Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1930, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR = WHB Sendsy Morping Bdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THREODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor the Associated : i IO e R (hls Daper and aleo the icel. 1 ow v‘uflrma rein, " All rights of publication of epecial disoatchex herein are wiso iescrved .- How Big Is a City? Pride in the home town's size is one of the toughest nuts the Census Bureau has to crack when it undertakes the business of counting noses every ten years. For when the cold figures fail to meet the fond expectations of emotional luncheon clubs and chamber of com- merce boosters as to population, all the bitter. disappointment takes the form of caustic abuse heaped upon the heads of the enumerators, and the demand . is made that something be done. Atlanta’s case is interesting, as it brings up the question of how “big” a city can be in the eyes of its own proud citizens as ageinst the official and scientific ap- praisal of the unfeeling Census Byreau., Atlanta’s population as anncunced | the Census Bureau is 270,367. But so Insistent is Atlanta that this s all wrong and the population in reality should be 360,692 that it takes the matter into court, asking for a writ of mandamus to compel the Census Bureau to record the latter figure. In his answer. to fhe petition, Director ing -that the population - of Atlanta should be set forth as 360,692” the Cen- sus Buresu will continue to_record the population as 270,367. To do otherwise omestandard for all and stick to it. Otherwise the census figures would lose all value for. purposes of comparison and merely serve to tickle the vanity of thé city that could claim the great- est area in.surrounding ferritory. No matter how well founded -Atlanta’s claim may appear to its citizens, it is ® futile gesture unless it is based orf standards accepted by the Census’Bu- Teau as reasonable and.applying every- ‘Where, i — v Ctvilization * has progresséd since priests in Egypt assumed authority over the influence of the River Nile respecting feast or famine. The modern weather man is compelled to admit ‘in’ candor that he has no influence over rain or drought. .- Political Necessity. A ‘manifestation of political acumen bhas just been given in the action of the Demogratic convention in’ the Brooklyn second judicial district. yes terday when Suprgme Court Justice James . Cropsey, Republican, was nominated for reselection. The dele- gates had gone to the meeting all set: to mominate a Democrat. He had in fact been sclected, the district attor- ney of Queens County. Then, to the amazement of many and the chagrin of all, the nomination of the Republi- ean incumbent was proposed and ef- fected. Privately the word was passed that this was a matter of political ne- cessity. That necessity arose from-the fact that Gov. Roogevelt, who is about opposed by a Democrat. Gropsey is pers sonally unpopular with the Democratic organization. He has made many ene- mies by his fearless, non-partisan and undiscriminating course on the bench during the past fourteen years, and enemies are mostly Democrats. He & good campaign speaker. He knows greaf deal, too, about the matter of traffic in judgeships in Gregter New ork, L3 - under investigation by a grand jury. 8o, is sald, the Governor indicated to McCooey of Brooklyn that it would well to give Egi b & subject that is just-at present consideration. The disappointed aspirant for the bench, the district attorney, will probably be taken care of on the Sta ticket, pethaps with the nomination for the attorney generalship, anid cer- tain -considerations are to be given to the Demoeratic in the way T organization of appointments to State offices in the | event of the Governors re-election. ! ‘That, at least, is the tale that is:told in explanation of the unusual spectacle of & Democratic convention indorsing 8 Republican judge whose’ name, when presented by an apologetic seconder, ‘wag greeted with jeers. Mr. Seymour Steps Out. ‘The first. essay of George W. Norris, thirty-one-year-old grocer of Broken Bow, Nebt., into the fleld of national politics, has created all the stir that he could have hoped for. Indeed, there are evidences that the ramifications of the case have become embarrassing to Mr. Norris and the persons connected with his short-lived " candidacy for the Re- publican nomination against ‘Senator George W. Norris. Victor Seymiour, who has recently been’ assistant to Vice Chairman Steiwer of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in the Denver headquarters, yesterday announced his resignation. Mr. Seymour, whom no one about Repub- lican national headquarters appears to know, according to the testimony given before’ the Nye slush fund committee in its inquiry into the Republican sen- atorfal primary in Nebraska, was re- sponsible for Grocer Norris’ filing for the senatorial race. ‘The Republican high command quite naturally does not care to have itself pictured as sponsoring such an obvious trick to embarrass the party's sena- forial candidate in Nebraska this year. ‘There are plenty of Republican leaders +in high places who have no use for Senator Norris, who abandoned the party ticket in- 1928 and gave his sup- port to Alfred E. Smith and who has consistently fought the Hoover admin- istration in the Senate during the last two years.” They may believe that Senator Norris should not have sought, under the circumstances, the Repub- lican nomination to succeed himseif. But they have ho desire to see the party organization become a laughing stock because of the Grocer . Norris affair, or to see it atcused of attempt- ing by & trick to accomplish what it could not otherwise' accomplish — the eliminatfon of Senator Norris as a Republican candidate’ to succeed him- self. T 8o far the senatorial committee ‘in- quiry has placed the responsibility for inducing - Grocer Norris to get into the Tace against his widely known namesake upon Victor Seymour. | had & great deal to do with the affair and had supplfed Norris with funds to “ The whole business has taken on a farcical, it rather sordid, aspect. Much is forgiven in polifieal battles. But trickery in politics leaves a bad im- pression. The only reason that Grocer Norris was persuaded to file for the senatorial nomination was in order to make it impossible to count the ballots for either ome of the Norrises and to force Senator Norris to run as an in- | dependent. Apparently those who were | backing the plot were anxious to haye no publicity in the matter. They were willing to do in an underhan¢ manner what they were not willing to do openly. . Mr. Seymour has now resigned his connection with the Republican Sena- torial Campaign' Commiftee “for the good of the party,” as he says. 