Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 34

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI THE EVENING STAR |dioate the approsch of s stable populs- | that perforce eliminates any real rever- With Sundsy Morning Edition. WABHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY...,...October 26, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Officy Y e B e e s Ifi?:n Carrier Within the City. Star. per Ts0c per month (when 5 A T66c var month ht;u a‘%“lfl..‘,lfl!‘al at the end of mu-fflogf'm' in'by mall o Rate Y T e T o rgini m‘r and_Sund 10.01 only 36 v only tion, with nelther notsble increase nor decreases from year to year. The Na- tion is on the road toward & minimum waste of lives. Lives, like land, mo longer are free for the asking. The country has passed the days of reck- less gambling in childhood. The future of the birth rate is debat- able. It may stay at about its present level for many years to come. Judging by the trend of the past, it would be expected to decline still further. Any notable increase is unlikely. But the decrease in the infant mor- tality rate may be expected still to continue. It is largely a question of wider application of medical and hy- ¢ | glenio measures already available rather than of new scientific advances. But even these car. be expeeted. A notable step in this direction, it is 5. 80¢ | ikely, will be the Aindings of the Presi- dent’s Oonference on Child Welfare here this month. This promises to be a 75c | milestone in the history of population o Aamecinted et b esthsene B Toiparns o, reclated Frem, o At e sl s i Siieode e i el el e St B ey Peter Grimm and the Budget. *“Its up to you to point out where we shall. eut,” sald Mayor Walker of New York to & citizen, Peter Grimm, member of one of the eivic and business organi- mations that appeared before him with fm! petitions that the budget be cut and protested against the increase in the tax rate. ~And the New York World and Times properly take Mayor Walker to tagk for Peter Grimm, only a taxpaying citi- ®én, demanded that the budget be cut, that taxes riot be ralsed. With a twin- kle in his eye Mayor Walker replies te Peter Grimm, “You tell us where to t it!” -And Peter Grimm is sbashed, : i : 5 the mayor or anybody budget is to be cut? & good citizen, pays his ‘The involved busi- & municipality 5 & is not his specialty, il i § i B £ L i F sfE B i [ sgeg ir 1] & H 12 ¢ I : : i L} g‘g. i E i § ] i it ] ¥ %E::g : : 5 I -ng Y : f g Eg t - £ isufs i i gz g¥ L i £ £ €1 i i | 5 : ‘!5! Egv‘ 8- ad 88 2311 {F 4 A i ¥ FER George Washington did little “cuss- | fng” except when extraordinary condi- tions wesranted, It is wondered just| what he would say if, alive, he resd of | the financial demands and explanations | of eertain gridiron artists playing on of teams of the great university | his honor. Coaches famed blistering tongues could sit around | taking notes. { r——— of the great industrial concerns | vely will not hire any man ty might take note of the fact John Philip Sousa has written and it f Birth and Death Rates. The Nation'’s birth and infant mor- | Sality rates for 1929, just announced by the Bureau of the Census, ilustrate “Both rates were the lowest on record, with » single exception, probably due to incomplete returns. The birth rate was 18.9 per 1,000 population and the death rate of children in the first fiscal year ‘was 68 per 1,000 births. Some notable differences were reyepled among States. Oregon, for instance, had a birth rate 14,1 apd & mortality rate of ¢8. New the other end of 4t it * | marily upon adjustment, considering it entirely aside from its humanitarian aspects. Civil Service Apportionment. ‘The Civil Service Commission’s an- nouncement that temaporary positions in the Government service will be filled by applicants from the States, instead of from the District of Columbia, is based on & desire to uphold the spirit as well as the intent of the apportionment law. But without dragging in any senti- mental demands that Washingtonians should have first call on these jobs, or that the District is being discriminated against, the announcement invites real criticism because of the practical diffi- culties apt to follow. In the apportioned service of the Gov- ernment there are 38,000 positions, and on the basis of population the District should be represented by only 148 job- holders. As a matter of fact the Dis- trict is represented by more than 12,000. This is due to the fact that veterans are appolnted without regard to apportion- ment, and many of them claim this eity as residence; that during the war de- mand there was & scarcity of eligibles, and they were grabbed as fast as they presented themselves, and that many -'were appointed without regard to Civil Service status, the President afterward taking them all into the Oivil Service by executive arder. On paper the Dis- trict may have much heavier represen- tation than the States. But the decision to employ temporsry assistants from the States will doubt- less cause embarrassment, not only to .