Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1930, Page 8

A—8 {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D, C FRIDAY.....September 19, 1830/ THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor oS A S G e S, The Evening Star Nc;;pr:)u Company Bysiness 11th 8. 3.';‘:.""‘“ g5, Lake A jce: 14 Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. o Evenine Star < 45¢ per ionth s Evening and Sunday Btar | 60c per month (when 4 Sundase) . kvl ning and Sunday’ 8far 5 Mundars) ..........88¢ per month The Sunday St c_per copy Cotlection at the end of each mont] jers may be sent in by mail or ielephoné fAtional 8000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginfa. aily and Sunday.....1yr.s10.00:1 mo. iy only - yr. 8600 y only . i § mo. | $4.00° 1 mo., 40¢ All Other States and Canada. fj7 Snd Sundsy..)vr. iy oaly . 1y, 4.0 ay only 1yr., $5.00: 1 mo., Member of the Associated Press. ® Associated Press is exclusively entitled tl 6 for republication of all news als- atches credited to it or not Jotherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local 1ews | ublished herein. All rights of publication of jpecial dispatches herein Are also rescrved. - The “Voters” of the District. "The voting population of the District | of Columbia, the National Capital of | the United States, is 15,105, according to'a special enumeration by the Census Bureau of persons who claim and make use of voting residence in the States. Burely this is a sufficient commentary | in itself on the injustice of distranchis- | ing the general population of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The census of the National Capital for 1930 shows a total population of 488,869. Pleas made by residents of the Dis- trict of Columbia, who wish to exercise the privilege and right of American citizens and through the use of the ballot express themselves in the Gov- ernment of their country, have been answered in the past with statements that a very large proportion of the adult population of the District votes or has the right to vote in the States. ‘The report of the Census Bureau makes this answer appear little more than an evasion by those who are opposing the demand of the disfranchised residents of the Capital. ‘The director of the cemswus, in report- ing the results of the special enumera- tion of voters residing in the District, admits that some errors in the compu- fation may have crept in, due to the failure of census takers to ask these special questions relating to- the claim of voting residence out in the States. But he adds, emphatically, “The num- ‘ber reported is fairly complete.” In the past it has been common talk that of the total population of the Dis- trict 50,000 or even 60,000 vote in the States, having legal residence there. Even now that the Census Bureau has enumerated the voters, similar asser- tions are made. But it is inconceivable that an error of such magnitude could have been made by the Census Bureau in taking the special census of voters in the District. It is one thing to esti- mate the number of voters residing in { the National Capital and another thing to’count them. Party leaders, who have the duty of “getting out the vote” in election years and who must seek assistance to carry on this work, may be forgiven if they magnify somewhat the size of thelr task and the importance Gf the vote of the District to their parties. The suggestion is made that civil service employes residing in the District have hesitated to tell the census enumera- tors that they took part in elections, on the theory that civil service rules pro- hibit political activity of civil service employes. ‘This is unlikely, inassmuch as the enumeration is anonymous and confidential. There is nothing in the gules of the civil service, furthermore, which in any way interferes with the right of these employes to vote in any election. This line of argument, set up in an effort to explain the failure of the census to show a greater number ©f voters, s not in the least convineing. The 1930 eensus of the District of Columbis has shown nearly half a mil- Mon living in the District. This does not include the great number of per- sons who live in Maryland and Vir- ginia and come into Washington daily | for business and who have offices here. It relates only to those who actually reside in the National Capital. It re- lates to the men and women who actuslly pay the taxes which are used for the upkeep of the government of the District in all its ramifications. These are the men and women who are today “taxed without representation”— except for the fifteen thousand resi- dents plus who admittedly vote in the States. The census shows, too, that the increase in the population of the District during the last decade has been 49,298. The increase in the pop- ulation during the next ten years will probably be even greater. How is it possible to justify the dis- franchisement of such a great number of American citizens? In the other great capital cities of the world, among | them London, Paris and Berlin, there i no effort to disfranchise the resi- dents. 'There is but one way to do jus- tice to the people of the District of Columbia. That is to amend the Con- stitution so that Congress will be enabled to grant these people the right to elect thelr representatives in Congress—as the people of the States do—since it 4 the Congress which makes the laws for the District and levies taxes on| the people of the District. This meas- ure of justice has already been too long delayed. ————————— Btage managers have their difficulties. Stalin is striving to meet the responsi- bility of stage manager for one of the‘ greatest political dramas history has | ever attempted. | B No Pennant This Year. The die is definitely cast—Washing- | ton canmeé win & onse ball pennant this | year. Yesterday's games seftied the | question. Philadelphia’s vietory over Chicago while Washington was losing to Cleveland made the “mathematical | certainty” which is the real finish of the American League race. Another | win by Washington will clinch second | place for it, even as another defeat for Wew York will effect the same result. | the team maintain its pace by attend- than sixth position and would probably be the seventh club in the race. For a “second-division team” the Washington aggregation has done pretty well, to hold first place for a period, to be con- stantly on the heels of the leaders—in effect, to set the pace for the entire league during the