'Mr. Sey- mour-insists: that he has “done nothing #ronig.” Doubtless, however, the sen- atorfal commiftee’ will feel somewhat relieved at the course Mr. Seymour has taken. ELTRE TR A Soviet' authority desires to be rec- ognized.. It has at léast created an im- pression . .that = it possesses a large amount_of commercial influence’ which may or may not be wholesomegly re- lated to ethical standards among the governments of the world. REGHSS AR ALK A mot'on ‘picture staress says she played a game in which sllver fifty-eent plenes represented white chips worth a hundred dollars each. The wildest dreanms” of “free. gilver” never ' repre- sented such a valuation as this. 11 Duce's “Kaiser Complex.” It has been apparent for a number of years that Benito Mussolini, erstwhile Milanese journalist arid how virtual dic- tator of Italy, has been affected by what some time ago became known as:the Kaiser complex. As manifested in Wil- helm of Germany, this idiosyncrasy caused a reaction of greatness, of ca- pacity, of superiority. The Kaiser could do everything better than anybody else. He could ride a horse or shoot a gun better than any of his military subordi- nates.. He could write an opera better than the great composers. ~He colld -preach a sermon more effectively than any of the pulplt masters of his lahd. He could sail a yacht perfectly. In all of his accomplishments hé -was the champion. Naturally this made. him rather ‘a .difficult persen to live with and to serve. There are those who be- which brought the imperial career to a close, was in great measuré due to this Kaiser complex of superiority. . ' Mussolini has already demonstrated Fthat he can hold practically ail of the offices of the Italian government simul« taneously and discharge the duties of each Judge ‘Cropsey another| ministerial post better than any other. ‘without Democratic oppositionii Now that he has, for the sake of his health and in order to develop a worthy _ministrative duties, he has time to show other accomj ts. The other day he gave & démonstration to s number of newspaper-men at Rome how well Jieve that the catastrophe ‘of 1914-18, ' to be a veritable centaur. Next came a manifestation of his supreme ability as & motorist. Driving down to Qstia to inaugurate s new motorists’ park, 1l Duce, being in a hurry and impatient of the slow speed at which he was being borne, took the wheel himself and stepped on the gas until the car aver- aged eighty-one miles an hour in speed. These incidental demonstrations of superiority are likely to become habitual. ‘That is a feature of the Kalser complex, In the case of Wilhelm of Germanmy, each new production, or proof of cham- plonship, stimulated the complex to fur- ther manifestations. It required a great war, absorbing all of the energies and attention of the vietim of this strange malady of temperament, to check its progress. Will Mussolini's progression in primacy of performance lead to a similar climax? ——— Lipton to Try Again. When the yacht Enterprise sailed over the finish line off Newport for the fourth successive time a winner in the | self. recent match for the America’s Cup, it was generally understood and accepted that Sir Thomas Lipton was through as a challenger. Indeed, he had prac- tically so stated in advance of the match. This fifth challenge was to be his last, and s0 there was much sincere disappointment in America when the gallant knight of Erin lost what was accepted as his last chance to “lift the cup.” But the never-say-die spirit that has animated the rugged baronet in his whole career has revived and now it is indicated that a sixth Shamrock will cross the sea as a challenger under the Lipton colors, perhaps in a couple of years. Sir Thomas himself gave this indication in a letter which he handed to Mayor Walker of New York yesterday as he paid his farewell visit of thanks for the courtesies ex- tended to him on the occasion of his latest call on Uncle Sam. In this let- ter Sir Thomas said: To the fine collection of yachting cups, tokens of many races my boats have won in many waters, I feel it a pity that I am not to add this year that blue ribbon trophy of international yacht racing, the America’s Cup. But we Scotch-Irish, or Irish-Scotch, which- ever way you prefer it, do not easily give up, and I think I can best answer the generous spirit in which your peo- le have received me by saying that I gope to be back before long for an- other try. Sir Thomas'" “before long” probably means no longer than two ‘years, be- cause he is now at an age when he is bound to conserve his time. The chances are that he is already thinking of plans for the sixth challenger. It is known that he has practically deter- mined that another Shamrock, it bullt, shiall have a metal mast like that of Entegprise, even though such a “stick” costs about $40,000, or nearly as much as the old America herself cost alto- gether. N Goldenrod does not produce “hay fever.” No less an authority than ‘Thomas Edison conveys this assurance, and Edison speaks with comforting con- fidence as the one man in this modern world who is accredited with knowing all about everything. ———.