| the Civil Service Commission, but to conditions in Washington. The stenog- rapher who is picked up in San Pran- cisco and journeys all the way across the continent for a six-month job here is not apt to return when the de- mand for his scrvices ends. If he has not been able to obtaln permanent em- ployment, he will become & recruit in the alrepdy large army of job-seekers. While there are hundreds of persons ‘|in the city looking for temporary work in the Government, it seems absurd to invite others from distant parts of the country and bring them here with the o | enticing prospect of possibly obtaining & Dermanent position. The effect is not qonly. to aggravate local unemployment conditions, but to misrepresent. to “the countsy 8t large the opportunities that exist here. The Civil Service Commis- sion is understood te be experimenting with this new method of filling tem- Porary positions. The experiment will doubtless prove a failure. It is to be hoped that no .undue hardship will Tesylt. ———————— China’s Christian President. No morp asresting news has come out of Chins for many & day than the annoyncement thst Gen. Chiang Kal-Shek, youthful Nastiopalist Presi- dent of China, was beptised a3 o Christian on October 23. The cere- mony was as simple snd apparently as devout as it was unexpected. -Gen. Chiang came to Shangha! from Nanking, unannounced, and, having re- paired to the home of his mother-in- law, Mrs. Boong, the baptismal act Was performed there by an ordained Chinese minister of the Allen Memorial Chureh, an English-speaking Methodist mission. To the question whether he sincerely desired to become a Christian, the politico-militarist hero of the mew China replied in the affirmative, where- upon his formal admission to the Methodist confession was pronounced. All China is reported “startied” by an event well designed to challenge na- tional attention. There is no ressen to doubt the fervor and genuineness of Gen. Chiang's conversion, or to im- pute ulterior motives to his action. It | comes at & moment when exponents of lawlessness are outraging the lves, rights and property of Christian mis- sionaries in all parts of China. The President’s beptism is s blow at the extremists who are hunting down Christisns in Kiangsl Province and elsewhere in the Yangtse Valley. Shanghai dispatches bring the wholly comprehensible and gratifying mews that Gen. Chiang's embrace of the Christian faith may have far-reach- ing consequences. Despite the tribu- istions of the Nationalist government, his hold on the new China’s loyalty has not been seriously shaken. The people have not forgotien his yeoman services in bringing about the military victories of two years ago, which finally en- throned the Nanking government. It would ke going too far to suggest that Chiang’s conversion means the sweep of s great Christian wave across the vast areps of Ching, as his Cantonese troops once enguifed the north. But it is » sign and & portent of historie sig- nificance. China has her Christian ruler. ———————— Wineville, Cslif, has changed its name to Mirs Loms, the ides being thet the old name was pre-prohibition and therefore out of date. Goodness gracious! How shout Brandywine Creek? ———— o Hoporing the Unknown. Great Britain's @ her former allles of the World War that they eliminate the ceremony at the Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers, these cere- monies consisting in laying a wreath in the course of ofclal visits to the allled capitals, 15 understood to be based pri- & desire to eradicate “memories of the Great War.” One Wation of life and fewer additions to the the age group. The same sgems soclety as & Whole. The snd infant mortality statistics in- prefers to believe, however, that better ground for cutting out the ceremeny is foynd in the perfunctory manner in which it has come to be performed. Bstablished a3 & custom since the inter- ments of the unknown soldiers, it has developed into & ritualistic performance ence or depth of meaning. It is doubtful if the laying of s wreath on the Tombs of the Unknown Soldlers keeps alive any memories that should be eradicated because of their bitterness, or hatred that the act in- eites. The symbolism of the unknown soldier penetrates national boundary lines. One might, in truth, feel that in honoring America's war dead much honor was given to the dead of other nations who sleep in alien lands. But if the ceremonies have any mean- ing at all, it is too sacred and is too dear to the .individual te become a matter of rule and rote. Nothing would e lost by eliminating the set ceremonies through general agreement. ‘The wmagter, should serve to direct attention of the authorities here to the source of offerings placed upon the tomb of our own Unknown. Every visitor of any prominence, nearly every