Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1930, Page 8

WO DV LN Dian, VY ARDLLLLY U L VAN, . LurobAY, Gluiunn T, 1900. e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS {THE EVENIN With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.......October 7, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 10y 85 e B OBy o o) b Eaat .%m'_ o Office: Michisan ice: 14 Regent St.. London, sonas Engiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. 60c per month | per month .5c per copy each month. in by mail or telephone Shen 5 The Sunday S Colection made s ders may e sen fAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Bl All Other States and Canada. E:, and Sunday..lsr. $13.00: 1 mo.. 81,00 s o0l 1o B ime: & Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Assoclated exclusively entitled atches credited to r !’ol otherwise cred- ited in this paper & %” published herei, %ll rights special dispatches herein ar the local news of publication of e also reserved. “Highways of Friendship. No international conference imagi- qable could make a stronger appeal to the average man or woman than the Sixth International Road Congress now in progress at Washington. More than sixty countries, colonies and depend- encies are represented in proceedings designed to bring about better condi- tions on the highways of the globe, and, in so far as local circumstances permit, to make them so uniform that no motoring stranger, at least, will find himself in a strange land. It is the underlying contention of the Road Con- gress that nowadays one touch of motor makes the whole world kin. It is natural for the United States, ploneer in modern road construction, to be host to such a conclave in the day ‘which has become the automobile age. Highway engineers from all quarters of the globe hope to possess themselves not only of firstshand knowledge of American road-building technique, but of the no less important matter of road financing. The average motorist, here or abroad, who skims serenely “on high” along mile after mile of glittering, #&mooth concrete, gives little thought to the costliness of the trail that has been blazed for his comfort. As Americans have led the way in devising modern traffic lanes, so have they been in the van of scientific ways and means for making them economically possible. Every American, city dweller or vil- lage resident, is aware of the opptes- sive omnipresenicé of the automobile. A community without a traffic problem is today practically unthinkable. Yet it sometimes takes figures to bring vividly home to us the immensity of the role now played by the motor ve- hicle. Mr. Roy D. Chapin, past president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commetce and president of the American Organizing Commission for the Road Congfess, has just supplied some arresting statistics. “Twenty-fivé years ago,” he said, “there wereé fewer than 25,000 automo- there are over 26,000,000 Then only 155,000 Such figures find their paraliel, more or less, all over the face 6f the earth. To cope with the contifiuing emer- gencles they conjure up is the task of these recurring international road eon- gresses. Their purpose is essentially, but not wholly, utilitarien. For, as Mr. Chapin eloquently points out, “our main gbjective is the creation of high- ways of friendship withih and between all nations” It is an objective, he rightly adds, which aifms “at the éom- mon good which springs from improved transportation.” ———— e St. Louls base ball patrons and devotees are inclineéd to believe that the first name of Mr. MeGillicuddy of Phila- delphia is spelied “Canny” and not “Conny.” Bagiey o The Tammany notion of a judicial “insult” 18 to be asked questions that call for embatrassing answers. — et Base Ball at Its Best. Well-nigh perfeet base ball marked the fifth game of the world series, played yesterday in St. Lout:. For eight innings the two opposing pitehers worked with complete success, to baffie the batsmen of the enemy teams. It was the ideal case of a “pitchers’ battle” Men got on base only to languish there. Opportunities to scoré Tuns were checked by dazzling plays in support of the twirlers, or by the wizardfy of the slabmen themselves. And then came the “break,” in the ninth inning, that momentary falter- ing of the twirler that permitted the making of a smashing hit. With a man on base, & ball that was precisely to the liking of the batsman came up from the pitcher’s hand, and it was met perfectly by the bat and was sent out for the long, long ride that yielded victory—a home run with another in front of it. ‘There havé been few games in all the history of the sport so tense ifi all situations as that which was won yes- terday by Philadelphia, to make the series score stand three to two in its favor, Both pitchers were in perfect form. The mightiest of the batsmen of both sides were being humbled in- nihg after inning. The teams were playing like machines, with thrilling stops and perfeet throws and sensa- tional catches afiéld. It was such a game as would have graced the record of the greatest of all players. And the defeat suffered by Grimes, the 8t. Louls boxman, was not a shameful one, but Tather a credit to his skill. A man with a canny sense of basé ball values and situations directs the fortunes of the Athletics, the champions of the American League. He saw thé psychological moment arrive when it was wise to change pitchers. Oppor- q tunity affofded in the eighth for the G STAR |substitution of a pinch hitter for the twirler, who had been working with wonderful success throughout, but might possibly weaken at the finish. He did not hesitate. Out came the pitcher from the batting order, In went the pinch hitter—who “walked” to first— and into the “bull pen” went the star of the pitching staff, who the day before had suffered defeat. If he could pitch two innings successfully the game was won. Mr. Cornelius McGillicuddy fig- ured that Mr. Grove surely had at least two good innings in that wizard left arm of his, despite the labor of the day preceding. And his figuring was correct. That one inning showed Grove at his best. The two runs made by virtue of the homer poled by the young man who claims two terminal xs for his surname sufficed, for Grove was master of the batsmen who faced him. So it was a combination of great