, when | the population was 171,667. Q. Are cathedrals alwavs large struc- tures?—H. G. F. A. A cathedral is the church whieh contains the official seat or throne of & bishop. As a rule they are large, but a small building can serve, as in the case of the tiny cathedral of the Bysan- tine Greek type at Athens. Q. What are the characteristics of Welsh cattle>—L. O. A. The Welsh Dbreed is black, with fairly long horns. The cattle mature a little slowly, but %'row to a large size and furnish beef of prime quality. Un- til 1904 they were of two types, known as North and South Welsh, but the Weish Black Cattle Society was formed in that year and a common herd book was established. | ‘Argentine Coup Seen as Gain For Pan-American Harmon; reassure other nations that a stable regime is in authority.” “The promptness with which Ameri- can, British and Argentin® bankers have Despite the apparent hostility of Hipolito Yrigoyen to the United States, | the public in this country reveals clation of his qualities as a statesman and one who contributed to the | agreed to lend to the provisional gov- material growth of Argentina. His ernment the money to cover its immedi- downfall as President of that country ate needs” says the New York Sun, is laid to intolerable politicAl despotism | “attests their confidence in its sts- in the face of his own tendencies as an | bility.” The Sun empbasizes the fact idealist in public affairs. There is a|that “estimates revised on September 8 belief here that the change will produce | by the Division of Finance and Invest- greater harmony with the United States | ment of the United States Department and in Pan-American relations. of Commerce set the total of erican His first term as President is de-| Investments in tina at between scribed by the San Prancisco Chronicle | $775,000,000 and $865,000,000.” as “an almost heart-breaking experi-| “Many Americans have believed ¥ri- ence,” particularly as “he felt himself| goyen no friend to this country,” ac- betrayed by some of his lieutenants.”|cording to the Philadelphia Evening The result was, as understood by that|Bulletin. “and were disturbed by the paper, that “he entered his second term | recent Argentine policy of antagonising with & determination intensified by dis-| the United States in Pan-American af- trust. The evidence s’ continues the|fairs and of refusing to adhere to the Chronicle, “that his experience urged | Kellogg pact. But no change at Buenos him to attempt a personal supervision| Aires that provokes civil war and sets of nearly eyerything in government. In|the evil precedent of abandoning con- & country As large as Argentina no man | stitutional measures for redress of griev- could be successful in such a task. His Ances can be pleasing to this country. unremitting toil was not sufficient to|The speediest possible return of the new get around to the details. He could not | regime to constitutional normalcy is its Tulfill his own program, which included | best passport to international favor.” even personally selecting appointees for| * kground of the crisis,” the smallest office, The result was & the judgment of the Atlanta Journal, breakdown of his own health and of “is economic depression, widespread un- the organization of government. Even employment, and, what appears at this the courts at home and the diplomatic| distance to be, executive incompetency. service abroad were crippled. His party| Army heads seemingly felt that some- followers clamored for unfilled offices. thing had to be done to keep misfortune Their dissatisfaction was communicated | from sliding on to disaster, and in ae- to the populace through acute economic | cord with their precedents they cut the conditions.” \g\:;glm k;ml. Whe%r 'ihhey acted for The new military group which has| T of lor Wworse ly the event can come into control is described by the|Show. To the North American mind, Cleveland Plain Dealer as “the equm-l‘"h its sober English traditions and its lent of Gerard's list of the 59 who, he| said, rnn‘ things .dfor A‘r:ex;\u ::mmr‘: ge‘w. 59 was increase to Al e names of a few labor leaders and up-| But diff ents mean litters.” The Plain. Dealer calls the| ferent resources. It can only be hoped group “what an earlier generation m;thn out of the present confusion a moére Fhis eountry respectfully referred to as| eficient government and a more pros- the ‘Detter element)” but Adds that Perous order of things will emérge. “there are more colonels and génerals ) * ok kX than one would find in & similar group| The Bangor Commercial recognizes in the United States.” The editorial that “the deposed President is felt to concludes: “Here is a chance for the have stood against efforts at develop- best business minds of a lively and en-| ment and to have been unwise in han- terprising nation to see what they can| dling negotiations with foreign govern- do in governing. Gerard's 59 are mostly ments.” Dissatisfaction among all éle- oo busy making money to bother with ments is observed by the San Antenio such things. . x “In such a great country as Argentina, thinks the Charleston Evening Post, is impossible to take such an upset as a matter of popular ebullience due to frivolous or irresponsible disposition. The Argentine people have a full sense of the responsibilities of government, they are building up a great nation, and they desire and seek the respect and the friendship of other governments. Ii is impossible to think of their just “blowing up.’ But there is, for all that, something decidedly disquieting in the | Express and the Manchester Union. ‘The Toronto Ontario Daily Star refers to the deposed official as “an old man who lived in the past and committed his country to a policy of isolation.” “Yrigoyen was known as an anti- American in the World War period.” recalls the Houston Post-Dispatch. | “Since that time he has kept his coun- try out of several Pan-American confer- ences and recalled its Ambassador from | Washington. Recently he declared a | ban against imports of American pota- toes. The attitude of the new regime in Argentina is yet to be made known. as not been time for it ease with which the army and the navy|In fact, there h: came together in a resoive to overturn| !0 be revealed. It is pleasing, however, the government and set up & military|to find a hopeful view taken in thé Na- dictatorship. It it hoped these arbi-|tional Capital. Our trade with Argen- trary forces will take steps without de-| tina and our investments in that coun- by civil government and to| try are of very great importance. and WP - # | should_ grow rapidly under a friendly = | Argentine ndmln\.l\‘.rtuufl,ul Tlhe ‘Wash- ington comment is particularly encour- the spur of political ambition toward .!Tn'. in view of Dp:flun gngydgnu of the great American goal—the prési- the change of government in Pery. In dency. | that ecountry a President known for his Making a President out of homespun | friendliness toward the United States is a_perfectl: American theme. It has been deposed and imprisoned.” is the one wileh Mrs. Keyes has used| “Such have been Yrigoyen's palicies,” here with skill and breadth of treat-|as viewéd by the Béston Transeript, ment. Overlaid upon this is an engag-| “as to create an al er false im- ing pieture of the official life of Wash-, pression of the real autitude of - ington, always an acceptablé and inter-' tina toward her sister republics, ::d esting subject to American readers. | especially toward this country. What And yet, standing off for a better view | that real attitude 18 will soon no doubt of the novel as a whole, it is, above all| become manifest, but certainly it should else, romanticism undilute, with even| be more cordial and co-operative in the ‘suggestion of sentimentality emerg- | spirit than it has appearéd under Yri- ing here and there. In a word, it is| goyen's recent administration.” the old Cinderella theme advanced e adroitly in the externals of modern| 1 oy Political and social activities, particu- | Not at All Surprising. larly as these spread from the Capital From the Daston Daily News. City and drift back to it under the| A steam shovel 40 feet long was stolen shifting aspects of political life in a in Philadslphia. Maybe (hey feared great Republic. A truly romantic mat-| somebody was trying to dig up a lot of ter of heart, Why not? A