——— Europe, in contemplating assumptions of power, may be moved to wonder whether - Mussolini has not. made the | dictator game seem a trifle too easy, ———— Detectives continue 1o be more or less bafied. The story book continues to assert.a degree of superior imagina- tive appeal over real life, A correspondent from Russia usually shows, in addition to literary skill, an adrolt reserve calculated -to .eliminate the danger of being shot at sunrise, o A new play produced in Washington is very likely to be regarded in theatri- cal circles as another noble experiment. ———————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Art Distortions. With vacant stare A lady lingers there ‘With features far from strong And legs exceeding long, And who shall say _ “Art” ‘is not built that way? Yet simple humans pray, “Oh, Art, Please have a heart!” A form ‘polite - Must pass the day and night Upon the rack whose strength Will give excessive length! Amid the task, As figures boldly bask, Plain human creatures ask, “Oh, Art, Please have a heart!” Trying Not to Frivol. “Do you enjoy society? “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “My business in life is getting in proper relationship with news pertaining to statesmanship. And I.never yet met # society reporter, however charming, who exerted any reliable political in- fluence.” Jud Tunkins says the farmer now steps out and says he needs financial backing the same as a big musical show. g Crities With Wings, Myriad insects light On pages where 1 write. ‘Their fancy is not caught By any patiént thought. ‘They come in throngs immense, ‘With -a_superior sense, And threats; as they draw near, To leave a sting severe. Civic Improvement. “How is old Crimson Gulch coming ! along?” | “Pine!” answered Cactus Joe. “In- “Btead of the places that show bright lights for haunts of suspicious gayety we now have only illuminated gas fill- ing stations” 3 “To. amass riche ald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is easier than to escape the enmities they will create.” Autos and Airplanes. Invention’s pace Our cares redouble, And parking space Promotes new trouble! “De scarcity of work,” said Uncle Eben, “never yet got =0 far as to stop D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 27, 1930 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. bustling le make, tired? g- cannot help but admire them, for their vast and restless energy, but at the same time one must resent them, +if one happens to be of a contrary mfi‘ybe the thing is physical, entirely, but that proposition may be doubted. ‘The trouble with the average bustling person is that he is not able to transfer any of his hurry and hustle to others. There are some divinely appointed men and women who infuse something of their own spirit lawtmm with whom the e into contac ”IMTWLHIH does not offend, but inspires. One does not resent it, but by it is prodded into wholesome activity. Thelr energy is “catching.” Even if one is not inspired to go and do like- wise he at least feels a wholesome trans- fusion of energy. = His Mlfioo:“l’l brighter, his “blues’ disappear, for a time, at least, he feels more at one with the world, and, what is_more important, perhaps, with him- But_such human dynamos are rare. smardo the Floten of a few, notably Leonardo the Floren- tine, Michelangelo, perhaps Benvenuto Cellini. Other ages had other such human beings, men and women, and our own | age can produce a few. But they are| rare. Bustling, however, is prolific in every decade. * ok Kok ‘The typical bustier of whom we speak is perhaps best exemplified in some woman, who never walks but hurries, never saunters but r!é:;‘.t, never is still but is perpetually on the go. She Eneny get no more done than her quiet sister, but she surely makes a mighty stir about it. The earmark of this type, strangely enough, is the foot. Their normal walk is almost & run. She may be a large, husky woman or some little mouse of a girl who by rights ought to saunter. Yet she will shake the corridor as she walks down it. Every one who passes her knows that something is the mat- ter, but not one in ten thousand is able to tell exactly what. She is a source of worry to thousands of persons who pass her daily. The nervous restlessness which she expresses enervates others, although they never suspect it. Py ‘The astonishing thing about people of this type is that they do not seem to get any more done, in the long run, than their quieter, slower brethren. One feels about them just as one sometimes does about the handsome, gi- gantic college foot ball player. Look! at bim, many a less fortunate man has | said to himself, “Well, buddy, the world | is yours! When you get out into indus- try, you are going to make things fly.” Later in life, coming across the same man, one discovers that he has not done 50 much better than any one else. Who is the man who is getting all the fine publicity in the newspapers? Why, it is old Jim Jones, who had no fine list of | letters beneath his picture in the col- lege annual! Restless bustling persons might profit- ably study the careers of the leaders of American life, so called. They will find that the great majority of them are quiet men, be they little fellows or large robust ones. It is perhaps true that most of these same capable men would not attract attention in a crowd except ty a certain le:n‘ol‘ q\:m power, What is the irritation which the | bustler causes the non-bustler? Surely one has a right to bustle, if one Highlights on the Wide World | | wants to. Admitted. Some of our finest citizens are Bustlers. ustling, to a non-bustler, however, will forever remain a source of irritation. Those who always walk at a pace rough- ly approximating a lfletd of 5 or 6 mi an hour will im: tely exclaim, “Oh, he resents our energy because it proves him lazy!” But the thing