convention, no matter of whom or for what, evidently feels in duty bound to visit Arlington and there, amid the click of cameras, to place & wreath upon the tomb. The number of such proceedings raises the question whether many of those who journey to Arlington go there in search of publicity or whether they are actuated by reverent patriotism and all that is represented in that simple slab of white stone. Any one wishing to plenic in Rock Creek Park must first obtain & permit. But any Tom, Dick or Harry can have his picture taken in the act of placing a wreath upon the Tomb of the Unknown. A little discrimination among those who bring thelr tributes might not be amiss. | An order forbldding photographs, ex- cept on special occasions, might be of value, A bishop's “throne” intended for an American cathedral is denied free entry, although an effort was made to classify it as an altar, which could come in duty free. This will prove surprising to most citizens, who have not read far enough along in the new tariff act to discover that American throne-makers are pro- tected by a tariff. Dependable old Congress, it just watches every little thing! —_—————— A touching instance of affection for dumb pets is cited in a recent com- munication to The Star wherein the writer relates how s local physician “sobbed aloud as his police dog was condemned to death.” Very pitiful. But the postman, doing his duty, on whom the dog made s viclous and unprovoked attack, showed more spunk and did no scbbing whatever, o ‘The Soviet Union is determined to accomplish the alteration and improve- ment work of a whole eentury in five years. Peter the Great, whose govern- ment was as absolutely autocratic as the present one, was equally determined. However, Peter fell down completely. Russians are just about the same now as they were two hundred years ago. Simon Bolivar, South American patriot, holds the remarkable distinction of having established no fewer than six Latin American nations. He did it, of course, through revolution, but it is doubtful if he ever dreamed that the citizens he helped make free would follow quite so closely and frequently his own successful technique.” * —————— ‘Tammany is honest. Msyor Jimmy Walker says it is, 8o there! However, & timely plece of warning to some of its ambitious membership 15, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” ——————__ SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOENSON. mer t, the philanthropist, The stetesman and the ssge eare their names are never missed From Pame's swift turning page. simple Simple Life il never win s prize. | sot to advertise. An Indorsement, “Do you regard the politicg] future of this country as secure?” ¢ “YVes” answered Senstor Sorghum. “I have thought the matter over once and I still consider politics an entirely safe investment.” His Influence for Reform. “¥ou say that you are usipg your influence against all kinds of trickery in business.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Dustin Stex. “I'm taking precious good care that nopody gets & dollar of mine with- out giving value received.” The Game of Foot Ball, ‘We'll give it gentle, courteous charm— ‘The task will be a hard 'un— But when we break a player's arm ‘We'll slways say, “Beg pardon!” Teo Much Suspense. “S0 you have persuaded your hus- band to quit playing the races?” ‘es,” answered young Mrs. Torkins. “I got tired of never knowing whether I was going to have s fur coat or & gingham dress.” Partially Equipped. “That haughty young man must be one of our millionaires,” said the in- quisitive stranger. “No," snswered Miss Cayenne. “He has all the airs, but none of the millions.” Transformation. Electlon's getting under way, Thet time of joy and sorrow That makes the “might-be” of today ‘The “has-been” of the meyrow. “De man dat believes everybody,” said Ungle Bhen, “san’ de man dat doesn’t trust mobody is both jes’ shout s foplish as each other.” S What of It? Prom the Dtics Observer-Dispatehs didate for office says conditions ln‘l:l::ln e terrible, but who ll\u::l to go to prison, anyway. ——r—— The One Exception. Prom the Grand Repids Press. ‘The cost of fiction has gene ,un- less you're telling it to the judge. THINGS UNSEEN BY THE RIGHT I'EV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D, Bishop of Text: “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.”