pitching, great flelding and great, though infrequent, hitting, coupled with great direction, that won the game and put the “A’s” out in front. Tcday the teams travel eastward. Tomorrow they & pitcher or ordering & double-steal is successful, the base ball writers wax feverish in explaining how the whole thing was ¢ue to the giant brain of the Little Napoleon or the Tall Tactician who ordered the play. If it fails, the failure is glossed over by kindly refer- ences to the Mental Giant on the op- posing side, who saw through the trick. All of which makes one wonder whether the Philadelphia Athleties tri- umphed over the Cards yesterday be- cause of brain or brawn, By brain, one means, of course, the presence of Connle Mack. By brawn, one is think- ing of Jimmy Foxx and his bat. Connie Mack's exhibition of wile and strategy came in the eighth, when he sent in Moore to bat for Earnshaw, after Earn- shaw had pitched seven innings of masterful base ball. It looked as if brains had triumphed, for Moore got a walk that filled the bases. But then brains failed, for the next two men up were futile in the face of Mr. Grimes, the spitball king, who pulled himself THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A friend told us, the other day, with impressive solemnity, that he had reached the great age of 35 years. He will feel younger by and by! A man usually indulges in sweetly solemn thoughts at that age, but later he forgets all about it, and concludes that he is not as old as he thought he was. He decides to forget the passing ears. # A standard joke depicts women as disliking the mention of their birthdays with exact figures, but ?erhlps the average man no more welcomes such statistics. That is, after he becomes 35 years old. LR “Half-way through,” says the average man to himself, at that fateful age. The truth is, he doesn’t know wheth- er_he is or not. If he listens too avidly to the life “expectancies” of the insurance com- panies, he may give himself only a few out of a tight hole and retired the meet in what may be the final contest. Or again it may not. Should Helium Be Exported ? A statement issued by Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics, inspired by the British dirigible disaster, urging the repeal of | the law which prohibits the exportaticn of hellum gas, will arouse discussion both here and abroad. At present the United States is the only country in the world which can produce helium in unlimited quantities. The production of helium has been developed remark- ably in the past few years until it can be made through separation from nat- ural gas at a comparatively low cost. This gas is non-inflammable and non- explosive. It has a high flotation capac- ity. It is, therefore, the ideal material for lighter-than-air flying ships. Amer- ican dirigibles may be wrecked by storm, 88 in the case of the Shenandoah, through the breaking of the structure, but they will not be set in flames or exploded by the detonation of their gas contents. If there are to be no more wars, if the United States is never to be in- volved in any defensive campaign, if peace 18 assured throughout the world, war craft can be scfapped and all armaments destroyed. So long, how- ever, as the possibility remains it is the duty of this Government to be pre- pared through organization and equip- ment for national defense. If airships of one type or another are to be of value in war, any advantage naturally possessed by this country in their con- struction and equipment should be re- tained. The practieal natural monopoly over helium now enjoyed by the United States gives it such an advantage. The free exportation of helium would be a safe measure of friendly reciprocity if it could be assured that the gas so exported would be used only in com- mercial aircraft and not stored for pos- sible future military use. The latter course is quite possible. The great ad- vantages of helium have been recog- nized by all the nations. Germany has endeavored to produée a substitute in the “blue gas,” which is used in somé of the Zeppelins. It has, however, not as high qualities for flotation, and 1§ not entirely non-explosive. Exportation of hellum without stint would be pers haps an aet 6f humanity in view of this latest horror of the skies, but so long as dirigibles have potential wat uses it would be the diséarding of a great advantage in national defense. = oo Two Pyromaniacs. Two pyromaniacs have been identified in Washington within a few days. One man confesses to have set fife to ware- houses, causing a séries of blazes costing in the aggregate mofe than a quarter of a million dollars, Another acknowl- edges sefting fouf fires, all of them apartfménts. One of thece blazes cost the life 6f & woman. In the latter case many people were endangered, the fires oceurting in the dark hours. Only by rafe good chance was the community spared a series of horrors, This strange mania for setting fires fortunately occurs but rarely. It is a peculiar malady of the mind that de- velops in unsuspected cases. There i§ no outward symptom of the sécret long- l ing for the excitement of & blaze which | destroys property and endangers people. Arson is one of the gravest of crimes, Setting fire to an occupied bullding, especially at night, 1 ah act of flend- ishness, for which there is no adequate punishment. The law usually holds the | perpetrators of these horrible deeds as unaccountable for their actions on the ground of Insanity. They are, of course, unfit for ireedom. They must be re- strained if their lives are spared. In these cases that have developed lately in Washington, the discovery of the pyromaniacs has been effected by excellent police work. The sifting out of possibilities after the first theory of incendiarism was entertained was condueted skillfully and eventually with suceess. Too great credit cannot be given t0 those who have found and identified these two “firebugs” who, had they continued their maniac courses, would probably soon have caused hor- rible holocausts. . The New York stock market is going | after the bears with a sharp stick. The | financial misfortunes of the past year have made them quite unpleasant in their downheartedness. et South American revolutions are becom- ing what might be termed continentally endemic. —_— camtee Brawn, Vs, Brains. ‘The layman who khows his base