can scarcely be ex- plained so easily. Many a person of lethargic nature is the first to admire the bustle of the bustlers, although at | the same time admitting that it irri- tates him. To him such bustling is needless. It seems 80 unnecessary.. And the need- las and the unnecessary, he holds, have no place in the quiet, orderly life, the one which he admires. There is here, then, the eternal com~ bat of the East and the West, roughly speaking, the seeking for certainty by either one of two methods, that of quietude and that of bustle, It is India trying to understand Brit- aln, Britain attempting to understand India. The spectator across the seas well may believe that Gandhi under- stands and evaluates Sir John Simon better than Sir John does the Mahatma. * ok ok % The male bustler is an even more in- teresting case. He bustles ostentatiously. He 1is this chap who never looks at the clock, as the expression has it, but takes a flendish delight in bragging about how late he worked. (He hopes some one will tell the boss.) - He suffers from concentration of in- terest. Maybe he will “get farther” in the world, as he says, but he is losing a lot of joy and happiness as he goes along because he refuses to admit into his life the thousand and one small, but delightful, interests which happlily are walting for those of the opposite tem- perament. ‘What becomes very tiresome in him is the fact that he invariably thinks that he is setting the world (and you) such a powerful example. “Do as I do,” he says, as plainly as words, “and-you will amount to something.” He is in- :olentm,mlllmmt -}Ill‘;.hout exception. He s not willing, as opposite is, to per- mit others to do as they please, but invariably wants to convert them to his way of thinking and doing. From his ranks have been recruited the “hounds of God” and other busybodies who made life miserable for themselves and others in the name of righteousness. * ok ¥ X Bustlers bustle so much that they haven't got time to stop' for a_chat, or 8 | tell a joke, or discuss the latest in sports, morals, law. All the best ef- forts of the thousand and one intriguers who try valiantly to induce a few extra nickels or dimes or quarters out of American pockets are wasted on these people, because they are so busy look- ing at their objectives that they never look to right or left as they go along. ‘They are hustling to get there. Well, God bless them in their search! Slower=~ going mortals wish them well and hope that when they finally “arrive” they are as well pleased with their goal as they think they will be. Perhaps, as Stevenson said, the true happiness con- sists, not in arriving, but in thinking about it and in just going along. Surely the bustlers have their reward. But if one was not born to bustle, the only thing to do is to turn up your nose at bustlers, in a calm, ‘well bred without malice, and surely without envy. Let them bustle. They make the shoe manufacturers happy, anyway. Excerpts From Newspapers .of Other Lands anniversary E MATIN, Paris—The of the of Jau;l:: the ety she e e city where she gave her fair young life for France, but throughout every region of this great nation which she endowed with & new vitality, commencing with the of Le Dauphin, Henry VI . ‘The com- ing year, 1931, will mark the five hun- dredth -nnlver-riy of all these epochal events, and it will be a year given over to the gratitude and glorification owed 80 long to the maiden-soldier, who, a slender girl of 18 Summers, led the littering helmets and corselets of !’rench knights and soldiery to tri- umphal conquest when all cham- ions and marshals of France iled. And now, canonized as a saint divine, she continues to receive not only the affection and duty of the people she restored to nationality, but also their prayers for her eternal kindness and rotect; fon, o xR Daily Chronicle Sunk Under Competition. ‘The Daily Mail London.—The Daily Chronicle, for many decades a great na- tional newspaper, is dead. After several years of vicissitudes it has sunk under the onslaught of intense competition. Henceforth its identity is merged in the Daily News. ‘The Daily Mail considers the passing of the Daily Chronicle one of the major tragedies of Fleet street. Its repercus- sions will be felt throughout the British Isles, and particularly in all those im- portant provincial cities where the so- called battle of the newspapers is being fought with increasing intensity. The death of & great London newspaper, whose fame and influence extended back into mid-Victorian days, and eon- tinued undimmed until 10 years' after the World War was over, is an event of nztional importance. There have been other regrettable casualties in recent years, but none of this magnitude. The Daily Chronicle enjoyed 50 years of enviable prosperity as a national Liberal organ. It was a bright, popular paper and its political influence .was | great in the days when liberalism was a united force in the country, and found its full expression in the House of Com- mons. _ As its rise to success over a long period of years was steady and per- sistent, so its spectacular collaj is without parallel in the history of Lon- don morning journalism. As recently as 1927 the India merchants, Sir David Yule and Sir Thomas Catto, and Lord Reading purchased the paper for £3,- 000,000, which shows how swift has been its decline and fall. * x ok k Agua Salud Dwellers Disturbed by Howling Dog. El Nueva Diario, Caracas.—Dwellers in the ?