—II Co- rinthians, iv.18, “Seeing is believing” is an old adage and one that was familiar to us in our youth. From the beginning of life right away on to its latest day, we are mightily affected by things we see and handle. Only recently President Hoover, in a notable utterance at King's Moun- tain, spoke of the value of the intangible things of life, the great spiritual forces that lle behind the course of a nation’s life and progress. It is only now and again in deeply reflective moments that we reckon with the intangible and the invisible. The world in which we live 15 too much with us “late and soon,” and the pressure of its visible forces is 80 persistent that it is hard at times 1o reckon with the powers that lie be- hind. On the other hand, there has been no period in history where the invisible forces have disclosed such po- tential energies as the present. I sat in a little room in London last July before a microphone. The at- tendant advised me that at precisely 5:30, when the signal was given, the air would be cleared, enabling me to speak across the Atlantic and, through a Natlon-wide “hook-up,” have my voice carry to the remotest parts of America and Canada. Had I not hitherto known something of the power of the air I should have regarded the suggestion as utterly incredible and impossible. ently the signal came, “the beam is to use the phrase of the attendant, and in a conversational tone I was literally talking over an area that comprised thousands of miles. It was a striking demonstration of the incalculable power of that which is unseen. More and more we are learning that the very ether we breathe, the sunnim that pours down upon our way, quickening nature into life and beau and countless other energies we use, but cannot define, are ready to be our servants when recog- nized and utilized. They are agents of unmeasured power and usefulness. Ours is an age in which we are reck- oning with spiritual forces, things un- seen, and as yet we are only dimly comprehending them. Surely this is & miracle age. and more we are More realizing the potentiality of things the Washington. eye cannot see or the ear hear. We can no longer say that “seeing is believing.” To the vision of the Apostle Paul even “light affliction, which is but for a moment,” 1s to be regarded as but a normal experience in life's pilgrimage. He would look upon it as part of a plan, an incident in the day's life, wholly temporal in character, but reaching out to the {llimitable boundaries of thin, eternal. His philosophy reminds us of the poet's lines: Our little systems have their day— They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. It may be hard for us to get & full- orbed vision of life, we are so much given to a segmental view. We judge t00 much the whole by the part, and disappointments or misfortunes check us and for the while halt us in our course. ‘The pressure of the world is too m for us, and spiritual values pass out of our reckoning. Surely, we are of the earth, earthy. In the face of all this, the only satisfying, compensat view of life is that which reckons with the value of things unseen. To believe. that there is “a divinity that shapes our ends” to know that there is a great urge that, even in the face of our im- potence, is pressing us on to some un- seen goal, lends a zest and a purpose to life of incalculable value. Surely, this was the view of life that the great Master had. Te fudged the passing events of each day light of ulti- mate accomplishment. He saw beyond events the triumph of a ml{::etay cause. ‘Those who have been insp) by His view of life have followed in His way. ‘The dying martyr, who declared to his fellow sufferer, ‘“We light a light in Eng- land today that by the grace of God shall never be put out,” saw beyond the flames that destroyed him a new age of better things. Said a man to me in the last throes of a dread disease, “I have made up my mind to live one day at a time and be satisfled” He had reached a stage where his vision was fixed on things unseen and he went out of life with the assurance that when he awoke in another world of being he would understand that which to his vision here had been obscure, for the things which are seen are tem- poral, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Col. Arthur Woods Epitomizes Education, Business, Altruism BY WILLIAM HARD. Col. Arthur Woods, President Hoover’s new unemployment emergency relief director, 1s a very composite American character. He completely combines the three interests that foreign observers habitually declare to be the three Amer- ican dominant interests: Education, business, altruism. Col. Woods was of “prep school” boys at Groton, Mass. He went there from Harvard. He was born in Boston. One need hardly add any further details, Col. Woods was born educated, has become educateder, and even in the horde of our present President’s advisory academicians will proceed to rank high among educatedest. Manner Is Cultured. He has a very cultured manner and a very refined voice. There is in him a great delicacy of sensibility. His demeanor is graceful, considerate, even gentle. ‘Thus, natyrally, on the principle that the drawlingest Virginian is the quick- est on the trigger, Col. Woods went on from Harvard and Groton to become for two years deputy police commis- sioner and for four years police com- er of the City of New York and then went on further to join the avia- tion section of the United States Army and to go overseas in 1918 and to get |, his colonelcy and to get advanced to being assistant director of military aero- nautics. Throughout these experiences he refrained from looking artistically when roughness was not needed. Journalis! uaintance n was 2‘5%!