ball and loves it and who keeps up with every move of evety man in a world series must find it difficult sometimes to follow the reasoning of the experts who attempt to show how such and such a contest was won by such and such a tricky maneuver on the part of some Old Fox or Master Strategist, who hap- pens to be managing one 6f the teams. Sometimes, when a pinch hitter has been put in to bat for & pitcher who seems as stfong in the eighth inning as he waé in the first, an¢ the pinch hitter eomes through with a tremendous wallop that breaks up the game, there aré rousifig cheers for the Master Mind résponsible for the shift. But when the pinch hitter falls to deliver and strikes out, the cheers for the Master Mind turn to howls of derision at the | Come hither, gentle reader, and side. In the next inning, Foxx hit his home run with a man on base. But was this an exhibition of brains, or of brawn? Did it take brains to tell Mr. Foxx to hit it out of the lot? Anybody could have told him to do that. But it was Mr. Foxx’s brawn that really did it. And without attempting to belittle the genius of Cornelius MeGillicuddy, cne is forced to write down the final score in yesterday's game as: <0 Absence of musiclans from some of the theaters does not lessen the distress of those with sensitive ears when sour notes are emitted from the machines that impersonate the departed artists. — r———— A hint of a remedy for political trou- bles comes from Havana, where insur- gent throngs were held in check by radio reports of the base ball games being played in the States between “Flladelfia” and “San Luis.” ——e— ‘Theories of the cause of the dirigible disaster in France cover & wide range. After all, the possibilities are restricted— an inflammable gas bag, an overloaded structure or an irresistible storm. ———— Success is reported from the attempt to derive electric current from the sea. It is to be hoped that it is more assured than the old experiment of extracting gold from the waters of the ocean. -t Consolation may be derived by the St. Louis Cardinals and their partisans from the reflection that both teams cannot possibly win a world champion- | ship. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ‘The Ponderer. Sometimes I sit and ponder on the happy days gone by And wrap myself in reminiscent gloom. I sit with folded hands and breathe a melancholy sigh ‘With looks the saddest that I can assume, I ponder, all unheeding, as the hours their course pursue. From morning till the eventide draws near, I think of many things that I would undertake to do If my ruminations did not interfere. I ponder on the sunshine which I vow 18 not so light 4 As sunshine in the days that I regret. I ponder on the rainbows which I'm sure are fict so bright, Though the rain is more unpleasant and more wet. And yet there's eompensation for these moments of distress ‘Which tempt me every enterprise to shirk, the truth I will confess— It's easier to ponder than to work. Modifications. “Your speeches indicate that your views have changed.” “Not exactly,” feplied Senator Sor- ghum. “My constituents’ views have changed afd I &m keeping in touch with the wisdom of the plain péople.” A Reflection on Art. “Do you think that as a Nation we are growing mote artistic?” “No,” replied Mr. Cumrox; “we are growing less appreciative of sculpture. Why, I can remember when there was a statue of an Indian in front of every cigar store.” The Ball Player's Ordeal. He says it's easy to play ball. The real test of nerve and skill He faces in the frosty Fall ‘WHhen he appears in vaudeville. Jud Tunkins says you don't have to tell some men not to worry. They are perfectly willing to let their friends and family worry. His Specialiy, “What does your member of Congress think of these questions?" “He dofi't pay no ‘tefition to ques- tions,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “He's the man that knows what all the an- swers are, without bothérin’ 'bout the questions.” The Wise Orator. He did not seek for glory With intellectual show. He told a funny story Across the radio. “De banjo,” said Uncle Eben, “has| turned out to be one o’ dem undeveloped resources,. We used to play it jes’' foh' ‘fun an’ now folks is makin’ a livin’' out of it.” Bad Guessers, From the Hamilton, Ontario, Spectator. Lloyds are reported to have lost| $125,000 betting that Bobby Jones would | not win the four major championships | of 1930. They must be convinced by now that he fsn't just a golfer, but a magiclan. Gone, Gone, Gone! From the Milwaukee Sentinel. “Now,” remarked the man in the next room, “the melancholy fla‘“ have ar- Tived” Wi to more years in this round, rolling world. A lot of things may happen to one, sure enough! On the other hand, he may have a hope that he even will outgo the biblical “three score years and 4 and spend & useful, interesting “life” thereafter. * koK A man 18 surprised to realize, at the moot age of 35, that most of his friends are about that age, too. Somehow he had never thought of them, any more than himself, as grow= ing older. They were a part of the scheme of things, in a fairly static world, based on the personal impres- sion of each young man who ever lived that he was and is immortal. Only after life has given him a few sad jolts does he come to realize that he will have to change his definition of Immorullg, The year No. 35 in the personal life simply marks a stage in his curious journey. He realizes that if he had it to do over again he would do many things differently, and some just the same. It is the lack of a light on the road ahead which makes the trip interesting. Hope, ever prodding him on, gives an illumination of its own, so that he has no use for those who profess to tell what no man knows in advance. R Not only are one's friends and #c- quaintances growing old along with one, but an entire new crop of young- sters has come into world and grown up. This always seems an amazing thing, to each growing-older generation in turn, B ‘Fhese babies, these little boys and {Xrl.s‘ are budding men and women 1hemselm. Who would have thought t! He sees that they are no different from his own class. They have the old ambitions, the old foolishness, do the same loyal things and make the same mistakes. He realizes now_his inability to tell them anything. They will not listen. They must find out for