‘I;lm of Agua Salud (Good Water) ve complained to the con- stabulary regarding a dog, which ap- glremly belongs to no one, and which as been wandering disconsolately about the streets of that district both night and day. It is a distressing t by day, and at night its constant impor- tunities of the moon have prevented many people from sleeping. Indeed, its capacious howls are sufficient to raise the head of a bald man! Up to this time there has been no remedy for these discomfitures except the tradit 1 anc more or less mag- nificent rebuttal with stones, which, if they hit the unfortunate canine, mean, of course, more howls, and if they do not, are equally ineffective in terminat- ing the nocturnal concert. Everybody in this vicinity is heartily weary of the whole &eflomm and are waiting to see if the appeal made to the police will restore the opportunity for them to sleep at night. Sight of Dentists Laughing Is Wonderful, ‘The Daily Herald, London.—The sight of 800 dentists laughing is wonderful! 800 dental tes to the annual Dental Associa- used at_ something the e in | side of the story! the hair—even the few remaining upon | ties Girl smiles. If that picture could have been broadcast there would not be a bad tooth unpulled at this time next year. But their hands told the other Delicate, sensitive, white hands, restlessly fidgeting, for something to take hold of—that is the icture the tooth-tortured public can agine only too vividly. * koK K Beer and Tobacco Save Ambassador’s Breakfast. Neues Wiener Abendblatt, Vienna. A party of distinguished Austrian tour- ists and visitors were given a breakfast in Paris recently by the Austrian Am< bassador to France, Dr, Grunberger, Dr. Grunberger desired, of course, to give his guests an Austrian breakfast and he succeeded in doing this to some xtent, though not in perfectly Vien- nese manner, due to the unfamiliarity of Parisian chefs with Austrian delica- cles. However, Dr. Grunberger secured the servicec of one purveyor specialize nég in Vienna cakes and wines and an- other able to provide both the kind of beer and the kind of tobacco most ac- ceptable to the cultivated Austrian ape petites and the combined efforts of these commissaries saved both the situation and the breakfast, with the assistance of Vienna rolls, which; it ppears, are well known to all French bakers. . ok K * Suggest Extension Of Buenos Aires Subway. La Prensa, Buenos Aires.—The sub- way systems of Buenos Aires have been 8o _remarkably successful and so services able that the project of extensions is receiving much attention. . At present the suggestions of the Lacroze Co. are before the municipal authorities with reference to additional construction of this character. This concern was the builder of the underground tramway now operating from the central portion of the city beneath the Avenida Callao as far out as the Avenida de Leandro. The new system proposed will be on & still lower level to avoid any interference with existing lines. The proposition must receive both municipal and gov- ernmental sanction prior to writing of any contracts. ———— Amazing Spy Story Involves Californian From the Albany Knickerbocker Press. The story told of Charles Leopold Hartmann’s recent experiences in France, facing a conviction and death sentence for esplonage during the war, is so ex- traordinary as to strain one's credulity, at least in regard to some of its de- tails. Hartmann, a native of Alsace, was 17 years old when the Franco-Prussian ‘War ended. Rather than become a German subject when the Rhine prov- inces were annexed he migrated to_this country and settled in California. There he remained 58 years, returning only recently to visit his native village in Alsace. In Alsace he was confronted by the astounding information that dur- ing the World War he had been con- victed and sentenced as a German spy by a French military court. Hartmann had little difficulty in making it plain to the French authori~ | Christm: that there had been a mistake. The conviction has been quashed and an apology tendered. Investigation has shown that a German spy had assumed Hartmann's name and had used forged papers to prove that the man he repre- sented himself to be had become a French citizen by naturalization after Germany had taken Alsace over, Nobody knows the whereabouts of the ‘who masqueraded as Hartmann, lobody knows why he should have chosen to identify himself with a man who had been absent from Alsace for 58 years. Viewed in any light, the story has.in it the fl‘nmerln‘n o{';uflnt;c);n mystery yarn, though a r of fic- tion might be criticized if he deplcted & situal 80 improbable as this which actually arose. 8) ot Another Need Is Found. From the San Prancisco Chronicle. THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover Pope, the abused; the defamed, the misunderstood, has at last found & de- voted, almost uncritical, champion in | Edith Sitwell, who has written his biog- raphy in “Alexander Pope.” In sym- pathizing with Pope on account of his physical deformity and weakness, and in rather extravagantly praising his formal, pedantic verse, she has found it necessary to belittle and slur other poets, even those of another era, who have been generally constdered to have finer poetic inspiration than Pope. She does, it is true, admit the greatness of Shakespeare, Milton, Shelley and Keats. Matthew Arnold comes in for unusual scorn, probably because he was critic of ?o:try as well as poet. “This general blighting and withering of the taste is result of the publie been overshadowed by leen-granite tombs and monuments as Matthew Arnold, 8 the result aiso of the substitution of scholai t, of school inspector for artist. gain she speaks of “Matthew Arnold’s chilblained mittened musings.” Words- worth is pushed into a mediocre place not usually ed to him by thought- ful critics. “The poetry of today has been much debased by the Wordsworth- ian ideals of those versifiers, who were fashionable from 1900 until about five years ago, and who are, indeed, still read in certain quarters. To these men, rhetoric and formalism were abhor= rent, Partly, no doubt, because to man- age either quality in verse the writer must possess a technical capability.” 