greater part of the season. ‘There is consolation in the reflection that but for injuries to certain mem- bers of the team Washington would probably have been if not out in front at this moment at least so close to the top that a couple of days' play might yield lJeadership. Meanwhile Philadel- phia has had a remarkable stretch of good fortune, with practically an intact team throughout the season and with no “slumps,” those strange periods of demoralization that bring about long stretches of defeat. ‘This augurs well for next year. is always the hope of the base ball patron, the season coming. the Washington aggregation, as now playing and as strengthened by on- | coming talent, will be given a higher | rating in the Spring guessing than sec- ond division. It should be a favorite | for first place. And that will be the | hope of the loyal public of the Capital, that has done so much this year to help ance and encouragement. r——— Penny-Wise Economy. The new retrenchment policy affect- ing the city's kindergarten system, as promulgated by the last Congress, will g0 Into effect with the opening of the school term on Monday. There has already been some confusion in in- | terpreting this policy and in deciding what the harassed conferees on the District bill, in the closing hours of & hectic session, had in mind, for the agreement reached on the kindergarten item was no very fine example of either legisiative intent or expression. But as the matter stands now, the same number of kindergarten classes in operation at the close of the last school term will be opened Monday, with the exception of the underaged kindergartens. Four of these have been abolished. One of them, at the Webster School, will remain open because of its close connection with the Ameri- canization work. Each regular kinder- garten must justify its continued ex- istence by showing an average daily attendance of twenty-five pupils through October 14, This probably means that each kindergarten must have an en- rollment of at least thirty-five at the opening of the school year. An epi- demic of measles, whooping cough, mumps or other ills that beset children of the kindergarten age, or even a spell of bad weather, may so cut down the sttendance that some of the classes will fail to show the required average daily attendance. According to the understanding now those classes in which the average falls below the ar- bitrary deadiine of twenty-five will be closed. The children will either be forced to attend some other school or remain at home, denied the privileges for which their parents pay in taxes to support the school system. Before a class can justify two teach- ers it must show an average dally at- tendance of fifty. This will probably result in some ciasses that are unduly ‘That | Certainly | | respecting the chalienge, such, for in- THE EVENING one of the factors. But the metal mast did not steer the yacht, did not give her points in beating up the wind, did not make her easier of management in maintaining headway in a zephyrlike breeze. There was only one race in which the stouter stick may have played a part, and that was the third, when Shamrock failed, not because of any quality of her mast, but becau-> of the parting of her main halyard. This, then, is the end of the Lipton serles. The gallant old sportsman says | that he will not try again alone. The challenge for the America’s Cup must come from a syndicate, not from an in- dividual. This is the pity of the latest endeavor, that the challenger was bullt singly, while the defender was chosen from four American yachts, all built specially for the purpose of affording, | a choice. In effect, Lipton bid single- handed against four groups of wealthy Americans. Yet the conclusion remains that whether Enterprise was the product of a quartet of syndicates, or of a single person, she was the better boat of the two that met during this four- teenth contest. A single designer and a single builder might as surely have produced her. And as for her skipper, he was merely the choice of the de- fense committee, even as Lipton's skip- per was his own cholce, {rom among all British yachtsmen. Yachting, in the America’s Gup class, has become an enormously expensive sport, some think too expensive. Maybe | this is the end of the game. Possibly some other conditions will be set up | i | stance, as the waiver of the rule that the bidder for the cup must sail across the Atlantic under her own power. Per- haps that requirement has put a de- feating handicap upon ail cnallengers. These matters may not be settiea &t Time will answer tnem. e ———— Praise must go to Sir Thomas Lipton as an upholder of tradition in maintain- ing the ancient and honorable custom of competing for the America’s Cup. ——r—— once. Troubles of the farmer claim more sympathy as the man with the market basket perceives that his interests also are involved in & crop shortage. o The Arctic explorer whose courage s extolled and whose memory is revered, though lost in icy waters, actually at- tains the object he originally sought. ———o—— . Primary voting is not always so con- vinéing as it would be if it were not necessary for forecasters to consider the coalitions to which it may lead. . Language proceeds in simplification. The terms “Republican” and “Democra are being superseded by the monosyl- lables “dry” and “wet.” — et An effort to arouse the public to a state of hectic interest in a local cam- paign usually serves only as & reminder of what a big country this is. - Uncle Sam as a world creditor is re- minded of a line in a quaint old play: “I loaned my money to my friend and lost my money AND my friend.” ——————— Events continue to show that the dry leaders are not only persuasive moralists, large for one teacher to handle, or, if the classes become unwieldly and still remain too small for two, teachers, the excess pupils will be put on a waiting list, and enrolled in the kindergartens as regular attendants when others drop out, 80 much for the application of the policy. It is difficult now to forecast the results. But the intent of the policy is to cut down the number of kinder- garten teachers and to transfer the excess number to the grades, thereby saving the salaries that otherwise would be paid new teachers appointed to the grades. No one knows how much money will be saved. At any rate it will be a relatively small amount in & budget that totals over forty million dollars. And it is yet to be demon- strated that the savings can be