themselves. It is life's way. * ok x % He marvels at the strange reticence nll:’out death which grows as man gets older. Instead of becoming more and more interested, as he at one time thought he might be, he finds himself, in com- mon with advancing mankind, refusing to give the matter much attention. Nor is this solely a whistling in the Mmlupuphueouuge. It s a iychological process, which some are rave enough to attribute to God. He sometimes wonders, when he does stop to think about such matters, if mankind has not gone off on the wrong tack, in consi ing death only when such consideration is inevitable. He wonders if a better plan might not have been to follow the lead of such writers as Walt Whitman and Maurice Maeterlinck, who wrote about death in an exalted strain. ‘The active contemplation of the uni- versal end by the majority of human be- ings might make each and every one see that malice. craftiness and plain deceit were inimical to all concerned; it might tend to make every man, even the meanest, feel that his time for doing good was now, that he had bet- ter get busy, if he wished to leave be- hind him any real memorial in a hu- man mind or heart. * K ok ok At 35, one is likely to begin to accept himself as he is. Hitherto he has mt upl ‘wonderful pictures of himself in hero roles. At this moot age he begins to see that there is a ¢ deal of good for- tune in being a hero after all, and that fortune does not smile on every one. If he has not done better in the world, in the ordinary sense, it is be- cause he‘is not able to. He is willing to admit that now. He recalls the conversation he had yesterday with a well known lawyer, attorney for a famous writer of “action” stories of the cheaper sort. “I asked him,” said the attorney, “why he did not write something w while, He told me that it was simply & matter of business with him.” ‘He writes what he writes,” one re- calls having sald, “because he cannot write anything else or write any better. Each one of us, in this world, does the best he can. It may be mentality or it may be physique or its lacks which prevents us from doing any more, or any better, but, whichever it is, one does what he can.” No man under 35 years of age ever scose ey * % ‘The tendency comes at this to feel that “life is & joke and all things show it; I thought so once and now I know it.” Perhaps the poet who wrete that was about 35 when he penned it. It is & tendency of the mind which must be fought with the weapons of the mind, for only the intelligence will realize that this mental state is a be- ginning of & let-down in the physical and mental life. One tends to grow bored with matters which formerly interested him. He finds that his mind refuses to become interested in the type of book -which once he read with delight. The only real remedy for this is a forced lecture by the mind to the mind. Men for centuries have tried change of scene, traveling to the ends of the earth, but such a “cure” operates, if it works at all, only because the mind is forced, at last, to take stock of itself. If one may induce his mind to make this stock-taking without physical transfer of the entire being from ome place to another, perhaps he is just as well off and has saved a great deal of money. This is the only meaning which may be attached to Emerson’s dictum, “Traveling is & fool's paradise.” To grow old gracefully is to pass 35 years with some attempt at honesty. Once by, one may expect to become less of & fool year by year. Highlights on t Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands L DICTAMEN, Vera Cruz—Man is a gregarious animal. He lives in communities of which the unit is the family. This, while neces- sary, for the propagation of the race, is unfortunate in the development of the individual, for thus men have a mass existence, like that of beasts, and seek only to do as they see others doing within t‘mr own social group. Indeed, Alvaro de Albo; the author of “In- dividualismo y Socialismo,” say8 in the mass men can be less differentiated than can animals, and that it is only rarely one emerges from the mediocre level of human thought and action. One reason for this tardy developr ment, and slow progress of the human species 18 found, says Senot Albornos, in the economie wars which have led to so mueh restriction and hardship. becoming increasingly difficult for a man to maintain himself and his fam- ily—the group in which his life should be manifested—and still assert himself in a way that will bring him distinction above his fellows, through his services to those not of his immediate household. That is, there must be a generally ade- ate provision for the heads of fam- fl‘l‘tl, before many people in this classin- zation are enabled to devote their efforts, or any substantial part of them, to the helping, instruction, ot elevating of their fellow-men. In recent years there has been steady deeline in the fémunération those supporting families. both actually and comparatively. Unless society, as at present camatityted, can errange & prover means of sufficient wages, be paid at ‘e[ulnr intervals, it looks in- deed as if a Platonic républic, of Corh- munistic regime will be the inevitable solutions of the problem, though Social- ism as at present promulgated is but a new form of class egotism, and of vio- lated privilege, Politieal Rowdyism Continues in Berlin. Cologne Gazette.—Political fowdylsm continues a feature of public life in Ber- lin. Turning their attention for the mo- ment from attacks, and accusations against German officials and their a tivities in the national service. these wi controllable malcontents are venting their rage upon the general consulate of Poland in Berlin. And not only in words and harmless gestures, but ih mendeing | and hostile assaults upon the Polish rep- resentatives, In the latest demonstration stones were thrown :nd windows broken to show the resent of ceftaih reactionary citizens against what they call the con= fiscation of German territory by Polond and the Pllsudski terror. Such manifes- tations should be severely punished, as scandals to our country. Family Cat Escapes Tax; How Come? The Bulletin, Sydney.