0 A Miss Sitwell's eulogizing of Pope is unlimited. Perhaps she is a special pleader because she is writing his blog- raphy; perhaps she might do as much for any other poet whose biography she undertook. “The reputation of Pope is safe among the poets of this time; but it is a fact, also, that a large section of the public has not yet recovered from the cold, damp mossiness that has blighted the public taste for the last 40, 50 or even 60 years; and to these people, Pope is not one of the great- est of our poets, one of the most lova- ble of men, but & man who was de- formed in spirit as in body. How false this estimate has been, I shall hope to show.” 8he speaks also of “the great- ness, the fire, the supreme music and variation of the poems of Alexander Pope.” Of his character she says: “I do not know why the unhappy Pope's underlying beauty of character and kindness have not been more com- mented upon, since his life’s record is one of loyalty to his friends, unchang- ing love where that love was not be- trayed, financial generosity, and, where that generosity was extended, the most extraordinary - deicacy and kindness. Was this man filled with nothing but batred and malice? His letters to his friends are among the most_touching letters that any great man has writ- ten; his devotion to his parents and to his old nurse was beautiful and flaw- less; it lasted through their lives and after their deaths, unchanged and un- dimmed.” The one fault which Miss Sitwell admits in Pope is “that he suf- fered from a constitutional inhibition against speaking the truth, save on those occasions when, if we except the esthetic point of view, the truth would have been better left unspoken.” But even in this fault she is sympathetic, for she says: “But I have so0 often found both these fatilts in myself that I do not dare to blame them; it is no doubt otherwise with some of his biographers, and they feel they have a right to do 80.” Perhaps on_the whole this blography of Miss Sitwell was needed to give us an enthusiastically lymfn- thetic view of the man who has so often 'n_represented as the bitter, ,ma- Helous, petty little “Wasp of Twicken- * ok ok ok Miss Sitwell's account and inf tation of -the friendship betweem ’nn'g D:‘nn smnumm’\ ulr.‘:e olb’the mg-t interesting parts of her biography. Both men were obviously selfish, go&l were morbid, both were in abnormal states of health. Swift was so deaf that he could heas oniy. ! shouted at him: Pope's voice was & weak that he was unable to make Swift hear.. Each had peculiarities and ec- céntrie hablts. which made it best for him to live alone. ,Underifably, they did not get along well together and liked each other better when they were apart; yet their friendship continued unbroken and was marked by much !nonerosuy on each side. Pope even vited Swift to glve up his lonely home in Ireland, give his money to the poor there. and come to live with him at his expense at Twickenham, Adverse critics have sneeringly held that Pope felt perfectly safe, as he knew that Swift would never .give up. his ition As dean -of St. Patrick’s, -Dub= In,. also has been saild that when the déan invited Popeé to' visit him ‘in Ireland ‘he knew_ that his friend's det- oate health Would. certainly prevent his the rough Irish Sea. Tt seems to have been a friendship with quali- fications Probably most - friendships are.’ ‘When Swift visited at Twicken- ham he was annoyed by the “elaborate civilities” of Pope, but Pope was,. in furn. dnnoyed by Swift's habit ‘walking up and. down-his room, like a caged beast, for hours at a stretch.” Swift was tnm%ukc in his habits, loved disorder ‘and hated social restraint; Pope was meticulous and’ fidgety and ‘“frafl as & moth.” - The ‘joy of'the friendship consisted -chiefly in letter- ‘| writing. * ok k¥ < ‘The idea of the union of the Ameri- tan Cblonies into a_single Nation was not that of a single man or of a sudden happening. Many leaders in the Col- onies contributed to the first steps toward nationality, and there were many of those steps before the Union emerged. Allan L. Benson, in his “Daniel Webster,” sees Webster as the chief workman of the completed Union after the first military stage was past. He recognizes the important part of John Marshgll, but says that he ac- cepted the arguments of Webster and based his decisions on them. The later years of his life were spent in fostering the idea of the Union, threatened by the growing friction over. slavery. “Wherever he went that was the bur- den of his message—the Union! With- out question, Webster drove the idea of nationality deep into the mind of the North., His speeches put into Northern hearts the love of country that ulti- mately saved the Union.” * ok K g A light and witty story that amuses without causing the slightest effort of thought or emotion, good for an invalid or on: prostrated by the heat, is “‘Cres- sida: No Mystery,” by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Lizzie Bowden, an heiress without any personal qualities to recom- mend her, is about to marry Capt. Larry Wortle, who has all possible charming personal qualities but no money, Lizzie is elated and willing.io bear the finan- cial responsibility; Larry is cheerfully reconciled. Then Cressida Daryl upsets things. She, like Larry, is charming b nniless and in need of making & rich marriage. They all meet at a as house party and, of course, Larry and Cressida, being kindred spirits and having similar needs, fall in love. But Lizzie is not a weakling. She rises to the defense of her own property— Larry. It would be hardly fair to tell the denouement. * ok Kk A short story anthology c‘?os:d of s ories chosen by their own Wuthors is called “My Best Story.” H. G. Wells has chosen “The Man Who. Could Work Miracles”; Miohael 'Arlen,. “The Prince of the Jews' - Chs ‘The ;=-Somerset Maugham, “Red”; Sheila Kaye-Smith, t= | their failure. r thing the world needs is a mak set of shin guards for husbands who with their wives, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC i througt our Woahington Ariorma: you our “Iniforma- tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative in- formation, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred- erie J.