& ‘There were them. One afraid of them. Another reason was that because, or in spite of, or along with, Harvard and Groton, he was a first-rate policeman. He ~surrounded the “radicals” with lines of his fellow E:llc-n-n, who screened them from terruption and from riot, and he let them talk at large and at length until at last they were ready to go home, and he then let them home, thus sav- ing the police stations from a lot of inmates and troubles and expenses and wr saving the republic from ruin. colonel was perhaps the first nota- ble American mlleo commissioner to ob- serve that letting the discontented go home created less additional discontent than breaking their heads. ‘This powerful discernment of the colonel’s resulted partly from humane- ness, partly from fearlessness, partly from sophistication. The colonel was too educated to be scared by speeches venting wild ideas he had read a thou- sand times in books which had left the world still standing. Altruism and Business Blend. At that time, however, the colonel had already supplemented education, technically so called, with business. He had been & lumber business man in West, a cotton man in East. He was on his way to being competent to be, as he is now, a director of the Consolidated Coal Co., the Col- orado Fuel & Iron Co., the Bankers' Trust Co. He was onkhh way to mol- that money makes money, like & ::\\.mbau. with the bigger roll the big- ger_the pick-up. He nevertheless could not keep away from the philanthropie and benefac- tional uses of money. He could have made much more money for himself if people had not always been asking him, as a public service, to supervise expenditure of vast volumes of money for altrustic purposes. He ultimately was giving most_of this time to being & trustee the Rockefeller Foundation and of the General Education Board for juaicious and regulated grants of money worthy humanitarian causes. He recently even undertaken a deep antiquarian cause. He has been the chairman of the company which at an expense of many millions of dollars has been transforming a large part of Wluhmburg‘, V;’. '“khsm plr:cl::lly :g: appearance it bere when capital of the colony of Virginia in the eighteenth century. He also has been the chairman of that 1y elvic and partly commercial enterp which at a cost of approxi- mately & hundred million dollars will accomplish the erection on Fifth avenue in New York of a building, an inter- connected set of buildings, of theaters, laboratories, studios, ded d to all the manifestations of the radio art, of distantly projected sound, of distantly pm{-’cua vision, non-antiquarian, ultra- contemporary, futuristic. Comes to Capital Third Time. It was frem such absorbing endeavors that President Hoover extricated Col. Woods to bring him for the second time, or, ruu&, for the third time, to Wash- ington, fill the payless job of findin, paying ibbl for fellow citizens out o work, first time was under Secre- tary 6f War Baker on behalf of ex- service men needing employment. The second tigre was under Secref of erce H‘nour u!n h;ml ":(. men ee employment. noted t“mll 'erd time has ht the nel to us much ayer, more deeply lined and ‘“I;vm“ww’m ‘for 10 years & teacher | 5 the | dash, verve, the | cities, where hundreds of but still just as lightly, just as huoy- antly, debonair as ever before, This man would never permit the gravity of his efforts, whether in war or in peace, to become depressing to about him. He makes forbidding tasks seem charming. When on the long- distance telephone he accosts a reluc- tant business man on the Pacific Slope to persuade him to join a dull and dru g committee, he seems to be per- ing him, and successfully, to join a committee for a time. To be always charmed, always to charm, that is the most taking and conquering trait of this educator, business man, blic social servant. In his social serv~ e he has what he had in his police service and in his war service. He has yety. He is—one might almost say—the D’Artagnan of altruists. (Copyright, 1930.) Standards Unchanged As Buying Is Halted BY HARDEN COLFAX, taught to back up. That fact is tremendous weight to the reports reach- %vummnul agencies that the de- g opinions and psychology of the Ppublic are changing toward optimism. American prosperity has been based always on American standards of living and an improved standard of living has never shown & setback in the of the world, command ‘‘Whoa, ed up & step. That means that the demand for goods and commodities of all kinds has not re- ceded. It means that bu; ultimate- ly will be resumed not only mal volume, but with the added demand tud red by the temporary cessation of o Too much importance cannot be