ac- complished without disrupting the kin- dergarten system, causing large and unwieldy -classes, ‘abandoning others and bringing about individual cases of hardship on the part of teachers seeking employment or denied the opportunity for employment. ‘Why was the policy adopted? Be- cause & few members of Congress, who are neither educational experts nor ex- perienced school administrators, thought it might be a good thing and decided to try it out. The taxpayers, who sup- port the schools, were not consulted and their protests for the most part were ignored. The school officials by law must carry out what they conceive to be the intent of the conferees, who are back home mending their own political fences. If the policy ‘becomes a han- dicep, which will be shown by the first of November, the Board of Education should demand its repeal, and do it in no uncertain terms. o Buggestions are made that Germany may develop a man .ocerresponding in power to Mussolini. Question is likely to arise as to whether two Mussolinis can survive harmoniously on the same immed‘ate map. e Lipton's Final Failure. The fourteenth contest for the Ameri- ca’s Cup is over, and, truly, it has been but able politicians. SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Musical Strike. Good Friend Musician, do not quit your | customary way, But let your sense of duty move you even more than pay. Elections are approaching and we hope you'll have a heart A And think about your politics as well a8 of your Art. We need “Star Spangled Banner” and “Columbia, Happy Land.” How could we run the country without Music by the Band? Good Priend Musician, heed responsi- bilities immense. Be guided by your conscience and your patriotic sense. ‘When candidates remind us of a na- tion's hour of stress, ‘We want the voice of song in its per- suasive loveliness, B0 please don't limit the supply to stim- ulate demand. How could we run the country without Music by the Band? Capitalization. “Do you approve of the use of money in politics?” “That’s & very direct question,” re- turned Senator Sorghum. “But I must admit that I can't see why politics should be regarded as the one business on earth that can be run without money.” Jud Tunkins says he once went to a night club and the only real enjoyment he had was getting chummy with the milkman next morning. Weather Prophecy. The Katydid kept up a tune About “six weeks till frost.” 'Twas heard at midnight and at noon. A lot of time was lost; And if, to average, Earth tries Por all this hot distress, We soon must meet in sad surprise, A blizgard—nothing less! Process of Elimination. a diseppointment. It has ended in an- other triumphant vietory for the Ameri- can defender. ‘It showed the unques- tloneble superiority of mot only Ameri- can yacht designing and yacht bullding but yacht management. Nevertheless there is sacdness in the demonstration. Many people on this side of the Atlantic sincerely hoped that Sir Thomas Lipton would win his fifth and final challenge for the cup. Certainly all hoped that his fifth Shamrock would prove to be the best of her line and would give Enterprise a hard race, winning perhaps three of the seven matches. Assuredly all hoped that none of the races would be won by the defender through the dis- ablement of the challenger. In no one of the four races did Sham- rock V show the quality that had been promised by her performances overseas. In none of them was she sailed with the skill befitting such a contest. She was not, perhaps, given her best chance. But the management of a yacht is part of the competition, and in this respect And second place is something of which the Capital can well be proud, n the circumstances. Especially when consensus of base ball opinion at beginning of the season was that Senstors had no chance for lflu. the advantage lay decidedly with Enter- prise. 8ir Thomas Lipton is said to have ex- claimed after the fourth race, yesterday, that it was the metal mast of Enter- prise that best him. Perhaps, thet was “Has anything been done to eliminate racketeers?” “Yes,” answered the big boy in the great municipality. “After now there won't be 8o many of 'em. The two big- gest racketeering organizations have merged.” “It 15 not always possible” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “to love your enemies as Great Teaching has| advised. To smile and make a bow may | be the most of which human forbearance | is capable.” Once a Bum; Now a Bandit. John Barleycorn was bad enough When that old tap room made him rough. He's something even more to fear Since he became a racketeer, “De man dat owns & cow,” said Uncle Eben, “thinks he's her boss. All dat cow really goes on workin’' for is de memory of her calf.” Situation Out of Hand. Prom the Terre Haute Star. A Brazil girl was chosen “Miss Uni- verse” in the international beauty con- test at Rio. Since the already has selected tha might be well to !Canal Zone, and maybe from east of | | whatnot. {husiasm bubbles over and we burst | " | mythology may feel sure that Diana base | train enforcement agents to act always United States t individual, it on the first Marines. STAR, WASHINGTON D. O, FuiDAY, Btic THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Now that the Red-Headed Girl is back from her vacation, Our Community can resume its normal way of living. % It was not exactly the same without er Just what the difference is it is diffi- cult to explain, for the community has plenty of pretty, healthy children. Sunshine, and sea breezes, and all such things are hard to elucidate. It is better not to try. Sunshine, and salt winds, and the Red-Headed Girl must be accepted as | indisputable. All three are much better than words, The Red-Headed Girl, for instance. was intended for sunshine and se breezes. That is why her presence is & compliment to & stuffy eity. e Perhaps an elderly admirer ought to explain about her hair. t 18 not exactly red. At Jeast, it is not the color which most people think of when they picture red hair. Not that awful carroty red which usually goes with quick tempers and & disposition to argue, even about such indisputable propositions as the state of the weather, books and flowers. ‘The Red-Headed Girl's hair is of & deep brown, with just enough sunshine in it to force one to call it red, but it really fsn't. Maybe it's titian, but we never liked the word. Red-haired will do, espe- cially when it s waving in the free breeze of Our Community. * Kok ok We have watched them come and