—We would like o know why the family cat js not taxed and regulated. The N. 8. W. local gov- erntnent heaves a brick ‘pigeons ai poultry on the premises,” also the tled- up pup, and the mooching goat, but it overlooks the family eat which leaves barracks at night, and holds war coun- cils on other people’s verandahs, é!l].s loudly for Mafia from the house- 3 knocks over the milk-jug, and fights ter- rific battles amid the iniums, wind- ing up with unrehearsed choriises on the back fence. ‘The pigeons, roosters, and goats cre- ate enough nuisance when they put their minds to it, but the bunch is mot in the same category as two hostile cats having a violer.t "disagreement on the Joof, when they thump and whack on the iron to the accompaniment of fortis- simo yrz];, o . 3 > The as pay a tax or lose scalp, mx &e dog 1s & useful, law-abid- ing quadruped. When he makes himsel objectionable, you only have to speak to him in a loud voice, but a cat is not amenable to reason. It pretends to be a civilized animal in the m;y"'xn'e‘,. nndhr’:- verts to the wild bel of prehis- torlc ancestors at ni m A bombard- ment of old shoes produces only tem- you nder what you did with last Summer’s wages.” Unrecognizable. Prom the Plint Daily Journal. bonehead tactics exhibited by the ‘World's Worst Dumbbell. In other words, if the deep strategy that lies in yanking wm Boviet wants United Btates theré are a we do hot porary relief. Holds Gas Far Better Than Guillotine. Le Matin, Patis.—The man condemn. ed to death should be 5 best of execution. In the case of one suffering the penalty in Ametics, It is | used 1t | of the people in the grandiose o he Wide World when the magistrates asked him if he | had any final request, he fepiled, “Yes, a | gas mask!” In such a spirit of light- ness and jocularity does one approach | this specles of punishment Though this response is, perhaps, comparable to other historical observations, invented afterwards, for the exigeneles of the cause, in this instance, certainly the temark has been widely credited. Indeed, so humane and efficient has proven this method of inflicting the cap- | ital pendity in America, that we may | do well to consider it as a substitute | for our superannuated and repugnant guillotine. ~ Whether or not one is a partisan about thé question of the pro- priety of capital puhishment, there is no feason why, pending the final deci- sion of the n;,umem. gas should not be | instead of that sinister machine for | sueh executions as are yet to be L | formed. 1t is only right that we should use the most modern and merciful de- vice and relegate the cumbrous and tef- rible ‘instrument we have empl'a [ | long to a chamber of horrors. gmuld we not think, in France, of replacing it | wlltil; the electric chair, or the m-flfled cel | Divorce i Any Country, The Evening Times, Glasgow—A woman applying at Newcastle for a Separsition alleged that her husband | came home from a Newecastle versus Sunderland foot ball match, ecaught | hold of her by the nose and made her | listen to an account of the whole game. Her application was successful. ot Is Fascism Weakening? From the Louisville Courfer-Journal. A few days ago Premier Mussolini, to the edification of a crowd of newspaper men, jumped on his horse, rode madly afound the track and, alighting while the animal was still in motion, an- nounced to the admiring and applaud- ing spectators that that was Mussolini's answer to reports of his serious iliness. The charaeteristic circus stunt may have had no other reason; but a serious ill- ness of Mussolini, even a reported seri- ous illness, is not a trivial matter. In a one-man government the state may easily be weakened by the flimsiest of rugors. And there are reports that Fascism’s condition is not as healthy as formerly, In an srticle in the New Republic, Percy Winner intimates that Fascism is weak- ening. “In 1928, when I left Italy after four ege-rs' residence there, ism seemd & permanent institution,” he writes. “In 1930 I found a large num- ber of Italians convinced that the end is in sight.” According to Mr. Winner's inform- ants the world-wide economic situation is playing hob with Fascism. Italians are losing faith in Mussolini's roseate promises. The objects the Black Shirts started out to accomplish, financial stability and prosperity, are still far- off dreams. Sacrifices and work, of liberties and persecutions have not been compensated for. Italy is in the same trough with the rest of Europe and Fascism is being blamed for it. Aceording to Mr. Winner, Italians are not in sympathy with Mussolini’s for- elgn WH% They believe he has gone too far. They fear he is skirting the ragged edge and may precipitate the eountry into war and they do not be- lieve that Italy can win a war, especial- ly with France. In a country like Italy it is difficult to gauge the trend of public opinion, because public opinion 1§ prohibited. It is easy, however, to believe that the nothic situation is shaking the faith Promises of Musgolini. o Air Pilots Cautioned. From the Omaha World-Herald. American pilots in South America have to be careful about whom they earry around. ——— Four-Footed. | From the Detroit News. ey wrecked a train i not in his car st “ BOOKS AT RANDOM L G M. NE WASHINGTON: Commander in Chief. Thomas G. Prothingham, Captain, U. 8. R. Houghton-Mifflin Co. Every year in the United States is, in a sense, a George Washington year. Yet, 1932, distinct from its predecessors, promiscs to be a full 12-month com- memoration of America’s debt to its first President. During this period the country as a whole will unite in formal acts of homage to its greatest political benefactor, its wisest advocate of re- publican principles, its most far-seeing supporter of an independent self- governing people. Already much has been done to pre- pare for this general celebration of the Second centennial of Washington's birth. The most lasting of these movements toward the spiritual revival, the spiritual resurrection even, of Washington lles, naturally, in the body of new literature rowing up so sturdily around his name, éermnly it 18 no new thing for writers to expend themselves upon this high theme. But within the past few years facilities for wider and deeper estimates of historic figures have grown greatly in behalf of those conclusions about the past upon which the present must lean for confirmation and future for di- rection. Scholars are more probing in research. Interpreters are more expert, sounder in their returns. These are, pnowadays, bringing