at- tached to this aspect of the business situation, labor leaders, financiers and business men agree. American prosper- “’::d h‘:(om made bl’o by flllld‘ production. deplef of mass de- mand would to @ serious thing. Bub the assurance which is now hnnf Livon that demand sooner or later will as great or greater than before, gives the producers of the country s feeling of afety which cannot help being re- flected throughout the business cyels. Buying power has not been lessened. It has simply halted temporarily. Preof of this fact is found in the increased volume of wholesale sales, news of which is being broadcast from Government departments this week. Preparations are being made on a broad scale for & Christmas business which will compare favorably with any in past years. The effect of pessimism is growing less, It is now largely confined to larger thousands workers were intimately connected with speculative activities and who suffered both in pocket and in employment from the slump. The workers of the country have suffered from diminution pf employ- ment, but it is & notable fact that wages have not fallen to any material degree. It is & matter of history that wages once obtained over any extended period of time have never dropped back. There is every expectation on the part of the far-sighted employers of labor that wage levels will continue their steady if glow advance. The buying power of American workers, which is the backbone of the trade of the Na- tion, will not be diminished because the employers know that the workers are their best customers and to impov- erish them would be to hang & drag on the progress of business and in- dustry. ‘The most potent factor in encourag- ing the exercise of buying power found in the old slogan, our eredit is good.” Dire things were predicted of the trend toward part-payment pure chases when that policy was in its in- business found that rusted fi;flt«h patients, and extend credit and fostering a spirit of mutual trust and is eneouraging distribution. Dispatches frem wide-i untmuomn Tuic T ak ast feeling e responaloi public feeling responsibil- ity in the viding of jobs for those who need them. e policy ef hoard- u;{ money has always been objection- able to the American . have not been Mfldln’ but they have not pul Booner or later they are su the fulfilling of tieir desires and needs. 'l'hhnzl wllll‘ munquuttlgmhly - wheel spinning on the y again. ‘The money is m.. money has averaged around 2 per cent, whereas 23 years ago eall money was -.rr:x;: 1:6 m{ f‘ent %pflnfll ey ere exi at that time & of depres- sion and its effects the eycle Oall ment of the human race. of | men of culture, and often terary 5TON, D. C., OCTOBER 26, 1930—PART TWO. | Capital Sidelights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. | “Training in citizenship is the most vital of all subjects to that nation whose tem of government, security of prop- |erty and full power to express individ- ual initiative are based upon the in- telligence, education and character of each individual citizen,” says the United States Government in a manual of citi- zenship training used by the War De- partr-~nt, which is in great demand py members of Congress, who are sending 1l the copies they can get to schools nd colleges throughout the States. Emphasiging the foundation of citi- zenship, this manual says that in any instruction in ecitizenship productive of lasting results there must be woven into the study the story of the faith, sacrifice, service and achlevements of the ploneers of America from the land- ing of the Pilgrims to the settlement of the great West and the development of our vast natural resources. ‘This story, it is pointed out, pregnant with hope, ' faith, courage and the will to work, is the rock foundation ypon which to build the structure of eitizen- ship in the youth of today that the future may be assured in perpituity of the institutions, principles, ideals and traditions, the development of which has made the United States great among the nations of the world. ‘The philosophy of the American Government, as set up under our Con- stitution, it is officially explained by Unclée Sam in this text book, finds 1'."!, kuy{nu in individualism as opposed that misguided philosophy of govern- ment, collectlvism, which makes the State paramount in its demands over the inglienable rights of the individual citisens. Incomprehensible as it may seem, the palitical problems of America and of the world at large are embodied in this question of individualism as op- posed to collectivism as the philosophy of government for the future develop- ment and welfare of nations. Emphasis must be laid upon the ad- vantages accruing to each individual citizen of our eountry under the form of government set up as the supreme law of the land in the Constitution of the United Bu:gs.ot‘m:wrul. Not only Capital horse lovers but enthusiastic followers of “the king of