go, | at Uncle Sam's imperial command, for full seven years. They come from the Philippines, and the Hawailan Islands, from Nicaragus with monkeys, and from Alaska, the Suez, we are not sure. \ They are chock-full of pep, life and | Occasionally, as at present, our en- | into print, as the phrase has it. | Because the Red-Headed Girl is rep- | resentative of them all, with just & little extra something thrown in for good measure. * ok ok ¥ ‘You know how it is in Your Neigh- rhood. You have names of your own for people you do not know. “There goes the man with the lan- tern,” some one says as the man across the street comes out punctually at 7 p.m. to put his lighted lantern on the rear of his car, where the parking light is broken. Or maybe you call him Diogenes. But you call him something. Every- body does. Many times such names are not complimentary at all—Horse-Faced ‘Woman, and so on. Sometimes pleasing—Venus, hilde, ete. Brun- * % % % The Red-Headed Girl just escaped being called Diana. er ability to run, to jump hedges, to catch base balls, put her squarely in the Diana class. (The student of could catch & of 'em.) WASHINGTON Other American families may have supplied more high appointive officials, but the La Follette family probably holds the palm for the number of high elective officers within the span of a schoolboy's memory. One son of the man who was Governor of his State, United States Senator and candidate for President in 1924, is in the Senate, and the other is Governor-select of Wis- consin, for the Republican nomination in this case is equivalent to election. ‘What makes the record still more amaz- lnw the fact that “Young Bob,"” who hol his father's Senate seat, and “Gov. Phil” are only 35 and 33, re- spectively, ball with the best * ok oKk Don Carlos G. Davila, Chilean Am- bassador to the United States, while back home in Santiago after three years | in Washington, talked on “North American Imperialism” at s public conference attended by the American Ambassador and other representatives of forelgn countries in Chile. La Naclon, copies of which have just been received here, gave considerable space to the affalr, featuring Senor Davil: remarks on “North Americanism,” | which, he said, presents itself before | the world as an irresistible fact as far | as older civilizations are concerned. “North Americanism i8 not only an economic reality but it s also a cul- tural reality,” Senor Davila told his distinguished hearers. “North America not only produces and sells; it has | created & manner of living.” Aside from its fabulous statistics on trade and commerce, it exhibits “portentious figures which describe its cultural | activities and reflect the idealistic in- | quietude of the American spirit.” This last aspect he stressed as an important part of the “program” of North American life. * % % Among the “portentious figures” cited by the Chilean Ambassador to convey an idea of the “cultural effort” of the United States were these: One thousand universities with 1,000,000 alumni; 35,000 secondary and normal achools with 1 000,000 scholars, and 300,000 prim: schools with 25,000000 puplls. “In the apogee of its economic forms,” he con- tinued, “the United States is fabricat- ing & culture having its own character- istics and_which seems destined to de- fine, as did Athens and Rome, & vast cycle of human civilization.” In the be- ginning, the North American was face to face with hostile nature, Senor Da- vila recalled. Activity and labor became the essence of his religion and philoso- phy. Then when the land was domi- nated and reduced to his ideas, he be- gan to think and to take time for the recreation of his soul. Now the United States is allowing itself the luxury of less labor. “Pord and his men rest not only on the seventh day, but also on the sixth.” the Ambasador summed up. The futiiity of “the older civilizatio seeking to resist “North Americanism’ was the theme of the excellent address. * % % ¥ Maine's anti-hitch-hiking 1aw, making it a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, “to endeavor by words, gestures or otherwise, to beg, in- vite or secure transportation” from passing motorists, is working fine, ac- cording to the chief of highway police of that State, who reports that the records fall to reveal a single case of prosecution for violation of the act since | it became effective more than a year | ago. Only two instances of violation came to his notice in that period, and these involved out-of-State hitch-hikers who had never heard of the law. * kK % When Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock returns to his bachelor apartment after an unusually hard day at the offise he seeks relaxation in the original clas- sics. The new prohibition commis- sioner, who has established schools to as gentlemen and to use their brains rather than their brawn and their guns only in self-defense, is very muc! scholar. Before taking up taught Greek and mathematics in St. John's in An: lis, where he had been a star student. His intelligent administration of prohi- bition as United States attorney in Maryland brought him to the favorable notice of Attorney General William D. Mitchell, in whose department the Pro- hibition Bureau is now placed. * koK x ‘Word comes from West Ort of the death there of the tre ductor who was the famous new-g;pe ville Folks,” the law he and ther e, N. J., & | of which TRACEWELL. But she was christened “the Red- Headed Girl” instead, a much more ap- propriate name for an American, after all. It was this way: Sitting ldldyoby the window, with noth- ing else to do but look, about which we are shamelessly frank, never hiding be- hind curtains, we happened to see a new child going along the sidewalk. “Who is this little red-headed girl?” we wondered. Henceforth she was to be known as the Red-Headed Girl, prefix “the.” * x X 0% She is one of these healthy-looking creatures who have a tonic effect on humanity. There are some people like that. Sometimes men, sometimes women. They are the blessed ones who find peo- ple liking them just for themselves. It is difficult to make up one’s mind whether the Red-Headed Girl swaggers or floats as she walks. No doubt some of the poetically inclined young men who form her daily escort would favor the latter. She is Tather too solid to float, but who would dare assert she swaggers? £ 4N The advantage of some sort of horn, such as the cornet, in wooing a fair lady (In a noisy neighborhoody has been made manifest. One of the Red-Headed Girl's boy friends, who lives several blocks away, :;ndl his ditties floating over the house- DS. “The High School Cadets March” isn’t very sentimental, of course, but it will do. A mandolin just isn't in it. A bass drum, now, is about the only thing left, for a rival, He could thump out his love for blocks. R W What we llke about these modern kids is that they aren't a bit senti- mental. When the Red-Headed Girl hops into a collegiate car to ride around the block she takes any seat she can get, and nobody offers her a better one. If the car comes to a jolting halt the Red-Headed Girl ts sh up as much as the rest of them. She is one of them, that's all. A great deal more sensible attitude, we think, than the old tomfoolery about offering a lady your arm across the street. The Red-Headed Girl would grin and be on the other side before you had begun to look foolish. 