greatness out of the past in a significance, in _an aliveness, never before possible. One, reading, must constantly remind himself, how- ever, that the nature of the writer him- self, apart from his equipment, has much to do with the quality and value of the outcome. For an author, like God, creates man in his ewn image. To this basic fact may be @ssigned some of the flippant irrelevan®e that, recently, in one or two cases has attended the study of even Washington. A rather futile gesture toward “making Wash- ington human” and so on. However, such work 18 so outweighed as to make it negligible. Thomas G. Frothingham, captain, U. 8. R., has uced five volumes of im- portant military history. Four of these point, respectively, upon one or another critical aspect of the World War. The most widely known within this group doubtless, the authoritative and clearly dramatic record of the Battle of Jutland. gton: “Commander in Chief” “Washin, 18 the most recent of this writer's work. An opportune appearance. Unlike other studies of the great American, this one views Washington exclusively through the medium of his military career and its sequence of world service to the cause of individual political freedom supporting an ideal of national unity. Two short introductory chapters re- cast the already familiar features of boyhood and youth. These serve as well to give definite pointing upon the pro- fessional career of Washington—soldier, leader, commander in chief. In outline this story is known to every American schoolboy. Indeed, some say, “Why an- other history of Washington? It is even now as well conned as the Lord's Prayer or the Decalogue.” Yet, here is so new an appfroach to the old theme as to ive the effect of originality, of some- ing new in the procedure of the great pioneer in American nationalism. This striking effect is due to certain ex- clusions imposed by the author, to cer- tain deep stresses of the professional lite of the great soldier. Capt. Frothingham makes of Wash- ington an object lesson in the military school. From Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian campaigns to the West and North, on through the Revo- lution itself, this b? and man are cited to set_the lecsons of modern warfare in the New World. To these lessons is brought the accepted technic of of- ganized campaign, strategy, attack, re- treat, renewal of combat and so on and 50 on to the ultimate of this instrument of eivilization for the settlement of na- tional debts—real debts and unreal debts. From such summary one would think this a book, a text book, for mili- tary schools. And such it might be, probably will be. Certainly upon it the author has expended his wide knowl- edge of the professional content of the art of war. Set within this involved special complexity and measured by it ‘:h 1:Jreol'if: ‘Washington, commander in Specialized in treatment as the sub- ject so clearly is, this book, neverthe- less, steps confidently out toward the general reader. Moves into such wider zone by reason of the author's firm selzure of the basic fact that under the groression-l&docm. lawyer, preacher, ighter—there is the man himself, his irue quality and power coming to the surface upon demand. That beneath every situation of special import, both in the pussuits of peace and in the conduet of war, there is evér a sub- stratum, an intangible, deeper than these externals and, therefore, influen- tial in shaping and directing these. B0 it is here. This study, largely pro- fessional and technical, rests upon a deep foundation of understanding. And to these fundamental matters the au- thor pays such due as to animate war even with profound eurrents of life, to inspire leaders with their own man- hood, with something finer than the lust of victory. With Washington, clearly, there is the vision of ultimate humah freedom, With & patriotism that involves courage and endurance, that involves also compassion and fair-deal- ing with the defeated. 1t is by this ::dl{“ 'm":"r'.{f'"' e sympathetic man intangibles of war luel? that this writer o special study of military purposes and procedures & most illuminatnig story, not only of “Washington: Commander fvnur(irl‘)!u’ifl but “ol George Washington, countryman, a great man and a finely human one as well. * * 2 x GEORGE WASHINGTON'S COUN- TRY. Matletta Minnigerode An- drews. E. P. Dutton & Co. Take & word of advice. Next year and the year after, when you come to the Capital for the George Washington celebration, be sure to look for Marietta Minnigerode Andrews. More than likely you'll not succeed in finding her. Never mind. The next best thing to do will be to have with you her new book, book. Don't let it Et away from you when you set out see the country roundabout, the George Washington country. For if throughout the locality made famous by the great man there is a road o a path or a trail that this zealous lady has not lald down for your guidance, why, then—well, but there is none such. Every one of them is in this completely captivating book. Mrs. An- drews knows the country as you know the palm 6f your own hand. By virtue of such knowledge, and its projection here, you are safe in counting the ex- cursions offered by it as among the happiest and most useful experiences year after next in Washington. Here the old life of the South looks out in pictures of plantation sociabili- tles and beautiful homes and amusing episodes of characteristic flavor. The families of her acquaintance—father, son and grandson, Wwith wives and daughters to all of them—make & roster of the slightly pretentious me- dfum through which this amazing view of Old Virginia comes. A lovely spread of hill and mountain, of woods and streams and flelds invites you to its most_intimate disclosures. Old houses —wide and open and reminiscently al- luring—look out here and there from dignified seclusions, Sometimes these are still warm and hearty and welcom- ing. Sometimes they are but re- minders, saddening reminders of more lent days. In either case they are :gum absorbing interest, waymarks along & path of American history. However, do not look for lamentations of any sort from this guide around the region of many departures. There s no sadness about this gallant woman, this modern philosopher, this seemingly care-free partaker of such goods as the fickle gods provide. her gifts and her unquenchable gayety, Mrs. drews is positively austere in her allegiance to authentic history. In this fleld she digs and delves like the workman she is £0 support and clan of BY FREDERIC Take advantage of this free service. If you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, write us again, If you have never used the service, begin_now. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your and inclose 2 cents in coin or |for return postage. Address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Pred- gicc J. Haskin, Was] Q. How long have they been having tennis tournaments at Wimbledon England?—C. V. B. A. Since 1877. Q. What is the floating tion of Washington, D. C.7<M. C. C. A. It is estimated Rt 150,000—that s, this 1s the number of transients who stay three months or less. Q. How many of the inhabitants of Mexico are blind . P A. The total known blind population of Mexico is approximately 15,000 ["There are more cases of blindness in Northern Mexico than there are in the southern part of the country, Q. How many times has Lionel Bar- rymore been married?—E. 8. A. Twice. Doris Rankin was the former wife of Lionel Barrymore. His present wife is Irene Fenwick. Q. Upon what days is Monticello -open?—C. E. B. A. The grounds of Monticello are opened at 7:30 am. and closed at 5 p.m. dally, including Sunday. Each visitor pays 50 cents. . Q. y was the Colossus of Rhodes bulit?—F. A. K. A. The Colossus of Rhodes represent- ed Helios, the Sun God. The statue was erected by the Rhodians at a cost of 300 talents, apparently as a thank of- fering after the succeasful defense of the city against Demetrius Poliorceles. It x.x set up about 280 B.C, but 56 yearS later was overthrown by an earthiquake and lay in ruins until 633 AD., when the Arabs captured the city snd sold the metal to a Jewish merq t. Q. whom was Harpers Perry, W. Ve, named?—S. I. A. It was named for Harper, who founded it in 1747. He was born in 1703 at Oxford, England, and emi- ted to America at the age of 20. e bowght the site of lefii Perry for 80 guineas—about $260—for the good-will of a squatter named Stevens and a patent from Lord Fairfax. It was ggrhmd from Harper's heirs by the wernment in 1794 for the pur- Ym of founding a natlonal armory of 25 acrey. Later the site passed under the contgol of the new State of West Virginia. | Q. Are § watermelon and muskmelon considered fattening?—E. A. Neitber of them 1is considered fattening. Q. Pleask name some mining towns which _hawe been deserted—J. M. B. A. Throghout the West there are a great many mining towns or camps which Wi deserted after the ore ceased to he profitable. may be tioned Rough and Ready and Hart, Galit; Grand Forks, Yukon, Granite, Lemvick and Oro, in Colorado. Q. How lgw does the barometer go au; a hutticane?—J. 8. P. Among_them | J. HASKIN. whfl' uu"m 'mber, 3 over Porto Rico & duced to sea level) was recorded om September 13 at 3 p.m. at Yabucoa, on the southeast coast of Porlt: Rico. Other ex w may be cited: Havana, Cuba, October 10, 1846, 27.06; False Point, India, ll:x- tember 22, 1885, 27.15; Tananan, Phil« ippine Islands, October 12, 1807, 27.32, and Guam, Pacific, November 13, 1900, 27.36. Q. If fish will not bite, is it & that no are present in that partic ticular place at that ular time! A. C. A. It may often mean that the is ide: variet; bait is fects such taxed to find some unusu lure. b T‘fiu“hbfl? ‘What les papers ngth residence is required?—M. W. P. The naturalization laws of Oreat de that in be S e e e years ing his application have re- sided for not less n five years in his majesty’s dominions, of which not less than one year immediately preced- ing the application must have been spent in the United K fee, payable to the home by government of the generally about £10, of which £1 is payable on submission of the applica- tion and the remainder on the granting of the certificate. Q. What accounts for the direction in which the Gulf Stream flows?— . B. A. The course of the Gulf Stream is influenced to a coastline. After les Mexico it encounters the Islands and is turned northeastward, following the trend of the American Const. On issuing into the ocean it is met by the so-called ‘“cold wall,”" which crowds in toward the New Eng- land Coast, forcing the GuM Stream water off toward the east. Being forced out farther and farther from the coast, it is spread into a fan-shaped arift of continually diminishing depth. Q. What is an “auto da fe"?—F. E. A. Auto da fe is Spanish for “act |of faith.” It was a Ceremony which consisted in the public burning of here- tics condemned by the Inquisition. The Inquisition was a tribunal in the Roman Catholic Church, instituted in 1248, the work of Charles of Lindus. It was|F. A. ear to the ground”?—T. W. A. Sound travels faster and farther through the ground than through the ° air. Marching men and ru horses can be heard in this way long before the sound comes through the air. Q. What is the Holy Grail?—L. D. A. According to legend, it is the cup which the Savior blessed and passed to His disciples at the Last Supper. | fi gvme 18 the largest living animal? A 'The_sulphur-bottom whale is the im‘ut, Some cimens are 85 to 90 feet long and weigh about 100 tons. Q. Where was the first school es- | tablished for the Indians?—S. 8. A. The first of which we find record A. The wrn.mr Bureau says that one of the l8west authentic barometer pressures recqrded in recent years was \ Ls was established at Havana in 1568 by Jflu:lql:a Fathers for the Indlans of Little success| is conceded for the policies of AdolfjHitler, Austrian leader of the German ists, who made an impressive show.ng in the recent elec- tions Indnh].l.s slmr:eflxumuhmdflnh 2 posed policies for| Germany. quix- otic plans fot tearing up the Versallles treaty and invaddng Russia is viewed as likely to cause | own defeat. “It is unthinkaBle that the German people should arm Hitler with the power | to embroil them again with the world. Business men of the world should re- fleet on this,” dec¢®Mres the Milwaukee Sentinel. The Ann! Arbor Daily News holds that “it wouRl be betfer, in the long run, to make the best of the pres- ent situation, in pecaice, than to deliver the Nation's fate aggin into the hands of autocrats who may be willing to satisfy selfish politiced ambitions, in the name of patriotism, ty sacrificing once