- , “director, Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps Ior return . Q. Has Lady Diana Manners left the stage?—E. E. A. When interviewed in Canada where she has been traveling, she sald that she had left the stage, had no in- tention of returning, had no idea Of entering the “talkie” fleld. Q. Has an aviator ever flown over the Andes Mountains?—H. C. R. A. Lieut. Benjamin Mendez, a former student of the Curtiss-Wright Flying School, piloted a plane over the Andes Mountains from Colombla; to Quito, Ecuador. ‘This is considered one of the most difficult passes in the Andes. Q. What is the name of the associa- tion that has for its object the preserva- tion of the sequoia trees>—N. A, ° A. The Save-the-Redwoods League at Berkeley, Calif,, is organized for that purpose. Is thére a Boy Scout Univer- B. Q. sity?—S. B, A. You may have reference to the plans of the Chicago Boy Scout organ~ ization for a “university of scouting” to be held in October in tRe new Marshall Field Merchandise Mart, Courses undet nationally known executives will be given in elementary leadership to the new Scout leaders. The faculty will in- clude James E. West, chiet Scout execu- tive of the United States; Daniel C. Beard, national Scout commissioner; Dr. George J. Fisher, d}e{:uw chief Scout ex- ccutive; Gunnar H. Bery, director of volunteer training, and Ray O. Wyland, national educational director. Q. Where was the first county 1i- br:‘ry £snbmhefl in the United States? A. The Washington County Free Library at Hagerstown, Md., was the first county library established in the United States. It was incos an act of the Maryland Lexs"inun, in the Fall of 1808, and opened its doors to the public in August, 1901, Q. What is the estimated economic value of the average boy?—R. K. A. According to res “pnnnm the Conference on Child Health, & bo} at birth has an economic value of $9,333 in a family with an income of $2,500 a year. At 18 this same boy is worth $28,654. It has cost $7,238 to rear him. The yalue is estimated by computing his fifx:babln income ‘through his working Q. Is the house where Thomas Jeffer- so;\ mll"rrl‘:d still standing?—G. {on?‘l ml{rkfi:flu:thete d Al ocation of omestead and historic Westover churcn.d Q. What are the specifications for bats used %flu m:o:'f' 8?—W. M. A, regulation bat used by major leaguss must be as follows: ::rc m‘ust be round, not over ti ‘und ee-fourths inches in diameter at the thlz{‘ut part, nor more thm'fl inches in length, and entirely of hard wood. Twine may be wound around it T es from ( the handle, but not cluwhau."l Q. What kind of suit is used in deep- diving? How much does one A. In deep-sea diving especially de- | at'| tung, first was 284 miles 4 ‘The J. HASKIN. signed diver's dress is worn. The Se! of dress is much used in ora and in the Uni States. It |is made cf waterproof cloth, with & helmet of tinned copper, having circus lar glasses in front, and valves to admit and discharge air, Its weight is about 275 pounds. ' Q. Was there not a famous French- man named Say?—G. H. Y, A. There was a well known French economist named Jean Baptiste Say, born 1767, who died in 1832 Q. Please tell something about the Lost Battalion—8. J. G. A. The Lost Battalion is the name iven to the 308th, Regiment U. 8. I antry, - commanded by Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey. Whittlesey wi ordered to advance ugh densest part of the great forests of t! Argonne during the World War in order to take a certain point and hold it. Far in advance of the other troops he was soon surrounded by the enemy and at- tacked for four days and nights. Over 100 hours passed without his men ob= taining any food and only a little wae ter. e majority of his command wae killed or wounded, but Whittlesey ¥ fused to surrender. He was eventually | relieved. Q. Wasn't the new copyright bill pnalu;d at the last session of Congress?— A, It was not.. It will be on the calendar as unfinished business when Congress reconvenes. Q. How much has the cost of living decreased this year?—F. D, E. A. According to the Buresu of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor the cost of living decreased 2.8 cent from December, 1929, to June, 1930, and decreased 2.1 per cent between June, 1929, and June, 1930. : Q. Did any other peoples, aside from the Indians in this country, ever scalp their enemies?—H. G. A, Scalping was not unknown to the Old World, as it was mentioned by Herodotus as practiced by the Scythians, Q. How many miles of railway did Germany build in her lost concession in China?—8. W. A. Up to the time of the World War, the Germans had bullt two rallways in China, the Shantung Railway and the northern section of ~Pukow Rallway, both hflumfl,flglfi; 3 u by & German company with an capital and opened in 1904. . The second was 390.48 miles long and built with materials of German manufacture. The line, however, was the prwfiony of the Chinese government and built with Chi« Dese money. T Had Frederic Armold Kummer ritten many books before he wrote Ladies in Hades” and “Gentlemen in Hades"?—H. H. He had written many novel 18, plays ‘motion ufim in u#lolwwed A business and technical career for many years, and published his first book in -‘-.?“‘ He h“b\‘x’tmufc n&t.onlydunder his own name, but under lonym of Arnold Fyedericks. i Q. How long have been used as phy‘thlnn?—? E. J. M’: iy S0 “3rd y pan and China at a very‘early lod. In pictures of the '-hlrbfl!