4 ok % Which reminds us, for no particular reason at all, of our most embarrassed moment, when we were about the Red- Heflded Girl's age, was in the eighth grade, at the Adams School. About tgrn‘t age girls are larger and heavier than boys. Rounding the cloak room door in a hurry, we ran plump into Millie, or Mattie, or whatever her name was. Being much lighter than Mattle, we naturally took the count of 10, much w;n: ‘Gel ‘h'. of our mates. ut insuit was added to injury wh Mattie helped us up, asking liu?lwufl!yn Did I hurt you?" If she just hadn't sald that! For days it greeted us on every corner. OBSERVATIONS not start his car until all regular - sengers were aboard. Mothers Inlruz::d their children and housewives their marketing to him. Strangers were di- rected and inebriates were escorted home by him. Hundreds of Northern New Jersey commuters knew and loved him. When the Montrose line was dis- continued Imas, whose death brought tributes from many, became an em- ploye in the public service terminal in Newark. * kX % In his Constitution day address, Rep- resentative James M. Beck characterized our Constitution as America's et contructive achievement in the g:nln of statecraft and then warned that this political document has not the fixity of the Northern Star. “It'is a living organism, which has within it the pos- sibilities of growth and, like every liv- ing organism, the equal dbilities of decay,” he reminded. e er 80~ licitor general of the United States is not an alarmist. He gave it as his view that the fundamental difficulty with the preservation of the Constitution is that it was framed in the spirit of individualism, while present-day tend- encies are predominantly socialistic. Herein was seen a conflict outcome of Conatitation s "o §row th wisdom oF n is “to grow in wisdom or perish in folly,” (Copyright, 1930 San Francisco Has Pattern in New York | From the San Prancisco Chronicle. Fast 15 East and West is West, but | right there Kipling gets off the track. For if the twain do not meet in the analogies between the factors in the be- | ginning, growth, experience, topography | and problems of New York and San Franecisco, all analyses fail. A BSan Franciscan reading the pres- | entation of New York’s case in “Mas- tering & Metropolis,” by H. L. Duffus, | runs upon analogies at every turn. ‘There is a likeness even takes made by the two cities. New York, | however, forced by her earlier develop- ment to plan the correction of past | errors and to provide for the future, of- | fers a lamp ready made to guide San | Prancisco. ! New York is the Nation's eat natural gateway on the East, San Fran- cisco even more definitely marked by nature as the gateway on the West. New York originated as a trading pos! and grew to a great commercial and in- dustrial center under the force of | natural conditions. Two hui later history was repeated in San - cisco. New York began on an island. San PFrancisco’s peninsular location al- most duplicated New York’s insularity. The waterways that made New York great also created its greatest problems of expansion. The same is true of San Francisco. ‘The growth of New York has the city into five counties an: metropolitan regi San ready in five counties, while four others come under the head of metropolitan area. read New York was slow to see the need of uniting all its municipal divisions for action in the common good. At this point the analogy is less complete. In a shorter time San Francisco was quicker to aim_at united action. New York's the other bay cities are aiming for the present at & community of interest and | action aj from m New - | litical unity so far that in establishing | the port authority it has, with the co- operation of New Jersey, overleaped | even State boundaries. Nevertheless, in the metropolitan region for the future | .&hnl are now being made, there are still 400 independent municl- palities. [ The S8an Francisco metropolitan area | in the mis- | inf | matter are bein, ‘ork. nneum-&‘fl&"dr 1 from York. It has the benefit of New York's mistakes of delay or omission and the example of her triumphs over natural al obstacles. For us the outstanding lesson in New York's experience is the value of fore- sight, the advantage of plan: for the future and the effectiveness of co- operative action by all the communities ares marked by LEMBER 19, 16 Praise for the Sermon On the Dog-Guide Friend To the Editor of The Star: Once more the incident of the dog in the pulpit! Mary E. Clark, in a recent issue, expresses her approval and Joy about it, and now comes M. E. Read protesting vigorously the bringing of a dog into the sacred pulpit of the Lord's sanctuary. M. E. Read suggests that Mary E. Clark become informed on the subject before airing her views before the think- ing American public. It would be well for Mr. Read, too, to become informed as to the actual character of the service in which the dog was present in the pulpit. If he had been present in our church and had heard the true gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as preached on that occasion, I do not believe he would have written such a lettér. The incident referred to is evidently the Sunday morning service recently in the Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth and N streets, Presbyterian, conducted by Dr. Robert Blair of Parnassus, Pa., & blind minister who is taken every- where by his trained German shepherd dog. He first gave us the story as briefly as possible of his training, with his dog, at the school established in the United States two or three years ago for the training of such