sports” throughout the entire United States feel that they have suffered a al bereavement in the recent men Who have ever come out of that State famous for its fleet steeds and their riders, personal friend of several Presidents and discoverer of Man o War, considered the most remarkable race horse in history—James K. Maddux of Warrenton, Va. Admiral Carey Grayson, personal physician to several Presidents, is one of thase in Capital society who knew Mr. Maddux best—as a rider, as & judge of horse flesh and as an expert in the and training of horses, which, | than raising with his wide, friendly acquaintance in the horse world, made him much in demand as a judge at horse shows. He is cited as an outstanding example of the finest product of the old Southern school of country gentlemen. It was at Saratoga Springs, when Man o' War was a yearling and virtually unknown, that Maddux discerned the possibilities of this now famous horse and recommended his purchase to his lifelong friend, Samuel Riddle, well known raiser of race horses, and Man o’ War was started on his meteoric career. Maddux's ewn best known racers were Searchlight and Shining Light, ‘When in 1909 Col. e REDUCING AIRPLANE NOISES BY FREDERIC Realizing that the American people are particularly insistent upon comfort i in travel, manufacturers and operators of commercial aircraft are devoting serious attention to the reduction of noise produced by aircraft. In this work assistance is being given by such technical organigations of the Govern- ment as the National Bureau of Standards. Noise is considered by many to be the greatest drawback to ajrplane travel. While there has been steady growth in the use of planes by travelers in the United States, it is believed by the owners of commercial lines that there would be more if the noise could be modified. Plane pilots and wartime aviators in some cases suffered Impairment of hear- ing as a result of the Incessant roar of the propeller and the exhaust. In the early days of flying, planes did not have cabins. Pilot and passengers sat in open cockpits. The passenger planes now in use commercially are all cabin planes and this lessens the noise some- what, but it still is sufficiently deafening to_preclude ordinary conversation. Inasmuch as a very considerable per- centage of America’s conversation is carried on by travelers whe usually are not occupled with any else en route, a system of travel which rules out this pastime is not lally af tractive. The commercial line oper: tors realize that while many le will travel by plane once or twice for the novelty of the experience, or, in 8 regular practice of using planes they cannot talk. The idea of & travel ing man absolutely unable to tell story while en route to the next town is too fantastic to grasp. Engineers who have been working on the problem are attacking it from two angles. Pirst, they are seeking to re- duce the volume of noise at the source. That is, they are experimenting with methods of so lubricating and tuning the engine and the propeller that less noise will be generated. Second, they are seeking means of insulating the cabin so that a minimum of sound will enter. As ‘thu now are designed, practically all of the noise is generated from outside the ul-:l‘n ‘To be sure, if 1. death of one of the most famous horse- | L. plane. But sounds relepsed into the air can excluded to some extent. Hlmlnln‘ the Cabins. Experiments made by the Bureau of Standards with methods for insulating against noise promise that plane cabins can be so constructed that noise will he reduced to a volume at which the interior disturbance will be no_greater that experienced in a Pullman ?r or & motor ':Iutlt:l conv;‘ruglnon - ween ns ing ne: other whil be possible. i ‘The technicians have eoncluded that Roose- | v, o velt decided that Army officers were dining too well in Washington society and losing their boyish figures, and that they needed more exercise to counter- balance their sedentary life in the Cap! tal and to keep them fit for war service in an emergency, he set them a notable example. To prove that his order for all of them to take to the saddle was really nio hardship forced upon them, he back ride, abcompaniod by Adwisai cl le, accompan! Bixby, Archie Butt, his mmhry aide, and Carey Grayson, who was not yet use of his thorough knowledge of the geography and history of Virginia Grayson was pathfinder of the presi- dential cavalcade and took them to Warrenton, where they were met by Maddux, who gave Roosevelt greetings as one good horseman to another. ;rhey Junched with Maddux, s firm ‘They are excellent lterary sty For exampies 3 L2 'y Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the Burcau 8 nee x| nce as e lamp that guided his o ly 1is ging mnry‘l' ol‘l 1:-3 up to date. ‘These forward-looking Government sclentists believe in preparedness. Just now some of them are laying the ground work, Wn experimentation and investigation, for the commercial tion of files. Patrick y surgeon and now at University. In PFrance that the wounds r we! d this for 10 while treating osteo- the fly lava mlaun"tnon s “'u'r; O his patien with the subsequent u:hlevemtu’ that out of 300 "‘%.