\hm and four- teenth centuries, children'are showing nning and whipp tops. A mar- 1 drawing of a_fourteenth century r.n-.rlmtlcflpt(ln the lrl;hbhc‘nufium has picture of a man an w] ing & large top. 4 i % - 3 T ‘The ‘speedy governments: of ‘Bolfvia, ‘Peru’ and ‘Ar- aentine,_in South”Ameries, by _the United States méefs with the general R T Ve T vovers e | appear 1o be ablé to Conditions are MM hose in other t! Nation has refused action, . - “In resuming nwr%kmm Te- latlons with Bolivia, - and “Argen< tina, the State Department wisely hiss avolded the ‘of withholding rectg- M&m &mwmmm—w"‘&'f"fl; existence to reyvolution A says the Loulsvilte “Courier-J 1t Tefers to the fact that:“the rule has beent appliedto Mexica and, Central American couniries is 'not extended.” ‘This ‘point is also fouched upon by the at “when comes Tecogn! , we make a distinction between = South America and Central of | governmen might be set. up in one of those litf nations.” .. . 3 “In taking this action, our Governy not; alone’by e Interest, but , by dant. 1 Prcesdcite ™ AOurd ThesSyrecaae e ald, which goes on to say: “If warrants and incentives were lacking, the character of our trade relations with the three countries, and conspicuously with Argentina, would militate against any prolonged nition on grount iplomatic finesse.” As the Boston Transcript puts it: “Both business.and political interests demand that every element ‘of precariousness | § should be removed from the status of those provisional governments just as soon as it became morally certain that they intended to do the right thing, and their own credit and prestige must vastly gain by -the establishment of normal relations with us.” The Spring- field Republican considers that “the wisdom of ‘accotding éafly recognition to the revolutionary governments of Peru, Bolivia and Argentina is so far beyond challenge that the act of the United States Government becomes much more important than the reasons advanced by Secretary Stimson.” This act “does ~ot set a precedent to be rigidly followed in the future in con- nection with South American governs ments which come into power through revolutionary or other extralegal meth- ods” is the contention of the Providence Bulletin, which recalls that “each in- stance, Secretary Stimson took pal to point out, must be . jud by its merits.” -As- the New York Evening Post - reasons the question, “We can never fully approve political changes ased upon force rather than constitu- tional procedure. But once it is evident that such changes represent the will of the people and that the new govern- ments are &NDIM to fulfill the inter- national obligations ‘of the nat whose policies they control, formal recognition becomes a matter of course,’ concedes this paper. ' This is also the view of the South Bend Tribune, which explains that “in general, the United States has been guided by the apparent will of the affected people when the | question of recognizing governments in Central and South America has come The Hartford _m‘qutmn’.a a little note_of wa ‘when: it says: ' the optinifsm of the departmen based is greatly to be hoped, for rec- ognition of the revolutionary govern- ments to a certain extent associates the United States with their sue or None' the less, risks a:: involved, they are worth taking,” State: Department Upheld In South American Policy, FecOptitton"bf - the new the new regime &o.t dnemenb of recog- | ivia: 3 resents the poj ular will and whether it will fu internati lonal obligations,” it is opinion ‘that o"lnn:hem t°’ e Bolivia ited, mlen therwordl ngl uuhwmm‘mb‘ ', “‘our new icy 1s one Tecs ognizes the n'hfool any people, or any part of any p:ru, to set ‘own gavernment, without outsi interference,” and in the this § States, the ni three countri their plans United these with by rom mtfmde we SRR tina; the New York Sum ‘ United * States cial, soclal friendship and esteem of people and their governe riburu has displayed toward this country most g, continues the Sun. ©Of » Bolivia the leburflln Poste. Gazette, remarks: “The Bolivi situa~ ernments in a %% | tion_came. to & head about the 1st of July, but. ynder the new forces the vernment -has been mnniflmn thly that the world had 08t tten that L}"u country had had - eru’s ‘of, Argent 1o say, and notes that “conditions in those iwo countries also have caused comment on the calmness. Such busi~ nesslike beginnings really ought to hold,” it concludes. The Wheeling In- telligencer considers that, as to Bo- i “with . governmental ?ullcy now; in the hands of young Bolivians the: nation stands in a way to_become one of the most prosperous of Latin Amere Lt “It s true™ suggests the Oakland’ ‘Tribune, “that in each of the coune tries the economic factor played a lai v part. =~ Governments lose popularity] when trade falls off and times becoms: hard, and Latin America, with the rm’ of the world, has felt a slackening of| business. Today Jose Francisco Uriburiy is President of Argentina, Col. Sanches’ Cerro is the leader in Peru and Presi-. dent Siles of Bolivia is out. prompt recognition of the new govern- ments by the United States comes a8 a hllrlnx hand, extended at earliest! possible moment and in time to db: " The San Prancisco Chronicle thinksi that “the new governments seem firmly! established” and that “the hand of our) Government extended to regimes will rrromom good feeling in+ all pan-American relations.” [ | ——— o { 2,000-Mile Trip Is Success. From the Lynchburg News. An Alaskan traveled two e to . And probably harbo: & sneaking hope all the time he find him out. i ) Dangers Facing U. S. of Euro, From the San Bernardino Sun. Aren't they afrald over there th: when they get a “United States of Ei rope” they'll have murders and divors and gangsters and movie stars radio tenors and everything? { —————— Who Bombed Beauty Shops? | From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Chig now. Racketeers are Imtu'% the truth comes out it probably be shown that the ity on were disappointed customers, e s Loeomotive Va.-Limousine, - Courant avers. . P ‘While the ‘Ann Arbor Daily News in- sists that “recognition by the United States cannot be automatic whenever a revolution succeeds “From the Haverhill Eventng Gasette. Althoug] costs more than $100,000, that they will take ewhere in the ¥ .