dogs; then followed the gospel sermon, in which he used the traits and characteristics of his dog and her work as illustrations of our Christian Iife in Christ. From the open- ing of the service to its close 1t was very evident to all who were present that Dr. Blair is a true preacher of a true flmpel from his first prayer, through his sermon and his closing prayer, he proclaimed his own faith in such a gospel, and his leading by the Lord Jesus Christ and dependence upon Him. Very beautifully he explained the uncertainty, even fear, with which the blind person starts out on the streets when beginning to train his dog; how he at first found it seemingly impossible to conquer this fear, then of how “a Friend met him, early, at 5 or 6 o’clock one morning,” the long conversation they had, the Friend promising to g0 on the streets with him, and help train his dog, assuring him that He, too, had once ridden the streets on a humble animal—the donkey His disciples brought to Him for his entry into Jeru- salem! Dr. Blair's text was Matthew, xx1.3—“The Lord hath need of them!” The donkey and her colt, and his own precious dog. If Dr. Blair preaches in our church or elsewhere in Washington again, I am sure M. E. Read would hear a thrilling gospel sermon, honoring the Lord Jesus Christ and His saving and keeping grace, if he would consent to attend the service. SARAH E. DAVISON. B Why Indictment Does Not Equal Conviction To_the Editor of The Star: In_your recent editorial concerning the Manhattan judgeship scandal you quote Justice McCook’s charge to the grand jury which, briefly stated, in- structs the jurors to indict where, and only where, the evidence presented would warrant a conviction by a trial jury. You then conclude that, this rule followed, “all indictments would, theoretically, be tantamount to convic- tlon.” This conclusion is hardly war- ranted by the language of the court and overlooks the nature of the ordinary grand jury proceedings. ‘The judge instructed the grand Jury not to indict unless it, “sitting as a trial jury, would find a conviction were the only evidence in the case such as d been presented.” This contemplates that the grand jury will hear the prosecution’s case. It does not contemplate that the defense will be heard until the trial. The State is represented before a grand jury; the defendant is not. The rule merely assures the accused that he will not be publicly tried for a serious offense, unless the prosecution can make out such a case as would warrant a con- if the defense offered no ‘The court’s rule may' be h, an indictment returned defendant acquitted through the strength of his own case. JAMES LAWRENCE SLY. No “Tin Music” Wanted In Capital’s Theaters To the Editor of The Star: There have been many endurance contests in the last few years, but the most essential one is now in h How long can Washington, a cultured city, endure the insult on their intel- ligence of listening to tin music? We have the loveliest public buildings, the most beautiful homes, and the chance to come into contact with the best of educated le, yet the human money bags at the head of the moving pic- ture concerns think that they can offer us tin music. I, as a lover of good music and one who appreciates the wrong that is being done hundreds of laborers in the theaters, voice my pro- test against such an action as is being taken by the theaters in dismissing the musicians. Is it fair to throw all of these men out of work just fof a few money bags? Down with money bags: up with live, pulsing music! IDA V. LYONS. S S — Non-Driver Pleads for All-Night Parking To the Rditor of The Star: The banning of ure cars parking on the streets of ington at night is a serious problem, ould be gone to thoroughly before any drastic measures are adopted. I do not own & car, and can see no objection to the parking of such 's on the streets at night. They are parked there all day long, when the streets are crowded with people and vehicles, so thick that they can hardly pass one another; and there certainly can be no objection to their being there when evlrythlnfnelle is off the streets. There is no Iinterference to traffic, and they are company for those returning home late al Without them the cit) storm-swept and unin! E P —or— Some Queries for the Postmaster General To the Editor of The Star: ‘There are & few very important things about the proposed increase in first- class postage every American Ccitizen should know and it is up to the Post- master General to enligh our under- standing. ‘What classification of mall matter is the direct cause of deficit in that de- m&u‘:xenn ke en was shortage first posted in red, under whose administration, has it ever shown to decrease and under ‘whosé administration? ‘What different classifications of mail carried at a loss? ‘When for the first time did the depart- ment show a loss, and to what amount and condition thereafter every time the administration cl up until June, 9307 . ‘WHIPPLE. R Miniature Opti From the Dayton Daily News. The introduction of golf in an East- ern peniten may be & move on the part of the icials to attract a better class of residents. Ups and Downs Ahead. From the Fort Worth Record-Telesram, An invention is reported that is said to make music out of nothing more than gestures made by the hands of the operator. Will we ‘music ltolrkt,-oum as the jazz band conductors He Must Work for It. PFrom the Loulsville Times. Even if the Earl of Birkenhead is that By 2030 we shall food, we can't get it Thetlc money earned by 3 { § ‘The answers to questions printed here each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquiries handled by our great Information Bureau maintained in Washington, D. C. This ble | service is for the free use of the public. Ask any question of fact you may want to know and you will get an immediate re‘;'l‘y. ‘Write plainly, inclose 2 cerits in coln or stamps for return postage, and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. Please give a biography of David | Ross, the radio announcer?—F. C. 8. A." David Ross is the announcer of | the Columbia Broadcasting System. He was born in New York City on July 7, 1894, He belonged to a poor family,| which made it necessary for him to sell papers at a very early age. He man- aged, however, to obtain a college edu- cation and attended the City College of New York. About four years ago he drifted_into the field of broadcasting, and is located at Station WABC. He is married and has a 2-year-cld daughter. Q. What was the first ploture di-| rected by David Wark Grifith?