&'L. thus treated, all children four- - el LA . T's sel work on O.L‘Ivnouna the Government . He years Fifty Years Ago In The Star ol i e Water Pront — supeet b0 youy Tmprovement. 6 Biver o o mnbm’l pleas for such treat- ment of the Potomac lnuh'lu until the Pall when Biseches 1ReE expended (n the of the flats above the condition of g a would be im) J. HASKIN. and has worked out s cabin wall sign which, it 15 claimed, meets need. The exterior covering of the cabin should be of aluminum, a light, sound-resisti metal. Within this & lining of some such balsam wood, at least 1 inches thick. A suitable interior would be laid over this. sound waves. Therefore, heavy sea padding wili decrease the noise, dis- posing of it as soon as it enters the eabin. Heavy glass should be used in the windows, three-sixteenths to one- fourth of an inch in thickness. As glass is very heavy, this means small windows. It is not practicable to de- ?end upon open windows for ventila- . Other sources must be employed. Cause of Propeller Noise. Airplane engineers admit that they are not wholly informed as to exactly what ‘causes the deafening nofse fi:n' erated a_propeller. belleve that such intense sound waves orig- inate in the re variations caused by the turbulent flow of air past the ning blades. It is not & nolse caused by friction, by the clash of solid upon solid, but & noise produced l'\,ul?m tremendous tumult of the air emergencies, to reach a destination with | of air, all possible speed, they will not make | by tion. is that lesser bodies of air, sharply cut by swiftly moving propeller blades, come together again behind the ropeller and immediately adfacent to he cabin of the plane, producing the characteristic roar. Experiments have been made with different shaped blades and with dif- ferent speeds. These have included such highly technical experiments as the study of relationship between the of the propeller blades and the o; llo;l‘;:)d.‘ 0 ind travels d“ the rate of 1, feet per secon: Propeller blades sometimes revolve at a higher P55 S Speccs the closing atr 8 a continuous roar each e 0 clrs T o er e for to detect the interval between. At slower » more broken sount is produced. It is described by the e thing nas bech very definitely n Vi e min.fitm is, !hlt‘ae itest fluttering of the propeller due its being the merest fraction out of true will tly increase the volume of noise. ‘mmhmlul adjustment and con- Bruening Win Fails To Clear Polities BY DR, GUSTAV STOLPER, Noted German Béfter and Economist. country had been in & long time, but despite all | the . Comparin; the flats below with that above the head bri 1 apparent dge, it is t to all that latter needs the first attention, ceit as it does upon its surface the great ummmmm and £ L 85 well as sewer deposits from - the more densel populated portion of the eity, is there fore most offensive. The appropriation i harmony ‘with the pian proposed By y e the Committee of One Hundred ©Oiti- sul ntly Commissioners be 'wha modified eer and probably would meet the views and wishes of this entire would be well for the Distriet gove ment authorities to see to it that such appropriations should be special their character, and not in be | o ‘withdraw Ourth the Delaware River, and the appro- priation will be expended 'during the present fiscal year.” o In jts issue of the same day The Star set forth editor Flats Not to Be Improved. not feel authorized to make work auxillary to sanitary improve- tion of the of- scientists are now interested not only ® in finc thods of lary qanciied OF the mostAbrd gpecies o lles under as sanitary conditions as ible but also in Bandit Trusts. Prom the Telsdo Blade. ‘There is the story of six bandits rob- hing one bank. e merger idea is spreading, ————— An Omission. Prom the Lowell Evening Leader, ! Ins the golden books we fail tion of the henk books. abandon ""g.'“' e Peoples’ party. Since death of jts leader, Gustav Strese- has moved toward the . The Pas- demonstrated how much it Ko X T g g t 4 A naTin forelgn poitics It fn- against its own mber Dr, mt active service three when he admitted a Hohensollern prince to the Relchswehr. ‘The les' party originally intended us from the cabinet threatened to exclude him party if he failed to ohey orders. o rr‘y eventually had a soberer gecon it, for, meanwhile, the National ts had shown their true colors in the most unpleasant manner. ‘They presented measures demanding the ition without indemnifiea- ton of property of “all bank and bourse princes” and of all Jews who had im- to Germany since 1014, as thed | well as state ownership of all banks, Big Industry Is Anxious. program _beft (Gopyright, 1830.) e e ] T mme e el S s e