more the lives of railllons of young men.” That paper conycludes that “Hit- ler's flery utterances afve greater threats to his countrymen then to Germany’s neighbors.” “There are certaln advantages,” thinks the Mew York iSun, “in having Hitler’s firebrand demagogy written into an officlal record. An open fire is als ways more easily extinguished than ? hidden one. The absur{ ity and folly of his program must henoceforth be appars ent to every seénsible Gesman. A polit- ical party which proposels to nullify and evade a nation’s treaties, which prom- ises judicial murder for 14s enemies once it has gained power, has' already given to an electorate the mos solemn rea- sons why it should newer be put in position to carry out its ithreats. The National Socialists are ms yet only a noisly minority, both in ‘he Reichstag and in the German natiown.” * s “ “The foremost man in Géymany today and her greatest figure in the war, President Hindenburg,” safys the Ate lanta Journal, “is an exporwnt of cons ciliatory and- temperate polMcies and a stanch supporter of the republic. If such counsel and such cheeacter pre- vail, if the common sense 'which the German people have manifesdied dum‘x)’ the last decade, often in tiy: face extreme trials, asserts itsell in the this | Reichstag, then the radical siorm will be weathered. Otherwise the outlook will be most dispiriting, for the Fascist- Communist program would serash the work of enlighi statesmayiship _in republican Germany and blight all Eus rope’s hopes for continued recwnstruc tion and good will.” Quoting Hitler's words that ‘“onl childishly naive minds could think of accomplishing anything except bjy war,” the Philadelphia Inquirer states that “none seems to be more childishly; naf: " and maintains that “I1s ut- e well calculated to urtite all the parties.but the Commuinists ayrainst him.” That paper also commentst: “So long as he confined his strategy to attacking the Versailles treaty he was P. F. V. by documented evidend every available sort. In the pu ‘Washington the story moves out a of t oi t— up to Philadelphia, into New England, over to New York. It is, however} in the home commonwealth that Mrs. Andrews is at her best in intimate {ac< countings and piettirings, in the play! of her own effervescent soul. In confidence the author tells us that her friends ac- cuse her of being “flighty” and “irrede- vant” in her print. One can see yn impish smile actually lifting from type over such pious concern for “mgy own good.” And, by the law of ‘“z';'e.r"'?m‘““‘"%:"fi ¥ thie. B B , may e tfm ights are those of the skylark, the fittings here and there are of sun fut:l,ne and shower—all dtu;’nnndn p::‘x along, very lines wNMem of m& woman is bent. All in all, here is a book of complete captivation. An authentic book. A Belligerent Hitler —Be]ieved Unlikely to Sway Germany certain of sympathetic support. German people resent the terms upon them, théy are distressed the burdens of the oppose for the most y of the ', and they are ready to listen to & spokesman for their grievances. is a long way from Stresemann, who did so much to re- store German prestige, to Hitler, who atens to cut off “heads at e, settle with France and conquer Russia.” “Just how much of this program will be pressed by the victorious Fascists remains to be seen,” remarks the Hamiltoh Ontario Spectator, adding: “We shall see how fat his followers are prepared to go \ith him, and how far they will be permitted to go. Chancellor Bruening, strongly supported by Presi- dent von Hindenburg, is putting on a bol:fi lmc in face of I-Ilme;ln"mrum ts, while efman ple \rdly be enlmons :‘m a policy which suggests a repetition of the same major plunders that were responsible for the ptresent | troubles of humanity.” * xR K “Wars of conquest are becoming as obsolete as the weapohs with which they are waged. Gemw was teared on & jingo dottrine. It will be a pity if it must learn the falsity of that creed egain,” msserts the Oklahoma Oity es. The Oakland Tribune calls his utterance “the boldest, most audacious one the republic has heard,” as he “shouted the détails of a bloody g;; gram to the German people.” Tribune holds that his desire to “tear up the Versailles treaty and the debt agreement may shock a part of his following into a realization of the men#ice in the man.” The Danbury News points “one alternative to Fasclst supremffcy” in the “virtual as- sumption of a dictatorship by the vet- eran Hindenburg,” continuing, “What would happen Germany were this aged man to die suddenly or to become incapacitated, it i8 not easy to see.” “Hitler threatens to meet dictator- ship with revolution,” says the Newark | Evening News. ~ “His followers are mostly the youthful Voters who know nothing of war at fifst hand, who prob- ably indulge in the usual delusion of youth that if they had been running things in 1914, of whenever their elders were, things would have been different. If they think that Germany .will - per by having her enemiés at the head of neighborifiig governments, her credit destroyed, her political and commercial lifeblood let, they can demonstrate it in no other way than by shouting amen to the false prophet, Hitler.” “The bulk of the voters,” in the judg- ment of the Pittsburgh Post-Gagette, “may be variously divided on other things, but they appear united on the proposition that nothing is to be gained by demonstrations against the peace treaty. -It may be modificd in time, but not on_threats to tear it up.” The . - Falls Daily Argus-Leader adds no conflict of importance ¢an be without funds.” T S SO, South American Politics. From the Elmira Star-Gi te. Bouth Americans don't run They just take it and make fellow run. for office. - the %thu All Forgiven. From the Akron Beacon Journal. e heals all wounds, and few ex« doughboys would litk a lieutenant now if they had a chance. Knockers. From the Colorado Sptifies Gasette and Tele- M‘lny persons are able to beat oppor- \tunity knocking. dependable picture of the nuntri of ‘Washingron—of herself, too. A book of invitation for innumerable excur- sions into the heart of the beautiful land from which ‘the great man m out into the arena of the world if where he Sl R [7] . Quality Deteriorating. From the Boston Evening Transcript. ‘The old-time political boss may have h&& t“mon ly, but he sold a better his cash-and-cArry §