>—M. F. A. It was “The Adventures of Dol- lie,” released July 14, 1908. Q. Is it true that the DO-X will have a sea captain on her trip across the At- | lantic?—F. E. C. A. Lieut. Comdr. PFriederich Christ- iansen, who will be in charge of the coming transoceanic flight of the Dor- | nier DO-X, until recently commanded | the German steamey, Rio Bravo. He re- ceived his pilot license in March, 1914, and was Germany's leading sea war ace. | During the war he commanded the | German naval seaplane squadron and station at Zeebrugge on the coast of | Flanders. He won the Iron Cross, First | Class; the Pour le Merite, and both the | Silver and Gold Life Saving Medalifons | for heroic rescues at sea. Q. Is the bankruptey law a State or Natfonal law? How does person go | into bankruptcy?—D. W. | A. It is & Federal law. If a person decides to take advantage of it, he | should file & voluntary petition of bank- ruptcy with the clerk of his nearest United States District. Court. In the case of involuntary bankruptcy the pe- | tition 1s filed by a creditor or by cred- ors. Q. What causes a rainbow?—R. P, A. The rainbow is caused by the re- fraction and reflection of light by water | drops. The, ordinary rainbow is on the opposite side of the observer from the sun (or moon, rarely); is circular, with its center on the straight line, projected, 1 from sun to observer; and its position is | the ition of the actual drops that are, ' at the moment, producing it. Q. In what country is the Suez | Canal? Did England buy any of the shares when they were first put on the market?—S. F. A. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas. It is in . By 1858 a company was organ- ized with a capital of about 40 million dollars, over half of which was sub- scribed by France, about one-fourth in | ‘the Ottoman Empire and an almost negligible amount in other countries. ' England had no part in its beginning and bought none of the original shares. hgl?nd later gained control of the canal. Q. When stropping & razor, at what | angle should it be held>—F. 8. A. By holding the razor at an angle of about 30 degrees the point which is the most used part of the razor is best stropped. Q. When was the first edition of “Oliver Twist" blished?—C. R. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 7 BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Q. Please give the names and ages of the children of Empress Zita and the late Emperor Carl of Austria—L. L. A. They are Franz Joseph Otto, 1T; Adeladie, “16; Robert, 15; Felix, 14; Karl Ludwig, 12; Rudolf Syringus, 11; Charlotte, 9, and Elizabeth, 8. Q. What is the standard size for bed plllows?” How many pounds of goose eathers are required to fill a pillow? How much down’—F. E. L. ¥ A. The standard size of bed pillows is 21 inches by 27 inohes. It requires three pounds of goose feathers to fill & pillow and one and three-fourths pounds of down Q. How much “hard money” is there in the world?—H. C. L. A. The monetary stock of the world is computed as: Metallic stock, $286,- 208,000; gold stock, $9,710,204,000; sil- ver stock, $4,183,029,000. Q. Please explain the Burning Spring at Niagara Falls—H. N. J A. The Old Burning Spring of Niagara was said to have been discovered by the Indians 200 years ago. As time ad- vanced and the Indians were driven in the background and the white man found his way to the shores of the Ni- agara, the Old Burning Spring was put on exhibition and today it is reproduced as nearly as possible like the picture of the old Indian legend. Considerable trouble was encountered in analyzing the water, and finally a French rene- gade named Kee conceived the idea of making & wooden pipe, with a small hole in it, to fit in the erevice of the rock, partly shutting off the flow of water and thus causing the flames to come up through the pipe where the flame was renewed on the top. Doctors and chemists from all over the world have analyzed this water, which they claim contains sulphur, magnesia, salt and iron. These four mixed together will not burn. It is thought there is an unknown mineral that amalgamates with the sulphur and magnesia in the water and causes the light flow of gas or vapor. Q. How many portraits did Thomas Sully paint?—L. M. A. There are over 2,000 listed por- traits by this artist. In addition, he executed many miniatures and about 500 subject paimtings, Q. Should a person toe out when walking?—B. A. R. A. The Public Health Service says that the correct method of walking is to walk with the toes pointing nearly straight ahead and only slightly out. Correct posture is more like the mill- tary attitude at rest—namely, with heels apart, toes almost straight forward, the sides of the feet approximately oppo- site sides of a square. Thiz attitude gives stability and poise and insures a proper distribution of the weight of the body upon the structures of the feet. Q. Are all the bats in North America of one kind?—W. M. A. 5 A. Scattered from Panama and the Antilles to Alaska and Labrador there are about 260 species and subspecles belonging to 77 genera and 8 different families. Some of the tropical species are blood-sucking vampires and others are fruit-eaters, but nearly all the bats of the United States and farther north are insectivorous. Q. Is a nurse who worked through the influensa epidemic eligible for a pension?—H. T. M. A. The Pension Office says that no one is eligible for a pension who was not mustered into the Military Service - of the United States. Q. Were Franz Lisst and Richard ‘Wagner, the musicians, related in any way?—L. T. Wagner married Liszt's daughter, A. It appe in 1838. A Cosima, in 1870. Roosevelt Stand Gov. Franklin Roosevelt of New York is generally believed to have launched the cam of 1932, by his statement in favor of repeal of the prohibition | amendment, with an accompanying | policy of State control of liquor sales. Uncompromising drys hold that he has eliminated himself as a candidate for President. Some commentators, link- ing the Roosevelt pronunciamento with Mr. Morrow’s on the same subject, pre= dict the possibility of a third party in the next national campalgn. “Returns from primaries,” declares the Providence Journal (independent), “offer additional testimony to the con- tinued onrush of the wet tide in the United States. No intelligent American oan close his eyes to these several de- velopments.” The Atlanta Constitution (Democratic) holds that ““sooner or later the people, tired of the tragedy of pres- ent enforcement methods, and the futllity of the operation of the eight- eenth amendment, will indorse the Roosevelt plan.” “The Empire State executive” says the Muncle Star (independent), “has brought the prohibition question to the fore in a way that will make it a para- mount issue in his commonwealth and probably will commit his party nation- ally in" 1932” The Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent Democratic) de- clares that the Governor, “already prob- ably the leading contender for the Democratic nomination, wins new ad- herents by his declaration in favor of re- peal.” The New York World (inde- penident) avers that “his utterance will greatly strengthen the cause of real temperance, betrayed by the present legislation in the house of its alleged friends.” “A return to the States of control over intoxicants is not only good Demo- cratic doctrine but common sense,” in the opinion of the Scranton Times (Democratic), while the Helena Mon~ tana Record-Herald (Republican) up- holds the similar position: “The Gov- ernor takes the view, shared by many other sane thinking persons and not necessarily drinkers of intoxicants, that the eighteenth amendment ‘has not furthered the cause of a greater temperance in our population.’ And he shares with many others the sentiment expressed in a resolution of the Ameri- can Legion, department of New York, that the I'I'_l. had ‘led to corruption and hypocrisy. ERE Criticising _the Governor’s position, the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat (Democratic) asserts that “by his state- ment the New York Governor has elim- inated himself as the party nominee, and if not that he has cost the party the support of the Southern States, even should happen to be nomi- nated. The 8| leld Republican (independent) believes that “the pres- ent restatement of his views injures his availability as a' compromise candidate able to conciliate both wets and drys down where the cotton grows and out where the West developments are “sufficlent to put Democrats on notice,” the Charlotte Ob- server (independent Democratic) con- tends that “all the s point to the fact that organized efforts are under way to commit the next convention to the wet plank, with a wet leader, and that this leader is already selected in the New York Governor.” . Roosevelt’s advocacy of the dispensary system in place of prohibi tion as a national policy, which is ides tical with Gov. Iman’s policy for the State of South Carolina 40 years e in the judgment of the Charleston - ning Post (independent Democratic), “disqualifies the New York Governor for leadershi The Ashe! asks, velt look hopefully to 1932 as his ye: of destiny to for the Democratic residential nomination and for elec- fon over the Republican standard- per adds. “Many wet ope so; all dry Demo- crats will fear it.” the Times e (Independent | Gov. Roose- smack of begins.” Holding that ad: on Dry Law Considered as Political Bid burg Advance (Democratic), “and sim- ply the fact that Gov. Roosevelt is op- posed to prohibition is no reason to suggest that the Democratic party is being primed to take the wet side of the prohibition controversy two years from now.” The Chattanooga News (Independent Democratic) argues that he has “tarred himself with the Tam- many brush by declaring for Tam- many's liquor program.” The Utica Ob- server-Dispatch (independent) believes that “he is advocating politician man- agement and conduct of a business that has bedeviled Government for decades.” The Geneva Daily Times (independent) states: “Probably he feels conditions be different. No doubt they be, far different, and for the “If each party should put out an avowed repealist for standard-bearer,” warns the Dallas Journal (independent Democratic), “the bone drys wouldn't follow him. Their only recourse would be to get a party and a candidate of their own.” x % x X “Prohibition remains an experiment,” says -thte Chicago Daily News (independ- ent). “Discussion of that experiment, its degree of success and possible alter- natives should be frank, honest and searchi Eventually, if all points of view are rd and debated, public opin- jon will make a deliberate and decisive choice.” The Roanoke World-News (in- dependent Democratic) summarizes the situation: “The frank attitude of great many people at this time is that they did not like what they had before prohibition, and welcomed the change; that they do not like what they have now, but have not decided what ¢hange to advocate. Certainly they will not go back to what they had. Among this element the most serious point of consid- eration is that for the first time in his- tory the underworld finds in bootleggin and beer-running an ample source of finance.” “Should he be a candidate for the presidential nomination,” according to the Richmond News Leader (independ- ent Democratic), “it will be as a wet, definitely committed to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. That is a fact of no small moment to the Democratic ' party, which, at this time, has no other candidate as promisi as Roosevelt. But be((‘)l‘elrecon::;lun‘ themselves to the prospect of another unha struggle, with the bitterness of 1928 rpee{vrd u‘glur as partisans can stir it up, Democrats will do well to remember that much water will run under the bridge before the national convention meets.” ‘The New York Evening Post (inde- pendent) concludes as to the effect. of the declaration by the Governor: “For us to pick flaws in the time, man- ner and subject matter of Gov. Roose- velt's declaration for repeal of the pro- hibition amendment would seem to i hip. He has done the right thing. He has done it without evasion. He has done it, too, before he had to and without deference to the vice of those who told him to wait until the Republicans had spoken on the qug.t!:m and then to ‘go them one bet- ter’ In other words, he has fairly won @ real leadership on this most trouble- some of issues. Franklin Roosevelt has lived up to the courageous traditions of ‘l:‘-l "nnm:m ‘:J; h(:fe that a similar ge lound at th n State Convention.” iesimy Or Spelling Teachers. Prom the 8t. Louts Post-Dispateh. 'of the Democratic party.» | e o And Parlor Swimming? From the Milwaukeo Sentinel. The ingenuity of miniature golf course builders havi ested the way, we are surprised that nobody has devised % are other able men in Thznm wuw." contends the Lynch- a polo game that can be merry-go-round ponies.